tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109860882885132232024-03-12T20:57:42.064-04:00The Conservative LiberalSethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-14173273803013692652018-01-07T21:54:00.001-05:002018-01-07T21:54:14.046-05:00Faith Vs Science<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As the CBS sitcom says It all started with a big bang.<br />
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”- Mark Twain.</div>
The statement from the great Mark Twain stands the test of time everywhere. Same can be said about the universe we live in. The more we know and discover about the Universe the more we realize how less we know about the universe. For many centuries we as humans have tried to bridge the gap between what we know and what we don't by creating the mystical or supernatural.<br />
Faith has played a very important role in the development of human civilization. Faith has provided humans with a moral code which is very critical for a successful society. The major caveat with the moral code is that it is a function of time.It needs to amended and updated over time.Faith while preaching the moral code has failed to preach the caveat which according to me has resulted in a lot of issues.<br />
When a country creates its constitution, the makers make provisions for amendments so that when the situation warrants and there is enough evidence they can change and keep the constitution relevant. Science does the same, but faith has failed to upgrade with the pace of change we are experiencing. It tries to fight opponents with intimidation and fear.<br />
Much of the human population believed that earth was the center of the universe just a couple of millennia ago. And there was nothing wrong with that because no one presented a convincing and verifiable evidence against it then. But then many smart and brave minds presented their counter-evidence against this assumption. Faith tried to squash these great and brave minds, many of them paid the price by facing extreme hardships just to tell truth with evidence. Faith never supported and encouraged evidence-based innovation which it thought was always a threat to its rule and influence.<br />
But science and evidence-based critical thinking persisted and we are currently reaping the benefit of the brave sacrifices of those great brave men and women whose discoveries serve human civilization far more than any faith. Becuase of science and technology we were able to eradicate many diseases, increase our life expectancy considerably, make us more safer, healthy, feed this enormous human population, improve connectivity and transportation considerably. The benefits are many and tangible. Just as an example of the first plane was invented in 1909 and we have already sent people or moon and planning to send people to Mars.<br />
There is one thing that I wonder about God. Let say that God somehow created this universe. Now let's consider some facts that we see know for sure. Our galaxy contains billions of stars and there are billions of planets and satellites in our galaxy. There are billions of galaxies in the universe and apart from the small blue pale dot (as Carl Sagan beautifully put it), humans cannot exist anywhere in this vast expanse. Almost everything out there is trying to kill us. So god built a pretty inhospitable universe for us.Alternatively, God didn't make the universe for us, we just came into existence because of the rules of physics, chemistry, and biology that god created. Considering the size of the universe it is was bound to happen statistically.<br />
Now let's look at the planet we live in. We share this planet with many species but we are currently the most powerful. We have successfully obliterated many species from the face of the Earth.Still, we have strived as species, we are growing in number, our life expectancy is increasing, we are more comfortable, healthier and wealthier than ever before. Based on this observation we can assume that God only cares about the well being of humans not how we treat any other of its creation. Now if God is all good and powerful as almost all the faiths in the world preach, why at any time in history, God could not unite all the humans into one religion. There are currently more than hundreds of religions in the world and many have different versions of Gods and the way of life preached by God. Humans have killed each other innumerable times to protect and establish their version of God over someone else's God.<br />
This leaves me to infer that, God is either not all-powerful or not all good (we also keep on changing the definition of good).Another possible explanation is that God doesn't care what happens on this small planet is one obscure corner of the universe. Gods job was to give us tools and it is up to us to figure out the rest.<br />
The only way to create a relevant moral code is to explain to the people the reasoning behind the moral code and inculcate the idea of logical and empirical thinking in every decision of our life. We will have to explain to people that our thinking should always be forward-looking and encourage learning from the mistakes and lessons from the past. Unlike how faith preached today, by holding on to the teaching of the past even though the evidence overwhelmingly suggests otherwise.<br />
As a matter of fact, the current trend is tilted more towards critical thinking than any other time. Around 1.1 B people in the world identify themselves as non-religious which is a really good sign. We have a promising future, because of the effort, hard work and sacrifices of many great and brave minds. We might even become an interplanetary species in the near future which is an exciting prospect.<br />
