Secularism And Kashmir

“Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people.”

                                                                                                     ― Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney

                             For long Indians have been fleeced by incestuous club of politicians and bootlicking media celebrities in the name of secularism , the excessively abused word in political circles that has unfortunately lost its meaning today . We have been duped in the name of secular credentials of politicians and made to believe in the hollow slogans of secularism while the facts on ground paints a completely different picture . The case in point is the sworn jingles perpetrated on Kashmiriyat , a word with secular connotation ,sung by politicians to appease increasingly aggressive Islamic forces prevalent in Kashmir and to hush up the nationalist forces . Its been a common practice of consecutive governments at center and state to stifle the painful voices of Kashmiri Hindus at the expense of buying peace from  radicals . Media has also worked relentlessly to project the perception among masses about peace loving ,noble souls of Kashmir who are being trampled by nationalists .

                                    India is a deeply spiritual and religious society with people from all religions coexisting for centuries . Since partition India confronted numerous religious flare ups but overall its a tolerant society,despite most religious traditions producing extremist movement whose members believe that their faith and value system is superior still the authority of state remained intact . This we are made to believe is because of the seeds of secularism that we as a people have successfully neutralized challenges . I have problem with this narrative , its true that the secularism like democracy is very well entrenched here and generally people have faith in democracy but there is a twist in this tale. Truth of the matter is, state authority is under consistent threat at places with sizeable minority which is in a hyphenated state of violence towards administration i.e the peace and stability is directly proportional to demography of place . In plain words, state authority hinges on the religious mix of the population , the greater the majority the more the stability . In places with more minorities has faced major administrative challenges and Kashmir is a striking example of it.

                                The virtual endless violence perpetrated by Muslim mobs or terrorists in Kashmir has been handled with kid glove by successive governments . Terrorist apologists in and out of government have started to display the mob violence by Muslims as genuine grievance against the country. Conspiracy theories interwoven with smear campaigns are propagated to justify the violence of lynching mob as aspirations of all in Kashmir . Out of work journalists ,politicians and dubious characters have also furthered this propaganda to destabilize and undermine the sovereignty of India for their vested interests. Not withstanding the historical accession of Kashmir, new dimensions are added to a simple problem of law and order by politicians and vested interests with ulterior objectives.

 .                              At the heart of the Kashmir problem is the Muslim radicalism. The majority of population in Kashmir valley is Muslim that refuses to identity with the pluralist , democratic society of India . Their diatribe against other religious minorities of Kashmir by Muslim population is conveniently forgotten by the apologists , while brushing the security forces and nationalists as villains . The repeated attacks on religious minorities that culminated in the mass exodus of Hindus from valley in 1990 and repeated humiliations meted out to this miserable minority is testimony of nefarious ideology of Muslim radicals . The venomous propaganda and subsequent attacks on minorities points towards their thinking “to preserve Kashmir for Muslims only ” with no space for other religions . Due to the ethnic cleansing overnight religious minority population were evicted from valley and forced to become refugees in India .

                                People with dubious credentials have successfully created a smokescreen where radical Islamic terrorism is painted as political problem . To make matters worse , even terrorists are donning the attire of politicians and preaching in Kashmir . The songs on Kashmiriyat are hogwash to maim nationalists while hoodwink the gullible by identifying secularism and Kashmiriyat as two sides of the same coin. The enemies of India are fully aware of the psychological aspect of fighting a proxy war by which one controls the thinking process of enemy thus making him redundant to stand for his cause no matter how justifiable he is. This is a psychological war which is fought relentlessly by the self obsessed secular intelligentsia of all shades against India.

                                Firstly, the state of J&K has acceded to India with Muslims in Kashmir valley , Hindus ,Sikhs in Jammu and Buddhist in Leh-Ladakh population and negotiating it or carving a particular area out of India on any pretext is blasphemous. Secondly , its a myth that whole Muslim population of valley has affinity towards Pakistan and wants to merge with them .There’s an open defiance by Shias, Bakherwals, Gujjars etc among Muslims against aligning with Sunni vociferous community on merging with Pakistan as these communities are considered heretics and persecuted blatantly in Pakistan . The regular supply of money and abatement from Pakistan with men and material on ideological ground has fueled violence . With over 20,000 madrasas, mostly unregulated by the government, Pakistan already has a mass base of terrorists who after graduating from these madrasas have filled the ranks of terrorist groups .

