<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>MYBLOG.VARONBKSHARMA.COM</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com</link><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:56:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:56:39 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright /><itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle><itunes:author /><itunes:summary /><description /><itunes:owner><itunes:name /><itunes:email>contact@varonbksharma.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Arts" /><item><title>VERDICT DELIVERED - SLEEP PEACEFULLY!</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/05/04/verdict-delivered--sleep-peacefully.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; "&gt;VERDICT DELIVERED – SLEEP PEACEFULLY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The verdict on Ajmal Aamir Kasav
has been delivered and the Indians can now go to sleep peacefully. But has
justice been done?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;There are different voices
speaking in disparity on this issue.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Actor Rahul Bose just
yesterday on television has said that it is not for a civilized society to hang
any one. He said he disagrees with the laws of this land. This beautiful soul
went on to say, that the terrorists should be reformed not punished, the only
thing he did not say or could not say in front of the camera was that those
terrorists caught should be set free.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Renowned filmmaker Subhash Ghai
in his film ‘Black &amp;amp; White’ did not agree with me and showed the terrorist
reforming in the climax. Needless to add the film though appreciated by the
critics did not do too well at the box office. I was the storywriter of this
film.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Nevertheless, before we move
forward allow me to remind you guys that two Indian Muslims Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin
Ahmed have been acquitted for want of enough evidence. It goes without asking
that Ajmal Kasav and his gang of ten Pakistanis could not have succeeded in
their macabre action without the most extensive &amp;amp; active local help, help
given over months. They sheltered, provided the logistics and actively helped
the terrorists, the only thing they did not do was pull the trigger. These two
have walked free and left the police red faced. Whom do we blame for this
blunder? Did the prosecution fail in preparing a watertight case against the
two concerned or did the Mumbai police fail us yet again?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Just blaming the police or
the prosecution would not be totally right. To put the picture in the right
perspective, right since 1993, these terrorists have repeatedly and ruthlessly massacred
thousands of Indians and yet not a single terrorist has been brought to justice
in the real term or hanged. This speaks a lot about our politicians. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;On the other hand, I would
like to ask . . .&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Will Manmohan Singh still
want to shake hands with the Pakistanis?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Should Times of India
continue with its “Aman Ki Asha” campaign? (Incidentally, why are they not
carrying it today?)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Would Shah Rukh Khan still bat
for &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The sentiments and emotions
of the majority of Indian citizens should be respected. Kavita Karkare wife of
the slain hero Hemant Karkare says that Kasab should not be given a chance to
go to the Supreme Court and he should be executed. She is not alone.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Even as you are reading my
article thousands of Ajmal Aamir Kasavs are being prepared, trained in areas
known and unknown to us. Some of them may already be among us.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Unfortunately the Con gress –
NCP government whose parties are headed and controlled by the Gandhi family and
Sharad Pawar have not taken the threat to our lives seriously, by not taking
action on the brains behind terrorism they have been putting the lives of our
brothers, sisters, and parents at a grave risk.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;A small 11-year-old girl
Devika was shot in the leg by the Pakistanis at the CST railway station, she
even today needs crutches to walk. If she can boldly come forward before the
court and the media to identify the killer Kasav, why are our politicians
lacking the same zeal and enthusiasm to put a final stop to this menance? I ponder;
do they have a hidden agenda? OR are they hiding something from us?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;When we select leaders who
treat the police as their private army, when we elect leaders for whom the
investigative agencies are tools to fix rivals or let off allies, we should not
expect the police and agencies to suddenly turn around and seize the
terrorists.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Remember that nothing much
can be achieved unless every politician is made answerable to the public and
given stringent punishment if he/she has failed as the minister. We can never
have a first rate commando force as long as we have third-rate politicians. We cannot
have defense and intelligence personnel who will forestall the terrorists and
courts that will let them off or enable them to live off our taxpayer’s money
for years.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The parliament of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
is attacked, guards are killed, one of the killers Afzal Guru is tried,
convicted and sentenced by the Supreme Court. Eight years after the assault,
his papers are still being processed. Rest be assured even Ajmal Aamir Kasav is
going to live in air-conditioned comfort for years.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Yet the parrots of the Con
gress party like Manish Tiwari, Manu Sanghvi and Jayanti Natrajan are ever
ready with a thousand excuses, hiding behind the nuances of the legal system to
hoodwink the gullible Indian citizens.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The BJP was no better when
they were in power.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The reputed magazine ‘India
Today’ about a year back had come out with a shocking issue titled ‘Impotent
India’. I myself had also written an article with the same title. If after the
latest verdict Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab, are not hanged what should be the
title of my next article?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The verdict is not all that
important as the execution of it is. If the terrorists are not hanged then who
will speak for the victims of terrorism? Is this a government of the people,
for the people, by the people OR . . .&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Why is the present ruling
government reluctant to execute the terrorists? Why are they hiding behind the
office of the President?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;For a violent problem, there
can never be a non-violent solution. Diplomacy and the TOI sponsored ‘Aman Ki
Asha’ are nothing but tools to keep conning the Indians for a longer time, right
till it becomes too late to act.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Fifty-year-old Jamuna Waghela
recalls the horror of 26/11; below I reproduce some paragraphs, which I have
copied from the ‘Times Now’ site.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; color: black; "&gt;"At 10 pm, I was standing outside my house
while my son and grandson were having dinner. Two persons (Kasav and Ismail)
came dashing down the lane outside and one of them, later identified as Ajmal
Kasav, stopped near my house when I asked him what he wanted," recounted
Jamuna.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; color: black; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; color: black; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;"His associate immediately opened fire at me
but luckily the bullets did not hit me. I hid behind a hut as Kasav walked up
to my son and asked for water," said Jamuna, whose husband Budhai (60) too
is a sweeper at GT hospital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;"I could see my son offer Kasav a glass of
water with trembling hands. The terrorist gulped it down and coolly shot at my
son who slumped to the ground as I watched helplessly in horror," she said
clutching Thakur's photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;She, however, thanks God for the little mercy
shown to her. "Kasav did not see my grandson or he would have got killed
too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Today thanks to the
‘Sickularists’ the law of the jungle pervades in all our cities and towns hence
The Wolves Rule Not the Sheep.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Before concluding, I would suggest
that all those who have become the victims of terrorism since 1993 Mumbai serial
bomb attacks to the Pune bakery bomb attack in 2010 should try to contact each
other and come together on a common platform so as to put pressure on the
present Con – NCP govt to hang all the terrorists immediately. This could be a
small but constructive step forward, which could be of immense help to the
country and its citizens in the days to come.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;The concerned citizens will
have to come out and be more vocal, you may have to shout, scream and howl to
be heard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Nearly seventy thousand have
been killed by terrorism and we are still debating whether we should have more
stringent laws like MOCCA or POTA. Seventy thousand killed and we are still
debating if we should execute the sentenced terrorists or not. Seventy thousand
killed and yet the Times Of India newspaper has the audacity to campaign in
support of &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;
under the name of ‘Aman Ki Asha’ – destination peace.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Were Sandeep Unikrishnan,
Gajendra Singh Bisht and Tukaram Omble stupid to sacrifice their lives for us
Indians? Ofcource they were not. They are the real heroes and brave martyrs.
Yet the present ruling govt and sections of the media could be perceived as
sending a different message. For how long will our security forces be used as
sacrificial goats?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;Though the present govt is
bent on administering us with different sedatives the time is not right to
sleep peacefully. For all you know the bed in which we are fast asleep could
turn . . . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Author of the fiction ‘Assassination Of George Bush’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/"&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>general</category><category>news</category><category>current affairs</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/05/04/verdict-delivered--sleep-peacefully.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">d809b71b-1565-443b-94ac-198c1d00ca53</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 07:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE CON IS ON - 5-</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/04/24/the-con-is-on--5.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt; "&gt;THE CON IS ON – 5-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The worms have started to crawl out of the IPL can; at least
as of now. Believe me I am not over reacting when I say that the Congress – NCP
politicians from Maharashtra could be the biggest threat not only to &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
but the whole wide world. The embarrassing IPL controversy has to be probed by
international agencies along with our IB and RAW to go to the bottom of the
truth. Only then will we know if the money from IPL is also routed for the drug
cartel and terrorism. However, will they be allowed to? Moreover, if they are
allowed to will their findings be acted upon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;As I said in my earlier blogs – the public does not know how
far reaching the ramifications are. In my latest ‘The Con Is On – 5’ I
reiterate that the people of this country will never ever &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;get to see the real ugly picture of the Indian
politicians - businessmen – industrialists - film stars - underworld nexus. Yet
this article could be an honest attempt to arouse the civilian population, so
as they have a constructive action plan to stop the ride that they have been
taken for, otherwise this tempting ride will only stop at the gates of doom.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;IPL took birth in the year 2008, the Congress was in power. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;TO START WITH –&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What is the minister for agriculture Sharad Pawar doing in
cricket?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Especially at a time when thousands of farmers are,
committing suicide and children are dying because of malnutrition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It has been reported that Pawar is one of the suspects
involved in the sugar scam.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Abdul Karim Telgi had named Sharad Pawar in the Rupees 2250 Crore
fake stamp paper fraud.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why was R R Patil brought back as the home minister of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Maharashtra&lt;/st1:place&gt; even after 26/11?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sharad Pawar was
sworn in as chief minister for his fourth and most controversial term on March
6, 1993. Almost immediately, Mumbai, the financial capital of &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and the state capital of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Maharashtra&lt;/st1:place&gt;,
was rocked with series of bomb blasts on March 12, 1993. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Deputy Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation, G.R. Khairnar made a series of accusations against Pawar for being
involved in corruption and protecting the criminals. Though Khairnar could not
produce any evidence in support of his claims, it inevitably affected Pawar's
popularity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Recently Hasan Ali Khan who tops the list of tax defaulters with
outstanding arrears of more than Rupees fifty thousand crores was allowed to
