Pakistan's atttack on URI

Attack in URI army base is obviously a handiwork of Pakistan.
It is in continuation of the Pakistan policy of exacting Thousand Cuts and bleeding of India. Till India is able to break up Pakistan once again, India shall have to pay these prices.
Unless India is able to ensure that Pakistan is unable to get away cheap, it will continue with these adventures. Hence the crux of the matter is how to increase the HEAT on Pakistan. Isolating it diplomatically has limited payback. Every nation viz., USA shall act as per it’s own agenda. Morality has never been an essential element of any nation’s FOREIGN POLICY. USA,China and Saudi Arabia shall continue to support Pakistan i.e. unless the Muslim hater Trump gets to sit in the white house.
India needs to engage with all who are having issues with Pakistan. Afghanistan can be useful in creating a pincer effect on Pakistan. India can seek help from Afghanistan’s Government to create problems on their western front.
Instigating Afghanistan and Balochs can jeopardize the FATE LINE or भाग्य रेखा of Pakistan i.e. China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Pakistan is majorly pinning it’s hopes and aspirations on the CPEC. Pakistan hopes to add 2.5% to it’s GDP courtesy CPEC. Once again it is hinging it’s destiny to a foreign power. Jinnah extracted the rent from USA by positioning it as a strategic location to counter the hegemony of USSR. Now Nawaz Sharif is trying to extract a similar rent, from current super power i.e. China. China needed Pakistan to fulfill it’s aspirations of One Belt-One Road vision. It desires a direct market route to European and African market. The crown jewel of the CPEC is the Gwadar Port.
If India is able to throw a spanner in this ambitious project and ensure a disruption of work in CPEC, it could cost Pakistan very steep. Ensuring a 5 or 10 years delay may diminish the China’s ardor and possibility of abandoning of the project.
Except for a small sliver of a border being shared with China, Pakistan shares it’s border with three nations. That is India, Afghanistan and Iran. If India is able to finagle support of Afghanistan, Pakistan would be caught in a pincer. Iran is in little position to play any significant role. The 95% Shia population of Iran and it’s recent spar over Haj with Saudi Arab has complicated their role in Islamic arena.
In 1971 USA and China were dead against India and yet none interfered effectively. India should not give much credence to the rhetoric of China. India is a major customer for China. Our import from China is in excess of 60 Billion dollars. No one shoots at his customer.
Besides वही मार सकता है जो मार खाने की हिम्मत रखता है. Yes we need to do our homework and not resort to vacuous forward movement like the ones of 1962 Indo China War. Once Pakistan gets hit in the groins, our problems in J&K will deescalate. Today India has been bearing the cost unilaterally. Once Pakistan gets a bill, it will desist in supping with the separatists of J&K. The war would cost India dearly in terms of economy. This cost needs to be treated as a Capital Investment to be amortized over the next decade. The ROI looks attractive.