There is nothing wrong with having a faith and practicing it, the thing that causes the issue when people starting enforcing their faith and beliefs on others. This has been the biggest dispute of the human civilization</div>
Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-19733239151718032702016-09-17T18:43:00.002-04:002016-09-17T18:43:13.306-04:00F.R.I.E.N.D.S after college<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A caterpillar is slimy, ugly and struggles a lot to survive. I don't even know if a caterpillar knows that it will turn into a butterfly someday. I assure you that this cliched analogy will make more sense than a (I)phone without an audio jack. I wanted to start with something that can represent the feeling that I want to drive home.</div>
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F.R.I.E.N.D.S, both the show and people, played a very important role in my life. I think my friends shaped my personality and have played a critical role in where I am. Not sure whether it has been for bad or the worse, tough I am confident it is not for the good. Remember the villains of Home Alone movie Harry and Marv, they are one good example of the influence of your friends.Be it be their profession or their stupidity. Nonetheless, their friendship and influence on each other made for a great movie.</div>
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Here is an example of the influence my friends had on me, I remember being immensely satisfied and somewhat proud when I scored the highest marks among my friends. Even if in reality I was comparing among the bottom 10 students of the class. It is an accomplishment to be the best of the worse among your friends. I also had friends who were more sincere and better at academics. I tended to perform better when I hung out with them. And then there were other friends like Harry and Marv.</div>
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Friends I made in college were different from all the friends I had earlier. We all left our homes, there were no one to talk and rely on, except each other. We did not have smartphones and hence relied on each for support (man I feel old now). After a few awkward conversations, everyone opened up and post that there were no formalities. Everyone knew each other's vulnerability pressure points and how to exploit them. The main objective became to celebrate the failure and denounce the successes. Though it may sound somewhat counterintuitive, but it turned out to be a great foundation to our friendship.</div>
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There were also some important skills/rules that I learned with these bunch of friends. First and foremost, that your self-respect is as important as the human Appendix. It did serve a purpose in past,now it creates unnecessary pain, and it would be better to get rid of it. Second, there are very very creative ways to insult your friends.Third, randomness and impulsive decision make the best stories. Fourth,irrespective of the ask, my friends will always do their best to help me and then insult me on the same problem.</div>
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Friendship at a college hostel is different because it is a friendship without supervision. It is a natural selection, with an element of interdependence that differentiated college friendship with every other friendship. I think that college friendships are meant to last the longest.</div>
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My first year after graduation was an extended college with a key difference of having more money and cars. Consequently, there were more opportunities to do impulsive and stupid stuff. Also, most of my friends were in and around the city I stayed.It was one of the best years. But as the Game of Thrones can not go for more than 8 seasons , Harry potter for more than 7 books,Sachin Tendulkar for 24 years and a friend of mine till 5 ft 5 in tall. It had to end and everyone moved to do something else.</div>
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When everyone moved apart I realized that there is a lot of effort and time that goes on making a good friend. The internal jokes,the 'HEIGHT' of jokes, the backgrounds of failures and breakups is hard to find again. Another interesting thing is that after college my friends have started accomplishing stuff both professionally and one personally (Pitin). You know your friends have come a long way when the friend who always made up stuff during college is a guest lecturer at business schools and still making up stuff.</div>
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Coming back to the first reference of a caterpillar's life. When you know someone from their early days of being caterpillars. It's always hard to appreciate the extent of their accomplishments. Other people see those accomplishments but college friends see the irony and humor in those accomplishments. One of the biggest departures from normality would be the first marriage (Pitin). I have no idea how this will change our friendship but it will be interesting to see. It is always interesting to see the contrast in reaction when you see someone accomplishing something and when your good friend does the same.</div>
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To all those impulsive and stupid decisions and hoping for more to come.</div>
