An Indian Police Officer’s Open Letter To Those Who Opposed Yakub Memon’s Execution

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The execution of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts
convict, Yakub Memon, has led to myriad opinions
coming out from all quarters. Numerous questions
are being raised, ranging from the timing of the
hanging to the relevance of capital punishment in a
democracy.

An open letter by an anonymous police officer to the
all those who are opposing Yakub Memon's
execution. He signs off as thulla .
Dear "Intelligentsia" of India,
I am not a TV panelist. I am not a “human rights”
activist. I am not a lawyer. I am not a political
commentator. I am not a best-selling author. I am
not the son or grandson of a famous man. I am an
aam aadmi. More than an aam aadmi, I am an officer
in the Indian Police force. And I am writing this letter
to all of you, after seeing your robust defence of a terrorist.

Why I mention who I am is important because unlike
all of you, I don’t sit in plush AC offices and write
editorials seeking clemency for a murderer. Nor do I
visit TV studios and shout myself hoarse. Instead I
meet such killers every single day. But I don’t meet
them for cocktail parties or at press conferences (like
some of you do).

I meet them on the road, in the streets, with weapons
in their arms and hate in their eyes. I have been in
situations with them where they would not hesitate a
single moment before pulling the trigger on me, but I
have to consider all the ramifications like "human
rights", "due process" and "fake encounter" before I
save my life and of the innocent people around me.
Given the above I believe I am in a far better position
to comment on a mass murderer like Yakub Memon
than any of you are.

To defend this criminal, multitudes of arguments have
been put forth by what are now called "Adarsh
Liberals" in our society. Luckily, almost no one has
pleaded that he is innocent. The situation is such
that Indians have to be grateful to our "Intelligentsia"
for such small mercies.

But one common hypothesis put forward by many is
that Yakub Memon surrendered to the Indian
authorities, and then cooperated with the
investigations. Plain lies. Late B Raman, one of
India’s finest intelligence officers wrote this in his
article:

He had come to Kathmandu secretly from Karachi to
consult a relative and a lawyer on the advisability of
some members of the Memon family, including
himself, who felt uncomfortable with Pakistan's Inter-
Services Intelligence, returning to India and
surrendering to the Mumbai police. The relative and
the lawyer advised him against surrender due to a
fear that justice might not be done to them. They
advised Yakub to go back to Karachi.
Before he could board the flight to Karachi, he was
picked up by the Nepal police on suspicion,
identified and rapidly moved to India.This was
yesterday confirmed on some news channels when
they interviewed the Nepali police officer. He re- iterated that there was no deal and Yakub was fleeing
to Karachi. Then why are our "Intelligentsia" hell bent
on stating otherwise?
Security personnel outside Nagpur jail where Memon
was being kept | Source: PTI
Let me put it another way: I know there is a rat in
my house, and I place a laddoo in a trap. The rat gets caught and then pleads for mercy saying that he
had come to “surrender” because I had offered him a
"laddoo" (deal). Do I let him live?
The second common argument is "but we are against
death penalty. It is barbaric". My simple question is
Did it take the death sentence of a terrorist to wake
up the bleeding heart activists? Couldn’t you demand
a change in law for so many years? Why are you
crying for this beast?

For the record even I am not decided on this issue.
Just because we are from the police force doesn't
mean we do not value human life. But in the case of
a terrorist, what choice do we have? Do we preserve
him hoping he will reform? Can terrorists who come
with guns in their hands and an unshakable belief
that what they are doing (killing innocent people) is
right, be ever reformed?
Forget reformation, keeping such a dastardly mind
alive is a big security risk too. Every time he is
shifted from jails we have to be our toes to see if
any attempt will be made by his gang members to
either kill him, so that he is silenced or rescue him,
so that he can continue his activities. And there is
always the risk that one fine day his friends will hold
some innocent civilians hostage and demand his
release, so that we can put our lives at risk all over
again to re-capture him.
You want to abolish death penalty? Go ahead, but
not for terrorists.
                             
   
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Sad Day In Indian History; Former President APJ Abdul Kalam Passes Away

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Former President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam has passed away in Shillong.  He collapsed while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was 84.

This was his last tweet before leaving this world:

Going to Shillong.. to take course on Livable Planet earth at iim.
With@srijanpalsinghand Sharma.— APJ Abdul Kalam (@APJAbdulKalam)July 27, 2015

Dr Kalam, 84, collapsed at the IndianInstitute of Management-Shillong while delivering a lecture to the students of the B-school.He was admitted to a private hospital in Shillong in Meghalaya in a critical condition.Born on 15 October 1931, he was an Indian scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. This marks one of the darkest days in Indian History.

