Tavleen Singh,Indian express columnist

Mrs.Tavleen singh wrote a column in The Indian express exhorting the real leadership of Mr.Manmohan singh and criticizing Mr.Advani for lack of leadership. I am a great admirer of Mrs.Tavleen Singh and have been reading her columns for more than 15 years. She writes columns with lots of common sense, after hard work and great reporting. This column is totally disappointing and She could have done better,I mean much better.
In her zeal to promote Mr.Manmohan Singh, she sold herself short. She is worried that these MPs who showed the bundles of money that they say was received as bribe disgraced the "temple of democracy"-that is Lok Sabha.It is not these MPs that digraced the democracy,but it is the Congress party and its new ally that disgraced India. Let us not close our eyes and think that all the world is blind. She writes that one of the MPs took bribe before.What that has to do with what happened now.May be he did and that is why these leaders came with bundle of money to bribe him as he is easy to bribe.May be he is a changed man and wanted to expose these bribers! what about the other 2MPs? She says that that money did not look like one crore? Is it Ok if that bribe was few lakhs ,not one crore? She says that "the Video evidence was not conclusive.Let CNN-IBN show it ,and let people decide it. She was moved to tears when Mr.Singh said that he did not have drinking water supply,no electricity,hospital or roads. After Mr.Rahul Gandhi's great Grand father,grand mother and father's rule,that is about 40 yrs of congress rule, there are lots of poor Sashikalas in India that did not have drinking water,electricity,hospital and roads. Everybody,in India and all over the world, knows who is real leader, and who is runnimg the country from behind the curtain.Let us not try to fool the world. Indian express could have done a favour by not publishing that column.

PRIYA HAJI

I received the Motivation Show programme that would be held in Chicago in Sep . I was reading about different programmes and speakers. There I found an Indian name-PRIYA HAJI. I rarely see Indian names in this type of events.I was curious and googled her name .What an Impressive person she is . She is the daughter of Indian Immigrants.She helped her father start a free health clinic when she was a teenager in Texas.Then she founded "Free at last" ,a non profit organization that helps addicts and ex-convicts.Then she went to business school in California,travelled in developing countries, and started with another Indian " World of Good" to create a market for art objects these women create. She is 38 . I am sure that she would do great and wonderful things for humanity.

Europen Angels and Serbian devils

Slovania did not start breaking up of Yugoslavakia,Croats did not collaborate with Germans and kill thousands and thousands of Serbs,Croats did not try to push Serbians out of theirpart of the country, they did not kill any Serbians Bosniadid not declare itself independent,Bosnia can declare the way it likes, But Bosnian serbs should not be an independent country or unite with Serbia, Foreign mercenaries did not join the fight in Bosnia, Bosnian Muslims did not commit any atrocities,Serbians some how landed in angelic Europe where there was no world war 1, No world war 2,France,Portugal,spain,Belgium and UK did not occupy African and Asian,latin American countries and did not ill treat the locals.Germany did not do any harm to anybody,never and ever.Somehow serbians fell from nowhere into this Holy land,Europe.

U.S .GOVT Brain stroming ON Afghanistan

The U.S government summoned top Afghanistan experts to brainstorm on how to win in Afghanistan. Barnett Rubin ,New York University scholar ,pointed out that the problem is in neighbouring Pakistan where Taliban and Al Queda commanders lurk.Professor Larry Goodson of Army War College said that the British never won.the Russians never won. Mr Rubin is right and Mr.Goodson's defeatist mentality is not much of a help.British and Russians did not win.So what? America could win and hope it will.Otherwise it would be disatrous for American and Western security, India and mainly and most importantly to people of Afghanistan. US government and its allies should repeat what they told to Pakistan after 9/11 that either Pakistan is with us or with Taliban. No playing games and fooling around.It is that simple.