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Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-79293118502786661692016-07-14T19:10:00.002-04:002016-07-14T19:10:40.288-04:00The Art and Science of insulting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-mce-style="background: white;" style="background: white;">During the course of those 4 years, I learnt to discard any respect or pity that I had to myself or any of my friends. This is the underlying necessary assumption for insults without consequences. </span><span data-mce-style="background: white;" style="background: white;">Like any other skill, insulting others also requires practice and dedication. One needs good teachers and a great learning environment to become good at insulting others. When I joined college, I have to confess that I was naïve and didn’t understand, appreciate or follow this great skill. I learnt from watching the adept in their acts and was really impressed by the nuances of their skill. For the sake of context and simplicity lets call Pitin the person who we will insult.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="background: white;" style="background: white;">One more important thing that I learnt at college was that insulting is a team game. The role of the audience is as important as the main insulter. Pitin only feels insulted when the audience laughs at what insulter is saying. So, effective insults require a lot of collaboration and teamwork. The magnitude of insult is directly proportional to the amount of laughter an insulter can generate from the audience. So, it is evident that insulting is a team game and requires a lot of coordination and timing.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="background: white;" style="background: white;">Relying just on Pitin to provide content for insults is a mark of an amateur insulter. Professional insulters create situations that generate interesting content. Great insulters are always good friends with Pitin and never insult Pitin privately. They usually gain Pitin's unwavering trust and that makes him all the more susceptible to their play. Insulting is a group activity and you don't want Pitin to feel cornered. So switching to other members of the group to be Pitins is highly recommended. Best insults are those where Pitin is oblivious to what is about to come and is unaware of any traps .</span></div>
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One more important trick that I have seen the adept use is what we call as the 'PUMP'. A PUMP is an act where you say something to Pitin that he anticipates and desires but is totally untrue. For instance following is a trick that works most easily. You need an accomplice who knows the game. Let's say you are with Pitin in a bar or anywhere with some commotion and there is a girl. Make sure that Pitin also sees the girl, don't say anything just make some funny faces and keep him guessing. After some time when Pitin has his back on the girl, your other friend should take the cue and leave you alone with Pitin.</div>
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When you are alone with Pitin just casually slip in that the girl behind is watching him. Tell him not to turn his back and that he is on fire today. This is the inception of the idea now the second friend plays the part of making sure the idea sticks.The other friend should casually whisper to you that the girl is looking at Pitin's direction so that Pitin can overhear you. After execution of a pump like this, you have Pitin by the neck and he feels pumped up and can be talked into doing exactly what you want.This is a tried and tested technique and its perfect execution will have Pitin cornered .</div>
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Great insulters have many tricks like these up their sleeve and continuously get better at execution. To keep all the cards in your hands you should always have leverage over Pitin. Always reserve an embarrassing incident that Pitin dreads. The teachers at my college taught me that once you lose the leverage then the insults are not fun enough. Once the main arsenal is fired the enemy can no longer be intimidated. Remember being a sport and always play pitin once in a while, if your friends are good at this skill you will play Pitin more than you like. I assure you all, all it needs is a jolly group of people and Pitin for you to be a master of the game.</div>
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These are very
interesting times in India and Indian politics. Didi and Amma both have another
term in their respective states. Assam and Kerela have new governments in the
form of BJP and LDF respectively and there is no price in guessing what is
common between all these election results.</div>
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Congress party that
has ruled(ruled rather than governed ) the country for more than half a century
are now in an embarrassing situation, their situation is similar to that of the
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Tommen(Rahul baba)
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The Tamil Nadu
people generally elect an anti-incumbent government. Not this time, was it
because of the 2-G corruption label of
the DMK or their inability to name a chief ministerial candidate but their
association with congress did not help the party to defeat the corruption
ridden AIADMK government. In West Bengal Mamata didn’t give anyone a chance so
congress can be happy that they performed better than the general election but
their performance compared to the last state election is still a
disappointment. CPM led left actually won in Kerela where they again defeated
the congress and in Assam it’s a historic win for the BJP.</div>
