Sunday, July 31, 2016

Bringing down heavens and raising a whore




Burhan Wani was one of the young commanders of Hizb ul Mujahideen (the biggest Kashmiri separatist terrorist group, operational since 1989) was gunned down, along with two other terrorists by the army and SoG J&K police on 8th July 2016.
Previously, his brother Khalid Wani who was a terrorist had met a similar fate in 2013. Burhan was the prominent social media voice of Hizb ul Mujahideen, aiming to recruit maximum number of Kashmiri Muslim youth in the organizations ranks, and was quite popular among a sizable section of the population there. He had openly threatened to attack Kashmiri Pandit colonies if they came up and had warned the police and the army not to interfere in any militant activities.
But as usual, its proven once again that terrorists with pens and mikes are much more lethal than terrorists with rifles.
Look at this poor ‘’young man whos fired imagination of the valley’s youth’’  headmaster father’s interview. Daddy dearest is very proud of his son’s martyrdom, because afterall he’s fought the evil kafirs of India against injustice on muslims (whatever that means, as muslims in India have got more freedom than any Muslim nation on earth). And that he’s done his supreme duty as a muslim by dying in jihad against the Indian army and that he is in heaven. And that he has the support of 90% of Kashmir. Or that Allah is paramount and that a son to be sacrificed for him is nothing...etc etc.
//What the army and the police do not say on record is the fact that the spike in the number of Kashmiri youth knocking on the doors of militant outfits is directly linked to the fact that the PDP, once known for its soft separatist agenda, has now joined hands with the BJP, who Kashmiris see as a threat to their very identity protected under Article 370 (bad bad PDP, they have joined hands with BJP who are way more dangerous than LeT and Hizb ul Mujahideen put together. Kashmiri separatism is more justified than India’s standing. Article 370 is more important than all the other articles in the Indian constitution. What’s this country come to, you cant even let the mob terrorize a few policemen)
Sixty percent of the Valley’s population is below the age of 30 and the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP government has not succeeded in engaging with the youth. (Yes of course, the govt must engage these youth by giving them a monthly stone throwing stipend )
The demographic bulge comprising the youth is hyperactive on social media and the army has been flagging its concerns on the issue. (We are such morons to talk about national glory , we should learn from the bright Kashmiri Muslim youth about using social media to listen to terrorist sermons and join them or wave ISIS flags)
Wani’s killing in an encounter will prise open the insecurities and fuel the deep sense of alienation that has grown under the current government. His funeral is only the first step in a new chapter that will be written in Kashmir. (Its the Indian govt that has alienated Kashmiri Muslims by inventing a fictional people called as Kashmiri Pandits, and the Indian army is guilty of abusing human rights of terrorists. The terrorists must never be killed, and we must always be in awe of them. Army is just for parades, not for killing those who deserve it)//
If we go by this narrative, then every poor youngster in this country who is below the poverty line must pick up guns. Or for that matter any employee who gets laid off must murder someone in the company. This reminds us of Malcolm X’s words “If you aren’t careful, the media will make you believe that the oppressors are oppressed and oppressed are oppressors.”
//“Let’s see,” he said, calculating aloud, “he has been gone 2,190 days. That makes it about 5,000 meals. Where did he eat these two meals a day?
If he fell ill, who looked after him? Somebody is looking after him, that means there are enough people on his side.”
“When a militant dies, thousands of mourners come. They come from even as far away as 50 km away. Why? Because people believe he was on the right path. That he was fighting the oppression. Try collecting four people for the funeral of a drunk or a thug,” //
Daddy dearest the headmaster was totally aware what his son was upto and felt proud of him. He wants azadi from India while drawing a salary from one of its state governments. He’s so proud of his little boy whos given his life fighting the oppressors, and how people are naming their babies Burhan. Indian expresss even put his funeral pics on their wall. Have they ever put any slain soldier’s pic ever? In all, a sentiment is being built that army is killing ‘’innocent’’ people branding them as terrorists.
Hmmmm...Indian Army shouldn’t kill terrorists as it breeds more terrorism. Every irresponsible sentiment must be pampered.
Legend. What next? A Kashmiri Zorro riding on a mule fighting oppression?
These are just a few examples of  how our media has been reporting on various terrorists. They always try to paint them as one of us, poor nice people who picked up guns because they were wronged.
Hafiz Saeed= Farmer’s son
Dawood Ibrahim= Constable’s son
Ajmal Kasab= Son of a dahi wada seller
Burhan Wani= School  Headmaster’s son.
What next? Adolf Hitler = civil servant’s son? Or Pol Pot= Journalism student?
If you gather all your news from the ‘’Indian’’ media, you will soon have the belief that the nice heavenly country of Kashmir with its saintly peace loving people was attacked by the barbaric army of the evil state of India who has kept the Kashmiri people under subjugation by murder and torture.
Not one word from these news traders about the Kashmiri pundits who were thrown out of their homes in January 1990 ,  via using all barbaric methods possible like killings, rapes, intimidation, mob violence. 400000 plus Kashmiri pundits were rendered refugees in their own country. A whole generation has grown up without knowing what home means. And since they aren’t a votebank, no secular leader took up their cause. Even after 14 years, Gujarat riots are evoked by the media at every given opportunity, but not a word about any Kashmiri pandit dying in refugee camps over all these years. And no mention to these glorious slogans by the Kashmiri Muslims during the Kashmiri pandit exodus:-
Kashmir main rahna hai, Allah-ho-Akbar Kahna hoga.
(If you choose to live in Kashmir, you will have to say Allah-o- Akbar).
Asi gachi Pakistan, Bata ros ta batanev san.
(We want Pakistan, with Kashmiri Hindu women and without their men-folk).
Allah-o-Akbar, Musalmano jago Kafiro bhago, jehad aa raha hai.
(Allah-o-Akbar, arise and awake Muslims, run infidels, jehad is approaching.)
Kashmir kya banega – Pakistan
(What will Kashmir be – Pakistan)
Zalimo O, Kafiro, Kashmir hamara chhod do
(Ye cruel Kafirs (infidels) vacate our Kashmir)
Yahan kya chalega, Nizam – e – Mustafa
(What will have sway here – Prophet’s governance)

