Among-st the one of most benevolent places of Goa, there lies Chapora fort. At this place sea becomes flamboyantly silent and a ship tries to find its way through far end. Minutes of silence fills the place with aroma of beautiful thoughts. No one is in hurry to talk, they are happy with the calm atmosphere and the way it is giving shape to their thoughts. Finally the first person breaks the silence.
Why we have to still believe in Aam Aadmi Party ?
The time has become really hard for Aam Aadmi party. Nearly all the pre-poll results are showing a sliding loss to the party. Every self acclaimed intellectual from each corner of India has targeted and criticized the one time favorite group. Party's own men have become hesitant to contest with the party ticket. Common workers are denying the ethics on which the group was formed.
3 Inspirational stories of civil servants which an IAS aspirant must know.
When the river Brahmaputra enters in India from china, its path expands and slows down in Assam. On the bank of it there is a district named as Jorhat. Every morning at about four am, a lady wakes up and goes for jogging of about 12 km. However, people don't really call it as a jogging as some forty to fifty policemen travel with her on the bicycle. She runs and they follow mainly because she wants every policeman of her district to become a fit parson.
Steve Jobs and Aamir Khan: 4 Inspirational similarities between these two creativity giants
One man was the boss and creative Jesus of Silicon valley. The other is the soul of immortal creative National spirit. One used to work for creating technology to make this world a better place. While other concentrated entertaining and creating value based society. Steve Jobs of Apple computers and Aamir khan of Indian Bollywood and socialist icon have a great deal of similarities. They have the basic instincts of belief, futurist approach and most importantly the natural love for their work.
What do you mean by Goebbelsian lie? How does it affect the Indian Politics?
Many Indian researcher do believe that it was Thomas Macaulay, a pioneer of English education in India who proposed the idea of a typical Goebbelsian lie. In one of his addresses to British Assembly he said that Indians are fools and we can easily play with their emotions with one simple rule.
"Repeat a lie a thousand times and it becomes the truth"
Whether Thomas Macaulay was using this concept or not is a subject of debate. However, there is no doubt that Joseph Goebbels used this to arrange one of the anarchist campaigns of Nazi propaganda history. Goebbels believed that with constant repetition of ideas we can make people believe it. No matter whether the idea is a truth or not. He used this concept to make Germans believe that it is only Hitler who could save them from the worst conditions of their life.
While using this famous concept with the help of Hitler, he used various measures to propose Nazi propaganda. This includes designing of famous Swastika symbol, exercise of saluting in typical Hitler style and constantly flooding newspaper with the basic concepts of hatred. As all this happened for quite a long time, people started believing in him. And the results were terrifying, it took long years for people to realize the true nature of Hitler. It is a big irony that except for Colonel Stauffenberg, no one really went against Hitler.
Similar things are happening in India. It is not that only Congress is using this famous concept but newly hopeful Kejarival's AAP party is also exercising this idea. One problem in India is that politicians do believe that people are real fools. They can propose and promise anything and people have to follow it. For this to happen they took the similar measures which Hitlers government was taking during the world war 2.
Narendra Modi is a front runner in using this lie. His brand Gujarat concept is making people recognize him as a capitalist Jesus of India. All this is happening because of large amount of record-breaking money spent on advertising campaigns. Perennial flooding of promises in various newspaper, International summits on Brand Gujarat, Fashion statements through branded clothes and strong management themes are some of the aspects of Modi's Gujarat Model.
Is it all true? To some extent it is true but not totally. Raghuram Rajan commity recently placed Gujarat in the developing class two model states. It lags behind in some major aspects in nearly all the major sectors. All the things which are shown are nothing but the emotional campaigns backed by the Management teams. With this concepts, he is heading for the most powerful post in India. People knew about Gujarat riots but they don't have any option left. They will surely vote for him as anti incumbency factor of Congress is in their minds.
Kejariwal is the second person who uses this idea very well. When he started his campaign people loved him. But slowly they realized that he is one of the products of that typical political basket. People think that as he has proposed the ideas of anti corruption so he should act like Gandhian. Is it really possible for him? I think yes, when someone is pretending to act like a lone savior of India then he has take every precautions to become a believed legend.
He has to show in his behavior the true nationalist values. He needs to take care that his campaign or crowd gathering methods should not become a mess for public order. His every act should be in accordance with the constitution. It is only then that he can become a winner.
