Military Diplomacy

Military Diplomacy

Minister of state for external affairs Gen VK Singh has tweeted with the hashtag "DISGUST" after attending the Pakistan Day celebrations in the country's high commission in New Delhi on Monday evening.

Singh, a former Army chief, attended the event where several Kashmiri separatist leaders including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Yaseen Malik were also present.

Singh, who was in the party for just a few minutes, didn't appear comfortable while sitting next to Pakistani high commissioner Basit Ali.

"The government of India had to sent an MoS. They sent me and I went there and came back," he said replying to a question about his presence at the reception by a reporter.

Asked specifically whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to attend the event at the Pakistani high commission, he said, "The government of India asked me to go there."

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Adolf Hitler was a dictator. But, some of the practices Hitler team adopted was the best practices. 

For instance, when some officer got upset; that officer had to wait for 72 hours, before making a complaint. Emergency situations were exceptions. 

The reason for 72 hours cooling-time is; by that time, the officer may cool down and may just ignore the incident and carry on with his or her work. Even if they make the complaint, they may be careful in choosing the words. 

Had General VK Singh adopted the 72 hours cooling-time policy, his tweet would have been very diplomatic. Instead of creating chaos and confusion, it would have been a very meaningful quote.

Certainly, #DUTY & #DISGUST are not about diplomacy; they are all about military.

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Good Team. Bad Results.

You may form a team with great achievers; but if you assign them wrong task, the results would have been the worst.

For instance, you form a team with Sachin Tendulker, AR Rahman & Vidya Balan.

If you ask all of them to clean their streets as part of Clean India program; that will work.

But, if you assign them some serious tasks, you need to be very careful.

If you ask, AR Rahman to be Minister of Sports; 

Vidya Balan to be Minister of Finance; 

and Sachin Tendulker for Minister of Culture; the results may not be excellent.

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General VK Singh may perform well, if he follows the path of General Zia-ul-haq.

Member of Parliament and Minister of External Affairs - do not fit for General.

The best position is, Defense Minister.

MP & Diplomacy; it is a very ineffective decision.

Military & Diplomacy do not go together.  Diplomacy is burden to General VK Singh. The General VK Singh is burden to Modi government. All these ineffective assignments are burden to India.

Ecological Sanitation

"The world can't sustain this toilet"

If you are, one of the millions who tends to 'flush and forget' on a regular basis, chances are you're dumping up to 22 liters of drinkable water every day, one three- to six-liter flush at a time.

But the problem doesn't stop there. What follows — the 'forget' part of the toilet experience — is the long and costly process of sanitizing the water that was clean before you answered nature's call.

In the developed world, the flush toilet is our only direct link to the enormous — and exorbitant — engineering feat that is the modern urban sanitation system: the sewers, filtration plants, water treatment facilities, and finally, treated water disposal channels that send the scrubbed water into our rivers and lakes.  

Using so much water per flush unnecessarily increases the volume of our waste and the cost of its transportation and treatment, ecologists say.

If you don't put waste in water in the first place, then you don't have to spend money to remove it at the back end. 

The process also leaves a huge carbon footprint, says Rose George, author of The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters. In the UK, she says, "the sewage system uses as much energy as what the largest coal fire station in the [country] produces" — about 28.8 million tones of carbon dioxide a year.  

But the fundamental shift in how we think about our waste, and by extension, dispose of it, needs to be to stop mixing liquids and solids, says the WTO's Sim. "The human body is designed to separate solids from liquid waste," and we should follow suit, he says. By separating fecal matter from urine at the source in what's called a "urine diversion toilet," a wider ecological system of waste disposal becomes possible. Solids can be composted for fertilizer and harvested for methane gas. Urine can be used to produce phosphorous and nitrogen and clean, drinkable water.

Ecological sanitation, as this call to arms is known in toilet circles, is already up and running in many spots around the world. In rural China, 15.4 million homes convert methane into power from what normally went down the pit behind the house. Household waste is stored in a state-subsidized "digester," a kind of metal stomach that breaks down the matter and releases methane gas which is trapped for reuse. In the French city of Lille, a small fleet of ten buses are also using methane, gleaned from the city's poop. And in some Indian villages, simple latrines have been built that separate waste and use it to produce compost and fertilizer at a per capita cost infinitesimally lower than any waste management budget in the West.

