
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/467631/kin ... polls.html
Western Secularism is essentially Christianity without the Church. It grew out of the Protestant Reformation and then beyond, so its philosophical and behavioral parameters are defined by that historical experience. In the Indian context, that easily devolves into pseudo-secularism, because our historical experience is very different. Indic Secularism ought to be fashioned on different philosophical fundamentals and behavioral etiquette.The Indian media narrative has followed the Christian script of the West on the apology-redemption track while Modi is responding from an Indian cultural lens.
+ 1 million. I keep harping on this. Our 'intellectuals', if you can call these clown by that name, have two issues. They have inherited a framework of thinking from the West in which the west is obviously a pristine-can-do-no-wrong entity. They get awed by this and then fuel their own inferiority complex and self-hatred. Which then translates into hatred of indic self-expression by anyone (Modi claiming he is Hindu causing Khujli with libtards is an example). They are the defining charectoristics of house-slaves. The second issue is intellectual laziness, the disadvantage of being trained in the western framework means you will never be able to lead it, you will always have to borrow ideas. Our geniuses do it without even contextualizing it. They apply it verbatim.Agnimitra wrote:Modi, media and the theology of apologyWestern Secularism is essentially Christianity without the Church. It grew out of the Protestant Reformation and then beyond, so its philosophical and behavioral parameters are defined by that historical experience. In the Indian context, that easily devolves into pseudo-secularism, because our historical experience is very different. Indic Secularism ought to be fashioned on different philosophical fundamentals and behavioral etiquette.The Indian media narrative has followed the Christian script of the West on the apology-redemption track while Modi is responding from an Indian cultural lens.
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Nearly 1 in 3 Indian women want Modi to become PM. Only about 1 in 8 prefer Rahul. Who has a problem w/ women voters? http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-leads-p ... 37-64.html …
In July 2011, Narendra Modi had just 5 per cent support for the post of PM. In July 2013, it was 19 per cent. Rahul Gandhi's popularity was 19 per cent in July 2011 and it has now come down to 15 per cent.
Among the upper castes Modi has 50 per cent backing and Rahul Gandhi has 11 per cent backing. Even among the OBCs, Modi is doing very with 39 per cent backing and Rahul Gandhi has got just 11 per cent support.
Among the SC, Modi has got 25 per cent backing and Rahul Gandhi has got 15 per cent support. Among the STs, Modi has 32 per cent backing and Rahul Gandhi just 17 per cent.
Among the Muslims 10 per cent favour Narendra Modi for the post of Prime Minister and 32 per cent back Rahul while 14 per cent Christians back the former and 31 per cent the Congress Vice President.
Among the Sikhs 27 per cent back Modi and just 7 per cent respondents root for Rahul Gandhi.
When it comes to PM choice, Modi gets more support from the men than women. For Rahul Gandhi, there is not much difference. 29 per cent women and 39 per cent men prefer Modi and 14 per cent women and 16 per cent men prefer Rahul Gandhi for the post of PM.
Modi has got highest support (39 per cent) among the youth in the age group of 18-22 years and the least is 26 per cent among the people in the age group of above 56 years. Rahul Gandhi too has the highest 17 per cent support among the youth in the age group of 18-22 years.
Modi is more popular (34 per cent) in rural areas and Rahul Gandhi is more popular (20 per cent) in urban areas. Modi is the most popular in Central India with 47 per cent respondents backing him and Rahul Gandhi is the most popular in Central, Western and Southern parts of India with 17 per cent popular support.
I always tell people (based on experience). In India it is easy to fool those with English education. It is easy to brain wash as their Operating System is infected with virus called secularism.LokeshC wrote:I put a semi-aaptard friend in his place(Moron has three degrees from Stanford). He was worried about Modi and his 'saffron terror' and 'saffron team' declaring nukular war on China and Bakistan. I told him if he was so worried about nukular war, he should try to stop his country (USA) from declaring war with the next 'bad' country in their list. That is much much dangerous than Saffron terror, if it exists, will ever get to.
Another thing Modi and his team needs to do: Saffron terror narrative must be challenged with hard data points.
