This is also my personal experience. When I am sitting with my family members, and they are sure no Muslim is around, they often spout venom against Muslims.
I have often said that 90% Indians are gullible fools, who will follow any fraudster like Modi, like rats following the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
When a party goes to the polls it must have something to offer to the people. The BJP has Hindutva to offer, while the Congress has nothing
So it seems that the BJP will keep winning in most elections in India for a long time to come in the future.
Category: Opinion
Google Might be Selling Chrome to Microsoft? Exploring the Possibility
Speculations about Google selling its Chrome browser to Microsoft have some ground in antitrust challenges by U.S. regulators. According to reports, the Department of Justice pressured Google to divest Chrome citing this has reinforced its dominance in search and online advertising. Microsoft, which wants to expand Bing and AI tools, seems to be a logical buyer looking to bolster its presence in browsers and use Chrome’s user base. It would likely increase competition, spur innovation, and reshape the tech landscape, though it is subject to regulatory and operational hurdles. The anticipated deal reflects a shift in strategy in the tech industry under regulatory scrutiny.
Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent is Filled With Racism, Sexism, and Insensitivity
India’s Got Latent’with comedian Samay Raina at its helm, presents a platform for such offending humor, inciting racism, sexism, and disregard for serious issues at hand. Contestants on the platform joked about disabilities and mental health disease and pretended to mock gender-based violence while using profanity freely without regard for societal norms. The program trivialized tragedies, such as COVID-19 deaths or riots over gang rape, crossing all ethical boundaries in the name of comedy. Its otherwise unregulated content, available to impressionable audiences, raises serious questions regarding its impact on society. The lack of accountability reinforces desensitization, marries harmful stereotypes, and damages entertainment’s precedential consequences in India.
The truth about Pakistan By Justice Katju
The purpose of partitioning India was to keep Hindus and Muslims fighting each other and thus ensure that united India does not emerge as a modern industrial giant ( as China has become ) for which it has all the potential, and thus become a strong rival to British industry.
Why Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will Win the 2024 Elections
The likelihood of winning in the 2024 elections has been positioned for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, JMM, with Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s able leadership, pro-tribal policies, and welfare programs being quite effective. Education and employment have been in focus along with equitable mining revenue distribution, which have lingered positively in the minds of voters and mass electorates in tribal and rural belts. Its alliance with the INDIA bloc enhances its prospects against BJP, which has tribal dissent and corruption allegations on its head. With robust grassroots support and strategic constituency management, JMM is poised to retain power while further entrenching its legacy as the champion of Jharkhand’s socio-economic development.
Feastables Chocolate Costs MrBeast Just ₹12 but Sells for ₹499 in India
The controversy stems from a ₹499 price tag for a 60-gram bar, as the same chocolate is being sold just for ₹12 in the production stage with standard cocoa beans. Marketed as a premium product with organic ingredients, Feastables makes up for its pricing through the back of its branding and the popularity of MrBeast. Some value its quality, while others think it pretty steep in comparison to the rest of the options available, such as Cadbury or Hershey’s. This price differential points to the extent to which marketing and exclusivity influence the value of consumer goods.
How Hard It Is to be Acharya Prashant
Acharya Prashant, a visionary philosopher and spiritual leader, challenges India’s deeply rooted customs, traditions, and societal flaws. Advocating for rationality, gender equality, and environmental sustainability, he critiques superstitions, the jugaad culture, and the obsession with government jobs. He also questions cricket’s dominance, attributing it to India’s poor Olympic performance, and calls for prioritizing diverse sports.
Acharya Prashant’s undaunted adherence to truth and progress reflects the quality of his transformative vision for India’s spiritual and practical transformation.
The Plight of Women Judicial Officers in Rajasthan
The case of women judicial officers in Rajasthan is also a good example that illustrates systemic flaws in the judiciary. Despite having an ascending curve, these judicial officers have not been provided with proper infrastructure, and they also suffer harassment by male colleagues besides heavy pendency in most districts, especially remote ones like Barmer and Jaisalmer. The cases of Eliza Gupta may have discussed prevalence of harassment, but the lack of redressal mechanisms being gender sensitive has only intensified it. The cultural prejudice would further more affect the authoritative position of women magistrates. Greater amenities, independent grievance committees, and training at the workplace are included within the urgent change required. The paper examines the struggles of women in the judiciary of Rajasthan to seek systemic changes for fairness, dignity, and equity in a profession.
