In some Government place, high officials talking about the Hyderabad blasts to ‘Sir’. Insert your own politicians.

1 – Sir, let it be. As such they are not interested in the people who died. Aadat si ho gayi hai.

2 – And then, it’s regular now, a bunch of Muslims will bomb the Hindus and others. If anything says anything against religion then it is communal. The trick is old now.

1 – Problem will be when the reverse happens, when some saffron wallas start killing the Muslims and others. Then I will have too much job banning things and people on facebook.

2 – If we shut our eyes, then things will go away.

1 – Aur kya. Indian Mujahiddeen not come from Mars sir, I mean they are people, many Indian people.

Sir – So Indian Muslims are coming under the terrorist spell.

1 – Always Sir. But who cares about stopping them? If people are not interested then why should we?

2 – Yes Sir, why should we put ourself in a coal mine when all we will get is coal and no diamond?

1 – Unless coal gives us money Sir.

2 – Of course.

Sir – So naturally, people have to have the balls to identify that Muslims are falling under the spell, that if they are not participating, then many like Owaisi, are supporting terrorism in the name of religion.

1 – Wow Sir you are talking like someone smart.

2 – But such a thought is beneficial only for nation, not for pockets. And it is tough Sir.

1 – You know what is easy?

2 – Let us prey on Narendra Modi.

1 – Let us just bypass these blasts and soon public will forget it. Then let’s quietly bring Modi into the picture again.

2 – If God is kind, then he will do or say something stupid and we will win again Sir.

1 – I am toh desperately hoping there is some blast in Ahmedabad so we can pinpoint him.

Sir – That will be awesome. But where is God kind on us?

(with inputs from Kartikey Sehgal)

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A guy raises his voice against Islamic sects – is murdered. Hacked first, then killed. He was a Muslim. So why don’t Indian Muslim groups protest against his murder. Scared much? 

Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam, despite having a Muslim as a hero, is threatened by Muslim groups, conveniently referred to as extremist Muslim groups. So why don’t the majority ‘moderate’ Muslim groups protest and overturn this. On the streets. Scared much?

An all-Muslim, all girl band got threatened in Kashmir. The girls got shifted to Tamil Nadu for protection. So why don’t the secular Hindus and peace-loving Muslims protest against it. On the streets? Scared much?

Why don’t peace loving Muslims, and secular facebook Hindus protest against the attacks on Kurt Westergaard? Because he drew cartoons on Mohammed? Surely, the secular sort realise that this does not merit a death sentence? 

Why don’t peace loving Indians, Hindus and Muslims, ask for Pakistan to stop the persecution of Shia Muslims? Is it because India is Sunni dominated? Or are we scared-much?

If we don’t protest against the following, we have no rights to protest against the easy-targets, aka the Hindu people, namely the RSS and the ilk. 

After all, we can’t be bloody shameless hypocrites?

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A group of 10 migrants returned to Andhra Pradesh from the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, availing the amnesty declared by the government. This batch is the latest among several such groups of migrants returning home over the past few weeks with financial help from NRI donors in UAE and USA, and members of NRI associations in India.

When it is a question of arrest of an Indian student in Australia or action against of an Indian couple in Sweden, there is so much of protests and TV discussions in India, demanding intervention by the govt.

But in case of poor labourers, by whose hard work in the Gulf countries the country earns tens of thousands of crores of rupees every year, there is no sympathy to their ill treatment, either by the public or by the govt.

Apparently there is no system by the embassies for redressal of grievances of the Indians working in those countries. In India the govt gives royal treatment to foreigners who have committed murder and even allow them to leave the country to enjoy Christmas with their families in Italy, as done in case of marines who killed Indian fishermen.

It is a shame that those poor workmen have to depend upon the contributions from benevolent individuals/ organisations for the cost of airfare to return home, instead of the govt footing the bill. The contribution of the NRI workmen in the Gulf countries is not recognised by the public as well as by the govt. It is fair that they were given even treatment at par with those working in other countries.

Sourced from a comment on the TOI website.

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Kamal,

No Sikh, Jain, Buddhist or any member of the Sanatana Dharma protested like this when you questioned/referred/mocked Hindu tenets in your various other films. Yet you say that India is not a secular state. 

I sincerely hope that your Muslim supporters, whom you are left addressing as ‘My Muslim brothers’ in almost every interview, will come out in the open, in public space, and support your cause. 

It is precisely the absence of this open support from them that has you uttering that India is not a secular state, and that has you threatening to leave the country. 

Often, in the fear of being called communal, we forget the bigheartedness of the majority religious population, and also the actual minority populations that make up your fan-base. 

I hope that your shock and emotional-ness comes from the actual relaisation of secular – a term used for vote-bank politics under the garb of peace and harmony.

We don’t agree ideologically, but you are a great actor. 

Your admirer,
Kalki.

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Owaisi wanted Hindus to be killed, no Muslim organisation said a word. In a feature film, Al Qaeda is shown to be Muslim, they want the film to be banned. Which country are we in? [link to film article]

More importantly, why are we scared to say this openly? Does it mean we are communal or non-seculars? I’ll tell you what it means if you don’t say it openly. It means you are cowards. And as cowards, you have no right to complain about the nation’s affairs.

We speak of peace and harmony in our country not out of a real desire for them but out of fear of riots and loss of personal life. In turn, we agree to live like cowards. Always scared some war will be upon us. Until one day, a section of population decides that enough is enough and takes to arms resulting in bloodshed. Indians wait for such times.