#RIP

Why yakub Memon should not be hanged !!!!!

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The sentence

1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub
Memon is likely to be hanged on 30
July. The Supreme Court dismissed his
last legal appeal

The blasts killed 257 and injured 713.
100 other people were convicted, but
Memon is the only one to be given the
death penalty

The conspiracy
The blast conspiracy was hatched after
the 1992 Mumbai riots. ISI called a
meeting of dons like Dawood Ibrahim,
Mohammad Dosa, Tiger Memon and
Tahir Merchant
Yakub Memon claims he wasn't present
in any of the meetings

*******************

The return

Yakub also claims he returned to clear
his name and for the sake of his family
But CBI arrested him and charged him
as the prime accused in the blast case
Tiger Memon warned his brother against
returning. But Yakub claimed he had full
faith in India and its judiciary.

In 1999, Yakub had written a letter the
Chief Justice of India in which he called
himself "a good citizen of the country"
When his death sentence was
announced, Yakub broke down and
reportedly told the judge, "Even the
innocent will be made into terrorists".
Special TADA judge Pramod Kode, who
sentenced Yakub to death, described
him as a "very educated man". Yakub
apparently cried out in court seeking
the "Lord's forgiveness" for Kode
because he "did not know what he had
done".

Yakub Memon will turn 53 on 30 July.
He is also likely to be hanged on the
same day at 7 am in Nagpur Central
Jail, after spending 20 years in jail.
On 21 July, the Supreme Court dismissed
his last legal attempt to absolve himself in
the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.
Yakub was convicted under the Terrorist
and Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act in
2007 for his alleged role in the serial blasts
that killed 257 people, injured 713 and
destroyed property worth Rs 27 crore.
Whether capital punishment itself is
justified or not is a separate matter. The
moot issue here is whether Yakub Memon
deserved a death sentence. He was
convicted along with 100 other people in a
10,000 page chargesheet. But he was the
only one to be condemned to death. Why?

***************

Background
On 12 March 1993, Mumbai was shattered
by ten consecutive bomb blasts, the first
one being at 1.28 pm. This attack was
supposedly a consequence of the 1992
Bombay riots in which mobs led by the Shiv
Sena went on a rampage, strategically
killing Muslims, with the police acting as
their accomplice.
One of the victims of the riots was Tiger
Memon, a smuggler of growing influence
who had started trading with clients from
the Gulf. His office was allegedly burnt by
angry mobs during the riots.
There was widespread anger and despair
following the riots. Ever ready to fish in
troubled waters, Pakistan's Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI) smelled an opportunity.
This is how the plan for the Mumbai blasts
was hatched. ISI called a meeting of
Dawood Ibrahim (who was residing in Dubai
then), Mohammad Dosa, Tiger Memon,
Tahir Merchant and various other Indian
Muslim dons based in Europe and the Gulf.

The conspiracy
After several meetings, the responsibility of
the attack was given to Tiger Memon and
Mohammad Dosa, while Dawood agreed to
provide logistical support.

Tiger Memon selected a few youths, who
were then sent to Pakistan for training by
the ISI. A number of meetings were
subsequently held at Hotel Persian Darbar
in Panvel on 6 January, 10 February and 1
March, to discuss various aspects of the
plan - from how the bombs would land to
the bribing of customs officials. There was
a meeting at Taj Mahal Hotel on 4 March
for making final preparations.
According to the prosecution itself, Yakub
Memon, Tiger's brother, was not present in
any of these crucial meetings.

*************
Who is Yakub Memon?

Yakub, the third of six children, was born in
Mumbai and completed his bachelor's in
1983 and master's in commerce in 1985. In
1986, he enrolled as a student with the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
After completing one of the toughest
courses in India, he became a chartered
accountant and started a firm called Mehta
and Memon associates, along with his
school friend Chaitanya Mehta.
In July 1999, having spent several years in
custody, Yakub wrote a letter to the Chief
Justice of India, trying to explain his
predicament and seeking relief from
"unbearable punishment".
He told the judge he and his friend "were
doing very well". They were handling sales
tax and income tax accounts of around 200
files. He gave these details, he said, to
drive home the point that he was busy with
his life and had no time to plot an
international conspiracy.
Even during his two decade long stint in
jail, he completed two masters degrees
from an open university - one in English
literature and the other in political science.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
alleges that Yakub managed Rs 21.90 lakhs
for the operation, arranged air tickets and
boarding for 15 people to be sent to
Pakistan for training, purchased vehicles to
be planted as bombs and requested a
person who is now a discharged co-
accused, to store boxes of ammunition
smuggled into India by Tiger Memon.
He was convicted based on the confession
of around six people - Asgar Yusuf
Mukadam, Ismail Turk, Musa Biyariwala,
Mustaq Sayed and Mulchand Shah.
Later, apart from Shah, everyone withdrew
their statements.

