Thackeray has started barking again....

      When I was thinking of going to bed after a day's long work, suddenly a news item on television caught my attention -- Maharastra's Navnirman Sena -- led by Raj Thackeray -- attacking a school in Nashik which was celebrating Republic Day. Eh! What happened. I had heard this happening in Kashmir when some premises were targeted by militants for celebrating Republic Day, why in Maharashtra. Oh! it was school which taught some North Indian languages. And who is this Raj Thackeray? Leaves me wondering, if I am not mistaken then he seems to be the same person who closed himself behind the four walls of his house due to fear of 10 mid-20's youths from Pakistan on November 26. I wonder this guy has a cheek to come out again and indulge in such activities. May be a politician, of third rate class, can do this. I feel people like him should be sentenced to death without any trial or may be shot publicly so that no one dared to raise such kind of ugly head again. May be this may seem to be mad suggestion but one day this will a necessary measure to tackle such incorrigible people, whom Almighty forgot to put some brains while sending on earth. least did Mr Thackeray forget that it was the North, South and East Indians who came and saved Mumbaikers on November 26 from the audacious attack by terrorists from Pakistan. Mumbai, which is called as a city that never sleeps, had gone into a deep slumber during the attack. It were people from other states which brought it to life again. Wish one of the terrorist could have killed insane people like him. Leaders like him can sit and issue statement only when they have ensured that enough policemen are there to guard their ass. 

       The incident of Mangalore is another example which can be seen as Talibanisation of Hinduism. Wonder what difference is between those maniacs who kill innocents all over the world in the name of Islam and these morons. Possibly a very thin line is dividing them but as we see the developments, the day is not far when this thin line will also break and I may have to rename my blog as INDIA CHOKED

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deshdrohi -- a torture :(

Deshdrohi...Hey friends have you heard about this movie. I have a very dear friend who had been insisting that this movie needs to be watched and the leading actor Kamal Rashid Khan is a hunk and an actor by birth. The only thing where I went wrong was taking my dear dear friend on the face value. So let me try and recollect the trauma I had to undergo in watching this movie with my brother on a pirated DVD, a copy of which is available at all paan-bidi shops in Mumbai. The first scene begins at some village where a guy is regularly being beaten up by his father. Eh! is he the hero...yes hero...in his under-shirt showing his supposed to be masculine (read malnourished) body. A unique movie where a love song begins with 90 seconds of the movie. Thanks to the fast-forward button on the remote control which gave me a respite for sometime so that I could control my brains from exploding. His dialogue delivery was somewhat akin to a women vegetable vendor whose voice has lost its cord because of excessive shouting. Then comes a time when this malnourished hero transforms into Sylvester Stallone of Hollywood and starts beating bad men. Hello, wake up...I am only sharing a torture...Then comes a scene where the macho-man KRK emerges out from a garbage truck to kill one of the villain. That scene was quite close to reality. Garbage coming out from the right place. As I struggled towards the end, it was the time for KRK Saheb to surface from the ground and that too jumping 10 feet into air...as if somebody had kicked his bums asking him to get lost into the space. His shout....Shrivaaaaaaaaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvv.... I wished this earth bursts again and he goes back from where he came. And till I came to know that the entire movie was his contribution only...Producer/Lead role/lyrics/screenplay dialogue/story writer. On this occasion, I would like to thank the honourable Judges of the Bombay High Court who banned the movie and saved the Mumbaikers from the torture...at least for sometime. Ah I forgot to tell you the reason why I narrated you this story. I would recommend that this movie should be shown to terrorists (captured). Trust me they will start singing like parrots.