                               The ethnic cleansing of Hindus and demand for imposition of Sharia isn’t a political problem that can be resolved through dialogue and appeasement . The recent audio clip of terrorist Moosa where he openly instigate to wage jihad against infidels testifies the true intentions of Muslim majority Kashmiris. The smokescreen created by Hurriyat and other political establishment operating in Kashmir and intellectual morons around India have created a bluff , a ploy to hoodwink naive Indians to seducing in a trap of Secularism aka Kashmiriyat while consolidating the hold of Islamists over general population of Kashmir . The incestuous intelligentsia of India who have been caught trapped by Pakistani spooks like Fai ( https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/the-man-behind-pakistani-spy-agencys-plot-to-influence-washington/246000/ ) have yet to be pragmatic and learn lessons while adjust to the newer ground realities before next time opening their mouth and sermonizing India on the perils of peace and secularism .

Cows And Crows

                            The environment is right and time elapsed over last manufactured protest is long enough for the crows of intellectual mafia to gather and further their propaganda . Masquerading as free thinkers, the motley crew of thugs are out in numbers for chest beatings and with their usual ruing over increasing intolerance or cramping space for rationalists added to it the selective outrage over violent skirmishes between cattle smugglers and cow vigilantes . Working relentlessly to create a viscous environment by trying to sow the seeds of disillusionment among Muslims while encouraging them to create mayhem as they are projected under attack is the new propaganda to hoodwink the gullible from their actual target of blemishing government, if in the process seeds of sedition are sowed by corrupting young minds so be it. These thugs are selective in their outrage and harp on to the same ideology and agenda of polarizing society as the radical religious outfits of our country from all shades .

                             They make you feel their voices are scuttled but you ask them to provide facts and all you hear is the same disgusting stuff from these intellectuals about certain news by section of media regarding selected lynching incidents . Here I am not debating about the severity of the crime or why the perpetrators roam scot free , my grudge is why our fake intelligentsia only crib over selected violent incidents while oblivious to gory incidents of violence where victims are Hindus? Don’t Hindu community deserve to be protected or comes under the ambit of human rights or there’s segregation of rights too in the minds of this intelligentsia club(I believe we still remember the famous headlines during Congress days where it was shamelessly espoused that minorities had first right over country’s resources , subtly asking majority to go and drown themselves in Arab Sea). These fake thinkers (JNU, naxal sympathizers etc.) refuse to believe in pragmatic realities on the ground and are unperturbed about the toxic environment they are creating by unleashing their venomous ideology .

                               Emboldened by the support offered by section of media ,dubious NGO’s and fake intellectuals of questionable credentials these tamasha protests are only going to increase as the election year 2019 approaches . Its idiotic to take their campaigns seriously, their major grudge is the victory of party despite their best efforts around the country the party they despise the most. One allegation these people don’t stop blabbering is the attack on Muslims in BJP ruled states while shamelessly cite incidents of Bengal or Bihar or Karnataka (remember when PM was abused while elderly nun in Bengal was raped). Firstly the attack or killing of people in the name of cow protection is unacceptable but isn’t the victims were criminals who were breaking the law by exporting or killing cows, while trampling the religious sentiments of Hindus ? Isn’t the same torchbearers silent or even tacitly supporting the gruesome attacks on Charlie Hebdo by propagating not to offend religious sentiments of Muslims, while serving sermons to Hindus on fundamental rights when certain section of minority consciously spoof at Hindu customs and religion  in the name of right to speak or defending eating habits . These crows even raised fears of losing heritage of Lucknow while what local government did was closing down of illegal abattoir houses on environmental and health concerns .

                               The violent incidents of cow vigilantes is deplorable but equally disgusting is to smuggle cows, mocking religious sentiments by uploading videos of butchering cows. My only grievance is why no voices are heard or arguments raised on ease with which cattle smugglers continue this trade. Why media that breaks the cardinal rule of otherwise not revealing the identity of cow smugglers and accused go into hibernation and never or reluctantly reveal the identity when victims are Hindus. Why is their duplicity in covering crimes ? Doesn’t such hypocrisy encourage the cattle smugglers in first place as every criminal activity gets shielded in the name of minority under threat tag. Why these crows openly spoof at religious sentiments of Hindus ? Why there’s so much intolerance towards Hindu religion , revered symbols and its followers ? In the name of FOE why the motley crows only target Hindus while playing the victimhood card when confronted .

                              There’s another funny aspect to this melodrama , some of these crows are active PETA warriors and frown at slightest inhuman treatment meted to dogs or other pets.These crows won’t stop sermonizing on human treatment to animals in chemical testing or otherwise and rightly so but sacrifice of animals on Eid or cow slaughter is conveniently ignored guess these animals are of lesser gods then cats and dogs.

