tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42417777152755366082024-03-13T03:31:49.061-07:00A Common Indian's BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-88130386793176883302016-07-10T06:39:00.001-07:002016-07-10T06:39:03.198-07:00Why do even educated Kashmiris support militancy and terrorists like Burhan Wani and hail them as martyr?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Burhan Muzaffar Wani, often described as the ‘poster boy’ of the new phase of insurgency in the valley, is the new district commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen and a most wanted militant nowadays. Upon entering his house, I see a Wagon-R and a modified motorbike parked up front; the family is well-to-do by local standards. His father, Muzaffar Ahmed Wani appears from the rear entry of the house with his hand out for a shake.</div>
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<i>“Last time I spoke to the national media, I was disappointed. My full statement was not used. They used only a portion of it,”</i> Wani tells me straight away.</div>
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He is referring to a report by a mainstream Delhi-based newspaper. What it used was,<i>“Islam allows you to go for Jihad (struggle) against cruelty and oppression. My son has chosen this path for himself.”</i></div>
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Wani, while holding his beard in his hands, adds that he was hoping they would show the reason behind Burhan picking up the gun. <i>“They didn’t include the root cause. And that is what India is doing to our children here. Their policies towards the population here are the real reason for that (the militancy). Young boys are getting radicalized because of the everyday torture and humiliation they face.”</i></div>
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Wani adds, <i>“Burhan is not the only one or the first one. ‘Yahaan aag pehlay se lagi hui hai (Kashmir is already burning). Toh us aag ko bujhanay kay liye pani chahiye, petrol nahi. (So to douse that fire, you need water, not petrol).’ They didn’t use this statement of mine.”</i></div>
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Wani, the principal of the Higher Secondary School of Tral, also alleges that another statement of his was twisted. He says that the statement which they twisted was that <i>“if guns would be readily available, the majority would decide to use them.”</i> According to him, they omitted the reasoning behind the youth taking up such steps.</div>
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He further clarifies, <i>“Now anyone can claim that I promote gun culture. But I don’t. I just wanted to highlight the reason (behind it).”</i></div>
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As a father whose one son was allegedly killed in an “encounter”, and another is the ‘poster boy’ of militancy, how does he stay calm? Wani says he finds solace in the belief that a ‘martyr’ never dies. <i>“First of all, I am mentally prepared for that. I do get disturbed sometimes that one day I will see him (Burhan) dead. Then I remind myself that Allah is above everything. I know my son (Khalid) is with Allah and alive. Burhan is away from me, and I do feel for that. But I know that if he dies on this path, he too will be a martyr,”</i>Wani asserts.</div>
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He says this is what keeps him alive. <i>“Otherwise, if I start thinking that my 24-year-old son was murdered and the other will die any day, then I don’t know what will happen to me. I can’t take care of worldly affairs then.”</i></div>
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Khalid, Burhan’s elder brother was shot down by security personnel last year in August in the forests of Tral. The security establishment claimed that he was shot down in an “encounter” while trying to meet his brother Burhan. They also claimed that he was getting young men to join the HM</div>
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KHALID WANI BROTHER OF BURHAN WANI ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY INDIAN ARMY</div>
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<b>Return With Respect</b></div>
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Wani, like others, believes that Burhan was forced to pick up the gun. He expresses his wish of seeing him return home one day, but with respect. Wani also ‘prays’ that the renewed peace talks between India and Pakistan should succeed.</div>
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<i>“Maybe if there is some kind of reconciliation between India and Pakistan, in which our representatives, the Hurriyat, are on board, they might devise a policy under which rebels can come back to normal life,”</i>he says. He adds, <i>“We pray to Allah that something comes out of the talks. We want peace. I want my son to come back, but with respect. Not shackled or chained.”</i><br />However, he feels that when the Hurriyat is left out, it shows that India’s intentions are not honest. “When they don’t involve the Hurriyat, that shows that India doesn’t want to settle this issue. If they involve Hurriyat, NC (National Conference) and PDP(Peoples Democratic Party) will lose their chair. There are and will be three stakeholders- India, Pakistan and Kashmir. All three have to be included. Two cannot decide our fate. We have to be a part of it,” Wani asserts.</div>
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<b>Illegal Detentions During VIP Visits</b></div>
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When President Barak Obama come to New Delhi in 2014, Wani and his now-deceased son Khalid, sitting miles away in Tral, were detained for a couple of days, he claims. The same thing happened during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit last year, he says.</div>
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<i>“I have faced a lot of problems after 2010, especially in 2012. They (police) used to detain me whenever militants used to strike. One day, unknown men snatched rifles from the police; they detained me and Khalid for 5 days. When Obama had come to Delhi, they detained Khalid! He missed his exams due to that,”</i> Wani adds.</div>
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<i>Wani alleges that every time a bullet was fired by someone, he was detained along with Khalid unnecessarily. “A Sarpanch (village head) got shot and again Khalid and I were put behind bars. During the elections (Parliamentary as well as assembly) we used to be put under detention. Khalid on an average used to spend two months in a year in jail. Most of the time they used to take us to the Tral police station, sometimes to Avantipora station,”</i> a dejected Wani rues.</div>
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He also mentions that with him, Imams (prayer leaders) were also detained, which he feels was a direct attack on Islam. <i>“I was detained for two days during Modi’s visit. Why? Also, Imams of various mosques were detained. They thought we might incite people in the mosque. We discuss Islam in the mosque. So according to me they put a curb on Islam by detaining the Imams.”</i></div>
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<b>Being A Principal And Burhan’s Father</b></div>
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Wani had to face problems on the professional front as well for being a militant’s father.<i>“They (Govt.) transferred me to another, far off location. I came here (Tral) on public demand as principal of the Higher Secondary school. Just after three days, I was transferred to district Shopian, that too in a far-flung village, just because I am Burhan’s father. Now I am back after two years. It was very difficult for me,”</i> he alleges.</div>
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He feels that regular raids don’t bother him now. However, the police troubling him and his family without any reason remains a matter of concern. <i>“They (police) raid our house every now and then. That is a routine for us now. And we don’t have a problem with that. It’s their duty. But when they unnecessarily used to detain and trouble Khalid and even me, that used to mentally disturb every one of us. They have searched our home may be a thousand times. Not only rooms, they check the walls to see if anyone is hiding,”</i>says Wani.</div>
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<b>Not Burhan’s Fight But Everyone’s</b></div>
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Wani also feels that the media and the people have put an unnecessary focus on Burhan.<i>“I don’t really like it when people talk too much about Burhan as if he has started it. I always say that he is not the first one,”</i> he says.</div>
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He adds, <i>“I saw his first video on the television on a news channel. They were translating what Burhan wants to tell India. Since 1989, Kashmiris want freedom from India. It’s not just Burhan’s fight. It’s the whole of Kashmir which aspires for that. Burhan is one of them. If you go back in time, (you can) see how many were killed in Srinagar, Sopore,</i>Anaantnag<i>and other districts. More than a lakh people have died. What were they searching for? Azadi (Freedom). Even the separatists, (Syed Ali Shah) Geelani, Mirwaiz (Umar Farooq), (Yasin) Malik, (Shabir) Shah, what do they want? The same thing. Their way is different. Some of them picked up the gun first too. They are fighting it politically now. But at the end, the aim is the same. When all this started, Burhan was not even born,”</i> notes a smiling Wani.</div>
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<b>NC Was Bad, PDP Has Crossed All Limits</b></div>
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Khalid was the first civilian who was killed after Mufi Mohammad Sayeed took over as the state’s CM. (This interview was conducted before Sayeed passed away).</div>
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<i>“At that time we thought a new government is in place and Mufti might do something,”</i>Wani recounts.</div>
