My Wanderings. 87. Religious Bigotry and Well Planned violence

                    Recently there was a big row over some remarks made by then spokes person of BJP Nupur Sharma on Times Now evening  show . Its ramifications spread like wildfire through out India and  all over the Islamic countries of world. Nupur while replying to the provocative statement of one of the Muslim contestants  , who was hurling abuse over the gods of Hindus , made a statement which was based on facts and written in Islamic books and already said many  times by Islamic clergy including zakir Naik. The statement was that Prophet   Mohammad married a six year old girl and consummated this marriage when she was nine year old. This statement is true and written in the Hadis , a religious book which is highly revered by believers of Islam .

              Most of the Islamic countries like Turkey, UAE, Maldives , Kuwait , Iran , Iraq , Pakistan and even Qatar  expressed their resentment over such statement by Nupur . They summoned Indian envoys in their countries and advised them accordingly . They are in the process to  ban Indian goods in their respective countries. However , Indian Govt. dealt with this situation  in a most diplomatic manner . Some counties were also shown the mirror and told to take care of minority in their own country which is diminishing at a fast speed before advising India. Now India should take lesson from this row by decreasing their dependency on Islamic countries , which the former  has already started.

                  Most unfortunate  part of this row was that the Muslims living in this country made planned agitation in many states . They destroyed public property . They hurled stones , petrol bombs  etc ,which were already brought in vehicles, to public and police.
All the  Muslims of this country are not guilty but their  leaders who managed this agitation should be brought to book and stern action should be taken against them and the guilty .The role of Popular Front of India and All India Muslim conference was most obvious in these agitations . Both these organisations should be banned and their kingpins apprehended . Moreover , Muslims and their leaders should not take India and Hindus for granted and desecrate their Gods. One time they will have to pay heavy price for that .

         Nupur Sharma  could have been prosecuted  under IPC,  had she been proved wrong in her statement by any scholar of Islam. It was mistake  on the part of ruling party  to suspend her from the party position and severe all connections with her for no fault on her part.  It was a decision in haste which prompted many Muslims to make statements that she should be given capital punishment or her head  should be chopped off. These statements sound strange and smack of Islamic  bigotry . Are we living in medieval age or in Islamic country which is governed by shariat laws . These fringe elements in Muslim society should be brought to book and accountability to be fixed upon them for making such statements. It will not be out of place  here to mention that if Muslims in India enjoy  the civil code as per shariat , where they can have benefit of four wives, teen talak and halala , but they are silent about their criminal offences being governed by uniform criminal code. Is this not the hypocrisy on their part to enjoy the benefits of both systems . Therefore , it  becomes mandatory for Govt. of India to enforce Common Civil Code for all communities living in India irrespective of their religion.

             India should learn lesson from Islamic country like Kuwait , who despite having differences with India on present row , is in the process of deporting all the Asian Muslims working there to their native countries , found indulging​ in making agitations on Nupur Sharma's statement, because agitations of any type are prohibited there.

                             There are hundreds of recorded statements made by responsible Muslims including their clergy , actors and politicians  who hurl abuses and make fun of Hindu Devi and Devtas . By doing this they hurt the sentiments of Hindus, who  are in  majority in India, but  always escape Scot free with out any punishment . Such elements should be apprehended and punished under Indian Penal code irrespective of their religion

                 Akbar din owaisi, the politician, Amir  khan, the actor and MF Hussain,the artist  are the glaring examples of committing such crimes .All these abuses on Hindu God's are being tolerated by the Hindus , who are in majority in India, in the name of freedom of speech. Whenever a true statement written in the religious books of Islam is disclosed by some Hindu , it is given the name of blasphemy. Nowadays   The law of blasphemy in Islamic countries has become a tool to harass minority communities . Whenever they want to harm any Hindu or Christian in Pakistan they accuse  them for blasphemy. No action is taken against people who desicrate Hindu temples in Pakistan , because it does not come under the law of Blasphemy​ there.

