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Sunday, April 25, 2010
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Monday, April 5, 2010
ENEMY OF HUMANITY
ENEMY OF HUMANITY
By Chitranjan Sawant
When we heard of two suicidal bomb blasts on the Moscow metro, our hearts went out to the families that had lost their loved ones. Some Indians who had lost their bread winners in the Islamist terror attacks in Mumbai, India on 26/11 knew how lives of the bereaved would stall for now..Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, USA said that the terrorist was our common enemy. She says that no alibi will be able to justify committing such heinous crimes against the humanity as was done by the Chechen Islamist terrorists. The Caucasus Black Widow organisation took part in perpetrating these acts of terror. The Black Widows comprise wives of those men who were killed by the Russian security agencies sometime or the other in an effort to root out Islamist terrorism from the soil of Russia. On the death of their husbands at the hands of the security forces, the widows vowed to continue the acts of terror against the State and its agencies, including innocent civilians. A few members of the Black Widow terrorist outfit are just teenagers and have yet to taste the rosier side of life. They are, however, possessed by a sinister desire for revenge.
PECULIAR PROBLEM
SOME ANALYSTS SAID THAT THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FACED PECULIAR PROBLEMS OF THE ISLAMIST TERRORISM. THE MUSLIM STATES OF CAUCASUS LIKE INGUSHETIA, DAGESTAN AND CHECHENIA were and are very much a part of the Russian Federation and have also been centrally funded from Moscow. The analysts found it rather strange that the State was funding some Muslim educational institutions and the latter were indirectly funding the Muslim terrorists. Since a situation like this does not exist in the UK or the USA, the Russian rule known as the toughest and most discipline promoting could not put the Islamist terrorist on leash - it sounded so strange. Of course, since the time President Putin and later Prime Minister Putin assumed power, acts of terrorism had shown a marked decline. But 2010 has seen a resurgence of Islamist terrorism and the scene is rather disquieting. When the apartment buildings in Moscow and two other Metropolitan cities were under terrorist attack and the siege of the Beslan School had shaken the young and old alike, strict handling of the situation and new strategy to let Muslim executives of the states in Caucasus handle terror, had indeed shown remarkable results.
However, a passing phase of a relaxation in security handling saw the twin blasts on the Moscow metro, one in Dagestan and now a blowing of rail track in a remote region. No wonder, Prime Minister Putin has vowed to scrap the terrorists from the deep sewage and punish them. His strong arm method may show immediate results but for a long-time peace, economic and administrative measures will have to be taken as spelt out by the President of Russia, himself a protege of Putin.
INDIA SUFFERING TOO
Russia is not alone in facing a difficult situation of Islamist terror that some claim is funded by the Russian government indirectly. The central government of Russia is responsible for running the government schools in the Muslim minority areas wherein secular education is imparted. It is, however, feared that a part of the money meant for education is quietly siphoned off to the Islamist terrorists by the lower level officials in the Muslim states because the officials are deeply sympathetic to the Islamist movement for independence of Muslim areas and terror is just an extension of the policy of liberation from the Russian domination. An analyst will safely surmise that in this respect India and Russia are sailing in the same boat.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim dominated area. It was ruled by a Hindu Maharajah before independence of India. All rulers were given the prerogative by the British paramount power to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. Shree Maharajah Sir Hari Singh Ji willy-nilly chose to accede to India and signed the instrument of accession. Legally speaking, it was final and irrevocable. Nonetheless, pt Jawaharlal Nehru, under the advice of the then Governor General, Lord Luis Mountbatten said that in due course of time there would be a referendum to ascertain the will of the people on the issue of joining India or Pakistan. This was a Himalayan blunder committed by the most impractical politician divorced from pragmatism. India suffered as Mullahs preached Hate Hindu theory in mosques every Friday and in madarsas daily. The money of Indian tax payers, predominantly Hindus, was sent to J&K for development ostensibly but was pocketed by a few families, not excluding pro-Pakistanis. The terrorists had their share of the Indian money through extortion. Thus like in Russia, in India too the government funded terrorism through an indirect route. How unfortunate!
NEW LORDS NEW LAWS
Plebiscite was a dead word in due course of time. There were free and fair elections in J&K many times. However, no government was serious in checking, what to say of rooting out, Islamist terrorism from the state. The Hindu minority was unceremoniously bundled out of the valley of Kashmir. Hindus of Kashmir became refugees in their own land. Successive governments in New Delhi played the Muslim appeasement card to get their votes en block. Some right wing Hindu nationalists also formed the government at the centre but there was no qualitative change in the state of Islamist terror in J&K. Muslim pilgrims proceeding on Hajj continued receiving the Hindu tax payers money as subsidy, never mind who was in power in New Delhi. Appeasing the minorities, irrespective of their loyalty to friend or foe, was the order of the day. Flying the flag of Muslim minorities became quite fashionable among journalists of the English press in India. With the result, the Islamist terrorists in various shapes and sizes got an unexpected boost. Our country, India that is Bharat suffered most. The political, economic and military situation remains unchanged in the second decade of the 21st century.
Terrorism in India has many forms. The one prospering now in the rural Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh is called Naxalism. It is an offshoot of Maoism. The Nepal Maoists, who have tasted blood and power, encourage armed conflicts all over India, especially in the corridor just mentioned above. The central government of India acknowledges the potential danger of Naxalism to the unity of India and yet the centre and states play ping-pong on the issue of fighting against the Naxals. The central police jawans are dying in surprise sweeps of Naxals day in and day out. I do know that efforts are being made to tackle the serious problem. But it is too little and too late. Every Home Minister wants to raise a new police force or put his new strategy into experimental use. Never mind if the poor police jawan becomes the cannon fodder.
WIN OVER THE ENEMY
I do not and shall not subscribe to the view that if you cannot fight against the enemy, join the enemy. No Never. Nevertheless, we can win over the enemy to our side, to our philosophy of life. Remember the great wizard of Statecraft, Acharya Chanakya, also known as Kautilya because of his policies that were Kutil or wily and hence he was called KAUTILYA. He even employed VISH KANYAS TO ELIMINATE ENEMIES OF THE State. The terrorists, howsoever indoctrinated they may be, can be bought by the State. It is said that every individual has his price, Just Pay and win him or her over to your side.
All said and done, all our men and women must be given lessons in patriotism. They should love Bharat much more than their own loved ones. The litmus test can be done in field alone in the face of the terrorist, our biggest enemy. If an Indian, whatever his vocation may be, passes the test of Patriotism, he need pass no other test in this life.
UPVAN 609, Sector 29 NOIDA – 201303 INDIA. Mobile 0091-9811173590.