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However, Wani alleges that PDP has crossed the limits set by NC. <i>“We had some hopes from PDP. Maybe, 10 percent more as compared to National Conference. But the role they have played in the current government, they have crossed the limits set by NC. They (NC) were cruel too, but not like them. Right now, Muslims have no value,”</i> feels Wani.</div>
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When reminded that Mufti had said in the same video report by the Delhi-based paper that boys have no option but to resort to the gun, Wani says, <i>“They have their own politics to take care of. If free and fair elections are held here, a new ‘Jamaat’ will emerge</i>victorious<i>. They won’t even be politicians, but unknown faces. It’s their duty to oppose each other (PDP and National Conference).”</i></div>
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Five-year-olds in Bijbehara, a town in South Kashmir, like to play a game. One person pretends to be Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the most wanted commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen. Three or four others pretend to be soldiers of the Indian army. The game revolves around how Wani escapes from the clutches of the army.</div>
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Kashmiris who are now in their late-20s remember playing the same game in the 1990s, when thousands joined the militancy. Branches or pieces of wood did duty as rifles and the two sides engaged each other in fierce battle. Now these games seem to have returned to the Valley. Except the militant has a name.</div>
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Burhan Wani is a legend in these parts. He’s a local boy, after all, born in Tral, in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Six years ago, when he was 15, Wani left home to take up arms against the Indian state. Since then, the government has announced a Rs 10 lakh bounty on his head and taken out most of his close associates. But Wani survives, defying all expectations and leaving a trail of stories behind him.</div>
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Some say he visits his home dressed as a girl. Posts on social media claim Hindu girls from Kanpur want to marry him and write his name in their blood. If your name is Burhan, it’s best to stay off the streets at night – security forces might hear people calling out for you and mistake you for the Hizbul commander. Friends meeting up over chai trade stories about him.</div>
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One involves the time Wani went to the town of Anantnag. He called up Tahir Sheikh, a commander of the Territorial Army, to say he was in town and bathing in the Jhelum, using Lifebuoy soap. By the time Sheikh reached the river, there was no one to be seen. But there on the river bank lay a bar of Lifebuoy soap.</div>
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“What do I say?” said Burhan Wani’s father, Muzaffar Ahmed Wani, when asked about the legends surrounding the young Hizbul commander. “He is my son. I can only call him my son. Other people can call him a hero or something else.”</div>
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<b>Celebrities and folk heroes</b></div>
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And so they do. “Burhan has become a narrative,” said a journalist in Bijbehara, who asked to remain unidentified. It is a narrative of heroism constructed around the new militancy that is said to have taken root in four districts of South Kashmir: Pulwama, Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian. Local boys, mostly educated, mostly from affluent families, are taking on the might of the Indian state and security forces.</div>
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Wani and his cohort signed up with the Hizbul Mujahideen, an indigenous, pro-Pakistan militant outfit. A number of others are joining the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba. Ask young men in Anantnag why they admire the new militants and they ask you why Bhagat Singh is considered a hero. Even police officers ruefully refer to the Robin Hood aura surrounding the new crop of militants. "We wish he comes out alive," said one senior police officer.</div>
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These are not the nameless multitudes who crossed over in the 1990s and came back as masked men. There was always a certain glamour attached to becoming a militant. But now, individual figures are thrown into sharp relief. Local memories and personal ties are hopped up on technology. This is the age of celebrity militants who are also folk heroes.</div>
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To begin with, their numbers are much lower than in the 1990s. <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" href="http://mea.gov.in/in-focus-article.htm?18987%2FFact+Sheet+on+Jammu+amp+Kashmir" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20width%3D%2214px%22%20height%3D%2214px%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2014%2014%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20xmlns%3Axlink%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2Fxlink%22%20xmlns%3Asketch%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%2Fns%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C!--%20Generator%3A%20Sketch%203.5.2%20(25235)%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%20--%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ctitle%3Eexternal_link%3C%2Ftitle%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdesc%3ECreated%20with%20Sketch.%3C%2Fdesc%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdefs%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22Page-1%22%20stroke%3D%22none%22%20stroke-width%3D%221%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20fill-rule%3D%22evenodd%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSPage%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22external_link%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSLayerGroup%22%20fill%3D%22%23ccc%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M10%2C8%20C9.447%2C8%209%2C8.448%209%2C9%20L9%2C12%20L2%2C12%20L2%2C5%20L5%2C5%20C5.553%2C5%206%2C4.552%206%2C4%20C6%2C3.448%205.553%2C3%205%2C3%20L1%2C3%20C0.447%2C3%200%2C3.448%200%2C4%20L0%2C13%20C0%2C13.552%200.447%2C14%201%2C14%20L10%2C14%20C10.553%2C14%2011%2C13.552%2011%2C13%20L11%2C9%20C11%2C8.448%2010.553%2C8%2010%2C8%20L10%2C8%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M13%2C0%20L8%2C0%20C7.447%2C0%207%2C0.448%207%2C1%20C7%2C1.552%207.447%2C2%208%2C2%20L10.586%2C2%20L4.293%2C8.293%20C3.902%2C8.684%203.902%2C9.316%204.293%2C9.707%20C4.488%2C9.902%204.744%2C10%205%2C10%20C5.256%2C10%205.512%2C9.902%205.707%2C9.707%20L12%2C3.414%20L12%2C6%20C12%2C6.552%2012.447%2C7%2013%2C7%20C13.553%2C7%2014%2C6.552%2014%2C6%20L14%2C1%20C14%2C0.448%2013.553%2C0%2013%2C0%20L13%2C0%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); background-origin: initial; background-position: right 0.3em; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 10.5px; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">According</a></span>to the ministry of external affairs, 14,356 “terrorists” and 2,358 “foreign militants” were killed in Jammu and Kashmir between 1990 and December 2001. According to data compiled by the criminal investigation department, 143 militants were active in the Valley this year. Of these 89 were local militants, 60 of them from South Kashmir.</div>
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To hunt them down, the Indian state has put thousands of boots on the ground. According to popular estimates, 7 lakh to 10 lakh security force personnel patrol the region. These troops are scattered across the whole state of Jammu and Kashmir and only part of this number is engaged in counterinsurgency. But, going by popular perception, all the guns of this formidable force are trained on militancy in the Valley.</div>
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The asymmetry of the battle has captured the local imagination, the idea the of strength of India being unable to catch a small band of militants. “In Tral, there are 10 militants and 10 lakh soldiers, why aren’t they catching them?” said the brother of one militant, taking a liberal view of the numbers.</div>
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Second, with security being tightened along the Line of Control, militants can no longer cross over in thousands to be trained and armed in camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Wani and his band of boys are believed to be operating from the mountains and forests of South Kashmir. Their activities are concentrated in a relatively small area: the entire Valley is around 135 kilometres long and 32 kilometres wide and the four South Kashmir districts make up less than half of this territory. So this strain of militancy is an intensely local phenomenon, generated within the crucible of the Valley and spending its energies there.</div>
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And, by now, it is well documented how Burhan Wani and cohort use social media to project their armed struggle – the famous Facebook picture where Hizbul members pose with guns; the solo shot of Burhan with green slopes in the background; videos of the boys playing cricket, sacrificing sheep, training with their weapons. These posts and videos have made the militants recognisable faces, reached their thoughts and motivations to thousands of youth glued to cell phones and desktops. They have also created a star cast of militancy.</div>
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There is Wani, of course, the class topper and cricket fan who liked Virender Sehwag’s upper cut and Shahid Afreedi’s big sixes. From Bijbehara there are the two Adils who ran away together: Adil Sheikh, the quiet, pious teenager, and dashing Adil Reshi, who looked like a film star, say those who knew him.</div>
