Mount Everest with Basanta & Party

Many thanks to Mr Basanta Singha Roy for a CD containing vidiography of their climbing and concurring the Mount Everest in the last March/April this year. Basanta the ace mountaineer and an employee in Punjab National Bank and his mate Mr Debasis Chakraborty of Income Tax Department both  hail from the working class background dreamt to concur the highest pick of the world. In translating their dream into reality, they had to arrange Rs. 72 lakhs in Indian currency which was impossible for them unless aided by some agencies including CPIM led West Bengal State Government. Both the mountaineers have exhausted their last personal resources amounting to Rs.17 lakhs only as I heard from one of their close associates, Mr. Goutam Chakraborty, an employee of the chief minister's office in Kolkata. I've no word sufficient enough to praise the gentlemen for their courageous act of scaling the Everest. But I've the best regard for these two Bengali guys for their sacrifices and success. They both aged 50 + years have proved that age was no way barrier to make it possible. Anyone can do anything if he painstakingly and passionately desires. I'm not of that group of intoxicated those who often refer a millionaire Bengali cricketer for making the Bengali nation proud. The struggle and heroic achievements of Basanta & associates are hardly promoted by the media. The CD, a publication of Moutaineers' Association of Krishnanagar, Church Road, Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal is available at www.mak.org.in . Any  person interested in extending assistance may kindly contact basanta_singha@rediffmail.com or through their mobile 09433465868 as published on the CD cover.

The Prime Minister

Recent happenings in New Delhi suggest that gentlemen have no place in power politics. Referring the state of political leadership, most of the people indicates the Indian Prime Minister can not be a corrupt. For the first time since independence the chair of the prime minister in India was decorated by a learned and honest person. A few remarks on him here and there cant convince the citizens in other way. In thousand and  one deeds, a man can commit a mistake what Indian Supreme Court indicated on his alleged negelegency and non-action on 2G or 3G spectrum. The country was convinced a few weeks ago on his prompt action against those charged for commonwealth game scam. Then what was the problem in dealing with some corrupt Tamils? Was it because of the fear for withdrawing support from the prime minister and his government? Was it because of the fear of defunct parliament engineered by a hindu party and a few others? Everything is possible. But under no circumstances, the prime minister should go from the north block of Delhi. Thats the verdict of the people.

The God Smiles !

My angel loves its lost guy. The eagerness for reunion shown on her eyes speaks volume. The world has seen her patience in accepting wrong blames. She never regretted for refusal she was awarded to by the heartless guy. To the surprise of everybody, she wished all success of her beloved guy despite she was considered as an unwanted.

God tolerates all insult to its creatures except 'unwanted'. The angel is sent as a messenger of Him. How an ordinary could brand her as unwanted was a concern to the All Mighty. He heavily came down upon the guy. The stupid broke down and accepted his guilt. The guy promised everything desirable. The angel was reunited with the human being with all fear suppressed at her heart. The God smiles and left them on the thoroughfare.            

Destination India

American president is scheduled to land India tomorrow. Accompanied by a team of policy makers in the US administration, the president is likely to sign many deals suitable to economic progression of their country. The law of the opposite will be implemented in this part of the globe with the active support of the opposites.

The stooges split twice at a time. One at the air and other at themselves. The liar always pretends to be spoken true. Some people love to be slaves to the lords and ladies. The weak like me always throws its anger on the blog.

Last April I wrote few lines on Obama. The gentleman will now visit this country with the stamp of defeat in the House of Representatives. The writing on the wall is clear that the erosion of popularity of the Democrats may compel him to reconsider his promises and deeds for the people of America.

With the exposure of financial meltdown and consequent loss of jobs, bankruptcy in banks, insurance, motor companies, some witches in the white dominated country cursed the black guy for entering the white house. As if nothing has happened after white presidents or prime ministers in other countries took up the reigns. As if the crisis didn’t touch them at all.

It is understandable that foreign policy of a democratic country has little to do with the general voters. What matters is the domestic issues and the popularity depends on handling of those burning issues. The exit poles failed largely to apprehend the defeat of the democrats. That means the huge turn out in the election rallies does not always favourably reflects in the ballot box. No one can blame the election was rigged. Then why such erosion of popularity and consequent defeat – is a million dollar question.

The gentleman has attempted to reform insurance, financial sectors so that the common men’s interests do not hamper further. The Wall Street reform is a case in point. He did not hesitate to control outsourcing of American jobs. From the national point of view what Obama advocated was right. In order to revive the loss making corporates, he funded huge public money as stimulus. Then which lobby became active to hit him hard on the face? Who were the conspirators?

The presiding over the US administration is a riding on the tiger and its only the time when the hungry man-eater will show its ugly teeth. God bless America.

Was Jinnah Right ?

Shri Lal Krishna Advani ji was pulled up by the RSS bandwagon a few years back. His only guilt was he laid wreath on graveyard of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah is seen in India as a traitor who divided India, a power lover, a Muslim fanatic and a killer of millions of Hindus and Sikh Punjabis, Hindu Sindhris etc. in communal riots soon after the declaration of independence of both the countries. In India, hardly a citizen believes that Jinnah was a peace loving person, a democrat or a secular person who extended rights to non-Muslims in Pakistan. But things are presented in a different way in a section Indian print media.

