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Nonsensical, escalating the middle east war

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As someone who was resident of Qatar for almost 20 years, shuttling between India and the tiny wealthy arab nation, I remember middle east as an oasis of peace. Its true, they are religious fanatics and I could not even practice my faith in the open. But they never disturbed non muslims either who looked after their own business. In the middle east, we were for a reason: to earn a living. We were aware of their religious fanaticism so we took care not to stoke it. We observed our faith within 4 walls of our home. Other than that, middle east was a peaceful heaven. At least that is how it stays in my memory. As a long time resident of Doha, I came to love the city where I have felt safest and securest. When I lived there, I never thought it was different from my hometown Chennai in India. In my psyche, both merged into one entity. Same was true of Indian expats living in UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and even Saudi. Bahrain, UAE and Oman are liberal arab states where Hindu temples are there and where one can openly practise your Dharma. Still, except for religious reasons as by all other means Qatar was good, I had no complaints. It would hurt when their news agency AlJaze*ra biasedly reported Indian news and were openly anti-Hindu. This was in spite of the fact that 6 million Indians, majority of who were Hindus, made the island nation their second home, who were trustworthy and loyal and worked for the progress of not only India but also Qatar. All in the game. We generally accepted things as they stood and found equilibrium in middle east. The entire region transpired into winter holiday destination and shopping destination for many Indians back home. Major international hub wherefrom flying to US or Europe was most convenient. Now that’s what I will be missing most about middle east. Their airports! The ease of their connectivity. QA – the most punctual and best airlines of all. Days in Qatar won’t come back. I remember them for their tranquility, quiet, peace and calming like I can never have back here in Chennai that is noisy and chaotic. We had the privilege of being in Doha when the world cup football was held in 2022. I have loved shopping in Doha, our evening walks in the souks and in the parks, our visits to the art museums everything. Life was stable. Indian expats engaged in various cultural and artistic activities and lent Qatar such a colour of festivity always. NRI community is most popular in gulf states. Whether consultant doctors or top executives or engineers – they were all Indian. The best schools were Indian. The restaurants and mall chains were owned by Indians. No wonder it felt like home!

Business interests meant we accepted each other as we were. LPG chief supplier to India is Qatar. Oil is sourced from Saudi and UAE. India never keeps all eggs in one basket, Simultaneously India used to source oil from Iran, Russia, etc for one reason: national security. The energy security of this 1.4 billion nation, as the spokesman issued statement, is vital to our government. This was in response to 100% tariff imposition by the US on sanctions on Iran and Russia. One point has to be made clear: India is taking care of her own interests, not the Iranian interests or Russian interests. Oil & gas for this massive nation of 1.4 billion is no joke. Iran has a history of supporting Kashmir separatists. Yet, India maintained trade relations with Iran. With Hormuz closed and with the Red Sea sealed off from Saudi side, cannot imagine a worst scenario for India. Iran was categorically told by our PM in BRICS meet, Delhi, recently of how the nation took serious view of the destruction of two Indian merchant vessels in Hormuz when Iran failed to keep up the promise. I really appreciate how the Modi government is scrounging and securing every bit of oil & gas to take care of the energy needs of this mammoth nation of mine that is vast and so very populated. Cannot imagine the tragedy of being led by someone of the Rahul Gandhi material. Had he been in charge, we would be neck deep in waters by now. We are in good hands and we can see how the government is striving to steer us through these troubled waters. Times are bad. How long can we last like this.

This war is not limited to Iran-Israel-Saudi. It has far wider implications. Why are the global nations being punished for no fault of theirs. India is also Israel friendly at the same time. Until March 1 this year, things were routine and normal and could not have been better. We are not here to judge nations. Everyone will have their own reason(s). What a hardship this is all causing to humanity worldwide.

Once you catch a tiger by its tail, it will be very difficult and dangerous to leave it free again. American condition looks like this now! Pathetic!

And then now we have the Houthies attacking Saudi. It could be the center for brainstorming on global terr*r, still again we have business interests. Saudi oil is something the whole world counts on.

Why do you think there are conflicts of interests strategically placed around the world? It is balance arranged by the cosmos.

As the day progressed, the Moscow drone attack by Ukraine came in. OMG this is all too much for a single day! What is this world coming to.

As I said, everyone has a reason for justifying war. Its unfortunate that the timing is very unsettling. This particular time, the war has exposed the underbelly of middle east. Until recently, I never imagined how fragile the peace and security situation in the middle east could be. The entire region can be brought to knees in matter of a couple of hours as Iran has demonstrated. Now there will be perpetual emotional blackmail, what else. The arab nations probably already ‘bought’ their peace with Iran. But then the new war front opened in Saudi.