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By Chitranjan Sawant
When we heard of two suicidal bomb blasts on the Moscow metro, our hearts went out to the families that had lost their loved ones. Some Indians who had lost their bread winners in the Islamist terror attacks in Mumbai, India on 26/11 knew how lives of the bereaved would stall for now..Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, USA said that the terrorist was our common enemy. She says that no alibi will be able to justify committing such heinous crimes against the humanity as was done by the Chechen Islamist terrorists. The Caucasus Black Widow organisation took part in perpetrating these acts of terror. The Black Widows comprise wives of those men who were killed by the Russian security agencies sometime or the other in an effort to root out Islamist terrorism from the soil of Russia. On the death of their husbands at the hands of the security forces, the widows vowed to continue the acts of terror against the State and its agencies, including innocent civilians. A few members of the Black Widow terrorist outfit are just teenagers and have yet to taste the rosier side of life. They are, however, possessed by a sinister desire for revenge.
PECULIAR PROBLEM
SOME ANALYSTS SAID THAT THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FACED PECULIAR PROBLEMS OF THE ISLAMIST TERRORISM. THE MUSLIM STATES OF CAUCASUS LIKE INGUSHETIA, DAGESTAN AND CHECHENIA were and are very much a part of the Russian Federation and have also been centrally funded from Moscow. The analysts found it rather strange that the State was funding some Muslim educational institutions and the latter were indirectly funding the Muslim terrorists. Since a situation like this does not exist in the UK or the USA, the Russian rule known as the toughest and most discipline promoting could not put the Islamist terrorist on leash - it sounded so strange. Of course, since the time President Putin and later Prime Minister Putin assumed power, acts of terrorism had shown a marked decline. But 2010 has seen a resurgence of Islamist terrorism and the scene is rather disquieting. When the apartment buildings in Moscow and two other Metropolitan cities were under terrorist attack and the siege of the Beslan School had shaken the young and old alike, strict handling of the situation and new strategy to let Muslim executives of the states in Caucasus handle terror, had indeed shown remarkable results.
However, a passing phase of a relaxation in security handling saw the twin blasts on the Moscow metro, one in Dagestan and now a blowing of rail track in a remote region. No wonder, Prime Minister Putin has vowed to scrap the terrorists from the deep sewage and punish them. His strong arm method may show immediate results but for a long-time peace, economic and administrative measures will have to be taken as spelt out by the President of Russia, himself a protege of Putin.
INDIA SUFFERING TOO
Russia is not alone in facing a difficult situation of Islamist terror that some claim is funded by the Russian government indirectly. The central government of Russia is responsible for running the government schools in the Muslim minority areas wherein secular education is imparted. It is, however, feared that a part of the money meant for education is quietly siphoned off to the Islamist terrorists by the lower level officials in the Muslim states because the officials are deeply sympathetic to the Islamist movement for independence of Muslim areas and terror is just an extension of the policy of liberation from the Russian domination. An analyst will safely surmise that in this respect India and Russia are sailing in the same boat.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim dominated area. It was ruled by a Hindu Maharajah before independence of India. All rulers were given the prerogative by the British paramount power to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. Shree Maharajah Sir Hari Singh Ji willy-nilly chose to accede to India and signed the instrument of accession. Legally speaking, it was final and irrevocable. Nonetheless, pt Jawaharlal Nehru, under the advice of the then Governor General, Lord Luis Mountbatten said that in due course of time there would be a referendum to ascertain the will of the people on the issue of joining India or Pakistan. This was a Himalayan blunder committed by the most impractical politician divorced from pragmatism. India suffered as Mullahs preached Hate Hindu theory in mosques every Friday and in madarsas daily. The money of Indian tax payers, predominantly Hindus, was sent to J&K for development ostensibly but was pocketed by a few families, not excluding pro-Pakistanis. The terrorists had their share of the Indian money through extortion. Thus like in Russia, in India too the government funded terrorism through an indirect route. How unfortunate!
NEW LORDS NEW LAWS
Plebiscite was a dead word in due course of time. There were free and fair elections in J&K many times. However, no government was serious in checking, what to say of rooting out, Islamist terrorism from the state. The Hindu minority was unceremoniously bundled out of the valley of Kashmir. Hindus of Kashmir became refugees in their own land. Successive governments in New Delhi played the Muslim appeasement card to get their votes en block. Some right wing Hindu nationalists also formed the government at the centre but there was no qualitative change in the state of Islamist terror in J&K. Muslim pilgrims proceeding on Hajj continued receiving the Hindu tax payers money as subsidy, never mind who was in power in New Delhi. Appeasing the minorities, irrespective of their loyalty to friend or foe, was the order of the day. Flying the flag of Muslim minorities became quite fashionable among journalists of the English press in India. With the result, the Islamist terrorists in various shapes and sizes got an unexpected boost. Our country, India that is Bharat suffered most. The political, economic and military situation remains unchanged in the second decade of the 21st century.
Terrorism in India has many forms. The one prospering now in the rural Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh is called Naxalism. It is an offshoot of Maoism. The Nepal Maoists, who have tasted blood and power, encourage armed conflicts all over India, especially in the corridor just mentioned above. The central government of India acknowledges the potential danger of Naxalism to the unity of India and yet the centre and states play ping-pong on the issue of fighting against the Naxals. The central police jawans are dying in surprise sweeps of Naxals day in and day out. I do know that efforts are being made to tackle the serious problem. But it is too little and too late. Every Home Minister wants to raise a new police force or put his new strategy into experimental use. Never mind if the poor police jawan becomes the cannon fodder.
WIN OVER THE ENEMY
I do not and shall not subscribe to the view that if you cannot fight against the enemy, join the enemy. No Never. Nevertheless, we can win over the enemy to our side, to our philosophy of life. Remember the great wizard of Statecraft, Acharya Chanakya, also known as Kautilya because of his policies that were Kutil or wily and hence he was called KAUTILYA. He even employed VISH KANYAS TO ELIMINATE ENEMIES OF THE State. The terrorists, howsoever indoctrinated they may be, can be bought by the State. It is said that every individual has his price, Just Pay and win him or her over to your side.
All said and done, all our men and women must be given lessons in patriotism. They should love Bharat much more than their own loved ones. The litmus test can be done in field alone in the face of the terrorist, our biggest enemy. If an Indian, whatever his vocation may be, passes the test of Patriotism, he need pass no other test in this life.
UPVAN 609, Sector 29 NOIDA – 201303 INDIA. Mobile 0091-9811173590.