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Congress won the
lowest seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha ever (just a meagre 44). Didn’t win a seat
in the Delhi assembly elections, lost in Maharashtra, only won in Bihar with
little or no influence on the government. This is after ruling the country for
10 years. They have their government just in 5 other states and they had a
scare in Uttarakhand recently.These are pressing time for the oldest party in
India, can they get away from the dynastic politics that is plaguing their
party? It is clear that their so called price Rahul Gandhi has not done
anything substantial for the party, he is all talk about revamping the party
structure and doing something different, he acts like that guy in your project
meeting who says that we have to do something cool and out of the box but has
no knowledge about the subject.</div>
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He is single
handedly responsible for collapsing the morale of the party's leaders and
workers who have devoted all their life for congress. He is like ANTI-Dhoni, he
has the ability to bring the worst with his team and give terrible results. It
is high time for the party to do what is right, someone has to be Jamie
Lannister for congress and stab this stupid prince(reference to mad king).</div>
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Rahul Gandhi has
become a national joke and with a great corruption record for UPA government he
has done a terrible job at saving the parties grace and countering the
opposition. When he is talks sometimes he seems out of place and sometimes
ridiculously stupid. The media even doesn’t seem to take him seriously either,
which should be a grave concern for the party.</div>
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The immense
influence of the Gandhi family on the congress party raises certain question,
are they so respected in the party that no one believes that the party can be
led by any other, does the family draws so much power(influence over judiciary
and other government organizations) that everyone is afraid to challenge them
or they have so much money so that they can buy their way out of any coup in
the party, the first one seems the least likely and with the news of stir in
the party it is clear that it is not just because of respect. The other 2
options are really interesting and even with the opposition in power, they
command so much influence. This is something to think about and ponder over.</div>
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Nowadays congress is
not even recognized as a credible opposition, the current government faces more
heat from the likes of Kejriwal than the congress party, the party has lost the
ability and will to attack the opposition and their structure is failing, it is
high time that congress does something. </div>
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The party might have
it is faults ,it tends to be more populist in policy making rather than
pragmatic and transparent, it is corruption ridden and their politics work on
maintaining the divide in the country, but still it is the only secular
alternative in the country. For this very reason they cannot be decimated . The
return of the mummies indicates high time for this old party to think and
reinvent itself and participate in constructive dialogue in the democracy and
present themselves as credible nemesis and alternative to right government led
by the BJP. If this doesn’t happen the right wing will become bolder and bolder
in their social professing and start enforcing their thoughts. Which in itself
creates a scary picture for the country. Don’t get me wrong I want the right
government to be in power and work on their economic policy. A strong
opposition will make sure that they concentrate more on economy and development
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Congress party needs
an uprising, they need someone to challenge the status quo, they need a
Narendra Modi to change the party and modernize its working and start
connecting to the people of the country again. It is certain that Rahul Gandhi
is not the Azar Ahai that was promised, they need to introspect and save the
party, if not for the benefit of the nation but their own benefit.</div>
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If one see the birds
eye view of their life, they will notice that the life is defined by some
pivotal moments and rest everything is a follow-up to that moments decision or
incident. When we are young most of our pivotal decisions are made by our
parents and then we live up with the consequences, one perfect example would be
the great Rahul Gandhi, I think he and
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As a kid our life
outside home is always decided by the kind of friends we make at school and in
our neighborhood. Just imagine if Harry Potter had made a decision to be
friends with Draco Malfoy vs Ron Weasley; the story would have been completely
different. I am talking about all this bull shit because I had a pivotal moment
in my life recently with a very good friend ,so before getting to the point I wanted to give a backdrop
of what I am going to say unlike the fate of Jon Snow I want people to know
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To begin with one of
the big pivotal moment of my life was when my parents decided that I am OK at
maths and need to pursue engineering, I don’t have many complaints in that
regard, I consider my parents to be at least smarter than Tushar Kapoors
parents while choosing career for their children (why is he still an actor ?).
