Robert Vadra claims that he doesnt want exemption from frisking at airports

And now Robert Vadra, the Gandhi son in law is taking the moral high horse and claiming that his deepest desire is to have his name taken off the list of VVIPs exempt from the no frisking list in Indian airports.
If he indeed wanted this, I wonder why he did not make this request when the congress was in power and slightest wish was immediately fulfilled by the government.


Link - http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/want-to-add-white-tape-on-my-name-in-vvip-list-robert-vadra/

Further validation of the Gujarat Model

News has just come in that Gujrat has been ranked the best Indian state for business by the World Bank.
Link - http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gujarat-ranked-best-indian-state-for-business-by-world-bank/


This serves as a tight slap on the collective face of all those self proclaimed intellectuals and left leaning liberals, who no matter how dubious their qualifications, were criticising the Gujrat model. That their criticism was not based on economic grounds or supported by facts is a different matter - what is more concerning is that these so called thought leaders of Indian society were willing to let their ideological and anti Hindu bias cloud their professional judgements and statements, whereunder anything associated with the BJP or Hinduism became ipso facto a mater of derision.


Unless anyone now thinks that the World Bank has been bribed by the BJP for a favourable report or that the people running the World Bank are RSS stooges, such false criticism of Gujrats economic development and the exemplary work done by Modi ji falls flat on its face and the so called experts do not have a leg to stand on.


The one learning from this is to take all criticism from traditional BJP baiters and minorities with a pinch of salt, because as has been proved time and again, they will manipulate facts and resort to falsehoods to discredit the BJP government and run down their accomplishments.

A study in contrast - Indian response to Chinese military intrusions under the Congress and the BJP

For those of you who noticed, a couple of days back, Indian soldiers demolished a hut constructed by the Chinese army. The hut was constructed 1.5 kms inside Indian territory and was equipped with a camera, apparently to track movement of Indian troops and also bolster China's claim on sovereign Indian territory.


Link - http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/face-off-in-ladakh-commanders-to-meet-today-as-india-demolishes-chinese-hut/


The demolition led to a face off between Indian and Chinese troops, subsequently defused by a meeting between commanders from the 2 countries.


Compare this with the timid reaction of the Congress governments to previous Chinese intrusions, come of which were far more bold and provocative. Our army had to keep quiet in the face of lack of support from the Congress governments, which lacked the courage and self pride to respond to these blatant and brazen attacks on our national territory and integrity.
I distinctly recall a more than usual audacious mass intrusion at the beginning of last year, which was swept under the carpet by the Congress government, dismissing it as a 'minor issue'.


And see the difference now that we have in place a truly nationalistic and patriotic government, headed by people who truly love their motherland and have the self respect and courage to defend our country.
Expecting this from the congress would anyway be unrealistic because their whole political approach is based on minority appeasement and caste-oriented policies, so economic and social development or national pride and security are non priority issues for them.


If we don't appreciate and give credit to the BJP where they truly deserve it, we might very well have a situation in the next elections where the majority votes will be split and the Congress might once again cobble together a coalition government, with support from other selfish, corrupt and pseudo secular parties - which will once again take us back to the days when India was a pushover and subject to numerous aggressive moves.


It is for us ordinary Indians to see these small differences that the BJP government has made in a multitude of ways and appreciate the work they have done so far and the motivation of love for motherland which is driving their efforts.


So let us continue to strengthen the BJP and stand solidly behind them, as they continue their untiring efforts to take the nation to the top.

Fatwa on AR Rahman for making a movie on mohammad

Just read in TOI (let) that a Sunni Muslim group has issued a fatwa against music director A R Rahman and Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi for their movie 'Muhammad - messenger of God'.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Mumbai-group-issues-fatwa-against-A-R-Rahman-Majidi-for-Prophet-film/articleshow/48928931.cms


Look at the sudden and complete silence from all those people who call the BJP government 'Ban-chod' and compare this with the outrage evoked when any Hindu religious leader makes any statement about hindu sentiments being hurt)....


Also, no one is talking about a regressive and bigoted religious organisation assuming extra judicial powers and openly issuing threats of violence in a case where the government has already taken a decision as per the due process laid down.


Also, when movies insulting, denigrating or mocking the Hindu religion and its Gods are made, people shout about freedom of speech and expression; while any protests against such movies are denounced as fascists attacks by hindu fanatics on the fundamental right of freedom of speech.


Or is it that freedom of speech is only when the Hindu religion is insulted; and when other religions are involved, the buzzwords are:
a) 'respect all religions'
b) 'be sensitive to the religious sentiments of minorities'
c) 'freedom or speech is not absolute and doesnt give anyone the right to insult god' .
d) The most shocking argument when other religions are involved is one which involves direct threats on the lines of 'if people are offended, some people might lose control and resort to violence and destruction' , in effect threatening to retaliate with violence and also justifying violence as excusable.




