These last two weeks have seen fairly good amount of activity in the Hindi Blogosphere. With the political & other elections season coming up, its hard to ignore it & the resulting activity. So while Rachna composed a poem on elections describing how the environment would be in a village and Eswami is also not far behind in expressing his thoughts on Hillary and Presidentship. And elections is not all thats in for political scene. It very much has its ugly side as well, like how terrorists in Assam shot labourers from Bihar just because they are not natives and according to them Assam belongs only to the Assamese and no outsider is allowed to come there. The point those terrorists are making is that Assam is an independent region under opression of India, its just like the age-long Kashmir situation where terrorists funded by the western neighbour plunder killing one and all who do not agree with their fanatical beliefs.
Further elaborating on the Assam problem, Jitu writes that maybe this problem is arising because of regional divide as people are putting themselves and their region before the interests of the country. And that is being seeded and fueled by the Ulfa Terrorists whose leader is in the safe Bangladeshi haven while his troops march around in Assam dictating their terms. And the political leaders are doing nothing because they are concerned more with their votebank in form of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who illegally cross the borders and settle in Assam and neighbouring states, the local politicians(for their own gain) furnish them with false ids and papers which declare them as citizens of India and thus allowing them to cast their votes to form the government.
And as per Himanshu, India has been fighting the islamic terrorists till now and from now on it'll have to fight off Christian Terrorists as well which are starting to crawl out from under their rocks in the eastern states of India while Srijan Shilpi is also pondering on what can be the solution for this Assam issue. However, all this is sponsored terrorism, whether its funded by an enemy country or the local politicians. Else what will burning of shops and vehicles in Bangluroo(erstwhile Bangalore) will be called, an action which some followers of islam executed in supposed opposition to execution of Saddam!
Someone with some sense would be clearly able to see that all this is nothing but attempts to create anarchy by anti-social elements as opposing by burning property of fellow citizens would not bring a dead man to life. However Srijan Shilpi brought some good news in the form of the recent ruling of Supreme Court of India where the judiciary bench passed a ruling due to which the state assemblies will no longer be able to keep any of their decisions out of reach of judicial evalution, something which they did now and then as the constitution had given them the right to do so, which resulted in many unfair and unpleasant laws made and imposed on people by their state assemblies and no one was able to challenge them.
Moving on from politics, another draw for most people is investments, be it in a company's stocks or in real-estate or any other lucrative avaenue. So keeping that in mind, Jitu generously told everyone about the two lucrative real-estate deals that are in the market, the Castle Dracula in Romania and if you want, an island country called Sealand is also for sale! ;)
Another thing that I'm sure a lot of Indians(especially Hindi speaking ones) resent is why are they addressed and spoken to in English when both them and the person talking to them knows perfect Hindi. This kind of thing can be seen in a lot of upscale restaurants and hotels etc. but I was quite pleased to see the sign of “We will be happy to talk to you in Hindi” in a cafe in Connaught Place last week. Eswami told everyone about this new gadget in market which will easily convert your old music cassettes to MP3 format for easy listening on computer or MP3 players. Not far behind, Unmukt suprised everyone by blogging that Linux users are more sexy and sensitive than other operating system users. I'm sure that a lot of Windows and Mac users will refute this claim which appear to be baseless. ;)
Fresh from the recently accomplished Hindi Blogger of 2006 competition, Tarakash team is at it again, this time they are going to start the Best Hindi Blog Post competition which will select the best blog post written in Hindi every two months. These people are really pushing it in style now, and these small incentives will definitely encourage more people to blogging and push existing hindi bloggers to write more and better, hats off to Tarakash team.
GK Awadhiya's narration of Mahabharat continues as Arjun returns after getting divine weapons from heaven and eldest Pandav Yudhishtra saves his cousin(and enemy) Duryodhana's life.