My Wanderings 86. The Genocide of Kashmiri Pandits and The Kashmir Files

The Kashmir files , a low budget feature film produced and directed by Sh. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri became highly debatable and most talked about film post penademic period when hardly  people started to visit cinema halls again. It became a blockbuster and made business above 300 crores at Box office within some twenty days after the release of film .

Actually film is about 1990  genocide of Kashmiri Pandits , the aborigine's living in Kashmir from times immemorial,  which was  given the name of exodus by Kashmiri Muslims , politicians at the helm at that time and the media .   The Kashmiri Muslims and fair weather politicians of state  would say that it was Sh. Jagmohan , who facilitated the migration of Pandits from Kashmir . They are still being called migrants as if they have shifted to Jammu and other parts of India out of their own  free will  and for finding  better  Job opportunities, ignoring the fact that they were left with only three alternatives  Raliv , Galiv ya chaliv i.e either get converted or die or leave your place of birth . They choose the last option  and they left the state for good leaving behind properties worth crores of rupees . Most of the people would tell them that they did not fight for their rights and they left their birth place like cowards knowing very well that their community comprised only two percent of the total Population of Kashmir.

This genocide of Kashmiri Pandits was given  very low publicity  by the media and Government  deliberately to please  the psedo secular lobby , which is very strong in India.  Moreover ,  Government had  also adopted  appeasement  policy towards Kashmiri Muslims because they were considered minority in India even though they were majority in Kashmir and they were a vote Bank for Indian union as compared to   Kashmiri pandits. Therefore, Govt. was also instrumental in hushing up the matter.  Thousands of innocent Kashmiri Pandits were brutally killed in the broad day light for the sake of being Hindu . Several women of the community were raped and killed . One woman was killed by ripping into two halves by passing her body  through a saw machine . Mass killing of Hindus was   done in two villages of wandhama and Nadimarg of Kashmir in which several dozens of Hindus were killed selectively . It was all due to the  utter  indifference of  central  Govt. and gross negligence  of state Govt.   Moreover,  the State Government was in hand and gloves with Terrorists and they deliberately allowed the genocide of Pandits of Kashmir to happen.  Anarchy was rampant everywhere in Kashmir and anybody holding a gun could kill any innocent person in broad day light and escape with out any blemish.  Nothing was done to apprehend the offenders . No accountability was fixed . One  killer Bitta Karate who admitted the killing of  several Kashmiri Pandits on national Television was released from jail on the recommendations of High Court on the plea that there was lack of evidence as the public prosecutor was not interested in  presenting the same . It is not due to the reason that Kashmiri Pandits did not raise their grieviences . They raised their grieviences many times at various forms but nobody listened to them. Even the cases of fixing the accountability  of  killers of  Kashmiri Pandits was taken up with Supreme Court .  But the same were  rejected by Supreme Court with the reason that they have become time barred . The crime does not get extinguished by becoming time barred . The crime prevails until justice is not delivered to victim and punishment not given to criminal.
Quite a few films have been made on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their homeland in the last thirty two years . But no film could  show the real reasons of exodus. Some in order to attract large audience or to continue the narrative created  already by interested parties could not depict the true scenerio of Kashmir at that time .

After the film ' The Kashmir Files ' It is for the first time that  after thirty two years of turmoil in Kashmir  somebody has dared to call Spade a Spade and ventured to picturise an   unbiased  and real situation of turmoil in Kashmir and actual reasons of genocide of aborigins of Kashmir. The film has unmasked the brazen faces of  Pakistan sponsored kashmiri Muslim terrorists and neighbours ,  ruling politicians of state  having nexus with the terrorists , media persons having their own narratives  and  gross negligence of central    government,  which deliberately  or inadvertantly facilitated the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. The film has also  been successful in showing the helplessness of IAS and IPS personell posted in the state . The film also shows ruthless and stubborn approach of pseudo seculars having their own  one sided agenda of infringing the sovereignty of country.
This film which has been shown  throughout the length and breadth of country and even in foreign countries has helped in educating the masses  about the turmoil  and genocide of particular community that is Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir. The people came to know that it was not exodus but a real genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir.
The metaphors coined by Kashmiri Muslims to hurl abuses on Kashmiri Pandits have frequently been used in the film to give the film a real touch . These metaphors were ' Dhali Bhat '  ' Batni Batni dodyay muss' Assi gachi aassun Pakistan batav varay batnev Saan.

