Terrorism and States I have failed to recognise terrorism on more occasions than one; so, do I fail here. The use of the word “terrorism” here is a mere reflection on the aspirations of the civilized society as it exists today. Yes, it expects terrorism in some form or the other. Till I am able to satisfy this requirement of the society with another better name, let it be. Of…
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Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury has raised an important question in lok sabha: Is Kashmir an internal matter of India? The question has been raised in the context of the dispute raised by India before the United Nations (UN), which makes Pakistan an interested party in Kashmir. This is indeed a factual position, and the UN still monitors Kashmir. However, even if there was no involvement of the UN in Kashmir, it…
Our school invariably had two sections across the board: Section A and Section B. Section A was reserved for students living in Vihars: Preet Vihar, Swasthya Vihar, Priyadarshini Vihar, Nirman Vihar, etc. Section B was reserved for Nagars: Laxmi Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Ganesh Nagar, Pandav Nagar, etc. I, though being in Section B, had developed friendship with Section A students. Of course, one fine day Section B students, who were…
Disclaimers1. I was reluctant to write on this topic because I don’t BS in my writings and speaking truth about this topic is full of thorns.2. I am an #AntiNationalHumanist; therefore, I have no bias for the state or against naxals and vice versa.3. I condemn the killing of the CRPF jawans but am not sure if it is violation of their right to life because the soldiers relinquish their…
The Mayhem Demonetization exercise in India has been carried out with such audacious arbitrariness and has been accepted by the people with such servile meekness that I am overwhelmed by the stupidity of men. This operation has brought in so much of darkness that it feels scary to even enlighten people anymore. Even now I am not sure how to start and end this post. The level of frustration is…
Intelligence agencies are the biggest attack on humanity. If one were to read Dhar’s book “Open Secrets” on the working of Intelligence Bureau (IB), one would learn that intelligence officers do what a common man can’t even imagine. And they don’t only work in “national interest”. They rather more often work in the interest of politicians. Dhar himself helped Indira Gandhi as well as sanghis in elections. He worked to…
The Kashmir Dispute and Its Effects Kashmir is a territory in dispute between India and Pakistan with no resolution in sight. Ironically, the people of Kashmir have no affinity towards any of these countries. POK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Pakistan occupation, and IOK (India occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Indian occupation. Both the occupied lands, nevertheless, are excellent tourist destinations with an inherently warm culture — as can…
Jammuites thought our exodus was temporary . Though they benefitted economically because of us, they developed an antipathy towards us. For them, we were outsiders. Within months, invectives had been invented for us. The most popular among them was: ‘Haath mein Kangri munh mein chholey Kahan se aayey Kashmiri loley’ Kangri in hands, chickpeas in their mouth From where did these Kashmiri flaccid penises come? The above is a quote…
What is Akhand Bharat? Akhand Bharat (or less threatning Akhand Hindustan) not only includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh but also Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Myanmar and even Tibet: basically all the lands where Britishers colonized or tried colonizing. This is different from the RSS concept of Hindu Rashtra. However, they indeed want to identify Akhand Bharat with Hindu Rashtra. This becomes evident from the statements of RSS ideologues,…
Background of the Writers’ Protest Against Sahitya Academy The left leaning writers have started a protest against Sahitya Academy in specific and the government in general. In this writers’ protest, more than 40 writers have either returned their awards or relinquished their statuses. Their protest is against the “terrorism” of the extremist right wingers and against the “subtle” support of the state machinery to the acts of “terrorism” against writers,…