It’s a shame that Mumbai muslims broke the Amar Jawan memorial in Mumbai (pictured), but we hardly heard condemnations from people of any religion. And not to the same extent we hear about other religions’ wrongdoings.

The muslims who cheered for Owaisi and who desecrated the Amar Jawan Memorials are non-Indians. They should be treated thus. For the sake of Hindus, and for the sake of the actual peace-loving Muslims.

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As always is the case with serious issues of national importance, the one relating to Indian money in Swiss banks has been forgotten and slipped under the carpet by the guilty and perhaps, by the media. What one gets to hear of the issue is that the government has signed an agreement with Swiss authorities by which they will not divulge details of the accounts held or operated prior to year 2011.
How very convenient?

Different countries react differently to a given situation. It is all about national commitment. Isn’t it?
Countries such as the US and Somalia have been able to get details of their dirty money in Swiss banks, among so many other countries.

Opposition parties in Germany’s upper house [Link to story] of Parliament on Friday blocked a new agreement with Switzerland aimed at ending a long running dispute over German tax cheats who hide their money in Swiss banks.

German authorities were also to be given more powers to seek information on German nationals’ accounts in Switzerland.
France, whose tax treaty with Swiss dates back to 1952, is also renegotiating an accord to catch tax evaders. The country’s socialist Government has promised to tax the ultra wealthy at a rate of 75 percent on earnings above $1.29 million and sees its Alpine neighbor as a heaven for citizens trying to avoid paying their share.

While, some countries are taking positive steps; as per a report of the Asian Development Bank (unconfirmed), Vietnam has amended its laws so as to enable dirty money to be parked in Vietnam. Hence, there are reasons enough for such money shifting from Swiss to Vietnam.

And here, we, in India are once again shying away from facing the truth of corruption, bankruptcy of honesty in dealing with to national security national security and lack of political will.

BK Chowla writes at: http://blog.chowla.in/

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You are scared. You don’t want to confront the people who hate you. You don’t want to call them terrorists. You are scared.

When will you show your courage? When, instead of MIM and the we-hate-India islamists, you will have someone from RSS make a speech or say naughty words. Then you will post facebook statuses, and gain popularity among your cowardly bretheren. 

For over a decade, you will hound the chief minister of india’s most prosperous state and call him names. But you will not for a day condemn those you privately hold as villians of society. 

And then you wonder, why your voice is never heard. Why you are ignored. 

Maybe because the rest of the country, whom you hold as idiots, or communal, doesn’t hold your views as prominent. They don’t have the luxury of pseudo-facebook-courage. They keep quiet out of fear of life. When and if they finally protest, you will be ready with your keyboard and type out about how bad and communal they are. Then you will wish that you get ‘likes’.

That’s how sorry your life is. That’s how sorry the life of all cowardly people is. 

Image coutsey: Wikinut

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You threw fire on Subramanian Swamy when he pointed out a scientific fact about Muslims having Hindu ancestors [Link: How to wipe out Islamic terror]. Why don’t you protest, make fun of or bite the traitor Owaisi who spoke of annihilating the race of Hindus? Do you have a spine?

Maybe it is beneath of you to talk about such people. Or maybe you are scared this might have repurcussions and in your weakness you are comfortable waiting for another man to do the protesting. What if Swamy raisies weapons against this man? Then would you again write about him in your blog posts because as a Hindu, he is an easy target?

Many of you do the same for Narendra Modi. I am surprised because despite everything, if you go to Gujarat you will only be welcomed and not hunted down for your views. Try going to Charminar in Hyderabad and telling them that you hate Owaisi. You will understand real secularism.

By the way, if you are living in denial, then let me remind you that 17 year olds wrote against Swamy’s article and Harvard university asked him to leave his popular course he taught to much acclaim. And cases were filed against him by educated secular Hindus, and petitions made and all that.

Where are the same for Owaisi? Is secularism another word for cowardice?

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Aren’t the protest movements a slap on the face of men? I am not anti-men, but surely women would like it if men did the bashing and yelling for them? Or are they too proud to accept that?

Does no woman think that the protests are not so classy? Do they think that ‘western women’ are all street-fighters? Are they afraid to acknowledge that the sight of women tearing, fighting, yelling will leave not even a tiny mark on the psyche of rapists? 

Would it be bad to admit that women don’t look good doing this? Is feminity on its way out of India? Or masculinity? Does nobody think of all this?

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Yes, there is the regional media that informs most of the people in the country. Then, the organisations and people you dislike are loved by these regional-dwelling, poor but actual-Indians. They don’t really depend on you.

The city Indians like to talk of RSS and BJP as if the survival of these parties depends on the facebook status-updates of the 20 percent minority. That is, if they realise that they are the minority. Hundreds of email messages don’t make the majority.

I don’t think that women all over India will support the sudden sprout of feminism and underwear-activism. The media may try its best giving coverage to girls who flaunt middle fingers and bras at the rest of the country. The media may even succeed, but not so soon.

The problem lies in the mindset of thinking conservative women as oppressed. If a woman wears a sari, she must be sad. Unless the sari is worn on mondays and skirts on tuesdays. This is the stupid policy many modern-Indians are falling prey to. 

We are a conservative nation. And the protestors in smaller towns won’t behave like the ones in Delhi. They won’t show their middle finger or make banners stating that skirts are cool. No. Maybe they don’t want to wear skirts. They like to listen to their elders. Maybe they will protest from 4-6 p.m. It is silly to see ‘modern’ Indians talk like they are the nations’ leaders. It is the curse of facebook. It makes people seem bigger than they are. And facebook is up there with media outlets.

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