get away with his ill-gotten money worth more than thousands of crores.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why has Praful Patel being retained as the aviation minister
when Air &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
has gone through a gigantic loss during his tenure? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Praful Patel’s money is rumored to be invested in Chennai
Super Kings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Chagan Bujbal is also said to have a stake in the IPL though
not directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;ALL THIS AND MORE. . &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In a brash and vulgar display of wealth at the IPL matches
Vijay Mallaya, owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore is seen watching the match
with a glass of wine or beer in his hand. At other times the Bollywood heart
throb Katrina Kaif has been seen sitting on Mallya’s lap.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;King Fisher Air Lines was in a huge debt some time back but
today after IPL and world cup it is said that most of its debts have been
cleared off.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Was IPL created for match fixing and betting?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A BIT MORE ….&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Rajiv Shukla who was just an ordinary journalist eight years
back after joining the Congress party has become the biggest power broker and
is always seen at these cricketing tamashas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shukla is known to be close to the Gandhi family and to Shah
Rukh Khan, owner of Kolkatta Night Riders. Shah Rukh is also said to be close
to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It is also said that the funding for Shah Rukh Khan’s KKR is
from the Middle East via Hong Kong, no wonder Shah Rukh Khan has been given a bungalow
free of charge in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Dubai&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shah Rukh need not worry, as he is sure to be bailed out
because of his close proximity to the Gandhi family scions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Another route used for money laundering is &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Mauritius&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sunil Tatkare the finance minister of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Maharashtra&lt;/st1:place&gt;
as recently as last month announced that there will be no entertainment tax on
IPL matches. WHY?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A C Muthiah former cricket board president has said that the
Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;
has become Business Control for Cricket in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and the main reason for all
this is inefficient management. Today he has also filed a case in the supreme court
against the BCCI man &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;N Srinivasan&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;AND MORE .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It is also rumored that Shashi Tharoor’s girl friend Sunanda
Pushkar was introduced to Tharoor by a notorious Dawood front man Sunny Varkey.
The security implications are thus loaded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why has IPL been given a tax exemption and not the film
industry by the Maharashtra Govt?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why does Sharad Pawar always insist on getting the home
ministry and aviation ministry for his NCP party and how come he always gets
it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now it seems that the central government is on a witch-hunt
attempting to salvage its reputation by putting the onus on Lalit Modi so as to
punish him for having the guts to lay his finger on Congress man Tharoor there
by giving this saga a triggering affect. and putting the Con gress party in a
very embarrassing position.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;No real action can be taken against Lalit Modi, as he knows
a bit too much about the NCP ministers, some Congress leaders involvement as
also of BJP’s Vasundhra Raje. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;We poor Indians if and when &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;we fail to make the payment of even a few EMI’s
the bank agents reach our home but the &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;ministers of aviation and agriculture are
basking in the sun even as their ministries incur losses of millions of Rupees
of the Indian&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;tax payers money The
steady and unending suicides of our poor farmers don’t move any one to action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;SOME MORE POINTS TO PONDER OVER.. . &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How did the &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sahara&lt;/st1:place&gt; group do
bidding for a whopping for 1800 crores?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;How come 80% of all IPL matches have been held in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Maharashtra&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What exactly used to happen at the IPL night parties where
female models from &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
and abroad were paid huge amounts to grace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;More than twenty-six cricketers are reported to be involved
in the match fixing – betting racket. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;National carriers are diverted at random not once but twice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Is &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;N Srinivasan a
front man of some big time union minister?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;COMING DOWN TO THE BRASS TRACKS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If the Congress party really has the interest of the country
and its citizens at heart then they should immediately have a Narco Analysis
Test done on Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar, Vijay
Mallya, Shah Rukh Khan, Chagan Bhujbal, Lalit Modi, Rajiv Shukla, Srinivasan
(BCCI) etc. WILL THEY? . . . Or&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;is the
Congress party scared of Sharad Pawar? If yes Why?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Apart from a Narco Test on them, there should be a Joint
Parliamentary Committee to probe this shameful MUCK called IPL. Actually
speaking there should be no more drama of probes and enquiries, the villains
should be straight away locked up behind bars and the keys thrown in to the
sea.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;They have betrayed the people of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and shattered their trust .What
will be the ramifications and implications if such people are not punished immediately.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Our intelligence agencies, armed forces and police could
tomorrow have all the right to introspect and retrospect as to, should they lay
their life for the country. Or be better off financially by getting bribed,
caring two hoots for the safety and security of its civilian population. The
IPL tamasha could dampen their morale. The day they do this, doomsday would not
be too far away for the innocent and the not so innocent citizens of &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Looking at the state of the country I would like to ask –
Have we become a country of frauds, scamster’s and CON’S. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;ARE WE BEEN CONNED? Conned since the inception of IPL two
years back or since the last sixty-three years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Either way the con is on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/"&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Author of the fiction ‘Assassination of George Bush’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>current news</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/04/24/the-con-is-on--5.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">677a70c6-47f9-4b62-95bf-d203a50a8eb9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE CON IS ON - 4-</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/04/18/the-con-is-on--4.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;THE CON IS ON -4&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Every kid on the block knows there is much more to the
Shashi Tharoor – Lalit Modi war. But the general public does not know how far
reaching the ramifications are. I doubt the not so innocent populace of this
entity called &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
will ever know the real picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Inspite of the embarrassing controversy the congress party
seems to be reluctant to write off Tharoor. WHY?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Some in the Congress party feel Sonia Gandhi could feel
indebted to Tharoor for protecting the Congress from &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Iraq&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;’s 2005 oil – for food fraud.
Shashi Tharoor at that time was working with Kofi Anan, whose son Kobi was
indicted by Paul Volcker, who probed the fraud. Congress party’s K Natwar Singh
was named in the Volcker report and was subsequently shifted from the Foreign
Ministry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now what is worrying the congress leadership is the
possibility of more revelations about Tharoor’s in this murky drama. A UAE
angle is also reported to be very much there seeking to link Sheikh Naif a
supposed cricket promoter to the &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Kochi&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;At a time when Shashi Tharoor should be punished the
congress big wigs are busy trying to salvage the battering Shashi Tharoors
image has taken. Obviously there is more &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to it than meets the eye?&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I wonder why the congress party is not punishing their party
workers and co partners who have failed in the duties assigned to them.
Remember the then home minister Patil. Recently the old stalwart of the con
party N D Tiwari was in the news for all the wrong reasons – his sleazy video
was out cavorting with some prostitutes. Two ministers of the NCP Party which
are the partners of the Congress govt in ruling India for more than six years
now have failed miserably as agriculture and aviation ministers are still very
much there Inspite of rising food prices or efficiently making Air India and Indian
Airlines total loosing propositions to the tune of thousands of crores. Don’t
you think such people ought to be punished? As a face, saving device at the
utmost Tharoor might be shifted to another coveted post. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;They never will be for obvious and logical reasons. The
parampara of the congress has today become its deep-rooted culture. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;There is another angle to this story. It is
no secret that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress had viewed IPL as the right
platform for promoting the scion of the Gandhi Family and to reach out to the
younger voters.Lalit Modi’s pro BJP connections and his refusal to play ball by
giving advertisement space to Congress prior to IPL 2 resulted in Congress
flexing its muscles and trying to torpedoed IPL last time around. Modi had a
Plan B up his sleeves, refused to be cowed down, took IPL 2 to &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;South Africa&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
and left Congress and Rahul Gandhi with mud on their faces. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;The income tax raids have become an
important weapon of the congress party big wigs to intimidate people who do not
conform to their guidelines. No wonder Lalit Modi’s office was raided after all
he had dared to take on a minister of the congress party. This tax raid can
also serve as a lesson for others not to confront the ruling party members.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;Looks like the party and government is arm-twisting
Modi now using the Tharoor issue as a cover. It is interesting to note that the
focus has shifted from Tharoors impropriety or corruption to IPLs corruption.
The accused has become the victim. The accused is no angel helped too. Modi
being in the helm and his ability to get things done is of importance to all
the rich businesspersons franchisees. They would rather have him at the top
than the blundering BCCI idiots. Whatever else he might be, Modi has proved his
efficiency in planning and organizing the event 3 years in a row despite many
constraints. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;It is reported that a top secret 6 page
report prepared by the intelligence Bureau in tandem with another intelligence
agency RAW is highly critical of Sunanda Pushkar, a would be wife of Tharoor,
with details of the money flow trail in the bidding of the IPL franchise. A
copy of the report was also handed over to the defense minister A K Antony for
good reasons.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;Today the congress party can hardly afford
any fresh controversy. What ever happened to the Con Party’s austerity drive I wonder?
What is Rajiv Shukla’s involvement in the IPL and BCCI? He should be working
for the people and his constituency but he is seen more at the cricketing
tamashas and page 3 circuits. WHY?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #555555; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333; "&gt;Everyone in &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;
knows Rajiv Shukla is very close to the Gandhi family and Shah Rukh Khan.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;As I said earlier there is much more to this murky
drama than what we shall ever see or hear. In today’s TOI there is an article
clearly implying a legendry former opening batsman and captain of the Indian
cricket team who had shown interest in the Kochi Consortium. My guess is he
could be Sunil Gavaskar. Shailendra Gaikwad of Kochi C had managed to get
Sachin Tendulkar to attend his sisters wedding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;The buck does not stop here-&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;The case of the mysterious lady who was caught on
CCTV leaving Hotel Four Seasons with a stash of files , 30 minutes before income
tax sleuths arrived to interrogate&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Lalit