Trade MLA & MP

Pakistan Politics

"Horse Trading." It is just another word that we learned from the west.

Thank Goodness! Most of our people go into Computer jobs or any other professions. Only a few go into Medical and Industrial Engineering profession.

In medical profession, you need to observe symptoms and get to the root cause of the problem. If you just treat the symptoms; patient may not survive.

Likewise, when an engineer works in a big dam or bridge project; that engineer needs to observe symptoms and get to the root cause of any defects.

In software, no loss of lives; your system may crash and you release the next version; which may fail under different circumstances.

Had all our software professionals been a doctor or an engineer, they would spend all their energy on analyzing  the symptoms; they would never understand the root cause;  they would have caused more loss of lives.

"Horse Trading" is just a symptom; not the cause.

In the current central government, so many got ministerial positions; did they get it with their skills; they got it with hard and shrewd bargain.  The Prime Minister didn't give them cabinet position out of love.

You give this; I give you that.

I give as good as I get

Narendra Modi didn't tweet:  I offered @Swamy39 the position, President of BRICS bank for the salary of 50 crores; but @Swamy39 didn't accept it; I salute @Swamy39 for his service to the nation, without occupying any positions.

Amit Shah didn't tweet about @Swamy and BRICS bank story.

It was from @Swamy and his friends.

Did the Prime Minister offer that position to Swamy out of love? No. It is a trade.
Since it is not a fair deal, Swamy refused it.

If the Prime Minister offers Advani position to Swamy, Swamy would accept it immediately. By this time, Pranab would administer oath to Swamy as Deputy Prime Minister in Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

Arvind Kejriwal is not Harichandra.
Arvind Kejriwal is not Mohandas Karamchand.
Arvind Kejriwal is a leader in Indian politics.

You need to engage in all kinds of trading, once you enter into politics.
There is no other go.

The stage is like that; it is not a perfect stage; you cannot expect a perfect performance on that defective stage.

Forget about performance; survival itself is so challenging.
It doesn't matter whether you got 300 MPs or 67 out of 70; CM or PM; most unstable.

மேடை கோணல் அப்பா; மேடையை சரி செய்யாமல், ஆடுகின்றவர்களை குறை சொல்லி என்ன பயன்?

யார் வந்தாலும், இதுதான் கதி. ஆட்டத்தையும், ஆடுபவர்களையும் குறை சொல்வதை நிறுத்திவிட்டு, மேடையை சரிசெய்யும் வழியைப் பாருங்கள்.

Don't blame the dancer; don't criticize the dance performance; the stage is defective; fix the stage.

Yogendra and Bhusan needs to learn from @Swamy39

@Swamy39 continues to be in BJP; continues to build his strength; continues to challenge all in his own way. At the right time, @Swamy39 would take right action.

Yogendra and others need to learn this art. Instead of engaging in short-term news coverage, you need to work on long-term strategy.

So, stop using the word, 'horse' It is illegal from animal lovers perspective. It is a character assassination for horses.

Use the real term, MP & MLA. Trading MLA and MP is part of democracy process.
You trade them with cabinet positions or with cash or with any favor.

In this current constitution, this is the best option. You could avoid fresh election and its expenses.
Perhaps the JK CM should explore this option; any MLA available for trade in JK.

JK-47

In 2014, AK-47 referred to Arvind Kejriwal government for 47 days.

In 2015, JK-47 may refer to Jammu and Kashmir government for 47 days.

Let us continue our experiment with democracy and the current constitution.
Let us explore all kinds of work-around.
Let us try out all possibilities.
At the end, we may see the defects in our constitution clearly.

We are almost there.
We conduct assembly elections to elect the Chief Minister.

At present, we ask the people to elect their representatives for the assembly.
Then we ask the representatives to elect the Chief Minister.
We follow two steps.

Instead, we could just ask the people to elect the Chief Minister directly.

Once we run out of all options; once we start feeling the pain of conducting frequent elections; once we realize the wastage of money and resources for frequent election, then we may appoint a committee and assign the responsibility to take a fresh look at our constitution.

