Indian Independence Act, 1947

“Indian Independence Act, 1947.
CHAPTER 30

BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- 1.-(i) As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred The new and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in Dominions. India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan. (2) The said Dominions are hereafter in this Act referred to as the new Dominions ", and the said fifteenth day of August is hereafter in this Act referred to as " the appointed day ". “

The above are the excerpts from the Indian Independence Act 1947 passed by British Parliament. As per the historical facts, the legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten, after representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the Sikh community came to an agreement with the Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan. This plan was the last plan for independence.

This act highlights a fact that as per British government, India and Pakistan are the two Dominions of Britain. It is also said that as per the Transfer of Power Agreement with British, India is on lease for 99 years which means has not severed links with British.  It is also said that the transfer of power act has certain financial and other obligation imposed on India which India has to abide. The transfer of power agreement is said to be a secret document.

This raises questions in mind!

Are we really free, independent and sovereign nation?

The full facts must come out in public.

Congress, accusing “Khoon ki Dalali” and beyond...

Congress, accusing “Khoon ki Dalali” and beyond...

During a rally last week, the vice president of the so called grand oldest Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, accused the prime minister, Narendra Modi government of hiding behind the sacrifices of Indian soldiers. He did not stop at that and went on further to accuse Prime Minister of "khoon ki dalali". Many termed it as histrionic reaction, a Kejriwal style to remain relevant when popularity of Modi government is on the rise post first surgical strike of its kind in PoK. All it started by Sanjay Nirupan and Digvijay Singh and then Gandhi, himself picking up the threads and calling government’s actions as "khoon ki dalali”; meaning government is profiteering from the blood of our brave soldiers. The follow up press conferences by Kapil Sibbal and Hooda were no less dramatic defending the indefensible. The general masses and the intellectual felt like lowering their heads in shame witnessing such a low level of politics when the people and politicians were needed to stand united as a solid rock while Pakistan is trying to de-stabilise the nation by accelerating terror strikes on the country. My interpretation is that if the things continue in the same order in Congress and the ruling BJP do not falter drastically in future, the Congress might be disseminated to the extreme margin during 2019 parliamentary elections. Does this good for Indian democracy? Certainly not! In a healthy democracy, constructive criticism of the government is necessary for the existence of a Parliamentary system. Otherwise, as the saying goes; the power corrupts and the absolute power corrupts absolutely. Also, if the Congress party continues to hit self goals and lowers itself to totally insignificant position, the splinter groups of regional parties having their own multiple claimants for the position of prime minister will use opportunities to play partisan politics to extract fulfilments of conflicting regional goals which will totally disarray the political order.

So, what the Congress party should do to remain relevant as a principle opposition party today and to simultaneously emerge as principle challenger for power in 2019 elections? The party has to seriously ponder over the state of affairs. Is Rahul Gandhi capable of leading the party to sizable gain of seats in 2019 elections? Is the Sonia Gandhi-Rahul Gandhi and even Priyanka Gandhi combine capable of providing a coherent leadership to direct the party to a respectable perception change by Indian populace? Does the dynastic tag of Nehru Gandhi family left enough potency to attract the new India voters comprising of the largest younger population in the world? Does the Congress left with any values for democratic ideologies?  Is the party not full of sycophants; “yes” men, each willing to submit to the mercy of high command to find favour only to fulfil their own political aspirations? Do they possess enough courage to give constructive and rational advices to the party leaving aside personal whims and fancies and theories of vote bank politics? I find a negative answer to all these questions. Then, what course of action is left to Congress? It comes to suggesting an impossible possibility in the present scenario. Change the captain of the ship! The suggestion is to conduct a vertical and horizontal just overhaul of the party; a fresh party elections in a democratic way and evolve a democratic party functionaries minus the Gandhi family. Yes! Minus the Gandhi family! Let Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka relinquish the dynastic claims to top party posts and surrender the associated powers and finances it carries together to allow the party evolve as true democratic party. And remember; never play the old in-famous coup like the un-ceremonial ouster episode of Sitaram Kesri. You may be having the control of the party finances and other secretive powers but the “Nation India” is above the family and powers. If you, the Congress party want to gain the past glory, you have to consume the bitter pills. You will remain and remain at a much higher pedestal than today in the annals of history of Indian politics.  But, as I said, these are impossible possibilities. The lust for power and money is greater than the nation in today’s politics! So, keep fingers crossed!