So I became an engineer, got a job worked for a couple of years with hopes of
making big and starting my own company someday, but with no concrete progress
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I was having a great
time with my college friends while working, we had money we had spare time , we
had resources and as you can imagine our spending decisions were as bad as that of Vijay Malaya, buying stuff we don’t
need, spending in places which made no sense and so on (<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">though</span> we didn’t have a
calendar ).<br />
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So coming to the point, some of my friends had girlfriends we used to tease them with
prospects of marriage as Indian government does of bringing in the black money
and ending corruption, both make the subject uncomfortable but with no
likelihood of either becoming true in the in the near future. As Joey from
friends will say "it is a Moo point". It's a cows opinion it does not
matter." </div>
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But one of friends
who recently made a girlfriend walks up to me one fine day and says Seth Suit
Silvale( get a wedding suit tailored ) and I remember I was stumped with no
response to give, two other friends of mine who were with me at that time had
the same expression on their faces. We were as confused as NewZeland is against
spin bowling we had no clue what the hell to do next. </div>
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Our feelings could
be described as that of all comedians who one day are told you are not allowed
to make Rahul Baba jokes. We had no clue what to do, it's like you are making a
joke that Sir Jadeja can take 10 wickets and score a triple century in the same
match, and he actually does, then the joke is not funny and the one cracking
the joke starts looking stupid. It is a pivotal moment in your life when the
jokes you crack can no longer be classified as jokes but they become somehow
reality.</div>
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You could see from
my friends face also that he was shit scared himself but he dodged the
inevitable for another year(postpones is engagement). The next pivotal moment was when my parents forced
me study further, apparently B tech is not a good enough qualification. So I
decided that I want to learn more in the technical domain and would like to
study analytics. This has opened more avenues for me and I think my parents
again forced me to a good decision (moral of the story, listen to your mom )</div>
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Now after the end of
my course I received another call from the same friend who already got engaged during the course of my
course. He was also interviewing for a company in the same city that I was also
planning to stay. During the first half of the conversation I was pretty
excited that my friend was coming to stay with me. But as soon as he
recommended that he wants to stay with me, it triggered my panic mode. I just
hung up the phone and it just dawned to me that all this is real now and he
will be married very soon and things are going to change for all of us. I was
as frightened as Suresh Raina is of short balls. I consider this as a pivotal
moment in my life and the prospects of him staying in the same place with me
scared the shit out of me. Though my friends created very interesting scenarios
for me and I really thank them for all their imagination but I am freaked out.</div>
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As the great Joker
said ' all you need is a push rest the gravity takes care'. My friend is now
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Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-42354451728835343012016-02-16T13:07:00.000-05:002016-02-17T22:38:05.961-05:00The JNU Equation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Time and again India has proven that for our politics and our
political agenda cares more about the past rather than the present or the
future. We spend most of our political effort and consensus building on events
that occurred in the past and which have no effect on any policy or any way
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Conceding that these things are important but making it the only
political agenda is outright ridiculous. The JNU debacle is one such example of
utter nonsensical politics by all parties that call themselves secular first
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Reading from the accounts on the internet it seems that one group
from JNU(self proclaimed Marxist) wanted to organize a protest on the Judicial
killing of Afzal Guru, a parliament attack convict. Officially the protest was
a cultural event to protest the Supreme court ruling just after the third death
anniversary of Afzal Guru. The group invited many Kashmiri's from outside of
campus to voice their protest against the supreme court ruling.The were protesting against the corruption in the judiciary which resulted in the eventual execution of Afzal Guru who they referred to as a martyr.</div>
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I am a proponent of free speech but I think you should always
criticize people and organization and not national Institution like supreme
court of India. If you start questioning Institution it means you have no
confidence in the fundamentals of the country which for me
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Continuing the story, ABVP(the right wingers or the BJP folks) wing
of JNU stepped in and said that a protest of this sort should not be allowed.
