The Bharat I See

India thinks its women are dumb: Tehelka.com

"So do you think that the growth that you forecasted of 7.5 percent will actually be inclusive even if it does happen or will it be concentrated to the Hindu male population?”

A question that brought together the 'Hindu/ Indian' Men to highlight the Indian Woman's capacity to think. I read an article on Tehelka and thought it worth a share.

India thinks its women are dumb; at least that's what the social media explains | Tehelka.com 

What is Right Wing?

As usual I was after NEWS and I read this passage...
"RSS and VHP leaders spit venom not only against Muslims but Christians also. This is a conspiracy to divide sections of the society and we have sought support of all the Muslims as well as Hindus against the propaganda in the resolution," he said.

If the right wing forces persisted with their agenda against the minorities, it will result in "anarchy" in the country, he said."

This was a comment made by a man belonging to a particular religious denomination. I was wondering if he even realizes that he too belongs to the right-wing he is denouncing. 

Re-incarnation

Another article that tickled me!! 

BEIJING:  Chinese Communist Party leaders are deathly afraid that the Dalai Lama will not have an afterlife. Worried enough that this week, officials repeatedly warned that he must reincarnate, and on their terms.

Tensions over what will happen when the 14th Dalai Lama, who is 79, dies, and particularly over who decides who will succeed him as the most prominent leader in Tibetan Buddhism, have ignited at the annual gathering of China's legislators in Beijing."

Officials have amplified their argument that the Communist government is the proper guardian of the Dalai Lama's succession through an intricate process of reincarnation that has involved lamas, or senior monks, visiting a sacred lake and divining dreams.
Party functionaries were incensed by the exiled Dalai Lama's recent speculation that he might end his spiritual lineage and not reincarnate. That would confound the Chinese government's plans to engineer a succession that would produce a putative 15th Dalai Lama who accepts China's presence and policies in Tibet. Their anger welled up on Wednesday, as it had a day earlier.

Zhu Weiqun, a Communist Party official who has long dealt with Tibetan issues, told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that the Dalai Lama had, essentially, no say over whether he was reincarnated. That was ultimately for the Chinese government to decide, he said, according to a transcript of his comments on the website of People's Daily, the party's main newspaper.

"Decision-making power over the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, and over the end or survival of this lineage, resides in the central government of China," said Zhu, formerly a deputy head of the United Front Department of the Communist Party, which oversees dealings with religious and other nonparty groups. He now leads the ethnic and religious affairs committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body that meets at the same time as the Legislature, or National People's Congress.
Zhu accused the Dalai Lama of trampling on sacred traditions.

"In religious terms, this is a betrayal of the succession of Dalai Lamas in Tibetan Buddhism," he said.

"The 14th Dalai Lama has taken an extremely frivolous and disrespectful attitude toward this issue," Zhu continued. "Where in the world is there anyone else who takes such a frivolous attitude toward his own succession?"
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'India's Daughter'

The reaction to the documentary has left me aghast...

I am still trying to understand the need felt for banning the documentary

• Is it the subject or the method? 
• A documentary has been made without 'proper' permission/ consent inside high-security prison
• Interviews were conducted with the rapists

• Is it because the documentary would 'malign' India's image abroad
• Highlight the generally prevalent misogyny in the Country
• Highlight the underlying violence of a people in India

• Or is it because the documentary was made by a non-Indian, white representing foreign media

• Or is it because of the lack of remorse by the rapist.

Actually this last point is most annoying where I am concerned... why are we worried about the rapists remorse... the documentary is not about the rapist's soul, I suggest we leave it to the religious. 

The documentary I presume is about prevalent attitude towards in the Indian society, the amazing awakening of conscience the country witnessed after the quoted incident (and seen across the world), the need felt for change in laws and the yet to addressed change in mindset. 

The ban of the documentary is like breaking a mirror because you don't like what you see in it!