Modi was none other than Laila Mahmood, step daughter of Vijay Mallya.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;Just a few years back Mohammed Azzharuddin was
alleged to be in tandem with the betting syndicate and the underworld yet the
Congress Party gave him a ticket for elections and made him a Member of
Parliament.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;I have been hearing about match fixing now for
decades right since the times of Sunil Gavaskar and his close relative Madhav
Mantri who was then very active off the field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;Today the game of cricket has brought disrepute
not only to the cricket players but also to some very prominent people. Thanks
to the IPL and the Tharoor – Lalit Modi war the focus has at least for the time
being shifted to the rot that lies behind the glamour and glitz of this game of
cricket. Talks are doing the rounds of underworld involvement, drug abuse, prostitution,
hawala transactions, bribery, counterfeit money as also funds diverted for
Islamic terrorism. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;I sympathize with the fans of the game for their
innocence in investing their time and money on these cricketers and this Con
Game. Hope the citizens of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;
realize whom the Con is On.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 12pt; "&gt;Author of the fiction ‘Assassination Of George
Bush’&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>general</category><category>news</category><category>current affairs</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2010/04/18/the-con-is-on--4.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">aace1047-fd57-494a-9d7d-be2b242d93ec</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HAS CINEMA LOST ITS CHARM ?</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/10/22/has-cinema-lost-its-charm--2.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;HAS CINEMA LOST ITS CHARM?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Today the theaters are not
even half as full as they used to be just two years back. People just do not
seem to be interested in going to the theaters any more. What could be the
reason/s?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Except for Aamir, Khan and Hrithik
Roshan there is no actor worth his salt &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in bollywood who can guarantee even a 30% full
theaters on the first show leave alone a house full Friday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;No doubt that the tickets at
the multiplexes are costly, no denying that the colas and popcorns are sold at
exorbitant prices, a small outing for a family of five could cost the family
not less than 1500 rupees. However, money factor cannot be the only reason for
the waning interest in cinema.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;On the other hand, there is
no harm on pondering over the fact that the so-called stars have lost their
charm to draw the audiences in to the theaters? No magic seems to be working
neither of the actors nor of the films. The problem is we have a spate of
actors who think they are stars and charge the producers a big amount, which
they just do not deserve by any figment of the imagination. Their only claim to
stardom is that their photos are splashed in the page 3 section of the daily
newspapers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;The media has in its own
selfish interest&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;kept up the hype
of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;many of the undeserving actors in
Bollywood. There are also reports of some reporters and journalists favoring a
particular actor in exchange of gifts. The lure of big money gets some trash
films 3 and 4 star reviews in the media , that’s what I have heard, which could
very well be true otherwise how could a film like “Kaminey”, “Acid Factory” get
good and decent reviews. The same goes for the reviews of books.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Actually, the problem is that
today in the field of filmmaking, book-publishing, creativity has taken a back seat,
and money is seen sitting at the wheel, driving . The real star and base of any
film or book is its story yet the writer or author is the most neglected
segment of the process. He is one of the least paid. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Leaving aside monetary
considerations the major problem occurs when literature has to be made so bland
that it does not surprise or offend anyone. By sanitizing literature/scripts to
suit the sensibilities of the Indian censor, board you lose its power, its
ability to make an impact is totally lost.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;When you lose genuine creativity,
you are like the fly by night operator who just wants to make a quick buck and
move on to the next innocent victim. Today’s theater going audience and book
readers are a bunch of half wits watching cheap entertainment or reading &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;non relevant books which have the depth of a
40 rupees Mc Donald’s burger.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Today both Bollywood and &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/st1:city&gt; is churning out garbage and so are some of the
best selling authors in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.
No wonder Francis Ford Copolla recently stated, “Cinema is losing the publics
interest”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;In Bollywood, it is wrongly
believed that a so-called “star” can make a film&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;hit, nothing can be more wrong than this
statement. Recently the big star of India Salman Khans two films got released –
“Wanted” went on to become a super hit and the same actors other film “Mr. and
Mrs. Khanna” also starring Karenna Kapoor, was a disaster right from day one.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;ACTORS CANNOT MAKE A FILM HIT ONLY GOOD STORIES CAN.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I believe a good story properly told will
always hold the publics interest. But then good stories need a huge lot of
time, have to go through a process of several drafts and for that the
author/writer has to be paid a decent amount so that he can devote his time
thoroughly to his work as also &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;survive
in the big cities respectfully. Sadly what we are witnessing today is the
decline of the author/writer and hence the paucity of good stories.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Story urges the creation of
works that will excite audiences and book lovers on the six continents and live
in revival and reprint for decades. No one needs yet another recipe book or how
to lose weight book .Cinema loving people are fed up of &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and Bollywood remakes. We need to
rediscover the underlying tenets of our art; we need to relearn the art of
story telling. No matter where a film is made or a book published – America,
London, India – if its of archetypal quality, it triggers a global and
perpetual chain reaction of pleasure that carries it from theater to theater,
book shop to book shop, generation to generation. That should be our goal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;The day production houses
follow the dictum – &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;“CONTENT IS STAR NOT
THE ACTOR” – THE CHARM AND MAGIC OF CINEMA WILL BE BACK.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Author/Writer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Book – “Assassination Of George Bush”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Film&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;- “Black &amp;amp;
White”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.varonkksharma.com/"&gt;www.varonkksharma.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com/"&gt;www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18.0pt"&gt;HAS CINEMA LOST ITS CHARM?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Today the theaters are not
even half as full as they used to be just two years back. People just do not
seem to be interested in going to the theaters any more. What could be the
reason/s?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Except for Aamir, Khan and Hrithik
Roshan there is no actor worth his salt &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in bollywood who can guarantee even a 30% full
theaters on the first show leave alone a house full Friday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;No doubt that the tickets at
the multiplexes are costly, no denying that the colas and popcorns are sold at
exorbitant prices, a small outing for a family of five could cost the family
not less than 1500 rupees. However, money factor cannot be the only reason for
the waning interest in cinema.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;On the other hand, there is
no harm on pondering over the fact that the so-called stars have lost their
charm to draw the audiences in to the theaters? No magic seems to be working
neither of the actors nor of the films. The problem is we have a spate of
actors who think they are stars and charge the producers a big amount, which
they just do not deserve by any figment of the imagination. Their only claim to
stardom is that their photos are splashed in the page 3 section of the daily
newspapers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;The media has in its own
selfish interest&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;kept up the hype
of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;many of the undeserving actors in
Bollywood. There are also reports of some reporters and journalists favoring a
particular actor in exchange of gifts. The lure of big money gets some trash
films 3 and 4 star reviews in the media , that’s what I have heard, which could
very well be true otherwise how could a film like “Kaminey”, “Acid Factory” get
good and decent reviews. The same goes for the reviews of books.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Actually, the problem is that
today in the field of filmmaking, book-publishing, creativity has taken a back seat,
and money is seen sitting at the wheel, driving . The real star and base of any
film or book is its story yet the writer or author is the most neglected
segment of the process. He is one of the least paid. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Leaving aside monetary
considerations the major problem occurs when literature has to be made so bland
that it does not surprise or offend anyone. By sanitizing literature/scripts to
suit the sensibilities of the Indian censor, board you lose its power, its
ability to make an impact is totally lost.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;When you lose genuine creativity,
you are like the fly by night operator who just wants to make a quick buck and
move on to the next innocent victim. Today’s theater going audience and book
readers are a bunch of half wits watching cheap entertainment or reading &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;non relevant books which have the depth of a
40 rupees Mc Donald’s burger.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Today both Bollywood and &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/st1:city&gt; is churning out garbage and so are some of the
best selling authors in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;India&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;.
No wonder Francis Ford Copolla recently stated, “Cinema is losing the publics
interest”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;In Bollywood, it is wrongly
believed that a so-called “star” can make a film&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;hit, nothing can be more wrong than this
statement. Recently the big star of India Salman Khans two films got released –
“Wanted” went on to become a super hit and the same actors other film “Mr. and
Mrs. Khanna” also starring Karenna Kapoor, was a disaster right from day one.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;ACTORS CANNOT MAKE A FILM HIT ONLY GOOD STORIES CAN.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I believe a good story properly told will
always hold the publics interest. But then good stories need a huge lot of
time, have to go through a process of several drafts and for that the
author/writer has to be paid a decent amount so that he can devote his time
thoroughly to his work as also &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;survive
in the big cities respectfully. Sadly what we are witnessing today is the
decline of the author/writer and hence the paucity of good stories.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Story urges the creation of
works that will excite audiences and book lovers on the six continents and live
in revival and reprint for decades. No one needs yet another recipe book or how
to lose weight book .Cinema loving people are fed up of &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Hollywood&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and Bollywood remakes. We need to
rediscover the underlying tenets of our art; we need to relearn the art of
story telling. No matter where a film is made or a book published – America,
London, India – if its of archetypal quality, it triggers a global and
perpetual chain reaction of pleasure that carries it from theater to theater,
book shop to book shop, generation to generation. That should be our goal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;The day production houses
follow the dictum – &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;“CONTENT IS STAR NOT
THE ACTOR” – THE CHARM AND MAGIC OF CINEMA WILL BE BACK.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Author/Writer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Book – “Assassination Of George Bush”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Film&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;- “Black &amp;amp;
White”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.varonkksharma.com/"&gt;www.varonkksharma.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com/"&gt;www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>news</category><category>current affairs</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/10/22/has-cinema-lost-its-charm--2.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">f9bca6b0-6538-4a70-bd1a-a02ca108d289</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AIR INDIA TAKING US FOR A RIDE ?</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/29/air-india-taking-us-for-a-ride-.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>IS AIR INDIA TAKING US FOR A RIDE?

