Peacock Story

I found it beautiful bird recently. And it is actually beautiful.


One of the image is taken from National Geographic.com

Question Our Faith!

Faith is a complex phenomenon, in fact one of the most complex concept for defending our actions by ourselves [Preferably ourselves or by a group]. Faith is a symbol for our trust; faith is a symbolic representation of things in which we believe. It is the founding concept for thinking and our presence in current social hierarchy. Most of the time it related with religion but conceptually it has to divide on the lines of social and political status of individual. Again, I am not trying to go against the neo liberalism theory but I think we need to look in existence of our faith. Because in recent times when we say that time and society is changing on very fast pace then why we need to look after some rudimentary social boundaries every time when a liberalist try to cross it. I am not defending wrong for sake of proving it right and I am invigilating a process of thinking which is imposed in the name or our culture. I remember three different incidents, which took place in recent times, which actually forces me to re-look my stance on my thinking over Indian faith. One of the incidents is MF Hussain’s (Famous Artist) painting of Bharat Mata. Another one was Baroda Univeristy case in which a student’s art work was destroyed by goons and gundas of the so called ‘Hindu Sevaks’ belong to right wing semi-political organizations, Bajarang Dal and RSS. Another incident was related to the ban of English channels in Maharashtra for almost 5 months for showing nudity on TV.

Complaint was filed by a conscious woman, who was arguing for keeping basic moral values in TV channels in front of court. Now all three incidents were pointing to one direction of forceful mobility of Indian Junta towards a labyrinth, which was founded on the basis of weak political architecture of Indian society. If we can influence people then we are the people who can be influenced by wrong forces inadvertently. There should a question on offence but not every incident needs to be look by every one. Baroda university student’s artwork was very private to his academic society but illegal and forceful intervention by ‘Gundas’ in such cases are very meaning less and subjected to legal case against school body and against people involved in such offence. The knowledge of anatomy of human body should not be questioned when it is in a very private sphere, also when it is subjected to art or a psychology which is protecting your interests in a shell of artwork. Today Hindi channels are showing more explicit content then English channels in terms of content. More nudity released on Hindi channels then English channels. I just want to say that eventual loss of freedom is unacceptable, selcouth and criminal in some way and we need to question on that.

Courtsey :- Outlook for Images

I for friend

Deterring Indian Democracy

What is election?

It is a process of electing leaders by people who are responsible for pushing typical Indian society on the path of development.
It comes to the picture when you have little bit of idea of any thing and you want someone to volunteer for your voice, for your sake.
Election could be of any type and could take place anywhere and any kind of system i.e. democracy, monarchy or anarchy.
Here we’ll talk about the meaning to the election with respect to the Indian democratic/diplomatic/political system.

What is a political party?

It is an ideology, which can influence people for their achievements.

What are people?

They are influenced people, who are actually wanted to be addressed by political party for their own interests.

These three elements are the key features of a democratic system, which are responsible for ideal function of system of democracy. Indeed, it is bounded by the idea of transparency, integrity, and sovereignty of constitution and people's power.

These were the ideal and key elements of any electoral system persist in democracy and its functionalities.