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Sheikh, the 17-year-old son of an autorickshaw driver, was deeply religious. He led prayers at the local mosque, was particular about following rituals and forbade his sisters from using mobile phones. Shortly before he left home, he had saved up Rs 20,000 and contributed to a mosque being built in the area. It was a lot of money for Adil. Unlike the others, he had dropped out of school in Class VIII and earned money loading cement on trucks. That is how he met 24-year-old Reshi, whose family distributed the cement. The two Adils got close and decided to join up last June. The older boy still lives. Sheikh was killed in November.</div>
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From Laribal in Pulwama district, there was Ishaq Ahmed Parray, called “Newton” because his first name was the Arabic version of “Isaac” and because of his academic brilliance. His family paints the picture of a thoughtful, sensitive genius who was pained by the atrocities he saw around him. “He spent all his time studying,” said his brother, Masood Ahmad Parray. “He came first from nursery to 12th standard.”</div>
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Last year, Newton left home saying he was going to fill in forms for a computer course. He had even taken money for the examination fees. The boy never returned. A week later, the family was told by a police officer that he had joined the Hizbul Mujahideen. In March, he was killed in an encounter in Tral. He was 19 years old.</div>
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From the village of Karimabad, also in Pulwama, there was 29-year-old Naseer Ahmed Pandit, the policeman who battled the local drug mafia and spent his time in social service. The day he left, says his father, Ghulam Rasool Pandit, he donated Rs 2,000 to someone who had cancer. “He was against stone pelting,” added his cousin, Zubair Pandit. “He was always the first to vote. Most people boycott elections here. But he voted in the 2014 parliamentary elections.”</div>
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The former policeman was one of the militants posing in the Facebook picture. By then, he was a trainer for the Hizbul Mujahideen. In April, he was killed in an encounter in Shopian. Naseer’s father now collects articles about his son, who has been written about in national dailies and local magazines. He shows them to visiting journalists with quiet pride.</div>
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The new militancy bears a sheen that has worn off the older generation. The armed movement of the the 1990s eventually degenerated into extortion rackets, violent squabbles between various factions and the settling of petty local scores. As their numbers increased, militants were forced to rely on the civil population for food and shelter. Supporters faced the wrath of the security forces as well as the Ikhwan, a force of mostly former militants who had changed sides and been co-opted into counter-insurgency. Relations between militants and civilians soured as the decade progressed.</div>
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But the current militancy, with its smaller numbers, has not yet put the same pressures on the local population. “Today’s boys don’t take money, they don’t become renegades,” said Ghulam Rasool Pandit. “Aasman aur zameen ke farq hai." It’s a difference of heaven and earth.</div>
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So for now, there is a groundswell of support for the new generation of militants. It is evident in the crowds that pelt stones to distract security forces during encounters and the protests that break out afterwards. “Earlier, when there was firing here, people would run away 20 kilometres,” said Pandit. “Now they come towards it. People are willing to give their legs, arms and lives.”</div>
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Admitted Liaqat Ali Khan, a former militant who later headed Ikhwan in South Kashmir: “This kind of support, people intervening in encounters, was not there in the 1990s.”</div>
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Support is also counted in the attendance at funerals, the serpentine procession of mourners trailing behind the bodies of dead militants. At Naseer Pandit’s funeral, militants even performed a gun salute while the army stayed away. “No else had such a big funeral,” said Ghulam Rasool Pandit. “People came from Baramullah and other places. Lashkar, Jaish, foreign militants also came. I didn’t see it because I didn’t go, but I was told. If you saw him once you would remember him. He was just such a guy.”</div>
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The funerals have become a matter of pride for grieving families, a validation of the armed struggle that killed their sons. “When Dawood [Sheikh, a top Hizbul militant] died, they read his janaza [funeral prayers] six times,” said Nisar Ahmed Parrey, Newton’s brother. “If they are not heroes then who is?”</div>
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people assemble at burhan wanis house to pay tributes</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-26005093431246201972016-06-11T05:02:00.000-07:002016-06-11T05:02:01.176-07:00Why is Mr. Narendra Modi so eager to get India a permanent membership in United Nations Security council?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let us get a background about what the UNSC- United Nations Security Council really is and what its functions are.<br />As the name implies the Security council has the responsibility to intervene in civil wars and resolve conflicts among nations. Thus if the member nations deem necessary, the UN will take action against the government of any nation and has the power to dismantle the nation's power structure.</div>
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UNSC has a few temporary members and five permanent members. The temporary members get a term of two years each. USA, Russia, France, Britain and China are the five permanent members of the security council.</div>
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The permanent members have a veto power over all the decisions of the UNSC. What does this imply? This ensures that no big decision is taken which will make a powerful country unhappy. This veto power serves well to the five members as it helps them protect their interests.</div>
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There have been countless wars and massacres which have taken place in the world since the World War Two but the UN did not even blink an eye. This was because all these wars served the interests of the five members from that elite permanent group.</div>
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In 1971 when the Pakistan army massacred millions of innocent Bengali people, the UNSC did not bother to castigate Yahya Khan for he was an US ally. India received a massive inflow of poor, diseased and hungry refugees but was the only country shouting about it.<br />Not many countries at the UN supported India back then. The USSR had to even veto a resolution which was against India.</div>
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The UN conveniently ignored the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia in 1975 only because the regime served the interests of nations from the security council.</div>
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The point is that the veto power and respect a nation gets from a place on the Security Council permanent membership is vital.</div>
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Also the permanent seat provides a lot of influence in the decision making process of the UN. Does French- a language spoken by a hundred million- deserve to be the official language today when Hindi, which is spoken by three hundred million people, is not an official language? ( More people understand and speak Hindi, but this is the figure of people who speak it as their native language.)</div>
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I speak fluent Spanish and I work as freelance interpreter and I get paid a shitload of money in Pune. I am only nineteen years old but I already earn more than several engineers. So a permanent seat in the UNSC will help India create favourable conditions for its citizens.</div>
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AS a nation grows and integrates itself into the world economy on a larger scale, it is increasingly important for it to protect it's interests abroad.<br /><br />India, with its booming economy and an ambitious private business sector, is investing huge amounts of money in every continent. From Afghanistan, Australia, Middle east to many African nations, India has considerable economic, strategic and cultural interests to protect.</div>
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India has a huge diaspora working in the middle eastern countries and an unstable Arab world is not in our interests.</div>
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This image shows a comparison between Indian and Chinese diaspora around the world. India clearly has a huge population in very turbulent regions where chances of conflicts are high. India has already faced several challenges in rescuing the diaspora, most recently in Libya and Yemen.</div>
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The veto power will help India avoid any actions by the UNSC which may injure Indian investments or interests. It will also make nations think twice before doing something with an intention to harm India.</div>
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The respect India will attain from the seat will help India gain more attention in the international media. The Permanent seat will also add more weight to Indian opinions and statements.</div>
