jabdakhata

Let us suppose that there are two countries in our present times, both very powerful and ruled by autocratic leaders. Both the countries have global designs and aspirations. One is an economic superpower while the other is an aspiring economic superpower. One has a grievance, a grudge that once it controlled half the world and its resources and then it was taken away from it. It still harbours the notion that it can attain glory by reconquering the lost territories and also the resources and thus become an economic superpower and again dominate the world like the cold war era. The other thinks that it is the natural heir to the throne of the world because of its size and capabilities. For a long time the world had ignored it, even oppressed it. It had suffered a lot. It ushered in a cultural revolution to drive away the influence of the foreign devils that had contaminated its soil and culture, in the process killing millions of its own citizens. The other one had been the deathbed f

Coronavirus epidemic has given us several opportunities. They are - 1) we should be grateful for being alive everyday. Its a fact that we forget that we should be grateful everyday for seeing a new day. Only in times of crisis we remember that we can too die - just as Yudhisthira said - "ahani ahani bhutani gacchanti yamamandiram...sesha sthirantam icchanti kimaschryam mata param" - everyday people die and yet they think that somebody else will die, not me. 2) We should learn to curb our desires and live on what is minimum, essential for our sustenance - Mother earth will be much lighter if we learn to live on less and do not hoard unnecessary staff, try to become less selfish and more concerned with the larger community 3) Lead a peaceful life, not hectic mad rush after money, power, name, fame and recognition 4) Do what is better for us in the long run and not necessarily what seems to be pleasant and entertaining - like meditation in place of movies, prayer and fasting i

Year 2020 will probably be a turning point in the history of human civilization. There were very few periods in history when an entire human race was held hostage to a morbid fear of sickness and death, across almost all nations and vast geographies. The COVID19 or the Coronavirus or Wuhan Virus, whichever is the name given, is officially a Pandemic and has already affected more than 200,000. The figure is going on increasing. China has apparently now shut it out but no one knows if it won't strike again. America, Britain and continental (Western) Europe are down and out. Italy is the biggest casualty, others are following. Pope's closeness to God has not spared Vatican, apparently God does not believe in nepotism. In the Middle East Allah is not too pleased with Iran, although some ingenious Indian Muslims claim that the very name of Corona is derived from Koran. Now it is apparent that the casulaty figures are going to increase. In India its the sheer stupidity and brazenne

At various levels, politics is driven not by morality but by compulsions of petty interests. Take for instance Bengal politics. The Left is finished while Congress is non existent. The battle is now between two main parties - BJP & Trinamool. One would wonder why BJP is not going all out after Didi despite having several key weapons like that of allegations of corruption, infighting with TMC and a fragile economy. BJP has no strong organization and has not built any. Its leaders are mediocre and some even are pure rubberstamps, like its so called Vice President who was till a few days back towing Trinamool line on the CAA. People will naturally wonder as to why BJP central leadership has kept showpieces. The answer is clear. Its a got up game. The BJP needs Trinamool as much as Trinamool needs BJP. Despite the rhetoric of Didi, it is clear that she is comfortable with BJP in opposition. She has a calculation. She knows that she has the urban Hindu votes. What she dreads is the ri

Globally there is a war going on for power, between leftists and nationalists. The leftists corner bulk of the organized institutions like media, academics and other areas where you can control and create opinions. Leftists are backed by two very powerful countries. They are also eyeing elections in America Europe and India, countries that matter to them.They have deep pockets as they are handsomely funded. A section of the leftist corporate is strongly with them. The Islamic jihadists including the many terror orgs are merely their foot soldiers. Global left is using terror as a pawn, and that includes bankrupt and fundamentalist nations like Pakistan, to pursue their agenda of capturing and grabbing power. India is high on their radar and some of the policies of the BJP govt are serving as bottlenecks like stopping funding of bogus NGOs, reduction in corruption and curbing the internal problems in Kashmir and NE. Global left is sponsoring insurgents in NE, the Maoists and urban Nax

New website on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose launched at  https://www.netajisubhasbose.org/ The site is dedicated to author Shailesh De, whose magnum opus, "Ami Subhas Bolchi" still inspires many Subhas lovers and to author Vishwas Patil, whose Mahanayak is a similar effort in Marathi and English. Also dedicated to the countless Netaji Subhas devotees across the world, whether they believe in the aircrash theory or not, and irrespective of whether they believe that he is living or dead. Our genuine love and remembrance keeps him alive and our hope and faith in him ensures his immortality. ​The site is dedicated to all those sung and unsung heroes of freedom who sacrificed their lives and property at the altar of the motherland which many of them had never seen - the Indians of East and South East Asia who responded to the clarion call of "Give me blood, I will give you freedom" and "Total Mobilization." The site remembers those heroes of INA who laid d