Swabhiman

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First of all, let me thank the readers for all the letters they send in. Some of them are very encouraging and the others , oh well , it takes all kinds to make this world.

One of them from a nice little Nair boy in response to my article " whose land is it anyways " was so special that I had to reproduce it here to show how well educated and articulate the new youth of today is when they want to be:

"you stupid f**k .. are you trying to improve India ?? forget abt it .. even the british couldnt do anything about it .. you will rott your hair in vain ... theres nothing you can do about it .. change the country ... rather than cry coz you were born here ... thats what i did ... get a job ... stop crying about some country that doesnt exist on the world map anyways .. who gives a shit about what you go to say ... stop cribbing .. change your country .. indias and indians will never improve ... so tell me something new ... or shut the f**k up you dumb bastard ... now get lost and dont bother me again you sad indian chappati boy."

I am not unhappy with his response, since any response shows that i have hit a vein somewhere, awakened desires which a person like him thought dead. Its mission accomplished.

Its so sad to see the frustration that creeps into the words above hidden behind the facade of hardness with which he is trying to console his decision to compromise with his life.

I guess he too started with a bright future, eyes shining, dreams in his eyes, and life wore him down. Today, he has forgotten his dreams and "GOT A JOB" which I think he feels is a compromise as against all the brilliant things he wanted to do.

Lets not settle for a compromise, you, me, we  are what is required to bring India back on track.

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Folks, we seem to have forgotten the meaning of the word "Swabhiman".

Swabhiman is basically self respect. Swabhiman is the right to look in the mirror and know that you have done the best you could.

I just saw Jane Goody on the news. It seems she has been invited here for the show "The Big Boss". For all those who have forgotten what happened (The Indian public memory is short) Jane Goody was outright racial in her slurs against Indians as a whole. (http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070118080334AAND5Yo)

A year down the road what happens, she is INVITED to India for a program based upon the same platform she  used to be racially abusive on. All for the sake of TRPs. (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKDEL993420080815).

The official reason given for choosing Jade Goody is "There has been a curiosity factor about Jade Goody ever since her rivalry with Shilpa Shetty in UK last year, and we thought she would make a good participant," the source told Reuters.

RIVALRY ???? , she was outright racist on not only Shilpa Shetty but the whole of Indian and on Indians as a whole.  Don't allow the Jade Goodys air time at least in India just for the sake of TRPs.

If we look at the list of the possible participants,it is shocking what we will stand for in the name of entertaiment. The list contains - 2 item girls, One Don's moll involved in a forged passport case, one has been politician trying to regain his popularity, one politicians' son supposedly found nude with a male secretary overdosed on drugs, one obscure model, one saas bahu actress, and the list goes on.

This is a very slippery slope we are on. What's next, public executions for TRPs ? Public stoning of sinners ala Taliban ? Vigilante justice of people being murdered being broadcasted live on TV by reporters and cops are standing around.     Oppsss...the last is already happening.

Where are the moralists, the MNS who are going around bullying shops into having large Marathi signs and threatening small schoolchildren and teachers on the topic of not celebrating Republic day functions. Why are they silent upon this welcoming of a woman who herself being white trailer thrash is an out and out racialist and who thinks she is better than us just because of the colour of her skin.

I just saw her on Big Boss on her first day and she says " I forgot her surname and therefore called her Shilpa Poppadum". That dumb F**k Rahul Mahajan started explaining that popadums are an ok term to use. Of course our favourite politician S Nirupam got his 2 bits in saying "popadums" are what papads are called in South India.

( forgive my language but I'm burnt up that Mr. Mahajan who is acting as the sort of informal estate agent [remark by Shilpa Shetty not me] of the house just to endear himself to the viewers, translated Goodys remark as a everyday expression.

I'm sure has person like him who has traveled extensively is familiar with the term, "Poppadum" which is a derogatory word used to abuse people of brown skin in the UK just like the word " pig eater" is for the Islamic people. I have studied in the UK and have myself have been at the receiving end of poppadom like remarks and believe me its not funny.)

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Swabhiman II

The point is we are namby pambys. We get roggered in the ass and we turn around and say "one more please". Take the case of George Fernandes's strip search. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3892657.stm)

If this position was reversed and Colin Powell was strip searched or even his jacket removed, every Indian diplomat and emissary down to Peon level would have been bent over and cavity searched in America the next day. Guess what we Indians do, NOTHING. We didnt even stop or even slow down the American Ambassadors' car for a police check naka forget about teaching the Americans the meaning of the word Diplomatic Passport.

The Americans have the right idea, you take an eye, we not only take your eye, we smash in your face. That is why we have bomb after bomb, whereas Americans have no more attacks after 911. They just went in and smashed a whole Islamic nation. Showed the world that you shake my cradle, I break yours.

Lets get some self respect, some Swabhiman. This of course will never happen till the time we have politicians who just think of who and what will pay them the highest, and of course America as of date is the best paymaster.

  This is why I was appalled with the PMs Republic day speech where all he did for a large majority of his time was justify why the nuclear deal who we all know is ram rodded down our throats by the Americans was good for the nation. I personally felt it was overkill and sort of showed his insecurity over the whole topic.

We all know that the nuclear deal is necessary for our country but has anyone ever analysed why is it? Its due to the sheer idiocity of our politicans not providing enough resources to our budding scientists.

Oh I heard the PM saying . it will help us acquire very necessary nuclear technology and materials. That our Uranium isnt of good enough quality, etc, etc ad nauseum. But is that so? Who made the technology available to the Americans, we did. Most of the scientists behind the so called superior technology developed by America are of Indian origin.

If these scientists had been given a good opportunity in India instead of being treated as second rate citizens, the Americans would never have been in a position to force us over a barrel for treaties like a big school yard monitor. After all , who died and made them boss.

We all seem to have forgotten that the Atomic Bomb that was used to bully Germany into submission in WWII was developed for US by a displaced German (Einstein). What will we have to give up to learn our lessons.

My sincere requests to goons like MNS activists is please please use your muscle to hurt where it helps India. Help us throw the people  who grind our respect into the dirt like Jade Goody out of India.

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