tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post4942481960048042333..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: Last two namesDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-59119240832881518722012-06-19T07:28:33.235+05:302012-06-19T07:28:33.235+05:30For some reason my thoughts turned tonight to our ...For some reason my thoughts turned tonight to our dear friends Daphne and Juergen. We met in Belgium, visited them often in Germany, and had Daphne over to see our part of Canada. What beautiful people, what loving parents, and what fun loving friends. How we miss you. Rest well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-62491321738276625432009-11-25T19:51:42.440+05:302009-11-25T19:51:42.440+05:30Now this is funny...
Union minister of seeds and ...Now this is funny...<br /><br />Union minister of seeds and fertiliser Azhagiri ( being a Tamilian myself I insist on the 'z') of the DMK was absent in the House when questions were raised, by the opposition, regarding the situation with seeds availablity in the country especially in Punjab, Rajasthan and UP.<br /><br />The minister was absent. Apparently he is still waiting for a decision from the Speaker reg. his petition to speak in Tamil in the Parliament.<br /><br />Well.. the minister is not just epected to address Tamil Nadu farmers but those of the whole of the Union of India. His reply in Tamil will leave most of the MPs in the house scrathing their heads. He has to aleast speak in English if not in Hindi. <br /><br />I mean a minister should be able to communicate with atleast 80% of the House. Or maybe he knew that he could not communicate with the rest of the MPs. Maybe that's why he prefers to stay away from the House.<br /><br />In that case the blame should be on venerable Sardar for forming such a dysfunctional cabinet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-18050643028278466172009-11-25T06:29:43.646+05:302009-11-25T06:29:43.646+05:30Chandru...you're right upto a point, we certai...Chandru...you're right upto a point, we certainly lack resoluteness and discipline...orelse we would not have become hostages to ISI in our own homes....and to corruptuion, Bollywood, this crop of politicians etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-79683234468952670302009-11-24T11:22:51.248+05:302009-11-24T11:22:51.248+05:30Invoking the Weimar republic, Nazism or genocide, ...Invoking the Weimar republic, Nazism or genocide, shows a huge degree of alienation from Indian culture and history, a lack of understanding and sympathy for Indians, and a basic absence of awareness of the essential goodness of Indians. A goodness, depsite occasional nasty flare-ups( themselves responses to violence of disaffected groups), that will prevent any third reich type government from coming into power in India. Indians simply lack that combination of nastiness, resoluteness, military style iron discipline and desire for global conquest, that characterised the Nazis.Chandrunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-48362683698641759532009-11-22T15:12:46.761+05:302009-11-22T15:12:46.761+05:30gossip over cheese fondue and crème Brule...
I h...gossip over cheese fondue and crème Brule...<br /><br />I have nothing against cheese fondue and creme Brule...but throw in the gossip and that were the whole affair turns poisonous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-63551164095835749912009-11-22T15:05:28.429+05:302009-11-22T15:05:28.429+05:30Extract of Suhashini Haider's account , in IBN...Extract of Suhashini Haider's account , in IBN Live, of life aboard Air India One and on the prospect of accompanying the PM on his current trip to White House. <br /><br />"...of driving up right to your plane, of cavernous legroom, of flowing champagne and caviar."<br /><br />"think of all the gossip! And as we stop in Geneva overnight- the gossip gets more delicious over cheese fondue and crème Brule".<br /><br />I mean they are in it for themselves isn't it.<br /><br />Air India One and Air India cattle class are planets apart, mate...just like Lutyens Delhi and Aragandanallur...<br /><br />Only consolation for Aragandanallur is that Kasab and Co may not ever visit it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-37195483296438477112009-11-22T14:21:25.579+05:302009-11-22T14:21:25.579+05:30Nationalism was anathemic to the Weimar liberals.....Nationalism was anathemic to the Weimar liberals....only that National Socialists approppriated it and the results are there to see for all. <br /><br />The venerable Sardar is no better than the reckless Weimar neocracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-86503067321554160632009-11-22T07:28:04.706+05:302009-11-22T07:28:04.706+05:30My foot...trouble is only yhe PM is interested in ...My foot...trouble is only yhe PM is interested in performance, the rest of his cabinet and his party are satisfied just clinging onto power<br /><br />Agree with Anon here. But is the PM truly interested in performance? It is indeed a sad comedown for this man. I had a lot of respect for him and beleived he truly had a vision for India. <br />Please note during the first anniversary of 26/11, he is flying off to the US instead of coming down to Bombay and observing the anniversary. It only shows how much he cares about his own country.