Or rather, is Air India been taken for a ride by the civil aviation ministry and the Air India management? In my previous article on “Air India in a Mess” on different blogs, I had elaborated on quite a few startling reasons for the poor state of our national airline. Please do read it.

Obviously, there is more to this mess than what meets the eyes. Captain V K Bhalla the representative of the Air India pilots made some revealing statements on NDTV date 28-9-2009. He rightly alleged racial bias against the Indian pilots by the management in doling out much bigger pay packets to the white (gora) pilots, don’t you guys agree this is the worst form of racism. Well trust the present aviation ministry to put the Australians to shame. The Indian pilots he said have not been paid even their meager salary for the last three months, how do you expect them to run their families Mr. Arvind Jadhav (CMD- AI).

Or is it that some people in the aviation ministry and AI management want the airline to shut shop for an ulterior motive? Captain V K Bhalla on television has also raked up the issue of some frauds going on in this airline. Why is it that the present ruling con party not taking stringent action against Praful Patel the NCP minister of civil aviation for the last six years? Why is the con party keeping quite on the many malpractices going on in this ministry? Who is benefiting from these strikes? Have Jet Airlines, King Fisher and some Middle Eastern airlines been benefited by some decisions of the AI management? Why has Praful Patel failed as the aviation minister repeatedly? If he is so dumb, why was he once again given the same ministry? Will the con party answer this please?

More important is the reasons which could have motivated the civil aviation ministry and the management of AI for their several failures happening again and again and yet again. What is it that tempts them to cunningly attempt to convert this airline in to a total mess? The people of this country want answers and want them now. It surely will make an interesting read.

Just like Air India the whole country and its resources is been hijacked and plundered by the ministers and their cronies. There are bigger air pockets ahead if we remain silent spectators to the mass scale looting of our country and our tax money, trust them to soon bring the aircraft called India down to its final doom. The loss is only ours; they have already made much of the killing.

VARON B K SHARMA
</description><category>current news</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/29/air-india-taking-us-for-a-ride-.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">117ce721-6843-4a0a-9fc9-78a4eb2e623c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/29/indians-in-australia.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>What I am going to tell you now is discussed only in whispering tones all over in Australia.The most surprising factor of the racial attacks in the kangaroo country is that ninety seven percent of the victims are Hindu Indians, after pondering over this shocking fact I did bit of research and came to the basic underlying factor for this ethnic attacks.

The Hindus, Chinese and Muslims form a large chunk of students in various universities and learning centers in Australia. The Australian government makes huge amount of money from this student community and fattens its coffers every year. Their universities are one of their main sources of sustenance.

Since Australia is a host to a large Chinese and Muslim populations also how come one never hears about a attack on them ?

The white Australians with a criminal bent of mind are subservient to the Lebanese mafia ( Muslim ) which is deeply entrenched in every segment of the Australian society and government.The Lebanese mafia works as all Muslim underworld organisations work on the principles of brotherhood of Islam , where the country of origin does not matter one just has to be a co - coreligionist.So the Muslims by and large are not made the target of racial attacks barring some stray cases.

For the near very same reasons the Chinese are spared from this dreadful violent attacks.The Chinese mafia has become very formidable in America and some parts of Europe even challenging the previous supremacy of the Famed Italian mafioso.

No wonder the passive and docile Hindus have become easy targets not only in Australia but also in Canada, Malaysia,Pakistan and some other countries.As the racist’s in these countries have no fear of reprisals from the Hindus.
The above lines are the gist of the matter which is discussed in whispering tones in Australia.

The present Indian government has proved a total failure in putting pressure on the Australian government to put a stop to the attacks and safeguard the Indian community there. The Indian Con - gress party it seems has specialised in the art of conning the Indian populace in nearly every sector.

India’s foreign minister S M Krishna when in Australia a few weeks back had the audacity to refuse a meeting with the Indian students there. Wonder why he went there in the first place.

If the Indian govt led by the con party and ruled by the dynastic family is serious about the plight of our fellow Indians all that this govt has to do is pass a directive that no Indian students will go to Australia for studies and stop issuing visas for the same.The govt can even go further to call back all the Indian students from Australia.This only will send a message to the world that India means business.

Amit Minghani and Gautam Gupta of FISA are going a great job but they and their members have to take a few more steps in the days to come.

The Hindu Indians have to decide fast their role and place in Australia, they themselves will have to find a solution to their woes. To begin with they should have a distinctive Hindu identity which they do not right now,with their trendy beards they can easily be mistaken for Pakistanis or Bangladeshis.Next is to form groups in their geographical areas and impart self defence training in every segment.Weekly meetings, hot lines, legal support,backups etc will make the community strong and confident. A religious class such as weekly Bhagvad Geeta sermons will only add as a incentive to bring the Hindu Indian community back to its roots so as to form a indesctuctible foundation and bonding.
At the same time care should be taken so that the regular Australian is never be made to feel uncomfortable by any chance.
Do not expect quick results, this is going to be a long drawn out battle and just like in any battle the weak and divided shall be vanquished.

VARON B K SHARMA
Author- “ASSASSINATION OF GEORGE BUSH”
website &lt;a href="http://www.varonbksharma.com"&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/a&gt;
contact@varonbksharma.com 