The chargesheet named 189 people, 44 of
them were absconding while the other 145
people had 'confessed' to the police. There
have been allegations of the police eliciting
confessions through brutality, during the
Mumbai blast investigations.
Yakub Memon's conviction
was based on the confession
of six people, five of whom
later withdrew their statements
The controversial movie Black Friday,
based on the book of the same name by S
Hussain Zaidi, documents the open secret
of police torture during investigations in a
vivid way. The movie's release was stalled
for many years by the court.

Memon's return
According to official records, CBI arrested
Yakub Memon at the New Delhi Railway
Station on 5 August,1994. The agency says
that it acted on a tip off that a terrorist has
sneaked into Delhi and would be coming to
a railway station.

The other story goes that he was arrested
at Kathmandu airport, while trying to go to
Karachi. He was carrying multiple passports
and had just met his lawyer regarding a
possible surrender to the CBI.
Yakub consistently claims that he
surrendered voluntarily before the CBI on
28 July 1994.
"I gathered my strength and returned to
India on 28 July 1994. The same day I
surrendered to the authorities," said Yakub.
The court judgment took no cognisance of
Yakub' statement but was extremely critical
of the CBI arrest story.
Film star Sanjay Dutt, presently serving a
jail term for keeping the ammunition used
during the blast, was also arrested after he
was lured back from Mauritius and
promised protection. However, around 100
cops greeted him at the Mumbai airport.
In his book, Zaidi observed that Yakub
wanted to return in order to clear his
name. He was also concerned about the
failing health of his parents and the
impending birth of his child.
Perhaps he thought it was better to strike a
deal with the Indian government rather than
stay under Pakistan's watch.

The result

In his letter to the Chief Justice in 1999,
Yakub had stated that "it was a difficult
and risky adventure" for him to return with
a suitcase full of evidence against
gangsters in Pakistan. He called himself a
"good citizen of this country" who had tried
to help the government in "whatever small
manner he could". His "humble effort and
sacrifice", he said, would be known after
the Bombay blasts case came to its
"logical end".
Yakub apparently cried out in
court for god to forgive Judge
Kode "as he knew not what he
had done"
He also stated that in his lifetime he had
never been to New Delhi railway station. He
denied his role and claimed that all those
who interrogated him know the truth.
According to him, his only fault was that he
was Tiger Memon's brother. "The more I
think, the more I get disturbed," Yakub
wrote to the judge, "after all, why am I
made to suffer? Only for the sole reason
that the prime accused is in relation to
me?"
Yakub also took a dig at the prosecution
and said that their case was built on the
following narrative: "Muslim Memon family
exploded bombs in Mumbai and then fled to
Pakistan. Later, with great efforts, the
'prime accused' was arrested".
In his letter he also wrote that he had great
faith in his country and its judiciary. It was
because of Yakub's statements that it
became easy for investigative agencies to
point towards Pakistan's involvement.
According to Yakub, his brother Tiger
Memon had warned him against returning
to India. "Tum Gandhiwadi ban ke ja rahe
ho, lekin wahan atankwadi qarar diye jaoge
(You want to become a Gandhian but they
will brand you a terrorist) ," he had said.
Ironically, it seems Tiger Memon, the main
conspirator behind the Mumbai blasts, has
been vindicated.
When Special TADA judge Pramod
Dattaraya Kode had pronounced the death
sentence, Yakub had apparently cried out in
court for god to forgive Kode "as he knew
not what he had done."

On 30 July, when Yakub is hung to death
on a conviction reportedly based primarily
on confessions extracted in police custody,
he will leave behind many uncomfortable
questions.
  
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Chanakya Niti

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This article revolves around the concept of
self improvement and the inspiration was
obtained from a Chanakya Sutra that says
“विज्ञानेनात्मानं सम्पादयेत | ” which
means “Make yourself eligible with the help
of knowledge (विज्ञानं = science). ”
Call it knowledge, information ,
intelligence, or wisdom; they all are the
sides of same polygon. We use different
terms as per our convenience, but at the
end they all solve the same purpose.