<br />Contrast this with how the American president observed the first anniversary of 9/11.Nikhilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-36202178985733326592009-11-22T04:28:19.748+05:302009-11-22T04:28:19.748+05:30News item in rediff.com..."PM's 'new ...News item in rediff.com..."PM's 'new vision' to make government perform"<br /><br /><br />My foot...trouble is only yhe PM is interested in performance, the rest of his cabinet and his party are satisfied just clinging onto powerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-56173831649052876812009-11-22T03:50:39.620+05:302009-11-22T03:50:39.620+05:30The gated Weimar republics of Bombay, Dilli, Calcu...The gated Weimar republics of Bombay, Dilli, Calcutta, Bangalore , Madras and Hyderabad seem to think that they are safe from the forces buffeting India. They are wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-70812249232895941262009-11-21T14:51:11.709+05:302009-11-21T14:51:11.709+05:30News item in Outlookindia.com
"Upscale areas...News item in Outlookindia.com<br /><br />"Upscale areas in Bombay now have 15-ft-high walls"....<br /><br />Free country eh...the toffs are prisoners in their own homes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-18109660144305382182009-11-21T04:47:20.399+05:302009-11-21T04:47:20.399+05:30No...I'm referring to the bhadralok of the old...No...I'm referring to the bhadralok of the old money and the new money. The types who wine and dine away oblivious to the milling poverty, rampant corruption and sycophancy.. the types who flaunt their skin and money to evoke jealousy among the beholders..the decadence of Bombay and Bollywood....the decay of the environment....the excesses of the liberals and the socialites. More importantly the absence ( or rather the silence) of the straightjackets....scenes straight from the Weimar republic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-77981706818024632832009-11-20T23:51:13.238+05:302009-11-20T23:51:13.238+05:30"I only hope that something like that doesn&#..."I only hope that something like that doesn't happen to India."<br /><br /> At this very moment, the ones using violence to obtain power or overthrow the existing order of things, are the Naxalites and the Kashmiri terrorists. So I take it you are referring to them. Certainly, none of them state "We are struggling for more democracy, freedom, secularism, openness and pluralism than what currently exists in India" That's the last thing on their minds.Chandru Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1671664365782635142009-11-20T23:27:11.762+05:302009-11-20T23:27:11.762+05:30I'm afraid modern India, in parts, resembles ...I'm afraid modern India, in parts, resembles the Wiemar republic .<br />The latter was succeeded by National Socialists ( more popularly referrred to as Nazis). I only hope that something like that doesn't happen to India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-48427018920824310722009-11-20T14:10:00.902+05:302009-11-20T14:10:00.902+05:30lol!
Mr. Kanade
a strong believer in the richne...lol!<br /><br />Mr. Kanade <br />a strong believer in the richness of Hindutva = BRAHMIN<br /><br />Hindutva is the modern post industrial revision for Sanatan Dharma and the pre-industrial Maratha nationalism. <br /><br />Chandru K look at your comrades. Go ahead with your hinduism in danger rhetoric and you ll soon have manusmriti demanding your buttocks to chopped off because you sat on a brahmins seat.<br /><br />Yes Mr. Kanade I am sure Sanatan Dharma does not subscribe to Manusmriti (or does it?) but it does believe in Shastras doesn't it? <br /><br />Pray tell us about your opinion about Chatur Varna Dear. Mr. Kanade if you are a proud Sanatani DharmicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-17402318263901926152009-11-20T11:03:43.465+05:302009-11-20T11:03:43.465+05:30Chinmaya, to repeat, people equating Hindutva with...Chinmaya, to repeat, people equating Hindutva with the Taliban are ignoramuses. It's so obvious that they are not one and the same. The Hindutva groups are quite content and comfortable with democracy, pluralism, modernity, and most arts including music, painting, sculpture and film. The Hindutva groups have never advocated women being forced to stay at home or cover themselves. So when you refer to people equating the two, you are speaking of either extremely ignorant or very motivated, conniving individuals.Chandru Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-12228830877354419192009-11-20T09:00:31.382+05:302009-11-20T09:00:31.382+05:30Dilip has blacklisted you.