A new economic agenda
Subramanian Swamy
To become a developed country, India’s GDP will have to grow at 12 per cent per year for at least a decade. Technically this is within reach, since it would require the rate of investment to rise from the present 28 per cent of GDP to 36 per cent
The question before a probable Narendra Modi-led government in 2014 is whether the statistically undeniable economic slide of the last decade can be halted and a fresh impetus be given to growth in the Indian economy.
The answer is “yes” if good governance norms are properly enforced to enable the Indian economy to grow at 12 per cent per year in GDP for a decade which means efficiently deploying resources to reduce the current incremental capital output ratio from 4.0 to 3.0, and by incentivising the people to save more to increase the current rate of investment (which is domestic saving plus net foreign investment).
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, judged statistically by the dangerous level of fiscal and capital accounts deficit indicators, has squandered national financial and physical resources mainly due to a lack of accountability, corruption and high transaction costs arising for archaic bureaucratic procedures.
Modest goals within reach
This picture emerges from comparative statistics of National Democratic Alliance (1998-2004) and UPA (2004-2014) rule.
Efficient, corruption-free deployment of existing resources that implies a reduction in the capital-output ratio, means a 12 per cent GDP growth rate per year, i.e., a doubling of GDP every six years, and that of per capita income doubling every seven years.
This growth rate over a five-year period can take us into the league of the top three most populated nations of the world, i.e., of the United States, China and India — that is by 2020. Thereafter, India would be able to overtake China over the next decade. That should be the goal of governance for us today.
India is not yet an economically developed nation. India has demonstrated its prowess in the IT, biotech and pharmaceutical sectors and has accelerated its growth rate to nine per cent per year in the first decade of this century, up from an earlier 40-year (1950-90) socialist era average annual growth rate of a mere 3.5 per cent, to become the third largest nation in terms of GDP at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates.
However, it still has a backward agricultural sector of 62 per cent of the people, where there are farmer suicides because of inability to repay loans. There is a national unemployment rate that is of over 15 per cent of the adult labour force, a prevalence of child labour arising out of nearly 50 per cent of children not making it to school beyond standard five, a deeply malfunctioning primary and secondary educational system, and 300 million illiterates and 250 million people in dire poverty.
India’s infrastructure is pathetic, with frequent electric power breakdowns even in metropolitan cities, dangerously unhealthy water supply in urban areas, a galloping rate of HIV infection, and gaping potholes that dot our national highways.
For a second generation of reforms
To become a developed country, therefore, India’s GDP will have to grow at 12 per cent per year for at least a decade. Technically this is within India’s reach, since it would require the rate of investment to rise from the present 28 per cent of GDP to 36 per cent, while productivity growth will have to ensure that the incremental output-capital ratio declines from the present 4.0 to 3.0.
These are modest goals that can be attained by an efficient decision-making structure, tackling corruption, increased Foreign direct investment (FDI) and use of IT software in the domestic industry. But for that to happen, what is required are more vigorous market-centric economic reforms to dismantle the remaining vestiges of the Soviet model in Indian planning, especially at the provincial level.
The Indian financial system also suffers from a hangover of cronyism and corruption which has left government budgets on the verge of bankruptcy. This too needs fixing. It cannot be rectified by a Reserve Bank of India vitiating the investment climate with an obsession to contain inflationary pressure. It is like killing a patient to lower his body temperature.
India’s infrastructure requires about $150 billion to make it world class, while a new innovation climate requires investment in the education system of six per cent of GDP instead of 2.8 per cent today. But an open competitive market system can find these resources provided the quality of governance and accountability is improved. Auctioning of natural resources such as spectrum, coal, oilfields, and land for commercial exploitation can largely substitute for tax impositions. Obviously, a wide-ranging second generation of reforms is necessary for all this to accelerate India’s growth rate to 12 per cent per year. India has many advantages today to achieve a booming economy. We have a young population (an average of 28 years compared to the U.S.’ 38 years, and Japan’s 49 years) that could be the base for it to usher in innovation in our production process (a demographic dividend); an agriculture sector that has internationally the lowest yield in land and livestock-based products, and also, at the lowest cost of production, a full 12 months a year of farm-friendly weather, and an internationally competitive, skilled and low wage rate, semi-skilled labour at the national level. The advantages are already being proved to the world by the outsourcing phenomenon of skills in the developed world and the cheap supply of labour to oil-rich countries.