Anpum Kher a versatile actor from community , who represents an ordinary Kashmiri Pandit Sh. Pushkar Nath has given his best. His marvellous acting should definitely fetch him atleast National award if not Oscar. All other actors like Basha sumbli, Mithun Chakarvertry , Puneet Issar , Pallavi Joshi  , Chinmay  Mandelkar and Darshan Kumar etc. have also given commendable performances.
A revolutionary  poem ' Ham Dekhenge '  written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz in  1979 against dictatorship of Ziaulhaq in Pakistan has  now become anthem  of communist parties in india, which  has been aptly sung in JNU by Pallavi Joshi who represents the pseduo secular class constantly working for disintegration of the sovernity of India . Actually song has nothing to do against Hinduism or India . It promotes democracy and discards Dictatorship . A line from the poem is 'Goonjega analhaq ka Nara Jo ham bi hai aur tum bi ho'. This slogan was first raised by Mansoor a Sufi saint , Who was influenced by Vedas . 'Analhaq 'means  'I am God ' i.e Aham bramho , essence of non dualic Vedanta philosophy  . By raising  this slogan  Mansoor was declared  as 'Kaffir 'and he was sent to gallows  by  hard core Islamic clergy .
Darshan Kumar as Krishna Pandit gives a spectacular speech at JNU regarding the rich cultural heritage of  Kashmir which leaves the audaince  spell bound .
Chinmay Mandelkar as Biita karate , though hated throughout the film has given a superb performance as hard core terrorist.
Overall the Kashmir Files , a feature film directed by Sh. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri leaves the audaince spellbound with an awe  and hardly  any person  can witness this picture without shedding tears . All Kashmiri Pandits are grateful  to the people who contributed towards making of this film.

My Wanderings 85. Mahagayatri and the Mantra

                   Gayatri Mantra is highly revered mantra from Rig veda dedicated to the vedic solar  deity savitr. It's recitation is traditionally  preceded by OM and then  bhur bhuvah   suah ,tath savito varaniyam bargo devas, dee mahe  devo yoona prachoo daya . It is    known as a great mystical utterance. The mantra is an important part of the Upnayana ceremony for the young males in Hinduism. 

  It means ,
We meditate on the glory of the creator ,
Who has created the universe ,
Who is worthy of worship,
Who is embodiment of knowledge and light,
Who is remover of all sin and ignorance ,
May he enlighten our intellect.

                      It is believed that by chanting Gayatri mantra ,we achieve success and happiness in our life . With regular chanting of Gayatri mantra one can firmly establish and stabilise the mind. The mantra is a declaration of appreciation , to both the nurturing sun and divine.

               Actually Gaytri is the personification of  Gayatri mantra .She is also known as Savitri and Vedmata (Mother of Vedas). Gayatri is often associated with savitr, a solar deity in the Vedas. According to many texts like skanda Purana , Gayatri is another name of Saraswati or her form and is the consort of Lord Bramha .However saivite texts identify Mahagaytri as the consort of Vishwakarma Shiva , in his highest form of Sadashiva with five heads and ten hands .