In this article we will be
discussing
the
significance
of knowledge
and a few
related
aspects.
Have a
look…


Competitive Advantage:
When it comes about any sort of
competition the person with better
knowledge/information/understanding is
most likely to win. Be it a game , war, or
anything else. One who is well aware about
his qualities and qualities of his opponent
will win for sure.
For Your Own Benefit:
Knowledge not only fetches you the
competitive advantage, but also helps in
other productive ways. The availability of
right information at right time is of great
use. A man equipped with power of
knowledge grows his influence, power, and
wealth with passage of every minute.
* A man with knowledge creates
opportunities for himself, even when they
are not present. While others keep waiting
for right opportunity to arrive.
* An intelligent being is not only capable of
helping himself, but others as well. Thus,
acquisition of knowledge aids in creating
new bonds and friendships. This is how the
knowledge adds to man’s influence and
strength.
* Another interesting observation is that
irrespective of the industry, the man who
perform mental labor are paid significantly
higher than men who do the physical labor .
What it takes to gain knowledge?
The list includes, but is not restricted to
following three.
Desire to learn
Existence of a purpose
Determination
The determination and desire to learn
guided by a noble purpose are definitely the
right ingredients for the recipe. It’s said
that the true education is one that solves a
purpose. Therefore before learning
something a man must ensure that there
exists a valid purpose. Usability is key term.
If not at present then at least the knowledge
being acquired must be of some use in near
future.
An ordinary guy reads, while the wise one
understands. The difference  might not
become obvious until results are obtained.
This is true for both academic as well as
non academic learning.
Involve the Experiences in
the Learning Process:
Experience is a highly valued entity. The
things that we learn through experience are
usually not mentioned in the books. If you
don’t have the required level of experience
then consult someone who has.
A nice thing that you can do is to consult
some trustworthy experienced person.
Efforts will be required, to extract reality.
People don’t give away their secrets so
easily. Along with efforts, you will also need
appropriate gifts and rewards in order to
speed up the process.
Great leaders at present and throughout
history maintained a council of wise men.
Why? Because a man alone cannot
perform all of the hard work required to
reach the heights of greatness. Instead he
seeks advice from men who have already
spent a lot of time in the field.
***
The conclusion is that a man must
understand the importance of knowledge,
more importantly he must acquire it to
solve intended . You acquire the
stuff only after becoming eligible for it and
the right knowledge helps you to acquire the
eligibility .

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Things you must know about cricket

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25 Amazing Cricket Facts That'll
Blow Your Mind

Call yourself a cricket superfan? Well, then
how many of these amazing facts do you
know?

1. Shahid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar’s bat
to hit the fastest ever ODI century:
Shahid Afridi was flown in to play for the
Pakistan team from West Indies to Nairobi in
1996 and didn’t have a proper bat. That’s
when Waqar Younis gave ‘Young Afridi’ Sachin
Tendulkar’s bat. Afridi hit 11 sixes and six
boundaries with the bat and scored a 37-ball
century against Sri Lanka which was the then
fastest ODI century. The record now belongs
to New Zealand's Corey Anderson.

2. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit a
six off the first ball of a Test match
AFP
In the 137 years of Test cricket no cricketer
has ever hit a six off the first ball of a Test
match. Audacious Chris Gayle achieved this
feat against Bangladesh in 2012 off debutant
Sohag Gazi.

3. Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian
cricketer to be kissed during a Test match
BCCL
When Abbas Ali Baig reached a half-century in
the third Test match against Australia at the
Brabourne Stadium in 1960, a pretty young
girl ran all the way from the North Stand to
greet the batsman. She kissed Baig on his
cheek.

4. Vinod Kambli’s Test match average is
better than his childhood friend Sachin
Tendulkar:
Vinod Kambli played only 17 Test matches
which included two back to back double tons.
Kambli’s Test average is 54.20 while his
childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar averages
53.78 after 200 Tests.

5. Sunil Gavaskar was out off the first ball
of a Test match thrice in his career:
Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach
10,000 Test runs and he ended his career
scoring 34 Test centuries. But did you know he
was out three times off the first ball of a Test?
The bowlers to dismiss him were: Geoff Arnold
(Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata,
1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).