The Statesman in its 17 October 2010 issue printed a write up of ‘a veteran Pakistani commentator on public affairs’ with a title Jinnah was right . The columnist informed the readers that there was an abortive attempt to suppress Jinnah’s desire for equality of religions and the freedom to practice them all without fear or favour. In his ‘famous’ address on 11 August 1947 to Pakistani constituent assembly the secular constitution of the country was supposed to be laid. And the two countries will remain as good neighbors. But his desire was buried in his graveyard.

The fact suggests that Pakistani Constitution was drafted and passed by their legislative assembly with Islam as a state religion without any protection and rights to the non Muslims while Jinnah was very much alive. The constitution was left with many gaps by which the subsequent rulers could find many scopes to amend in favour of a theocratic and dictatorial state with very little space for democracy. Those rulers found natural friends in the enemies of India and left no stone unturned to destabilize India with the slogan of Jihad. Once I heard Benazir Bhutto raised Jihad to fight India for thousand years. Lets not to mention of those army dictators cum presidents of that country those who did nothing for their country except breeding militancy either to destroy communists of Afghanistan or to destabilize India. And the country of 63 years exists with a begging bowl is unable to protect its Muslim citizens in millions affected by the devastating flood. Yet those beggars have a choice of receiving fund of 5 million dollars from India through the UN.

I don’t require filling my empty stomach with the sale proceeds of a news paper with the publication of a sensational story. After crossing over 63 years, it’s foolish to find reasonability in Jinnah and creation of Pakistan. It’s the need of the hour is to extend all support to our brothers and sisters living life in hell with no prospect and no future. The enlightened new generation in Pakistan is no way willing to recall and repeat the history only for destruction. It is the realization of the time that the human civilization is much greater than Islam, Hindu or Christian etc. The wonderful human race living on the western frontier of India is there to contribute many things in art & culture, games & sports, science & technology and new thoughts to the world. Bin Laden & its gang will face the same fate as that of Hitler, Mussolini, Bush etc. those who failed to convert their entire nationalities to racist or fanatic barbarian.

Hey Ram !

What a shame! What a shame as an Indian! An epic hero of Ramayana turned God to many Hindu Indians for centuries. The hero is seen as an Avatar. No one found any trace of such human being in the pages of history. There are traces of Jesus, Hazrat, Buddha, Saarnath, Chaitanya, Vivekananda etc. in the history. Each great personality of his time contributed much to the welfare of human society. Shakaracharyas in Hindu also contributed much to the cultural development of Hindu society. There are lot of great sages, poets, writers like Valmiki and Vyasdev, intellectuals and social reformers those who sacrificed their entire lives for the great causes of the humanity. In Veda or Purana and in their many parts those are the great creatures of Aryan civilisation, no character like Rama or Ravana could be found there. It was none but Valmiki the great story teller of his time created the epic Ramayana. The stories in it became so popular that ferried in the society through the ballad singers. Thus the heroic struggle of an epic character was planted as a God in the mind of listners. 

The Aryans were the new entrants in the ancient Bharat Bhumi. Civilisations of Indus, Mehergarh and Dravir  were well established in this continent. The country of golden civilisations has been attacked many a time by the foreign elements in the last two millenniums. But only a few groups of them like Aryan and Mughals did not return to their respective homelands. They enriched our land and civilisations by their contributions in various fields of human development. The Vedas, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Tripitaka, Din e Elahi and many such were their creations. But it cant be accepted that an epic character like Rama would be worshiped to cause pain for other sects or believers. Similarly, no sensible person would lend support in destroying temples of Rama at Ayoddha by the Muslim invaders. So, lets not behave like fanatic and lets be tolerant to non-believers of the respective religions. Lets live in peace.

What Allahabad High Court passed verdict was a rehabilitation and recognition to the Muslim invaders and attackers on the one hand and justification of destruction of Babari Masjid by the Hindu fanatics on the other. Whatever, there was no ready made solution to the vexed issue jostling for decades. So the warring factions must be pressurised to work out a compromise formula for the greater interest of the Indian nation.

A Star In The Cloudy Sky

She is far from Partha, an young guy having beautiful mind set. She will never return from the barren land where life ends prematurely. She left her deaf & dump son in a selfish world. She died of blood cancer. Partha left no stone unturned to delay her death by spending forty thousand dollars and exhausting even his last remains. He is now drowned to debt. He is still alive with his lovely son and he moves everywhere with a happy face all the time. He never buys consolation from others and he never regrets for whatever he lost other than his beautiful wife.

At midnight I gave him a wake up call and suggested to switch on his TV set and watch an English movie DEFIANCE. On the next morning I found a message in my mobile phone, "Uncle, its unparallel" The movie upholds humanism what communist, fascist or Zionist etc. failed to deliver. Lets talk little about democracy. The movie justifies arm struggle of the people hiding in the forest and those who devoid of any preparedness for combating Nazi forces. The guy perhaps tries to find an answer in the stories he reads in the newspapers on armed actions of the ultra left forces to destabilize the Bengal's ruling brand of communist.

If one goes very close to the guy he may get his real flavour of humanity. He believes in a world of living for others who never lost faith on even a worthless lot. He never believes in lending money but extending help. His financial debt is increasing day by day for his so called stupidity. Yet he looks so tall that the debt could not supersede him.