When you talk about UP political region, in fact Indian political electoral system- it is persistent that over the years the qualification criteria for participating in an election has been mould by administrative bodies, bourgeois as well as political leaders for their own interests.
Quality of leaders in terms of responsibility has been degrade with respect to the leaders appeared after independence India. Judicial system had been overused and misused by the political parties and in fact it looses the grip over people’s confidence as the insemination of corruption into judicial and civil services. Though it is evident from the current condition of rural areas, which contains around 70 % of social status on which whole of Indian agricultural production depends upon has been in the grip of insecurity in terms of their future on this land.
All political parties formed decentralized ideological framework, which works on cast status, industrial influence, and only motive of vote bank politics. Some times it looks quite absurd after hearing that only 20 % of voters turns back on the litmus test of politicians in some election. Take case of Mumbai BMC election in 2007.
How are we moving into 21 century, which is absurdly defined by Rahul Gandhi? Why people of Congress party are forcing them to come under rule of Gandhi dynasty again when it is about to reach an end.
What is the meaning of making a statement “If somebody from Gandhi Family would have been in the Government than Babri demolition had not happened.” Knowing the fact that Rajiv Gandhi has opened the door of Babri and founded the foundation of Ram mandir besides Babri Masjid. It was something like they playing with peoples sentiments and trying to woo the votes from different community by founding the dividing lines between Hindu and Muslims.
“Tilak, Taraaju or Talwaar : Inko Maaro Jute Char “[ Brhmins , Baniyas and Thakurs should be beaten with shoes.], This was the electoral slogan of Bahujan Samaj Party in 2003 election which was definitely not inspired from any provoking developmental activities but based on the dividing lines of political parties like Samajwadi Party , BJP and Congress. And distances at that time between communities of dalits, muslims, brahimns and ahirs gave chance to SP to form UP government. Now the political scenario has been changed for the time being as people of UP are more media focused and really crying for fulfillment of basic amenities. Which in turn forced political parties to change their face which results in more covered area in terms of voters.
For this parties like BSP appointed some Brahmin [ Mishra] to the chief secretary post of BSP, which is actually against the original BSP ideology. But Mayavati, who has capability of overcome the common discontent of his fellow party men, has emerges as new avatar to Bahujan Samaj Party as exit polls are clearly indicating that this time (2007) election is in favor of BSP in UP with 45% voting turn around.
Real reason for the defeat for SP, which is in power right now, could be excessive problems like poverty, minority rights, exploitation, health, food, and power for industry as well as small-scale business and class difference. According to me It was expected because in such crisis situation where administration, judiciary and government is not able to deliver what people needs or requires in near future, such situation for grabbing the driving seat is inevitable. This kind of electoral commune is following the kind of zigzag motion in terms of ruling into government while people’s mandate is not clear.
Same situation has evolved mostly in every state of India that once one party will rule and in next election they will leave chief ministers seat for other party’s leader.
This is something like “Shared Personnel Political Business”, which is again a typical form of bullshit for future of Indian democracy.

Lot more to come.................

Commenting on "IITans are big fools"

Question doesnt lies behind the tag name of IITians or IIMs but the answer is behind the usability of blackboard. It is not surprising if I say that handful of IITans can not reform the present social and technological divisions with respect to present India because IITians have tuned with such curriculum which can not provide scientists who can work on Indian nuclear vision or space technology. It is a factory outlet of engineers who are moving into IT/Telco service industry, which is nothing but an illusion for an imagination for seeing India as superpower in many terms. Where is India’s manufacturing units ,production houses? Whole industrial sector is manipulated and monopolized in such a way that ; small sectors are able to pace with them. We defend ourselves that we have our own ideas, which can excel; provided the necessary opportunity. But whole financing/banking sector is maneuver with such schemes in which they always intended to fool customers with some hidden costs and this is our MBA wallas are studying in this industry. They are studying for selling credit cards and making plans.
And I think people and these industrial trends are whole sole responsible for this because they are nurturing their profit only, they are not seeking future of India in it.
I’m not satisfied with this kind of briefing of such policies and problems but it is quite ubiquitous to watch such problems on some forums of social discussions.
Now question is; what is the solution?
I think we need to reform and restructure our basic education system, primary system of education because it is the system or interface with which young minds interacts and which is not possible without the intervention of government and definitely industry has to play a strong and supportive role in this regard. Because industry is creating employment; so they cannot be ignored. But they are creating wealth and wealth of information; they have their own social network of people, they have their won independent systems and human resources. So Industry, government and people can strategize the future not of tomorrow but of India in 2020 or so.

Again NDA, How?

I always used to think about what kind of voters are we? I mean to say to whom we want to choose.

Secondly on what are the problems on which political parties are making foundation of next government.

Constitution talks about right to vote but doesn’t suggest about how to vote and whom to vote. Election commission of India is an independent body but it has influences. They are the main content providers for the elections organized in India; they have right to regulate the rules and right to prosecute the fault. Now what they have done to this process where it is clear that they allow many politicians to play into the battle field who are having criminal cases pending with the different legal courts. After all this is India; We are spiritual; We gave chance to every one to improve; We belong to the history of Prithivi Raj Chauhan who had defeated Mehmood Gajni for 17 times and had mercy on him everytime except the 18 times when Gajni attacked again. And this is not only one incidence of intruding our boundaries but it had happen several times again and again.

Election commission has unique role to play in organizing elections in India. Apart from putting all information on Internet they have to come to a point where they can reach to common men’s understanding of his role in to choosing his leader.

Current approach of election commission is quite restrictive in nature and it comes to picture first time when some elections are schedule for next month. They make a leg of 3-4 years knowingly so that Indian mass could not educated about the electoral and democratic institutions and remain ignorant about their authority. And this is the thing, which Indian politicians want most to protect their seat from authoritative capture from some legitimate politicians and leaders.

