IS FAKE NEWS FREEDOM OF SPEECH? Media scared to be accountable?

Don't we all need a responsible and answerable media if we are considering it to be a pillar more stronger than the government in the structure of democracy? Of course we do! And if anything else this is required even more now since media is influencing pretty much every aspect of the life starting with electoral politics to building perception about every other minute feature of the outer world.

Media in our country has visibly stooped down in it's standards.(why?) Well maybe for starters, it's politics centric, TRP hungry and overconfident. Some of the media around the world who are still considered to be the best in the field and act as a reference for all the others have some straight reason for them to be the best. They take authenticity of the subject seriously, criticize for well enough reasons and be well within the boundaries of performing a fair ritual of Justice for the debate and not passing judgements well before courts.

Recently Malaysian lawmakers decided upon making fake news a punishable offence. This step indeed has been criticized by human rights activists as it can be used as a tool by the government to have complete control over the media. But is it so? Is ‘fake news’ synonymous with 'freedom of expression’? No! If anything it spoils lives, influences gullible minds and last of all makes the media somewhat irrelevant.

Media accusing politicians of corruption openly, making fun of the lawmakers, abusing able businessmen, not really caring about the poor but deciding what's good and what's wrong for them, considering videos trending to be the gospel truth and passing on judgements on sub judice matters (which is an punishable offence but I don't know why no one has been ever punished). The only media controlling body is the press club but it's kind of seen to controlled by the rich channels. Thus all accountability of the media goes right out of the window.

I guess that such steps have been from a time, due in India. Where debates are pretty much jamming sessions and ‘selling news’ is provident. And if the argument of the government controlling media by deciding which is right and which is wrong, I think there are ways other than scraping of the thought of the media being accountable.

WHAT HARM DID KEJRIWAL DO TO POLITICS?

The man who grew to be a strong political figure, told to be a crusader, fighting to be the common man and calling shots at the sheltered 'big figures' was something we needed or were made believe to do so!

WHAT was meant to be a cleaning campaign, has turned into a group of hotheads out yo litter some more and making politics even a dirtier pond to ward of any thoughts on the true common man's mind to enter it to clean up.

What we felt was a wave up change, a belief, a dream for the common man. The common man making rules for the common man, the common man answering the common man and the common man delivering to the common man.

But now?

The common man is in a commotion! The common man is disheartened AND THIS IS WHAT IS A THREAT!

The people trusted an individual to be the change. WHO promised to stay an epitome of honesty, a Savior of the common man who is remembered and appeased just in elections BUT has his ambitions taken control of him.
What will make the public believe in some one once again and who is really hoti doing so after such a deception?

KEJRIWAL HAS KILLED THE TRUST OF THE COMMON MAN. Will the people ever lookup to change the same way like they did in 2015?

The youth is disheartened. He fears we will turn into this if he gets into the mess of politics AND THIS IS WHOSE LOSS?

HERE'S THE ANSWER!

It's the loss of the people. It's the loss of the common man. AND most importantly, it is the loss of the true values of politics that are synonymous with democracy itself.

Feminism or......?

 WHAT HAS FEMINISM TURNED  INTO?

I am sure you must have heard of that particular term. Either in a conversation or in a meme. So why does this matter so much? Or more importantly, for whome does it matter so much?

Ofcourse INDIA as well as the rest of the world has had a dark history of gender discrimination. May it be in various activities or taking birth. 

So why did suddenly it turned the other way?

We always knew it was going to initiate something like this. But we hadn't expected something this big. But is it what was due? 

Let us decode it further. 

Women want to be self-empowered right? Then why do they need reservations? They want to compete with men shoulder to shoulder right? Then why not do that on the basis of merits? 

Just blaming a male for every deed and time that went wrong is the new meaning of FEMINISM. 

We already have reserved seats in public transport but we will still frown upon some man sitting on some other seat just because he got there first! Uff. 

We get that. We want you to live on par with men but we would really appreciate if you make it elegant and inspiring. Not by screaming your way out. So let there be true FEMINISM. Let there be a true essence of women empowerment in women themselves. 

All the pseudo-feminists out there. Hear this loud and clear.

True feminism is probably about the equality of sexes. Most propaganda and hype is done by people who have little to no idea of what feminism 

actually means.

WHEN IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY?

IS GETTING A 'DOMINION' STATUS EQUIVALENT TO GETTING INDEPENDENCE?