Indian Embassy Attack in Kabul

Kartik Rao-shirtless,towel on one shoulder,sad looking,weeping more in his heart than shows- Amulya ,his sister weeping, holding his mom Malathi on the cover page of India Abroad broke my heart. Kartik performed last rites for his father ,Venkata Rao Vadapalli, in
New Delhi with dignity.Venkat Rao was assassinatedduring suicide attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul by Taliban and other Muslim extremists with the help of ISI,Pakistani Intelligence Agency. If somebody thinksthat Pakistan is not involved in this attack,they are living in a fools paradise.India lost an able diplomat,more than that, Kartik and Amulya lost their loving father and Malathi ,her husband. Their lives turned upside down. Kartik and Amulya must have been looking forward so much for a beautiful life with help,guidance of their father. He is not there anymore to be a part of their lives as they grow up. Hope that they would grow up as a wonderful and successful human beings with the help and guidance of their mother and other well wishers.
What would India do to track down those responsible for this assassination Probably nothing. What did it do after Chattisinghpora,J&K, J&K Assemblyattack, Indian Parliament attack,American Culture Centre in Kolkata,Kaluchak-J&k, Twin blasts- Mumbai,Akshardhan temple attack,makeshift Ram temple-Ayodhya,Jaunpurtrain explosion,Blasts in New Delhi, Attack on the Indian Institute of sciences,Bangalore serialblasts in varanasi,Mumbai train blasts.Indian officials go through motions, catch some low level criminals and move on. Even if they getone or two main criminals,then comes vote bank politics in to effect from politicians.There is no value for the loss of Indian lives. Chalte hai and chalte hai ( Life goes on ) attitude takes over. After 9/11 in America, how many attacks happened in America. NONE. WHY? America changed,changed from Cabinet departments to local police stations. Every American feels the changes in their daily lives from travel,banking and immigration. When it comes to American lives, there is unanimity among all politicians on macrolevel. But not in India. Politicians do nor care. They care about their kith and kin,their positions, power. Why are these attacks repeating again and again?Pakistan caught lots of criminals and deported to America. How come India could not get even one main criminal responsible for Mumbai blasts?

Kosovo

Kosovo was part of Serbia,is part of Serbia and should be part of Serbia.An ethnic minority in a country by becoming majority in a geographical area has no right to declare itself an Independent country.It is against International law and dangerous for peace and stability in the world.An ethnic minority should have all the rights ,privileges and protections to lead a decent,normal life.Some old European countries like Britain,France and Germany are behaving arrogantly.European Union has no right to send police force to Kosovo without permission from UN.Would British allow an ethnic minority like Pakistanis in Birmingham declare itself as a separate country once they become majority there? Would Germany allow Turks in a corner of Germany when they become majority declare themselves separate country?would France allow Africans in Paris suburbs declare themselves as an Independent country? It is not a far fetched idea.Why should it be? These people are no different from Albanians. Whatever problems Albanians had with previous Serbian leaders does not exist now. Serbia is now a democratic country like these old European countries. If this unlawful act allowed to stand, why not Tamils declare themselves a separate country in the north of Sri Lanka,Pathans in Pakistan,Rebel provinces in countries in the old Soviet Union ,Basques in Spain and so on.
As a Republican who voted for President Bush twice, I find some of this administration's foreign policy decisions dumb and stupid.Secretary Rice's statement that Serbia and Kosovo should move on is silly. I wonder what Ms.Rice would say if Mexicans when they become majority in some parts of California,Texas and Arizona declare themselves as independent and want to join Mexico? She would appreciate it if Mexico says to her move on !!

Presidential Primaries-2008

Presidential primaries started and there were so many candidates in the Republican primary.I was not sure whom to support.Gov.Romney or Mayor Giuliani.I sent donations to both.I was not that comfortable with Mayor Giuliani.I never liked Sen.McCain .There was no question of supporting him in the primaries.When the party needed him he was not there.Immigration,taxes and oil exploration issues he supported Democrats.Then there was Se.Thompson.He was too easy going and looked too lazy.So I supported Go.Romney.I sent donations and wholeheartedly supported him I was expecting that he would do well.Sen.Thompson was a total failure.Conservatives waited ,waited for a white Horse and it never came.Sean Hannity and laura Ingram came on the band wagon ,but it was too late.Gov.Romney suspended his campaign and announced during his speech at conservative convention at Washington DC.I saw conservatives crying.I was unhappy but Gov.Romney made a right decision at the right time.Huckabee from Arkansa is still in the race and won Kansas tonight.He is not going to win and can not undersstand why he is still in the race.Probably Ego.It does not do any good to the Party.

PrimeMinister Chandra Sekhar

I wanted to read what Mr.Mohan Dharia and Mr.Chandra Sekahar were saying during those autocratic days of Mrs.Gandhi during 70's. They were called Young Turks. I had great admiration for defying Mrs.Gandhi when all the Congress party members were acting as servants of Nehru family.I was checking Daily mail of London today and ready about his death after long illness. I am sad that he passed away.

Vadodara artist-freedom of expression

Chandra Mohan an art student of MS University,Vaodara, India was jailed for 5 days for his paintings, depicting Hindu Goddess ' Durga' in nude with a full grown human male emerging out of her sexual organs, and another depicting Jesus Christ in sexual manner. There is a big hue and cry about artistic freedom in India, and among MSU alumni across the world. There were demonstrations condemning the Gujarati Government and the university authorities.The question now is whether artists have absolute freedom to paint anything they want. I think they do not. Freedom of expression is not absolute.There are many restrictions ,more so in India, than anywhere else. Could Mr.Chandra Mohan have painted sexually explicit manner one of his close female family members? What is artistic about a sexually explicit painting of a Goddess hurting so many people? What was his motive in insulting so many people with that painting? Can't he use his artistic skills to paint anything better? He does not have absolute freedom in the name of art,and he deserved what he got.