                           In all this rage ,violence ,demonstration one thing is crystal clear ,these bunch of intolerance brigade and their cheerleaders are going to manufacture more such irrelevant protests as the election year draws closer. One reason is the hatred of the people who control section of media and pseudo intellectual establishment of India towards incumbent government . They couldn’t digest the idea of a BJP running the government and unprecedented success of BJP in states elections . When they can’t scuttle the successful campaigns of nationalists , they undermine the governance by raising the bogey of intolerance ,lynching etc to discredit and plunder image of government . These campaigns are not new and are likely to continue for some time . The political opponents and their cohorts are imposters and are masquerading as torchbearers of civil society which we should be wary of and shouldn’t fall for the propaganda of thugs.

                               It is undeniable that a section of Hindus now gets agitated quickly over provocative incidents and violently retaliate but equal truth is the unprecedented coverage and hoopla created by selective reporting by media . The hysteria created by media when victims were Muslims is known but mischievously downplays it when Prashant Poojary or Arun Mahaur were butchered by cattle smugglers or  Brig Jagdish Gagneja(retd) or DSP Ayub Pandith and scores of BJP workers in Kerala, WB etc.  are killed .Violence perpetrated by hooligans is a despicable act and should be condemned but so is the act of hurting religious sentiments and equally deplorable is the one eyed narrative of intellectual mafia.

                             Cow vigilantes and smuggling of cattle is a law and order problem not a communal problem and steps should be taken to enforce laws effectively rather conceding space to crows to play with the fabric of country.

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Logan Review

                             Its the final chapter in X Men series , its about saying bid adieu to seventeen years of Wolverine journey of splendid breathtaking performances we are all accustomed to . This movie is unlike any other X-Men movie and is raw, emotionally draining while giving best possible unique compassionate sendoff to its central character ‘Logan’ and yes, your eyes do betray your resolve and get moist when Hugh Jackman eventually fights and succumbs after his chosen last battle.

                             Unlike any other X Men movie, this movie starts with Logan being robbed and beaten by bunch of hooligans while he struggles to shrug them off . He is old, has lost his healing power and draws his claws slowly a sorry figure as compared to old days . The year is 2029, he is hiding near Mexican border with Charles Xavier who is old and has lost his power to control his mind and thus branded WMD by government . Soon you realize the idea was the two wanted to remain aloof from civilians and die in oblivion but the turmoil in their life occurred as a female approached Logan to drive a young mutant girl to safety. The movie took a violent turn (brutally violent with claws stabbing face and heads chopped off, arms ,legs amputated in rough raw ways with blood oozing) as the young mutant is vulnerable to band of mercenaries who are out to capture or kill mutants like her. The responsibility to take the girl to safety rests on Logan who soon realized the relationship he had with her, thus drawn into one final battle, this time to save his daughter.

                                    The final act by Hugh Jackman surely is worthy of watching , undoubtedly this Wolverine will be greatly missed . He did full justice to his role and excelled in acting skills which is noteworthy. One can easily enjoy watching it for raw action and superb storytelling, a must watch for all wolverine fans after all its the end of one of the iconic super hero.

The Great Wall

                              Another silly movie that one should avoid. Earlier it was only Americans who were tilling relentlessly to save humanity from Aliens , diseases etc. But seems Chinese have now started shouldering this responsibility voluntarily with USA. It seems as the Chinese economy grew and American hegemony is continuously being challenged around the globe , Chinese now have started thrusting their contributions to humanity in movies . Like all Chinese goods are, this movie too, has some scenes blatantly being copied from other movies (Watch World War Z).

                          Firstly the story , its movie has two potent Chinese historical characters woven with glimpses of socialism ( this tale shouldn’t be revealed to outside world one General said , typical Communist policy of censorship - lol ) and implicitly acknowledging and taking credit of introducing gun powder in battles . Instead of revealing much about story , let me try and rephrase the whole story in different context to make it more interesting for my readers . So here it is…

                           For some time now , PLA (People Liberation Army of China) has been practicing to invade Tibet. The Tibetans have constructed a formidable wall around Lhasa as defensive tactics to evade the bloodsucker Army( btw PLA role is played by Dragons). The Tibetans are peaceful and brave community , who are facing the onslaught of Chinese for sometime with no help whatsoever from the outside world (only hollow sermons of respecting sovereignty and peaceful resolving conflict was heard from different quarters that Dragon don’t understand as animals only understand violent measures ) .Finally the day of reckoning came and on the D-Day, PLA attacked the Tibet . Newer weapons were employed by Tibetans who fought bravely , thus successfully thwarted the PLA from invading Tibet and saving the world from communist monster .

                             I have rephrased the movie in my thoughts and told the story, I seriously hope and pray for Tibetan independence . Some of you might be wondering where did Matt Damon go? Truth is , his role is inconsequential . I don’t understand why he decided to do this movie , he actually demoted himself after working in this movie , guess this is what happens when one lives out of his means and smoke excessive weed , your debt forces you to do mediocre Chinese garbage .

                                     
                                             Verdict - Useless movie “ A Must Avoid ”.