 
Disclaimer</description><category>news</category><category>current affairs</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/29/indians-in-australia.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">59970851-81ff-4da6-8a3e-2b68c47d50ec</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>STUNT OF THE CON g MEN</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/23/stunt-of-the-con-g-men-2.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; SHAM&amp;nbsp; OF THE CON PARTY&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P &gt;It is beyond doubt that Pranab Mukherjee did what he did from the bottom of his heart to stem the rot in the Congress party but the Gandhi clan lost no time in upstaging him with their near simultaneous stunts by the mother son duo, one in the air the other in a train.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In each and every aspect the Con Govt (read congress &amp;amp; ncp party) is hell bent on pulling the wool over the eyes of the Indian population again and again but this time the Innocent people have seen through them and cold shouldered their austerity stunt.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Karan Thapar has rightly pointed out as to why is Rahul Gandhi living in 12 Tughlaq lane , one of the largest government bunglows in Delhi? This bunglow is supposed to be reserved for only cabinet ministers. In this case Rahul Gandhi is not even entitled to it.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The gutsy Tavleen Singh has written in her article in the Indian Express that Sonia Gandhi and her family should shift to the cottage of the Rashtrapati Bhavan if she is really serious about austerity.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This con govt of khadi topis and cowardly gandhi mentality has been twitting on the twitter even as the Chinese have been eating in to our territory inch by inch , km by km. The Chinese are soon bound take over strategic locations inside our land by&amp;nbsp; which the Chinese army could easily pick and kill our innocent soldiers at will as and when the time demands, just like the Pakis did in Kargil.Once again our armed forces are on the way to become sacrificial lambs all because of the governments non interest in the security of this country and its citizens. They are only interested in their photo - ops, p r exercises for the coming elections for obvious reasons.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Just two days back the CBI chief has said that there is a deep nexus between the police and the drug mafia in India. He went on to say "Its a reality that police officials salute drug lords and people from the IAS exchange pleasantries with them"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Its a shame that the con party's spokesmen like the devil who barks ( Manish Tiwari), the aggressive fat hen ( Jayanti Natrajan) are always ready to pounce on any patriotic Indian who voices his thoughts which are not in tune with the congress party agenda.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Coming back to the austerity stunt of the congress party, I would like to ask - will Sonia Maino Gandhi always travel economy? Will Rahul Gandhi shift out of the luxurious and sprawling bunglow at 12 Tughlaq road where he stays alone ? Will the con party ministers please shift to the decent air conditioned Wagon R cars from their Prado's, Skoda's, Honda's etc? But before that they should explain as to how did these guys come to travel in such swanky cars, live a page 3 life, even their family members and children enjoy a 5 star life to the hilt, where has that money been coming from ?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;These sickening politicians are supposed to be the servants of the people. As far as the con party is concerned they are playing their part to perfection just as it was in the Hindi films of the seventies and eighties, where they showed the politicians as two faced, they espouse one thing , do quite another.After the eighties the audience of Bollywood films got put off by films where the story revolved around the politicians and those films started flopping, ironically today&amp;nbsp; history is repeating itself in the stadium of politics , the patriotic population of India has seen through the game and will not take it lying down for much long.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;At a time when the country is reeling under the threats of Naxalites, Chinese intrusions, Islamic terrorism, price rise, drought, three crore pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens inside our country, rapes, fake milk, spurious medicines, even fake blood, swine flu, attacks on Indians in Australia, Canada, UK, yet this govt has been deliberately irresponsible for all these maladies inflicting our society, citizens and country.All their show of austerity is nothing but a media stunt and stinks not only of duplicity but also an attempt to fool the population of the country to garner votes in the coming election. This stunt has to be regarded as a crime of the highest order.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Supreme Court just yesterday chided the ruling Congress and NCP goverment for not taking a decision on the 26 mercy pleas for death row convicts including Mohammed Afzal Guru. The Supreme Court in a landmark statement said " Human beings are not chattel and should not be used as pawns in furthering some larger political policy " .Everybody, even a child in this county knows that the con party and ncp will never allow Mohammed Afzal as also Ajmal Kasab ever to be hanged.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the not very distant future, say by 2014 elections the Gandhi family will have to think of some very innovative stunts for their PR exercise as the three Khans, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan may well enter the political arena and all three of them are masters of P R exercises and stunts.Irrespective of the party they join they will be a formidable challenge to the Gandhi dynasty and the Con - gress party seniors.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;But stunts and photo opportunities can never substitute for honesty and accountability. Today from the police to the traffic constables, from colleges to school admissions, from train ticket collectors( T C ) to ticket for elections, from transfers to postings, from municipal offices to govt offices - corruption has become the norm.What austerity drive are these con men talking about? Eighty percent of India's population has been under a permanent drought for the last 62 years.Most of the Congress , Samajwadi, NCP politicians and&amp;nbsp; Lalloo &amp;amp; Paswans presumably have hundred's of crores in Swiss banks and many properties not only in India but all over the world. No wonder this goverment is not serious about getting the more than thirty billion dollars of Indian money back from the Swiss banks.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Its time the dynastic family stops fooling the population of this country any further, lest these shams of the con party becomes its SHAME .&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;BR&gt;author (Assassination Of George Bush)&lt;BR&gt;writer (film - Black &amp;amp; White)&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com"&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://myblog.varonbksharma.com"&gt;http://myblog.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com"&gt;contact@varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;</description><category>Political</category><category>General</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/23/stunt-of-the-con-g-men-2.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">2266f739-e616-488e-848e-56b882f265f7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE CHINESE ARE COMING . . .</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/01/the-chinese-are-coming---.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT size=2&gt;What you may never find in your mainstream news sources . . .&lt;/FONT&gt; 
&lt;DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;THE CHINESE ARE COMING . . .&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The demographic, environmental, religious and cultural pressures are building globally at a fast pace. In a future that is unpredictable it is difficult to say who will win, but one thing is for sure its going to be grim if not dark. Spiritual talks may be good for the soul but definitely bad for the nation and the physical safety of its citizens.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Last month in August 2009 the Chinese patrols had intruded in to Indian Territory 26 times and walked away with petrol and kerosene meant for our jawans guarding the border. On 30&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; August two Chinese helicopters entered the Indian air space and dropped some cargo very much inside the Indian Territory. In this year alone the Chinese have penetrated in to our land more than 700 times at different locations.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The army chief general Kapoor on these incidents has stated that “It could have been routine . . .”. As a bonafide patriotic and concerned citizen of this country I can retort and tell him “Send one of our old helicopters in to Chinese air space and see what happens”. In the not very distant past the Chinese had forcibly brought down a US surveillance aircraft which had intruded its territory and completely dismantled it, later the US had to collect bits and pieces of it. That is what I call integrity, strength and character of a nation,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;A strong character and pride in the nation can come only with a strong law and order within the country. It has become imperative to punish the criminal’s right from the bottom to the top. The fear of the law has to be put in to their hearts... it is upon the politicians to do that but what can you expect of a country whose ministers have accounts in Swiss banks if not in their names directly then in the names of their near and distant relatives and friends.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Apart from China and Pakistan we have to be equally scared of our present politicians, if they find a loophole they would have no qualms in importing 10 million Chinese provided they can get votes from them. Trust them to invent convincing reasons to get them valid passports, ration cards or even the Nandan Nilekeni initiated Hi Tech cards.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Though a bit late in the day but not unusual for it, the Indian government is just about waking up to the real and present danger from China. Thanks to channels like Times Now.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The Chinese had made their intention public much before the 1962 war. In 1950 Mao had repeatedly proclaimed that Taiwan, Tibet and the Hainan islands were Chinese territories and will be repossessed. Nehru and his congress govt were busy enjoying the perks which came with power and totally neglected the threats emanating from this Hindi chini bhai bhai neighbor. Hence Nehru became the prime cause of the humiliation which our country had to suffer in the 62 war.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;In 1963 Pakistan ceded to China a chunk of Indian Territory under its control, about 1580 sq kms. Through this very piece of land China has built the 1280 km Karokram highway linking Kashgan in Xinijiang in China with Islamabad in Pakistan, on this area of India called Aksaichin. The Indian defense experts have since 1980s been advising the Indian governments about the strategic importance and implications of the Karokram highway but the only reaction they have got in exchange was an eerie noiseless snoring.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Despite losing thousands of our soldiers and huge chunks of territory the Indian govts failed to realize the significance of the Chinese communists growing up as a military organization. Today China dares to claim a mammoth piece of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim based solely on its military prowess, in contrast the Indian politicians /ministers have degraded and demoralized our armed forces.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;China has cleverly promoted and managed different streams of threat in to India, foremost is the communist threat which emanates from Beijing and flows right till our Kerala. Second is the Islamic fundamentalist threat which it encourages from its proxies to cunningly blend it with the Maoists and Naxalites in to a dangerous cocktail of terror (about this cocktail of terror- I had written a few weeks earlier)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Today China has surrounded us from all sides which was but a natural progression right since the 1950s, our governments have preferred to sleep over it for 59 long years only to suddenly wake us up to show the nightmare live in the last months of 2009.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The encircling of India is been called the “String of pearls”. In plain words the string of pearls is meant to throttle India, I would rather call it “the Hangman’s noose”. On the other side is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan doing the halal on India with pumping in counterfeit currency, terrorism, drugs etc... On yet another side is the not so friendly Bangladesh , Nepal , Colombo and other small island countries.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Some groups and people who are advocating the line that economic co operation with China will reduce its animosity with us are only are only trying to pull the wool over our eyes for their own selfish and hidden purposes , Taiwan is the best example of this. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Apart from manufacturing fake and spurious products China is the biggest exporter of clandestine nuclear materials to the world. The Pakistani nuclear missiles and technology are entirely Chinese supported and nourished. The Pakistanis on the sly ofcource with Chinese approval gave this technology to North Korea and North Korea gave it to Burma. For all you know the Pakistanis may tomorrow give it to Bangladesh, Somalia. Or even to their co coreligionists and brothers in arms the Al Qaeda, Lashkar E Taiba etc.Pakistan's A Q Khan and his gang is notoriously famous for the same.