#WhatsWrongWithWokes
I always thought that there was something wrong with the unctuous, mincing tones of the Yogendra Yadavs of the world.
All that concern for freedom, democracy, equality & pretend identification with the poor is TO HIDE the
simple fact that the major contributors to people's
welfare are scientists,inventors engineers, technologists,
entrepreneurs, innovators, businessmen, artisans & workers.
Most them are 'action-oriented', often inarticulate, make no
pretence to 'not working for their own benefit' and rarely refer to their humunguous contribution to people's welfare since the dawn of history.
They may as well be non-existent.
That gap is filled by the 'woke' Yadavs of the world. As articulate amplifiers of the woes of
the majority, they hog all the limelight, much as if
they are the principal 'contributors' to welfare.
That is such a huge, nearly uncontested lie.
Articulating the woes of the poor, the weak, the oppressed & the inarticulate, as also for freedom and against
inequality is necessary to maintain a balance.
It is when those who merely articulate, borne on the heady winds of 'followership' begin to imagine that THEY are the GIVERS & BENEFACTORS that the trouble begins.
One reason people are mislead as to the motives of the 'wokes' is the apparent rectitude & simplicity of their lives [privileged in ways not easily apparent], that disguises a far greater motivation, the 'HIGH' of influence & power.
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#ThePoliticsOfStasis
I used to greatly respect @PavanK_Varma at one time. But I now see him almost as a villain in the class of Karan Singh.
These are people who are supposedly intellectuals, steeped in the culture of this land, men of integrity firstpost.com/opinion/atiq-a…
who could and should have weighed in very strongly against manifest evils in our society & Government.
Yet if you ask what they have achieved, the answer would be zilch, cipher..a big zero.
Here is @PavanK_Varma
waxing eloquent on political, judicial & police
reforms almost 50 years after the need arose, due to great corruption, use of muscle power and community(Muslim)/caste vote-banks all of which were documented in films & discussed threadbare at that time.
"The ground reality of such a debt financing tool is that the government is borrowing money from citizens on WeChat in amounts as low as 10,000 yuan in order to get around the fact that banks will not lend to them anymore."
"China’s debt is nearly 44% of its GDP and its local governments owe nearly $5.14 trillion. With the economic slowdown and collapse of land sales revenue, provinces and local governments in China are facing an embarrassing situation"
"Total power supplied during the last fiscal year was 1509.15 billion kWh, 8.4% higher than a year earlier but still 6.69 billion units short of demand, the widest deficit in six years." reuters.com/business/energ…
"Output from plants running on fossil fuels rose 11.2% ....offsetting a 28.7% decline in generation from cleaner gas-fired plants as a global spike in LNG prices deterred usage."
"Electricity generated from coal rose to 1,162.91 billion kWh..with share in overall output 73.1%."
"1 million kWh of power produced from coal generates 975 tonnes of carbon dioxide..while the same amount of power generated from gas produces 475 tonne..and lignite emits 1,280 tonnes to produce equivalent power".
#NoBudgetForEVMs
"Due to the non-availability of funds for the purchase of EVMs, the uncertainty of getting Tk1,200 crore needed to repair the existing EVMs, and objection from most of the political parties, tbsnews.net/bangladesh/no-…
the commission may have changed its decision on EVMs," said EC Secretary
Jahangir Alam after a meeting of the EC on Monday."
"Regarding not using EVMs, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif told TBS, "We demanded use of EVMs because casting votes with ballots
and counting those take a lot of time. Besides, there are examples of miscreants taking over ballot boxes and casting fake votes. There is no chance of these if EVMs are used"
#AnsweringNincompoop
One feels sorry that a man of @DrSJaishankar's stature has to deal respectfully with an entitled nincompoop, who I would label as traitor, sight unseen, for the kind of remarks he has made abroad, about China & India. ndtv.com/india-news/som…
This cartoon has actually signed a secret MOU with the Chinese Communist Party on behalf of the Congress Party, met Chinese officials before & after Doklam and calls the Chinese who have murdered 20 of our soldiers & put 50000 soldiers on the LAC at Ladakh "harmonious".
He is either an imbecile or a traitor or both.
If this is his attitude towards the Chinese & the Indian Govt. imagine the rubbish he must be "blurting" to Chinese officials in meetings.
#LessonOnConcentration
A very simple,clear, practical way of learning how to concentrate.
* The difference between "awareness" & "mind".
* That concentration is nothing else but bringing "awareness" to focus on just "one thing" at a time in your Mind.
*To keep practicing this on a daily basis, which is nothing else but focussing our life energies on the one task before us ..whether it is speaking to your wife or deciding on a course of medical treatment.
* Giving the subject "undivided attention". That is the difference between those who achieve a lot and those who don't.
The latter are continuously "distracted". In fact, they can be said to practice distraction throughout the day!