 Arise ye, fearless Momins, For Russia has lost the race, Now the sword hangs on India’s neck Now it is Kashmir’s turn.

Islam hamara maksad hai Kuran hamara dastur hai Jehad hamara rasta hai.
(Islam is our destination
Koran is our constitution
Jehad is our way.)

 Hamein kya chahye, Nizame Mustafa Kashmere main kya chalaiga, Nizame Mustafa Hindustan mein kya chalaiga, Nizame Mustafa
(What do we need – Prophet’s governance. What will
have sway in Kashmir – Prophet’s governance.
What will have sway in India – Prophet’s governance.

Oh sorry, I forgot. This according to the media is ‘’freedom of speech and right to self determination” for the Kashmiris. And of course, Kashmiri means Kashmiri Muslims only. Kashmiri pundits, just like Pakistani or Bangladeshi Hindus, are persona non grata for our media.
Do these media houses even realise the damage they are doing? As second hand journalism is a worldwide phenomenon, the foreign journals will rely on our Indian English language media first because this is the easiest and readymade source of information for them. Western media especially is notorious in this regard, twisting fact. Finding an article in India’s support in the likes of NYT is like finding a camel in Antarctica.
But why blame the western media? Do we even have an Indian media? No I don’t mean skin colour, I mean  by mind, by loyalty. But they seem to have all qualities of a dog except loyalty.



Sorry Mr Modi, I wont give up my LPG subsidy





Dear Narendrabhai,

I’m one of the millions of voters who rejoiced when you came to power in a unanimous verdict in May 2014. But I am certainly not one of them who whine about the absence of ''acche din'' at every given opportunity. I dont want any favors from you, and neither did vote for you because of that. I am not a beggar to vote for freebies. For me, "acche din" means that the extension of East India Co, ie the Congress party is out of power for now. Your reforms have been slow but steady, in many cases you have continued the previous government's programmes or simply rebranded them. But doesnt matter, you deserve a full term in power and you may get the next if you are smart enough to seize it.