The college administration agreed on banning the protest as they thought that
it might create the pointless hysteria which it eventually did. The group of
self-proclaimed Marxists went anyway with the protest and agreed to do it
without mikes and much fuss. The ABVP stepped in and starting intimidating the
Marxist which could have been easily avoided. To make matters worse the Invited Kashmiris came in and then they
started shouting anti-national slogans like: "won't stop till India is
destroyed" and "If you kill Afzal Guru from every house in Kashmir
will produce a new one"</div>
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As an Indian I am offended by these remarks and think that it is
unhealthy to support any remarks that are outright anti national. I am OK with
people criticizing the right wing, the government and even the specific people
in power but questioning, criticizing and threatening India and its fundamental
Institutions is wrong and invites fierce condemnation.</div>
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Now the fun part was the politics after this incident. The most
weird and counter-intuitive thing to me was Rahul Gandhi supporting the JNU
students. I want to remind Rahul Gandhi that it was your government that hanged
Afzal guru and rightly so. The students were protesting against your government
decision and somehow the strange part is that no one finds it
strange neither you nor the students. I guess politics and political agenda are
as characterless as any Tushar Kapoor movie.</div>
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I guess rather than problem solving capabilities, accountability and
manifesto promises ,people judge governments and establishments on how they
treat their ancestors and their beliefs. I guess this is why we move with so
much tussle since we are so tied up with our past and beliefs that we don’t see
what is good for us in the present and the future.</div>
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I think it is a classic example of game theory where everyone wants
the best outcome for themselves and eventually due to mutual conflict everyone
has to settle for an outcome that is way poorer than the optimal. Mr. Nash(won
Noble price for game theory) was right, the more selfish and self-centered we
are the more we will suffer. As Mr. Nash says don't go for the most
beautiful girl, you won't get her and waste your chances of getting the other
ones which will eventually result in your happiness. I don't when will we understand his simple and beautiful mathematical logic </div>
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Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-34810489475730821652016-01-03T09:09:00.002-05:002016-01-03T09:16:03.161-05:00The Pathankot incident <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The
recent attack at the Pathankot Airport facility has sparked a national debate
and rightly so and just 8 days after our Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a
visit in good gesture to his Pakistani counterpart. I think this a trend that
Pakistan loves to follow, if I remember the Kargil Attack was just a few days
after Atal Bihari Vajpayee met with Pervez Musharraf Before saying anything or expressing my
opinions, let me put some numbers in perspective, since 1970 there have been more than 4,108 terror attacks on India
with a total of 12,539 fatalities. India ranks sixth in the number of terror
attacks in the world during this time. </div>
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The key
difference between any country and India is that we have always known where of
our terror attacks originate from and still we have another Pathankot to
tackle. Now, if you think there are two possibilities, first that the incumbent
Pakistani Prime Minister has no control over the Army or the terrorists group
in his nation, if this is the case then it makes no sense to talk to him or
engage in any diplomatic talks with his government since it will bear no
fruits as we are talking to the wrong
person and the second possibility that incumbent Prime Minister knows about
these attacks and if this is case then in my opinion it is backstabbing which
is more condemnable. So, I don’t think it makes any sense to talk to him. I
might be emotional at this point but I don’t see a third possibility.</div>
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I was
listening to Gen Bakshi and his views were very clear, precise and logical. You
have to increase cost of these attacks to Pakistan. Be it by economic
sanctions, proxy war or an overt war. Recently one Russian flight was shot by
Turkey and the next day there were several sanctions on Turkey, Putin gave a
statement making it clear that there will be consequences and there were. Trade
was seriously affected, Turkey contractors lost their right to do business in
Russia, cancelled visa on arrival and many more the very next day and issued
the statement that this act will be revenged. I think things like this sends
out a clear signal to everyone not to mess with the Russians. </div>
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The
number of terror fatalities in India by themselves are statistical alarming
without accounting for the number of families affected by these attacks. I
always believe that force should be the last resort, but I think we are a
couple decades past when the tipping point of that last resort came. The
terrorists and their ideology needs to be wiped out, .i.e. surgically removed
,since I don’t see a medication for this disease.</div>
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Something
has to be done proactively, we have been on the receiving end of this for quite
some time and it is time that we give them a befitting response. I put these
stats after 1970 because we gave a good response to Pakistan in 1970 and they
didn’t dare to attack us post that. Indira Gandhi might be the only Prime
Minister with the will to answer Pakistan. The people and the government/army
of Pakistan might be laughing at us that we just entered your Airforce and
successfully killed many of our best officers. </div>
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I think
when you make foreign policies or even make a business transaction you always
take into account the practical reality of the other party. You won't make a
business deal with minister of magic when you know Voldemort Is making shots.