Lastly, the sunni muslim organisation issuing the fatwa is raza academy, an academy which has a long history of supporting fanatical elements and extremist ideology, all under the guise of safeguarding minority rights, which the previous minority appeasing congress governments had always turned a bling eye to.
Just to refresh memories, the raza academy was the one which organised the azad maidan protests which quickly devolved into a full scale riot, where policemen were assaulted, policewomen molested, police arms stolen, hindu idols descreated and monuments to national heroes destroyed.
Another case I can recall without having to google was in bhiwandi where the raza academy orgainsed riots leading to a few policemen being burnt alive.


It is to rectify all the issues mentioned above that we need to support the BJP and reject minority appeasing and votebank pandering pseudo secular parties like the congress. NCP, RJP, SP, BSP, JD(U), TMC, CPI and other Leftist parties etc.
Otherwise the day isn't far when the violent minority will overwhelm the peaceful majority in terms of numbers and we will suffer the same fate as hindus in pakistan or Bangladesh.

One rank one pension policy in India - who started the whole problem?

In the last few months, there has been a lot of politics and news coverage over the non-implementation of the One rank one pension policy for Indian soldiers.


A casual google search on the background of the issue made me aware that India did follow this policy until the 1970's and that it was Indira Gandhi who arbitrarily stopped this policy, thereby creating a controversy that still rages to this day.


So, my friends, this is one more in the long list of follies committed by the Congress governments and directly attributable to the Nehru-Gandhi family (the Kashmir issue, minority appeasement etc being some of the others), for which the country continues to suffer decades thereafter.


On a parting note, it is ironic that the congress is now blaming the BJP for not implementing the policy in 1 year, when they themselves did nothing for the 10 years that they were in power before this.
And if you look since the 1970's, it has all been congress rule except for 2 extremely short lived governments led by Morarji Desai and VP Singh and a 5 year term by the BJP under Vajpayee (in 1999).

An imperceptible change brought about by one year of BJP sarkar

One intangible change brought about by one year of BJP Sarkar is anti national elements residing within India, who during congress rule were brazen about where their loyalties lay, are now definitely fearful about displaying their anti-India tendencies.


To take just one example, during last years Independence day, a school in Kerela cancelled their independence day celebration because they were afraid of muslim fundamentalists who were against the celebrations/ hoisting of the Indian flag.
This year however, even the usually regressive and fanatic deoband seminary has issued a fatwa asking muslims to celebrate independence day.


This is a major change in mindset, caused by the positive and strong pro-India actions of the BJP government in the previous year, which have sent a clear signal to all anti national sections that for the BJP, the nations security is paramount and that threats to India or challenges to Indian self respect will not be tolerated.
This marks a big turnaround, where at least traitors within India are now afraid to openly show their anti India tendencies; and it should be seen as a welcome (but small) step towards securing security for the nation and for the majority of the peace loving and law abiding population of India.


Let us support the BJP government in its effort to strengthen India, secure its security and boundaries and march along the path to prosperity and well being.




P.S:
There are still a lot of points which should be causes of major concern, as enumerated below, but they are the topic of a separate blogpost in themselves, and we wont get into those details for now.
1. Why do people need to be told to celebrate independence day? Arent they happy that the country they live in got its independence? Or do their loyalties lie elsewhere?
2. The fatwa is most likely a hogwash, just to bend with the wind for now and then raise again when the time is appropriate (i.e when the congress is back in power). Will the majority be fooled by this tokenism?
3. Newspapers gave the barest possible coverage to last years incident, when it should have been headline news and the traitors punished stringently. This year however, the tokenism was hyped up and made frontline news, thereby demonstrating their ideological double standards and political bias. Can we trust such newspapers?

Yoga classes in Singapore

Over the last 15 odd years, a lot of my friends, well wishers and mentors have suggested that I try Yoga to calm myself, learn to relax and control my anger.
Now I have always been one of those rough and tough guys who exercise everyday and maintain a balanced diet but are undisciplined  in terms of lifestyle and abuse my body constantly, so I would usually scoff at their advise and at times, make fun of them.


However as age catches up with me, and as I realise with each passing day that my body cannot take as much as it could earlier; I have slowly started realising the importance of mental peace by being calm, composed, relaxed and in control of my emotions all the time, and started practising Yoga over the last 2 years.


While I myself practice Pranayam at home, I was checking whether there are free/ at-cost Yoda classes offered by organisations whose aim is to help people rather than making money (which means I ignore all those classes teaching hot yoga etc) - similar to an old uncle in my home city of Mumbai who used to conduct 2 week long classes for a nominal fee of Rs 250 (that's around SGD 6).
To my surprise, I found that there actually are a few organisations who conduct Yoga classes in various parts of Singapore, at no or nominal cost.


While I myself spent a considerable amount of time in googling various classes, checking the websites etc, for the benefit of others (to save time and effort), I have listed below links to websites of a few such organisations:

http://www.yoganikam.org/basic-course.php

http://www.brahmakumaris.org/singapore/whereweare/center

http://anandamarga.org.sg/our-schedule/

http://www.singaporemeditation.org/index.php/meditation-classes

http://www.singaporemeditation.org/index.php/meditation-classes

I hope this is useful to at least a few people around who are looking to learn Yoga to improve their health and quality of life.


If anyone has information on more such classes, please do share.