The real beneficiary of Delhi BJP leader Vijay Jolly antics is Shoma Chaudhary. His stupid act, inspired by whatever reason, right or wrong, has turned the spotlight away from the sexual harassment case to that of political hijacking and hooliganism for "perceived enemies".
The hooliganism is a warning to all journalists and political opponents of the BJP. This is the way the saviors of India are gonna usher in the golden age of India.
Vande Mataram!
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Why India will destroy its environment?
There is nothing new in the current fracas over conservation and protection of Western Ghats. Except in Kerala's print and electronic media, you will not see any discussion on conservation of pristine land. Because this issue is not about sex, sleaze, celebrities, or cricket, right?
Except periodic reminders from the legal system in India, the state does not have a pragmatic"environmental policy". We all know all documented policies are meant to be bypassed. All the political parties and all the intellectuals in India have no such view on the environment. The reason why I stress this "environmental view" is, you will not have policies and measures tuned to it when you stare at a blank space. Now, environment is just another hurdle to that final sanction for a project.
For India, development is antithetical to environment. Environmnetal protection is another hurdle to development. Human beings and the array of systems that inhabit India are "outside" the environment. For example, in a circle, the central point is the human mind from where all things emanate and return. The human mind sees the environment as an inorganic entity, distinct from the former, and not as its very own artifact. The human beings refuse to acknowledge that they are in sync with the organic system called the "environment" and they are "inside" the organic system. Not outside.
Science challenged religion. Now, it is "social and economic faiths" that challenge science. Kerala is what it is today because of the pristine and unpolluted Western Ghats. Kerala will find it pretty hard to have an existence enveloped by a barren Western Ghats. When political parties, spineless governments, and religious interests refuse to gauge the full import of the Western Ghats sub-system and last tree is felled, first Kerala will get destroyed and as an after-effect India will suffer.
As a cynic, I do not see anything else on the horizon, unless a towering figure arrives at the landscape and talks sense. Even that is doubtful in this world.
Except periodic reminders from the legal system in India, the state does not have a pragmatic"environmental policy". We all know all documented policies are meant to be bypassed. All the political parties and all the intellectuals in India have no such view on the environment. The reason why I stress this "environmental view" is, you will not have policies and measures tuned to it when you stare at a blank space. Now, environment is just another hurdle to that final sanction for a project.
For India, development is antithetical to environment. Environmnetal protection is another hurdle to development. Human beings and the array of systems that inhabit India are "outside" the environment. For example, in a circle, the central point is the human mind from where all things emanate and return. The human mind sees the environment as an inorganic entity, distinct from the former, and not as its very own artifact. The human beings refuse to acknowledge that they are in sync with the organic system called the "environment" and they are "inside" the organic system. Not outside.
Science challenged religion. Now, it is "social and economic faiths" that challenge science. Kerala is what it is today because of the pristine and unpolluted Western Ghats. Kerala will find it pretty hard to have an existence enveloped by a barren Western Ghats. When political parties, spineless governments, and religious interests refuse to gauge the full import of the Western Ghats sub-system and last tree is felled, first Kerala will get destroyed and as an after-effect India will suffer.
As a cynic, I do not see anything else on the horizon, unless a towering figure arrives at the landscape and talks sense. Even that is doubtful in this world.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Define power buttons and turn on password proetection
Ok. This was accidental.
I clicked on Windows 7 Start Menu, and then typed "Cover" on the Search box.
The following screen appeared:
I clicked on Windows 7 Start Menu, and then typed "Cover" on the Search box.
The following screen appeared:
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