One of your appeals was that all families who have their yearly income above INR 1000000 must forfeit their LPG subsidy for the nation so that the same amount can be used to provide the same facility for poor citizens. Your face smiles at us all in government ads claiming that over 10000000 people have heeded your call and renounced their subsidy.

I wish to state that I do not want to be a part of that one crore club.

Because I am not a privileged person. This LPG subsidy is just one small relief in the boring life of millions like me who are spending most of their waking hours working just to stay a little ahead of subsistence living.


INR 50000 salary, INR 45000 constituency allowance, INR 2000 daily allowance, INR 30000 for secretary allowance, in all,  a salary of nearly INR 600000. For what? Not working? Stalling the parliament proceedings? INR 270000 is spent by me minimum per month on each of these MPs via taxes while they squander freebies on their respective votebanks.


Rs 150 monthly fees to avail all kinds of medical facilities. And here I am, just one major ailment away from poverty.

A palatial bungalow as official residence. Every MP is entitled without payment of charges to the supply of water upto 4000 kl per annum and electricity upto 50,000 units (25,000 units measures on light meter and 25,000 units on power meter or pooled together) per annum beginning from 1st of January every year in respect of residence allotted to him in Delhi. The above facilities are extended to a member residing in a private accommodation in Delhi.Other facilities enjoyed by members include washing of sofa covers and curtains every three months; furniture within the monetary ceiling of Rs. 24,000 in respect of durable furniture and Rs. 6,000 for non-durable furniture; and also 25 per cent remission in the rents on account of any improvement or addition made to it or any additional service provided thereto by way of furniture, electrical equipment and other services. People with 10 lakh INR annual income cannot even build a one BHK flat for themselves without spending two decades of their lives paying EMIs.

Rs 14000 per month is given merely for office and stationery expenses. Even for MPs who cant read or write legibly. I can only think of hundreds and thousands of disadvantaged children who dont want food as donation but notebooks and pencils, and have to do with bare minimum.

150000 local calls are given free to every MP, and whats more, even if the parliament is dissolved, the MP is entitled to consume the unutilised telephone calls, electricity units, and water units from the date of dissolution of the Lok Sabha to the constitution of subsequent Lok Sabha. Further, if a member is re-elected in subsequent Lok Sabha, he is entitled to adjust the excess telephone calls, electricity/water units consumed during the intervening period from the quota for the first year of the subsequent Lok Sabha. I can only laugh at my helplessness as I have to keep a tab on every unit of water, every unit of electricity, every phone call, every megabyte of internet usage to curtail my bill for each of these things.
An MP as well as his/her spouse is entitled to travel by first class in a train at any given time to anywhere. In case of spouse being absent, any other person known to them can take that previlege. I can only laugh at my helplessness hoping that a waiting or RAC becomes a confirmed ticket. And that too when I have paid for the same.

No income tax. Do I even need add the misery of the salaried class here?
Here is the complete list:-