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The position as a permanent member says a lot about a country. Consumer confidence in a nation grows. Thus more investments are made and this helps boost the economy.<br />An investor will think many times before making an investment in Syria. ( Many Indians and the world lost a lot of money due to the violence in Syria. The civil war has made it impossible to continue any business.)</div>
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But a strong India will help build an image of a stable India and this will bring in more business.</div>
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So Mr Modi, or any Indian leader will be keen on securing the permanent seat at the Security council because the seat will help India gain more influence, investment, respect and secure its business and strategic interests all over the world.</div>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">have content fatigue. Is that a real thing? Surely a
reliable study has been done. But even if a study hasn’t been done, something
has definitely messed me up.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">In the spirit of
Tom Haverford, here’s <b>a typical <i>Internet Routine </i>for
my mornings:</b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Grab phone <i>immediately</i> upon waking up
because my phone is also my alarm.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Open <b>Twitter</b> and scroll without even
absorbing anything because my eyes are still dead.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Open <b>Instagram</b> because beautiful photos
are <i>very</i> important.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Check <b>Facebook</b> to see if I got any likes
or comments while I slept.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Once I’m finally walking around, I’ll check out
friends’ <b>Snapchat</b> Stories. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Get back on <b>Facebook</b>, but this time I’m on
my laptop after I’ve written my story</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">—</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">for
no reason at all because I loathe Facebook. Honestly, at this point I</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">m
just conditioned to open it during any lull.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">By now, it’s time to get ready for work. I start the
shower and then inexplicably stand half-naked in my bathroom while scrolling
through <b>Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Anchor, WHATEVER</b>. My
phone eventually gets covered in steam…so I know when to stop. <b><i>This
is exactly the kind of moment that signals: I’ve got a problem.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">A
tricky place</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">There’s more
content on the web than any person can ever consume in a lifetime. This content
pile grows wider, deeper, and higher every second and there’s no stopping it.
It’ll grow and grow until it becomes self-aware and eats our brains. Even after
I publish this insanely valuable and well-written story, I’m only adding to a
man-eating pile.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The internet can
be a tricky place for those of us who get addicted to knowledge, new insights,
fresh ideas, compelling stories, comment debates, and digital connections.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Some people can
consistently eat up content (as well as produce it) without ever being affected
or slowing down. I’m not one of those people. It all exhausts me after too
long. I don’t know why that is. I just know that <b>it is</b>.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">What
I have to do</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">I’ll be taking a
month off</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">—</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Digital
Fast</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">, if you will.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">From June 7 to
July 6, I won’t be active on any social network. Nor will I consume any digital
content.</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Here’s what I am
allowed to consume:</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Fiction, philosophy, biography, or poetry books</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Story-driven or educational podcasts like <i>This
American Life</i>, <i>Reply All</i>,<i>Stuff You Should Know, Criminal.</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">If you’re
wondering why I’m allowing those things, it’s because those are the types of
content that I never intentionally try to extract insight or knowledge from. I
simply consume and enjoy the ride. However, sometimes insight or knowledge is
an unintentional byproduct.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">What
I’ll be doing instead</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">You may not be
able to tell from my above Internet Routine<i>, </i>but I do have a life
outside of the web. There are few projects and goals that I’ll be pursuing like
a starving predator during my <i>Digital Fast</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fit.</span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> I’m going on a tropical vacation in a month</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The news must have come through to you too: Patanjali reported Indian revenues of around Rs. 5,000 crores (~ USD 750 million) for the last financial year — and in doing so went past Colgate in India. Even more interesting is that Colgate is almost 8 decades old in India while Baba Ramdev’s brand is barely 8 years old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The saffron-clad Baba’s forecast was quite eye-catching too — he thinks the brand will double revenues to Rs. 10,000 crores (~USD 1.5 billion) in India by next year, 2017 — which would effectively take them past two other-decades old companies — Nestle and Procter & Gamble — and leave Patanjali second only to Unilever in India, all in just about 10 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what helped them grow this fast? After all, nobody particularly thought that the Indian FMCG scene was ripe for disruption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sure, there will be many parts to this answer. Quality products, or at least the promise of these will be one reason. Reasonable pricing will be another. Aggressive distribution will be a third.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I believe the true innovation is something that was probably done without much thought.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A single brand strategy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Colgate company sells brands under its name, Palmolive, Ajax and others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Procter and Gamble go further — there’s Gillette, Tide, Pampers, Ariel, Duracell and so much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unilever is the classic proponent of the multi-brand strategy: from Surf and Dove and Lipton and Lux and Ponds to variants like Surf Excel and Lipton Yellow Label and Lux Supreme and Ponds Dreamflower and far, far beyond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But take a look at the Patanjali range above — whether it’s toothpaste or rice, noodles or chyavanprash — it’s all under one brand, Patanjali.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flying in the face of traditional brand theory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Traditional marketing thought has held that one needs to build and nurture a portfolio of brands, each carefully positioned against a separate audience for a separate need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps Baba Ramdev wasn’t the first to cock a snook at this dictum. Richard Branson was one of the first to get there, with his “Virgin” brand draped around everything from colas to planes, trains, mobile services and comics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The thinking is straightforward — if you have heard of my brand and like the personality — then you might be comfortable buying something else I offer. No matter how different the product category.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The modern technology brand playbook.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Technology brands like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others follow this playbook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The naming formula here is simple: Unique Brand + Generic Sub-brand/category name = Product Brand name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google and Maps makes for Google Maps. Ditto for Google Search. Or even balloons in the sky — Google Loon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The word ‘Microsoft’ is a prefix that fits everything from Mouse and Keyboard to Windows Server.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple’s generic sub-brands are almost category like: Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Apple iPad and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what Baba Ramdev is doing is not very different from the new thinking in the business world.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The undoubted benefits of a single-brand strategy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How severe is this problem? Till a few years ago, Nestle marketed over 8,000 brands in 190 countries. Unilever had 1,600 brands across 150 countries and P&G was a bit of laggard with just 250 brands in 160 countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But even P&G thought that was a hundred too many, and announced a cull of its brand portfolio down to ‘just’ 150 in 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in today’s over-branded, over-communicated world, even that may be 149 brands too many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each brand requires its own marketing and promotional budget, its own brand management team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But cutting it down to 1 brand makes life so much easier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You were ready to try Google Maps — because you were used to Google Search. You eagerly waited for the Apple iPhone — because you love your Apple iMac — or were a fan of the Apple iPod.