This well written article further exposes the hypocrisy and the mess that Gandhi was. He was - inherently - a man of conveniences. He chose his battles - where sometimes he would love the Krishna of Mahabharata and sometimes he would become Jesus like! He was schizophrenic at best and thoroughly self-centered and selfish at worst! Read this passage from this article (I have highlighted the main areas for easy reading): WE ARE therefore presented with the seeming anomaly of a Gandhi who, in Britainwhen war broke out in August 1914, instantly contacted the War Office, sworethat he would stand by England in its hour of need, and created the IndianVolunteer Corps, which he might have commanded if he hadn't fallen ill withpleurisy. In 1915, back in India, he made a memorable speech in Madras in whichhe proclaimed, "I discovered that the British empire had certain ideals withwhich I have fallen in love...." In early 1918, as the war in Europe entered itsfinal crisis, he wrote to the Viceroy of India, "I have an idea that if I becomeyour recruiting agent-in-chief, I might rain men upon you," and he proclaimed ina speech in Kheda that the British "love justice; they have shielded men againstoppression." Again, he wrote to the Viceroy, "I would make India offer all herable-bodied sons as a sacrifice to the empire at this critical moment". To some ofhis pacifist friends, who were horrified, Gandhi replied by appealing to the'Bhagavad Gita' and to the endless wars recounted in the Hindu epics, the'Ramayana' and the 'Mahabharata,' adding further to the pacifists' honor bydeclaring that Indians "have always been warlike, and the finest hymn composedby Tulsidas in praise of Rama gives the first place to his ability to strikedown the enemy." Read more

Gandhi's grandson, Rajmohan Gandhi, says that Gandhi would have resisted Osama. Rajmohan Gandhi said that his grandfather would also have tried to organise "something dramatic", perhaps a mass fast, to show how unhappy most Muslims were that their religion was being linked to terrorism. Asked what he would have made of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and the Islamist Taliban militia in Afghanistan, Rajmohan said: "He would have stood up to them." "The Muslim and non-Muslim issue was a very important issue in his life in India, and he was killed because many Hindus thought he was friendlier to the Muslims than was necessary," the former Indian parliamentarian said. "So today, he would never agree with the idea that there's something connected between Islam and violence or Islam and terrorism. He would totally oppose that idea." Rajmohan added that his grandfather "might have recommended to the Muslims of the world who were unhappy being hijacked by the terrorists to say how about demonstrating your dissociation with violence through a fast if need be" Read more

Given the worst male-female ratio in Punjab, I have always believed that Punjabis are the worst when it comes to female infanticide. But, it is really an Indian phenomenon! We are, as a nation, murderers of the worst kind!! Here is such a sickening story that it is hard to even imagine the magnitude of evil of these idiots! Read more

I think in my last post on Vande Matram I wasnt able to bring across my thoughts clearly to Mohib.. so let me explain the main argument. There were essentially two main arguments from Mohib against Vande Matram - Individual liberty (which I agree includes religious freedom) and second the context of Vande Matram (Anand Math was anti-Muslim). What I have argued against is the second argument. I think the first argument suffices for Muslims not singing the National Song. If one does not want to sing.. he/she may not! Read more

This is the map of cocaine use that was presented by Saira Mohan on intentblog. Fairly interesting to see how much New Yorkers are addicted to this: Powered by Qumana Read more

As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field, so aging and death drive the life of living beings. -Dhammapada, 135, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Read more