Surgical Indian Politics!

Expel Rahul Gandhi from Congress......

I wonder what happened to the people of my country, specially the political class. they have gone down to the lowest level of gutter politics when the need of the hour is to remain UNITED and stand as AS A SOLID FORCE to neutralise the design of enemy country nurturing and exporting terrorists to our country. I feel ashamed to have such politicians in my country. It was Arvind Kejriwal first, followed by Sanjay Nirupam and now the prince of Congress, Rahul Gandhi. Khoon ki dalaali......Oh  my God, votes are greater than nation, power is greater then the lives of martyrs for these people..... And we the country men are watching helplessly! What we can do? Yes, we can do atleast the following;

Bycot all such politicians publicly, never attend their public meetings...treat them outcasts.

And the Congress, if it is the real Congress of Gandhi, Nehru, & Patel, the Congressmen have to unite and expel Rahul Gandhi from the Congress. If they can't, then you are not the real Congress. You are faking to be Congress.

Man Ki Baat

I am delighted and feel proud that the Prime Minister, Shri  Narendra Modi could find time to communicate with the people through radio today and resolves to make it regular practice. I believe that the essence of such talks in his mind is very pure and divine, i.e. only of the nation building which no government has attempted in a sincere way till date. It is very right that if 1.25 billion people of the country take a single step, the nation moves by 1.25 billion steps ahead. But, it is really very important that we, the people of the country understand honestly the value and importance of this single step and move forward.
The Prime Minister, today has quoted a suggestion to make skill development a part of our education system right from the 5th standard. It is a wonderful suggestion and should be implemented. I have seen in Lviv, a place in Ukraine (erstwhile USSR) in 1983 that in a nearby tennis court adjacent to our work place, small kids were practicing tennis the entire days. I had realized that this was the way they were building future tennis stars like Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova.
In my opinion, along with skill development from 5th standard; our education system should also include compulsory moral education as a part of school curriculum right from 1st standard till 12th standard. The moral education should include patriotism, nationalism, feeling of nation first, respect for elders, universal brotherhood, values of honesty and integrity, love for family, friends, society and nation, respect for fellow human being, specially girls and women, right thinking and right action, unity of thoughts and actions etc. etc. Additionally, compulsory serving in army for a short period after graduation would not be a bad idea. The nation building this way, should start at the foundation level of a citizen and by doing so, I am sure that even the children would help in bringing back their disoriented parents on the right course. I also believe that the nation building is not one day job and has to be sustained as long as the nation lives.

Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan

Why success of “ Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan” needs support from everybody and each one of us?

India and Indians are regarded as one of the filthiest nation and filthiest people in the world. Don’t we feel ashamed on such tags? There is a famous saying in Hindi that “Kutta bhi jahan baithta hain, us jagah ko apni punch se saaph karke baithta hai…meaning“ a dog also cleans the space by its’ tail where it sits”; and we call ourselves human beings!!! Are we degraded ourselves to such low level?