Till then, our politicians play all kinds of game.
Both leaders did hug each other; but at the end, they pull each others legs.

Every politician is convinced with Arvind Kejriwal model.
Every political leaders get inspired and encouraged with Arvind Kejriwal's election performance.
67 out of 70 is the best performance; everybody would love to get that kind of result.

Soon, political leaders of Jammu and kashmir will go to the people for fresh mandate.
Current position is:

• PDP -   28
• BJP -    25
• NC  -    15
• INC -    12
• Others -  7

When we have fresh election, the position may be:

• PDP - 80
• NC       7

or

• NC - 80
• PDP - 7

Both BJP and INC votes would go to either PDP or NC.

Last time, for Delhi, Congress came up with new strategy of giving Big Zero to BJP.

This time, for JK, BJP could come up with strategy of giving Big Zero to INC.

In either way, the state gets a stable government.

Overall, in Indian politics; Congress is gone forever.

BJP could just focus on Center and deliver results.

If BJP couldn't focus on Center, then they slowly may reach the state of Congress.

This decade is all about emergence of strong regional leaders.

Accept the fact and align with it.

That is a win-win for both center and states.

Incredible India!

For a change, the media could now sideline Yogendra Yadav of AAP; and stay focus on serious issues of India's daughters. When they run out of "news", they could always get back to all those sideline news and bring them back for prime time entertainment.

Come. Make in India.
Come. Make movies, here in India.
Oscar is guaranteed.

We got Oscar for Danny Boyle. Slumdog Millionaire is all about life in slums of India.
India didn't ban Slumdog; because at the end, they became Millionaire.
That means, Sabke Saath Sabka Vikas. Development for all;
for Danny Boyle, AR. Rahman, Resul Pookutty.

India is rich in content. India is rich in arts, artists, musicians and technicians.
India had been lacking in technology; not any more.
People of India learn about technology from the west.

Danny Boyle was using five or more cameras to shoot a scene in India.
Resul Pookuty saw that and got inspired. Resul had used around 24 microphones to capture live sounds from those shooting areas. That learning got Resul an Oscar.

Now, India has it all. Rich in content; rich in culture; rich in tradition.
Nowadays, rich in confusion and chaos.
Of course, the current generation masters the technology.
So, come; make in India. Make movies in India.

Mardaani

India is the world's hub for child sex trafficking... 

Nearly 40,000 children are abducted every year... 

Every 8 minutes a girl child goes missing in India!

Meet Shivani Shivaji Roy, Senior Inspector, Crime Branch, Mumbai Police, who sets out to confront the mastermind behind a child trafficking mafia, which makes the mistake of kidnapping and smuggling a teenage girl, Pyari , out of the city.

Pyari  is like a daughter to Shivani  and her family and in her obsessive hunt for the girl, she stumbles into the world of decadence and debauchery, cruel desires and exploitation and onto a case that will change her life forever.

What follows is a cat and mouse game between a fearless cop and a young and ruthless mafia kingpin in a war which is very personal.

Catch Rani Mukerji  in the lead, playing an edge of the seat role of a lifetime, in this raw and gritty film which is a distinct departure from Pradeep Sarkar's  style of filmmaking.

India didn't ban Mardaani movie.  So, we do encourage Indian producers also to make movies on all these socially sensitive content. In fact, people got bored with all happy ending stories. 

People do seek all  kinds of excitement. They talk about one way journey to Mars.

It is not a journey to paradise or to hell. One way journey to Mars is death.

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So, India is rich in content. It has all kinds of content. 

Even about woman, we have content like Kannaghi; Kali; Meenakshi; Durga and so on.

In this documentary also, you could have had a great opening from a scene from Mahabharata.

King's gigantic court; all great scholars are sitting with their heads down; Pandavas are standing; Kouravas are having fun with Drupathi; it was a gang; it was an attempt to rape. Lord Krishna come just in time and save Drupathi.

With that opening scenes, you could have started from India's ancient daughter Drupathi to the current daughter's story. Blame it on Lord Krishna; failed to appear on time; failed to save those lives.