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Today India urgently needs not only a second but third strike capability and for that we have to develop military muscle on par with China... what if China attacks India and simultaneously Pakistan also strikes a aggressive onslaught in to India ? Have our military planners worked out this scenario? Have our politicians equipped the Indian armed forces for just such a beginning. Expect the unexpected. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The Indian government always denies the most serious problem till the time the lid is blown off and they can’t keep it under the hatchet anymore. I strongly suspect the politicians are sitting smug all because the Indian population is busy watching and debating the half porn types of &lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;reality shows, dance competitions etc on television. Another part of this populace is in to the gurus who are preaching the rat like meditation but no one is preaching the art of war and destruction of the enemy. India could very well come apart at its seams as a major section of Indians are so enamored by the punks of Bollywood that they are growing up with just one ambition to be like those actors and actress. They are more interested in acting and dance classes than their studies or the welfare of the country. Looks like soon they will have to learn Chinese to survive.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Today India and its valiant armed forces need a true soldier who will stand up to the Indian politicians&amp;nbsp;so that we&amp;nbsp;can welcome the Chinese, Pakistanis and jihadis with open arms only to send them wrapped up in their coffins.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Jai Hind &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;My name is Indian&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;Varon B K Sharma&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;author of "THE ASSASSINATION OF GEORGE BUSH"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://www.varonbksharma.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;A href="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com"&gt;contact@varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/09/01/the-chinese-are-coming---.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">ede29a31-6efa-43de-8be2-e623196e457f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE RSS HAS TO CHANGE</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/31/the-rss-has-to-change.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>What you may never find in your mainstream news sources &lt;STRONG&gt;. . .&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;THE RSS HAS TO CHANGE &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The chief of RSS Mohan Bhagwat on April 7 2009 has said “India is a Hindu nation” he also said “Hindutva is the identity of the country”. Nothing can be far away from the truth. Today where ever you go in India right from the big cities to the small towns one can hear the azzan blaring from the loudspeakers of the Mosques even in the remotest of villages one can see huge beautiful imposing structures of Mosques sprouting up but in all probability you will not hear the Temple bells. So how has Mr. Mohan Bhagwat stated India to be a Hindu nation I would like to ask him? The underlying fact is they (RSS) are living far away from reality more so as far as urban India is concerned.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Before advising the BJP to change I think it is imperative for the RSS to change itself. RSS was founded way back in 1925 with the aim of uniting the Hindus. It’s more than eighty five years now with lakhs of their cadres spread across the country yet they have not been able to unite the Hindus even remotely. The Hindu Temples and religious organizations are also as divided as they always have been and vehemently oppose to come under the shade of one umbrella. Various politicians from different states are hell bent on dividing the community of Hindus further. The voice of RSS doesn’t reach the metro cities of India as this organization is perceived to be old fashioned and fascist. The media has always projected them as a militant organization which they are not, only because of their ancient attire and outdated ideology.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"Catch them young" is the word for superb marketing and great sales. But the young specially the urban types seem to be allergic to the sangh parivar.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The foremost thing the RSS should do is to change their attire of white shirt and khaki knickers with broad belts. This costume is akin to what the police used to wear during the British Raj. I have no clue as to why they are hell bent on self destruction. (And how do they expect the college educated urban young to be attracted, especially Hindus? Hindu religion and Hindu people have always been more progressive than the rest of the world. This is clear to any serious and honest historian studying cultural time line of the world history)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Their ideology of a Hindu Rashtra is as much misplaced as Pakistan is from heaven. One cannot wish the thirty crore plus Muslims away from this country. Not only legally but even spiritually it would be wrong and could be construed as a sin. (This, even RSS says, but fails to clarify on certain vital issues such as how does one remain true Hindu without becoming either traditionalist or becoming like pseudo-seculars, and always consciously agitate for the justice for Hindus without doing injustice to Muslims and Christians) &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The RSS should show a way to revive Hinduism without alienating the Muslim masses. For instance the RSS should take up issues like recently the congress govt has waived off rupees 3000 crores for the minorities, even as the poor among the Hindus are left with an empty bowl. After all the same rights, privileges evenly proportioned and balanced in a uniform and impartial way is secularism. There are many more poverty stricken Hindus than all the minorities put together but the poor Hindus don’t have a voice. RSS can become that voice but to become that voice they have to be heard and to be heard they have to change themselves. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The urban Indian does not in any way connect with the likes of the RSS and VHP and it will not till the time such organizations put up better faces and audible voices. with respect to the elders, I do think an average Indian wants to hear from a young charismatic leader using modern attires and gadgets Every time dhoti-clad people come on television the BJP loses at least a thousand potential voters.Times have changed it s the era of the internet, Gprs, IPL, Armani’s, video games. The RSS is still in a time warp and yet to arrive in the 21st century.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Why do populations en mass like to come to the urban cities? It is not just to earn their livelihood, it is because the allure, the glamour of the big cities attracts them, makes them start dreaming and they hope to bring a better change in their lives. They come rushing to the urban cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Banglore, Chennai etc and in no time try to copy the urban look and life style. In the same manner the janta of the country would any day prefer to see a upmarket personality like Rahul Gandhi or a beautiful one like Priyanka Gandhi .Today the whole world has become one big stage for the audio, video and print medium? To be camera friendly has become more important than your qualification or capabilities. Mohan Bhagwat has a good clarity in voice and a pleasing personality along with all the abilities of a efficient leader, if only they had more such people things could have been different.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Its time the RSS distances itself from its past, they should not get too worked up about Jaswants book or who partitioned India. I would like to know as to when was India a one country? Before the British ruled over us we were under the Muslim rule and before the Muslims ruled us we were divided in 25 to 400 different states. So was the 1947 partition of India a good thing or bad? &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Imagine the Muslims of Pakistan and Bangladesh all in one India. I leave it upon the readers to judge the repurcussions of it.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Another issue they should highlight is the influx of millions of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis coming in to India.They are eating in to the jobs of the poor Indian population. India is been slowly taken over by them and the demography of India is been intentionally changed for a diabolic drama to be staged in the future. As the only known organization to speak up for the nationalistic Indians the onus on the RSS today is more than it ever was in the past.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;(Family planning and population control have become sensitive issues since the time of Sanjay Gandhi. No political party will ever take up this issue seriously. But this is the most important issue in today’s world as it is disturbing the ecology of this planet. Should RSS take it up or not? This will put the RSS critics in Media, so called intelligentsia, in a spot as they will not be able to oppose RSS on this point.)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;RSS should take a leaf out of the Christian organizations that have been running hospitals, schools, orphanages and old age homes through out the country in the most professional manner. Right from the biggest metro cities to the smallest villages you can find their presence. Can the RSS boast of a single such hospital or school that the whole country knows of? Am sure they will have a ready answer that the Vatican is funding them for conversions, which may be true but what’s stopping them to emulate their agenda in reverse? There is no dearth of funds. The Hindu temples like Tirupathi, Vaishno Devi, and Siddhi Vinayak etc have surplus money to fund a thousand such hospitals and schools. Why is that money not been used for constructing and running hospitals, orphanages and schools?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;(I do know that the RSS is doing unimaginable number of such philanthropic work. The only problem is that they get no publicity. Secondly, RSS should inspire Hindu Sadhus to give few years of their lives to Jan-Seva. This will start making saffron attire synonymous to public service as the priest’s and nun’s uniforms are) &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;For just a saintly man, not even a God, people donate thousands of crores of rupees (Shirdi Sai Baba) to make a throne of gold for him, why can’t such money be better utilized to ease the pain of millions of Hindus and Muslims. There is no point in blaming the Christians and Muslims for every problem in the country.(RSS can systematize and try to bring under one umbrella all the Hindu religion sects and Mandirs-)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;At the same time let me shed some light on the RSS organization. they have done been doing exemplary good work during earthquakes, floods, in helping and saving the lives of people irrespective of their caste and religion. The RSS had also very actively helped the Hindus and Sikhs escape the Muslim mob violence in 1947 when more than 1 million Hindus were butchered and massacred by the marauding Muslim mobs. Under the most trying times of human endurance the RSS along with the Hindus from the Indian Army with extra ordinary courage had safely brought out more than 10 million Hindus from Lahore, Quetta and other Muslim dominated areas.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mr. Khushwant Singh not a fan of the RSS has this to say about this organization “ RSS played a honorable role in maintaining Hindu Sikh unity, it was the Congress (I) leaders who instigated mobs in 1984 and got more than 3000 people killed. I must give due credit to RSS and the BJP for showing courage and protecting helpless Sikhs during those difficult days”. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;During the 1965 and 1971 Indo Pak wars the RSS workers were the first to give their blood and organize blood banks and relief for the Indian Armed Forces. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I do not deny the good intentions of the RSS but one should not escape from the ground realities, they are out of sync with today’s times and the now generation. Today it has become a organization of the oldies, by the oldies for the oldies. By refusing to change they themselves have become the biggest hindrance to what they had set out to achieve.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Shockingly even after decades of independence most Hindu journalists, doctors, engineers, businessmen, teachers, lawyers, and the rest do not know anything about the Hindu religion, heritage or history. They have no idea about the Vedas, mantras, shastras, not even about the holy Bhagvad Geeta or the holy Ramayna. RSS has to go door to door, hose to house, first in the metro cities to educate the Hindus and attract them in to the warm solace of this great and most ancient religion. A consistent campaign to educate the Hindus about their relegion has to be started on a war footing. Just like what Adi Shankar Acharya had done long back.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The potential and talent of this organization is immense but what today they need is a image makeover, a comprehensive media plan specially targeted at the English media,a better projection and a mechanization of force multipliers and much more .Without which it will remain dormant and will have to be satisfied with the good work they are doing in the rural areas but then like I said earlier, since the dawn of the industrialization it’s the urban cities which have been the "in thing" and it’s the urban look which rightly or wrongly the rural folks want to imitate.In the Holy Bhagvad Geeta Lord Krishna has said “ Change is the law of nature”. Accept it or perish. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Summary: &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;1) Modernization in Thought, Action, Attitude and Attire.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;2) Issues such as Eco conversion and Population control&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;3) Accepting the modern festivals such as Valentine day and Friendship day etc. And internalize them into Hindu &lt;A href="http://society.eg/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;society.eg&lt;/A&gt; - Raksha Bandhan - Sisters Day.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;4) Be first to criticize the wrongs of Hindu society such as Caste ism, Honor killing, Plight of Widows, Discrimination against women, etc. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;5) Codify and Systematize the religion. Jagatguru Shankaracharya did this few hundred years back and time’s come to do it again. Some amount of the money collected in all the temples should come to centralized, democratic body which can use that money for the good of Hindu Society.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;6) Understand the importance of PR and Publicity. Work towards penetrating into the Intelligentsia &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;7) Starting a mass movement to educate the urban Hindu about his relegion.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;In short be as modern as possible without compromising upon morality. But the concept of morality is different in modern society and that must be recognized.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"PERISH" IS A WORD WHICH I SUPPOSE IS NOT IN THE RSS DICTIONARY SO IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THEY WILL CHANGE, HOW SOON OR HOW LATE ONLY TIME WILL TELL.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;author of the bestselling novel "Assassination Of George Bush"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://www.varonbksharma.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Email - &lt;A href="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com"&gt;contact@varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;DIV id=highlighterDivCG style="DISPLAY: none; Z-INDEX: -1; POSITION: absolute; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV id=highlighterDivCG style="DISPLAY: none; Z-INDEX: -1; POSITION: absolute; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description><category>relegion</category><category>india</category><category>hinduism in india</category><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/31/the-rss-has-to-change.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">b5b0b335-ee94-4fd3-874d-d23d8288a393</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHERE IS L K ADVANI ?</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/28/where-is-l-k-advani-.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;What you may never find in your mainstream news sources . . .&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=6&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; WHERE &lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;IS L K ADV&lt;/FONT&gt;ANI ?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=6&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Just when the country is seeking answers he is missing for the last 48 hour's.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;They had claimed to be a party with a difference. But they are no different from the other political party's,in fact suddenly today they are been accused to be quite deceitful if not the worst. L K Advani has been leading the show in this outfit from the time Vajpayee took ill. But the rot had started to seep in quite some time before that,&amp;nbsp;one fixer and strong member of this party known for his womanising ways had started emulating the Congress culture and did immense damage to the moral fabric of this party, it could never come out of it. The rot had&amp;nbsp;entrenched deep inside only to throw up at the right time and that time seems to be now.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Mr Sanathanam , the nuclear scientist has squealed that the much touted Pokharan nuclear test was nothing but a near dud. This has opened a can of worms for the BJP. To add to their misery Brajesh Mishra&amp;nbsp;the then security advisor to Vajpayee has gone on record to say that Advani knew about Jaswant going to Kandahar contrary to what Advani has been proclaiming to date.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;If the above accusations are true then Advani should be tried, may be not for treason but for misleading the country. as yet again the BJP in all probability&amp;nbsp;has broken the trust of its voters and their numerical strength&amp;nbsp;still runs in a few&amp;nbsp;crores. though Just some years back these crores were much more .&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;The hundred odd seats BJP has got in this elections is because of the last die hard Hindutva voters. Sadly they have failed to learn a lesson from the 2009 elections just as they had failed to learn from the 2004 debacle. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;In 1993 the BJP started ascending the ladder of success with 183 MPs and the maximum credit surely goes to Advani and his countrywide rath yatra for it. But today the Hindus have lost faith in this party and the likes of Advani's and Jaswant's. The reasons are the 7 deadly sins committed by BJP.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;1- It did not live up to any of the nine pre poll election promises made to the electorate since 1993 (&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;uniform&amp;nbsp;civil code - one law for all citizens, abolishment of article 370,&amp;nbsp; Reconstruction of Ram Mandir at the same location etc)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;2-Remained a mute spectator in spite of repeated terror attacks through out the country.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;3-Was taken by surprise in Kargil (&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;allow me to say this was not a war won in spite of our brave armed forces&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;4-The Pokharan dud (&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;now exposed by scientist Sanathan&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;5-Parliament attack.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;6-Kandahar - Flight IC 814&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;7- Failed to give a thrashing to the rouge terror state of Pakistan.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;The lame&amp;nbsp;excuses this party gave were that its allies would not allow it to fulfill the poll promises made to its voters. In spite of all this the now drunk in power and money the BJP and its ministers did not want to relinquish its seat of power.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;December 24 1999 the BJP run government shamefully surrendered to the Pakistani terrorists of Flight IC 814. The disgraceful Jaswant Singh happily went along to oversee the safe release of the terrorists, it is rumoured that hundred's of cores of rupees were also given as ransom. No wonder Pakistanis&amp;nbsp;are eagerly awaiting to welcome Jaswant so that he can release his book there. And this sicko it seems is more than happy to go to the enemy country for a few dollars more.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;On Dec 13 2001&amp;nbsp;five terrorists attacked parliament house in Delhi. Due to the prompt and brave six of our security officers the lives of 100's of our MPs were saved. The politicians and the media screamed "RAPE OF OUR DEMOCRACY" - "RAPE OF PARLIAMENT" but what did the BJP govt do ? The country and its timid population suffered the rape in silence.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;On April 21 2001 Bangladeshi armed forces abducted 15 of our BSF jawans. They subsequently butchered all&amp;nbsp;our 15 BSF men and returned their badly tortured bodies to India in a extremely humiliating manner. The BJP govt failed to take military action against Bangladesh.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;During the Kargil war bodies of our Indian Air Force pilots were send to us by Pakistan, when the bodies were uncovered to the shock of the soldiers they had been tortured and mutilated, their eyes had been gorged out, ears and nose had been cut off. This I am by no means fabricating, you guys may check on it by all means. Yet Vajpayee wanted friendship with this country of sweet talkers and neck slitter. Why did they make us look like a nation of the&amp;nbsp;impotent, the price of which we are still paying with our blood.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;The time has come for the BJP and L K Advani to answer all these questions as in spite of all these damning exposures it still remains a nationalist party, there is no doubt it will reinvent itself and emerge out of the hell it has got itself in to. The integrity of Advani I believe&amp;nbsp;is above question , he was and shall always be a patriotic Indian but he has to answer how did he and his ministers allow the BJP to slide so low to the depths of deceit and lies. But why&amp;nbsp;are the Brajeshs, Jaswants and Yashwant Sinhas giving out&amp;nbsp;their half truths only now , after years, what considerations have made them do it. What and who is motivating them ?Obviously its not love for the country, for&amp;nbsp;were it so they would have come clean on it when they were in power.&amp;nbsp;They themselves are equally responsible for this deciet . It concerns the nation.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Or is it time the RSS took over the BJP&amp;nbsp;as the die hard patriot Arun Shourie has advised them to.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;But before that the whole country is asking where is L K ADVANI ? Hope this last time he turns out to be a man with a difference though his party did not. However hard it may be for him, he has to come out with the truth only then does have a semblence of a chance to be called the Loh Purush.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Varon B K Sharma&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;(author) of the hard hitting novel "Assassination Of George Bush"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;(writer) of the critically acclaimed film "Black &amp;amp; White"&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A href="http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A href="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:contact@varonbksharma.com"&gt;contact@varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/28/where-is-l-k-advani-.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">9afea4ba-6a00-4dc1-a7fa-99f2d89cd97d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FAKE BLOOD !</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/24/fake-blood-.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>What you will never find in your mainstream news sources . . . 
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff0000 size=6&gt;FAKE BLOOD !&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;WHICH BLOOD GROUP DO YOU BELONG TO ?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Is it O+ve, B+ve or A+ve ? &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="times new roman,serif" color=#000000 size=4&gt;If by any chance it is one of the above mentioned just see to it that you don't fall ill, cause if you do,are hospitalised and need to be given a blood transfusion chances are the blood could be fake. Yes it could be fake if you are living in India or if the blood has been imported from China (China happens to be the biggest manufacturer of fakes in the world&amp;nbsp;for every category irrespective of the goods)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;Here again India lags behind China ,&amp;nbsp;the Indian manufacturers of fakes don't have to sell their products abroad as India itself has the capacity to consume all that these guys can churn out from their factories of death. Just yesterday in Uttar Pradesh six people were caught selling spurious fake blood. From them the police recovered sixty blood packets with plasma, syringes, stickers, labels, empty pouches etc. The police is reported to have said that these guys could have sold this spurious blood to thousands of unsuspecting patients.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;In June 2002 a racket of supplying low quality spurious blood was unearthed in the reputed Deen Dayal Govt Hospital in Delhi.That incident had revealed a nexus of supplying fake blood and the man who had sold it was caught. Obviously he must have been the lowest in the ladder (the foot soldier) .In India the big guys never get caught.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;The buck doesn't stop here. Fakes even of other essential items&amp;nbsp;like milk, ghee, butter, biscuits, tea, medicines etc top the list in India.It is a billion dollar industry. In a country&amp;nbsp; where by the governments own admission there is whopping 1,69,000.00 crores of&amp;nbsp;counterfeit currency flowing in from Pakistan,&amp;nbsp; can you expect the biscuits your children eat to be original ,&amp;nbsp;or the milk they drink&amp;nbsp;to be pure ?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;The ghee that we buy for use in our pooja's and religious ceremonies could well be the burned fat of a cow or a&amp;nbsp;bull. Do not expect the govt to put a stop to this hazard as the spin off from this racket is in billions, that's all I can say of now.Remember the most popular brands are the most faked, just as the most popular names in this country are.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;But the world need not worry on this issue at least as far as India is concerned because like I said earlier that all the fakes produced in India are consumed in the country itself, the Indian&amp;nbsp;govt sees to it that only the best quality products leave our shores unlike China which has boosted its economy mostly on the strength of its&amp;nbsp;fakes and&amp;nbsp;low quality products.