Who is responsible for having acquired such a dirty tag? Are not each one of us? Answer would be a definite “Yes”. Leave aside illiterate & ignorant people, there are many instances of the so called educated people who keep their internal spaces of houses clean and throw the garbage outside from window, or near a neighbors’ house. Our civic authorities have become senselessly insensitive to filth and don’t do their duties dutifully. Instead, they have turned themselves into breeding grounds for corruption; found engaging fictitious people on pay roles. There are examples in the capital city where the cleanliness around a particular DDA road is supposed to be maintained by DDA and the cleanliness in the adjacent colony is to be maintained by MCD and it is considered a sin by these authorities to encroach in each other’s areas even for lifting the garbage lying adjacent. They just leave it rotting on the roads citing the division of territorial boundaries. There is no system of separating house wastes in degradable and non-degradable categories and disposing it accordingly. The garbage collection, transportation and dumping yards are maintained very badly. In big cities, a few waste to energy conversion plants are ill placed near to residential areas polluting even the air we breathe and in smaller places, public places become the dumping ground.
Is it a new fact that the filth any where creates breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other creatures which causes many life threatening diseases affecting civilization, causing huge losses to the families and the nation?
Never before in the past, any serious attempts have been made at national level on a sustainable basis to bring the awareness in the society about cleanliness and achieve a target of zero tolerance to filth around. The hon’ble Prime Minsiter, Shri Narendra Modi has taken the “Swachha Bharat Abhiyan” as a project to make India “filth free” by 2019, the 150th birth anniversary year of the father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi. This means, this is not going to a one day affair and is not merely an occasion for ministers and leaders to be photographed with a “Jhadoo”; the broom (Arvind Kejriwal must be feeling either threatened as his party symbol “Jhadoo” appears to be hijacked or must be delighted as the “Jhadoo” is getting free publicity) on 2nd Oct. 2014. Many political parties are averse and are criticizing this noble endeavor as they are obliged by their bad habits of criticizing for the sake of criticizing. The drive has to be sustained and it can be sustained only if it becomes a “Jan Andolan”, a peoples’ movement, which the PM is trying seriously. It is indeed needed to be sustained by each and every one of us to remove the dirty tag “the filthiest people” from the face of India and stand in the world arena with dignity holding our head high. Let us pledge to dedicate ourselves by actively getting involved in the cleaning operation wherever we are and devoting at least two hours weekly for the Abhiyan. 

Liquor Prohibition in Bihar

The efforts of Bihar, CM, Sh Nitish Kumar to re-introduce liquor prohibition on Gandhi Jayanti day in the state are laudable. He said that the liquor consumption is a social stigma and the evil is to be wiped out from the face of  society. He is right. Drinking liquor is not only a social stigma but also an evil which leads to destruction of health, wealth & families. The driking habit starts with social drinking but soon the habit of intoxication assumes a larger size, at the end becoming a fatal addiction. This not only happens in poor families in India but also well to do and educated families. It does not limits to men only but women also get addicted and evil spreads further to younger generations. The risks of intoxication are wider, not limited to drinkers'families but beyond in the society. It leads to physical injuries and even premature deaths. As per a report, intoxication accounts  for 30% of road accidents, 44% of fire injuries, 34% of falls and drownings, 16% of child abuse cases, 12% of suicides and10% of industrial accidents. In India, there are ample examples where large numbers of people die due to consumption of spurious liquor. The silent effects on the drinkers health are numerous. The damges to the vital organs of the body, mind and behaviour patterns starts gaining momentum as the quantity & frequency of drinking increases. The complete illness of body & mind takes over leading to loss of productivity, family repute and self respect. The damage even becomes irreversible. The bahavior patterns assumes criminal dimensions and  domestic violence, conflicts & fights become common affecting not only the family but the society as a whole.

 Many people argue in favour of liquor by calling themselves as social drinkers. They claim that they only have one or two pegs and they have self-control and so never get intoxicated. It is a fact that every alcoholic person  starts drinking  as a social drinker not intending  to become an alcoholic or a drunkard. Therefore, the need for total prohibition is justified.  Liquor business can be definitely is an immoral business in which even the governments get involve to earn revenues, forgetting the indirect damage it is causing to society & nation.

Well done Nitish Kumarji on this front leaving aside many controversies about infamous political compulsions.

While on the subject of prohibition, it is intriguing to note that the AAP government lead by Shri Arvind Kejriwal has issued many fresh licences for liquor shops in Delhi. Truly working for aam aadmi? At least, he should have learnt something good from Mahagathbandhan friend Nitish.