The diplomatic policies should be made taking into account the history and the
internal dynamics of the other party you are making a deal with. Our leadership
should take into account this while dealing with Pakistan</div>
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I might
be angry and emotional today because our brave soldiers were killed because of
the failure of our terror policy, specifically with Pakistan. The people of
India have been paying a very heavy price for the inability of our leadership.
It creates a feeling of frustration. The only acceptable reason that we keep on
going back to talks is that we think that we might lose to Pakistan in open
warfare that is unacceptable in itself. This incident is a saddening day in
Indian history and I hope should incite some decisive policy change against
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The world
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It seems
dissent is the only consent that politicians can arrange</div>
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I was
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Realizing
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Either we
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Or our
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Accepting
the former is losing hope</div>
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So
believing in the latter is something we will have to cope</div>
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so why do
oppositions stall the parliament</div>
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It is an
act that for me is total bewilderment</div>
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By
stopping the institution of policy generation</div>
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It is
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someone in the hospital said a curse</div>
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Politicians
play on peoples fear</div>
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Not on
their aspirations that much is clear</div>
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Take the
fear talk from Donald Trump and his opinions</div>
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As stupid
and as absurd as those stupid minions</div>
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To
discombobulate people from the things that matter</div>
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Congress
came up with in tolerance and trump with all the nonsense chatter</div>
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Media's
bias and hype is unconditional</div>
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It seems
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And real
issue never reach the peoples stage</div>
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I hope
there are politicians who are conservative liberals</div>
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And this
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I know
like politicians from this poem nothing much can be taken</div>
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The world has become an interesting place where everyone can have a
dumbass opinion. The only thing that separates "the now" from "the then" is that
it is easier to express these opinions now. Any jackass with an internet
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What I believe is that though everyone may think that they are logical but all of us are biased in one way or the other.
Take me for an example, I writing my opinion on what I think about how other
form their opinions (ridiculous right). Now if you all ask yourself a simple
question, have you ever been wrong.The answer is never because
you try to make the best use of the information available to serve a
purpose of your choice and make a decision.In the hindsight you might agree that your decision might have been wrong but never in the present.</div>
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For e.g. Voldemort apparently didn't like muggles
and he believed killing them would be the sure way to gain more power and become invincible and immortal. Harry Potter had a different opinion which led to Voldemorts downfall. Anakin Skywalker always did the best thing in
his opinion and became the Darth Vader ,to which Master Yoda would have said:
"Bad very this is in Opinion of my". The point I am trying
to make by these stupid examples is that our decisions always seem logical
to us. It seems a redundant
thing to say but if you think about this, we are so opinionated that we feel differently about facts also. Djokovic wins a match; that is a fact and finishes the best
season of his career; for some people it signifies the start of a weak era in
tennis and others interpret it as the result of his hard work and dedication.