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every product, in fact, becomes an advertisement for every other product made by the same company. Drastically reducing your required marketing spend by some 80% or more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, build just one brand. Let the positive rub-off of that glow on everything product you sell under that brand.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any downsides?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sure, one could argue that having different brands insulates you if something goes wrong with one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Maggi went wrong, it shouldn’t affect Nestle’s other brands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it actually did: You know Maggi made for a small share of the company’s revenues — but one hit on one brand’s reputation side-swiped the entire company as you’ll see in this stock price chart.:</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what else did Patanjali gain?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s harder for a sales guy to go and tell a retailer — listen, please stock Lux and Sunsilk and Dove and Lifebuoy and Close Up. And easier for one to go up to the man and say — hey just stock Patanjali — and carry our Salt and Rice and Shampoo and Soap and whatnot. The man believes he is doing you one favour, not five.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So distribution is easier. And that’s a key win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Consumer recognition is much better too. The lady who goes to the shops says, “Hey, this is that Patanjali stuff. I tried the rice, it was okay. Let me try the shampoo too. It seems to be reasonably priced.” As easy as that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, the products need to live up to the billing. But in this day and age, that’s not very difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all, HUL and P&G don’t manufacture their own products — they contract it out to smaller firms. And you can be more than reasonably sure of quality of product in this day and age when you outsource it to someone who makes soaps and shampoos and toothpastes for all the brands.</span></div>
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<span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="-webkit-user-select: text !important; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what should your brand strategy be?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fewer brands the better. And ideally, just one brand, please. And don’t get creative with sub-brands. Be as generic and descriptive as you can when it comes to sub-brands or variants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t make it Lux Supreme if you want to say Lux Extra Creamy. Extra Creamy says it better than yet another word for the consumer to remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tesla Model 3 is fine. It’s much better than Toyota Innova Crysta 2.4 GX 7 STR. (Yes, that’s really a name.) How much do you really expect the consumer to remember?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sony Phone 6.4 tells me it’s probably a good big-screen phone much better than Sony Experia Z Ultra 4G ever will. Yes, that’s really a name too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doing one brand well in this over-communicated world is hard enough. Let alone you thinking you have the money and time to establish a second or a twenty-second brand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And don’t worry too much about traditional thinking on line extensions too. If Google can do maps and going to space under the same brand, I’m sure the consumer will let you do rice and oil and toothpaste under the same name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She’s already let a non-MBA in orange robes do that. So there’s room for you to follow in those footsteps!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-53039380673400739652016-06-01T02:22:00.003-07:002016-06-01T02:22:34.890-07:00Thane girl who saved 3 lives in her death gets 8.6 CGPA <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 8.6 in the CBSE Class X board exams would put a smile on the faces of many students and their parents. Unfortunately, this is of little consolation for a Thane family who lost their daughter in a road accident last month.<br />
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In April, sixteen-year-old Kejal Pandey was riding pillion on a two-wheeler with her mother, when a car trying to overtake them knocked her off the vehicle. The accident left her with irreversible brain damage and she was declared brain dead.<br />
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Even as they were coming to terms with the tragedy, Kejal's family decided to donate her kidneys and liver. The donated organs helped save the lives of three people which included a 14-year-old child from Mumbra.<br />
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"It is so hard to get used to the fact that she is not here anymore. By donating her organs we feel like she's still alive and amongst us. We didn't have the heart to check her result," said Shyamakant Pandey, Kejal's father.<br />
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Kejal's younger brother has not yet come to terms with the death of his sister. "He still is not out of the shock. He keeps thinking about how supportive Kejal was for his studies," said Kejal's cousin, Pawan Kumar.<br />
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Family and friends remember Kejal, a student of Arunodaya Public School, Thane, as a girl who excelled not only in academics but also in sports, dance and other extra-curricular activities. Principal Madhuri Chandrashekhar remembered Kejal as one of her brightest students.<br />
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"She was an all-rounder and a very bright child. She has been with the school for several years and was always a very well-mannered child."<br />
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Madhura, a classmate and close friend of Kejal, said, "She died almost 10 days before her birthday. She was always full of life, entertaining everyone. She was my best friend and it is so hard to not have her around."<br />
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"She planned to take up commerce and become a Chartered Accountant. She was so firm about what she wanted and she always achieved it. She once told me she wanted to be successful and be the head of whichever firm she worked at. Sadly, it doesn't matter now," added her father. The story was really heart touching</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-41972175674730061032016-05-26T03:31:00.000-07:002016-05-26T03:31:03.110-07:00Jats demand in Haryana for reservations is unreasonable<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I fail to understand their demand. If they have brain then why they need reservation and if they are poor... Wait..</span><br />
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They are filthy rich. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px;">They definitely don't need any reservation.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I lived in a village for 16 years in Haryana, that village used to be and still dominated by Jats as most of the villages in Haryana are. I did my schooling from village government school itself. Now I am studying in an IIT college and seen the domination and their status in my village. As per reservation policy, reservation should be given to people who are socially and economically backward. Let me answer each perspective one by one.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Social Status:</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">They are not socially backwards at all. In fact, they are the one who rules and ruled villages. If some incident happens, the village people go to Jats for the solution. Its because of following more historic and less contemporary reasons:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">a). They are the land owners. Villagers get their daily cores by working in those fields. So they obey them. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">b). People in villages domesticates cattle for milk and other purposes like dungs, selling and buying etc. Now where do villagers get grass for them? This is also from the fields owned by the Jats. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">c). Castes like Kumhar, Valmiki, Chamar etc. used to serve upper castes like Jats, Pandits, Baniyas etc. For example, for Kumhars, these higher castes have been major profitable buyers of utensils. Same is the case for Chamars and other castes. That's why they are called as UPPER CASTES.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">d). Historically, upper castes mainly Jats have been leaders of villages like Surpanch etc. Still, other castes wins when there is reservation for other castes in that particular year, that too with the support of Jat people. Lower caste candidate just act as puppets, actually ruling is by Jats.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">e). The CMs of Haryana have been always Jats barring current one. These were always supporters of Jats. Electricity bills full rebate and government employment for Jats were usual practices. Full rebate of electricity bills was just one of numerous cases in earlier Hudda Government. While, surfacing of JBT scam in Chotala Government was also one of the numerous employment scams cases. I have seen this and know some persons who gave money for getting jobs. Money used to be secondary condition in major cases, first you need to be a Jat. I am completely denying here that the other castes didn't get the benefits. Some people did get the benefits, </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">but as per reservation.