Email – upvanom@yahoo.com or sawantg.chitranjan@gmail.com
Thursday, March 25, 2010
LIGHTOF TRUTH ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ALL HUMANS
AUM
‘LIGHT OF TRUTH’ ENLIGHTENS ALL HUMANS
By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM
The Naulakha Mahal in Maharana’s Udaipur was the venue of two important landmarks in the march forward of the Arya Samaj under the guidance of Swami Dayanand Saraswati. The Rishivar finalised the second and final edition of the Satyarth Prakash or Light of Truth, his magnum opus. Secondly, he rescinded his WILL that he had written in Meerut sometime back and wrote his second and final WILL about the management of the Arya Samaj and publication of the Vedic literature generated by him through the Paropkarini Sabha. Presently I propose to write on our family’s tryst with Maharishi’s Magnum Opus.
FRANCE TO FYZABAD
Battle fields in France and Flanders. The British Empire threw in all its might to fight against the Imperial Germany. More than a million Indian soldiers and supporters made their presence felt to friend and foe alike. Of them 70,000 made the supreme sacrifice. My grand uncle was lucky to return with a chest decorated with medals. The highest medal of honour that he received and was passed on from generation to generation was the Satyarth Prakash. The Munshis well versed in Urdu and Persian now went out of the way to learn Hindi and Sanskrit. The newly acquired knowledge of the Vedas transformed our way of life. The first casualty was the Taziya during Moharram or the period of mourning of Shiite Muslims that had become a part and parcel of our way of life under the Nawabs of Oudh. The joyful celebration of the Dussehra was the new arrival. It was soon preceded by the Shravani – the day to change the sacred thread and recommence study of the VEDAS. The fundamental change was very welcome to the family and friends alike.
Reading of the Satyarth Prakash or the Light of Truth enlightened us all. The reading was not a ritual but an awakening. The Munshis of yore changed their personalities, both outward and inward, into those of Mahashayas. Those who saw, they believed that the wind was no more westerly but easterly. The Rishis and Munis were our family’s Role Models to follow. Maryada Purshottam Shri Ram, Yogeshwar Shri Krishna, Maharishi Dayanand, Swami Shraddhanand and so on were the new beacon lights that guided our ship of life through the uncharted seas and darkness. The stories of Sohrab and Rustam were no more narrated at bed time to children to lead them on the path of patriotism. Veer Abhimanyu and Danvir Karna were now sources of inspiration to the toddlers and the adolescents alike.
SUPERSTITIONS AND MYTHS EXPLODED
The first chapter of the Satyarth Prakash guided the old ladies to say AUM all the time they needed to remember God. It was NOT Hariom but just AUM, so said the Swami and we accepted it and one hundred Vedic names of Param Pita Parmatma as gospel truth. Hereafter, nothing else mattered more than what was handed down in black and white and which passed muster as the views of Swami Dayanand based on the Vedic Thought. The Swami made it known time and again that his preaching were a part and parcel of the ancient Vedic Dharma and he were NOT founding a new religion or sect.
Shanivaar or a Saturday – that was a bugbear for many men and women who were yet to be initiated into the realm of the Vedas. Some women refused to buy a new pair of sandals on a Saturday as they contained iron and that would annoy Shani god. What rubbish it was. The first chapter of the Satyarth Prakash makes it amply clear that Shanaishchar is a Vedic word and one of many names of one God who teaches us to be patient. Dr Chiranjiva Bharadwaj translates the Swami’s sentence on Shanaishchara thus:
One who reaches or gains access to all with ease and possesses great fortitude”.
It is quite clear that the Vedic name of God exudes friendliness and those who arouse Fear of Shanaishchar do so just to line their pockets. In our family, thanks to Satyarth Prakash, Saturday has no special significance for fear or favour. It would be in the fitness of things to mention that in my military service of three decades plus I took charge of important posts on Saturdays (it was not a holiday then) and all was well.
Bhoot bhoot or ghosts, djinns and evil spirits frighten our children because we have put wrong, superstitious beliefs in their minds during impressionable years of life. It must be corrected forthwith.
The second and third chapters of our book guide us on education of children and dispelling doubts on the existence of evil spirits or Bhatakti Atma – the wandering souls who are not born again. My family and I lived in a house located on the ramparts of the Fort William which is notorious for ghosts of Englishmen and women. One evening my adolescent children insisted on examining feet of the maid to ensure that heels were in the rear and toes in front part of the feet as they were told that an English female ghost with heels in front was on the prowl on the ramparts. I was indeed alarmed to hear of the incident. I immediately read out the relevant part of the Swami’s writing to reassure my children that ghosts are mere figments of imagination. The Swami says: “Preta (in Sanskrit) really means a dead body, and Bhoot means who is deceased.” In my opinion a living person should never be scared of the dead and this thought should be drilled in the minds of young boys and girls.
The ignorant souls live in all parts of the world. Long ago while I was on a Ved prachar sojourn in the UK, a mother of a newlywed girl implored me to write a Ved mantra and tie it in the girl’s dupatta so that her husband forsakes the company of his lover and spends time with the lawfully wedded wife. I succeeded in convincing her that there was no such procedure prescribed in the Vedas. However, the Mahamantra for reunion is communication and togetherness. In a joint meeting with the newlyweds I read out to them from the fourth chapter of the Satyarth Prakash:
“Whenever the husband is quite contented with his wife, and the wife with her husband, in that family alone all prosperity, fortune and happiness perpetually dwell. And wherever they disagree and squabble, there poverty, ill fortune and misery are assuredly permanent.”
I am indeed glad to mention that the couple had started sleeping together after a few sessions of marital counselling. Since sexual intercourse for procreation forms the bedrock of a happy married life they were counselled to read and practise the way to have sex as prescribed in the chapter four of the Satyarth Prakash. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati led a life of celibacy from beginning to the end yet he did not fight shy in advising the newly wedded couple how to copulate and discharge semen into the vagina to give birth to a new life. His preaching is both philosophical and pragmatic as is seen in his great treatise. There is an adequate emphasis on Vivah and Grihashram in the fourth chapter and it is of immense help to the uninitiated couple fresh from the Gurukul after the Brahmacharya Ashram.
Are you prepared to leave your home and hearth and prepare yourself for Sanyas and thence for the final departure from this world? Well, everyone should go through all four ashrams of life. Maharishi Dayanand writes all about the Vanaprastha and Sanyas ashrams in chapter five. This brings us to an end of preparation and actual living of an individual and also the family. Thereafter, the Swami deals with the Raj Dharm in chapter six and that also includes the dharm of a kshatriya. Based on this chapter, I had written an article Maharishi Dayanand and National Defence which was posted on the Internet and became a hotly debated subject in various seminars on national defence. Running of administration and keeping the State in one piece is no joke. The Raj Dharm as enunciated in chapter six draws from the Manusmriti and makes available to a student of statecraft what he or she needs to know to run the show as a state actor.