Demography as an advantage
Since the world view of economic development has now completely changed, economic development is no more thought of as being capital-driven, but knowledge-driven instead.
For application of knowledge, we need innovations, which means more original research which in turn needs more fresh young minds — the cream of the youth — to be imbibed with learning and at the frontier of research.
For decades since independence in 1947 we had been told that India’s demography was its main liability, that India’s population was growing too fast, and what India needed most was to control its population, even if by coercive methods.
Globally, India today leads in the supply of youth, i.e., persons in the age group of 15 to 35 years, and this lead will last for another 40 years. Therefore, we should not squander away this “natural resource.” We must, by proper policy for the young, realise and harvest this demographic potential.
China is today the second largest world leader in terms of having a young population. But the youth population there will start shrinking from 2015, i.e., less than a decade from now because of a lagged effect of the one-child policy. Japanese and European populations are already fast aging. The U.S. will however hold a steady trend thanks to a liberal policy of immigration, especially from Mexico and the Philippines. But, even then, the U.S. will have a demographic shortage in skilled personnel. All developed countries will experience a demographic deficit. India will not have to experience this if we empower our youth with multiple intelligences. Our past liability, by a fortuitous turn of fate, has now become our potential asset.
Thus, India — by unintended consequences of a relatively unfettered population growth — is now gifted with a young population. If we educate this youth to develop cognitive intelligence to become original thinkers, imbibe emotional intelligence to have a team spirit and develop a rational risk-taking attitude, inculcate moral intelligence to blend personal ambition with national goals, cultivate social intelligence to defend the civic rights of the weak, gender equality, have the courage to fight injustice, and the spiritual intelligence to tap into the cosmic energy (Brahmand) that surrounds the earth, we can then develop an intellectually more advanced species of human being; an Indian youth who can be relied on to contribute to make India a global power within two decades. Only then will our demographic dividend not be wasted.
This goal thus has to be at the core of the economic agenda for the rest of this decade for a new government in 2014.
(Subramanian Swamy, a former Union Cabinet Minister, is the chairman of the BJP Committee for Strategic Action in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.)
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a- ... 944375.ece
I think it will be Piyush GoyalSupratik wrote:Arvind Panagariya is being considered for FM.
See economy thread.
Well put by S Swamy.Subramaniam Swamy wrote:Thus, India — by unintended consequences of a relatively unfettered population growth — is now gifted with a young population. If we educate this youth to develop cognitive intelligence to become original thinkers, imbibe emotional intelligence to have a team spirit and develop a rational risk-taking attitude, inculcate moral intelligence to blend personal ambition with national goals, cultivate social intelligence to defend the civic rights of the weak, gender equality, have the courage to fight injustice, and the spiritual intelligence to tap into the cosmic energy (Brahmand) that surrounds the earth, we can then develop an intellectually more advanced species of human being; an Indian youth who can be relied on to contribute to make India a global power within two decades.
AJ is being made to suffer as he is seen to be responsible for fixing Tejpal into Rape Case. Also AJ is now desperately trying to help Dynasty by equating Vadhera allegations with Personal attacks against Modi.James B wrote:AJ is in trouble because of anti-incumbency against Akalis. Punjab is facing a big problem of drug menace & it seems Majithia (BIL of Sukhbir Singh Badal) is involved. Only hope for AJ is en masse votes of rural amritsar (votebank of Akalis) & apathy of Urban Amritsar voters or split of Urban votes. Otherwise AJ is a gone case.
If AJ was part of D4 then Congress wouldn't have made a strong candidate like Capt. Amrinder Singh to contest against AJ.
Arjun wrote:Well put by S Swamy.Subramaniam Swamy wrote:Thus, India — by unintended consequences of a relatively unfettered population growth — is now gifted with a young population. If we educate this youth to develop cognitive intelligence to become original thinkers, imbibe emotional intelligence to have a team spirit and develop a rational risk-taking attitude, inculcate moral intelligence to blend personal ambition with national goals, cultivate social intelligence to defend the civic rights of the weak, gender equality, have the courage to fight injustice, and the spiritual intelligence to tap into the cosmic energy (Brahmand) that surrounds the earth, we can then develop an intellectually more advanced species of human being; an Indian youth who can be relied on to contribute to make India a global power within two decades.