India was granted a dominion status on August 15, 1947. According to Balfour Declaration of 1926 ‘dominions’ is defined as autonomous communities within the British Empire but united by a common allegiance to the Crown. So, by the definition, India was an autonomous community “within the British Empire”. So, why do we celebrate August 15th as our Independence Day?

Many people in India still believe that a Dominion status is equivalent to an absolute independent status. All those who so believe should go back to elementary school to re-learn their English. According to the Oxford dictionary, a ‘dominion’ is a country of the British Commonwealth having its own government. This same mistaken belief was also held by all Congress leaders in those days who openly proclaimed that there was no difference between dominion status and independence and accepted the dominion status in their all party conference of November 1929. This same confusion was furthered by the approval of dominion status in the Lahore Conference of 1929. But laterSubhash Chandra Bose proposed thatindependence meant complete dissolution of any relationship with the British; for this he was labeled a terrorist and foreign agent. Only on January 26th 1950 when India became a republic was the word Dominionreplaced by Republic.

When Britain gave independence to America 170 years before India, the resolution relating to declaring independence read “the united colonies of America are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved”. Now look at the wording in the Indian Independence Act which was accepted by the British Parliament on July 18th 1947; “to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent dominions, to substitute other provisions of the government of India Act 1945 which apply outside those dominions and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those dominions.”

There are two things very clear from the above statement:

1. The British did not want our allegiance to be completely dissolved from Great Britain and;
2. The British wanted to replace some provisions of the dominion status of India and Pakistan which were applicable to other dominion of British Crown, namely Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.

WHAT??

India was called “Dominion of India” from 1947 to 1950. We never taught in our history books that India had an official King in George VI post independence and this type of government system that could be called ‘constitutional monarchy’.

The monarchy of India was a system in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of India from 1947 to 1950. India shared the same person as it’s sovereign as the United Kingdom and the other Dominions in the British Commonwealth of Nations. The monarch’s constitutional roles were mostly carried out by the governor-general. The royal succession was governed by the ‘Act of Settlement 1701’.

In 1948 Mountbatten left his position by appointing C. Rajagopalachari. Even till 1950, then Prime Minister of India was only the fourth in command. By January 26th, 1950 we wrote our own Constitution, and abolished the monarchy. 

So, effectively India’s Independence Day was January 26, 1950, and not August 15, 1947.

THIS COUNTRY WORTHY OF NETAJI?

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE HIS BODY. AND NOW NO FILES ON THE INCIDENT.

The recent move to declassify the Netaji files made some shuddering revelations. Turns out the Netaji files are destroyed. Now it is still not processed by the minds of innumerable intellectuals that how is this possible? And for another group, which I am glad to be part of is absolutely angry on this. 

HE RAISED VOICE FOR HIS COUNTRY. WE CAN'T EVEN FOR JUSTICE?

Netaji's grand nephew, CHANDRA KUMAR BOSE is an active accuser in this. Accusing the Congress government to have strategically destroying evidence of any suspicious conspiracy related to Netaji. Now it's fair to wonder what actually turned out.

There's a affidavit filed from the PMO's office during the INDIRA GANDHI govt. Stating that Netaji files along with several other not so important files are being destroyed just because of the fact that they are copies of other documents. 

BUT then the question is raised.  If they were copies, where are the original files?

These led to deeper investigations by innumerable activists and the Bose family. 

And the facts which surfaced has made my blood boil. 

There were only 3 commissions set up for investigation of this matter. Out of them the most recent one- MUKHERJEE COMMISSION (the only commission under the supreme court) visited Taiwan. And the Taiwan and American office stated in writting that neither there was a plane crash nor anyone admitted for serious burn injuries on 18th August 1945. So why were we made to believe and taught this lie?

A statement under oath by the then stenographer of Nehru was a staggering revelation. He recalled that NETAJI ACTUALLY WENT TO STALIN FOR ASYLUM. BECAUSE THE ALIES HAD WON AND JAPAN LOST TO AMERICANS. BUT STALIN CAPTURED HIM AND WROTE A LETTER TO NEHRU FOR INSTRUCTIONS. NEHRU IN HIS REPLY, STATED NETAJI AS A WAR-CRIMINAL. He was sent to labour camps and died somewhat in 1952. Though records have also indicated netaji coming back from Russia alive and living as the famous gumnami baba. There were letters found whose handwriting​ matched with netaji's, pictures of his family members, letters from his niece along with many important personalities, a set of binoculars from Nazi Germany, tea set from Japan and countless literature books. These explain the government keeping a close watch on Netaji's family and it turns out there was a whole RAW cell for this particular job.