This documentary is not just about woman; it covers the entire life in current India. Look at the list of real people:

• young woman - dead
• young man - boyfriend
• gang - all those convicted; waiting for death sentence
• victim parents
• convicted family; parents in village
• wife and children of the convicted
• all those police officers in Delhi
• jail authorities in Tihar
• tutor; very responsible character
• lawyers

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Of all those people, one person stands out; in fact, that man is Lord Krishna; 

he did give bedsheet to that boy and girl; to cover their naked body.

That modern Lord Krishna saw two human beings on the roadside; deeply hurt; bleeding.

He went to the nearby hotel and asked for a bedsheet.

He got the bedsheet and tore into two parts and gave to the boy and the girl.

Then he called for medical help; and took them to the hospital.

That person asked others for help; those irresponsible citizens of India; nobody came forward to help.

That is how citizens behave in those "so called Developed nation." 

We almost reached that state; soon, we also be called as "economically developed nation."

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Lawyers. You don't need to agree with what they say. But appreciate them. They speak the truth from their heart; they don't fake; they are real.

What they argue inside the court; that is what they say in front of the camera. They cannot behave as two different human beings. They do reflect the perception of many people in India.

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You could have avoided the fine details in describing about the violent action inside that bus. You could have just said; they abused the young woman and caused internal injuries in her; that resulted to death.

The details you have been giving about that action; it is worse than the action of those involved in killing innocent human beings in Iraq and Syria; and releasing that video.

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Each and every frame of that documentary has a crime scene.

• the convicted says; we do exercise; take medicines to build our muscle
• many frames have child labor
• juvenile; a minor is employed in that bus
• alcohol is inside vehicle
• tutor said; once a boy stole bag from that young woman
• lawyer said; he will burn her daughter alive 
• that is what they recently did for Jordan man
• slums with no basic facility
• road side shop - washing the plate in dirty water
• poor state of people in those villages

Issues are very serious in nature.  You cannot cure these diseases with zandu balm.

Very serious action is needed; right now; the house is on fire.

Each of those characters reflect us. Victims, convicted, irresponsible citizens; officers; family members - all belong to the same India. In no way, we cannot disassociate ourselves from these characters.

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Ten months of investment; brought down by a single video in YouTube.

Under these circumstances, does anybody care about any economical index?

Who cares whether rupee gains five paisa over dollar?

Who cares about GDP?

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In Japan, a wise man, wanted to hand over the responsibility to one of his sons.

He invited the third son into his room for discussion.

As the son entered the door step, a ball fell down from the top.

The ball was about to hit his head.

Immediately, the son took his sword and cut that ball into two halves.

The dad said; good, son; you mastered the art; but not ready to take the responsibility.

Second son walked into the room.

This son saw the falling ball and caught it with hand.

The dad said; well done, son; you're almost there; but you still need to learn a few things.

Third son; as he entered into the room; he put his hand started looking for any challenge.

He took the ball and gave it to his dad.

The dad said; son, let me hand over the responsibility to you.

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The Home Minister Rajnath Singh; total failure.

Absolutely no wisdom at all; anybody could chase after things.

You need to be wise, to anticipate and prevent the challenge.

What is the use of banning a movie.

In Hollywood, if they need to shoot a scene in White House, they need to invest and build a huge set.

Come to India. We provide you the real life scenario; you could shoot a movie in Tihar jail.

It is cheap. Yes. our space launch to Mars is cheaper than Movie Gravity.

Come to India for cheap labor; Why do you always want to shoot in fake White House?

Come to India. You could shoot your scenes in Rashtrapathi Bhavan. 

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Running a government is not a search in Google; or like in Facebook; or follow in Twitter.

It's a very serious task. Be serious and act with total responsibility.

Those guys in Google, Facebook and Twitter act with much much greater responsibility.

They are very serious people.

They are young in age; but in wisdom; not measurable.

It's time for total, radical transformation of each and every human being.

The Institution of Prime Minister

First Prime Minister

Sir Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. This post was created by accident; not by constitution. The King George was not effective; the king asked Robert Walpole to manage the government. That is how the title came into effect, 'the prime minister.'

The title ‘prime minister’ was originally a term of abuse rather than a description of an official role. It implied that an individual subject had risen improperly above others within the royal circle, and had echoes of a political institution imported from France, England’s great enemy.