TWO NATION THEORY

The Two Nation Theory:
I recently remarked in my Facebook page that there was again a two nation divide in India between the “SECULARISTS” and “NATIONALISTS”. Both the sections are trying to deceive people. The game of Politics in India away from Statecraft has become a con game. It tries to CON people to vote for them. A new phrase that has been coined as “Careerist Politicians”. The word career broadly denotes or means a path seeking advancement and lucre. All Isms are only Facades. The electorate has the only option of choosing a lesser evil.
However digressing from my FaceBook entry, I want to reflect upon the concept of the so called the original “TWO Nation theory”. During freedom struggle a two nation theory was strongly advocated by Two Centre stage personalities, Jinnah and Iqbal. Muslim League made it, it’s core ideology under the tutelage of Jinnah.
My friends belonging to the secularist brigade would point out a speech of Veer Savarkar wherein he had also spoken about the “TWO Nation theory” in 1937. Savarkar being elected as Hindu Mahasabha President, they try to put this blame on RSS or in their pejorative sounding phrase the “Hindutva Brigade”.
There are two ways of looking at the issue.
1) The CHILDISH way: When two siblings or kids fight with each other, both claim that the other was the one who initiated the fight and he was merely using his “Right to Defend” rule. Between my two daughters, I faced this situation (about two decades back) on several occasions and I could never resolve the fight on this anvil.
2) Without trying to play the “who was the initiator” blame game, we try to find out who played the decisive role in india being partitioned on this TWO Nation theory.
Well let me try to take one point at a time.
1) The Childish way: Savarkar did say in one of his speeches in 1937 that India belongs to Hindus. He has defined his word “Hindus” as people living in the geographical region of India and being Nationalists and having loyalty towards India. His concept that Muslims believing in Muslim Ummah and Caliphate did not have a place in India. When Iqbal in Tarana Mili says that the NATION of Muslims living in India’s was Islam, their loyalty towards India became questionable.
But in this fight I am required to do a chronological deliberation of who initiated the fight.
Mohammed Iqbal said it in 1930 much before Savarkar.
I find that Sir Syed Ahmed Khan the founder of Aligarh Muslim University claiming even before Savarkar’s birth, that Hindus and Muslims were two “WARING NATIONS”. He specifically stated that as Hindus outnumbered Muslims in the ration of 4:1, once the British left India, the Hindus being much larger in Number would not accept Muslims as their leaders.Rather basing on their numeral supremacy they would dominate the Muslims. This had happened within 25 years of the installation of British Raj.
So it seems we can date it to around 1884 when this theory was minted by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan first.
2) Now looking at the issue from a more mature view, as to who was principally responsible for the ultimate implementation of this “TWO Nation theory” and causing a Vivisection/ Partition of India. Here we find principally Jinnah being responsible. Even in Pakistan Jinnah is credited with giving Muslims their homeland in this subcontinent, i.e.Pakistan. Muslim League was absolutely adamant on this Separate Homeland. He was the most vocal person and the protagonist of this Tragedy , It was admitted by Jinnah himself, soon after the partition and on his deathbed. Jinnah had exclaimed “Partition was the biggest mistake of my life”.
Some historians believe that had the question of Independence been postponed by a couple of years this tragedy could had been averted. Jinnah had little life ahead. Moreover ultimately it was the “Who Blinks First” game on. Nehru blinked before Jinnah. He could had easily continued the negotiations. Yes the brutalities of the “Direct Action Day” weighed heavily on the minds of Congress leaders. Yet there were ways to differ the day if Independence. And Muslim League with or without Jinnah was likely to BLINK.
Nehru blinked first and lost the game of Patience. Jinnah was playing a difficult person/negotiator. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was able to insert a few crafty arguments, during discussion. Had Nehru not lost patience he could had steered a deferment.
My observation is, irrespective of who propounded the theory first, the Man who got it on the ground was none other than Jinnah. All other names are incidental.

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Parvez Musharraf's Resume