Times are very bad for the whole world! As per Hindu astrology, 2026 is a very bad year. And its not yet over.

Probably we lived in Qatar in their best times. Even if peace returns to middle east, it will be fragile peace, because of what the war has exposed. The sense of insecurity can never leave the arabs. They are so vulnerable and very much within reach. Easy scapegoats.

I remember middle east with this longing that only residents of middle east can understand. How we lived there until this march 1st, and what the GCC states meant for us expats – the west may not understand.

But even as we speak of, Saudi has passed death sentence for a Sri Lankan national, a Hindu, for what they view as blasphemous content in social media. Well, Karma comes around.

Still, waiting for the day this will all be over and normalcy resumes. Even if we have quit Qatar for good, I want the best for the region. My government knows how to handle them. I leave things to my government who are good at tactful diplomacy. In modern days, you don’t need wars.You need to know your business strengths and weaknesses that’s all. I am sure my government commits everything to memory to pay back with interests at a later date, but will never jeopardize common interests by adding fuel to fire or by stoking anti-sentiments. ‘NOTED’ is the only word for Modi ji/Indian government. They will take care. Also, disputes can be left to future generations for resolve. We don’t have to take upon the onerous responsibility always to fix everything. I read somewhere long back, that is how Indian government operates generally, unless provoked as in the case of Pakistan.

Peace for middle east

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Surprise of the week: Iran leader taking blessings from Hindu spiritual leader/guru

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I am really surprised. Resident of Qatar for 20 years but never seen the Arabs entertaining Hindu spiritual gurus. I was told that, a guru from India once came to give a lecture and a couple of top arabs wanted to learn Bhagwad Gita getting curious about Hindu Dharma. Some teen arabs were even eager to leave islam. Then and there the axe fell. Hinduism and Islam can be said to be complete converses of each other. Nothing in common. Our temples were razed by islamists for centuries. Iran supported Kashmir separatists and Pakistan. So India and Iran may share business interests mutually beneficial, but I don’t think we ever shared that kind of bonhomie. Old friends true. Persians and ancient Hindus were friends from ancient times. Not irani muslims and hindus of India. We Hindus recognize the pre-islamic Persia wherefrom zoroastrians (parsis) fled to India escaping persecution. We have nothing to do with islamic Iran barring business interests. Yet today the surprise materialized.

We don’t need Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey in BRICS. Iran itself does not make one feel comfortable. Probably the current leader sensed our uneasiness and decided to make peace. The world is aware of their dismal human rights violations. We are not here to discuss their war or to judge sides. Sorry, not a fan of Iran here. But neutral on Iran/Qatar. So long as they don’t damage us, I don’t care what they are upto. Its not our headache. Waiting for the day Al Jaze*ra is SHUT DOWN forever. Its okay, we cannot be concerning ourselves with others’ issues. Let us just look after our mutual business interests and keep the equations straight.

Saudi to Qatar to Iran, they all want to fund mosques in India but do not have a single Hindu temple in their soil. Saudi and Qatar have sizeable working/living Hindu population running into many millions. May the fossil fuel era draw to a close and a new energy age begin when we can give these people a taste of their own medicine.

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META apologizes to Indian government.

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Why ask for apology. Why should Facebook not be kicked out of India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/meta-apologises-for-error-in-restricting-pms-video/articleshow/132972236.cms

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mark-zuckerberg-apologises-for-child-sexual-abuse-content-on-meta-platforms-sources-11869474

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-apologises-for-csam-deepfake-content-errors-in-operating-platform/article71309386.ece

CJP, the Cockroach Janata Party of India did not grow ORGANICALLY but was watered by social media platforms such as Facebook by Meta. It means, India’s very democracy is at risk.

Thank god I am not on social media! I was but I signed out years back. Social media sounds so FAKE. The interest in social media fizzled out. Back then Facebook was really ideal for closeknit groups. In those days we used to share family vacay pics, kids’ graduation photos etc., freely on FB. Personally for me, as my buddy list crossed 250-270, I felt uneasy about sharing everything with everyone. Besides loss of privacy, it looked like seeking validation from one and all. We are sufficient and we don’t need approval or certification, that’s my point. Nobody needs to know about our private lives. So many acquaintances’ personal stories were something I felt I could do without too. That extra piece of sh*t about others’ families – why should we fill our head with. I DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OTHERS EVEN IN THESE TIMES OF ONLINE SNOOPING WITHIN THE 4 WALLS OF OTHERS’ HOMES. That extra useless information is garbage. To that extent, our own life is interesting and engaging enough for me! There is simply no space in my mind for third parties. The importance some people give us make me only grin. Because for me they are like, ‘my foot!’