VEDIC PHILOSOPHY
Chapters seven to ten deal with pure philosophy of life and Creation of the world, how to attain MOKSHA and what is Vidya or Avidya.The world that we live in – is it the first of its kind? How does Creation take place and how the Pralaya or the great deluge takes it back to square one – these are some of the basic questions that an individual wishes to know. Maharishi Dayanand explains with patience what the Vedic concept is. Like in other chapters, these philosophical chapters also follow the Question-Answer technique that is so simple that one who has not learnt Sanskrit in school is able to understand. This is the beauty of the style and content of Maharishi’s writings in the Satyarth Prakash that a scholar and a commoner are equally at ease in going through the content.
I recall what an old venerable lady told me after my short talk on the beauty and knowledge that a reader sees and gets after reading the Satyarth Prakash. She said “Brigadier Ji, I must confess that I go to sleep the moment I open chapter one and read a few lines”. I knew what her problem was. I advised her to start reading the book from chapter eleven. There are numerous interesting stories that the Swami has mentioned in his crusade to explode myths and superstitions. The chapter XI makes a good reading and the old lady vouched for it in our next meeting.
The Jains and the Buddhists are unhappy with chapter twelve as they feel that their religions are in the firing line. The Maharishi has nothing against any particular religion. His aim was to enlighten entire Mankind through the Light of Truth. Nothing more, nothing less. One should not feel hurt as no individual or religion has been picked for unwarranted criticism. In chapter XI it is the indigenous faith of Bharat that is in the firing line. Jain religion and Buddhism are very much of Indian origin and a separate chapter deals with their anti-Vedic stance and sufficient space has been devoted for the purpose.
Christianity has been analysed threadbare in the 13th chapter and Islam in the 14th chapter. Swami Ji had got the Bible and the Quraán translated into Hindi before expressing his views and examining their precepts in the light of the Vedic injunctions. Swami Dayanand found that the concept of birth of a baby without a male and a female coming together for sex was the biggest lie perpetrated by Christianity. How could Jesus be son of God all by himself? We all are sons and daughters of God.
Likewise the stories of Islam that were unscientific were analysed threadbare and the myth was exposed. How was it possible for the prophet to ascend on a white horse and go to heaven, asked the analyst? The Muslims slaughter animals for food but say that they are doing so in the name of the Merciful God. Indeed it was a contradiction of terms.
It may be clarified that Christian missionaries and Islamist Mullahs had launched a tirade on the Hindu Dharma and a counter-attack was an absolute must. In any case Maharishi Dayanand wished to enlighten all human beings without fear or favour through the Satyarth Prakash or the Light of Truth. The great Swami achieved his aim. Here is what he wrote in the preface of his treatise:
“My chief aim in writing this book is to unfold Truth. I have expounded truth as truth and error as error. The exposition of error in place of truth and of truth in place of error does not constitute the unfolding of truth.......
It is not our object to hurt anyone’s susceptibilities or to injure anyone. On the other hand, our aim is to further the advancement and advance the well being of mankind....In our opinion there is no other way of elevating the human race.”
Swami Dayanand Saraswati always favoured those who were truthful and opposed those who favoured falsehood. Nothing could deter him in expressing the Truth. At the end of the Preface, he says with emphasis:
“We consider it the first and the foremost duty of every man to proclaimthe Truth without fear or favour.”
Maharishi Dayanand ends the preface with a prayer to the Almighty:
“May the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Supreme Spirit who is the true personification of Existence, Consciousness and Bliss through His grace diffuse this spirit and give it permanency.” A word to the wise.
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‘LIGHT OF TRUTH’ ENLIGHTENS ALL HUMANS
By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM
The Naulakha Mahal in Maharana’s Udaipur was the venue of two important landmarks in the march forward of the Arya Samaj under the guidance of Swami Dayanand Saraswati. The Rishivar finalised the second and final edition of the Satyarth Prakash or Light of Truth, his magnum opus. Secondly, he rescinded his WILL that he had written in Meerut sometime back and wrote his second and final WILL about the management of the Arya Samaj and publication of the Vedic literature generated by him through the Paropkarini Sabha. Presently I propose to write on our family’s tryst with Maharishi’s Magnum Opus.
FRANCE TO FYZABAD
Battle fields in France and Flanders. The British Empire threw in all its might to fight against the Imperial Germany. More than a million Indian soldiers and supporters made their presence felt to friend and foe alike. Of them 70,000 made the supreme sacrifice. My grand uncle was lucky to return with a chest decorated with medals. The highest medal of honour that he received and was passed on from generation to generation was the Satyarth Prakash. The Munshis well versed in Urdu and Persian now went out of the way to learn Hindi and Sanskrit. The newly acquired knowledge of the Vedas transformed our way of life. The first casualty was the Taziya during Moharram or the period of mourning of Shiite Muslims that had become a part and parcel of our way of life under the Nawabs of Oudh. The joyful celebration of the Dussehra was the new arrival. It was soon preceded by the Shravani – the day to change the sacred thread and recommence study of the VEDAS. The fundamental change was very welcome to the family and friends alike.
Reading of the Satyarth Prakash or the Light of Truth enlightened us all. The reading was not a ritual but an awakening. The Munshis of yore changed their personalities, both outward and inward, into those of Mahashayas. Those who saw, they believed that the wind was no more westerly but easterly. The Rishis and Munis were our family’s Role Models to follow. Maryada Purshottam Shri Ram, Yogeshwar Shri Krishna, Maharishi Dayanand, Swami Shraddhanand and so on were the new beacon lights that guided our ship of life through the uncharted seas and darkness. The stories of Sohrab and Rustam were no more narrated at bed time to children to lead them on the path of patriotism. Veer Abhimanyu and Danvir Karna were now sources of inspiration to the toddlers and the adolescents alike.
SUPERSTITIONS AND MYTHS EXPLODED
The first chapter of the Satyarth Prakash guided the old ladies to say AUM all the time they needed to remember God. It was NOT Hariom but just AUM, so said the Swami and we accepted it and one hundred Vedic names of Param Pita Parmatma as gospel truth. Hereafter, nothing else mattered more than what was handed down in black and white and which passed muster as the views of Swami Dayanand based on the Vedic Thought. The Swami made it known time and again that his preaching were a part and parcel of the ancient Vedic Dharma and he were NOT founding a new religion or sect.
Shanivaar or a Saturday – that was a bugbear for many men and women who were yet to be initiated into the realm of the Vedas. Some women refused to buy a new pair of sandals on a Saturday as they contained iron and that would annoy Shani god. What rubbish it was. The first chapter of the Satyarth Prakash makes it amply clear that Shanaishchar is a Vedic word and one of many names of one God who teaches us to be patient. Dr Chiranjiva Bharadwaj translates the Swami’s sentence on Shanaishchara thus:
One who reaches or gains access to all with ease and possesses great fortitude”.
