It’s not like this What we really think of Kashmir

Mr. Writer I really don’t know what #Kashmiris really think of India. But believe me we #Indians have enormous love & respect for them. Your article is a good read and in the first sight a masterpiece of intellectualism but then one need to go again through it in the light of facts and logics and not merely on prejudices.

You said “We may not want them to express their sentiments” but can you list out any such event where Kashmiris who were supporting Pakistan in Mohali were abused or harmed. I don’t think so because there was no such incident. That’s secular India for you where people know, constitutional rights are for each and everyone equally.

You said that BJP has taken Kashmiris further from us. Is it really so? Look again into the past same BJP government in centre paid thousands of crores when Kashmir was in floods. Same BJP Prime Minister spent his Diwali with Kashmiris. Or forget it just tell any incident where BJP had done any unconstitutional act in Kashmir.

You talked about the religious divide. Yes there is a religious divide in the nation and this is because of seculars and liberals. People like you who use words such as Hindu MLA are the biggest reason for this divide. A MLA is a MLA, representative of people why are you casting them as Hindu MLA or Muslim MLA. Our constitution has no such provision of religion based representation. Yet for people like you it is an easy way to gain popularity and you never hesitate walking over it.

You mentioned about hostility of Indians towards Kashmiri Muslims. Once again you are wrong people don’t hate Kashmiri Muslims or Muslims of any other part of India. People hate those people who are involved in terror attacks in the country. No matter, whether they are from Kashmir or anywhere else. People just hate them. Apart from it absence of Kashmiri pundits from your article shows that you keep only one eye open at a time so as to have a limited view of things.

In matter of Mewar University I do agree that beating those students was wrong and such acts are condemnable. But tell me if some people do any such act how fare is it to book a whole community or a nation for it. Also you need to be more attentive with news legal action has been initiated against those who spread that rumor.

You also seem to have problem from AFSPA being imposed on the state. But do you know it was imposed in 1990 and was not before that. So we need to think why it was imposed over that state? The answer as much as I know is terrorism, which was at its peak in early 90s in that state. There was no other solution to that as terror handlers were not ready to talk without bullets. So they were answered in their language only. Even then we can say yes we need to have a pure debate over AFSPA but a debate full of pure facts and logics and not prejudices.

You also talked about unavailability of justice to Kashmiris. Yes you are true but this is a situation of whole India. Justice is not an easy thing to get here in whole of the country. Yet if you talk about Kashmir specially you must have knowledge of what happened in Machil Encounter case. And if you don’t know go and check first before spreading rumors.

In last you talked about anit-muslim nationalism which so far is not evident in the country. Some incidences have taken place but these are crimes and not a war against the community you love most. But if you see them in such way only similar crimes have also taken place against the most hated majority community also. But all these went unnoticed because seculars and liberals see no value for their life. You talked about freedom of shouting “Bharat mata ki Jai” and then start searching politics, religion and cast in it.

I request people like you to please be liberal with your minds in a real sense and not prejudicially. Because, just like, half truth is more dangerous than a lie, pseudo liberalism is more dangerous than communalism.

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1. This article is my personal opinion and it must not be Secularized, Liberalized and intellectualized.

2. Please ignore errors in English.

RAILWAY IS AN ENGINE THAT NEEDS EXTRA ENERGY

How can we talk of bullet trains when our trains are running as low as 30KM per hour. A train departs from one station at 8:00 and takes almost two hours to reach another station destined only 60 kilometers away. Hence making it to move at 30 kmph.

So far the performance of Indian Railways is not at par with what was forecasted last year.

Our trains which usually run late and overly crowded still have the same story as was one year before. Delays and halts in the policy implementation or better say in policy making have only resulted in worsening the situation of the state run behemoth. An example of such delays is evident from the Delhi-Agra Semi Bullet train which was scheduled to become operational from November last year. So far it is only in talks and plans. Although trials have been completed successfully but nothing is being done after that. One side we talk about high voltage projects like bullet train on the other hand we have not been able to operate our trains properly which runs at a mere speed of 50 kmph.

Indian Railways which has been postered as the growth engine of the country is dying slowly and slowly every day. So far it is considered that lack of funds is the biggest reason for the pathetic condition of the Indian Railways. Lack of earnings is usually related to low fare structure. Yes we agree that fares in Indian Railways are too low but these can’t be called unreasonable with the quality of service it provides.