Today in You tube, saw this leading ex heroine of Tamil film industry confess, her daughters never saw her films and were not even aware that she was an actress. But these stars spoil the masses while fiercely protecting their own family and values. The problem is with us.We have to plug the loopholes and make sure we don’t pay attention to these cheap distractions. The films must be begging for our attention. They must be only for our relaxation when we want to have some brainless entertainment for distraction. Even Zuckerberg once in an interview was seen making dinner with his family while the rest of the world wasted time on social media. So whose mistake is that really.

I am extremely conscious of WHAT MY MIND CONSUMES. About what I watch, what I read etc. This is why I mainly signed out of social media platforms. CONTENT is very important. What our mind sees, shapes our persona and ultimately our lifestyle and very living.

And if Meta had been deliberately promoting CJP in India to create national problems, then it is a huge security threat to the country. This angle must be probed and Meta, if needed, must be kicked out of India or banned for at least 6 months as some experts aver.

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The dots connecting the impending FCRA law Amendment 2026, Deep State of the US & the CJP of India.

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What is the new FCRA amendment 2026?

On 22 June 2026, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs adopted the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules granting the Indian government sweeping new powers to police the activities, operation, management and leadership of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving foreign funding.

The above is a copy & paste job by me from Google. The reason for the current protests in Delhi is as simple as that. India says NO to foreign funding (read American) which in the guise of funds for church can fund any anti-national activity in Indian soil. Precedents have been set in Nepal and Bangladesh where the US Deep State allegedly played an active role. The CJP, the Cockroach Party of India is sponsored by who? The Delhi protests are sponsored by who? Why should the US government that wants a favourable trade deal in American favour want to pump in millions of dollars into India year after year supposedly for church and related organizations. FCRA is internal matter of India and is of huge concern to the national security. India has every right to refuse funds from the US. What an irony is that the Americans WANT to forcefully fund destabilizing activities in India with funding through legal channels aimed at overthrowing present BJP government. Has America not destroyed enough nations on earth already.

NEET paper leak is shameful still it is internal matter of India. Care has to be taken that the protests in the capital do not get fanned out of control by the Deep state of America through channels such as FCRA. Enough was done during last parliamentary elections. BJP still won the last Lok Sabha elections and PM Modi ji returned as the prime minister of India for a third term. It is BECAUSE OF MODI AND TEAM ALONE THAT WE FEEL SECURE WITH ROGUE NATIONS LIKE PAKISTAN AND CHINA FOR NEIGHBOURS. IT IS BECAUSE OF MODI ALONE WE ARE TIDING THROUGH TOUGH GLOBAL TIMES TIMES BECAUSE OF ENERGY CRISIS IMPOSED ON THE WORLD BY THE ONGOING GULF WAR. How the team of Modi-Jaishankar-Doval is pulling the trick is unbelievable – given the massive population of India and geography. Look at the queues and oil prices in countries around the world including Europe. Risking India’s safety and security with Rahul Gandhi – is INSANE IDEA.

Funny to see the totally corrupt Stalin and Udayanidhi are making headlines in Tamil news channels with their nonsensical views. Why do they want NEET cancelled? So that per seat they can mint lakhs of rupees that will grow into crores. A steady stream of income. We all are aware what the PG med management quota seats were selling for prior to NEET. Now just the stipulated fees running to a few lakhs per year, a NEET aspirant who secures a medical seat has to spell out under payment quota. No capitation. And for PG the stipend is handsome. Initially even I was opposed to NEET when it was introduced. But in practical life over years, I am seeing nieces and friends’ kids benefiting largely from NEET paying fair fees and getting admit to otherwise impossible PG speciality seat.

All frustrated losers out there in Delhi to see if they can dislodge center. Let us see how far this goes. Meanwhile. FCRA 2026 Amendment has to be enforced and foreign funding needs to be investigated and frozen. If minister Dharmendra Pradhan is guilty, he must be dealt with as per law. How about removing him from the cabinet for a starter. BJP in power for 15 years and therefore some complacency must be setting in in the party and the leaders. The third term was expected to see this excess. Not that it is justifiable in any manner. If Modi does not act now, the party will have to pay a heavy price in the next Lok sabha elections. Dismiss Pradhan and deliver justice. Why is Modi hesitating. Is it because it will be like opening the Pandora’s box with other irregularities falling out?

BJP govt has committed nothing that Congress hadn’t done earlier. How about auditing Vadera first. Rahul Gandhi’s secretive life – we don’t even know about. How to have such a fishy person whose only qualification to anything is by virtue of birth alone – as a leader of anything. His credentials look dubious.