The Institution of Prime Minister

“How the power of Prime Ministry grew up into its present form it is difficult to trace precisely.”

The so-called ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 helped produce a new power-balance within the English constitution. Monarchs became more dependent upon Parliament to obtain tax revenues and pursue their favoured policies, while the House of Commons was establishing its dominance over the House of Lords. This changed constitutional structure created a potential opening for a politician who could deliver control of Parliament for the monarch. One man in particular, operating from the position of a Member of the Commons, not the Lords, managed to exploit this opportunity: Sir Robert Walpole.

In the decades that followed the fall of Walpole it was not always clear whether there was a Prime Minister at any given time, because the post was not yet firmly established in practice nor officially recognised. But other political leaders built upon the methods Walpole pioneered, usually acting in the role of Prime Minister while officially holding the post of First Lord of the Treasury, as he had. From the late-eighteenth century the office of Prime Minister gradually became accepted and then entrenched as a permanent fixture of British government.

In 1803, during the gap between his two premierships, William Pitt the Younger told Lord Melville of the need for an ‘avowed and real Minister, possessing the chief weight in the Council, and the principal place in the confidence of the King’.

By 1805 The Times newspaper was beginning to use the phrase ‘Prime Minister’ in this sense and around this time it began to be employed in parliamentary debates.

he office of Prime Minister was widely accepted as a political reality by the mid-nineteenth century. But official acknowledgement of this development was slower to take place. In 1878 William Gladstone – who served as Prime Minister on four separate occasions – remarked:

‘upon the whole, nowhere in the wide world does so great a substance cast so small a shadow; nowhere is there a man who has so much power, with so little to show for it in the way of formal title or prerogative’.

The British premiership has gradually taken on a more official existence over the last three centuries, but remains largely informal in character, with many of its powers matters of convention rather than law. In the words of the Cabinet Manual, published in October 2011, ‘The Prime Minister has few statutory functions but will usually take the lead on significant matters of state’. Where once the very existence of the premiership was a subject of controversy, more recently the manner in which the office is used has become the main focus of discussion.

From Walpole’s time onwards observers have frequently accused either individual Prime Ministers or the office itself of excessive dominance within government. In 1806 the incoming Prime Minister, Lord Grenville, described his immediate predecessor, William Pitt the Younger, as having led

‘a Cabinet of cyphers and a government of one man alone…[a] wretched system’.

“The head of the British Government is not a Grand Vizier. He has no powers, properly so called, over his colleagues.”

“a Prime Minister who is the senior partner in every department as well as president of the whole, who deals with all the business of government, who inspires and vibrates through every part, is almost, if not quite, an impossibility.”

few Prime Ministers “except in wartime and rarely then, could dictate to their Cabinets.” unless they consulted with senior ministers. It is unlikely that this clash of views about the premiership will ever fully be resolved.

Another development in staffing involved the emergence of the permanent Civil Service as the core of the office of Prime Minister. In the early days of the premiership there was no clear division between political and administrative staff. Senior ministers – including premiers – received assistance from individuals known as ‘men of business’, who combined functions later associated with junior ministers with those that would today be attributed to civil servants. By the mid-nineteenth century there emerged a permanent, impartial Civil Service which, by the late 1920s, became the most important source of support for the Prime Minister within No.10, comprising his or her private office of official private secretaries.  From the 1960s onwards this trend was to some extent reversed with the appearance of special advisers, who combined party political and civil-service functions. They were similar to the ‘men of business’ of the eighteenth century.

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It is the most ineffective system of government. Three hundred years ago, Americans sensed these defects and they built a new political system.

Do we need to still continue with the British system? It's time to build a new system for modern democracy.

The current system is ideal for Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. Certainly not for Narendra Modi.

In practical sense, when you reach a cliff, all you need to do is, just stay still; no action; just engage in simple balancing act.

When you try to engage in action, naturally, you will fall from the cliff. People standing around you, just watching all your chaotic actions and patiently waiting for your fall.

You reached the top; you cannot go any higher.
You have only two options; just stay quiet as Manmohan Singh for the next ten years; or fall down.