However, what is happening with Kejariwal's malicious strategy is a real problem. He is also using Goebbelsian lie to its biggest extent. He is constantly repeating his anti corruption propaganda. He believes in making his every act a sensational event. He thinks that it is only his party in which great nationalists are present.
A true nationalist should accept his mistakes. Kejariwal lacks in the act of valor and the tolerance. AAP party has totally forgot the art of listening. They have become the atom boys who have not even spared media. There is the fear that they might bring the police state in India.
With the election campaign in full swing it is the people who have to recognize their conscious and vote for the correct party. This can happen only if they will minutely research the promises of these political parties. India is going for the election where 10 crore new people will vote for the first time. Most of them are young and dynamic. They can surely recognize the lie and the truth. Politicians will have to be careful before promising. Otherwise they will have to pay a price for that.
"Repeat a lie a thousand times and it becomes the truth"
Whether Thomas Macaulay was using this concept or not is a subject of debate. However, there is no doubt that Joseph Goebbels used this to arrange one of the anarchist campaigns of Nazi propaganda history. Goebbels believed that with constant repetition of ideas we can make people believe it. No matter whether the idea is a truth or not. He used this concept to make Germans believe that it is only Hitler who could save them from the worst conditions of their life.
While using this famous concept with the help of Hitler, he used various measures to propose Nazi propaganda. This includes designing of famous Swastika symbol, exercise of saluting in typical Hitler style and constantly flooding newspaper with the basic concepts of hatred. As all this happened for quite a long time, people started believing in him. And the results were terrifying, it took long years for people to realize the true nature of Hitler. It is a big irony that except for Colonel Stauffenberg, no one really went against Hitler.
Similar things are happening in India. It is not that only Congress is using this famous concept but newly hopeful Kejarival's AAP party is also exercising this idea. One problem in India is that politicians do believe that people are real fools. They can propose and promise anything and people have to follow it. For this to happen they took the similar measures which Hitlers government was taking during the world war 2.
Narendra Modi is a front runner in using this lie. His brand Gujarat concept is making people recognize him as a capitalist Jesus of India. All this is happening because of large amount of record-breaking money spent on advertising campaigns. Perennial flooding of promises in various newspaper, International summits on Brand Gujarat, Fashion statements through branded clothes and strong management themes are some of the aspects of Modi's Gujarat Model.
Is it all true? To some extent it is true but not totally. Raghuram Rajan commity recently placed Gujarat in the developing class two model states. It lags behind in some major aspects in nearly all the major sectors. All the things which are shown are nothing but the emotional campaigns backed by the Management teams. With this concepts, he is heading for the most powerful post in India. People knew about Gujarat riots but they don't have any option left. They will surely vote for him as anti incumbency factor of Congress is in their minds.
Kejariwal is the second person who uses this idea very well. When he started his campaign people loved him. But slowly they realized that he is one of the products of that typical political basket. People think that as he has proposed the ideas of anti corruption so he should act like Gandhian. Is it really possible for him? I think yes, when someone is pretending to act like a lone savior of India then he has take every precautions to become a believed legend.
He has to show in his behavior the true nationalist values. He needs to take care that his campaign or crowd gathering methods should not become a mess for public order. His every act should be in accordance with the constitution. It is only then that he can become a winner.
However, what is happening with Kejariwal's malicious strategy is a real problem. He is also using Goebbelsian lie to its biggest extent. He is constantly repeating his anti corruption propaganda. He believes in making his every act a sensational event. He thinks that it is only his party in which great nationalists are present.
A true nationalist should accept his mistakes. Kejariwal lacks in the act of valor and the tolerance. AAP party has totally forgot the art of listening. They have become the atom boys who have not even spared media. There is the fear that they might bring the police state in India.
With the election campaign in full swing it is the people who have to recognize their conscious and vote for the correct party. This can happen only if they will minutely research the promises of these political parties. India is going for the election where 10 crore new people will vote for the first time. Most of them are young and dynamic. They can surely recognize the lie and the truth. Politicians will have to be careful before promising. Otherwise they will have to pay a price for that.