It is quite clear that the Vedic name of God exudes friendliness and those who arouse Fear of Shanaishchar do so just to line their pockets. In our family, thanks to Satyarth Prakash, Saturday has no special significance for fear or favour. It would be in the fitness of things to mention that in my military service of three decades plus I took charge of important posts on Saturdays (it was not a holiday then) and all was well.
Bhoot bhoot or ghosts, djinns and evil spirits frighten our children because we have put wrong, superstitious beliefs in their minds during impressionable years of life. It must be corrected forthwith.
The second and third chapters of our book guide us on education of children and dispelling doubts on the existence of evil spirits or Bhatakti Atma – the wandering souls who are not born again. My family and I lived in a house located on the ramparts of the Fort William which is notorious for ghosts of Englishmen and women. One evening my adolescent children insisted on examining feet of the maid to ensure that heels were in the rear and toes in front part of the feet as they were told that an English female ghost with heels in front was on the prowl on the ramparts. I was indeed alarmed to hear of the incident. I immediately read out the relevant part of the Swami’s writing to reassure my children that ghosts are mere figments of imagination. The Swami says: “Preta (in Sanskrit) really means a dead body, and Bhoot means who is deceased.” In my opinion a living person should never be scared of the dead and this thought should be drilled in the minds of young boys and girls.
The ignorant souls live in all parts of the world. Long ago while I was on a Ved prachar sojourn in the UK, a mother of a newlywed girl implored me to write a Ved mantra and tie it in the girl’s dupatta so that her husband forsakes the company of his lover and spends time with the lawfully wedded wife. I succeeded in convincing her that there was no such procedure prescribed in the Vedas. However, the Mahamantra for reunion is communication and togetherness. In a joint meeting with the newlyweds I read out to them from the fourth chapter of the Satyarth Prakash:
“Whenever the husband is quite contented with his wife, and the wife with her husband, in that family alone all prosperity, fortune and happiness perpetually dwell. And wherever they disagree and squabble, there poverty, ill fortune and misery are assuredly permanent.”
I am indeed glad to mention that the couple had started sleeping together after a few sessions of marital counselling. Since sexual intercourse for procreation forms the bedrock of a happy married life they were counselled to read and practise the way to have sex as prescribed in the chapter four of the Satyarth Prakash. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati led a life of celibacy from beginning to the end yet he did not fight shy in advising the newly wedded couple how to copulate and discharge semen into the vagina to give birth to a new life. His preaching is both philosophical and pragmatic as is seen in his great treatise. There is an adequate emphasis on Vivah and Grihashram in the fourth chapter and it is of immense help to the uninitiated couple fresh from the Gurukul after the Brahmacharya Ashram.
Are you prepared to leave your home and hearth and prepare yourself for Sanyas and thence for the final departure from this world? Well, everyone should go through all four ashrams of life. Maharishi Dayanand writes all about the Vanaprastha and Sanyas ashrams in chapter five. This brings us to an end of preparation and actual living of an individual and also the family. Thereafter, the Swami deals with the Raj Dharm in chapter six and that also includes the dharm of a kshatriya. Based on this chapter, I had written an article Maharishi Dayanand and National Defence which was posted on the Internet and became a hotly debated subject in various seminars on national defence. Running of administration and keeping the State in one piece is no joke. The Raj Dharm as enunciated in chapter six draws from the Manusmriti and makes available to a student of statecraft what he or she needs to know to run the show as a state actor.
VEDIC PHILOSOPHY
Chapters seven to ten deal with pure philosophy of life and Creation of the world, how to attain MOKSHA and what is Vidya or Avidya.The world that we live in – is it the first of its kind? How does Creation take place and how the Pralaya or the great deluge takes it back to square one – these are some of the basic questions that an individual wishes to know. Maharishi Dayanand explains with patience what the Vedic concept is. Like in other chapters, these philosophical chapters also follow the Question-Answer technique that is so simple that one who has not learnt Sanskrit in school is able to understand. This is the beauty of the style and content of Maharishi’s writings in the Satyarth Prakash that a scholar and a commoner are equally at ease in going through the content.
I recall what an old venerable lady told me after my short talk on the beauty and knowledge that a reader sees and gets after reading the Satyarth Prakash. She said “Brigadier Ji, I must confess that I go to sleep the moment I open chapter one and read a few lines”. I knew what her problem was. I advised her to start reading the book from chapter eleven. There are numerous interesting stories that the Swami has mentioned in his crusade to explode myths and superstitions. The chapter XI makes a good reading and the old lady vouched for it in our next meeting.
The Jains and the Buddhists are unhappy with chapter twelve as they feel that their religions are in the firing line. The Maharishi has nothing against any particular religion. His aim was to enlighten entire Mankind through the Light of Truth. Nothing more, nothing less. One should not feel hurt as no individual or religion has been picked for unwarranted criticism. In chapter XI it is the indigenous faith of Bharat that is in the firing line. Jain religion and Buddhism are very much of Indian origin and a separate chapter deals with their anti-Vedic stance and sufficient space has been devoted for the purpose.
Christianity has been analysed threadbare in the 13th chapter and Islam in the 14th chapter. Swami Ji had got the Bible and the Quraán translated into Hindi before expressing his views and examining their precepts in the light of the Vedic injunctions. Swami Dayanand found that the concept of birth of a baby without a male and a female coming together for sex was the biggest lie perpetrated by Christianity. How could Jesus be son of God all by himself? We all are sons and daughters of God.
Likewise the stories of Islam that were unscientific were analysed threadbare and the myth was exposed. How was it possible for the prophet to ascend on a white horse and go to heaven, asked the analyst? The Muslims slaughter animals for food but say that they are doing so in the name of the Merciful God. Indeed it was a contradiction of terms.
It may be clarified that Christian missionaries and Islamist Mullahs had launched a tirade on the Hindu Dharma and a counter-attack was an absolute must. In any case Maharishi Dayanand wished to enlighten all human beings without fear or favour through the Satyarth Prakash or the Light of Truth. The great Swami achieved his aim. Here is what he wrote in the preface of his treatise:
“My chief aim in writing this book is to unfold Truth. I have expounded truth as truth and error as error. The exposition of error in place of truth and of truth in place of error does not constitute the unfolding of truth.......
It is not our object to hurt anyone’s susceptibilities or to injure anyone. On the other hand, our aim is to further the advancement and advance the well being of mankind....In our opinion there is no other way of elevating the human race.”
Swami Dayanand Saraswati always favoured those who were truthful and opposed those who favoured falsehood. Nothing could deter him in expressing the Truth. At the end of the Preface, he says with emphasis:
“We consider it the first and the foremost duty of every man to proclaimthe Truth without fear or favour.”