                     Shaivism sees gayatri as the consort of eternal blissful absolute Parashiva , who manifests in the form of sun , Shivasurya. He is omnipotent , omnipresent Sadashiva , whose name is Bharga . Sadashiva's consort is none other than the mantra form of Gayatri ,who possesses the power of her husband Bharga, within her. The popular form of Gayatri with five heads and ten arms was initially found in Shavite iconographies of Manmohini in North India beginning from 10th century CE. Shavite view on Gayatri seems a later development from the combination of vedic practice of Gayatri reverence and it's Shavite inclusion as a manifestation of Shakti . This could be the root for the terrific aspect of Gayatri explained in the later puranas as the killer of demon Vetra identifying her with Adi parashakti.

I will  hereby like to reproduce the copy of the wonderful  painting of Mahagaytri , painted and presented to me by Sh. Lokesh Narayan Dhar , a very good artist ,who has been successful in personifying this great mantra to  a large extent.

My Wanderings - 84 The Conclusions

                The   fair mix of successes and failures are very essential for a  balanced life. A person who achieves only successes in life becomes arrogant or  egoistic  and a person who has only  seen failures becomes a  depressed person.   Some Urdu Poet has  aptly said it ..

" Garzishe Ayaam tera shukriya, mai ne har pahloo se zindgee dekh lee

( Thanks to the vagaries  of fate that I have seen life  from all aspects).

                                     As life is a mix of good and bad experiences , the ups and downs in life should be taken as challenges. If life moves smooth and there are no challenges in life, life becomes dull and a person is deprived of the joy of overcoming the difficulties in life. Life is short and we have to live it judiciously.Our aim should be to derive maximum joy from life , as great philosophers have said that...Happy truely is the Great...

               Different persons derive happiness  from different sources .  some people derive happiness by amassing  huge wealth and property , some from meditation and penance and  some get it from indulging in vices like drinking and gambling.  But the question arises can a  person achieve everlasting happiness by doing such things. History bears testimony  to the fact that no rich man  remained  happy throughout his life.Vices likes Drinking etc may give a momentary happiness but it is not everlasting. The meditation etc.may give happiness to a large extent, but it is not also everlasting. In order to achieve this goal a person has to decide before investing, where he can get returns in the form of  everlasting happiness.   

                     Therefore, in my opinion, in order to acheive  everlasting happiness, we should  bring some  creativeness in our life. We should do something , which we love to do consciously, ethically, Spiritually or intllectually , devoid of pecuniary interests and craving for fame.
It can also be a small step towards the great philosophy of  Nishkam Karma as envisaged by Lord Krishna in Bhagwat Gita.

My Wanderings - 83. The Conflicts

                                   Some  people believe that ninety percent of conflicts in this world are due to ego problems and only ten percent have some monetary or  other considerations behind them.  Normally conflicts  between induduals start with arguements. Mostly both parties are correct from their own point of view but one person can not perceive others point of view.Actually conflict is illusion of perceptions.The people have quite contradictory perceptions on the same subject and  sometimes ego   also plays its own part. One person is  fully aware that  he is wrong but his ego does not allow him to admit this and arguements continue.It is an old saying that you should try to win the will of man rather than arguement. While we strive to win the arguement, we are loosing a friend.Therefore it needs guts to admit it  when you are wrong and when you are right you should never boast of it.  If we are proved right we are in habit of saying that we had already said it so that is not also good habit. One of my friends , whether he agreed with you or not,was in habit of starting his conversation as..
You are absolutely correct sir, and then would explain his point of view.
As we are discussing arguements and conflicts,in a lighter vien , I remember a tale of two friends who were having some dispute and were at loggerheads with each other.one of the friends got seriously ill and was virtually on deathbed at some hospital.  He called his friend and told him that  as he has to  die  soon ,  they  should forget about the dispute and become friends once again .The other friend became very emotional and readily agreed to his proposal. Then other  stood  up to take leave from his friend on bed, the later yelled at him..This agreement is valid only if I die, but If get well ,by the grace of God, then we will have again to settle the scores with each other.