6. ML Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri are the
only Indians to bat on all five days of a
Test

7. The only cricketer to play Test cricket
for India and England is Saif Ali Khan’s
grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

8. Lala Amarnath is the only bowler to
dismiss Don Bradman hit wicket in Test
cricket:
This happened in the 1948 Brisbane Test.

9. There’s an uncanny similarity between
the Indo-Pak match at the Australasia Cup
of 1986 and Asia Cup 2014
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10. India won the 1983 World Cup and won
their first ever Test at Lord’s three years
later in 1986.
India won their second World Cup 28 years
later in 2011 and remarkably won their
second ever Test at Lord’s three years later
in 2014.

11. India is the only country to win the 60-
Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cup

12. Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and
he scored 8463 Test runs

13. Asif Karim of Kenya has played
International cricket and Davis Cup
(Tennis) for his country

14. Wilfred Rhodes of England played Test
cricket till he was 52!

15. Allan Border played 153 consecutive
Test matches

16. The only Indian Test cricketer to be
knighted is Maharaja of Vizianagaram

17. Australia beat England by 45 runs in
the first ever cricket Test as well as the
Centenary Test in 1977:
Australia beat England in the first ever Test
match by 45 runs held at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground in 1877. Hundred years later
the opposition were the same, the venue was
the same and the result as well!

18. All four innings of a test on the same
day:
The 2000 Lord's Test between England and
West Indies saw all the four innings being
played on the same day. This feat was
repeated 11 years later in the famous Cape
Town Test where South Africa bowled out
Australia for 47.

19. There's only one person who witnessed
Jim Laker and Anil Kumble taking 10
wickets in an innings:
As a 10-year-old Richard Stokes witnessed Jim
Laker taking all 10 wickets in the 1956 Old
Trafford Test against Australia. Forty-three
years later he was in India watching the India
vs Pakistan Test and saw Anil Kumble taking all
the 10 wickets in an innings. These were the
only two Tests Stokes has watched in his life.

20. On the morning of 11/11/11 South
Africa needed 111 runs to win at 11:11
Quora
This coincidence occurred during the first Test
between South Africa and Australia at Cape
Town. At 11:11, on 11/11/11, South Africa
were 125 for 1 needing a further 111 runs for
a win.

21. Peter Siddle is the only bowler to take a
hat-trick on his birthday:
Peter Siddle remains the only bowler in
international cricket to take a hat-trick on his
birthday. This happened during the Brisbane
Test against England on November 25, 2010.

22. India's Mohinder Amarnath is the only
cricketer to be dismissed for handling the
ball and obstructing the field
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23. West Indies' Leslie Hylton is the only
cricketer to be hanged for murder

24. Two Robin Singhs have played test
cricket for India and both are one-Test
wonders:
Robin Singh - India's one-day specialist played
one Test match in his career against Zimbabwe
in 1998. His namesake Robin Singh junior was
a fast bowler who played his only Test against
New Zealand in 1999.

25. Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan
before India:
Did you know Sachin Tendulkar played for
Pakistan before India? This happened during a
practice match between India and Pakistan at
the Brabourne Stadium in 1987. Tendulkar
came as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.

When Kejriwal defeated the media

Author: Dinesh
Feb 13, 2015

When Kejriwal defeated the media
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In the 2015 Delhi elections, Arvind Kejriwal didn't just demolish his opposition; he also defeated the media. That might seem a strange thing to say since the general impression for a long time has been that Kejriwal and his AAP party are a creation ofthe media, and television news in particular. The fact is, February 2015 is not December 2013. Then, we couldn't get enough of Kejriwal:  he was popping in and out of tv studios and every move, every soundbite of his, was tracked with relentless energy. 'Would you do it with any other chief minister?' I recall NarendraModi asking me once in a phone conversation. His concern was not unjustified. The so-called 'national' television media essentially operates out of a small corner of Noida. So much easier to have OB vans parked outside Kejriwal's residence in the vicinity than, let's say, in distant Panaji. 'I am also an aam admi chief minister,' Manohar Parikkar told me in 2013, 'but you won't highlight that I also live a simple life because I am not in Delhi.'I have no doubt that Manik Sarkar living in distant Agartala would have had a similar grouse.Yes, Kejriwal received disproportionate coverage in the build up to the 2013 elections. He was the new start up, there was a buzz and excitement around him. Healso had an astute media strategy and understood prime time television (his partyhas an unusually high proportion of journalists too in its ranks!) And then, there was the ill fated dharna in January 2014 and suddenly the bubble was burst. 'Anarchist' Kejriwal became the most common epithet we used to describe the man and AAP now became bad news.