Now what they can do?

They have to start educating the voters and Indian villagers. They have to start making informative pamphlets for elections rules, regulation and all things about electoral rights to make them authoritative, decisive and key player.

Second point, which I want to make that India, had been independent from last 58 years.

It was political and social need of Indian democracy of that time to follow the dynasty system in a democratize representation of government. But it was urgent need of the political and social system to emulate them selves from the dynastical democracy. After all it was independence fought for people’s rule.

The beginning was done with Indian National Congress represented by Nehru. It was new system of ruling, which was, introduces to Indian Maharajas and Nawabs. Of course it was not acceptable to their legacy as they are bound to rule over people from years. But things were revived for the future with explanations to need of the time and using force some times.

Industrialization was done without giving a thought to its existence and need in Indian context. Nehru was trying to overcome the idea of Gandhian philosophy of developing rural population first by industrializing and submitting nation to the machines driven economic and social system.

Gandhi was right because he know that Indian population need to be developed by their character of making things their own for their self estimation of future growth with respect to global standards and identity.

But it was unfortunate that we symbolize Gandhi as symbol of idealism too early.

India was running with the problem of poverty, unemployment, Jamindaari, Health, Education, Water, Child Marriage, Women’s rights, Inflation, Cast, Human Rights, Child labor, sex ratio and many more. Some problems have been eradicated on paper completely but they do exist in thoughts and actions of current time as well like Jamindaari[Assuming some politicians, Industrialists as Jamindaars of present time ].

But most of the problems are still there for ‘Janta’ to face. Now these are the problems, which remain as target for opposite political front to put pressure on government and draw some lines to influence their vote bank.

They are not solving problems but targeting them for next scheduled elections. This is preposterous face drawn by Indian political system on their own.

This is almost a zigzag motion of representation of ruling government in the legislative assembly after 1990. Before it was Congress only.

This is almost a negligible fact about ruling government in center for people. It doesn’t make any difference because problems are not addressed at ground level and chance is given to the next government See Punjab case].

So it would not be a surprise for me that next government in center is of NDA. But then next one will be of Congress only with oscillating allies.

Feel good Factor: My Sketches, Painting till now

Rediscovered: I'm putting these sketches first time on internet and filled with eternal joy. Not expressible in words.












The Aristocratic Krishna
















Divinity Personified





















One of my best sketch ( completly with Pencils)





















Divine Zohra





















Ek Hasina hai:Kate




Shadow of Nehru
















Color Combined




















Love, What else!

















I don't understand her.






















The Inner world





















Aish-Aish





















First Challenge






















Movie was planned on this one.

Blair Britain, Brutal Again

Commenting on An article Victims of “Arbitrariness gone mad” published in The Hindu’s editorial on 15 Feb 2006

We have gone through the times of India under the different rulers of the time. Mugal rulers had exploited Indian masses and ad joint them with a kind of religious inferiority which lead Indian Nawab’s to the exploitative mood towards common men with the chord of Jamindaari, restrictive nature of expression of revolutionary ideas and decaying social expressiveness of any individual and value attached to it. Claim for religious harmony or superiority is evident from there historic establishment of Islamic Monuments with architectural uniqueness side to the Hindu temple and sacred places. The conceptual establishment of mugal time was embossed in the attitude of Indian junta and they forgot to resist the invasion on their cultural inland of social system, once assumed to be perfect in its nature of implementation in social hierarchy of contemporary India.

Now when race came down to the hands of British businesspersons, an inferiority complex injected into the bloodlines of Indian people with no attempt to overcome it completely. I read somewhere during my reading practice that British is the race to rule over world. Now they have proved it through time. However, my point of agony is that why are we not trying to overcome the feeling of being ruled by some one? This is not the time for ruling but time for cooperation to shape a better world for living.

In such kind of scientific advancement in ideology and emotions we are suppose to expand our social and political circle in such a way so that we can protect people in inner shell of it and our outer shell should not disturb others boundary of living.

Now the article of The Hindu is one such type of case of exploitative mood of government for young and skilled migrant to Britain/Europe for public services.

Some years back it was like when Britain was eager to see appointment of high skilled Indian medical representatives into their National Health Services. They were doing so because of there was not enough supply of homegrown medical officers and practitioners in Britain. Now to promote the specific working culture in Britain the British government moulds the whole process of immigration to make the seats available for foreign placements into the heath services. Britain was so desperate to attract good doctors from anywhere it could get them that even normal immigration rules did not apply to those willing to work long hours and without complaining to racial discrimination and abuse.