The main opposition party, BJP, wants to change this model to a more inclusive economic model. If its promises are fulfilled, it will transform the national resources into an economic infrastructure that can be tapped by all Indians alike. This is meant to give Indians the much needed incentive to innovate and enterprise; a paradigm that this civilization set aside as part of its war-constitution it put in place almost 1400 years ago to fight multiple waves of Abrahamic invasions.
I think Modi is clever wrt to freeing up temples from govt. If UCC is implemented, then automatically it will free temples. If UCC comes into effective, either you have to take over management of all religious places or other way. When somebody tweeted to SSwamy about freeing up of temples, he said its part of BJP agenda, so I am expecting some action wrt freeing up temples from clutches of corrupt-sickular govt.vivek.rao wrote:Modi won't appease. But will Modi make UCC,Ram Mandir first thing? Nope.
Fixing economy will be first priority.
Freeing up temples from Govt. should be second priority. Hindu temple money should be decided by Hindus democratically
Vote 4 BJP is not the official handle for the BJP.krishnan wrote:check here . the right side picture seems to be real, this is major embarrassment for BJP
http://www.indiangorkhas.in/2014/04/bim ... stake.html
what embarrassment?krishnan wrote:check here . the right side picture seems to be real, this is major embarrassment for BJP
http://www.indiangorkhas.in/2014/04/bim ... stake.html
I don't think they are secular. They are cowards wearing veil of secularism without which the world will know that they are nude when it comes to being fair and standing ground firmly with courage. A truely secular person will raise and get concerned for influx of Bangladeshi immigrants in the country, rape of hindu women's and killings in Pakistan and bangladesh, situation of kashmiri pandits in India (no wonder why they no longer raise their voice in India as no one seems to listen and eventually migrate to west whenever possible), tamils in srilanka, raise the issue of Buddhists against china , raise issue of khan wars against humanity in Iraq, Syria et al. Secular will also be concerned about millions of farmers who does suicide in India due to lack of water to get more crops and consequently under debt just like they get concerned about few thousands of tribals who are merely displaced but compensated for the larger good of the country.manju wrote:I always tell people (based on experience). In India it is easy to fool those with English education. It is easy to brain wash as their Operating System is infected with virus called secularism.LokeshC wrote:I put a semi-aaptard friend in his place(Moron has three degrees from Stanford). He was worried about Modi and his 'saffron terror' and 'saffron team' declaring nukular war on China and Bakistan. I told him if he was so worried about nukular war, he should try to stop his country (USA) from declaring war with the next 'bad' country in their list. That is much much dangerous than Saffron terror, if it exists, will ever get to.
Another thing Modi and his team needs to do: Saffron terror narrative must be challenged with hard data points.
One common mistake that is common. SLIME mentality people say "In Hindu Mythology Brahma is supposed to be the creator...." the guy whois not dhimmified, especially who is not exposed to the secular/english operating system would simply say (for e.g in Hindi) "Hamara Shastra kei anusaa Brhama dev sristikartha hai"
You get the drift...
adani is not stupid. he has given fundings to both sides and has contacts as well. Gujarati business men fund both sides of the aisle, whether one is in power or not. Only the proportions vary. It varies by whether you are an mp today, whether the party is in power in state or center or your municipality. But a guarenteed packet reaches all of them. This trend was started by ambani and is followed by all big business houses today.Paul wrote:CongIs woke up to Adani line of attack only after Kajriwal raised it in Gujarat. Until then it was all 2002 only. No originality in their line of attack. No wonder they are in a soup. But my intuition tells me this is what they keep harping on for the next 5 years.
The unwritten consensus between the Nehru family and the RSS not to launch personal attacks on each other is breaking down. Until Rajeev Gandhi's time the RSS was not attacked as viciously as is happening now.An unwritten code followed by political parties may be breached next month with a visit by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Varanasi and a rally by BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi in the Gandhi pocket borough of Amethi.
Vic ji, How many people would change their opinion watching English news channels. Anyways TimesNow thanks to Ornab is more like a entertainment show than a news channel. I have stopped watching all English news channel (and hyper hindi channels).vic wrote:Modi is being viciously attacked as some Business leaders are afraid that NDA will get simple majority and they will not be able to put pressure on BJP through small parties. TIMES NOW has done an about face from being biggest supporter of Modi to full scale attacks on him. Which Hindi channels are supporting him?