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Economic Status</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Compared to other castes, Jats are economically more sound. The soundness is due to land they are owning. Haryana has fertile land. One acre costs a crore, though that differ from location wise. It is much higher in districts like Gurgaon, Fridabad, Rohtak etc. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Its true that land per people has reduced over the years due to distribution over generations. But we can't deny the fact the land prices also increased enormously over the years. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Now let me tell you why they are demanding reservation now,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">a). Over the years, lower castes gradually became educated and improved economically. Though, the status is way lower than Jats and other upper castes.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">b). The division of lands have forced Jat people to work along with other castes.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">c). Current Government has Non-Jat CM</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">d). Current government has taken stringent steps to reduce corruption in recruitments mainly making them more transparent. This has avoided earlier malpractices of Recruitments.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">e). Haryana electricity board has more than 40% losses apart from huge debt burden. To avoid the theft of electricity, the Government has taken steps to reduce electricity. For example, changing bare conductor into insulated ones, meter outside premises, forcing people for payment of bills etc. These steps definitely not liked by people who steal electricity, but most likely will impact Jats. As they can see, there would not be any write off their electricity bills now.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">f). The Jats don't like other castes people to be of their status. They are losing that status/position/GAON KI CHAUDHAR over the years. It is enraging them.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">So, there are actually no basis for this demand.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">P.S. I am a general caste and I am </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">totally against any caste based </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">reservation. I never took privilege rather got beaten in competitive exam just because st/SC deserved the reserved. BS.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I have not said all jaats are rich/ unintelligent. They, obviously, like any other Indian are a mixed bag. My father has worked in army and I know Haryana constitutes a big portion in army. My point is, these jaats(who are insane for reservation) have just maligned their name.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-27615235793595911272016-05-26T00:07:00.000-07:002016-05-26T00:07:28.005-07:00IIM-A has written a strongly worded letter to Flipkart after it defers joining dates of recruits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is the full text of the email that IIM-A had sent to Flipkart:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"></span></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From: IIM A chairperson<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To: Binny Bansal and Nitin Seth<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CC: Flipkart directors, placement head and placecom representatives of all colleges<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subject: 7 months delay in joining of management trainees at Flipkart<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Binny and Nitin<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I</span></em><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">t really saddened me to read an email (please see below) sent by Flipkart campus team on Friday night. You had earlier promised to give joining in July to our students but now it has been delayed till December 2016. Let me assure you that not only students of IIM-A but all the other students from the different campuses are in shock to see such a mail from a well established name like Flipkart.</span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This sudden decision will bring below changes:<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. A strong brand attracts the best of talent on any campus, anywhere in the world. Most of the students had chosen Flipkart over other well reputed recruiters on campus because of the strength of the brand Flipkart. Your decision to defer the date of joining, comes as it does so close to the earlier promised date of July 2016, is sure to make this talent pool regret their well thought out decision.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" />Talented students fresh out of campus, on the eve of starting successful careers, feel cheated out of multiple opportunities that the campus had to offer, through no fault of their own, just because they chose Flipkart.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" />With campus perception of recruiters trickling down from one batch to the next, this can significantly hurt the brand Flipkart on campus during subsequent rounds of campus hiring in the years to come.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. With the need to service heavy educational loans that most of the students have taken, it stands to reason that the Flipkart's decision of deferring joining by seven months puts a lot of personal finances (and by extension careers) in jeopardy and is bound to cause a lot of duress for the students and their families. The amount of 1.5 lakhs offered as joining bonus hardly qualifies as compensation for seven months of forced unemployment.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Future engagement of Flipkart with b-school campuses is bound to get affected as a relationship based on mistrust and lack of transparency can never be mutually beneficial.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" />While we understand that restructuring calls for tough decisions in an organisation, the matter of campus hiring could have been handled much better with campuses forewarned well in advance and engaged as partners in this decision making. Rude shocks due to unilateral decision making does little to help strengthen relationships with the campus.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" /></span></em><br />
<em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of these points only summarise that this decision is going to impact Flipkart, b-schools and most importantly talented students and their families in a very negative manner.<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" />Hence all placement heads and placement committees of all colleges have decided to come forward in support of our students and would like to have a common conference call with you so that we can find a more amicable solution. We request you to consider the following options:<br style="content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="content: "."; display: block;" />1. An undertaking signed by the CEO guaranteeing that every one of these students will be absorbed when the date of joining is finalised no later than December</span></em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As previously mentioned, we would appreciate a speedy response from your side regarding scheduling a conference call in the next couple of days, where all the relevant stakeholders (Flipkart management, placement chairpersons of the campuses, Placecom representatives from the campuses, representatives from Flipkart new joinees) can engage to reach a mutually acceptable solution.</i></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-50561381069295514602016-05-25T02:08:00.001-07:002016-05-25T02:08:52.800-07:00How is Salman Khan like in real life?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Let us talk about which brands these stars use and which toothpaste they use because who cares about the fanatics waging a war against innocent civilians or the activists being shot down by the self-proclaimed protectors of our culture. Who cares, really? Let us discuss Salman Khan as a person and if this isn't enough we will even discuss what Jimmy Wales does when he isn't doing anything.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px;" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QfE9myCQYjkCT08M2yyZtIg5ucPYKfLc2qPOdNJwdhIf3UhUCawYBsGZtF0Z_nK2NnR7XAO8ZgQ4ukEdoR5kmMCFS_wgB4iq39IQsuVGxLfQEwHwhYvwlRxYVZsIrQSQGGXXM8VcSWg/s1600/main-qimg-19e7be962bcd4d202e6670e92fc57604.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QfE9myCQYjkCT08M2yyZtIg5ucPYKfLc2qPOdNJwdhIf3UhUCawYBsGZtF0Z_nK2NnR7XAO8ZgQ4ukEdoR5kmMCFS_wgB4iq39IQsuVGxLfQEwHwhYvwlRxYVZsIrQSQGGXXM8VcSWg/s400/main-qimg-19e7be962bcd4d202e6670e92fc57604.png" width="400" /></a><br />
<br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Okay so I'll write down his accomplishments. They are as follows:</span><br />