War and Democrat Party

Iraqi war is an unnecessary war and we should not have been there in the first place. We lost more than 3000 of our courageous young men and women. We spent more than 400 billion dollars that we could have used in our country.Thousands of Innocent Iraqi people died. Iraq is a mess now. We created that mess. We have to fix it. Who else? Whose responsibility? It was president Bush's fault,but as a country ,we can not wash our hands off and run away. What would happen if we leave now? Democrat party wants to play politics with war for political advantage.They exploited during the mid term elections and would keep on doing until presidential elections. They do not think about terrorism,Iraqi people and American soldiers that are there. They talk about mandate. What happened to all those Americans that overwhelmingly supported the war in the beginning?When it gets tough, do we run way from the war. What are the leaders for if they just follow the changing public opinion polls. Now there is no alternative but to stay and win the war. If we leave ,Iraq would be worse than Cambodia after Vietnam.Sunnis and Shias kill each other and Iraq would become worse than Afghanistan with Taliban.Democrat party again has become a cut and run away party. It is dishonest. Their prescription is very dangerous for our country.

Iraq war.

Iraq war is an unnecessary war,war of choice,stupid war.I did not support when it started.This is from a registered REPUBLICAN who voted Republican from top to bottom to all on the ballot starting from President Bush 41 to President Bush 43 including Bob Dole in between. we spent billions of dollors and gave away the lives of young men from all over America.It did not make us safe . We would not have lost our majorities in the Congress if not for this stupid war. Now we are in a mess. What is it that we have to do to get out of this mess? For one thing, we can not just walk away from Iraq .We have to succeed in Iraq. Otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable.Iraq is not Vietnam. we can not wind up and bring our troops home and hand over Iraq to militants.It would be worse than Afganistan under Taliban and the whole of Middle East would be a playing field for militants.

Republican Loss

One person that is mainly responsible for Republican debacle is Mr.Bush.If he replaced Rumsfield before the elections, Republicans would have maintained majority atleast in the senate.But he did not. The war itself is a stupid,unnecessary war.It is not easy to regain control. I was upset and start listening to Rush and Hannity.

Republican loss,2006

How could Republicans loose both House and Senate? How could they? Depressing.Very depressing.Most of them lost in close contests.Sen .Allen may concede tomorrow and Sen.Burns of Montana may not recoup few votes he lost by .Main reason for this disaster is President Bush. He could have fired Defense Secretary Rumsfield. This war is just a stupid war ,unnessary war.

BAD ELECTION RESULTS,2006

Went to the polls and voted Republican top to bottom. Watched results from 6pm and Republicans lost house, and may loose the senate too.It is all because of Iraqi war.It is unnecessary war and it affected the Republican party and Its domestic agenda.One person that is responsible for this Republican debacle is President Bush.May be this defeat reenergize Republicans and keep the White house in 2008.Probably Republicans win white house.American voters are not that great either. Most of the people were for Iraqi war in the begining,but when it gets tough,they are against the war.IT is just foolish and totally stupid.

Election and Republican Party

I could not watch news programmes on TV for the last few days as they are filled with Republican beating and Democratic victory on Tuesday ,Nov 7,2006 election. Most of the news media is left of the center and they are gleeful that Republican party may loose the house and probably Senate. I hope they won't both and I would be delighted for the leftist news media eat their crow.Probably it may not happen.Imagine Polosi speaker? Democratic majority in the house may do lots of mischief ,but nothing would happen as President Bush would veto all the stupid things Congress may send to him.This situation is Republican making. I am a registed Republican and will vote Republican from top to bottom. The Iraqi war is the main thing .It is a stupid war,unnecessary war.We should have gone to Afganistan and took care of Bin laden and his Gang. But going to Iraq is just stupid. We spent billions and kid from all over America are getting killed and Shiates are not so great ful. Lots of Iraqis are killed. What purpose this war serve? We are in a mess. Public opinion.Hmmmm Public opinion.To put it nicely, American public is not so great.