Has anyone seen Mr Shivraj Patil? Not meeeee. Well this is a general reply once journalist friends of mine try and and enquire about him. So if anyone asks me the count of Mumbai's 26/11 terror strikes, I say the official count is 183 but mine is 184, with Patil Saheb being one of them. The 4-Janpath, official residence of obnoxiously-incompetent and pre-historical Home Minister, which had been sprawling with flashing Police Control Room vans, barricades and traffic policemen (to stop the traffic so that other's are not infected due to his incompetence)...None are seen there. Wonder, whether he can have a peaceful sleep when he is the person of spreading incompetence in the key Home Ministry. Does his conscience not prick him? Does anyone not feel that he should come out in the open and apologise to all those widows, orphans because of his wrong policies. We know that our intelligence gathering mechanism is not that great and having an actionable intelligence is not possible always. But he is one such person, who instead of nursing the wounds of terror victims, used to sprinkle salt and all kind of spices over them. Has Congress Party, country's oldest and large cadre based party, gone so bankrupt that it cant call spade a spade?

He and Kushwant...

And thus wrote Kushwant Singh on Saturday's edition in The Hindustan Times

            .......I am overjoyed at the emergence of young Omar Abdullah as the unquestioned leader of new Kashmir. There’s more to him than just a spokesman of Kashmiri aspirations. His voice resounds across the length and breadth of the entire country. He is perhaps the first Muslim leader since Independence who commands the respect of all Indians.

            He is articulate and a good orator in Kashmiri, Urdu and English. What he says is not empty rhetoric but makes good sense and warms everyone’s hearts. He has all the qualities of leadership laid down by Allama Iqbal to the leader of the caravan: Yaqeen mahkam, amal paiham, mohabbat Fateh-aalam Jihad-e-zindagani mein hain yeh meer-e-kaaraavan kee shamsheeren (In man’s crusade in life, he has three weapons: Faith that his cause is just, courage to wage a war till eternity, love that embraces all humanity).

            Omar Abdullah’s lineage is impeccable. He is the grandson of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah who opted to remain in secular India rather than join Islamic Pakistan. He is the son of Farooq Abdullah, ex-chief minister of Kashmir. He is highly educated, a product of Burnhall School, Srinagar; Lawrence School, Sanawar and Sydenham College, Bombay, from where he passed his BCom to become a management consultant.....

Omar II

In all his fairness, Omar Abdullah, after donning the cap of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has been surprising every one with his surprise visit. Surprisingly, he finds himself surprised when normally the staff is missing and basking in the winter sun back at home. :) Welcome to the world of reality! Poor Omar does not know that missing from the office is the work culture of the state. Now if you hit at the employees, they will quickly start beating the militancy drum and show how pathetic their life has been with the militancy. Hello! this is the work culture of Jammu and Kashmir. Now what remains to be seen is whether Omar will be able to change this CULTURE. One thing is there that he is not suspending anyone but making an immediate replacement. A good political move and hope that the people of the state will realise that they only need to strengthen his hands. Give him a chance in all fairness. That is what may change the destiny of the state..."AMEN"

Omar Abdullah

Kashmir has got a silver lining finally after so many years. Hello, excuse me, some of my readers will be thinking that this blog smells like as if the author is in awe of Omar Abdullah but its not like that. The author wishes to place on record his statement that he will try and reflect the actual mood of the people he had met during his stay in Kashmir.

Kashmiris, as usual were waiting with bated breath as to who was going to lead them after the nice performance in elections and as the days drew closer, it was clear that the new generation was knocking at the door. It was Omar Abdullah, a unanimous choice without any doubt. His victory rally back to Ganderbal with people dancing and jumping in joy...all was evident that Omar, an outsider few years back, had now become an insider....

As I walked through the lanes and by lanes for nearly two kilometres to attend his first public appearance at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket stadium, I was surprised that that my foot steps were being matched by thousands others, who had come to meet their young Chief Minister. For the fact I only remembered him saying sometime back that people will come together and walk with me to make a caravan of success in Jammu and Kashmir.

So, Mr Chief Minister, the task undoubtedly is difficult and you have miles to go... His every action is being watched carefully not only by the people of the state but may be the entire country. One mistake and things will start tumbling like a pack of cards. As they say, a god beginning is like half job done and for young Omar, half of things are done as the beginning has been wonderful.

Mr Chief Minister as others, I would also like watch you carefully and see that you succeed in your endeavour and I this blog as Kashmir -- a Road to prosperity.