My Wanderings - 82. The Convictions

Conviction of a person is mostly influenced by his  experience. If you have a good experience of  friendship or a relationship you adore all  friendships or relationships , but if you have a bad experience of the  same you despise them all. Therefore quite  contradictory beliefs develop on the same subject.   Earlier  I cherished the belief that competance of a person depends on the opportunities he gets but with experience I learned that competent is the person who creates opportunities for himself.
But so far opportunities are created by honest and sincere means it is appreciable. But unfortunately  these days opportunities are created by  sycophancy   and nepotism.   By learning this art small favours like  promotions choice transfers and material gains can be achieved. But it should be borne in mind whether the persons from whom such gratifications are sought are worth it. To elucidate  my point of view I narrate a short story. Once a poor man saved the life of  King Akbar in  jungle . Akbar was  happy and told the poor man to come to him whenever he requires any help. One day poor man needed some help and met Akbar.At that time Akbar was busy with Namaz.when Akbar finished poor man asked Akbar what he was doing.Akbar told him that I was preying to Almighty for prosperity and good health.The poor man got astonished and told Akbar I have heard that you are the great person and you can oblige anyone. Here I see you begging yourself  someone else. If I have come to you for your favours , why should not I go to him directly. with these words he left Emperor Akbar's palace  and never returned back.
Convictions  also change when  a person grows up in life  . It is said that young man knows  everything, a middle aged suspects everything and an old man believes everything . It may appear satirical to many but it is not far from reality . Moreover, no person learns from others experience .The experience gained during learning process  forms the basis of one's conviction.

My Wanderings - 81 The Concepts

                                  To day I opened the window of my  bed  room and a fresh breeze of air entered the room which virtually refreshed my soul and rejuvenated my body  .  I was overwhelmed with joy. I felt enriched with the  treasures  of  nature. The artificial breeze of  Aircondition never  gave me such a joy. This reminded me of a story of  a great philosopher of Greece. His name was  Diogenes .  Once he was sitting on roadside in shabby clothes enjoying the winter Sun, when King of Greece Alexander the great   passed by the same road. Knowing the philosopher very well, he stopped near him and said to him,
"Sir, what I can do for you",  with the intention of helping him. On hearing his words the philosopher replied, yes you can do one thing for me I.e. you can move ahead so that sun rays will directly fall on me which you are obstructing this time. Some times we take far granted the treasures  of nature and the faculties provided to us by nature to enjoy them. 

                Rhonda Byrne in his book  The Secret says that all  the wealth of nature including  good health, material gains and good relations are waiting at our doors, but we do not open our doors because of our negative attitude.
Our  psychology has a great impact on our  physiology.  A person's mind plays great role in keeping his body healthy . If  a person thinks that he is healthy , hardly any disease  can attack  him but if he always thinks that his health is deteriorating and he is suffering   from  such and such illness , he is bound to get that disease.   Moreover ,Placebo  effect plays its own role.  It is a beneficial effect produced by the placebo drug or treatment, which can not be attributed to the properties of that drug itself, but  to the belief in that drug or treatment.  Sometimes a patient gets  cured by just prescribing to him  some  ordinary tablets  because patient remains  under impression that he is taking some high dose of quality  medicines  for his  particular disease. 
                                 A man is wealthy because he knows the secret of attracting money by positive thoughts. One should  forget that only bad persons are rich. We   feel concerned  about the expenses which we are incurring on daily basis and think only about the bills , the payment of which we are supposed to make at the end of month. We never think about the cheques and credits which we are likely to receive in our accounts to take care of our bills. If we think about our cheques
we may  surely receive them.  Otherwise we are bidding farewell to them. That is the only difference in the thinking of wealthy man and poor man.
                               A person has good relations because he makes a room for them. Once a person's marriage was not maturing . The problem was that he was occupying the whole bed  and never made  room in his wardrobe for the clothes of any other person . When he was advised to change his attitude, he got married to a beautiful match. If a person  wants  to make  good friends or relations , he has to  initiate himself and welcome others . Otherwise no person will come towards him  even if  he is a celebrity .