The Hungarian Revolution:10-23-1956

Today is the 50th anniversary of The Hungarian Revolt against Soviet domination.It failed.Wall street Jouranal noted ,probably accurately, that Hungarian revolution was impotent and poignant.It failed but it demonstrated the Hungarian desire to be free.Peter Nadas, a novelist,in Wall street journal and Kati Marton in the New York Times wrote wonderful personal stories.The description of that day by Mr.Nadas, when he was a student , at the Parliament house in Budapest is gripping, and Ms.Martin's description is moving. Some people describe this as the begining of the end of the Soviet domination. But I do not believe it .One of these days ,I will go to Budapest and wander those streets. Today I saw Ms.Kiran Desai on Charlie Rose show.She is so real. Looks like a great wonderful person with no airs.I will buy and read her novel " The inheritance of Loss". Other Interetsing books are Katie Morton's" The great Escape: Nine jews who fled Hitler and changed the world" and "Thirteen days that shook the Kremlin" by Tibor Meray.

Mid-term Elections

"With guarded cheer,democrats dare to believe this is their time"."Taking seriously his vow to run a quality office on the model of Mr.Spitzer,we recommoned Andrew Cuomo's election." With due respect to John Fasso, we support Mr.Spitzer for governor. So goes NewYork Times coverage of the elections.I am sick of the election coverage of the New York Times.It is so liberal and partisan.But that is the general tone of the liberal media.I am sick of the predictions that democrats will win House definitely ,senate may be. Even though, Republicans are not great in the last few years with some scandals,corruption, Republican Congress is much better than Democratic for family values,taxes,immigration and to defeat Terrorism.

Arrogant Judiciary

Judiciary has become so arrogant and power hungry. No respect for other branches of the government and this itself thinks as omnipotent.The Congress and Executive branch passed a law to review the case as new. Judiciary does not care. From Florida district court to 11th circuit and then to Supreme Court,they are covering one other. What is so hurry to kill Terri? Why cann't she be put on a feeding tube? There is no proff that she told anything about anything when she was a 20 year old. Her whole loving family wants to take care of her? Why is this guy who has a woman and kids on side act as if he is a devoted husband,and take away the feeding tube to kill her?Unbelievable, what is happening in Florida!!! A person has been being starved to death. So depressing indeed. God may help Terri.

"Judiciary sanctioned Murder in Florida"

Terri Schiavo is suffering because of judiciary arrogance. Clinton appointed federal judge ,James whitmore, did not care for the law passed by the Congress, and signed by President Bush. This judicial arrogance should be controlled. Other wise judiciary will usurp the powers not sanctioned in the constitution, but will become not an equal branch of the federal government along with the executive and legislature , a primary power center. Republicans and President Bush are right to appoint judges who do not make laws from the bench. The first step should be the abolition of life tenure for judges, and fix a maximum of 15 years of term limit .That way arrogant judges would be off the bench after that period .If Terri Schiavo dies, the responsibility lies with the judiciary.
The liberals are acting like a murder squad. Their enthusiasm to starve Terri is unbelievable. I saw this guy ,Laurence Tribe, professor at Harvard on Fox tonight. I could not believe this guy is gung ho in starving Terri. He talks as if Terri told him her wishes not to get fed. Unbelievable. Van Susteren acted like a potted plant while this guy,Tribe ,repeating the same baloney again and again, criticising the Congress and the President. Isn't she come from CNN?I was so sick of that programme today.

Terri Schiavo,Larry Pressler,Robert D.Blackwell

I saw the pictures of Terri Schiavo before her ordeal began. She looked so pretty and nice. Some of her childhood friends described her good nature and how her husband ill-treated her before her heart attack. They were saying that he was controlling and not sweet at all. I do not like this fellow before and I dislike him more now. I do not understand all the leftist liberal balooney of not respecting the constitution etc. I am sick of these guys. Is there any written will of hers? NO. What are these guys talking about? I am glad Republican partyis in majority in both senate and House of Representatives. If democratic party is in majority, they would not have helped her. Thank God, Republicans are running the congress.This judge in Florida is taking his own time while Terri is being starved.
I read in The New York Times Op-Ed an article by Ex.Sen.Larry Pressler India can nothave abetter friend . He is very supportive of India,its democracy,and criticizing Pakistani military rule etc. Unfortunately, he was defeated as senator from South Dakota few years ago.Pakistanis donated money and transport expenses to his opponent at that time. Indians should actively support India's friends .

Robert D.Blackwell, former U.S ambassdor to India wrote in Wall street journal about how close India and America became during president Bush's presidency. Very thoughtful and interesting article.

On ABC radio, I heard an interview about the denial of Visa to Chief Minister Narendra Moody
with Delhi bureau Chief of Financial times. As I wrote before, it is a stupid,arrogant and wrong headed decision. USA did not help itself withlots of Indians.Congress party won't be in power too long and USA should not make enemy of BJP. Some of the American foreign policy decisions were just simply stupid.