Comments on: Does Anyone Remember Her?

By: socal

socal — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:01:17 +0000

>>>”Many young people new to public discourse waste their time passionately debating with Congress â€œjournalistsâ€, commie â€œintellectualsâ€¦”

Perhaps not passionately, but a case needs to be presented nonetheless. The easiest way to get your message across is to juxtapose it with the cliche of the moment. Smart audience will have no issue in making an educated choice. MSM drives most of the public debate. It is difficult to escape their reach just now. For the long term however, I agree with your sentiment.

By: prudent indian

prudent indian — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:57:24 +0000

Kalpa,well what you said is right,almost.
Some fine tuning it is ‘U….’ not spat (I will stand corrected,proven otherwise..I am referring to KS).

Now as for newspapers! Ah! The least said is the best.

I read three,means I subscribe daily and pay for- why?- don’t know self).

1.HT
Since I have been reading when I was too young and father used to read it so got familiar with this paper and now I read it in toilet and at times feel like to use it for…

2.IE
IE or spinindia,you need some ‘shock’ therapy to awaken up.Next time do read more carefully and learn to be a cynic.Here are too many cynics.

3.Pioneer.
To some extent or as long as they support the right course (I trust Chandan Mitra for that),but once again I read them with a pinch of salt.
PI

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:06:11 +0000

Anon,
>>Many young people new to public discourse waste their time passionately debating with Congress â€œjournalistsâ€, commie â€œintellectuals…
That is true to a great degree but we should keep calling their bluff if only to let them know that not everybody is a fool.

Sri,
>>PS:Why the frequent template changes?
Not anymore!

By: Sri

Sri — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:16:18 +0000

Sanddep,your blog’s really good..especially the way you take on the commies…keep it up!!

PS:Why the frequent template changes?

By: Ot

Ot — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:39:06 +0000

I agree with AG above.

Sandeep, cynicism is not bad. Many young people new to public discourse waste their time passionately debating with Congress “journalists”, commie “intellectuals” and other assorted crooks. It will be a long while before they discover their folly. You and I have the advantage of experience!

It’s essential though, that we never lose our sense of humor. Don’t debate the crooks, ridicule them. Fact is, they are far more widely despised than you think they are. We are not aware of this fact because they control the “mainstream” media. They fear dissent and censor it.

Keep up the good work.

By: kalpa

kalpa — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:28:15 +0000

Even a small insignificant act of defiance performed in unison can shake up the establishment. The great patriot and orator of the 1930s, Satyamurthy, is known to have said that if Indians spat together at once, it would submerge the British Isles. It is an exaggeration alright, but illustrates the point. For a start how about not patronising the establsihment? I read the Pioneer and News Today, and the Express once in a while. That gives me all the news I need about India and the South. Make allies where you can, it helps.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:22:27 +0000

Sandeep,

It is a pleasure to read your blog, because it exposes the facts covered by MSM media. Our education right from school is tailored to present a ‘corrective’ perspective. There is no mention of a Vedic civilization. The 10th class history book used to have a whole chapter on the Russian revolution, which only detailed the atrocities committed by the czar. Stalin’s gulags where not mentioned anywhere, as such things didnt exist in the socialist paradise. Indian freedom struggle didnt cover leaders like Sardar Patel and Shastri in any detail.

Much was made of the fact that a Hindu fundamentalist assassinated Gandhi, but it was not mentioned that Gandhi was fasting to release money to Pakistan when we were at was with it. Nehru’s bungling in Kashmir in presented in a positive light. Our NAM policy was also praised, saying that it made India a leader of the 3rd world, but today we are unable to get ourselves elected to the security council.

The economics book praised our public-private sector approach, but didnt mention the license raj anywhere. If a person doesnt look beyond what is taught in the school, he will be pretty similar to liberal-left type of person which pervade the media.

Do try the online version of The Organizer some time, it has some pretty good articles (inspite of the fact that it is brought out by the big bad communal wolf called RSS).

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:12:08 +0000

Prudent,

Thanks for the lovely couplet and all those words of praise.

Mayuresh,

Not a bad idea. Let’s see what we can do.

By: Mayuresh Gaikwad

Mayuresh Gaikwad — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:12:57 +0000

I think Varsha deserves some space on Pragati, the review magazine you guys have launched. You can probably ask her to be a guest contributor for the magazine. I am sure she does not write for the money, else she would be an “esteemed” columnist in the “Tabloid of India” or “The Anti-Hindu”

By: prudent indian

prudent indian — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:52:44 +0000

Hi! Sandeep.
The Bolgs and Bloggers are in minority,no doubt and as yet their importance/influence in ‘public discourse’ is ‘minimal’.I do not agree that it is zero.
It will be unfair to compare blogging with Newspapers because ‘press’ has been here for long,and blogging is in it’s infancy.Yet,I believe we bloggers are being noticed,and listened to.I agree with you that as a blogger we have found a new meaning , a new perspective,an insight and I cherish that.
You’re truly has neither any ‘pretension’ nor the knowledge to qualify even as a modest blogger,leave alone a respectable one.Yet I find this ‘medium’ very effective,as I get to express my views and earlier I used to ‘seethe’ in ‘Impotent rage’.At least I can dare to take fight directly to them.
One more reason for me to blog is to contribute and work for the India I want my children to live in safe,secure and with bright prospects.
I tank this medium because where else I could have found such an august company of you people!I come here to learn and I am a ‘sponge’ I have absorbed so much,reading you people.

Last,though it will be “Imprudent” on my part to trow any wisdom at you…please excuse me … I believe in this ‘couplet’.Do read.
Kaun Kaheta Hai Ki;AasMaan Mein Surakh Nahin Ho Sakata,

Ek Pathhar Tou Tabiyat;Se Uchaloo Yaroon.

PI.