One Time CEO cum President cum General Mr Parvez Musharraf now in the role of a Fugitive was feeling restless. His Studio hopping in London was causing more rancor than anything else. Being Unemployed was a very painful existence for a one time ALL-IN-One, the Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient of Pakistan.
Feeling low and Bored Mr. Mush started looking up Job Options. The first stop in this search was ofcourse News papers. Sadly these being days of Recession in West, there were more News of “Lay Off”s vis-à-vis Job Placements. Feeling dejected he started surfing his own mobile contact list. Hoping there could be some one, just some one there, who could help him for OLD time sake. Knowing fully well that return to Pakistan was fraught with Major Risk, he had to look up his Foreign Contacts.
While surfing the Contact List he suddenly saw a ray of hope in the name of Mr. Man Mohan Singh.He did have his personal cell number. Man Mohan Singh while visiting Pakistan had given him his cell number and assured him of all necessary assistance anytime.
Instinctively he called MMS immediately to ward off the impending gloom. The cell rang and was picked up by a very sleepy MMS.
Parvez: Salam Valekum Janab
MMS: Valekum Salam. (MMS perceived ,Must be some emissary of madam, who else but Madam’s emissary could call me at Midnight. Salam Valekum meant it must be Ahmed Patel).Hi Ahmed Sirji, Is Madam all right. It is past Mid Night there must be something urgent, please tell me.
Parvez: Man Mohan Singhji, CHILL please. This is Parvez Musharraf and not Ahmed Patel this side. It is bare evening now and not midnight that I have called you. Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhh I am extremely sorry Mr MMS, I did not take into cognizance of the time difference between Delhi and London. However should I call you later, or could I speak now.
MMS in a whisper: Oh Mr Parvez Musharraf , you have given me several sleepless nights from Pakistan and now you have broken my sleep from London. Now once awake, Pray tell me what could I do for you. Please speak in low tone I do not want the whole house hold to get up.
Parvez: Sardarji (trying to be extra friendly) I know you are referring to the Mumbai train blasts in your innuendo of Sleepless nights,Please let Be Gones be By Gones. I need your help. India traditionally has accepted all refugees or displaced people beginning from Parsis in Eighth Century. Now I desire to migrate to India and take up a job there. I am unable to land a job in UK due to recession and as Indian Finance Minister and you too have said that India did not have much impact of recession. So please help me in my endeavor. Besides I do have a place of residence in Delhi. So I would not claim House Rent Allowance too.
MMS: What sort of assignment do you have in mind. If we had a mirror image of ISI,in our nation,you could had been of some use to us and you could had rendered us your services. What can you function as, in a Democracy .
Parvez: See I was an Army Chief for about a decade in Pakistan.India too has a FOUR Star general as the Chief of Armed Forces.Your current COAS General V K Singh is embroiled in the Date of Birth Controversy. In all probability he may feel too embarrassed to carryon and may soon resign. I can take up the said assignment. I did have considerable experience of being an Army General.
MMS: No Mr Mush.Your record of becoming Head of State from being an Army General is very damaging. With such a resume, it will be difficult to get you accepted as COAS.
Parvez Mush: Ok I do realize in India it is not viewed favorably.I do have the experience of being the President of a nation for a decade.Your Prez is also due to retire shortly. Give me asylum now and you would have proper Trained incumbent for your Next President. Just taking salute from your army officers in Republic Day parade would be a great high. I would forego my one months salary for the said KICK.
MMS : Well we can think of it.Yet we shall need our Coalition Partners consent to give you an assurance on it.However I can promise that I would sign your Nomination form and would appeal to every one’s conscience to caste their Vote in your favour. After all President in India is merely a rubber stamp, so it hardly matters who dwells in Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Parvez: I am an excellent sales man too. I set up an excellent distribution Net Work for marketing Nuclear Weapon Technology. My Washington bosses also could not know of it for quite some time.India too has Nuclear Capability.I can set up a Distribution network for you too.
At this note MMS cell’s Battery ran out. Before PM i.e.Parvez Musharraf could get his Indian Visa the destiny intervened.