Links courtsey: Narad
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Dear Amit
“Nagaland for christ” ..a treason against constitution?? whats wrong in believing that God exist.
u can call them separatist, extremist or naxalites..call them names. But christain terrorist is just not the right word to use. Atleast to those “Nagaland for christ” organizations(NSCN). Himanshu should have understood that NSCN has never got invovled in any terror. Cease fire has been going on for some years now. Did u ever read news where NSCN was found hijacking planes, or blasting bombs in the busy market or inside restaurants? There is not even a single suicide christain terrorist.
the word Terrorist is a derogatory word.
everybody knows christian everywhere in India are discrimanted.
HI
If you see the situation in Tibet right now its the exactly the same as in North East India. The Hun chinese are being attacked in Tibet . The Hun chinese think that they have the right to move into Tibet as its part of china but tibetian think that its an incursion.
I do not approve the violence but migrating millions of Hun chinese into Tibet will destroy local population.
I hope you see the similarity and the angusih among local population because of this.
Sorry but your examples in no way whatsoever are justfied. Tibet is another matter because it was forcibly conquered by China & the local govt. of Dalai Lama was overthrown. But the north-eastern Indian states that you talk about are very much a part of India as per their allegience to the union of India signed by their then rulers. So you can’t compare them with Tibet’s situation as tibetans are fighting for their freedom much like India fought the British! There is a difference in both these cases & will always remain unless tibetans swear their allegiance to China & then revolt.
First of All did not the Indian Kings pledge and had various treaties to the queen of England ? if you adher to that why are you not subject to the queen? Amit think about it.=)
Actually Tibet was part of China much before (13th century)but the Chinese rule was not absolute and from 1912 to 1951 Tibets were ruling themself.I am sorry to say Amit but you are posting with out doing research.And again you are posting with National sentiments and with not with a clear mind and understanding of the situation.
As for NE states they were never undercontrol of India untill the British left , Also for Nagaland iw was forceably taken in 1947 , the armed revolt dates back to Indias independence. I would say you need further research on this. As for other parts cases are different. But for all those were not part of India untill the British left. In Manipur too there was pressure on Indias part to join the union(1949). In Mizoram there was violent struggle until the leaders agreed to an treaty.
And do you want to know how the revolts were crushed, India was lucky that they were not put under scruiteny for violations.
Bombing by jets in Aizawl
http://www.misual.com/2008/03/09/aizawl-burning/
http://www.lawrkhawm.com/story.php?title=The_Day_the_Sky_Rained_Terror-1
http://www.aizoltimes.com/article/2523/memories-of-inferno-still-remain-fresh
The way nagaland revolt was crushed was even more brutal.
But even after all that we do not mind being in India at least not me, as far Indian goverment recognise our right to our cultural preservation (which it has done)and land(where it still has to work with the mass migration of people from other parts).
Please Read this to know the harm of mass migration
http://www.manipuronline.com/North-East/November2005/tripura23_1.htm
Its because the British Parliament passed a ruling which granted India independence from British rule on 15th August 1947(IST) and the country was divided into India & Pakistan with the latter being given to Muslim League under Mohd. Ali Jinnah as per their demands of a seperate free state for their muslim bretheren and which was reluctantly accepted by others as a means to stop the human slaughter that Muslim League was promoting. And thus India became independent, a union of some 500+ princely states, from the rule of brits & the Queen.
My dear, I think its you who need to brush up a little on your history & get the facts straight, do some research before making illicit claims. So I’m bowing out of this discussion(which is going nowhere) because it seems that you simply want to argue without full facts & by twisting half facts as per your agenda. :) May you believe whatever you want to, ofcourse I can’t police it & don’t want to force anything on you. :)
Also, just a suggestion: If you can then get hold of a copy of “Transfer of Power in India” by V.P.Menon which I think will give you some knowledge about that time & the actions taken as the book was written by the man who proposed the partition of India & Pakistan after the talks failed between Congress & Muslim League and the League sponsored human slaughter continued. Mr. V.P.Menon was the highest ranked indian civil servant in the British Raj and worked closely with Lord Mountbatten and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to make the transition of power from british to indians as smoothly as possible with minimum bloodshed.
HI Amit ,
You think I do not know that India got Independence from British rule??=DDDD Do you assume me to be so idiot?
