Saturday, August 28, 2010

Call for carving Kashmir as country is communal cum anti-national

Kashmir valley violence is strong warning for centre to expedite its reform in police training. As an Indian, I protest to killings of innocents in valley of Kashmir. Kashmir needs visible and immediate justice for those who have been killed in Kashmir after Indian accession to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

My protest in not just against government of India but also against separatist in Kashmir valley who have blown the propaganda of Independent Kashmir after being paid and promised bounty for getting the task done by Pakistan. It will not at all be rude to say that separatist don’t have any different feature compared to an Oncogene-The gene responsible for cancer. Their job is to keep dividing people at every level. Oncogene can be present in any part of body, similarly separatists are present in all parts of the country and with an open eyes and ear they can be even found in a small household.

Call for Kashmir as a separate nation is communal and misleading.


Having born and brought up in small backward town of UP, I can relate this call as to one similar from Hindu communal forces that tried to rule nation and state in the name of Lord Ram.

In 1992, when Babri Mosque issue was raked up by BJP and it allies, I rejoiced shouting communal slogans. There was curfew all around and everyone in my town witnessed house arrest situation. I was taking tuitions at the time the curfew was announced. Every one in the tuition panicked, packed their bags and in 5 minutes students ran to their houses. We were told that during curfew hours police has powers to shoot at sight anyone moving out of their house.

There were secret audio tapes of so called ‘Sadhvi’ Ritambra was distributed to flare up anti-muslim emotion of Hindus. I don’t remember exact words of speech except that it was well packed with logic for building Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and enough to convince even graduates and post graduates to join them. I was then 10 years old and can well relate to the 8-year old Kashmiri boy who was killed in the valley.

Often some members from communal forces use to creep in our colony and encourage everyone around to shout slogan of Jai Shree Ram on seeing any policemen around. Even taking name of lord Ram was counted as communal slogan those days.

After demolition of Babri Mosque, BJP was successful in creating wave in its favour in the name of Hindutva and formed government at centre and state. But their true colors could not remain hidden for long time. BJP gave feeling to people that it will bring Ram Rajya in the country but soon people realized that they are even worst that Congress (I) which had been often charged for corruption.

The blot of communalism has pushed the party deep in to trenches and is unable to rise again. It downplayed essence of India –secularism which includes people of all faith.
Today when I look back to those days, I feel regret for not realizing strength of the country ie Secularism which has given my brothers like Saleem Khan, Mohsin, Asim Javed, Sharique Zahir, Mohd Shoeb, Sohrab and the list goes long. I regret my days when my thoughts were communal in nature.

People those who relate RSS and Shiv Sena as key organizations of India should look at the fact that political parties supported by them don’t rule the country. India is country of and for humans, irrespective of their caste, creed, colour or religion.

These days Indians are more aware and rarely have communal bias. Even if I come across any, my basic question to them remains only one- Name the person whom you hate most and the person that had been troubling you often? In 99 per cent case, the name turns out to be from same religion, some time of same family or a neighbor.

The common example across Indian sub-continent is evergreen tiff between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or between sister-in-laws.

Over the years people in India have realized that communalism is not the way to live as riots kill only innocents. This realization has reduced vote bank of communal parties in India.

Another example that India has is of Thackerays in Maharasthra. They could rule the state only once despite being projecting that they have been fighting for rights of local people. Maharashtrians over the years have seen their true color. Maharashtrians don’t want division and as a result these separatist Thackerays have been reduced to minority.

Today, I can relate myself to a Kashmiri youth and can believe that those who are calling for Kashmir as a separate nation are going through same phase of life. They have been swayed by call from Separatists.

The separatist are very shrewd. This can be observed from the fact that neither separatist nor the Militants ever showed aggression against China which has partly illegally occupied Kashmir. Forget aggression not even they have raised voice against China because they know very well that their funding will be stopped and they will be wiped out of the earth.This is the reason that I have termed violence in name of freedom of Kashmir valley is communal.


Kashmir wants peace like others part of India and through this blog I would like appeal my Kashmiri brethren that their support is only means to restore peace in Kashmir. Separatist mouthpiece has been the main cause for agony of people living in valley of Kashmir.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It is tough for Honest to survive in India

SM Krishna in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai has said that GK Pillai , home secretary should have not spoken about involvement of ISI in 26/11 terror attack on the eve of his visit.

If Pillai would have not spoken about it then who should have spoken against ISI on record? Minister’s don’t have guts to say so.

However, Krishna seems to have seriously taken words of Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The major reason was talks failure, as pointed by Qureshi, were phone calls that Krishna was making. Qureshi had only referred to GK Pillai's remark to knock off India's objection on Hafiz Saeed's anti-India speeches. If Qureshi is to be believed,the bilateral talk failed because Krishna was busy on phone.

Journalist who frequently interact with ministers know that they are thick skin people and hardly aware of the matters in which there ministry is involved in to.

Other bureaucrats speaking against Pillai have angst against him. Pillai has served the nation with great zeal and at various position.

He is credited with title of ‘Father of SEZ’ in India. No minister could have taken effort to create a zone that could boost nations economy. Pillai shared details with media and it was largely appreciated.

Even at that time Pillai had to row in tough waters to get SEZ act passed in parliament by visiting and convincing almost each and every member of parliament. Many of these MP didn’t even had time to read documents of the policy. Pillai had to read out details for every MP – (An MP in India is defined as distinct breed of politician who over time has acquired thick skin and is not ready to take an iota of pain for nation’s welfare).

After he became Home Secretary, he revolutionized the processes. Bureaucrats say that MHA has started interfering in business of other ministries.

But why these dick head bureaucrat don’t think that in most of the ministries top level officials don’t have capability to think the way there ministry can lead to adverse effect on national security.

For example, if systems in Ministry of External Affairs were so strong, then How did David C Headly made entry in to India? Headly’s presence was key in formulation of 26/11 attack.

Is SM Krishna or any other bureaucrat having answer to this question?


Similarly, security is not only related to checking of guns and bombs. Lot of vital data is stored in computers as well. Data like location of defence personnels on border, defence capabilities etc.

A sincere effort to beef-up cyber security has been taken after Pillai took over as secretary of MHA along with Department of Justice. It is during his tenure a separate cuber court room in the country had been set-up. Computers entered in India at the time of Rajiv Gandhi.

Why was it not done earlier?

MHA issued notice to Department of Telecom to stop services on handset with not genuine IMEI numbers.

Why was DoT on its own unable to recognize the potential threats these handsets could have had?

Why did Indian bureaucrat allowed Chinese investment in sensitive sector like telecom when China is friend to enemy nation Pakistan and hostile to India?

There are series of questions to which thick skin bureaucrats will not have any reasonable answer but only they are seeing the way they have been turned lame by interference of MHA.

In the interview Radeep Sardesai provoked Krishna to make comment on Pillai. Sardesai acted like second Rajat Sharma. Sardesai did this because he very well knows that comments against Pillai will not be tolerated by citizens of this country and they will express their view. This in-turn will bring revenue for his channel.


Rajdeep I agree that you may have been successful in making money for your channel but you have lost respect as a journalist by planting attack on Pillai.

Shame on Ministry of Home Affairs that took away Pillai’s right of speaking to media and appointed new spokesperson Dileep Raj S Chaudhary.

It is an attempt by politicians to prune liberty of nations most honest bureaucrat GK Pillai.