Corruption has to routed out but there are legal ways to go about it. Useless fellows engage in protests. Real hardworking students don’t go out and carry banners in the streets. They prove their mettle in the universities. Take a stock of the protesting youngsters: most will be non technical arts and literature and social sciences majors. No STEM candidate will ever carry a placard and waste time in protests against government. Those with scientific temperament and definite purpose in life don’t engage in worthless activities. Students with too much extra/leisure time, spoilt brats pursuing aimless degrees to make a future in visual media etc., will be the frontliners. Why can’t the media people quiz the protestors about their college background.

We all know of the Kejriwal story. CJP too will burn out with time.

Again from Google:

What is the FCRA bill?

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) is the law that governs how Indian individuals, associations, NGOs, trusts and companies may receive and use money, securities or articles sent to them from a source outside India.

Why is America keen on funding India. They already must be running huge defence bills over war with Iran. They keep complaining about unfair trade practices by India. Yet they want to pump in millions into our NGOs, all American tax payers money, and want no supervision. If this is not the Deep state of America at work, then what is it. India has every right to refuse the ill-intended American charity.

Its not easy to govern a mammoth nation like India with diverse population of about 1.4 billion, especially through testing economic times like these. Instead of appreciating Modi govt, these guys are out to tear up the security blanket of India. Doing a fantastic job so far Modi & team. But Dharmendra Pradhan MUST go. No second opinion on that.

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Qatar: Father Emir passes away.

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Qatar was our second home for some 20 years. We have felt safest in Qatar and Ma Lalitha once again spared me the ordeal of war. I left Qatar for the last time by January end, never to return again. At that moment I had no idea that that was my last time in Qatar. But before going to airport, climbing into my husband’s Prado, i got an intuition that I was seeing him for the last time. I now reckon intuitions are not 100% correct but they can give you a vague idea. My high vibrational friend told me, I must take it as, it was the last time I was seeing my husband in Qatar. Now we are retired and back home in Chennai. But what happens in Middle east continues to be of interest to us. I see that we lived in the middle east probably in their golden period who knows. Now the expat communities who continue to work and live in the gulf states are steeped in fear and deep uncertainty. Projects are not rolling and there is a heightened sense of insecurity among residents. Wages are being delayed if not slashed, and the Hormuz is still not safely and routinely operational.

But under the emir of Qatar, we all lived a happy and peaceful life in their country. I recall the day when the son took over from father may be some 10-15 years back*(2013 I understand). We got a message in phone asking us not to step out for security reasons. Power transition was smooth.

Under both the father and the son, the country has prospered. They hosted last FIFA world cup in Doha and I got to watch at least 3 matches live in stadiums. My husband got to watch 5 at least. Its a one in a lifetime experience. Even a nonfootball person like me enjoyed the occasion thoroughly as entire Qatar wore a festive look.

Frankly until this Iran war, I never thought such a fate would befall on the gulf states. I used to be a frequent flyer. I have switched flights in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain that all became so familiar airports to me. Doha I used to be more familiar with than even Chennai my hometown as I spent at least 6 months there every year (3 in Chennai and 3 in the US). More comfortable with Doha metro. Our everyday evening walk would be in tastefully curated parks and in the seafront Corniche. Quality of life was really good. We had an eye for art scene there as well. I would say our life in Doha was rich in the sense, it was deeply satisfying to all our senses.

Even though I have seen Doha grow in front of my eyes under the younger Emir, I am told that its the father Emir who got Qatar out from very dismal low levels of livelihood. His period saw the nation grow stronger and become the world’s wealthiest. Politically too the tiny nation drew international attention, not only for hosting FIFA world cup 2022 but also with their keen negotiating skills with varied rival factions from warring middle eastern nations. Father emir also gracefully left the throne when he was much younger and healthy, to the present emir – a rarity in islamic countries.

Qatar has been a beautiful and peaceful chapter in my life. We grew economically little comfortable in Qatar, we became grandparents and even spiritually I benefited from enforced loneliness in Doha that I capitalized for Mantra Japam! In fact my awakening was starting to happen right in Doha before I boarded the flight to the US this january end. But I had no idea what was happenign to me then.

Qatar is also blessed today because of the powerful mantras chanted by Hindu Indian population there and because of the pujas we do there. THERE IS NO HINDU TEMPLE IN QATAR. That was a big peeve for me. So most of us double our pujas at home to compensate for lack of temple visit. In fact, we feel that there is so much of negativity in islamic nations in general because of their blood thirst and violence ideology. Definitely if nations like UAE, Qatar, Bahrain etc., have withstood this gulf war and have stayed secure, it is because of the positivity of the Hindu population and the christian population (the filippinos). Our dharmic lifestyle and good karma in middle east no doubt have kept these nations safe and secure so far. Don’t you owe Hindus a temple tell me EMIR OF QATAR?