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1. Got involved with the underworld and acted for free in a few movies for them. It is no secret that the money the underworld makes from movies goes into funding of their illegal activities.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2. A fellow actor/actress who doesn't suck up to him is bound to lose out on a large number of good assignments and if he/she is lucky then they would be able to escape physical abuse by him.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3. He extends an olive branch to a struggling model/actress and she has to accept it. Nobody rejects Salman Khan's offer.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">4. A girl breaks up with him thinking she is free but according to Mr. Khan's own devised rules you cannot date anyone without his permission even after breaking up with him. Isn't he a charming hooligan?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">5. He mowed down people during his adventures on the streets of Bandra one fine night. Still, he has been able to evade law for long unlike any of us commoners.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">6. He hunted down endangered species for fun but such is his clout that he has been evading law in this case too.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">7. In order to evade paying taxes, he started doing charity. He made a brand out of it and according to a few reports and sources he is literally minting money out of it now. And who really cares how much of it he really spends on charity. It's so simple you know. Help a few people and have the news channels carry the news. This way both his brand and he himself get a good amount of positive publicity. Ain't he a smart businessman?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">8. And Voila, he himself is also good at licking the feet of the mighty who in return help him stay away from the grip of the law.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Note : I hope, I have been able to sum up everything of significance. Am so sure he's a hero like every Bhaijaan crazy fan portrays him to be.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-92121192460608187412016-05-24T12:20:00.002-07:002016-05-24T12:36:21.547-07:00Arijit Singh apologize to Salman Khan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Singer Arijit Singh apologize to Salman Khan on his facebook page!</b><br />
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<b>Here is what he said.</b><br />
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Dear Mr Salman Khan<br />
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This is the last way I thought I would speak to you. I have been trying to text you call you and do everything possible to tell you that you are mistaken about the fact that I insulted you. I never did. That night in the show It was the wrong time and wrong aura. <br />
Nevertheless you felt insulted <br />
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And I understood and I felt extremely sorry about it as me and my family have been your fan since long. I tried to explain so many times but you never got it. I apologized but you never got it. How many times I sent you apology texts you also know. <br />
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At Nita Ji's place I only came back to apologize to you but you dint get it. <br />
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No problem I apologize here In front of everyone but please it is a request<br />
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Please do not remove the song that I sang for you in sultan. You want anyone else to sing this song, absolutely fine but keep a version at least. I have sung enough songs sir. But I want to retire with at least one song of you keeping in my library. Please do not take away this feeling.<br />
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I don't know why am I doing this<br />
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I know the consequences <br />
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People are going to write their heart and mind and everything <br />
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I also know you won't be bothered Mr Salman Khan. <br />
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Still I think I need to take it out. After all I have to live with this fact that you made sure that I don't sing for you even though so many of us requested.<br />
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But I will be a fan bhaijaan..<br />
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Jagg ghumiye tere jaisa na koi..<br />
Regards<br />
Yours truly<br />
Arijit singh<br />
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Let there be light<br />
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<b>Later Arijit Singh removed his apology letter from facebook page and wrote:</b><br />
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I hope he gets my letter through someway. <br />
Ps. This whole thing will backfire at me I know. Prayers..<br />
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<b>So for people who don't know what happened!</b><br />
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At an award function Arijit singh first came , and Salman said to him you look sleepy to which Arijit said ur hosting made me sleepy, to which Salman replied if you guys make songs like "Tum hi ho" then it will be a snoozefest environment<br />
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Then later when Mithoon won for best lyricist, he came and started defending Arijit saying it was not a boring song and it was the most soulful singing which was required in today's music time. To which Salman said it was your friend who said he was sleepy.<br />
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After that i don't know exactly what happened, caz then for some reason Mithoon had some sticky note behind his ass and salman was trying to remove it. And then suddenly salman shouted. At the end, it just ended abruptly.<br />
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I think it was all supposed to be a joke which was either not executed well or got poorly edited.<br />
And if it was not a joke then this time, i am with Salman. I think Arijit and Mithoon were unnecessarily rude to Salman. It's not a joke to host an award for like 6 hours. If they can't handle to sit there then may be they shouldn't attend.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-90407039936951588082016-05-24T06:17:00.001-07:002016-05-24T06:17:56.092-07:00Virat : New Sachin <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">comparison</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> is based on your own interest.If you want to compare,you can.Otherwise,you can leave it aside.</span><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif; margin-top: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">If you really meant to know whether he can beat their records,YES!! It is possible taking into account his present form and his age.</span><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">But it is equally important that he stays focussed on his game and continues his present good form.</span><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Maybe comparing him with Sir Vivian Richards is not justified since the circumstances and time they played are way too different.</span><br style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The bowlers face by Sir Richards are totally different from the ones faced by Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.</span></span><br />
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This is the bowlers Sachin faced, now compare it with today's bowlers</div>
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<a name='more'></a><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px;">The year is 2026. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A eleven-year old kid was watching the India Vs Australia ODI live on TV.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Its 9pm already. When will Papa come? He has already missed Virat Kohli's half century."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Suddenly, the doorbell rings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Maa, Papa has come!", said the excited kid.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The thirty-five year old man loosened his tie, and sat on the sofa. His wife brought some lemonade for him. Taking the glass, he asked, "What's the score?". "Its 175-1, Pa". The drinks break completed, the sponsors' advertisements over, the match returned live.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The Australian fast bowler bowled an excellent yorker and Virat was clean bowled.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Oh! And there is Kohli, three short of a century, what would have been an excellent hundred.", said Harsha Bhogle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The father looked at his son. The son was a bit sad, but shrugged and said, "Don't worry, Dad. Kohli is out, but the score is good, and we have a finisher who is in form!".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The father smiled. "Yes son, the match has just started."</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Let us see what it was like in 1996.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A eleven-year old kid was watching the India Vs Australia ODI live on TV.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Its 9pm already. When will Papa come? He has already missed Sachin's half century."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Suddenly, the doorbell rings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Maa, Papa has come!", said the excited kid.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The thirty-five year old man kept his suitcase aside, and sat on the chair. His wife brought some lemonade for him. Taking the glass, he asked, "What's Sachin's score?". "Sachin is on 91, Pa". The drinks break completed, the sponsors' advertisements over, the match returned live.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The Australian fast bowler bowled an excellent bouncer and Sachin was caught out, as he mistimed a pull shot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Oh! And there is Sachin, nine short of a century, what would have been an excellent century.", said Harsha Bhogle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The father looked at his son. The son was a very sad, and looked at his dad for hope. "Now what, Dad? Sachin is out.". Tears were starting to form in the little child's eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The father walked to the TV, switched off and removed the plug. "Sachin is out. Enough cricket for today. Go and sleep now." His face was solemn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The kid, understood his fathers feelings, and went to bed. He thought about that careless shot. He controlled his tears, as his mother caressed him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The father, still in the hall, shook his head, "The match is over."