Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian

In India, we have one policeman for every 1000 people, against one in 300 in the US. Bad communication system, obsolete arms and ammunition, lack of centralised data base and political interference make the police ineffectual.

BJP and Shiv Sena protest over the use of the word ‘Hindu Terrorism’ but have no qualms in accusing Muslims after every terror activity. Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav project themselves as messiahs of Muslims at every political rally.

As a nation, we have always displayed only callous indifference towards these soldiers who have fought to preserve the country’s freedom and integrity. History shows that only those nations survive who honour their soldiers.

A correspondent from Hindustan Times was allowed to visit a Lashkar-e-Tayyeba outlet very close to the border, and believed to be their headquarters. The below is a report published today as HT’s main headline citing Harinder Baweja’s experience during the visit.

Colonel R Hariharan is a specialist on South Asia military intelligence. He served as the head of intelligence for the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990.

He is associated with the South Asia Analysis Group and the Chennai Centre for China Studies.

Colonel Hariharan speaks about what needs to be done to avoid terror attacks like the one in Mumbai terror attacks.

As Indian media reports the facts and other information related to terror attacks, a totally opposite image of India has been built by Pakistani media. A report said that the attacks could be the handiwork of “radical elements within Hindu community”

We ask for a tough state, when we ourselves are a soft people. Most of us are selfish, inward-looking cowards.
(originally published in livemint & via @pjain on twitter)

Lately, there has been a buzz over the section 49-O of The Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 on blogs, newspapers, email forwards and microblogs.
A discussion on twitter ended up into a complete dissection of the rule. Here are excerpts of the discussion.

A fictional short story trying to portray the illusions created by our Political System.

If we want to bring some changes in the system through a movement, then it is extremely essential to stay united. We will have to prepare for a longer battle, focus on long term goals and be ready to demand our rights at the right time.