Of thugs, cowards and “Vinayam”

I am one with you on this.

As leaders, we have to be aware of various ways of putting our thoughts very clearly in public domain…I mean our vocabulary needs to be specifically strong and thence avoid words which are associated with strong negative connotations in public domain. I believe criticism should be first-not for the sake of it, second-without bias (esp. if the criticised toes a different socio-political ideology or party), third- well founded with logic and finally-laced with appropriate words reflecting the context (so while a jaliawala bagh or Kargil can be extremely strongly criticised… I am sure we understand what I mean).

Also the higher/greater/larger one is looked forward to as a leader/spearhead or one having a greater leadership potential (reflected in thoughts and pioneering deeds)…the responsibility of his/her being more consummate in choosing the right words/occasion/context to express views/opinion is higher because in most cases, he/she represents the opinion (& publicly believed) of the organisation/group he majorly belongs to.

Regards.
Kamal

Sanjeev Sabalok is wrong period.

There is a major problem with supposed do gooders like him who do precious little, hanging out in Melbourne while this Baba actually is trying to mobilize people for a just cause. The Sabalok missed the issue and instead trying to dissect the individual not the cause.

Trying to escape to fight another day is not cowardice, all successful generals do that. It is more important to win the war not battle. Giving in and compromising with a fascist raj is cowardice. And BR did not do that.

Why is this guy blaming the BR rather than the SS (Sonia, Sing) fascist duo. Calling Sonia fascist is based on the fact that she ordered police action on unarmed men women and children. So, fascist is the right adjective for her.

So many kings and leaders escaped the enemy attack in disguise, only to come back stronger. Does it mean they were cowards? If Sanjeev Sabhlok thinks so, wouldn’t that make him intellectually challenged instead? In fact, I am not surprised with Sanjeev Sabhlok’s statement. His dislike for anything associated to Hinduism is well known. Though he may agree with anti-corruption, like all secularists, he would not have liked the saffron color in that stage which is obviously pouring out through his words. To be honest, Sanjeev Sabhlok cannot mobilize an anti corruption crowd the way Ramdev has done, be how many years he spends in internet blogs. But ya we are in India, people like him get freedom of speech anyway. Its only the people wearing saffron who don’t get that even if its against corruption.

Shantanu, here’s a response. I trust this clarifies my position:
http://sabhlokcity.com/2011/06/what-is-honourable-behaviour-what-are-the-kinds-of-leaders/

I have much more to say, but I must rush to the gym. Maybe I’ll talk about the meaning of courage in my next blog post.

S

I find nothing admirable or worthy in these armchair statesmen remotely denouncing Ramdev on specious and questionable grounds, decontextualizing a few details of his head-on confrontation with the Congi fascists, such as trying to avoid capture, wearing women’s clothes etc., and criticizing the man for not living up to THEIR standards of leadership, standards which they themselves seem quite incapable of putting into practice in the world of bricks and mortar, muck and mire. I’m not saying Ramdev is perfect, but I’d take him any day over these clueless online Maharathis who would rather launch missiles at the good guys rather than uniting against the common foe who has today shown to what extent she is willing to go in brutalizing the native sons of India’s soil.

Such senseless finger-pointing seems to be in line with most other egocentric claptrap that is standard fare from India’s self-preening neo-Angrez elites. To them Ramdev is a throwback and an anachronism and India itself a rudderless ship that needs to catch up with America by becoming some sort of caricature of the U.S.A. Intellectually fattened on a steady diet of American pseudo-psycholigists and pop-philosophers like Ayn Rand and Stephen Covey, these worthies live in their own manufactured reality in which they are the “leaders” and “netas” the blighted country has been waiting for. The web has given their ambitions a safe outlet to FEEL like the great souls that they are convinced they are within… if only the world would pay them the attention they deserve.

I wish them all the best but will not stand and watch them casting rotten tomatoes from the stands at the real players in this difficult and dangerous arena.

A minor, and actually off-topic and inconsequential nitpick (nevertheless of potential interest to some) : the prathamA ekavacanam is विनयः and not विनयम् (the latter is dvitIyA ekavacanam). Also, the use of the word in “विद्या ददाति विनयम्”, I think, translates to “training” and not “humility” as is commonly rendered.

There is no hope left…lets not fool ourselves, if government was really serious, they wouldnt have taken decades to pass the lokpal bill….i am for what Ramadev and Anna are doing and we need to see something concrete now instead of wait for another decade…

Dear NP Singh,

I concur with your opinion. I read over the past few weeks about FTI. Every document on the website. Yesterday finally I applied to join the organization. Pity I wish I had not. Considering what Sablok says, I wonder if his comments epitomizes FTI.

I care not for FTI.

My take on the current corruption problem within India and elsewhere is primarily the primacy of US dollar as a global reserve currency. It happens to be a current store of value as well and has been for a while, which has lead people to yearn to earn more and more. Once physical gold reestablishes its primacy in being the premium store of value, all the bull shit we see around us right from corruption to mediocrity will all disappear. Its called freegold. check out FOFOA blogspot for more information.

“He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.”

Baba was absolutely right to save his life. This way he can protest again. I always find myself suspicious of those who live outside India and pontificate about what should be done here. It takes a great deal of moral courage to take on a government which is capable of anything and has no value for human life, and definitely none for a Hindu guru.

“He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.”
This might be applicable to the people like all of us who tried before, didn’t succeed and want to come back to fight again, but this time to win.

||namO Bhaartam, namO Sanskritam||

Sanjeev Sabhlok’s knowledge is severely limited and restricted by his biblical rantings. People like Sabhlok, Vir Sanghvi, Burka Dutt etc are at best ignored. They are kin of parasites: bureaucracy and cheap politicians

Speaking of thugs – See this youtube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYTy2ZOb3k – Title reads as “Digvijay Singh Kicked Assailant Sunil Kumar
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