Maharishi Dayanand ends the preface with a prayer to the Almighty:
“May the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Supreme Spirit who is the true personification of Existence, Consciousness and Bliss through His grace diffuse this spirit and give it permanency.” A word to the wise.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
ENJOY SEX IN MIDDLE AGE
AUM.
LAND OF LIBIDO
By Chitranjan Sawant
Losing interest in sex is not uncommon among the middle aged men and women. And yet healthy couples are concerned that they are losing interest in sex. Sex has been so much around human beings right from childhood, through adolescence to youth and manhood or womanhood that a healthy human being does not want to lose it. Loss of interest in sex by either partner at a time when one should be sexually active is mourned like the loss of a loved one. Sex indeed is more than a loved one. It is an inseparable part of your body, mind and soul.
SEXUAL BIRTH
An inquisitive child of five asked his father how he was born. The father did not wish to initiate him into niceties of sex so early and took recourse to the traditional "stork brought you home" story. The child persisted and asked about the mode of birth of his father and grandfather and on hearing a repeat of the stork story quipped "Father, dear father! do you mean to say that there has been no sexual birth in this family for three generations?". The child knew all about what the birds and bees do and just wished to have a confirmation from his father. He was so fond of his parents that he would slip into their bed unannounced at midnight and at times cause disruption while a sexual act was just developing.
Indeed kids do intrude into parental domain and cause a minor disruption in the land of the libido. So, children should be given an opportunity to tire themselves physically and mentally at play so that they have a sound sleep the moment they hit their own beds and do not make forays into parental bedroom. This freedom from intrusion into bedroom will help the middle-aged couple develop desire in the land of the libido and finally have full satisfaction in sex in own bed.
Right from day one when marriage is consummated to the time when menopause sets in, women experience that elusive bliss called Orgasm lesser number of times than is desirable. The male partner does ejaculate every time he copulates but it may be or may not be Orgasm. For him an ejaculation after sex is more like a sleeping pill than what his female partner wishes it to be. Possibly this is one of the reasons that the female partner is not ever ready to have sex when there is nothing else to do. The female, more often than not, takes it as an exercise in futility while the male partner uses it as a sleeping pill. Thus the couple is bereft of bliss of sex and the land of the libido gradually turns into a desert.
CHANGE THE STYLE
One lives and learns. Not experiencing Orgasm over a long period may give rise to Depression in life and may cause a total lack of interest in life itself. There cannot be two opinions that this is a dangerous development. It must be nipped in the bud.
It is the same husband, it is the same wife, it is the same bedroom and it is the same bed and the timing of copulation is just about the same. It is like that day in and day out. Repetitive actions induce monotony and sleep. Monotony is a declared enemy of generating active interest in life.If there is no interest in the proceedings of the day or night, how can there be an active interest in sexual intercourse? It will just be a drab and monotonous activity that the couple is going through just for the heck of it. They have sex because they have nothing better to do. Indeed this kind of life in bed will soon be as dry as dust. The sexual act has to be juicy physically and mentally. The sexual organs should secrete, the body should encourage the relevant parts involved in sex to secrete juices and the mind should enjoy it. This juicy experience will keep monotony at bay. This experience can be had if the couple changes the style but not the spouse.
It has been mentioned that repetitive action is to be avoided. Likewise, repetitive conversation should also be avoided. In any case, while having sex with wife, a husband must not narrate with interest his sexual experiences with other women in the past. This kind of talk is the greatest killer of sexual desire in the female partner presently in bed and must be banished from the land of the libido.No man and no woman wishes that another lover's sexual escapades be mentioned while the present lovers are making an endeavour to reach the climax in sex.
A good exercise in the evening followed by a hot water bath and a light but nutritive dinner a couple of hours before retiring to bed indeed help in putting the couple in the right mood to coupulate. To derive the maximum pleasure from sex, the stomach should neither be full nor empty. Just enough food in the digestive system to keep the blood sugar at the right level so that interest in activity is not only generated but also kept alive and active to reach the point of climax eventually.
SEX FOR PROCREATION
The Vedic injunction is for both husband and wife to have a good sexual intercourse with the pious intention of promoting procreation , that is giving birth to a son or a daughter. If one has the means to feed, clothe and educate more than two or three children, the Vedic Dharm puts no restriction on the number. It is up to parents to decide on the number of children they wish to have. The husband and wife continue loving each other for longer duration if they spend more time together chatting, comparing notes and planning future of progeny. More time together also arouses sexual interest in each other and encourages them to have sex. Thus they know the way to love both in bed and out of bed and do not have to consult a doctor or a sexologist. Life proceeds forward amicably and sex continues to be the cementing factor. Land of Libido will ever be fertile and green and there will never be a danger of it turning into a desert.
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LAND OF LIBIDO
By Chitranjan Sawant
Losing interest in sex is not uncommon among the middle aged men and women. And yet healthy couples are concerned that they are losing interest in sex. Sex has been so much around human beings right from childhood, through adolescence to youth and manhood or womanhood that a healthy human being does not want to lose it. Loss of interest in sex by either partner at a time when one should be sexually active is mourned like the loss of a loved one. Sex indeed is more than a loved one. It is an inseparable part of your body, mind and soul.
SEXUAL BIRTH
An inquisitive child of five asked his father how he was born. The father did not wish to initiate him into niceties of sex so early and took recourse to the traditional "stork brought you home" story. The child persisted and asked about the mode of birth of his father and grandfather and on hearing a repeat of the stork story quipped "Father, dear father! do you mean to say that there has been no sexual birth in this family for three generations?". The child knew all about what the birds and bees do and just wished to have a confirmation from his father. He was so fond of his parents that he would slip into their bed unannounced at midnight and at times cause disruption while a sexual act was just developing.
Indeed kids do intrude into parental domain and cause a minor disruption in the land of the libido. So, children should be given an opportunity to tire themselves physically and mentally at play so that they have a sound sleep the moment they hit their own beds and do not make forays into parental bedroom. This freedom from intrusion into bedroom will help the middle-aged couple develop desire in the land of the libido and finally have full satisfaction in sex in own bed.
Right from day one when marriage is consummated to the time when menopause sets in, women experience that elusive bliss called Orgasm lesser number of times than is desirable. The male partner does ejaculate every time he copulates but it may be or may not be Orgasm. For him an ejaculation after sex is more like a sleeping pill than what his female partner wishes it to be. Possibly this is one of the reasons that the female partner is not ever ready to have sex when there is nothing else to do. The female, more often than not, takes it as an exercise in futility while the male partner uses it as a sleeping pill. Thus the couple is bereft of bliss of sex and the land of the libido gradually turns into a desert.
