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Indian Politics
‘Is it Indian or Chinese?’ is the question that puzzles the viewer after watching the highly hyped television programme - which we shall see.
In a press conference held in the first week of November last year, Two BJP MPs from Arunachal Pradesh, Tapir Gao and Kiren Rijiju narrated incidents relating to Chinese incursions into their state. In one such incident, in the first week of November, 2007 Chinese soldiers blew up a Buddha statue - well inside Indian territory - which was there as long as anyone could remember and which local inhabitants worshipped.
In NDTV’s February 16 Big Fight, (Should India talk tough on border dispute?), a presumable sequel to the press conference, Kiren Rijiju’s concerns were tossed aside on the floodtide of Singhvi’s eloquence. Prakash Javedkar’s protests were dismissed as a paranoid party’s undue alarmism. Comrade Ren Yan, could go home with the satisfaction that the ruling establishment and popular media in India alike support China’s cause because they had to spite her principal opposition.
Is it ‘The Big Fight’ then Indian or Chinese?
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The prevention of crime and anti-social activities is an important responsibility of the government-one in which all segments of society have a stake. But on that crime fighting ideological front, the Marxist government in Kerala has been notably deficient. (In the view of the Marxists aligned with the Jihadis, peace loving, law abiding Hindus are the real problem of social tension, crime, violence and Jihadi terrorism)....
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Gratuitous depictions of sex and artistic portrayals of lovemaking have existed throughout history. Several traditional artists have used the theme pornography, erotica and nudity with a degree of artistry or good taste . Recently M.F. Husain, the Islamic painter, through his pornographic painting of Hindu Goddesses added the issue of taste, morality, decency, obscenity, religion and artistic freedom for discussion. Sex, nudity and pornography are central to M.F. Husain . Modern marketing system and profit making corporations have promoted M.F. Husain in unexpected ways. The unholy nexus between Islamic nude pointer M.F. Husain and art sale houses has serious implications for Hindus. M.F. Husain deliberately with malicious intention has depicted nude pictures of Hindu Goddesses to arouse the public sexually and sell his erotic painting for profit. M.F. Husain has a subversive aim to use his erotic painting as a weapon to attack Hindu sentiments....
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) recently received favorable coverage in a section of India's English media which hailed it as a liberal Christian organization that opposes war and proselytism. Hans Ucko, a head of the WCC, while apparently denouncing conversions through the use of force or inducements, advocated “the mission of God, to which the church as well as people of other religious traditions may be called to participate.” In other words, he preferred conversions by other means....
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Jodhaa Akbar is a recent Hindi movie about the supposedly romantic marriage between the Mughal emperor Akbar (born Jalaluddin Muhammad) and the Rajput princess Jodhaa. The Rajput king Bharmal sues for peace with Akbar to avoid the threat of Mughal invasion and offers his daughter Jodhaa in matrimony to Akbar. Jodhaa insists that Akbar allow her to remain a Hindu and that she should be allowed to worship Sri Krishna in his palace as preconditions for marriage. Even though Akbar acquiesces, and marries her according to Hindu rites, Jodhaa resents him as a usurper, and on their nuptial night rebuffs Akbar’s overtures. ...
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Kama is delight of body, mind, and soul in exquisite sensation. It awaken eyes, nose, tongue, ears, and skin, and between sense and sensed, the essence of Kama will flower. Kama Sutra can thus be translated as "Aphorisms on Pleasure." Like any other Sutra, this cannot be understood without proper commentary or interpretation.
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The Indian sub-continent is home to almost thirty-five percent of the world?s Muslims (Islamipopulation.Com website shows world Muslim population at 1.48 billion, and the combined Muslim population of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as 435 million). Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslim-majority Islamic Republics, though the latter claims to be officially a secular nation. Muslim population is growing in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and it should not be too far off when the subcontinent is majority Muslim.
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The British activist charity ?ActionAID? claims that over $20B of the $50B global poverty-alleviation budget is pocketed by consultants (Mathiason, The Observer, May 29). Years ago, another British report concluded that much of their Gujarat Earthquake relief funds fed SUV dealers. Hardly surprising....
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"There are three rules for creating good leaders. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."- W. Somerset Maugham
Webster's Dictionary defines ?charisma? as the "special power of a person to inspire fascination, loyalty, etc.? It originates from the Greek meaning "blessed by God" as well as "favor" or "gift" (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1988). Although an ideal model for leadership does not exist, one can identify couple of fundamental qualities that leadership should possess. It is the vision for an organization, charisma and ability of the leadership to motivate the followers into realizing that vision. Charismatic leaders have unwavering beliefs and strong conviction about their ideas. This projected self-confidence could have great positive effects, including increased motivation of followers. However, the leadership can also have extreme and severe negative influence and power over followers and organizations. While leading the followers (in achieving this vision) by setting examples, if its actions are tainted by ?obfuscations?, ?deception? etc, it leads to a corrupt leadership.
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I am not a rich person by any standards. But like most Indians, I was (and still am) concerned about the plight of the millions in India further down on the economic scale. When I first came to the US for grad school, my earnings were by no means substantial, but I felt that it was important to contribute towards India?s development and did not think twice about foregoing my own comforts. Like many of my colleagues and friends, I decided that rather than complain about the problems facing India, I would try to do something about them. I volunteered my time and donated a part of my earnings to local charity organizations including AID and ASHA, two of the most active organizations on campus that I believed were doing development work in India. Although I no longer contribute to these organizations, I am distressed to hear reports that AID has been diverting funds for other purposes, including funding fundamentalist and political groups in India.[1] There is more to be said about these groups and their activities, but that is not the focus of this article.
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Gautam Sen
Dr. Gautam Sen
(Taught political economy at the London School of Economics & Political Science for more than two decades).
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SethuSamudram