With Delhi election, all traditional politicians of Delhi made you to taste the rotten politics.
With Jammu & Kashmir, again those traditional politicians brought you further down.

Threats do not work in American democracy only. Threats are real and do work effectively in Indian democracy.

Anna Hazare without any constitutional responsibility; without any constitutional accountability had brought down the previous government.

Outside comments; irresponsible and provoking comments made by unconstitutional persons do have major impact on governments, in this democracy system.

In short, there is no Executive Branch in Indian democracy system. It has only two branches:

• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

Nobody takes it serious about Pranab Mukerjee branch. It is just a decoration.

Fixing this defect should have been the top-most priority of  Narendra Modi. It is now obvious, Narendra Modi had no knowledge about the defects in the system.

Now, who could join hands with Narendra Modi to fix the defects in Indian Constitution.

• BJP                               - 282
• Congress                       -  44
• Others                           - 219

Certainly, BJP & Congress will never authorize any change in the Constitution.

The others would support for new constitution.

Narendra Modi could work 'Others' and transform the politics of India.

India needs to be transformed from politics into democracy.

India - Developed Nation in Character

Stop Abuse


One area in which India is said to be ahead of other countries – especially ahead of developed western nations – is the way we respect and look after our parents and the elderly. It’s something we in India are proud of. And rightfully so. There is one worry though – many people now say that we in India used to respect and look after our elders – apparently that may be changing now.

With the fast–paced and self-absorbed lifestyle and careers of the young Indian – this Indian characteristic of caring and respect for the elderly is said to be fading. Is this true? Does India care and respect its elders less than before? Are we becoming like the west with their nuclear families and their elderly confined to old-people’s homes. What do you think? Tweet your views using #StopAbuseoftheElderly.
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That's true. In India, we don't have mother's day. In India, everyday is mother's day.

There should be a new way of defining; developed; developing; under developed.

United States of America - economically developed.
India and other asian nations - developed in character.

When you watch these shows, sitting in California, for a moment, you may get confused; what is right and what is wrong.

In India, when those young men  played mischief with those elderly persons; people around there responded. Each one responds in their own style. All got angry; some responded with giving motherly advice; some responded with a slap on his face; some responded with lecture on culture and so on. But nobody call the police.

Had it been in California; people do respond in the same way; they just call 911. Within a few minutes; not more than 5 minutes; police arrives at the scene. Police arrests the person with charges of misdemeanor. Nobody would take a chance to talk to those young men; nobody would attempt to give any advice; no talk on culture; certainly no slap on the face.

In California, responsible citizen means - call 911.

In India, responsible citizen means - take action.

Not sure, which is the right thing to do.

In California, when citizen calls 911; the police arrests the criminal; puts the criminal in jail for a week or two; then the court orders for anger management class for 16 weeks. At the end, the criminal learns more about jail; court; and master the art of criminal. Next time, that person may involve in any criminal action with more caution. That person never transform into a good character.

There is no "Les Misérables" No transformation for that person.

Worst thing is; many families suffer, because of this kind of law and their practices. Wife and husband may have their usual arguments. In India, it is very common. Neighbors act with great responsibility and stop the husband from beating her wife and elders give him advice; value of family; and so on.

In California, just for a simple argument between husband and wife, the person would be charged with felony or at least misdemeanor. That charge would affect their visa,  and other immigration process. The person may be deported too.

In India, people respond with action; they try to talk to the young men about their act; they try to protect the elderly person; they try to transform the young men into a good character by giving advice and talk about culture.

Do we need to give up all those natural behavior and do we need blindly adopt each and everything from America and Australia?

திட்டம் போட்டு திருடுற கூட்டம்,
திருடிக் கொண்டே இருக்குது.

அதை சட்டம் போட்டு தடுக்கிற கூட்டம்,
தடுத்துக் கொண்டே இருக்குது.

திருடனாய்ப் பார்த்து திருந்தாவிட்டால்,
திருட்டை ஒழிக்க முடியாது.

so, instead of creating more complex laws; let us build the character in human beings.

In fact, you don't need to build character in any human beings; all are born with wonderful character. All we need to do is; stop corrupting the character in human beings.

Tweet your views using #StopAbuseoftheElderly.