CHANGE THE STYLE
One lives and learns. Not experiencing Orgasm over a long period may give rise to Depression in life and may cause a total lack of interest in life itself. There cannot be two opinions that this is a dangerous development. It must be nipped in the bud.
It is the same husband, it is the same wife, it is the same bedroom and it is the same bed and the timing of copulation is just about the same. It is like that day in and day out. Repetitive actions induce monotony and sleep. Monotony is a declared enemy of generating active interest in life.If there is no interest in the proceedings of the day or night, how can there be an active interest in sexual intercourse? It will just be a drab and monotonous activity that the couple is going through just for the heck of it. They have sex because they have nothing better to do. Indeed this kind of life in bed will soon be as dry as dust. The sexual act has to be juicy physically and mentally. The sexual organs should secrete, the body should encourage the relevant parts involved in sex to secrete juices and the mind should enjoy it. This juicy experience will keep monotony at bay. This experience can be had if the couple changes the style but not the spouse.
It has been mentioned that repetitive action is to be avoided. Likewise, repetitive conversation should also be avoided. In any case, while having sex with wife, a husband must not narrate with interest his sexual experiences with other women in the past. This kind of talk is the greatest killer of sexual desire in the female partner presently in bed and must be banished from the land of the libido.No man and no woman wishes that another lover's sexual escapades be mentioned while the present lovers are making an endeavour to reach the climax in sex.
A good exercise in the evening followed by a hot water bath and a light but nutritive dinner a couple of hours before retiring to bed indeed help in putting the couple in the right mood to coupulate. To derive the maximum pleasure from sex, the stomach should neither be full nor empty. Just enough food in the digestive system to keep the blood sugar at the right level so that interest in activity is not only generated but also kept alive and active to reach the point of climax eventually.
SEX FOR PROCREATION
The Vedic injunction is for both husband and wife to have a good sexual intercourse with the pious intention of promoting procreation , that is giving birth to a son or a daughter. If one has the means to feed, clothe and educate more than two or three children, the Vedic Dharm puts no restriction on the number. It is up to parents to decide on the number of children they wish to have. The husband and wife continue loving each other for longer duration if they spend more time together chatting, comparing notes and planning future of progeny. More time together also arouses sexual interest in each other and encourages them to have sex. Thus they know the way to love both in bed and out of bed and do not have to consult a doctor or a sexologist. Life proceeds forward amicably and sex continues to be the cementing factor. Land of Libido will ever be fertile and green and there will never be a danger of it turning into a desert.
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windfall for pakistan
AUM.
WINDFALL FOR PAKISTAN
By Chitranjan Sawant.
When the tiger walks away after feeding on the kill, jackals walk in for a feast on the carcas. Having shown the Islamist terrorists their place in battle, the NATO forces, mainly the American forces,may walk away from the scene of action. It is Pakistan that will creep in and fill the vacuum. Pakistan will not rule Afghanistan directly. They will put in place a proxy rule through the Islamist terrorist group but will always call the shots on policy and strategic matters.FINAL DECISION AWAITEDPresident Obama had indicated that he was acceding to the request of US General in the Field for a surge but there is more to his policy than this surge. It will be Surge, Dominate and Quit.There have been afterthoughts too, especially on the issue of Quitting Afghanistan. The US Generals in the field are not in favour of quitting yet. The Afghan National Army being trained by the US Army is not yet fully prepared to take over the onerous duties in battle field. They need to go on serious and difficult battle missions along with the NATO forces and taste enemy blood. The Afghans may be good fighters but they have to undergo the Battle Innoculation Test when live bullets are being fired by both the enemy and own troops with the intention to kill. It is not a friendly fire but a real fire-fight where the bullet knows who to hit, when to pierce and what part of the body to bleed. It may be bleeding to death.Once the Afghan National Army is prepared to take over the Security duty of the country, the NATO will be too happy to go home.Pakistan may seem to be a fence sitter as of now but in teality they are an active player on the centre stage. It is in the national interest of Pakistan that the NATO forces leave Afghanistan and Pakistan fill the vacuum thus created. They had done so when the Soviet army had left Afghanistan after facing an ignoble military situation. Americans know that Pakistan has not been a faithful friend. They are worshippers of the rising sun and just don't care for the setting sun. Ostensibly Pakistan would pose to be a bosom friend of America's and a faithful ally through thick and thin. Pakistan is a wolf in a lamb's clothing and would pounce upon anyone and make a kill if it suits its interests. Not only this, Pakistan will keep on professing friendship with the United States and the Taliban simultaneously. Pakistan knows and has practised many a time how to run with the hare and hunt with the hound at the same time.American students of history will guide their policy makers that after the Soviet Army quit Afghanistan and left its Afghan friends in the wilderness, the Islamist forces tortured them , maimed them and eventually killed them. let history not repeat itself. Should it happen again, the new generation Afghans will never trust Americans and Europeans , come what may.Pakistan should not be allowed to play a mediatory role as and when Peace would be negotiated between the Afghan National Army and the civil administration and the good Taliban backed by Pakistan. The NATO would be in no position to advise or intervene effectively. They may be at the negotiating table as a toothless tiger in a man-made jungle. If the Americans visualise that situation, they would not like to quit Afghanistan unless their staunch Afghan ally and the Afghan National Army are strong enough to cut Islamist terrorists to size.Be that as it may, the time is not ripe for the NATO to quit for another 3 to 5 years. Another assessment may be made then and a sound decision made as per circumstances prevailing at that point of time.Email: upvanom@yahoo.com
Sunday, January 31, 2010
KNOWING THE NEIGHBOUR
AUM.
CHINA AN ENIGMA
By Chitranjan Sawant
Do you know China? Do I know China? It is kind of hard to answer the question.One may have read the history and geography of China but that knowledge is bookish.The real knowledge about the land and the people comes from visiting the land and interacting with the people.There are not many men and women on planet Earth who can claim this privilege.
UPS AND DOWNS
China has had meteoric rise in the last few decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. China is an economic super power and dictates terms to Europe and America.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries China was down in the dumps both economically and militarily. The political corruption of rulers in Beijing had led the country on the down hill road.As many as eight powers of the world, seven European powers and one Asian power, Imperial Japan, had ridden roughshod over Imperial China and divided her into economic zones where each of the eight ruled the roost. Politically speaking, some Chinese territory was conquered by or ceded to these arrogant powers. Hong Kong became British to its finger tips.It was not until 1997 that Hong Kong reverted to the lap of the motherland, China. By then China was a Communist country and was on road to becoming a world power in her own rights. The British could not have continued their sway and suzerainty over the island even if they wished to. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and future King of the United Kingdom personally went to Hong Kong to preside over the transfer ceremony and see the Red Star of China replace the Union Jack of the British. The writing was on the wall and the British were quick to read and react.
