2/7/19
ZULM KI KAHANI EK JAISI HAI
KHWAH IDHAR KI HO, YA UDHAR KI!
4/7/19
What use the Freedom to #Vote if socio-cultural conditioning inhibits it's free and informed exercise?
We in India are sliding further away from #science and reason every day. I don't know how our neighbours are doing.
Increasingly I see that the more open and honest a society is on #sex, the more just and empowered it is. Am I seriously wrong?
5/7/19
In the cacophony for #Income Tax reduction, remember that the world's happiest country, Denmark, pays the highest max IT @ 60%
9/7/19
If you didn't read George Orwell's 1984, wait till 2024 - and you may well experience it!
10/7/19
Aren't our youth disgusted by the naked, vulgar play of money and power going on in #Karnataka for SERVING the people?
Something even more scary than #fear is not knowing the source of fear!
If you aren't afraid of anything, I am afraid of you.
I am invariably frightened of lunatics.
12/7/19
The difference between #GIVING and DISPOSING is that the former is attuned to the need of the receiver.
When you set out to #ACHIEVE something, you ipso facto decide to LOSE something. No Gain without Pain. So, sacrifice carefully.
Specially beware of #NONSENSE spoken with eloquence and authority.
This is lethal to your sensibility.
The most ungrateful species is the one that uses modern #technology to denounce #science
Isn't it audacious to try to improve #God's world?
Could the Creator not Himself create an improved one?
Which are the more difficult propositions to sell?
The ones that you don't believe in.
13/7/19
HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY:
Discrimination Vs Exploitation
We protest individual discrimination but relatively meekly submit to collective exploitation.
Hence I'll fight if the retailer charges me some extra but will quietly pay excessive printed price.
Ditto if my own electricity fails, but little protest if the entire colony turns dark.
14/7/19
In all fairness to #Trump, no country can absorb all immigrants.
If nation states exist, borders do, and loyalties thereto.
15/7/19
If unselfishness and altruism indicate a community on the rise - mark my words - #Muslims are rapidly on the decline.
18/7/19
"GOD"
can often be a lame excuse for arm-chair do-gooders to look the other way when fellow humans suffer.
Oh! To be politically correct, as left liberals, const. authorities, media... fall, I ask: how many deaths must we die, daily?
22/7/19
#SHEILA DIXIT
While eulogies are being sung to this extra-ordinary stateswoman on her demise today, consider how Delhi-walas treated her, with utter ingratitude.
As times change, fates change; virtues and perception thereof change. What Sheila deserved - and what she got!
Humbling to witness her completely unreasonable fall.
23/7/19
While I am ecstatic about #Chandrayaan-2 I'm worried by our jingoistic nationalism, rather than the celebration of our #science.
On the 50th anniversary of #lunar landing there are still men who call it a hoax and an American conspiracy.
Want to test Indians' commitment to #science?
Propose to divert the budget and resources of #cricket to ISRO's pursuits!
24/7/19
#SIKKIM creates history: becomes 100% #ORGANIC; acquires global recognition. While NE tries to go eco-friendly
Regardless of what #Modi said, isn't it idiotic of #Trump to publicly disclose diplomatic deliberations?
26/7/19
The trampling of individual freedoms and rights begins with the dilution of institutions.
With #RTI Bill we embark upon Phase-2.
28/7/19
Everything is predictable, if you have the resources to analyse everything.
Since I don't, utter unpredictability is my fate.
By Vegetarian's faith the NVs must go to hell. Sadly, they must remain virtuous even in Paradise while NVs would eat meat in hell!
30/7/19
Lies can be chicken-sized or cow-sized, or now, tiger-sized!
When we allow one falsehood to slip through, we let our myriad #TRUTHS become suspect.
Rationalists, doubly beware!
31/7/19
#Allah-o-Akbar was raised earlier against the oppressor, and for justice.
Then this soul-stirring phrase became the Terrorist's signature call heralding death and destruction.
Isn't #Jai Shri Ram following the very same trajectory?
When Europeans invaded #America's, their #microbes killed 90% natives in a 100 yrs.
What if the #Aliens brought theirs!
#Arabs were seafarers, courageous & arguably harbingers of European Renaissance.
Why, then, did a Columbus not arise from them?
The absence of scientific spirit and rationality cost the Muslims very dearly.
What if the 13th century rationalists had prevailed?
1/8/19
THE POWER OF HOPE
OF DREAMS
IN TIMES OF DESPAIR
2/8/19
OUR #ECONOMY IS
IN DIRE STRAITS
I said so two months ago.
I say so now with greater conviction.
We may well be sitting on an Economic Time Bomb. And it may go off in just a few months.
And this has little to do with global factors.
We messed it all up ourselves.
It raises profound questions about our Development and Growth Models.
May I hazard a guess, too? Bad politics may well lead to bad economics!
250 million years ago Pangea united the earth through continental drift
Today we are connected through the #Internet
Just 2 centuries ago our collective #knowledge doubled in 150 yrs. Today it doubles in 2 years. In 2 yrs it will double in 3 days.
4/8/19
OUR LAZY #MEDIA
News about Kashmir.
Our mainstream media is at least six hrs behind credible social media & international press.
As I pen this, #Kashmir valley is almost totally under the siege of our armed forces.
Something big in the offing during the day
When the #news exactly corresponds to the govt bulletins either our govt is very transparent or our #media is nincompoop
6/8/19
Listen: Demolish separate bedrooms, bathrooms etc and instead build one large hall and forever live as a happy joint family’
"In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy" says Trump.