The actual problem which I see with the railways is lack of innovation. With the changing times Indian railways has not been able to keep up with the innovations. Innovations don’t mean only technology up-gradation but an up-gradation in every other department. Especially where there is some scope for earnings also. We need to be more innovative with our earning sources. We in India only talk about rich and poor. But the most powerful middle class always remains ignored and it constitutes the major share of our passengers. We need to lay our focus on them. Here I am not talking about shifting our focus from poor to them but urging to consider their needs and demands while formulating plans. For example we can add one more class to in our day travelling which will be a combination of Second Sitting (2S) and AC Chair Car. That way we will be providing AC facilities to our passengers at some low prices which may attract some more money from them. Also the arrangements which we have made in Kashmir (Rail-Road-Rail trip) could also be entered into with various airlines. Where people can travel between major cities through air while deep penetrations will be made by railways. On operating fronts developing the idly lying railway property could be a big opportunity. Also rental income could easily be made by letting out ATM spaces at major railway stations (especially at platforms).

The paucity of funds can be met with the infusion of private capital in the railways. Our corporate have enough money to invest in our railways. The only way to use their funds is to let them earn profits. Hence private funds can be attracted in the area of freight and logistics or premium and luxury train segment. Tourism is also a very good option for private investment. The best way to open railways for the private sector is to recommence the dedicated freight corridor project.

Our railway is very closely related to our people and they expect too much from the Mr Prabhu. He has a very daunting task to do and that can be completed only by walking the extra mile. Mr Prabhu needs to be very pro-active for the rejuvenation of railways. We shall start our work from considering the mini but real problems which the railway is facing. Hope the railway gets the makeover promised for it. Till then BEST OF LUCK SIR.

Some Times Negative is also Positive

“Come on Yaar be Positive” we all have heard it many a times from our friends, relatives and dear ones whenever we are under depression or in deep depression. The sole motive behind such thoughts is to motivate us or anybody, to complete his responsibility, who has lost all his hope.

Let take an example we all must have heard the story of “half filled glass of water” which ultimately indicates the mindset of a person. The story is like that: Ones a teacher take a glass filled half with water. Then he asked one of his student to give his(student) opinion on the half filled glass. The student being a child simply replied Sir it is half empty. The teacher then went to another student for his opinion on the glass. The student replied Sir it is half filled with water. The teacher smiled and praised the student for his positive attitude and further taught all the students about benefits of positive thinking.

There is no doubt that most of us go with the opinion of the teacher and all have a positive mindset but think again and then reply whether first student was wrong? Did he really leave no scope of hope? I don’t think so and in my opinion first student was also right and even I would like to say he gives me a rope of hope stronger then the second student. He gives me an opportunity. He said to me look this glass is half empty and you have to fill it full, so you have something to do.

Let’s take another example. In summers of May you went to one of your friend’s house and ask him for a glass of water. Your friend came with a glass of water half filled. You look at the glass half filled and shout at your friend “Come on yaar I am dying with heat and you are still trying to save water, go and bring me a glass full of water”. Now tell me what you see there, it must be a glass of water half filled and you reply to your friend to fill it completely. Now if being of positive mindset you didn’t reply your friend to bring you a full glass of water you shall have been hospitalized suffering from dehydration.

Here my motive is not to demotivate all my friends but what message I want to convey is “It is really good to remain positive in life and look towards life with positive mindset but sometimes it is better to look at the negative sides because at such times only this negative side will help you attain your goals and will increase your confidence for a positive future.

Our Lessons from Japan

The massive Tsunami which hit Japan on Mar 11, 2011 was itself one of the most devastating incidents in the history of mankind. It was so boisterous that the country declared it the second most dangerous disaster after II World War.

Massive flood killed thousands of people and lakhs are unsheltered. But it is not over yet. This is just ending of one phase another one and even more terrible is on the row i.e. Nuclear Radiations. Fukushima Nuclear reactor which is also affected by the tsunami waves is now spreading the danger of harmful nuclear radiations which will undoubtedly result more horribly.

Now the big question arises “IS it safe to use nuclear fuel as a source for generating electricity?” and question for us “Is it safe to produce electricity by uranium in a country like India?” My first question is a question of whole international community to look after, but second one is more important for us Indians. We all are well known about the sincerity and technical development of Japan. They are simply tech savvy people with sincerity for their work. But here in India technology is almost in hell and I don’t need to talk about our sincerity.

See na where you can find radioactive material in a scrap shop and that too in the capital of country what is the guarantee that such a things will not be available so easily in the nearby markets when start using on such a big scale.

Just see for a while we all know how responsibly our system works and another is how many of us are aware about radioactive material. And above all if something like Japan happens god only knows what type of situation it would be.

Through this article I don’t want to say that you should not take measures for power supply. After all an ever growing country like India need uninterrupted power supply to reach its target but at the same time I would suggest to adopt a better and safe way to complete our target. And still if you don’t find any option for nuclear energy then it would be better to go with Thorium based nuclear reactors than Uranium based nuclear reactors. Because it is comparatively safe and will help us to save some money also.