Privately the Chinese strategists recalled with glee that it was the British Governor of Hong Kong who opened the case of the transfer of the island to the motherland; otherwise the Chinese were in no hurry to lose their sleep over it. An enigmatic statement indeed.
HOW'S THE WEATHER
When you say "Good morning", the Chinese gentleman is in no hurry to declare it a good morning too. The Chinese gentleman will look at the sky, look at the man breaking ice in conversation and assess the situation before returning the complimentary greetings. This is the characteristic of the entire Chinese nation.A thorough assessment of the situation and the environment must be done before speaking a word. The speech must follow thinking. Deliberation accompanied by a debate may lead to a conclusion and ultimate communication. It will thus be seen that deliberation precedes communication and it is a basic Chinese characteristic from time immemorial. The foreigners feel that the Chinese government delays action or communication to the European powers and Americans. The Chinese people on their part are extra cautious in dealing with the foreigners. Once bitten Twice Shy - an ancient adage is followed by the Chinese people in letter and spirit.
FOREIGN DEVIL
YANG QUEIDZ -this Chinese phrase meaning Foreign Devil is used for all whites visiting China. What to say of the Emperor of China, even the common court officials and ordinary man in the street did not trust the foreigners and refused to have any social interaction with them. In an official interaction, a few words, if any, were spoken. Even ambassadors extra-ordinary and plenipotentiary were dismissed from the Imperial court after an audience in as short a period as was possible. Suffice it to say that the historical mistrust that the Chinese government and people have for western powers persists.
The present hardline statement or the harsh tone of political reaction of Beijing on the proposed sale of sophisticated military hardware by America to Taiwan should be read in the historical backdrop.
PRESENT SCENARIO
The revolt like situation in Sinkiang in western China or in Tibet has made the Beijing officials a bit nervous. Consequently they have become hard liners in diplomacy and forsaken elasticity. The Chinese adopt a diplomatic position, pursue it and ensure that the Chinese will is not weakened. The other day 25 or so Uighur Muslims of Syin Jiang sought asylum in Cambodia to escape the Chinese law and punishment. The Chinese government brought tremendous pressure on the Cambodian government and had those Muslims repatriated to China to face trial for involvement in the riots in Urumqi. The Chinese saw their will done, notwithstanding the western diplomatic pressure to annul repatriation of Uighur Muslims to China. Apparently, this Chinese success in the diplomatic domain became a possibility because China is now a major player on the world stage. China adopting a strident tone in world affairs is a direct result of her becoming a super power economically, politically and militarily. China has left her neighbours miles behind in this race and achieved the desired goal with sincere planning, meticulous execution and non-deviation from the goal. Now even the sky is not the limit. China is now a global power and has the will to do what it wishes to.
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CHINA AN ENIGMA
By Chitranjan Sawant
Do you know China? Do I know China? It is kind of hard to answer the question.One may have read the history and geography of China but that knowledge is bookish.The real knowledge about the land and the people comes from visiting the land and interacting with the people.There are not many men and women on planet Earth who can claim this privilege.
UPS AND DOWNS
China has had meteoric rise in the last few decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. China is an economic super power and dictates terms to Europe and America.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries China was down in the dumps both economically and militarily. The political corruption of rulers in Beijing had led the country on the down hill road.As many as eight powers of the world, seven European powers and one Asian power, Imperial Japan, had ridden roughshod over Imperial China and divided her into economic zones where each of the eight ruled the roost. Politically speaking, some Chinese territory was conquered by or ceded to these arrogant powers. Hong Kong became British to its finger tips.It was not until 1997 that Hong Kong reverted to the lap of the motherland, China. By then China was a Communist country and was on road to becoming a world power in her own rights. The British could not have continued their sway and suzerainty over the island even if they wished to. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and future King of the United Kingdom personally went to Hong Kong to preside over the transfer ceremony and see the Red Star of China replace the Union Jack of the British. The writing was on the wall and the British were quick to read and react.
Privately the Chinese strategists recalled with glee that it was the British Governor of Hong Kong who opened the case of the transfer of the island to the motherland; otherwise the Chinese were in no hurry to lose their sleep over it. An enigmatic statement indeed.
HOW'S THE WEATHER
When you say "Good morning", the Chinese gentleman is in no hurry to declare it a good morning too. The Chinese gentleman will look at the sky, look at the man breaking ice in conversation and assess the situation before returning the complimentary greetings. This is the characteristic of the entire Chinese nation.A thorough assessment of the situation and the environment must be done before speaking a word. The speech must follow thinking. Deliberation accompanied by a debate may lead to a conclusion and ultimate communication. It will thus be seen that deliberation precedes communication and it is a basic Chinese characteristic from time immemorial. The foreigners feel that the Chinese government delays action or communication to the European powers and Americans. The Chinese people on their part are extra cautious in dealing with the foreigners. Once bitten Twice Shy - an ancient adage is followed by the Chinese people in letter and spirit.
FOREIGN DEVIL
YANG QUEIDZ -this Chinese phrase meaning Foreign Devil is used for all whites visiting China. What to say of the Emperor of China, even the common court officials and ordinary man in the street did not trust the foreigners and refused to have any social interaction with them. In an official interaction, a few words, if any, were spoken. Even ambassadors extra-ordinary and plenipotentiary were dismissed from the Imperial court after an audience in as short a period as was possible. Suffice it to say that the historical mistrust that the Chinese government and people have for western powers persists.
The present hardline statement or the harsh tone of political reaction of Beijing on the proposed sale of sophisticated military hardware by America to Taiwan should be read in the historical backdrop.
PRESENT SCENARIO
The revolt like situation in Sinkiang in western China or in Tibet has made the Beijing officials a bit nervous. Consequently they have become hard liners in diplomacy and forsaken elasticity. The Chinese adopt a diplomatic position, pursue it and ensure that the Chinese will is not weakened. The other day 25 or so Uighur Muslims of Syin Jiang sought asylum in Cambodia to escape the Chinese law and punishment. The Chinese government brought tremendous pressure on the Cambodian government and had those Muslims repatriated to China to face trial for involvement in the riots in Urumqi. The Chinese saw their will done, notwithstanding the western diplomatic pressure to annul repatriation of Uighur Muslims to China. Apparently, this Chinese success in the diplomatic domain became a possibility because China is now a major player on the world stage. China adopting a strident tone in world affairs is a direct result of her becoming a super power economically, politically and militarily. China has left her neighbours miles behind in this race and achieved the desired goal with sincere planning, meticulous execution and non-deviation from the goal. Now even the sky is not the limit. China is now a global power and has the will to do what it wishes to.
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