That is, impeach him!
9/8/19
Ah! To achieve greatness
to what depths some people stoop!
Shouldn't pseudo-nationalists stop flaunting abrogation since the boss declares that it was all done for the sake of #Kashmiris?
12/8/19
Why buy products that set time limits in minutes and warn that only X are left? Isn't that reason enough to boycott these bullies?
17/8/19
I support the government initiative on population control if it is sincere and non-discriminatory
18/8/19
IMPENDING DISASTER
FOR MUSLIMS AND ISLAM
Bemoan your fate, fellow Muslims.
19/8/19
Cowards, Corrupt, Biased or Intellectually Bankrupt
This world is a grand illusion; its director is omniscient and omnipotent.
I would be a believer if a #religion admitted it is.
20/8/19
The harsh truth is that no #agreement is worth the paper it is signed on unless you have the power to enforce it.
26/8/19
Muslim Friends: Remember that Arabs are a different people. Yes, some may treat you well because of Islam. Some Hindus treat you well because of India. Use this identity to build bridges that can withstand political upheavals in the nation
Being wise is painful; having to live with fools is plain torture.
If you follow my #advises selectively you are bound to succeed.
And if you follow them all, you will about land where I am!
28/8/19
As in Entropy in physics, history too seems to destroy suddenly what it took to build over the decades: Obama's legacy is already undone by Trump; Nehru's by Modi
30/8/12
Like the Former Finance Minister the #Economy, too, seems to be under illegal detention!
G.D.P. AT ITS LOWEST
IN 6 YEARS
At 5% this is a far cry from the $ 5-Trillion #economy we are charmed by.
31/8/19
What is #DETCHMENT?
It is an alternate ATTACHMENT.
For instanc, you detach from all material pursuits for attachment with God.
If you are sure that you know, it is entirely possible that you don't know that you don't know
3/9/19
Gandhi wondered how men could feel honoured by humiliating their fellow beings.
Little did he know that communities can do so.
As a teenager I did not believe that a single man could deprave an enlightened nation like Germany.
As an elderly person I do.
Sympathize with the vulnerable for being quiet due to fear.
Punish the powerful choosing silence - for the sake of greed.
6/9/19
#CHANDRAYAAN-2's Lander and Rover are most likely to succeed, too.
Should a failure occur, please stand by and encourage #ISRO
7/9/19
Having to reason with the irrational, in everyday life, is the pain developing societies inflict upon their sensible citizens.
#SUCCESS should be determined by the percentage of our time we get to allocate to activities we most love.
8/9/19
SUCCESSES ARE BORN IN THE WOMB OF FAILURES
And those that don't try are less likely to fail!
9/9/19
If you know that you don't know that's the beginning of knowing, but if you don't know that you don't know, then you can't #know!
10/9/19
Heptulla, Naqvi, Hussain, Sareshwala, Arif, Akbar… since 'nobody' killed Pehlu Khan & Tabrez Ansari, your silence killed them!
11/9/19
I have found universal humanists amongst the Jews, Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Hindus and in Muslims.
And I found at least as many rascals and crooks from each of these communities.
What does this say?
It is the individual – and her conduct – and not her community that we ought to assess in our dealings.
16/9/19
ARE #MUSLIMS MIS-INFORMED ABOUT #MECCA, QIBLA AND #QURAN?
Is present Qibla incorrect? Are Muslims facing the wrong direction in the amaaz?
Has Quran been modified?
Is the present Mecca not where Muhammed was born?
These and several other findings by researchers have not only the potential to devastate the faithful Muslim but also to revive the debate on sanctity of the religious narrative
A necessary viewing for those interested in Islam and Muslims
https://youtu.be/0CavacGECZ0
17/9/19
Our #economy dwindled not because of, but despite global factors, sp US-China trade war and controlled oil prices.
Can any true patriot or nationalist think or do anything that demoralizes or demotivates significant numbers of its citizens?
19/9/19
Muslims are a proud people, conscious of their legacy. If you act as Hindu-First they may act as Muslim-First. Whither India?
When we compare the treatments accorded to Chinmayanand and Chidambaram we wonder which way our nation is headed.
Howdy India?
YOUTH = Truth, Freedom Courage of Inquiry & Standing by the Weak.
If you are #YOUNG, expose all nonsense, through your video.
23/9/19
With the world dedicating so many 'days' to different causes, please leave one as "un-dedicated day"!
When hating & denigrating others becomes our national pastime something is gruesomely wrong. Think deeply, my countrymen.
It is possible that you fail in your sincere and passionate relationships and click in hypocritical and superficial friendships. Pity imperfect human understanding.
24/9/19
No, Islamists, you cannot snatch my best Hindu friends from me. And, no, Hindutvadis you can't wean them away from me.
26/9/19
Nobody teaches using Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Tiktok... and yet everybody learns them.
Why do people not learn holy books?
#Citizens can have trouble with fellow Citizens, but when a group feels alienated from #State, the concept of nationhood crumbles
27/9/19
Society usually has very few very good and very bad people. Who receive how much support determines its direction & perception
100 graduates asked to name our neighbours, their capitals & government heads. Score? 15%. But they all had political opinions!
The simpletons we are, we abjure complexity. It is easier to lay all blame on Hindu-Muslim binary, & avoid solutions.
29/9/19
Pseudo-nationalists will not believe this but Kashmir's integration could become real with mainland citizens getting 370 restored.
#Gandhi, died with "Hey Ram" on his lips. Wonder why #Ram Mandir was not an issue then.
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