Remembering Allama Iqbal:

For the past many days I have been thinking about Iqbal's two famous quotes,
one being:
Kuch baat hai ki hasti mit-tee nahi hamari,
Sadiyon se raha hai dushman daure-zaman hamara.

And then,
Vatan ki fikr kar naadaan museebat aane wali hai,
Teri barbadiyo ke mashwure hain aasmano me,
Na samjhoge to mit jaaoge aye hindostan walon,
Tumhari dastaan bhi naa hogi dastaano me.

I can't solve this dilemma, if our existence can't be erased easily why should we worry, right from Vedic age people came to India, some settled here and enriched it in someway or other. Even those who went back, they too enriched India. Our cultural continuity is intact while all other ancient civilizations are now a part of history. Or is this plain myth created by scholars.

I am no expert in history but as far as I know stiff resistance and use of force have never been a part of our history barring a few exceptions. What we had in plenty was infighting and small kingdoms, all over the country.

When a poet like Iqbal says 'Watan ki fikr kar naadaan' what does it signify, we by default neglect/ignore our nation and nationality, or we simply don't care about it (use of the word 'fikr'), we are so engrossed in our daily lives that a detached perspective is impossible for us. Did it emerge from the frustration and anger of being unable to eliminate the inaction and indifference from fellow citizens. What was it that made him write this?

Is it not something that I can identify with, a part of me says nothing will change, go back enjoy your life but the other part says have patience God takes tests before granting wishes.

Whatever it is, I can't get past this dilemma, which statement is correct or which one carries more weight if both are true.

Am I fooling myself. . . .

I just recalled this point, Even (if I remember correctly) Gandhiji too criticized this independent nature of the little republics (our villages) being a hurdle to socio-religious reforms.

Are we still living in these little republics or have we made the big republic called India by merging these.

Terror-Diversity in India

(A Comment on the ongoing War On Terror in India.)

Many of us either knowingly or out of ignorance neglect the variety of terrorism in India. Like our diversity, terrorism in India is also very varied. Lets start with the question What is Terrorism. It is the use of terror for attaining some predetermined goals. The important terms here are Terror and Goals. And when we have decided to fight terrorism we must fight its all 'strains' rather than just one.

My list of terrorist organizations includes the following:

1. The Police and The Bureaucracy: I, as a common man, am very terrified by the police. I keep a hundred-hands distance from these people, I don’t fear the bureaucracy that much because [Read 5.]

2. The Politicians: This is another group that I fear a lot, because they have four hands instead of two, two their own, and one of police and the other of criminals and goons. I change my road if they are traveling on the same and make sure that I never fall in their line of sight.

3. The ‘Bahubalis’, The Mafia Dons and Criminals: The Bahulbali is a sub-category of the Politician category, they are usually found in the states of UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. But as their achievements and glory is spreading a whole new generation of such politicians is coming up in all parts of the country. The Mafia (although groups exist in each state) is most visible in Mumbai and Goa. The petty criminals have impacted my life most. I fear theft, robbery, loot, chain-snatch each day I step out of my house.

4. The former Rajas, Maharajas, Zamindars and Tallukdars: yet another category of the Politicians, they morphed into politicians after independence and abolition of privy purses, and since then they are ‘SERVING’ the nation and its people.

5. The Contractors, Agents and the Dalaals: this is the second largest category of terrorists in India, they deal in everything for a commission, be it a kid, a labour, girls/ women for prostitution , a kidney, a defence deal, share market fraud, hawala, roads, bridges, coffins, railways, arms, ammunition, drugs, religion, tax, passport, license, ration card, they deal in everything. Individually they are nothing but their collective efforts seem to be SELLING OUR COUNTRY FOR A SMALL COMMISSION.

6. The Hindutva forces: they want political power in the garb of religion, now they are terrorizing other communities after they have successfully done so they will come for us. They indirectly help in making terrorism a bigger problem as their acts and words fuel the terrorist organizations here and in Pakistan. They can’t end Terrorism because they are based on Terror.

7. The Regional forces: the Shivsena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are the current examples, Khalistan, Kashmir, the North-eastern states, all are examples of such regional forces pulling in different directions and to disintegrate India.