But now that the country has started to produce more medical graduates that it can find jobs for, and hard-working doctors from other European Union countries are knocking at the door, the Indian steel frame of the national health services are facing demolition.

Now it is right that when they are starts producing their own doctors for serving into different service sectors, a distinct appointment service started for their inclusion in the core service area. However, to make the policies in such a way that it creates a chaos among the doctors and students of Non- European ethnicity for evacuating country on short notice is injustice to them.

Where legal system and diplomatic ties and talks between countries are shaping in a new direction for better life for people across the boundaries and we assume the relationship between countries are high on the foundation of scientific advancement of logic for better status to life.

Now this is some kind of poor system of governance, which prevailed after regular intervals for non-European emigrants to Britain. Initially it was for Shikhs for putting some religious restrictions on their social forum of living and then it comes to framing high security zones across the daily routine of muslims in London/Britain/world( infact) after terrorist attacks last year.

Now this hypocrite policy making by British Government when these retrospective application of new rules may, in fact, be in breach of European convention on Human Rights creating embarrassment when one newspaper recently published a photograph of a doctor queuing up outside the Sri-MahaLakshmi temple in east London for free meals.

Here doctors are not the only victims of the rules made on the hop but many non-medical professionals and entrepreneurs also find themselves unwanted because of the recent changes to the eligibility requirements for British residency. They came down to Britain because of shortage in High skilled areas of IT and investment areas under high skilled migration program. Now things have been changed, in fact, reluctant for induction of skilled labor in the Britain except in needed areas.

Even first hand, plea has been rejected and pending in high court ruling after showing support from NHS , BMA and other related activists.

This is concern of all that where are we heading towards with open hands to cut down at any moment. This issue needs a high-end Indian government interaction with government of Britain, which at least can ensure a relief to those who are right now quagmired into the system of bureaucracy and substandard ruling of democratic labor party of Britain.

Indian National Flag: A Second Thought

There is no controvercy attached to this article but it is my second thought to current interpretation to the sovereignity to the Indian national flag and its history.

The color combination was profound in its nominations and have certainly a history which is a sympathetic bondage between age old Hindu-Muslim religious invasions of their own freedom of objective understanding in invidual domain of human life.
It was evident from the colors which were choosen by Indian National Congress at time of their representation to the people in fight against colonial rule. Althought it was a strong issue to fetch attention from our freedom fighters ;political as well as nationalists; to have a bridge between these two communities as it was due cause to the division of power against british rule.
And also only weapon left to the 'Firangi Sarkaar' to extend their presence in India as Ruler to this nations.
However, country divided into India and Pakistan for the settlement of people after british left the country and India founded under the rule of democratic powers, theoretically atleast.
Since it was Indian National Congress which is representing mass of India, I dont know under which theory; But It was their official flag which became the National flag of India after slight modification to its design and also the theoretical explanation to the color combination given by India's first vice president admitting that there is no communal feeling attached to it any more.
In his words
"Bhagwa or the saffron colour denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work. The white in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct. The green shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends. The "Ashok Chakra" in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of Dharma. Truth or Satya, dharma or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag. Again, the wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change."

I'm trying to convince myself that how things can change with no change in things.

Story of an Old Camera: Disguise Of Present Time

Though I have misused it many times that’s why my Camera forgot me and left for an unfinished journey to find out his ideal or most suitable 'Mallik' ( Owner) exempted with fake glamour, owner with great human values and pride, owner who seeks his multi dimensional photo frame in creativity, owner of enthusiasm with an élan to capture the image of sun, owner who has courage to climb the mount Everest and use myself to capture the most joyous event of life; the victorious moment.