I still wish Qatar safety and security first and wealth, happiness and prosperity. The younger emir will miss the wisdom of the father emir undoubtedly. These are difficult times. One thing I hated about Qatar was their Al Jaz*era that used to spew venom on India. The father emir trusted India and remained close. Now that I am out of Qatar for good I can very well say this: the younger emir partners with rogue nations like Turkey and Pakistan. Even Iran used to be Qatar’s best buddy. Recently in Ras Laffan, over 15 engineers lost their lives to accident (they say) in the gas production facility. 14 of them were Indians and only 1 Paki engineer. But we are all treated the same. What is our contribution and what is theirs. The younger emir will be inviting trouble to the island nation if he is going to follow this path. The older man was wiser.

Sometimes I can’t believe that I won’t be going back to Qatar. A 20 year residence just like that came to a close. Doha used to be my home away from home. I miss Doha and the peace and quiet of Qatar where silence ruled the skies. Now the same skies are seeing the missiles and drones with warnings screeching on phones as govt reportedly issues alarms. I wish Qatar longlasting peace.

BUILD A HINDU TEMPLE, EMIR OF QATAR. YOU NEED ALL PRAYERS AND WELL WISHERS. God bless you. God bless Qatar. Om Shanti, Father Emir. May your Atma attain Satgati. You were a good man. We all loved you and had immense respect for you. Go in peace.

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Can CM Vijay do this. Challenging.

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Simply mindblowing SERUPPADI speech in today’s State Assembly, targeting the most corrupt DMK govt that passed out, by CM Vijay. Tamil Nadu has never had it so good in my memory. Finally we have a man who is clean, who wants to work for the people and who DOESN’T WANT PUBLIC MONEY.

Cannot express my gratitude for Vijay cancelling outright the Parandhur airport project saving our farmlands. Relocating the project to ‘neidhal’ lands of the Tamil Nadu coast is a wise choice. Heard the choice could be Cheyyur.The DMK real estate mafia now has no face. They are COOKED literally! Kudos to CM Vijay for stalling/withdrawing environmental/green approval for the Brigade group for their real estate promotion on the marsh lands of OMR. These wetlands are the lungs of Chennai. Enough harm has been done already. These two very bold acts alone are enough to prove what this man VIJAY is made of. He is promising action against dope, probably introduced to Tamil Nadu by DMK goons who knows. Please chief minister, save our younger generations.

TVK govt has scrapped the business deals such as planned commercial complexes worth hundreds of crores to be financed out of Hindu temple money. The sanctions were given during DMK period. I wish the temple funds are left to HINDU TEMPLES just as the church money stays with church and mosque money stays with muslims. Hindu temple donations are spent on public projects with the govt having access to even the temple wealth such as antique precious jewelry and gems in gold and diamonds. How much of this is already liquidated by fraud govts earlier is a big question mark. SIVAN SOTHU KULA NASAM. Anyone who touches Shiva’s wealth will have generations doomed – as you see in Afghanistan, Pakistan etc., even today.

However I am asking openly this to CM Vijay.

DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU TO DEMOLISH THE DMK/ADMK GRAVES IN THE MARINA. Do you have it in you to free our beaches for the masses. Do you have it in you to SAVE OUR BEACHES, TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND PUT A FULLSTOP TO GRAVE CULTURE? Beach is the only place we can rewind during weekends without having to spend money. I am someone who grew up near seaside in Mylapore, walking to beach often, not having to spend a penny on anything. In a hot country like India, the beach is the only free/cheap entertainment/relaxation for the poor masses especially during summer months.

DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU TO DRAW CURTAINS AND CLOSE THE KALAIGNER 100TH YEAR NONSENSE AMUSEMENT PARK IN CATHEDRAL ROAD AND RESTORE THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY THAT WAS FUNCTIONING THERE UNTIL RECENTLY. Just bulldoze with JCB!!! Not only this amusement park but also the DMK/ADMK graves. Cite Environment laws. But be ready to face the flak.

I wish I had watched more of his films just to understand this man better. Can’t believe the hero who I could not stand is doing already a fantastic job for the state. Yeah now I remember I have seen 3 pictures of his: Gilli, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai and then Vaathi i think.

First time, not seeing the traffic police stopping motor bikes for ‘maal’ during weekends! That itself is a good sign. I have seen how disrespectful they would sound catching hold of young couples out for harmless fun.

Lastly, among other projects, I am impressed with the plans to clean up Koovum river/Buckingham canal, major waterways of Chennai even a hundred years back. Vijay, please also desilt all temple tanks not only in the capital but throughout Tamil Nadu that are recharge points for ground water table, and weed out the reservoirs and lakes in time for North west monsoons scheduled to arrive by oct-dec.