8. The Imported Terrorist: the least damaging yet the most discussed and highlighted, what they do is kill a hundred or so people and die. People go crazy over them ignoring the fact that many of commuters of Mumbai Local die silently by falling from the trains or have their limbs chopped off, people travel like animals in these trains even when pages of Railway Time Tables are filled with trains to and from Bihar, they breathe poisoned-polluted air, get stuck in traffic jams, drink polluted water, get run over by drunk drivers, etc. Talking of rural India, you again can list more than a hundred problems and how they are killing our people.
These people come and show us the mirror of the dirt and loopholes we have created in our system and we get angry over them. We just want to fight them. But I am Sorry to say you can't fight them alone, you have to fight all of the above and following to really fight them.


9. The Homegrown Terrorist: when extremist people from a majority attack a minority they forget (or rather knowingly?) that extremism is also present on the other side. Some of the emotionally wounded, betrayed and frustrated retaliate and the cycle starts. Society keeps a nab on extremism by fair-play and justice, when these two go extremism comes forward.

10. The People’s fighters or the Naxals: the terrorists with leftist leanings, they are fighting for the poor and the tribals and want to bring a revolution. Currently their struggle is aimed at SEZs and corporatization of agricultural land. If anyone tries to make people aware, they quickly get rid of him, because they run a parallel government in many areas of the country, what is popularly known as The Red Corridor and they can't risk its existence.

11. The Forward Caste Groups: the Ranvir Sena and similar groups organized in the states of UP, Bihar and Jharkhand, by the landlords and forward castes to scare away naxals, they are more involved in torturing and terrorising innocent people mostly dalits. Their most damaging impact is the loss of credibility of the State and its institutions.

12. The Urban-terrorist-in-training: A new breed of terrorist, a generation born after each attack or major incident. These are people like me who have started learning and fighting all these above groups. We will be deemed terrorist by these people in the coming days, first we will be attacked so that we are taught a lesson and then we will be killed by them for not changing our ways.

13. The Dormant Citizens of India: this is the largest category of terrorists I think, when somebody hurts them they try to take revenge individually but not collectively. They sit and wait till something wrong happens to them rather than actively work to prevent it.
They silently see the oppression and the exploitation, some even contribute (behti ganga main haath dho lain), they indifferently watch the rot spread everywhere in the system. If someone wants to do something good they won’t support him, they can bear and adjust with all the failings and shortcomings of India, as a nation and We The People, as the citizens of this country by ranting and chanting BAD LUCK, NOTHING WILL CHANGE, NO ONE CAN CHANGE IT.


To conclude, It is very easy to point fingers at Pakistan, because by doing so we can rid ourselves of the real issues and the real WAR ON TERROR that needs to be fought in our country. If we are to really fight Terrorism, we must fight it in entirety not focusing on one aspect of it while closing our eyes on all others. Those who came and killed have nothing to do with the reasons behind the attack. (it can be anything, a conspiracy of ISI and Pakistan, a conspiracy of CIA and America, a conspiracy of China with Pakistan, a conspiracy of our government to divert attention from all other issues, a conspiracy of BJP for Lok Sabha Elections, anything. I should write about it in detail.)

Remember the biggest terrorist attack in world's history was not on the TWIN TOWERS but on the cities of HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI.

JAAGO INDIA. . . .!

Clip showing: Daler Mehndi singing Jaago India !



LAWYER FILES CASE AGAINST DALER MEHNDI FOR THE SONG JAAGO INDIA:
“I have filed a criminal case against Daler as the lyrics of his song ‘Jaago India’ sounds demotivating and is in bad taste. The lyrics of his song abuse people of the country, which is completely objectionable and is not in the interest of the nation,” Kunjaraman told IANS here Wednesday.

“I decided to file a case against the singer and take it further for the interest of the people,” Kunjaraman added.(READ FULL STORY HERE)

'Prabhu' Kunjaraman people in many districts of my state Madhya Pradesh are dying of hunger, my own city is facing water shortages but bore wells are being dug every minute, your activism is desperately needed here, let them sing a song and do the ding-dong, LETS SOLVE THE REAL ISSUES!

ANY TAKERS OF MR. KUNJARAMAN !

ARE THE LYRICS IN BAD TASTE & OBJECTIONABLE?