Usually he tried to talk to me about his needs, his attitude, his way of life in which he desire to capture the life in different frames but my greedy nature never allow me to think beyond my long lasting fulfillment of intoxicated desire with respect to common ground for enjoying human life. I forget him before the opera of white skinned nudity or I caught in the deepness of social sickness for my amorous appetite, I forgot his desire to discover a new passion of life, which leads generations to pinnacle of life and evolve them from the penchant of idealness, morality, deep rooted leadership and respect for all being, I forgot so I lost him at last. I live with him almost three years and he must have reminded me around thousand times to take care of his needs but I never thought about his need in due course of my fantasy for money, fantasy for sex and violence, remarkable hold of corruption in society and remains of great cultural identity and destruction of historical events marked in great Indian history. Media, my partner has lost his identity in dogmatic principle of capitalism and ideological flow of west. Creativity was his core strength to put a multi dimensional light on the bureaucracy of contemporary times, overflowing political corruptness and duality of current economic strength of nation like India.
Though I had used my Camera for manifestation of the sexual heterodoxy on ‘Page Three’ in some ‘Times of India…’ regularly to make my identity on the same plane but it was a complete lost of identity in fact a dogmatic lost of purpose for it was driven to hands of contemporary Media. I have created many school of negative thought like pornography, breaching of private life, political violence in the name of Religion and Race, criminalization, sexual atrocities, gender inequality and massacre of humanity and programme for purposeless publicity. Every flash of him reminded me of shivering naked truth situated before my eyes and nervousness hovering on my body is witnessing the existence of remaining ethical values in mankind but I was suffering from megalomania and became the victim of dilemma between crossovers of boundaries. I completely lost in another world that were fulfilling my fantasies. Subjectivity of naked truth in front of camera jolted me from inside but my eyes weakened to the state where I could not distinguished between thinking and doing of myself which were followed by a dilemma of pluralism of life and languished to a situation of amnesia. Every time I was using him for selfish purpose and yet again I was deceiving myself.
Was it a chronological stride towards postmodern era, which is pointing towards the selfish nature of social events and its pertaining organizers? Or it was an unscrupulous attempt of institutional power to keeping juvenile intellect to away from the main play ground of science and humanity.
I think it is undiscovered disguise of present time to fulfill our desire in order to find out new cultural identity that is indeed contaminated with the undesired elements which are having properties of exploiting science and humanity and up to some extant the autonomy and hegemony of static boundaries.
I have weakened the foundation of my own home with my own hands and become the victim of vengeance, which is regenerative and destructive in nature.
Parameters needed to conclude the event, which is representing the whole mechanizing world, which has a strong hold upon the daily life of mankind. Eventually it can be speculated to conclude that there is a need to discover the occult science with help of theses materialistic things to see the pervasive effect on human kind and to refrain from pathway, which leads to degeneration of human kind.

Congress Election Manifesto: Back to some fifty years ago

The congress has always stood for the Indian people. In the past it offered a plateform to all sections of the community who aspired for national Independence. As the national independence deepened, it succedded in unifying different sections and their conflicting interests in the common fight against Britain. When independence was won, there was considerable speculation about the future of Congress ( Indian National Congress) and the role it could play in a free India. Political freedom had been the rallying point. Would the congress be able to maintain its hold on the people after its major task had been accomplished? The question was relevent and natural, but it did not become urgent or insistent enough not to brook any delay. For political freedom came with partition, the ravages of which had immediatly to be repaired. There was also question of native stated which had be integrated with the british administrative services under the aegis of Mr. Mountbetton ( then governer general of India) . As power was transferred to Congress it automatically bacame the depository of the nations trust, its hands were full with pressing and urgent problems which demanded immediate attention.

The first Government formed at the center was consciously made into a Government of the best talents then available in the country, and though it was the congress party which formed it, pains were taken to give it a national character. Then came the consitituion and the first general elections which the Congress fought as a party and won. Since then, Congress has functioned as party but is has nevertheless continued to claim abd retain the allegiance of nearly all sections of the people. In the next five years instead of opinions being crystallised on party lines and other parties gaining in strenght and organising themselves effectively in order to bring about a different alignment of political forces, oposition has not ceased but it has failed to get politically organised.

On the eve of the second general elections that the Congress will fight, therefore, its election manifesto cannot be and should not be judged as the programme of a single party which the voter is free to accept or reject. It is useless to ask today is it that Congress is the only party that contends for political power. The election manifesto has to be judged by other standards. The Congress has to satisfy the people from whom it draws its strenght that it is responsive to their aims and aspirations and that it can give the fittest expression to them and that even in the implementation of its various policies, it will win the active support of the people and uphold the faith of those who put their trust in.


EPW.

How do we remember Saddam Hussain? -I

History is quite fond of people and in the time they live in. Sometimes apearance is meticulously marked for future in history pages however some images loose their identity due to political and social pressure of that time. But certainly these people and time have meaningful life to fetch the ubiquitous zeal of submitting a sparking source to the collection political and social history of time.

Saddam Hussain was one of the personalities on whom coming generations can doubt under the shadow of anarchy in present Iraq with the image of political corruptness and tyrannical, apostate, dictator of present time.