Absolutely right. That...<i>Dilip has blacklisted you</i>.<br /><br />Absolutely right. That's why you see none of Chandru's comments on this page or anywhere else on my blog. Not a single one, not a mention of his name.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-76101490761421306752009-11-20T08:58:25.522+05:302009-11-20T08:58:25.522+05:30I would only like to repeat. As a strong believer ...I would only like to repeat. As a strong believer in the richness of Hindutva and as calling myself a Sanatani Hindu, it is guys like Chandru, who give Hindutva a bad name. <br /><br />I say this because it is the things Chandru says that make ppl equate Hindutva to Talibanic ppl. It is the same things Taliban says, in the mirror image. They also downplay acts of their religion's criminals, like you are doing. <br /><br />Hindutva teaches me to condemn and shun every criminal irregardless of religion. This is what believers in Hindutva like me bcame angry about under Congress rule after freedom for 40 yrs, because it never happened like that. <br /><br />Now Chandru are trying to speak for Hindutva but doing the *same* thing. This is not Hindutva. it is distortion and bad name for Hindutva.<br /><br />Blueshift, I can understand yr anger with Chandru, but please dont have such views of Savarkar. I would like you to learn with open mind abt the essence of his message.Chinmaya Kanadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-9182395160788959342009-11-20T01:00:54.381+05:302009-11-20T01:00:54.381+05:30Blueshift's laboured list is in no way compara...Blueshift's laboured list is in no way comparable to what 'people of the book", the Moslems have done. Remember that the very creation of Pakistan was an act of terrorism conducted on a massive scale. Then there is Kashmir, where the terrorism could fill an encylopedia. Blueshift and Dilip D'Souza simply want to show the pagans(Hindus) in as bad a light as possible. But it won't work. Pagans have a much better record in non-violence and acceptance. Accept it.Chandru Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-65897949768578630332009-11-19T22:52:31.239+05:302009-11-19T22:52:31.239+05:30You are totally wrong, Blueshift. Those Islamic gr...You are totally wrong, Blueshift. Those Islamic groups do not believe in democracy, secularism or pluralism. Even the most aggressive of the Hindu groups, is opposed to what they call 'pseudo-secularism' not secularism per se. Whereas that is never an issue with the Islamic units. The Islamist groups are against the idea of elections. You could not elect them, nor could you vote them out at any level- central, state or municipal, once they capture power. Also, none of those Islamist groups would ever declare Hinduism as a valid path for revering the divine.<br /><br /> In sheer relentlessness of violence, in number, range, type and frequency, there is no comparison between the Islamist and Hindutva organisations.Chandru Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-65852301759632913092009-11-19T22:31:45.960+05:302009-11-19T22:31:45.960+05:30Chandru K
"anyone who equates Hindutva with ...Chandru K<br /><br />"anyone who equates Hindutva with Talibanism, Al-Qaeda or the Lashkar, is really an idiot" <br /><br />You are crazy and insane.<br /><br />Ask any al-qaeda or Lashkar or Taliban...they are peace loving people like you. <br /><br />They too will be unhappy and feel idiotic anyone comparing Talibanism to hindutva or Al-Qaeda to hindutva or Lashkar to hindutva.<br /><br />Infact they feel themselves as angels sent by god to establish his kingdom and rest(hindus included) as enimies of god.<br /><br />looks like you are pampering hindutva as your baby and defending it. Unfortunately your baby kills and is bad too and you are blind to your baby.Blueshifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192639568580051315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-59131933249154066182009-11-19T10:33:21.807+05:302009-11-19T10:33:21.807+05:30Chinmaya, I did note the tribute to a couple who h...Chinmaya, I did note the tribute to a couple who had great fondness for India. But I also see a very troubling tendency of self proclaimed 'secular progressive' commentators in India, to really personalise and humanise suffering when the victim in question is a Moslem or Christian. The same sentiment is absent when the victim is a Hindu. That's all I'm saying. You are a good representative of 'Hindutva'; people reading your message would be hard put to label you "right wing ultra conservative Hindu nationalist'. Actually-and I'm sure you can see the truth of this- anyone who equates Hindutva with Talibanism, Al-Qaeda or the Lashkar, is really an idiot.Chandru Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-41388130798577039662009-11-19T00:26:18.541+05:302009-11-19T00:26:18.541+05:30Dcubed
"Yet in even a stuttering democracy, ...Dcubed<br /><br />"Yet in even a stuttering democracy, at least I can hope to push it towards being just"<br />-I knew you would say that and yes,<br />that is reasonable (and feasible) I hope you are successful in that. At the rate you are going perhaps you will be (like a lot others have been)<br /><br />There is one problem and I don't know how to answer this but the other day I heard something like "Sharad Pawar used the activists from Nagari Nivara Parishad" It did irritate me but how does one react to that? It is not entirely inaccurate and yet it does seem unfair.<br /><br /><br />and yes. I know you do.<br /><br />BTW I love the "lynching in public" option that a lot of people have offered. LOL. Its one of those "Lined up and shot" methods. The people who suggest these are peculiar. I do not want to be alive to see that happen in India.<br /><br />reminds me of this:<br />puppymanohar.blogspot.com/2007/12/linear-execution.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-8978959512090914982009-11-18T23:49:12.016+05:302009-11-18T23:49:12.016+05:30Been distracted, unable to come here and comment. ...Been distracted, unable to come here and comment. Some brief responses:<br /><br />Chinmaya, thank you.<br /><br />Pareshaan, above all this is a time for a civilized response. It's because Kasab is alive and being tried that we've uncovered the identities of accomplices. To me, weakness lies in succumbing to the temptation to lash out in "revenge". In the end, we want to fight this menace. How do we achieve that by, let's say, lynching Kasab in public? After all, this is a guy who came here to die (which is what his colleagues managed to accomplish). <br /><br />Strength lies in demonstrating our faith in justice.<br /><br />Anon 307: what a thought-provoking comment (and I have a feeling I know who you are). <br /><br />Nope, the state is not just. Yet in even a stuttering democracy, at least I can hope to push it towards being just. I have no such hope from gunmen intent on massacre, or from a mob looking to kill someone. That's the difference.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-75754767815047278062009-11-18T23:20:23.735+05:302009-11-18T23:20:23.735+05:30Dear Chandru K
Umcommon! Seriously bro. Think abo...Dear Chandru K<br /><br />Umcommon! Seriously bro. Think about it.<br /><br />Uncommon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com