Lyrics (of Jaago India sung by Daler Mehndi for the album Mission Shanti):

Tum saare sote raho, Maarne wale maar rahe hain,

Tum 'saale'/saare sote raho, Maarne wale maar rahe hain,

Tum 'saalon'/saaron rote raho, Maarne wale maar rahe hain,

Tum 'saalon'/sab rote raho, Maarne wale maar rahe hain,

ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago India.

ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago India.

Mazhab nahi...

Tum sab lut-tay raho, lootne wale loot rahe hain,

Tum sab lut-tay raho, lootne wale loot rahe hain,

Tum sab pit-tay raho, peetne wale peet rahe hain,

Tum sab pit-tay raho, peetne wale peet rahe hain,

Allah te...

ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago India.

ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago ae.. Jaago India.

Sare jahan se achcha...

Parliament Attack 2001, Mumbai Attack 2008 and Me !

For the past many days I have been thinking about the 2001 Parliament Attack, today I thought of sharing my views with you.

Starting from the start, Even in 2001, my view was that the brave policemen should not have done their duties, let a dozen of MPs die so that politicians get a sense of reality, I knew or rather we all knew their relatives will suffer, and it happened and is going on. Is it that people shout unnecessarily against government or the government doesn’t do anything for them, Afzal Guru’s example can be used for showing government’s outlook in the matter.

Coming to 2008, the Mumbai Attack never came as a surprise, we all knew it is going to happen, we imagined BLASTS but they used guns this time as they used in 2001. I asked myself, why common people rather than high profile politicians then it came to my mind, in the Parliament Attack the terrorists were five in number and were able to kill seven, mostly policemen or lower staff. This was a failure on large scale for them, first because of the extent of damage and people’s response (I see myself here for I am always ready to spare a dozen of politicians’ life, they deserve it.)

This time they attacked people and not high profile politicians because they knew the people are not bothered by politicians’ death, even more why kill a person who is helping in one’s mission, don’t we all know what our politicians are doing. I can cite personal examples other than that of my social circle and what I have read and saw, for it but I think it isn’t required. (I don't want to rant that the terrorists are cowards, lets fix a day and place and have a war like older days, etc. When time comes it will all be seen.)

But the question is what do they gain from these attacks, they can’t subvert us by these tactics rather they bring us together and closer, they instill motivation in us to eliminate them, what makes them believe that we are cowards, we will never step on the line of fire for our nation, what’s missing in us that makes them believe this.

Is it not our indifference to people like Bal and Raj Thackray,

Is it not our indifference to our surroundings,

Is it not our support of Narendra Modi brand of leadership,

Is it not our support of Lalu Prasad Yadav brand of leadership,

Is it now our ignorance of our fellow citizens’ problems,

Is it not our indifference to Riots,

Is it not our indifference to people dying of hunger and diseases,

Is it not our disregard of fellow citizens when we fail to speak for them,

Is it not the number of NGOs in this country that do what the government has to do,

Is it not the our silence on killings of people like Satyendra Dubey,

Is it not our outlook of life where our pleasures matter even if they cost others pain,

Is it not our belief that nothing can be changed in this country,

Is it not our disrespect to people like Gandhi, Netaji Bose, Swami Vivekanand whose vision and ideas we have burnt in their funeral pyres,

Is it not our lack of will to cleanse our system,

Is it not our apathy to the victims of various crimes,

Is it. . . .

Sorry, the list seem endless.

The second aspect of this is if the politicians can plan and organize riots systematically, why can’t they explode a couple of bombs or pay for a couple of young boys to attack us.

I am genuinely skeptic about this, I wanted to write this point in detail later but, take for example the US War on Terror, Saddam Hussein was captured with ease but the Osama Bin Laden is still not captured. Can’t it be America’s ploy of having a permanent base in Pakistan and Afganistan to guard against Communist states Russia and China. Couldn’t they have paid Al Qaida for the Twin Tower Attack, like they paid them to fight USSR. You may call me paranoid but what can I do if such thoughts come to my mind.

What I can promise to do is to change myself, try my best out to reform the system, I would write about it here, in my blog.

(Swami Vivekanand once said Life's a battle, Let me die fighting, but a non-entity like me have small issues to deal with. My problem is the weight of the guilt that comes from my inaction and indifference , I can't carry it to my deathbed.)