Timing is everything in life.johneeG wrote:Yea, NaMo at 200 was manageable, but above 250 is not manageable for anyone else. Thats why all these attacks to reduce the numbers.
As for Biyanka, she seems like Pappu in saree. Looks ok but I don't think she is any different from pappu. I have always felt that pappu is no better or worse than rest of his family(including his ancestors). Its only that circumstances have changed and pappu has been in power/spotlight for a decade. Now, they are trying to bring a fresh face. I predicted it long back. The fact that they are bring her now itself instead of waiting for the next time shows that they believe there won't be a next time if NaMo comes with 250+.
The best thing for the kongis was Pappu taking the throne in last 1/2yrs and doing some thing for show...like pass a few bills(right to this or right to that). Then, the kongis could have gone to town proclaiming pappu as the new messiah. But, Manly Singh seems to have refused to cooperate and started non-cooperation movement by divulging uncomfortable details once in a while. I believe that Subbu Swamy's attacks on dynasty are timed in such a manner that they help Manly Singh. Subbu is on record saying he believes Manly to be the best of the lot in the kongis.VikasRaina wrote:Timing is everything in life.johneeG wrote:Yea, NaMo at 200 was manageable, but above 250 is not manageable for anyone else. Thats why all these attacks to reduce the numbers.
As for Biyanka, she seems like Pappu in saree. Looks ok but I don't think she is any different from pappu. I have always felt that pappu is no better or worse than rest of his family(including his ancestors). Its only that circumstances have changed and pappu has been in power/spotlight for a decade. Now, they are trying to bring a fresh face. I predicted it long back. The fact that they are bring her now itself instead of waiting for the next time shows that they believe there won't be a next time if NaMo comes with 250+.
Isn't it too late for Con to bring in Pappu ki sister and all she has done is accuse, accuse and more accuse, just like if Con would have called elections in 2013, The chances of Tsunamo were bleak.
It is rumored that if IG would not have been assassinated in 1984, We would have got our first fractured mandate in 1985 GE.
+1000000000000001johneeG wrote:Yea, NaMo at 200 was manageable, but above 250 is not manageable for anyone else. Thats why all these attacks to reduce the numbers.
As for Biyanka, she seems like Pappu in saree. Looks ok but I don't think she is any different from pappu. I have always felt that pappu is no better or worse than rest of his family(including his ancestors). Its only that circumstances have changed and pappu has been in power/spotlight for a decade. Now, they are trying to bring a fresh face. I predicted it long back. The fact that they are bring her now itself instead of waiting for the next time shows that they believe there won't be a next time if NaMo comes with 250+.
I don't think she will have any effect because the kongis have no answer for their failures. Infact, her entry allows/forces NaMo to talk about robber and his activities.
VikasRaina wrote:Somehow everyone and his uncle believes that Bianca Vadra would have given NaMo run for the money only if she was willing to fight the elections and her only Achilles heel is Raabart. As if She is IG re-incarnated.
Truth be told, even IG would have found it hard to face a real Indic opponent like NaMo.
People dont get it. NaMo is a leader like no one. He is once in a life time phenomenon.
Same people also thought that Toffee Gandhi was the best thing that happened to India and he should immediately be coronated and made PM of India in 2009-10.
Like all Managers, as long as you just indulge in sniper attack and hit and run tactics, you are counted as smart and genius. It is only when rubber meets the road and you need to talk about the policies and vision and future plans and nuts and bolts, the reality comes out. This is where NaMo scores over everyone while pygmies like RG, AK49, Chidu, Sibal, Lalo, MSY etc, suffer so badly.
Except for doles and sickularism and put me in power, there is no vision.
Same for Ms.Vadra who can snipe at NaMo from a safe distance since she is not fighting elections and hides behind brother.
Even without the baggage of dear hubby, she is another liability to the nation with no achievement yet future PM candidate in waiting and spending millions of rupees of tax money on her upkeep in Luytens Delhi. The Dynast to the heart and being touted as Ram baan by Congress.
Like Paki Nukes, Dynasty is now nuke-nude and with SM, even the myth of Dynasty is melting away.
Staying away from power is the only way which would keep this generation from becoming Bahadur Shah Zafar-II. Hopefully this is the last of them and then we are free.