Another request for CM Vijay: PLEASE RESTORE STORM WATER DRAINS AND RAINWATER HARVESTING PROJECTS MADE MANDATORY BY JAYALALITHA JAYARAM, FORMER CM, DURING HER REGIME. DMK deliberately dismantled it. The state was doing well with monsoons and rain harvesting, with the water table in the state rising to phenomenal levels during her period. Link it to future plan approvals and as JJ did, ask the households to do it within a timeframe. Yes, you can consider subsidy.

Vijay and TVK are still lucky because, DMK caused less damages anticipating a win and expecting TVK to lose. Otherwise do you remember what or how Karunanidhi left the state when it was apparent JJ would be back? Mysteriously power grids were burnt down. Overnight from NO POWERCUT STATE FOR 10 YEARS UNDER JJ, Tamil Nadu plunged to darkness and powercut days. Remember you are not dealing with just mindless hooligans but seasoned criminals. TAKE CARE. CM Vijay must also take his personal security seriously.

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CM Joseph Vijay’s Mookambika temple visit.

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I never watched any of films sorry! May be I did one or two like Gilly and then Vaathi. Not sure if I saw from titles to end. Always viewed Vijay as overacting fellow and as someone who came up from filmy background. But I don’t think you can achieve so much with just luck or your background. Unless you have stuff, you cannot simply reach this level – of course there must also be the Divine Grace. No wonder Vijay visited Tiruchendur to pay his obeissance to Lord Muruga (Skandha) the warrior son of Lord Shiva soon on getting elected as the CM of Tamil Nadu. He visited the Shirdi Sai Baba;s shrine in Maharashtra as well. Thirdly I am surprised about his Mookambika temple visit. I don’t think its just a political visit for praying for power. Mookambika is the reason for artists prospering – be it in music or other performing arts. Preschool children are given ‘asksharaabhyas’ (introduction to alphabets) in the temple in front of the Saraswathi deity, the Goddess for education/wisdom/knowledge. Without the divine grace of Ma Mookambika, Vijay could not have been shining as leading hero of Tamil film industry for 2 decades now. His mother, a Hindu, is also a classically trained vocalist giving stage performances. Mookambika is the reason he has peaked twice in life – in both his acting career as superstar and now as Tamil Nadu chief minister. Earlier the former CMs of Tamil Nadu M G Ramachandran and Jayalalitha Jayaram followed the same steps and they too had offered their obeissances to Ma Mookambika of Kollur.

But unlike MGR and JJ, Vijay is christian. Channel surfing, I came across his film that was playing in one of the tv channels. It was ‘Nilave va’ probably made over 20 years ago. In this the heroine is Subalakshmi. Hero is our Vijay. His name is ‘Siluvai’ (cross of the Christ). In one scene the Hindu heroine says,’I am ready to be estranged from my parents, my family to convert and marry the christian Siluvai (Vijay).’ That made me wonder whether Vijay had masterminded his entire career for political gains at a later stage. How did even the censor board allow this dialogue which has got nothing to do with individual freedom. We have had many pictures showcasing inter-religious marriages at national and regional levels. In ‘Alaigal Oivadhillai’ by Bharathi Raja showing Hindu-christian love marriage, there is never the question of conversion arising. In the picture ‘Bombay’ of Mani Ratnam, there is never the question of conversion discussed as both the hero and heroine retain their faiths of birth and bring up neutral kids (with no religious identity attached to them). I even wondered why Joseph Vijay did not use his full name for his acting career. For years, he was presumed to be a hindu only by the masses. His christian identity came out very late after he had made huge fan crowds.

However all this is in past. I am willing to still give him the benefit of doubt. I hope CM Joseph Vijay will NOT be emboldening the christian missionary mafia operating in the state bribing and coercing the poorest and most vulnerable in the society to convert.

Hindu temples that have stood for thousands of years in the face of invasions house powerful deities. But if anyone enters the precincts of the same shrines with mal intensions, our deities won’t hesitate to take out their wrath on the erring persons.

Ma Mookambika is also my ishta devta, introduced to me by my biological mother. She is in my everyday prayer. I get strongest vibes from Her and I chant Her mantras. I have been doing Diya puja for Her for over a quarter century now – bi weekly.

So far Vijay’s intentions seem good. I don’t care whether he is hindu or christian or muslim. So long as he is decent and free of corruption, I shall support him. Most importantly he must not harm Hindu interests. This is the native soil of us Hindus. Lets wait and watch. When Hindus want even a Hindu president for America, why cannot they tolerate a christian for a CM. But then, Hindus never try to CONVERT. In Hindu dharma, you can be a hindu only if you CHOOSE to. CONVERSION is NOT encouraged. Soul harvesting for numbers is for christians who sell Jesus like Harpic and Carefree door to door. To those from west who embrace Sanatana Dharma, it is a conscious choice on realization.