Jaipur’s Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub a Disastrous Education Project
Lying virtually vacant even after its inauguration a year ago, the first state-of-the-art coaching hub, Pratap Nagar, was established in Jaipur with a set aim to centralize and upgrade the coaching industry of competitive exams. Actually, designed with the intentions of safety concerns and overcrowding, no well-established coaching center or student seems interested in using this hub even after its intended amalgamation. With high prices, less support from infrastructure, and the reluctance of the existing institutes, it is hard not to believe the fact that factors of high prices, less support from infrastructure, and the reluctance of the existing institutes be contributing to it. This article understands the reasons why this response was underwhelming-from political mismanagement to financial hurdles to an entrenched coaching ecosystem in Gopalpura-and looks at what needs to be done toward a realisation of the hub’s wide vision.
Bhajan Lal Sharma’s Splendid Tenure as Chief Minister of Rajasthan
It covers the period of Bhajan Lal Sharma in the office of Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He underlined policies and reforms in public health, agriculture, infrastructure, and social welfare. His government has ensured an end to water scarcity, enhanced agricultural productivity, tourism, and inclusive growth across Rajasthan. His regime believes in transparency, accessibility, and ethical governance. This article closely examines Sharma’s contributions and the challenges his administration has faced in order to understand the kind of transformative vision for the growth of Rajasthan and the legacy he is building.
Akbar Ahmed’s ‘intellectualism’ By Justice Katju
Akbar Ahmed is a former Pakistani diplomat, having served as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to UK. After retirement he joined academia, and is presently Professor of International Relations at the American University, School of International Service, Washington DC. He had earlier taught in Princeton University and has held several academic posts
The modern Janus
The other head reveres ancient India, portraying it as a golden age, and claiming historical knowledge of head transplant surgery, genetic engineering, and aeroplanes in ancient India — a belief propagated by the RSS, to which he belongs.
Why I don’t contest elections
I have also said that those who call cow ‘gomata’ (mother cow) have ‘gobar’ (cow dung) in their heads, for how can an animal be the mother of a human being? Some say that cow is a ‘gomata’ as she gives us milk to drink. But humans drink milk of goats, buffaloes, camels, yaks, deer, etc. Are all these animals to be worshipped and regarded as our mothers? I regard a cow no different from other animals, like a horse or a dog.
Why democracy is unsuited to India
By Justice Katju Why democracy is unsuited to India By Justice Katju Many people have asked me why I am against democracy in India, especially […]
My Diwali message to all Indians
Our national aim must be to transform India into a modern industrial giant, for only then can we abolish poverty, unemployment, hunger, lack of healthcare and good education for our masses
My appeal to Muslims and Christians to celebrate Diwali
At one time, Hindus would participate in Eid and Muharram, and Muslims would celebrate Holi and Diwali. Even Mughal Emperors such as Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan, and the later Mughals up to Bahadur Shah Zafar, as well as the Nawabs of many kingdoms in India like Avadh and Murshidabad would celebrate Holi and Diwali.
The truth about Yahya Afridi
Nor is there any indication that he will order fresh free and fair elections in Pakistan ( in view of the fact that the elections held on 8th February 2024 were clearly rigged ).
The much publicised meeting of the Full Court of the Supreme Court held yesterday was only a farce, a much ado about nothing. It only discussed the pendency of 59,000 cases in the Court, but with no real solution. And the real issue of release of Imran Khan and the other prisoners mentioned above, was not even touched upon.
Who should have political power in India ?
I submit it should be with the tiny section of the middle classes who have ‘declassed’ themselves, and identified themselves with the poor. In other words, it should be with the patriotic, self denying, modern minded middle class intellectuals who have done intense study of history and other subjects, and are determined to lead a mighty historical people’s struggle and people’s revolution to create a political and social order in which the standard of living of the people steadily rises, and people get decent lives.
Have ‘achche din’ come in Pakistan ?