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Indira Gandhi the MYTH

आज पाक युद्ध का खतरा क्षितिज पर मंडरा रहा है। स्वाभाविक तौर से इस विषय में जनमत हेतु mass मीडिया में काफी गोष्ठियां व वार्तायें हो रहीं हैं। अनेक गोष्ठियों में लोग इन्दिरा गान्धी की statesmanship,बहादुरी की चर्चा कर रहें हैं। हमारे जानकार गण यथा श्रीमान पार्थसारथी ने कहा कि इन्दिरा जी से पाकिस्तानी डरने लग गये थे। कुछ लोग कह रहें हैं कि आज हमारे पास वैसा बहादुर व्यक्तित्व वाला नेतृत्व का अभाव हमारे देश की कमजोरी बन गया है।
कभी कभी कुछ लोग अज्ञानवश ऐसे भ्रम का शिकार होते हैं और कभी कभी तथाकथित उंची आवाज एवं larger then life छवि वाले लोग ऐसे भ्रम पैदा करवाने में सफल होते रहें हैं।इन्दिरा जी की राजनीतिक सूझबूझ,statesmanship या बहदुरी,एक मिथक के रुप में कफी समय से चर्चा का विषय रही है।आजके परिपेक्ष में इस मुद्दे पर चर्चा आज की परीस्थितियों का बेहतर आंकलन करने में सहायक होगी।
वहां: सन 1971 में पाकिस्तान के आम चुनाव के पश्चात पूर्वी पाकिस्तान की आवामी लीग का बहुमत पश्चिमी पाकिस्तानी के आकाओं एवं पंजाबी बाहुल्य पाकिस्तानी सेना को बिलकुल भी गवारा नहीं था। पुर्वी पाकिस्तानी या वहां का बंगाली पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान में हमेशा से दोयम दर्जे का गरीब व मूर्ख नागरिक माना जाता था। इन मान्यताओं के बीच इस्लामाबाद की गद्दी एक बंगाली को सौंप देना , तात्कालीन पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान को गवारा नहीं हुआ। फलस्वरुप जनमत कुचलने हेतू सेना द्वारा दलन और कत्ले आम का कुचक्र चलाया जा रहा था। अल्प समय में ही पाकिस्तानी सेना पूर्वी पाकिस्तान या बांग्लादेश में दुश्मन सेना हो चुकी थी।
यहां: इन्दिरा गान्धी को सन 1966 में कुछ मनसबदार नेताओं, ने अपने स्वार्थ वश, भारत का कठपुतली प्रधानमन्त्री बनाया । उनकी प्रधानमन्त्री के रुप में जो छवि थी कि मोरारजी भाई ने उनको गुंगी गुडिया की पदवी दे डाली। सन 1969 तक इन्दिरा जी संसद में पूरी तरह अपनी अक्षमताओं का परिचय दे चुकी थी। सन 1969 में राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में अभूतपूर्व भितरघात करते हुये अपने ही द्वारा नामांकित उम्मीदवार के खिलाफ प्रचार कर उसे हरवाया। सन 1967 के चुनाव में वैसे भी कांग्रेस की स्थिति बिगड़ चुकी थी। सन 1971 में इन्दिरा गान्धी की संसद स्वयं अपनी स्थिति भी काफी कमजोर थी।
युद्ध : इन्दिरा गान्धी को इस पृष्ठभुमि में अपनी कमजोर स्थिति से उबरने का एक अवसर नजर आया। पूर्वी बंगाल से काफी तादाद में हिन्दु शरणार्थी भारत आ रहे थे।उन्हीं दिनों भारत के एक विमान का अपहरण कर भुट्टो की नजरों के सामन्र लाहौर हवाई अड्डे पर उड़ा दिया गया। पूर्वी पाकिस्तान में जनमत देखते हुए इन्दिरा गान्धी ने शनैः शनैः भारतीय सेना को मुजीब वाहिनी के भेष पूर्वी पाकिस्तान में प्रवेश करवाया। जब दिसम्बर के महीने में अधिकारिक रुप से युद्ध शुरु हुआ तब तक वहां, पाकिस्तानी सेना सम्पूर्ण रुप से HOSTILE TERRITORY में थी। इस लिये युद्ध जीतना आसान हो चुका था।
परिणाम: बहुचर्चित धारणा है कि भारत को इस युद्ध से काफी लाभ हुआ है। मेरी धारणा है कि बांग्लादेश की आजादी भारत के लिये लाभ नहीं हानि का सौदा था। सन 1971 तक पूर्वी पाकिस्तान आर्थिक रुप से पाकिस्तान एक एक गरीब अंग था। सन 1971 के युद्ध के पहले पाकिस्तानी सेना अपने नरसंहार के द्वारा वहां तकरीबन तीस लाख लोगों का खून बहा चुकी थी। पूर्वी पाकिस्तान के प्रति पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान का रवैया कभी भी सौहार्द पूर्ण नहीं रहा था। भाषा के मुद्दे पाकिस्तान के दोनों धड़ों में गहरे मतभेद व्याप्त थे। इन सब के बीच अगर इन्दिरा जी ने सूझबूझ का परिचय दे वहां सिर्फ गृहयुद्ध को ही बढावा दिया होत्ता , तो शायद आजतक पाकिस्तान का पूर्वी अंग, पाकिस्तान का भारी रुप से रिस रहा कैन्सर का फोड़ा बन कर पाकिस्तान को अन्दर ही अन्दर कमजोर कर रहा होता। पूर्वी पाकिस्तान की शेष पाकिस्तान से भौगोलिक दूरी उसे कभी भी एक Contiguous/Harnonious प्रदेश का रुप लेने नहीं देती। भाषाई मतभेद और अपरोक्ष भारतीय हस्तक्षेप इस हिस्से को पाकिस्तान के लिये एक बड़ी समस्या के रुप में जीवित रखने में कामयाब होता। और फलस्वरुप काश्मीर और आतंकवाद की समस्या आज की तुलना मे 10 प्रतिशत भी नहीं हो पाती।