WHAT BHOPAL'S BLOGGERS HAVE TO SAY ON/AFTER THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK

1. आतंकवाद के भस्मासुर की चुनौतियों के सामने आख़िर हम नाकाम क्यों? by Vidhu.

2. खिलेंगे फूल उस जगह की तू जहाँ शहीद हो ,...वतन की राह .... by Vidhu.

3. Reign of Terror by Aadya.

4. आख़िर ऐसा क्यों by Uday Kant Dixit.

5. लोहा गरम है by Uday Kant Dixit.

6. Public Intolerance .. by Gurleen Kaur.

7. THE BIAS OF INDIAN MEDIA by Ashish Menon.

8. India's 9/11 by Ashish Menon.

9 Gilani Rules out Hand-over of Suspects by VisionMP.

10. Gateway to India by Shehla Masood.

11. क्या फर्क है? by Rajey Sha.

12. परिवर्तन करना होगा by Renu Sharma

13. आतंक का तांडव by Renu Sharma

14. रूतबा कायम रखे भारत......... मुंबई में हुए आतंकी ह... by Adhinath jha

15. The Dark Day by Vicky

16. किसी से मत पूछो कैसे हैं हालात देश के मत पूछो।सभ... by Amitabh Farogh

17. Listen to the common men This is an appeal to all... by Dr.Surendra Mohan Shukla

18. People’s anger needs direction Public anger has b... by Dr.Surendra Mohan Shukla

[P.S. TOP 50 RECENTLY CHANGED BLOGS TODAY. WILL ADD MORE LATER MYSELF OR IF ASKED BY SOME BLOG AUTHORS]

19. क्या ये महज एक संयोग है... By Chaitanya Chandan.

20. यह घोर कलियुग है... By Chaitanya Chandan.

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21. Lessons of Mumbai Terror attack for Masses by D K Sachdeva.

22. मेरे देश के लोग भारत जैसे अद्भुत देश को देखने से वंचित रह जायेंगे by Pankaj Shukla.

23. Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am a typical mouse from... by Shashank.

24. what kind of war is this!!! by Ganpat Swarup Pathak.

25. किसका करे शुक्रिया अदा by Aditya Verma.

26. This sense was sensible than the common sense by Gaurav Bhatnagar.

27. किस किस को कोसें by R D Saxena.

28. एक पत्र श्री अमिताभ बच्चन के नाम ... by R D Saxena.

29. The Great Divide by Ambreen Zaidi.

30. Mumbai attack: the way ahead by Proloy Bagchi.

31. आज़ाद न तू ..आज़ाद न मैं. . . by Sharat Rajmohan Verma.

32. OK.. we have new Chief Minister of Maharastra! Whats new? by Rajeev Verma.

33. दिल की आवाज़ by Ritesh Agarwal.

WHO AM I & WHY AM I HIDING MY IDENTITY?

I am an ordinary man like who felt enough is enough after the Mumbai Terror Attacks, thought of working to clean the dirt in our country and its systems. I felt that in Democracy Politics is the thing that controls and is capable of making far reaching changes.

For this I thought of forming a new political party with like minded people, I searched the net to know whether someone has already initiated the mission of rebuilding our nation, I came to know about Jago Party, became an active member that very moment. I didn’t want to dissipate my anger to different places and disrespect myself. I didn’t want to fight battles on TV but a war in reality, once and for all.

This is the context where my real identity subsided and I became Latent Dissent, how and why I came to this decision read ahead

If I tell you that I am from Bhopal, am 25 years old and support liberalism you would focus on my words and ideas, but if I add to that my name you would consider my views in the context of my religion and caste, adding occupation would further complicate the picture, I want to talk to you on the condition of our country not myself, that’s the first reason.

The second reason is that, the moment you talk of joining politics to make a change, people start imagining you as a selfish person who wants to fulfill his personal ambitions through politics, there is nothing wrong in the attitude, even I am skeptic of anyone who shows such inclinations, the reason is we have been cheated emotionally so many times by our politicians that we don’t want any further responsibilities of creating yet another scoundrel.

I further accept that I am no expert in the field, but my intentions are very clear on the issue, much better than many experts of this field. I want to change my country for good, I am doing, I am trying my best, THE TURN IS YOURS !

THANKYOU !