But there are 435 members in the US House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate, making a total of 535 Congressmen. 60 of 535 is only a little over 10%. What effect can they have on US policy ? Moreover, Biden is only a lame duck President
Why Are Coaching Institutes Avoiding Jaipur’s Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub
The Pratap Nagar Coaching Hub represents a bold vision for the future of Jaipur’s coaching industry, but its potential remains largely untapped. For the hub to realize its promise, a multifaceted approach is needed—addressing pricing concerns, enhancing local infrastructure, and fostering a cultural shift towards embracing new learning environments. Only with coordinated efforts from the government, coaching institutes, and the community can Pratap Nagar transform from a “ghost town” into a thriving center of education.
Communalism and politics
A procession of Hindus took out a procession for immersion of the Durga idol after Durga puja on 13th October. When this procession was passing through a locality having many Muslims, some of the processionists reportedly shouted provocative statements like ” Jab katwe maare jaayenge, Ram Ram chillaayenge ” or ” Hindustan mein agar rehna hai, Jai Shri Ram kehna hai ” etc.
Long live Salman Akram Raja !
The Constitutional amendments aim at ending the independence of the Pakistan judiciary, which was perceived by the Pakistan Establishment as an obstacle to giving it a free hand in crushing opposition in Pakistan, though the judiciary was only doing its duty of protecting and upholding the fundamental rights of the people mentioned in Articles 8 to 28 of Pakistan’s Constitution. Pakistan’s judiciary, despite its several defects, was the last bastion and bulwark standing against the forces of fascism and dictatorship in Pakistan, all other institutions having collapsed. It had therefore to be removed, just as Hitler removed all obstacles to his autocratic and dictatorial fascist rule.
Pakistan’s Enabling Act
This reminds one of the Enabling Act passed by the German Reichstag on 23rd March 1933, which enabled Hitler, who had become Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933, to pass decrees inconsistent with the Weimar Constitution, and this was used by Hitler to impose a fascist dictatorship in Germany.
Nawaz Sharif’s empty rhetoric
Maybe my thinking is different from others, but I believe we are a potential market for each other. Why should Indian and Pakistani farmers and manufacturers go outside to sell their products? Goods now go from Amritsar to Lahore via Dubai – what are we doing, who is benefiting from this? What should take two hours now takes two weeks
Indo-Canadian dispute
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian authorities had credible information of the involvement of Indian government officials in the murder of Nijjar, but the Indian government dismissed the allegation as absurd and preposterous, and motivated by the desire of Trudeau to get the Sikh vote in the forthcoming Canadian Parliamentary elections.
Islam does not prohibit drinking jaam-e-sehat and jaam-e-mauj
On hearing this, Akbar came out of his hiding place, and told Birbal ” Birbal, what is this fraud you are doing ? You yourself asked your servant to give you two pegs of drink. And now you are beating this poor man saying he is making you drink
Why I prefer Imran Khan to Nawaz Sharif
In reply, I would like to say that Imran Khan has not criticised India but its Prime Minister Modi, whose politics consists of inciting and spreading hatred against Indian Muslims, a policy which has resulted in lynching of Indian Muslims, beating them brutally for not saying Jai Shri Ram, bulldozing their houses, and arresting and jailing scores of innocent Muslims for long periods ( e.g. Umar Khalid ). What is wrong in such criticism ? All right minded persons in India and Pakistan should do the same.
Oppression of Muslims Continues Unabated in India
The oppression of Muslims in India, a minority community constituting just 15% of the nation’s 1.4 billion population, remains a distressing reality. Despite India’s rich tradition of diversity, recent events, particularly under the governance of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014, have raised concerns over the safety and dignity of Muslims. From incidents like the Karnataka mosque intrusion to cases of lynching and wrongful imprisonment, the challenges faced by the Muslim community have intensified. These incidents have sparked debates on the responsibilities of a majority toward its minorities in a truly civilized society.
What is happening in Pakistan ?
However, the situation has changed with the emergence of China as a super power in the world. Now China has penetrated deeply into the Pakistan economy, and the US government must be very worried that the Chinese may soon penetrate into the political echelons of power in Pakistan too, which though still under US grip till today, may not so remain if the Chinese presence in Pakistan keeps expanding.