AND THERE ARE ADEQUATE REASONS FOR NEHRU TO DO THIS. NETAJI HAD FORMED THE INA WHICH WAS TO TAKE OVER INDIA, HAD THE BRITISHERS DECIDED TO FIGHT. THE INDIAN ARMY AND THE INDIAN REPUBLIC WAS GIVEN RECOGNITION BY 9 SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES WITH UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT. WITH THIS HE WAS THE CLEAR CHOICE FOR THE LEADERSHIP. AND EVEN GANDHI HAD PRAISED NETAJI ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 

The INA had got donations from Indian residents in the friendly countries. This treasure is still unknown.

The INA jawaans were still tried for treason. Even after independence, they were looked upon as prisoners of war. They were never recruited into the national army after independence.

When we give triumphant examples of our army's bravery. It's a pity the soldiers of the very first regiment of the republic of INDIA had this fate.

That in fact is a pity. And I am sorry NETAJI.

JAI HIND!

26TH JANUARY: JUST ABOUT THE MORNING?

PATRIOT IN THE MORNING. 

• Get up in the morning.
• Watch the parade (optional)
• Spend the rest of the day like another Sunday.

But anyone dares to nudge that morning patriot, he is the long lost oppressive Britisher to you. And there's INQUILAB.

And that's on full display with all the TIRANGAS fluttering on the bikes, auto-rickshaws,cars, cycles ,etc.

With all this making a point, we need to ask this first to ourselves and then to fellow countrymen- " are we trying to make the country better than what it was yesterday?"

The point being, it's not another Sunday. There are many 26 Januarys due. But it's you who can make the next one better. All the Patriots in the house have this opportunity. A true patriot once was a simple man, a common man. He grew to be a nationalist, he grew to be angry and he grew to change the country. 

Indulge in any activity that you think empowers some section of society. Collect help and be a part of their good day. Teach in a few deprived schools, organise broom cleaning on a road, get out in the evening to collect TIRANGAS littering the road. Try to make someone happy on that day. And let them bless not you, but INDIA. 

We do need a revolution. Not the sort of crap politics demands. It must be the revolution of HUMANITY. A great nation is built when the people are happy, a nation where the poor is not wealthy, but equal to the rich in all participation and opportunity.

This republic day, make a day for yourself to be proud of. Let there be a true celebration of the republic. Mark the day as a day for the country.

"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity with some pride." - JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

And again India will awake to true life and true freedom.

JAI HIND!

DOES MAHARASHTRA NEED SHIVAJI SMARAK? YES.

SHIVAJI SMARAK: AN UNAFFORDABLE LUXURY?

The recent jal poojan at the Arabian sea led to various pseudo-nationalists to raise their voice against it. The argument was that in a country which has such a huge number of people living in absolute poverty must not try to flaunt it. 

The total cost of this project will be a blow of about ₹3600 cr. But it's not just a simple statue. It has a solar panel as the sword. There are hydel power, wind power generators to be installed along with it. So it's actually a glamourous energy plant. 

There's a call to make India rise globally. But how long before it is do you think before taj Mahal grows boring? To keep the stature of INDIA as a great nation as it is, we need to make it look amazing too.

There are various YouTube channels which are let's put it straight anti- everything. They just try to raise points which make the viewers awe and try to feel cool. Much like the Indian media sometimes (Humour intended). 

The poverty issue was well raised by the opposition but seriously. Any government doesn't want people to be poor. Unless it's the Congress which keeps people poor so as to have their rural votebank intact. Why don't they raise their voices against the money lenders who are the direct abusers. the high interest rates on loanes is the sole cause of farmer suicides. but some political parties try to get the government take the blame. 

It's for us, if we pass judgement to other fellow citizens and are actually interested, to know the truth about something. Because if a person is going to get influenced by you, you have a responsibility to make sure that the facts he comes to know are correct and true. 

Even the poor of Maharashtra is a Maratha. And he bows down to Shivaji.

JAI HIND! JAI MAHARASHTRA! JAI SHIVAJI!