Om Shri Matre Namaha. May good things happen. Ma Mookambika routed out DMK no doubt. Can’t wait to see our sister Kanimozhi in black burqa along with Durga Stalin in black burka leaving Hinduism. Our Hindu brothers must make it possible for us to EXPEL THE DMK GOONS FROM HINDUISM. Strip them of Hindu identity. Unfortunately we don’t have something like Mecca or Vatican or Quran or Bible to lay down rules in Hinduism. Hindu Dharma is way of life. You don’t convert. You don’t excommunicate. Either you are born a Hindu or you make a conscious choice and become a Hindu (simply no coercion or bribe).

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What I like about Vijay: HE COULDN’T CARE LESS ABOUT UDAYANIDHI AND PREFERS NOT TO RESPOND/REACT/REPLY TO HIM. Shabash! How not to react/respond to toxic people – learn from our CM Vijay! We have a cool CM with rare maturity which comes as a pleasant surprise. Whether when it comes to having good relations with center or prioritizing national identity/agenda first over Tamil identity, we have to give it to Vijay for laying down the ground basics firmly and clearly.

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Ban prayer rooms for muslims in all work spaces & shopping/commercial places across India.

Posted on by veeskitchen

Before going into the topic, let me share this profound wisdom on nationalism: and why it is good and healthy for both an individual and the nation and even the world.

Now to come to the topic,

Emotional abuse, sexual assault, coercion to convert to Islam – these are few of the charges framed against the muslim grooming gang targeting Hindu women in corporate settings. Its not just limited to TCS; it is alleged that the heinous practice is spread across quite a few MNCs in the country including the Amazon, Wipro etc. This is highly unsettling after the recent Varanasi islamic grooming of Hindu girls wherein the muslim men posed/faked as hindu youth targeting Hindu girls. These nefarious gangs are funded with Saudi money and probably even Iran money who knows. Let not Iran war make the Indian govt lower the guard against these islamic terror elements.

Ban prayer rooms for muslims in all working spaces across India with immediate effect. Ban prayer rooms for muslims in Hindu businesses. Its time to make it a law because our own Hindu men try to appease the islamic community for business reasons. By this they are digging their own grave and they do not seem to realize this.

Tell me in which other secular country is a prayer room provided for muslims in work spaces and in shopping plazas. Who even started this trend in India. It came as a surprise that textile showrooms like Pothys, Chennai silks etc., in the city were offering fast breaking snacks & prayer room during Ramzan month for muslims. From being appreciative of this gesture initially when it was introduced, I started wondering how many small businesses were they crushing with this kind of selfish and even anti=national trade practices. This by no means is generosity or national unity. These business establishments are trying to introduce new norms hitherto non prevalent in our society. Do they even have the central govt permission for offering religious based services. These permits are extremely important in a communally sensitive nation like India. Extending hospitality to muslims during Ramzan essentially by big showrooms, wipes out small competitors for these business giants, which is pretty illegal. How many petty shopkeepers have they ruined with unjustified sops like this to appease the minority and build customer base.

Let me ask our government, do you have Hindu temples in all islamic countries? Saudi? Kuwait? Qatar? even Iran, Iraq, Syria? Even if you utter the Hindu god’s name in public, your visa there gets canceled that very moment and you are put on flight back to India. Millions of Hindus working in these countries are denied basic human rights to pray and follow their religion publicly, in the name of islam. You cannot meet in groups for prayers. And we in India are giving muslims prayer rooms in shopping malls and office buildings? Why, they even take over our roads and airports for untimely namaz. A few months back, an Indian muslim was apprehended for offering namaz within the world famous Balaji temple at Tirumala. Just what is going on in this nation. Does secular democracy mean a joint account where from everyone can withdraw? Are arab countries personal accounts to be saved for the benefit of the private muslim people?

In Kerala, there is mass grooming of young muslim legal aspirants to become judges by the islamic community, for the only reason of taking over the Indian judiciary one fine day. We have serious problems in our hands.

Coming to Halal, it is a very clever business ploy. In national interests, HALAL CERTIFICATION MUST BE MADE ILLEGAL NOT ONLY IN INDIA BUT IN ENTIRE WORLD at it gives unfair advantage to a particular community like a commercial, to choose them favourably over others ONLY FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS. If that is the case, why cannot India be declared Hindu Rashtra. They want even their food to come from their own people. Want all the islamic republics to be 100% muslim. But secular democracies must be open to all. There is only one thing that can collapse India, America alike: THE POPULATION JEHAD by exploding muslim population.