This article of mine is an attempt to follow the time in which Saddam Hussain Al-Tikriti lived and also an attempt to delineate the image which Saddam carry after the cruel execution of him under the eye of US led government and its allies.

He was born on april 28 1937 in the town of Al-Awja 13 km from the Iraqi town of Tikrit in the Sunni Triangle, to a family of shepherds from the al-Begat tribal group.

Early childhood of Saddam was quite cruel in nature from as his stepfather Ibrahim al-hassan treated him very harshly and due to that, he fled to Iraq at the age of ten and lived with his uncle Kharaillah Tulfah. Moreover, this time was almost responsible for shaping of his psyche with not accepting mode of cruel intentions of nature over his body and soul, emphasis mine.

However, certainly there were events in his life, which inoculate his mind for humanity some times, which results in form of question over humanity in present era of rising global powers as defendant of peace over world.

Tulfah, the father of Saddam's future wife, was a devout Sunni Muslim and a veteran from the Iraqi-British war of 1941. Later in his life, relatives from his native Tikrit would become some of his closest advisors and supporters. According to Saddam, he learned many things from his uncle, a militant Iraqi nationalist. Under the guidance of his uncle, he attended a nationalistic secondary school in Baghdad. After secondary school, Saddam studied at Iraq's School of Law for three years, prior to dropping out in 1957, at the age of twenty, to join the revolutionary pan-Arab Ba'ath Party, of which his uncle was a supporter. During this time, Saddam apparently supported himself as a secondary school teacher.

Revolutionary sentiment was characteristic of the era in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. The stranglehold of the old elites (the conservative monarchists, established families, and merchants) was breaking down in Iraq. Moreover, the populist pan-Arab nationalism of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt would profoundly influence the young Ba'athist, even up until his death. The rise of Nasser foreshadowed a wave of revolutions throughout the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s, which would see the collapse of the monarchies of Iraq, Egypt, and Libya. Nasser challenged the British and French, nationalized the Suez Canal, and strove to modernize Egypt and unite the Arab world politically.

In 1958, a year after Saddam had joined the Ba'ath party, army officers led by General Abdul Karim Qassim overthrew Faisal II of Iraq. The Ba'athists opposed the new government, and in 1959, Saddam was involved in the attempted United States-backed plot to assassinate Qassim.

Now from here Saddam starts expansion of his political regime with global world powers that in turn creating the covert grave for Saddam Hussain by seeing his growing power and impression on Ba’ath party members and ofcourse on Iraqi peoples.

Having exultant attitude towards capturing the regime of Iraq with diplomatic psyche of politics he was exacerbating in the house of his own people with the growing threat of mass murder, executions, political imprisonment, merciless beatings, eye gougings, electric shock, amputations, beheadings, rape rooms, lethal concentration camps, assassinations and religious persecution.

Severity is still to discuss and will appear in next part of this article soon to follow the political life of Saddam Hussain and involvement of US-led diplomatic and shrewd policies into the making of new Iraqi dictator of that time also its effect on Iraq's political and economical career with restpect to the global acknowledgement of quality of human living standards accross the boundaries. In factIt was a starting point for the new identity of Iraq which was shaping through the hands and mind of its new president, new man in the army The Saddam Hussain.

First Shadow of My Lady

This is not complete yet. I'm still working on it.

This is for my dear friend Udayan.

Founding one Hundred Years of All India Muslim League 1906-2006

Mr. M.A. Jinnah ( Founder of Pakistan)

The Lost Kohinoor

It was from the memories of my childhood when I read my history textbooks with expired interest due to colossal collection of events and facts written across the thousand pages. At that time, I heard and read about 'Kohinoor' a precious stone and fascinated with the glory with this piece of precious stone shadowed with. That was the time when the quest to know more about this diamond, the glory hide inside my unconscious. And this is the time after more than 15 years when it comes to the swirling and rejuvenating memory of mine again during contemplation of this historical object, which is some kind of history in itself, it created a need to introspect to drive through the marked history that Kohinoor had in form of either a war history or inform of conspiracy model of long journey through time.



Kohinoor [Mountain of Light ] Picture is in right

Assuming history as a source of knowledge and information of events, some say that the Kohinoor was originally founded more than 5000 years ago, and is mentioned in ancient Sanskrit writings under the name of Syamantaka. Devout Hindus claims that Lord Krishna himself obtained the diamond from Jambavantha, whose daughter Jambavati later married Krishna. The legend says that the diamond was stolen from Krishna as he lay sleeping. By contrast, another source has it that the diamond was discovered in a riverbed in 3200 BC.