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One thing that I find interesting is that people who have a strong
and clear opinion are better decision makers, might be wrong decision makers
but better. If a Candidate running for office has a strong inclination towards
a subject matter he can muster more people to his cause.No one knew what Rahul
Gandhi stood for, his opinions we very unclear,weak and unconvincing. Hitler
had an strong opinion and we all know the result. So what makes an opinion
right, I think it is the decided by which opinion prevailed. If Alan Donald
would not have messed up that last run in the 1999 world cup against Australia
then South Africa would not have been labelled as Chokers. Opinions are given
credibility or discredit by the side that prevails.</div>
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Before a side prevail, whether an opinion is wrong or right is a subject to popular interpretation. I am of the opinion that in Indian a leader like Kejriwal
can do wonders, who is to say my opinion is correct or not. Everyone makes a decision they think will best serve the objective
they are looking for. Another problem is that people can have different
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Everyone desires the Dragon balls, for some it is to bring back
their dead friends (primarily Crilin )and for some it is a path to immortality
and destruction. A common man might have an opinion that Dragon balls are a
pain in the ass and bring all the trouble to the world.</div>
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So I made up all this bull shit to make a point that we all have an
opinion and our opinion is either right or wrong only in the opinion of others.
So in this world there are people who are conservative in opinion and there are
people who are liberal. I don’t understand why there are not more conservative
liberal. Why this faction is not a big thing. The more I read about them the more I
become certain that I am neither. So for all other who are trying to develop an
opinion here comes another opinion.</div>
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Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892693273477916314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710986088288513223.post-84884352193020336592015-11-23T03:50:00.000-05:002018-06-13T01:58:21.279-04:00The Aamir Opinion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Continuing
the debacle of opinion. One opinion that has messed with the country right now
is that Aamir Khan's wife thinks that our country is going intolerant. As
Paresh Rawal rightly once said: "Patni hai ki Panauti hai". Even snapdeal is feeling the heat
of the Dil ki deal it did with Aamir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Statement like these implicate that the minority is scared of the conservative(right wing)
government. The elite Media has created an environment that is
trying to create an opinion among the citizens of India that since the BJP has
come to power it means that the minorities will suffer. I think that the
conservative government in India is more liberal than the liberal wing(if there
is one) in the nations controlled by these minorities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having
said that, quoting Joey "It’s a Moo
Point". We should not make this comparison because we are Indians and the
day we start comparing ourselves to these nation all hope will be lost. India
is and has been a tolerant country and everyone should stick to this fact. We
have been an tolerant nation since long and that’s the reason we co-exist even after
being such a diverse nation. Our country is a like the world of Marvel where we
have many people of influence who do not agree on everything but eventually
work for the better. We have even accommodated Hulk ideologies in our society
and still we are intolerant. Misquoting LFMAO famous song: I am an Indian and I
know it. And I am proud of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe that bulk of
the Indian media is liberal (left) which is giving unnecessary air to these
unrelated events of intolerance. If you discuss the same thing all day long it
feels that our country is very bad and everything is going wrong. I totally
agree that these things should be condemned and people have a right to protest
in a non-violent way but making it the talking agenda portrays all of us Indian
as Intolerant.Which we are not. It's like Mundunglus Fletcher's acts defining
what Order of Phoenix stands for, which is outright wrong and ridiculous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever
Aamir Khan said is his opinion and there might be a reason for him feeling that
way. He has even given a clarifying position on his stand.I think he deeply cares about the country and has exercised his right to free speech effectively in the past to raise the issues he cares about deeply. Even after doing everything he could for the Nights Watch Jon Snow was stabbed by his brothers after taking a stand that was better for the seven kingdom but did not sit well with his own brothers. Apparently he knew nothing of how his brothers might react. Extreme opinion and actions never serve any good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The only
problem I have is with the greed of the people. The greed of the politicians, big media
houses and big corporations for money and power and their use of religion to
meet this purpose. Religion has been used long and in many instances by people
in position to manipulate the commons to meet their purpose. Why don’t we learn
from history (its right in front of our eyes). I guess it is human tendency to
believe what others say rather than checking facts for themselves before
forming an opinion. The most dangerous opinion are the ones that are based on
wrong facts. I believe India being an intolerant nation is one such opinion.</span></div>
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