Just A Thought

“A stone pelter is pelting stones for his nation.” Farooq Abdullah “Indian government should resume talks with Pakistan or be ready to lose Kashmir.” Farooq Abdullah “Valley is losing faith in Indian Democracy.” Karan Thapar It has become a fashion for the elite intellectuals of India to lambast every policy of the government or every action of the Indian Army in Kashmir as a fascist approach. And on top of that now they have started warning the government of India and its citizen that they are on the verge of ceding Kashmir to Pakistan. The first thing that I want to say to these pseudo seculars, pseudo-intellectuals, and pseudo nationalists is that they should stop looking at India as one big sized cake that can be sliced and distributed to anyone who comes with a knife. The thread of Unity that binds this nation may be multicolored, but it is not so weak that anyone can break it. Today everyone is concerned about the hard stance of the government against cross border terrorism, and...

I was sitting in my room, watching a program on TV about a traveler riding on his motorcycle across the length and breadth of India. Many times when he was in the middle of a small village and was hungry or needed a place to stay for the night, he knocked on the door of any villager and he was provided with food and shelter. No questions asked. While watching this I remembered an incident narrated by one of my Uncles which I happened to overhear and it stayed with me. He told us that he had gone to play a cricket match with his friends and by the afternoon when the match got over, he was very hungry. The cricket ground was near a village. So he went to one of the houses in the village with a few of his friends and asked the old lady in the house if he could get something to eat, and the old lady without asking who he was and where had come from went inside and got him a plate full of rice and dal. What struck me about these two incidents is the colossal difference in the thinking betwe...

The election results in the 5 states where polls were held recently threw quite a few surprises. BJP created a history of sorts by grabbing more than 300 seats in UP and also winning the highest tally of seats in the state of Uttrakhand in the history of the hill state. It also opened its account in Manipur for the first time. Congress on the other hand won handsomely in Punjab and also emerged as the single largest party in Goa and Manipur. If there were winners it is but natural that the other side would be occupied by some losers.  If the wins were spectacular, losses were equally surprising. BSP could only manage 19 seats in UP, its worst tally ever, and third straight defeat after 2012 and 2014. SP's family drama and Akhilesh Yadav's development cry and a so-called masterstroke of aligning with Congress did not convert into votes. Congress is all but finished in UP. However, the most shocking defeat story and the one I am interested in discussing here is the that of Aam Aa...

A lot of times when I am sitting alone a voice from inside calls out to me and every time it poses a question, "Do I know the real me?" And every time I can't find an exact answer. Each one of us is born with certain qualities or interests which define our individuality, which separates I from WE. Some of us are artists, some are sportspersons, some like to play with numbers, some of us want to explore the science behind everything, some are explorers. The list is endless, but everyone has their individual trait which separates them from the rest of the world. It is an individual world within this huge world where we are most happy. But how many of us get to live in this world of ours throughout our lives? We may be rich, successful, powerful, surrounded by a loving family and friends but don't we all have a moment when we look at a painting, watch a match, look at a beautiful picture, watch an actor perform, and we want to be the person doing those things. That is th...

Ever since the results for 2014 union elections were announced in India and Narendra Modi stormed to power in Delhi with an absolute majority, thanks to a large extent to a near clean sweep in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), BJP has been trying to wrest the state from the hands of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for a dual benefit of increasing its telly in Rajya Sabha considerably and to ensure that it has the best chance of getting back in power in 2019 Union Elections. Now that the Election Commission of India has announced the dates for elections in Up along with Uttrakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab, there has been a sudden surge in the political antics of all the parties to woo the voters. Today I am going to only talk about UP. Being the biggest state in terms of the Assembly seats and being the hub of political power in India ever since independence, this state deserves special status. Moreover, after a long time voters of the state are going to witness a...

Came across a very interesting conversation on one of the Whatsapp groups I am a member of. The synopsis of the discussion was that every one in today’s world is working really hard to get to a certain goal that they have set for themselves. It can be either money or power or job satisfaction or recognition. And in order to ensure that the goals are achieved most of are loosing out on the little moments of happiness in our lives i.e the time with family, watching your kids grow up and most importantly the time that we need to spend with ourselves. What really got me thinking and forced me to contemplate on this issue was that although everyone shares the same feeling of exhaustion, but everyone has a different take on the solution.  It can be anything from frequent family trips to spending more time with the family to changing the job. Even the blame for being the root cause of the problem cannot be fixed on one thing. It ranges from lack of money to lack of time to nature of...

After the out break of Dengue and Chickengunia, Delhi is has been hit by another dangerous and infectious disease. And this disease is particularly affecting the political corridors of Delhi. I am talking about the  "Foot in Mouth Disease," and the severely affected patients are Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishvas, Sanjay Nirupam and various other AAP, Congress and other political leaders of India. In fact all of them are so severely affected by this disease that they should be shifted to ICU lest they take their entire legs into their mouths.  If you haven't got the hint,  I am pointing towards their comments on Indian Army's surgical strikes in PoK where these power hungry politicians have asked for the proof of such strikes.  It is an irony for our country which has been the home of great patriots like Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Raj Guru, Sukhdev, Ashfaqullah Khan and Ramprasad Bismil, is now known to the world as the home of these traitors. ...