Historical evidence suggests that the Kohinoor originated in Golconda kingdom, in Hyderabad state of Andhra Pradesh, one of the world's earliest diamond producing regions. South Indian folklore is definite in claiming a local origin for the stone. It is certain that the stone was mined in India, as until the 19th century India was the only place in the world where diamonds were known. It is likely that the diamond was mined in the Kollur mines in the present day Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The Khilji dynasty at Delhi ended in 1320 A.D and Ghiasuddin Tughlaq ascended the Delhi throne. Tughlaq sent his son Ulugh Khan in 1323 to defeat the Kakatiya king Pratapa Rudra. Ulugh Khan’s raid was repulsed but he returned in a month with a larger and determined army. The unprepared army of Warangal was defeated. The loot, plunder and destruction of Warangal continued for months. Loads of gold, diamonds, pearls and ivory were carried away to Delhi on elephants and camels. The Koh-i-noor diamond was part of the booty. From then onwards, the stone passed through the hands of successive rulers of the Delhi sultanate, finally passing to Babur, the first Mughal emperor, in 1526.

The first confirmed note historically mentioning the Kohinoor by an identifiable name dates from 1526. Babur mentions in his memoirs, the Baburnama, that the stone had belonged to an un-named Rajah of Malwa in 1294. Babur held the stone's value to be such as to feed the whole world for two days. The Baburnama recounts how this Rajah of Malwa was compelled to yield his prized possession to Alauddin Khilji; it was then owned by a succession of dynasties that ruled the Delhi sultanate, finally coming into the possession of Babur himself in 1526, following his victory over the last ruler of that kingdom. However, the Baburnama was written c.1526-30; Babur's source for this information is unknown, and he may have been recounting the hearsay of his day. He did not at that time call the stone by its present name, but despite some debate about the identity of 'Babur's Diamond' it seems likely that it was the stone which later became known as Kohinoor.

At that time it was said to weigh 793 carats, but through some incredibly ham-fisted cutting and polishing by a jeweller named Borgio it was reduced to 186 carats. Borgio had been working on it for years, but so enraged was Aurungzebe (the Emperor at the time) at the result that he confiscated all Borgio's worldly goods and contemplated executing him as well.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan — famous for building the Taj Mahal — had the stone placed into his ornate Peacock Throne. When Shah Jahan's son, Aurangazeb, put his ailing father under house arrest at nearby Agra Fort, legend has it that he had the Kohinoor stationed against a window so that Shah Jahan could look at the stone and see the Taj reflected in it. There it stayed until the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739 and the sacking of Agra and Delhi. Along with the Peacock Throne, he also carried off the Koh-i-noor to Persia in 1739. It was allegedly Nadir Shah who exclaimed Koh-i-Noor, the mountain of light! When he finally managed to obtain the famous stone and this is how the stone gained its present name. There is no reference to this name before 1739.

The valuation of the Kohinoor is given in the legend that one of Nadir Shah's consorts supposedly said, 'If a strong man should take five stones, and throw one north, one south, one east, and one west, and the last straight up into the air, and the space between filled with gold and gems, that would equal the value of the Koh-i-noor'

After the assassination of Nadir Shah in 1747 it came into the hands of Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan. In 1830, Shah Shuja, the deposed ruler of Afghanistan, managed to flee with the Kohinoor diamond. He then came to Lahore, the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, where it was given to the Sikh Maharaja (King) of Punjab Ranjit Singh, in which after, in return, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was able to persuade the East India Company to lend their troops and win back the Afghan throne for Shah Shuja. Ranjit Singh crowned himself as the ruler of Punjab and willed the Koh-i-noor to Jagannath Temple in Orissa while on his deathbed in 1839. But there was dispute about this last-minute testament, and in any case it was not executed. On March 29, 1849, the British flag was hoisted on the citadel of Lahore and the Punjab was formally proclaimed to be part of the British Empire in India. One of the terms of the Treaty of Lahore, the legal agreement formalising this occupation, was as follows:

The gem called the Koh-i-Noor which was taken from Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk by Maharajah Ranjit Singh shall be surrendered by the Maharajah of Lahore to the Queen of England.