Where we are going?

“tc 0 fn;k esjs Hkkjr us rc nqfu;k dks fxurh vkbZ”

“rkjksa dh Hkk’kk nqfu;k dks Hkkjr us igys lh[kykbZ”

Above two lines picked from Hindi movie “Purab or Paschim” starred Manoj Kumar and Saira Banu. These lines when read make us proud to be an Indian and when are listened takes us all to the seventh sky for being an Indian.

“Mera Bharat Mahan” “India is great”. More than 3500 years of spectacular history, our rituals, ramayan-gita any many more makes us a great historical state. With more than 50 crore hot blooded youngsters, about 8% of economic growth and ever growing military strength we are claiming to be the world super power by 2050.

This all really sounds good and even helps us having some smile on our faces. But is all this true? Are we going to a right way? For a while just forgot about your past, stop looking at the future and concentrate at the present. What we are at present?

What is the advantage of a 3500 years history when many of us even don’t know about importance of 26^th January, increasing number of old age homes tells us about our rituals and most important recent CW games and 2G Scam explains the true principles of “Bhagvad Gita”.

By saying so I am not criticizing our history and don’t even want you to leave your hope for shining future. No doubt we have a very great history and we also are going to be world super power (after all we are now 5^th Largest economy of the world). But at the same time we also need to concentrate on our present condition. We can’t leave our mother land in the hand of corrupt ministers and bureaucrats who are exploiting it daily and even with more confidence.

This one is also not for encouraging you to do something like Egyptians or Libyans. But can’t we raise our voice by non violence. We all have seen “Laage Raho Munna Bhai” and in my opinion we all like that.

This is the right time when we can raise our voice. The whole world is raising its voice against torture, corruption and injustice. Don’t just forget “None of us is stronger than all of us”.

At the last I am leaving you with some pictures of our present:

India Rich

India Poor

India Rich

India Poor

You all must have seen many of such pictures daily in your life and would have said "Chal Chod na yaar". But now think again for a while.

The Gigantic Scams

Hi friends

I am back again and this time I am with some analysis carried out by me. As we all know about the last four months. These four months revealed some of the biggest scams in the history of India. The biggest one was 2G Scam which cost nation `2,00,000 crore and other two were although not that big but were really shocking i.e. CWG Scam and Adarsh Society Scam of `8,000 crore and `800 crore respectively.

The three scams together cost nation `18,48,00,00,00,000 (One Lakh Eighty Four Thousand Eight Hundred Crore rupees). Now if you look at this amount it shows its grandiosity (look at the number of zeros it have). And especially in a country like India it becomes bigger (as we are counted among poor nations of the world)

This amount is more than 3% of Indian GDP. And in an international scenario this amount is even more than GDP of ninety countries of the world. Ninety countries in this world produces a GDP of less than such a big amount. Even Twenty poorest countries of the world together are not able to produce a GDP equal to the amount lost by us in these scams.

Analysis:

Indian Context

GDP of India - `50 lac crore approx.

Scam’s Total - `1.848 lac crore

Percentage – 3.70%

International Context

Total GDP of 90 poorest countries of the world – `61 lac crore approx.

Total GDP of 20 poorest countries of the world - `1.3 lac crore approx.

Percentage:

To 90 countries – 3.32%

To 20 countries – 150%

Now you yourself can see how big we are. We alone have a GDP equal to 90 poorest countries of the world. And our scam are even bigger.

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Readers please note:

·         The data are collected through different sources and accuracy was not measured.

Sources are: IMF, Wikipedia.

My letter to Mr. Kalmadi

Dear Kalmadi Ji

I really like the way you organize the CWG. It was really fantastic, specially that closing ceremony. It really makes me proud to be an Indian. You really did a fantastic job.

Off course guys that was a fantastic job. After all you need a very clever & sharp mind to do such a big job. But at the same time you also broke our heart specially mine. Yes sir you broke my heart, only Rs 8,000 crore. Come on sir you cant do so only 10% you should have taken more with you. At least 50% of the gross amt. and should have distributed it among your near and dear ones.

You being such a sharp, intelligent and clever person should have learnt it from your close friend Mr. Raja. Look at him he ate up Rs 1,76,000  crore. What happens if doesn't take up all this money to his home, but he did a big job really a very job. We being residents of such a rich country should do such big jobs. After all Rahis hi to paisa udate hain, or hum kaun sa kuch alag kar rahe hain.

In the end of my letter it is my humble request to you that ones you get free from all this inquiry and investigation drama(You don't  need to do any thing big just share a part of your income with the inquirers and they will be your new friends) you should do some thing very big. After all every one should get another chance. Ok sir better luck next time my best wishes are always with you.

Regards

Kunal Aggarwal