Ukraine crisis: Is it the start of the World War 3
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| Russia vs Ukraine: start of world war 3 |
There is no doubt that Putin needs to be taught a lesson. For this it is important for USA to take this event as an option to remove Russia from the security council. Russia has violated the UN charter agreement. The greed of Putin is unlimited. The world has seen this during the disintegration of Georgia in the year 2008. Putin has forgot the thumb rule that with great power a great responsibility is attached. Expansion of Russia can not be brought at the expense of violating the fundamental rights of the people of Ukraine.
From the past hundred years the only thing which has interested Russian ego is nothing but the Caucasus regions. This region was the reason for Russia to indulge in the World War one. During World War Two the region was a battle-place to the worlds most powerful and egoistic countries. The stories of Leningrad and Stalingrad wars are still vibrant in the eyes of people living on this border which separates the might of communist from that of capitalist sentiments.
Again for one another time these two mightiest countries have come face to face. With the Russian forces virtually capturing the Crimea region in the South of Ukraine, the situation has become critical. John Karry has warned Russia of a possible consequences specially in the form of sanctions over it. However, this seems to be an impossible task specially when Putin is so serious about protecting the Russian people living across whole of the Ukraine.
The heated arguments taking place between the diplomats of both sides is not a good sign for the region. Barack Obama is looking for all possible options specially after failed diplomacy in Syria issue. He does possess a pressure to perform on this issue. So chances are high that these two countries might go for a virtually factual war.
How does it all happen ?
The links of this question belong to World War Two. At that time, Stalin accused the people of this region specially Tartars of Crimea of helping Hitler. So he believed that it is essential to punish them and hence he forced them out of the region. During their excavation to middle Asia, mainly to Turkey, nearly 20% of the Tartars died of starvation and violence. So these Tartars generally hates Russia. They came back to their homeland Crimea during early nineteens.
When Russian federation collapsed in 1991, Ukraine became an independent country. Mr. Kuchma became the president of Ukraine in the year 1994. He ruled from 1995 to 2005. But the pick of all these things began when Georgiy Gongadze, a popular journalist was kidnapped and killed in the year 2000. People accused Kuchma of killing him. So in order to pacify the people he decided not to fight the elections of 2004. Instead he presented Ukraine with Victor Yanukovych.
The Orange revolution ?
During all these chaos an oil queen lady named as Yulia Tymshenko emerged as a strong contender for Presidential election. She with another guy named as Victor Yushchenko formed Fatherland party. They both opposed the election and successfully retrograded the Yanukovych Goverment. This revolution was known as the Orange revolution. For the most part of the decade Yulia remained in power.
However, during the election of 2010 Victor Yanucovych won the election. He made constitutional remedies making president as the sole powerful person. He framed series of false charges against Tymshenko and sent her to jail. At the same time, he cancelled an economic deal with European Union and instead went for a deal with Russia. Putin promised him that Russia would buy a 15 billion dollar Ukrainian bonds and would cut the oil rates. People of Ukraine did not like this deal. According to them it was a compromise done with the power. This act of Yanikovych prompted a new revolution on the Maidan square of capital Kiev.
During the Maidan square revolution Yanukovych was ousted and the power came back in the hands of the Fatherland party. Arseniy yatsenuk was declared as the interim Prime Minister. Russia saw this as a violation and suffocation of Russian speaking people of Ukraine and they waged a war against Ukraine's new government.
Strategically Ukraine is an important country for Russiaas all the oil roots pass from this country. For Europe and Ukraine, Russia plays an important role in supplying oil required for the heavy industries of the region. Russia has stopped the movements from Crimea with the help of its Black Sea Naval Fleet. Arseniy Yatsenuk, the interim PM has accused Russia of waging a war. While America is more serious than ever to tackle the the further expansion of Russia.
People of Ukraine have been tired of Russian influence and its suffocation. For nearly a decade Russia has controlled the whole Ukraine economy with his oil tactics. People of Ukraine want to come out of all this and want to form a liberal country. For this they want a complete independence from Russia. This can only be possible if America put forward the case of Ukraine with more might and valor. Nearly Similar situation emerged during world war one. At that time the villain was Kaiser William and this time it is Putin. This villains will come and go. If the countries wanted a world to be a better and liberal place then they will have to go for the diplomatic ways. There is a last chance of this with the G8 summit which is going to take place in Russia. If it will fail then god will have to save the World.