The Governor-General in charge for the ratification of this treaty was Lord Dalhousie. More than anyone, Dalhousie was responsible for the British acquiring the Koh-i-Noor, in which he continued to show great interest for the rest of his life. Dalhousie's work in India was sometimes controversial, and his acquisition of the diamond, amongst many other things, was criticised by some contemporary British commentators. Although some suggested that the diamond should have been presented as a gift to the Queen, it is clear that Dalhousie felt strongly that the stone was a spoil of war, and treated it accordingly. Writing to his friend Sir George Cooper in August of 1849, he stated this:

The Court [of the East India Company] you say, are ruffled by my having caused the Maharajah to cede to the Queen the Koh-i-noor; while the 'Daily News' and my Lord Ellenborough [Governor-General of India, 1841-44] are indignant because I did not confiscate everything to her Majesty... [My] motive was simply this: that it was more for the honour of the Queen that the Koh-i-noor should be surrendered directly from the hand of the conquered prince into the hands of the sovereign who was his conqueror, than it should be presented to her as a gift -- which is always a favour -- by any joint-stock company among her subjects. So the Court ought to feel.

Dalhousie arranged that the diamond should be presented by Maharaja Ranjit Singh's successor, Duleep Singh, to Queen Victoria in 1851. Duleep travelled to the United Kingdom to do this. The presentation of the Kohinoor to Queen Victoria was the latest in the long history of transfers of the stone as a spoil of war. It was later proclaimed by Indian government on the return of Kohinoor to India claiming Duleep singh as an 16 year old boy as king, as innocent child, who was not aware the historical and cultural values associated with the precious Kohinoor.

The Kohinoor was first displayed to the British public or in fact to this scale of public at the Great Exhibition staged in Hyde Park, London in 1851. Although the diamond was showing the brilliant in itself in terms of its size and shape but some elite thinkers or valuators thought and quest that the stone is displaying insufficient fire. It was decided to re-cut it from its original Indian form, and a member of the Amsterdam firm of Costar was called to London to cut the stone. A steam-driven cutting wheel was set up, and Prince Albert see the stone on the wheel, while the Duke of Wellington started it. The cutting took 38 days, but did not add much to the stone's brilliance. It was rather believed that the cutting diminished the historical value of the diamond. In addition, the value reduced to the 105.603 carats. Later the stone was mounted in a tiara with more than two thousand other diamonds. And used in several celebrations in Royal house and later it is been procured in crown of jewels after the death of Queen Elizabeth ( Queen mother) in 2002.

After the historical description of associated events in transfer of Kohinoor from hand to hand in very brief and chronological time frame it can be said that there is a conspiracy associated with it with respect to the persuasion of this great stone which has a distinct cultural meaning for the inhabitants of different regions where this stone was there for some time. Now after having a close look to the events, this diamond was either looted by some mogul dictator or been snatched away by the British conspirators. Historically this diamond belong to India and have lineage of history and a cultural style which was persistently been a part of India as people said that India was a country of Gold before looted by her British invaders. India was been exploited by it mogul ruler and East India company at last. Now this is the time when we are approaching towards a global identity with predefined intellectual associations with future, we need to acquire our cultural inheritance by regaining our precious emblems through diplomatic talks. Although the Kohinoor is one of the Noors[Crown], which India had before long years of slavery under different rulers of different regions, but we cannot eviscerate this precious and meaningful object from our historical inheritance to procure our unique cultural style in this globalize village of present time.

Follow-up :Sino-India war 1962

Indian soldiers struggle to move artillery into position in 1962.

Founding Sino-India War-1962

"All our old maps dealing with the frontier should be carefully examined and, where necessary, withdrawn. New maps should be printed showing our northern and north-eastern frontier without any reference to any 'line'. These new maps should also not state there is any undemarcated territory...this frontier should be considered a firm and definite one which is not open to discussion with anybody."

On July 1, 1954 Nehru wrote a memo to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of External Affairs.

Engineering Exploited

Humanity is inside the cuts.

Boundary,n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, seperating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
-Ambrose Bierce

But if images are the base for making decisions or you can say our thinking is driven out of every image resides in our mind. Than how 'imaginary' could be imaginary?
Isn't it refelection of reality?

or the above sentence by Ambrose is portraying the wrong image.

Is it a Mirror?

Interpretation constitute decision over images of many kind residing in our mind. We gave it an order , modify it according to our needs and present it for others to play with their emotions. And the after effect reflect on our face to show that life is beautiful. I interpreted life as a mirror in which you can not see your image but you could the collection of images of people sorrounding to you. And creation of your emotions and facial expressions created when you saw them weeping, laughing and cheering. And that make you angry or happy.