Indian govt must be wary of recruiting from this ‘peaceful’ community in space industry, sensitive areas, defence sector etc for the sake of our national security. We have this grave situation in India where the perpetrators of heinous crimes and terror activities play the minority card as well as the victim card. Even if some of us point fingers at them, we get labeled as nationalists (which is a proud thing anyway). These Indian muslims have the whole lobby of islamic umma especially from wealthy arab countries and Pakistan supporting them and funding them. They have those like Raga and congress backing them. And of course the left wing nonsense is behind them, cheering them. The atrocities of the waqf board trying to illegally lap up entire real estate in India is a shocking tale of nefarious plots and wronged sense of entitlement. Why is not the waqf board abolished yet. India’s cancer lies within. As it is argued by experts in the media, an anti-conversion bill is the need of the hour. Islamists trying any dirty trick must be stripped of passports, Aadhar ID etc., and be penalised with double life sentences. And the waqf board must be dissolved with the real estate holdings unilaterally annexed by the government. Recently in Tamil Nadu we have had cases where the waqf board illegally annexed villages and temple lands and even ancient temples that were centuries old, using loopholes in law. When will our government wake up. This unbelievable atrocity committed by the so-called minority can be unleashed on hapless majority Hindu, only in a nation like India.

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Small Straits: Big Business.

Posted on by veeskitchen

Only last december, we were touring Egypt. On way back to Cairo from Alexandria, drove to the Suez Canal. Its such a small strip that can accommodate mostly just a single huge vessel at any one time. May be ships take turn to pass through this canal. The access to the canal was through a boating club for which we got permission to enter. Local families seemed to picnic by the beach side. No sooner we reached there and were clicking pictures, a police van arrived and our bus driver and tour guide were interrogated. On showing relevant papers, we were asked to leave the spot immediately. As we were famished, we requested from the officers, a little time to eat at McDonald near the place. The cops escorted our entourage for over an hour and made sure we left the place by evening 6-7. They waited outside the restaurant to make sure all of us exited and boarded the mini bus. They turned back only on our joining the highway to Cairo, tracking us from behind for close to half an hour enroute. Really even that scared me totally. We had been warned to skip Egypt for security reasons before this tour. But our own experiences and good times in Egypt made us shrug off any discouragement as we made up our mind to return for Luxor next year – which is not going to happen sadly, because of the developments in the Middle east and our own leaving Qatar, our second home for 20 years, for good.

Two things I realized at the Suez Canal:

  • The sensitivity of the canal itself even if it looked nothing scenic or extraordinary; it was just calm waters without much of action; as we watched, a merchant vessel or whatever sailed through. the beach we were in was a manmade one obviously; yet it saved ships from sailing around entire African continent until a half a century ago;
  • The canal is hardly a mile or more in width but look how it is represented in the world map; it is shown as a much larger strip; obviously the scale used to represent it in globe/atlas is misrepresentative. We have to go by the geographic location that’s all and scales don’t matter. The small and insignificant size of the Suez Canal in reality really had me thinking. Yet it was wide enough to permit a huge vessel to cruise through; may be only one vessel at a time could make it through the canal and ships queued up to take their turns before entering the canal; I have absolutely no idea how the system was monitored or managed; But the regulation reflected it was serious business and was of paramount security concerns.
  • The revenue the small interconnecting canal generated – as a passway between the Mediterranean and the Red seas.

Egypt hardwon the right to levy duties for using Suez Canal from the French; the French whose idea it was and who dredged and executed it using the Egyptian labour did deserve the initial concessions for 100 years; Egypt still let the French company dredge their territory; its a super vision, of an unparalleled level; I never thought much about it all until then; in school history text books, we learn where this Suez canal is and how significant it is, nothing more; Now Suez Canal is a major source of income for Egypt apart from tourism industry. Of course it was a very tough and backbreaking labour in which many Egptians lost their lives; Equal consideration for the French engineers whose brainchild it was. Many nations vied for the project though, that which was won by the French.

All this came to my mind as Hormuz strait makes waves in recent news. It can’t be of such a huge scale as represented in maps. Rather it has got to be a far narrower strip, still assuming strategic importance in geopolitical settings as we are witnessing now. To my knowledge, access to the strait has remained free. Now unnecessary complications may make it a commercial venture. Nations may be staring at a future tariff imposition – if and when normalcy is restored. This strait matters to the middle eastern nations that export oil & gas through their ports situated in the adjoining coastlines of the Arabian peninsula.

When flying back from Egypt, our flight was mostly over Iran. Suez canal presented such a clarity from the low level flying as the plane took off. I think I have pictures taken of this small strip of manmade canal that is saving valuable time and energy for the world nations.