This was also around the time that Modi mania was beginning to peak. Television news couldn't have enough of the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the run up to the 2014 general elections: every speech of his was covered live, often two and three a day.

A Centre for Media Studies survey suggested that in this key election period around 70 per cent of air time was hogged by Mr Modi. The others, including Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi, languished in single digits. The same media which had cheered the rise of Kejriwal towards the end of 2013 was now cheerleading the BJP's mascot in his unstoppable ascent to 7 Race Course road.But in the run up to the 2015 elections, there was another twist.

A large section of the media actually turned either openly hostile, or else totally ignored Kejriwal.

The. AAP leader began his comeback bid in October 2014 in near-anonymity: his initial Delhi dialogue had no live coverage, didn't make page one headlines. As he travelled across Delhi's constituencies, there was no large media entourage tracking him. None of his speeches or press conferences got live coverage. Most were barely mentioned. Some channels took the extreme step of  blanking him and his partyout of their channels: AAP leaders were notto be called for studio discussions. This was'supari' journalism at its worst. By contrast, when Modi entered the Delhi campaign fray with a rally at Ram Lila maidan in January, most channels devoted 24 x 7 coverage to the 'event'.Modi was clearly still box office; Kejriwal was not. It changed a little bit in the last fortnight of the campaign as we  began to sniff the changing air. The political 'hawa' was changing and, typically, the media was beginning to feel the shifting mood.
Suddenly, Kejriwal interviews were back onprime time and on the front page. And yet, the fact is, right till the end of the campaign, every prime minister rally was live but no Kejriwal speech was given similar prominence. Most exit pollsters were cautious in predicting a Kejriwal win. Some fly by night operators even suggested that the BJP was level pegging and in some cases even in the lead (I do hope these truly 'bazaroo' pollsters are held accountable)In the end, none of it mattered. AAP won an astounding 67 of 70 seats, one of the biggest victories in the history of Indian elections. The mainstream media's ambivalence to Kejriwal didn't matter. The AAP leader had gone over our heads, effectively used social media, but most importantly, gone directly to those who really mattered: the voter! Pompous editors, noisy anchors and a corporatised media ownership had all been defeated. Ina democracy, we in the media are only the surround sound: the actual power in the end rests with the real aam admi. As they would tell you on the streets of Delhi, Janata janardhan!

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MSG Messenger of Godis a legendary tale of Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh JiInsan. Who is this man, you ask? Saint Gurmeet Singh is a social reformer, preacher, spiritual leader and self proclaimed humanist at theDera Sacha Saudaorganization. The aim of DSS is to enable disregarded communities like transgender people, tribals, orphans, and sex workers. The rehabilitation of sex workers, blood drives, donation campaigns – are all very commendable projects undertaken by DSS.

Mr. Singh has been previously persecuted for dawning a get up similar to Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Although, the orthodox Sikh community feels Gurmeet Singh hasn’t respected their religious sentiments, however the man himself said he holds all religions in high regard. If the Sikh community is feels antagonistic toward Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s agenda why does the Central Government support this man?  The aims ofDera Sacha Saudaare aligned with the objective of socially serving the country.

The movie MSG is another story altogether – it’s the story of one man’s narcissistic dreams come true. Sant Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is like the cross between an EDM DJ but with a preachy agenda. He’s a Borat but more fatherly and flamboyantly ridiculous. He’s a curative magician with the superpowers of a godly nature. Lovingly called, “Pitaji” in the movie, Sant Gurmeet goes on to rid the country of all the malaise, disease, social evils. He’s the Indian neo, fling daggers at him– he doesn’t stop them mid air but transform them into a shower of rose petals. All the Indian public goes “Bhai! Wah!” in chorus. Sant ji is full of himself, for sure but he is also a cinematic propagandist for DSS. He’s a flesh and blood symbol of DSS but is that problematic? If yes, then why?

The man is projecting himself as a meta human entity; he projects himself as God. Of course, the Sikh Community takes offense, they cannot believe their eyes when they see this man play a pretend God for all theswaggaliciousclothing, the bike stunts and dagger dodging he does.
The movie received a ban for the same reason a Borat is offensive to people in Kazakhstan! Or maybe it received a ban for being so bad that is actually hilarious!
To my mind, there is no harm in watching this movie, for all intents and purposes it is the most slapstick thing without the intent of being so. Innocently comic, MSG makes for the perfect evening with friends and sarcasm.

Watch the trailer of the iconic film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scuWiXG5bh8