The list can go on and on, and the length of the list is not the topic here, but the laughable premise that the workhorses of the service sector be expected to give up their little comforts but the overlords must enjoy their opulence unhindered.
And who can forget the Indian Aristocratic Service? They too have an accommodation, power all paid for by the exchequer, in addition to vehicles, foreign tours, study leaves. And if one is asked the names of ten IAS officers who have made a considerable difference in the country for the better, one would simply draw a blank. Has all this giant bureaucracy of India produced even one diplomat with one tenth the caliber of a Henry Kissinger or a Vyacheslav Molotov or a Joachim von Ribbentrop (not role models for anyone, but they served their country exceptionally well) ? Which IAS officer has served India to even half the level that the ICS officer served the British crown during the pre independence period?  Its no secret that Indian civil servants and diplomats are by and large one of the most inefficient and corrupt in the world. Their most stellar contribution to our country has been the glorious bureaucratic red tape and the useless posts in loss making government bodies created for them by the MPs and MLAs who they collaborate with.  Which civil servant has been jailed for a long time for crimes like corruption? Their lobby is so strong that it is literally impossible to dismiss a civil servant for incompetence or illegal deeds. Or get them indicted for the same.
Its these people who siphon off huge amounts of money in salary and perks that are keeping the country poor, not little reliefs enjoyed by people like me. Already the middle class is an orphan, devoid of any political power, 48 hours in jail and we will never get employed anywhere, whereas history sheeters can fight polls (parties are outdoing each other in getting them to join), no MP or MLA will ever represent the middle class, they are merely tax cows to be milked to the fullest.
So those emotionally blackmailing ads goading me to give up my LPG subsidy only make me angry. Yes, you haven’t created this system, but it remains firmly in place. It will take years of work to dislodge it, and huge govt ads and publicity aren’t one of them. You will always have my vote, but I think I don’t become a criminal by holding on to a little bit of relief measure that’s paid out of my own tax money.
With Respects,
A common man.




Sunday, July 3, 2016

Jihad, coming soon to your nearest hangout place




On 1st  July 2016, seven armed jihadis stormed into the Holey Artisan bakery in the upmarket Gulshan area of Dhaka, taking more than 30 people hostage. In a throwback to the Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall siege of 2013 by Al Shabaab miltants,  only the ones who could recite Koran verses were spared. The rest were tortured brutally and butchered with machetes (not shot, because of the religious duty to kill kafirs by slitting the throat). The jihadis held the security forces for more than 12 hours, and when finally the siege ended, six of the seven jihadis lay dead, along with nine Italians, two Bangaldeshi origin Americans,  seven Japanese, one Indian and two Dhaka policemen. The seventh jihadi is being interrogated.

Islamic state claimed responsibility of the attack, and the perpetrators of it were all Bangladeshi nationals of Jamyetul Mujahideen Bangladesh. That group has been banned for more than a decade in Bangladesh, but its ties to Islamic State are known. All the seven jihadis were from affluent families, with a good educational background, none from a madrassa.IS posted the pictures of five of them online stating “Let the crusader countries know that there is no safety for them as long as their aircraft are killing Muslims”. This looks to be aimed at US and Britain bombing Syria and Iraq, but how is Italy and Japan or even India involved in this? The Italian victims were understood to be fashion houses employees buying fabric from Bangladesh, the Japanese ones from NGOS. So, effectively the country’s economy can be dealt a huge blow if homegrown terror is not kept in check.

Bangladesh PM Shaikh Haseena remarked what kind of Muslims are these who kill innocents during Ramzaan (So is it ok to kill them after Ramzan, as per verse 9:5?) And lets not even talk about “These terrorists were not Muslims, terror has no religion” from news traders, overrated intellectuals, celebrities or leaders. This reaction is not just shameless, its infuriating. 

There is nothing surprising about an attack of this kind taking place in Dhaka. It was long due. For quite some time now, Bangladesh has been a growing hotbed of Islamic terror. Rape and murder of the Hindu minority is daily news there. An untold number of secular bloggers, dissidents and even LGBT activists have been butchered in broad daylight , and the toll has increased in the last two years. Bangladesh might have been separated from Pakistan in 1971, but its foolishness to believe that it has no fertile ground for jihad. Already, it is a strong base for Pakistan’s ISI, a safe haven for separatist outfits like ULFA and NSCN factions, and now rising IS base. Why do we forget that the idea of Pakistan did not originate in Lahore or Karachi, but in the likes of Dhaka, Aligadh and Kolkata. Muslim League’s bulk votes and leaders/cadre came from central provinces and undivided Bengal . 

