nov 26th
kaunteya, interesting thought.
but such a thing would only be possible if the congress were a political party.
it is not. it is a vehicle for the personal aggrandizement of the nehru dynasty and hangers-on.
for the dynasty to continue to rule, it is necessary to keep indians 'barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen' or the equivalent thereof for men.
therefore the congress has no interest in anything that would do the nation any good. besides, it's so far to the left that in any normal country, the congress would be considered practically the same as marxists. it's only in bizarre india that the congress is considered 'centrist'. even a mildly right-wing party like the bjp here is anointed as fascist extreme right-wing because the discourse is so skewed to the left.
i am also personally not altogether enamored of the bjp, they are just a lot better than the others on offer. the bjp had the clever thought that they'd be a faux-nehruvian party, putting on the accoutrements of right-wing-ism but being nehruvian deep down. this they demonstrated in pandering during their term, quite fruitlessly of course. they did not do the triage into three groups: a) the committed, b) the convincable, c) the hostile. they should have done that and left the hostile groups alone and not spent any time on them. the convincable were the ones they should have paid attention to. instead, they took the 'committed' for granted, and wasted their efforts trying to convince the 'hostile'.
hindu or even national interests were not well served by the bjp because it was always trying to please the hostile media and trying to demonstrate to the hostile that they were really nice guys. which is sad because they, and the RSS, are really nice guys, and so get taken advantage of. nice guys finish last, as they have shown.
even in bihar, here's my prediction: nitish kumar, in his anxiety to appease marxists and mohammedans, will start distancing himself from the bjp. more 'secular', he will be. unlike the congress, which as soon as it came to power, re-started its stalinism with renewed vigor (best example is arjun singh.)
the dynasty retainers (like natwar singh) must have minted money for them to be so servile.
terrifying thought: india is being run by vincent george, the typist with rs. 100 crore in assets. consider: manmohan singh is ignored by everyone. sonia gandhi is not exactly known for her brains. so who is the behind-the-scenes manipulator? vincent george. a lot like m o mathai, another christist from kerala, who was the svengali behind indira gandhi.
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I think Advani & Vajpayee have a lot of explaining to do as to why nothing much was done to further Indian and Hindu interests, when they were in power. Advani took everyone for a ride in his Rath Yatra, and finally says in Pakistan that Babri demolition is the saddest day in his life. So all the people that supported him during the Rath Yatra were fools? This is not a sign of leadership. A leader has to have vision and conviction and stick to his stand. Not toggle between opposite ends of the spectrum. When in doubt, he or she has to have the courage to admit it. It is time Advani renounced his presidentship of the BJP, just as the RSS wants.
As for Vajpayee, his demeanour reminds me of Deve Gowda. Like a driver asleep behind the wheels. He should stick to writing poetry.
Dear Saras,
Your article is great...
Hey u said India needs to emulate America...
Well, my dear, America is a home to thousands of hard-core christists, who are so fanatic that u can see Iraq war, sponsoring of so many christist organisations in India and other 'Unreached' countries.
They even are now destroying their own universities, they are teaching that God created man in Science class instead of Darwin's theory because thats what their bible says... ha ha ha... no this is not Saudi arabia...this is 'modern' america....
No not all Americans are like this.. america has no doubt been the center of Science.. and also due to america that we are leading comfortable lives... but slowly the hard-core christists are controlling the state of affairs and we see all dirty things happening... recently we saw some third rated magazine equalling RSS qith Al-Qaeda. Inspite of so much progress, many americans think of India as land of snake charmers and Hinduism as 'Heatheanic' as their church calls it.
I have always said and will always say... India need not emulate any country... whether America or Russia. We need to develop in our own way... as one set of conditions may work in one country but are not suited for another country.
http://www.newindpress.com/column/News.asp?Topic=-97&Title=S%2EGurumurthy&ID=IE620051123095622&nDate=&Sub=&Cat=&
"Population Has Nothing To With Religion?" by S.Gurumurthy
Saras,
Both churchainity and islam are inherently predacious cultures inimical to Hinduism.
The former should be sent to Italy and the latter to the deserts of Saudi Arabia as their loyalties too are likewise.The indian seculars too can join them as their cheerleaders, no regrets...we won't miss them.
Enough is enough.Our naive forefathers made a mistake sheltering the persecuted,little anticipating the grave consequences. Let us get wiser.
Hinduism's pluralism encompasses 'Shanmatham' like Gaanapathyam,Shaivam,Vaishnavam etc and certainly not cancerous violent creeds.
We don't contemplate coexistence with virus and germs invading our bodies.We take medicines to get rid of them.Same logic.
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