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;The question now I would like to put to my Indian brothers is which blood group do you belong to ?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;Gay+ve or Impotent+ve ?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;The ramifications of such adulterated and spurious stuff is that there&amp;nbsp; is a growing rise in patients suffering from kidney problems, tumors, cancer etc. Wake up before its your time to go to the hospital.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;Varon B K Sharma&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;A href="http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Author of the sensational book of fiction "ASSASSINATION OF GEORGE BUSH"&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class=gmail_quote style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;Story writer of the critically acclaimed film "BLACK&amp;amp;WHITE"&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/24/fake-blood-.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">e6fad79c-39f4-4233-81bb-1c64cd59d1fd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SHAH RUKH KHAN’S JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA ?</title><link>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/18/shah-rukh-khans-jihad-against-america-.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>VARON B K SHARMA</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;SHAH RUKH KHAN’S JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA ?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Jihad (a campaign waged by Muslims in defense of the Islamic faith against people, organizations, or countries regarded as hostile to Islam)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P &gt;Shah Rukh Khan with just a few words has unleashed a verbal Jihad against the United States Of&amp;nbsp; America . The huge fan following that he has in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, UK, etc have got worked up no end as they heard about Shah Rukh complaining about the racial profiling against him because he is a Muslim. And mind you the collective populations of these countries could surpass a whopping 3 billion figure. This issue will surely rattle in the minds of of his coreligionist's as also his fans many who are non Muslims for a long time to come irrespective of the country of their origin. The fact is he has willingly or unwillingly promoted the al Qaeda propaganda against America and made a dent in the image of United States of America. Now no apologies or retraction of statements can undo the damage.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Millions of people are debating this issue and its likely fall out on the net .In Delhi some Muslims have staged a protest In Uttar Pradesh the Congress party workers have burned the effigy of Barrack Obama. Some Congress and NCP ministers have also joined the support Khan - band wagon.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ambika Soni screams "tit for tat" she went on to suggest that "We should make them go through a hard search when they come to India" Mam do you want our tourist destinations to close shop ? There are more than 5 million tourists coming in to India every year, by advocating such hatred you are endangering the livelihood of lakhs of Indians who are dependent on the tourism industry to feed their families. Apart from that&amp;nbsp; I am sure you and your ilk wouldn’t want the five star hotels to close down.I am not suggesting we should not check or frisk the people coming but please do not instigate the masses to commit hate crimes against foreigners on the streets of India.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Praful Patel the NCP minister of civil aviation was heard clearly overstepping his assigned jurisdiction when he said that "We should lodge a serious protest with the US administration and not allow such things to happen"&amp;nbsp; Mr.Praful Patel it would have been better if you would not have allowed Air India to suffer a loss of billions of dollars of the Indian tax payers money,you have been in charge of this ministry for the last nearly six years haven’t you ? Well coming back to your not allowing such things to happen, allow me to remind you that you could not even stop the ex president of India Abdul Kalam from being frisked, checked (they even made him remove his shoes) by the personnel of the US carrier Continental Airlines before boarding a US bound flight at the Delhi airport. So what serious protest are you talking about ? We are not taking precautions for our security is our problem, that's why repeated terrorist attacks take place, the American government takes extra care for the safety and security of its citizens unlike our govt.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Not to be outdone in the shouts and plaudits of the throng the tweeter and darling of the page 3 circuit Shashi Tharoor(again a Congress m p) also chipped in and spoke against US procedures and the torture of Muslims in America. Shashi there are more than a 1000 students in America who suffer more grueling procedures, may be even harassment much more than what Mr. Khan may have suffered, at the most he may have got a few scratches on his Luis Vuitton travel bag. No Rajiv Shukla, no Ambika Soni, no Praful Patel have ever spoken to take up the cause of the hapless Indians been killed, injured, beaten in racial attacks in Australia for the last more than three months. Is it because they are not Muslims? The external affairs minister S M Krishna reluctantly goes to Australia and guess what ? He refuses to meet the Indian student community. Why did you go there in the first place stupid ? Was it for a holiday at the Indian citizen’s hard earned money ? The mentality and self interest of these politicians in power shocks me.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Today the onus is on the Muslim community to stem the growing divide They themselves&amp;nbsp; should immediately put a stop&amp;nbsp; to this game of playing the victim because if it goes on a bit longer the non Muslims could term it as&amp;nbsp; " reverse discrimination" Already people like Emran Hashmi, Shabana Azmi, Arshad Warsi as also Saif Ali Khan, Azharudin, Nadeem have been playing the Muslim card for quite some time at the cost of the nation.(sometimes I wonder if there is something more to it than meets the eye) Even though India has given them much more than what they could have imagined, its high time they stopped it as such baseless talks can only widen the rift and help create more terrorists, as also unnecessarily bring many other innocent Muslims under the legal scanner.&amp;nbsp; I am sure these guys wouldn’t want that.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SRK has only upped the antte. He is supposed to be an educated and cultured guy, he should understand that when he enters another country he is bound to abide by the laws of that land, the USA has every right to frisk him, put him in a holding cell, search his luggage and even deport him if they want. They are not obliged to grant him preferential treatment because of his star status . and they didn’t . Was it necessary probably not, was it an error probably yes. The reality is it’s not reason enough to trigger off a response from the ministry of external affairs. Rajiv Shukla it seems has become more powerful than Sonia Gandhi. Another question we have to ask ourselves is - Will the embassy officials do their duty with the same eagerness for an ordinary Indian citizen? Well if you are a actor with a huge fan base why not, cause if you join their political party and canvass for them in the next Lok Sabha elections the spoils can be unlimited for all to gain from. Four and a half years is not a very long time .Has the deal been signed ? Only time will tell it always does.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The problem with India is that the media has made actors and item girls&amp;nbsp; in to demi gods and queens. In Hollywood also some stars enjoy cult status. Who can be a bigger international icon than Sylvester Stallone fondly known to his fans as Rocky Balboa and Rambo. I have seen his pictures stuck on paan beedi shops in the remotest of Indian villages where even electricity has yet to reach. People have to travel by bus for three hours to reach the nearest makeshift theater. Let me tell you a small incident which happened with Stallone .Some time back he was traveling to Australia and was detained at the Sydney airport for more than four hours. It was reported that he was carrying some vials of a human growth hormone as&amp;nbsp; his regular exercise supplement. He calmly sat through the ordeal of four hours . Did he shout , rave or rant ? No a capital NO . Neither did he crib about it to the media. he took it in his stride .In contrast a&amp;nbsp; detention of just one hour six minutes to be precise and our man starts whining . Not done bro.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The difference between America and India is that the Americans don’t differentiate between celebrities and the common man at the cost of national security.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Another huge American icon Bob Dylan was detained for suspicious activity by the police even as he was walking the streets of long branch N. J.(Kind of takes the wind out of SRK’s hallow allegations) Senator Edward Kennedy of the iconic Kennedy clan was off loaded at the Washington D C airport just because his namesake an Irish terrorist was on the airport watch list. No wonder not a single terrorist act has taken place in US in the last&amp;nbsp; eight years.I myself have been detained at an Indian airport while going abroad for no fault of mine and I am not a Khan.The "Elites" of India be it the President, ministers or actors should get "REAL" for a change.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thousands of our citizens in India are dying of starvation, hundreds of farmers are committing suicides, India has become the rape capital of the world and yet all our attention is on SRK no wonder the naxalites are getting stronger by the hour. Today every citizen is perpetually&amp;nbsp; living under fear. There is a terrorist threat even to the hospitals and children’s schools yet our govt behaves like a wimp pleading Pakistan to book the terrorists . When this govt itself is not implementing the death sentence given to the terrorists why this drama ? if only our&amp;nbsp; laws and security forces&amp;nbsp; get more strict and stringent like the Americans would we feel more secure.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Bollywood has always been famous , at times for all&amp;nbsp; the wrong reasons. Lets us also not forget that a few big time production houses of Bollywood have been involved in human trafficking and are on the US authorities black list. The then big star Sanjay Dutt was deeply involved with enemies of our nation the ISI as also the Dawood Ebrahim underworld and the culmination was the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai where 257&amp;nbsp; people&amp;nbsp; were killed and more than 700 injured.This man Sanjay Dutt just four months back has had the audacity to say before the media that he was tortured by the Mumbai police just because his mother was a Muslim.All this only goes to prove that just because they are celebrities&amp;nbsp; they cannot be above the law.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Yet Kabeer Khan the film director from Bollywood is on record saying "This incidence with SRK...is going to spread ill will against their country"&amp;nbsp; What do you want a special rule for famous people? RIDICULOUS !&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Shah Rukh Khan is more than famous his films do the highest business over seas&amp;nbsp; in America, the distributors of his ready to be released film are Fox an American company, SRK makes a huge amount of money through his shows in America. Then why his ran tings against the country where he has gone umpteen times before in the last 20 years. It has been reported that SRK had a couple of years back in London made some uncomplimentary remarks about US.&amp;nbsp; People are asking is Shah Rukh Khan’s dislike of America&amp;nbsp; prompted by American foreign policy and its impact on his co religionists .&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The President of USA Barrack Obama has been struggling to create a better image of America especially in the eyes of the Muslim world to bring in peace and harmony on this planet but Mr. Khan with just a small outburst has undermined most of his good work if not all. The US is against&amp;nbsp; Muslims has yet again been drilled in to the minds of millions of Muslims. Undue advantage of&amp;nbsp; Khans outbursts could be taken by the radical Islamists to lure hundreds of Muslims in to their fold. The result of which we may see in the months and years ahead. America has taken a dent and it will be quit some time before they get to repair it at least on this side of the world.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Celebrities with huge fan base should try to bring in harmony and not create animosity among communities and countries in the already strife torn world.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Shah Rukh Khan knowingly or unknowingly with just a few words has unleashed nothing less than a Jihad against America OR is it "Reverse Discrimination" as the non Muslims would like to call it.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;VARON B K SHARMA&lt;BR&gt;(author) of the novel "Assassination Of George Bush"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.varonbksharma.com"&gt;www.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com"&gt;www.theassassinationofgeorgebush.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://myblog.varonbksharma.com"&gt;http://myblog.varonbksharma.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://myblog.varonbksharma.com/2009/08/18/shah-rukh-khans-jihad-against-america-.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">925d8b02-6056-463a-8e25-57971bfb0d87</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