Why Aamir Khan should be awarded with Bharat Ratna for his documentary on Satyamev Jayate
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| The man with a mission. |
Last year India did witness one of the greatest silent revolutions of all time. That too without wasting a single drop of blood. Aamir Khan and his Satyamev Jayate became a hot topic of discussion in every sectors of India. The only reason was his great researched documentary on building a prosperous nation. He covered almost all the topics with same intensity and perfection. For an actor it becomes difficult to handle both movies and documentaries. But the great national hero did this with a ease and showed the world that patriotism still exists. This year he has also come up with five day documentary on India. The shows will definitely going to wake up India.
His first documentary of the season two showed the condition of women in India. He presented as how rape victims have to suffer from the hardships of system? In each subsection of a program he put a light on worst conditions of Police stations, Medical Examiners and Judiciary. He argued and demanded the need of separate place for women related complaints so that within a month or two the case can be solved. His research explained that the number of goons present in our society is very small. However, our inability to tackle makes them powerful. So we have to unite so that we can tackle them.
Last year he was invited by standing committee of ministry of commerce. He was the only actor who was invited by any parliamentary committee. That time the issue was whether to allow FDI in retail or not? Aamir in his one of the documentaries ardently opposed the FDI in medical. The reasons which he gave surprised many people.
In the year 1993 the World Trade Organization reached on consensus for the trade related intellectual property rights (TRIPS). The licensing of drug became a compulsion for medical companies. Due to this they got the monopoly in producing the generic medicines. It became impossible for common man to buy the medicines because of their high price. The cost of simple medicine increased by 100 to 500 times just because of monopoly over licenses.
It was not for the first time that the issue of generic medicines became a topic of discussion in India. But the awareness and realization was impossible to achieve. Aamir raised this issue in his show and the results were amazing. The Supreme court refused to renew the licenses of pharmaceutical companies including American heavyweight such as Ranbaxy. Executive body of Indian parliament ordered to hold on the FDI in medical sector. The ill practices of doctor were banned. Many pseudo doctors were forced to close their offices. The relationship between doctors and middlemen was brought into light. There was a sense of renovation in the medical sector.
His other documentaries did have a same impact. Such as his show on protecting child rights made a meaningful impact on looking at the problems of children. This issue was also presented in the movie 'Tare Jamin Par.' In the movie he showed the problem of dyslexia in the small children. He gave solutions to these problems in the form of compassion and love. He forced us to hold on reservation policy for a quite long time by showing that untouchable people still exists. It made us think that the problems of castes are still present in its old form.
Since many years the physically disabled community was asking for renewal of disabilities act of 1995. It was because of his show that government of India brought renewed protection of disabilities bill (2013) in the Parliament. An unnoticed concept such as staircases with Iron holders was introduced because of his efforts.This act was also made com-pliable to United Nations Convection on disability.
The problem of honor was presented in his show. This gave the answer as how Khap Panchayats (local illegal governing bodies) hold power over the basic right of an individual. He also argued as why parents need to allow their child to choose their marriage partner? Aamir made India realized that it has a long list of things to achieve. Though we are assuming our self to prosper towards developed country, still lots need to be done.
In his last show he presented the problem of human trafficking which has became a great problem not only for India but for the whole world. He argued that in modern it is a responsibility of society to free women from illegal gangs. We have already reached a threshold as far as the issues of women safety is concerned.
Aamirs Khan's efforts can be compared with Raja Ram-mohan Roy, India's first social reformer. Exactly 300 years ago it was impossible for Ram-mohan Roy to introduce changes in a conservative society. However he believed in himself and carried forward his effort irrespective of social pressure. His efforts gave India a semi liberal status. This time the problems are new but they still have a essence of a conservative society. Aamir Khan is a person who can change India from is semi liberal attitude to fully pragmatic society. This all can only be achieved if government recognizes his work on national as well as international level. This can only be done by awarding him with a highest Indian civilian award of Bharat Ratna.
Why Government offices need to take lessons from the Passport office of India.
Sam Pitroda, the pioneer of Indian IT revolution, once suggested to abolish the attestation of any paper copies so that we can save our valuable time. It's been 10 years since he gave that suggestion and situation has not gone anywhere. People here always wonder as what prompts him to think like that? Does he believe that good governance is still possible in India? Or he is just one of the virtual believers of Hippocratic Society where decisions can not be implemented because of Red tap-ism.
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