The Barbarian's defining trait is his belief that he can enjoy the benefits of civilization without contributing to their maintenance. He consumes what has been painstakingly developed over generations but doesn't understand the effort & discipline required to create these goods.
He finds discipline irrational and resents the presence of priests and soldiers, not comprehending their roles in maintaining civilization. The Barbarian is characterized by his inability to create; he can obscure and destroy, but he cannot sustain.
This has always been true of every Barbarian during the decline or threat to any civilization.
We observe the Barbarian without fear during long periods of peace. We find his irreverence amusing & refreshing, as he challenges our established beliefs & certainties, & we laugh.
In his book My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills, the Late Major-General Sir James Johnstone has written about the massive migration of Kukis into the sparsely-populated hill tracts of Manipur beginning from the year 1845 onwards.../1
The enormity of their migration can be gauged from the fact that during the period 1851-52, a huge chunk of 8000 Kukis had moved into the Zeme Naga-inhabited areas of the North Cachar hills of Assam.../2
By the year 1860, a Kuki colony of 1,356 inhabitants had come up in seven villages of this region in Assam. In 1866, 500 Kuki immigrants from Manipur had settled down in North Cachar../3
Sherbir have been kind to put the text about India being a union of states. What he has missed is the context. Laws and statues are always qualified to be implemented in certain circumstances or context, leaving a room for using reason, rationale.
So here is the context../1
The federation is a Union,because it is indestructible. Though the country & people may be divided into different States for convenience of administration, the country is one integrated whole,its people a single people, living under a single imperium derived from a single source.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly.
Operative word dear Sherbir are "divided into different states for Convenience of administration...".
Also,other than Junagarh wherein people voted to be part of India, ppl simply had no agency.
Union can reorganise states at will..
Supreme court is changing constitution without parliamentary approvals. Want to sit on appointment of statutory and constitutional bodies just like themselves.
I have no hopes of any pushback from @PMOIndia@narendramodi on this blatant stealing of parliamentary privilege.
May be @narendramodi ji can invoke some courage reading this
“Within limits no judge and no Supreme Court can make itself a third chamber. No Supreme Court and no judiciary can stand in judgment over the sovereign will of Parliament".
--Pt Nehru (In Constituent Assembly)
I have zero hopes. We are truly a banana republic wherein will of the people is trampled everyday as elected representatives ( in their chicanery, guilt or ignorance) don't measure upto what is required of them by law laid down
This whole argument is a newly manufactured recently by Madani and gang.
a. Over 99% of muslims voted for Pakistan in 1946
b. They forfeited any right to live in India
c. Oldest book in the world is Rigveda as the whole world accepts that. It mentions no Adam or Muslims.
These crooks are scared about coming tsunami of muslim women leaving islam in droves. so will many educated rational, learned muslims who are ashamed of crazy needs of even reporting a rape-needs 4 witness to prove rape.. halala & what not..Think of daughter raped and her father
These crooks and rascals voted for pakistan yet stayed in India. Congress allowed even Latifi (Ideologue of Muslim league) to stay in India post partition. he stayed at home of Khuswant singh.
All this bull crap of Adam and all is copied from old testament..Rigveda has none
Which part of North India does this gentleman live in but our family came down from Jammu to fight alongside them against Abdali.
Nation needs protection , thus a standing army that needs to be paid. How do you pay for it now? Taxation.. Chauth was mere 25% while we pay 34% now.
Most of North Indian rulers had given up fighting mughals save for Mewar, were happy to enjoy life under protection. Obviously they felt bad for having to pay Chauth, in order to sustain an army, to Maratha empire as they had made peace with mughals..
Refuse a tax now? Try it.
Most of these Rajas were happy to serve the British interests post Marathas as they had lost zeal to fight. Simply collected taxes, paid share to British, enjoyed life in wine and shikar.
Brahmin Peshwa descendents had Zero wealth despite fighting for Bharat for a century.