An old interview published in Islamic State’s online propaganda site Dabiq, has surfaced, for which India should be concerned. Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, the 'Amir of Khilafah's soldiers in Bengal' in an interview to the magazine elaborated upon the group's plans. In unambiguous terms, he mentioned how Bangladesh would be used by the group to launch raids into India from the eastern periphery. This move would be timed with attacks launched from the 'Wilayat Khurasan located on India's western side'. "Thus having a strong jihad base in Bengal will facilitate performing guerilla attacks inside India simultaneously from both sides," it was mentioned. The eventual plan it was said was to launch conventional army raid to 'liberate the region' after first getting rid of the 'Pakistani and Afghani regimes'. The jihad in Bengal was also a 'stepping-stone for jihad in Burma'.  The uncontrolled Bangladeshi infiltration in north eastern India is a life threatening problem, not addressed due to vote bank or plain apathy. When you add the growing threat of jihad to it, you have a ticking time bomb at hand.

Bangladeshi infiltration has changed the demography of many areas in India, especially in states like Assam. East Bengal’s attraction for goes back more than a century. Even during the proposed partition of Bengal in 1905, the Muslim League had demanded Bange-Islam, on the targets of which was to flood sparsely populated Assam with Bengali Muslims. During the second world war, Md Sadaudaula the then premier of Assam , gave a big influx to this infiltration. Mujib ur Rehman, the former Muslim league gangster who became the first prime minister of Bangladesh and who is the "secular" doyen according to the secular intelligentsia ,had always coveted the mineral rich wealth of Assam (“Eastern Pakistan must include Assam to be financially and economically strong.”). He had  remarked that very slowly, but surely the Bengali Muslims through the demographic growth would overwhelm Assam one day. He would be pleased to know had he been alive today that successive secular governments (you know which party) in India have not only aided the infiltration, but also given citizenship to the infiltrators. Dev Kant Barua (one who said India is Indira and Indira is India) had famously remarked that the party would be in power as long as the Alis (Bangladeshi migrants) and Coolies (tea garden labourers) are there. Even in Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura the Bangladeshis have changed the demographics alarmingly. Islamic state will be rubbing its hands with glee when it finds out that it needs to spend little in men and material to create a launchpad to the east of India for Ghazwa e Hind, and to carve out a third islamic nation from the easternmost part of India when the time is ripe.

The number of people being recruited for Islamic State from countries like India, Britain, France, Pakistan, Bangladesh has grown dangerously, and none of them are poor or illiterate or unemployed as the liberal bleeding hearts tell us (sorry Malala), but  from relatively affluent backgrounds. Our intelligence agencies have to be commended for tracking all these cases meticulously, but even one recruit that escapes the radar can spell disaster, because any terrorist attack in a crowded city in India will result in atleast a hundred casualties before the security forces can respond. And the terrorists are now targeting the affluent and middle class, because they are the soft spot, sheltered, easily rattled by violence, and willing to bend to any extent to keep the status quo.  Paris attacks, Brussels and Istanbul bombing and now this. And it wont get any easier. Two of the brutally butchered people in Dhaka were two young Bangladeshi origin students studying in USA. It did not matter to the terrorists that they were Muslims, all that mattered was that they had gone ‘’astray’’ and had to be killed.  If jihadis can do this to their own children, imagine what will it do to yours. 

The revival of jihad machinery via petrodollars which started during CIA’s funding of Afghan mujahideen has grown into a  huge monster, and it wants to swallow everything in its path. Its no longer confined to the rocky hills of Afghanistan or gullies of Karachi and no longer are the have nots its only victims. It can hit you as hard in your gated communities, or while you are enjoying your dom perignon in a swanky restaurant. Stop whitewashing the crimes of barbarians just because it serves your purpose or just because you think you are way beyond the reach of the violence. You are now, but you soon won’t be. Calling all Muslims as terrorists is as immature as it is short sighted. It is true that its just a small minority among them which is doing it, but that small minority is huge enough to destroy our way of life irrevocably. And the deafening silence of the majority of Muslims makes it more lethal, who fail to understand that they will be its first victims, just as Muslims themselves were mutilated or killed for diverting from Shariah during Taliban rule and now in Islamic State ruled areas. 

All right, I’m off now to memorise some Quran verses in English. After all, I want to make sure that my next meal in a restaurant isn’t my last.