Malignant Mesothelioma

India under Attack

I have been mulling over writing on the recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai. It would had been demeaning to not to write something when the hoi polloi’s viz., Ms De could put her two bit in. What really got my goose was the grand statement of DAUGHTER/SISTER of the heir apparent that she missed her Dad or Grand Ma. There is a wide spread myth that She or He was any better administrator then the current incumbents.
The TV channels paraded the celebrity as if the media was covering Lakme fashion Week. These people may have something to say about the neckline or the hemline designed by one of those Greater then life yet inconsequential "designers" of sartorial or skin elegance. But expecting them to speak about India that they know less then nothing about is height of stupidity. For most of them the Nation exists between the lobby of a Five Star hotel and their Drawing Rooms. The ones who cant distinguish between Carpet Bombing and Carpet dusting to mouth advises on matters of such gravity is plain simple TRIVIALISING the issue. Gentlemen leave aside India they simply are aliens and know nothing about the whole planet.
I was trying to search for a title for my two bit. Now to call the attack as: AN ACCIDENT or A DISASTER or a MINOR INCIDENT as explained by the Ex Dy. CM was dicey. The competitive media made it more “infotaining” then a 20-20 match.
I have read considerable bit on the subject and would like to comment on the so called 'POLITICALLY CORRECT" writers. The first magazine, which I could lay, my hands on that had covered the subject was the Elite "NEWSWEEK". Elite as its of PHOREN origin.There were four articles by different authors, without saying anything and casting innuendos on Indian state and society. Apparently it’s more important to be politically correct then to be sensible. One Mr. Ganguly analyzed the attack borne out of DICRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS BY THE STATE. He cited one statistics that Muslims are only 3% in IAS instead of their representational number 13.6%. If he is correct that it’s due to discrimination, then state is guilty of basic Human Rights and the UPSC is flouting the secular constitution. I remember reading in a Pakistani Newspaper sometime back, wherein they had blamed the India system of Education for low percentage of Muslim graduates. Their contention was that the examiners in India ensure that Muslim students are not allowed to pass in examinations. The examiners see the names and mark according to the surnames visible. This theory has one basic flaw that in India all universities and Boards do not have any space for writing names of examinees. Only Roll Nos are mentioned. Now I would not be able to distinguish the religion of two persons by their roll numbers. Mr Ganguly says that the UPSC can distinguish and does it actively and thereby ensures that Muslims do not qualify for the IAS posts.
Gentlemen its stupid. They do not qualify because the level of education amongst Muslims is abysmally low. The cause is the Muslim society, where modern education is given an extreme low priority.
Mr Shekhar revolved his article around the axis of POTA. As if POTA is the ultimate panacea. It’s rarely the law but its implementation that’s what makes the difference.
Mr Farid Zakaria said that BJP or Hindu Fundamentalist forces are anti muslim. Even he was talking about institutional discrimination against Muslims. The facts are quite contrary. Muslims are appeased lot in India. They can get away with worse crimes then they would dare try in Islamic Nations. Haj subsidy, Central Funding for Muslim IAS aspirants, Sacchhar Committee, Minority Commission etc ensure that they are never discriminated at least institutionally in India.
The fourth article was totally devoid of any substance.
In the TV shows certain Muslim celebrity tried to pin it on Babri Masjid. On an insipid statement of Simi a young person in the tenor of a pseudo secular terrorist started berating Simi. His remark that Pakistan is not an Enemy of India though may ring politically correct yet factually hollow and naïve. ENEMY is defined as a HOSTILE STATE. If Pakistan does not fit in it, then I do not understand basics of current affairs.
No one except the tainted “PIONEER” is prepared to mention one of the sad facts, that if the premier agencies like ATS are used for furthering poll prospects of the ruling party, we are leaving Nations flanks unguarded for the real enemies to launch their offensive.
Gentlemen Pakistan is an Enemy state. The wound of 1971 is festering for last 37 years. Their media has built a frenzy on the matter. I have read dozens of articles in Pakistani press, wherein they have blamed Gen Niazi for the FIRST EVER DEFEAT OF MUSLIM ARMY TO COWARD HINDU ARMY.


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Terrorism in Pakistan

My last Blog was on India and Terrorism. Well I have been blaming Pakistan
a lot for several ills in India and Terrorism in India is a major issue in it.
There is another dimension to the whole issue.That is TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN.
Pakistan is worse victim of Terrorism as compared to India. Wikipedia says that the 90% of the world wide Islam based terrorism, has its root in Pakistan.
My take is that Pakistan started the Industry of TERRORISM as an Export Oriented Unit. They had emerged as the biggest exporter of Terrorism The foiled plane hijack in China was attempted by a Pakistani origin person, India /Kashmir and Afghanistan are their favourite hunting ground. In the 9/11 the Pakistani connection was very evident. Certainly Terrorism is their chief export to all countries.
Yet they have been caught offguard as they were unaware of a fundamental principal of Economics that for any E.O.U. to be successful its imperative that there is a larger domestic market for the said product.
And now the crows have come back to roost. The killer of Daniel Pearl was arrested in a bid to kill Musharrf. The number of Terrorist strikes in Pakistan is at least double as compared to India. It is all their own, homegrown industry. Their any attempt to pin it on RAW meets with international derision. There is no way that the Pak authorities could blame any external agency for the Lal Masjid Fiasco and several such others. It is their own EXPORT ORIENTED UNIT which faced with substantial rise in production is seeking a DOMESTIC MARKET.
Domestic market has certain advantages over international market, as any school level economics student would tell you. The market access is easier. The terrain is familiar. The risk element is considerably less. Whenever there is a glut (seasonal or otherwise) in the International market you can sell the surplus in the Domestic Market. Further basing on another basic principal of Physics that all movements happen along the path of least resistance , this Export Oriented Product was bound to reach the Domestic Market in a Big Way sooner then later.