What i am arguing is that if Indian kings pledge to the queen then why did the Indians want Independence? according to your previous argument their rulers had signed therefore the Indians should have lost the right to revolt?its the same argument you made that the rulers from NE pledge allegence to Indian rule.
Going with the same argument the Indians should not have fought for independence as their previous rulers accepted British Rule.
Simple!!
I am just highlighting hypocricy in your behaviour , what you think is right to do for Indians in not for others.
As for as being pig headed it hold same for you, that you are ignoring rights of native people to their land. Just that your ignorance will cause us dear because its in hand of people like you in mainland India can choose the government. I am just trying to present our view so that you can help it to refect in the Indian parliament.
Dunno about you but I don’t assume you to be whatever you say, just replied to what your words meant. As for the rulers of pricely states signing their allegiance, well, if my history is not hazy then some rulers in 18th & 19th century pledged their allegiance to the British East India Company but they didn’t give up their sovereignty or independence, it was just a political & trade alliance underwhich the East India Company would help them against any invaders & in return they would grant them trade rights & a share in taxes etc. The British East India Company however started taking control everywhere forcibly & those states whose rulers didn’t be-friend them were conquered by the military might of the Company.
When the British East India Company was stripped off its military powers in India after the revolt of 1857 by Queen Victoria, the rule of India passed directly under her administration & she took on the title of Empress of India. So you see, the rulers didn’t give up their sovereignty or freedom to anyone, it was just taken from them, so ofcourse the people had the right to revolt against the oppression & tyrannical rule. But in the context of Indian independence, the rulers of pricely states signed the accession papers giving up the seperate sovereignty of their respective states to the union of India which meant that they would no longer remain in charge of their states. The princely states were divided into regions & states which will have a local government answerable to the central government. So my dear, there’s a difference & it isn’t surprising that you failed to notice this! :)
That is why I said there’s no point in this argument which is not going anywhere because you are arguing with half knowledge and trying to manipulate half facts to support your views all the while sitting comfortably in United States. :)
There there, if you need help from someone then I’d give my sincere advise that you don’t approach them with this attitude because if you do then I very much doubt that you would find any helpers!!
Besides, I don’t think that I used that salutation for you in any of my replies so far, however you are free to use any salutation for yourself that you require just as you are free to construct your opinions in anyway whatsoever about other people.
Firstly, I don’t think that the North Eastern states are cut off by any land/sea mass so they are very much part of mainland India unlike the Andaman Nicobar Islands or Lakshwadeep Islands which are at a bit distance from the mainland and being islands mean they are seperated by sea.
Secondly, the last I remember, people in the north-eastern states do have the right to choose their government & also have a say in the central government, after all India is world’s largest democracy!! But then again, like many times before, you seem to have ignored that, eh!!!
Personally, I’m not fond of the way current & past governments have ruled nor do I have any likeness of the politicians as well, but I’m not one to support anti-India sentiments, you knocked on the wrong door my friend. First I’m a human & then I’m an Indian!!
Amit
I know about Indian history was learning it in school. I also know how India was conqured and also how the Indian kings signed agreements.
But as you said after queen took over you can not denay the fact that all the Indian princely states and indian leaders at that time pledge to her and the empire, well even including Mahatma Gandhi =) until he saw the discrimination that was metted out.
Also you can read about nagaland as none of their leaders pledge to India. They decleared independence even before India.So the princely state joining the Indian union argument does not hold for them.
Yea I see no point in the debate as you will never see the point that I will make, Amit nothing is bigger than human rights that includes freedom to choice not even country.=)
Also I fear the way nationalism is being promoted in India , in movies etc, where security forces can kill anyone if suspected to be anti national.
Its dangerous .
PS I am not in US. I do not like that country at all, its the most hypocritical country in the world.
And again on paper India is a democracy bt we all know how much that works.
This is one article where you will see that army generals are put as governers where they conflict with civilian elected governments.
http://mycitizennews.blogspot.com/2008/02/north-east-india-where-army-generals.html