</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-65061734318376542632016-05-23T12:28:00.000-07:002016-05-23T12:49:07.292-07:00Sarabjit Singh : A Martyr<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">His Claim. </b><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">He was a farmer living in Bhikhiwind, Punjab. He belonged to a very poor family so much so that he agreed to drive a tractor in order to plough an another farmer's field. His village is located very much near the Indo-Pak border. It was in 1990 when he decided to work in a nearby field very close to the LOC in order to support his family. The men were issued ID cards and often came to work around 9 a.m.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">There is a thin strip of land between the two countries called "The No Man's Land". Many have been been held in Indian and Pakistani jails for this minor offence of taking that wrong step. </span><span class="matched_term" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"> Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur, said that he had been missing for about one year and she had no clue as to where he was.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Sounds legit?</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Further, He claims that he was convicted for something he never did. As he told his name was changed to Manjeet Singh, one of the actual accused in the 1990 blasts in Pakistan. Once detained by the Pakistani Rangers he managed to throw a piece of paper that was found by a man later, who sent it to his home in Punjab. This was the first time when Dalbir Kaur came to know about her brother's detention by the Pakistani authorities.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">The Irrational View.</b><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Can we actually rule out the possibility that Sarbjit Singh was not an official of the Research and Analysis wing? I would say we shouldn't. You may take me as a person not sensitive towards a poor man who suffered a lot in a number of Pakistani jails. But hold that thought. Please?</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">When </span><span class="matched_term" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"> was caught by the Pakistani Rangers his location at the time of arrest was Faisalabad as per the First Information Report. Yes, we do not have a reason to rule out that this fact was fabricated by the Pakistani authorities. But the very first FIR that was presented before the Magistrate states that he was indeed arrested in Faisalabad itself. </span><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Is there a possibility that things were planned so swiftly? Just within 24 hours of arrest? </b><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">After receiving </span><span class="matched_term" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit's</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"> information, of him facing trial in a blast case how could the 'poor' sister of a simple farmer raise the much needed five lac rupees as fees for one of the best defense attorneys in Pakistan when on one hand they were portrayed to be very poor. </span><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Can we rule out the possibility that the Indian Government actually gave her(Dalbir) that amount so as to get their agent back? </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Now let's recall the story of Surjeet Singh(picture above). His story was similar to </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit's</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> with a different ending. After pleading that he was a simple farmer and not an Indian spy, he came back to India after spending 30 years in Pakistan. </span><b style="line-height: 21px;">Minutes after he stepped on to the Indian soil he disclosed to the Indian media that he was functioning in Pakistan as a RAW agent. </b><span style="line-height: 21px;">Was </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> too waiting for such an opportunity? We can't rule that out either.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Another person who came to a similar end was</span><b style="line-height: 21px;">Ravinder Kaushik.</b><span style="line-height: 21px;"> A brilliant actor who was recruited by the RAW as early as at the age of 23 to be sent as a spy to Pakistan. He was caught much like </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="line-height: 21px;">. But probably he wasn't trained enough as him. For an actor the torture seemed to be unbearable and he admitted that he was an Indian spy. However he died due to Tuberculosis and Asthma much because of the poor conditions he was kept in.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">When </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit's</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> body was sent to India, was there any reason to give him the guard of honor? Too many civilians have been rotting in the jails of Pakistan- some of them since 1971. Are they all going to receive the state honor? This further strengthens my feeling that under the cover of </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> being honored for the sufferings, the state is giving him only what he truly deserved. </span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ravinder Kaushik(Above)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then how can we rule the probability that unlike Ravinder's case where the Indian government did accept that her was an Indian spy, the present governments(that last 20 years) did not want to do so. It can be owed to the much time they devoted to defending the scams they were 'dragged' into in the parliament rather than addressing issues that really mattered. Well, </span><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> seems to be a very small issue considering that China occupied </span><span class="qlink_container" style="line-height: 21px;">750sq. km</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> of Indian territory and the government did not even raise the issue once in the parliament. Too busy. Weren't they? </span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well, the RAW has almost lost its prominence and in fact the government(when free) is now more dependent on the Intelligent Bureau(I.B) for similar operations within the country and abroad. Officials would say that the mandate of the I.B expanded over time.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Calling it an extension of mandate is just a cover. Any person in future who would have been caught abroad and was associated with the RAW, would have received the title of being a 'spy' irrespective of what he or she had been assigned to do for the simple reason that the world recognizes the RAW as the undercover spying unit of India. When a person associated with the I.B, if caught would go through a trial where the burden of proof would be on the state to prove in the court of law that the I.B official was indeed spying- an act of aggression against the state. </span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span class="matched_term" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Sarabjit</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> should not have left the way he did. The guard of honor was as if the state 'gave' him something after being asked for by Dalbir Kaur. Probably he deserved it.<br /><br />P.S. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Zardari wanted to release him but there is too much opposition. So, killing him is the best way to satisfy all. Blame other prisoners, who are convicts anyway and not many questions will be raised. Killing him any other way may be inconvenient as it is difficult to avoid questions on medical reports.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-74384535468785673432016-05-21T04:16:00.002-07:002016-05-21T04:16:24.537-07:00This Former IIT Prof Once Taught RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Today He’s Helping Tribals in MP.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you happen to be in the densely vegetated area of Betul and Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh, you are likely to stumble upon an unassuming old man with a scraggly white beard, quietly making his way through the wilderness on his cycle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He goes by the name Alok Sagar and was once a resident of New Delhi. For the last 34 years however, this man has been working untiringly for the betterment of tribals in Madhya Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sagar has singlehandedly planted more than 50,000 trees in Betul district. The eco-conscious citizen also spreads his message of a greener world by collecting and distributing seeds among tribals, at a reasonable rate.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">His work with the Shramik Adiwasi Sangathan has also seen him take on the role of an activist who works towards securing the rights of tribals in the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yet, what makes his selfless efforts more noteworthy is the fact that Sagar left a lucrative career as an IIT Delhi professor to serve the people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sagar is an alumnus of IIT Delhi himself, with a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering as well as a Masters from the reputed institute. He then went on to pursue his PhD at Houston University in Texas, US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Upon returning to India, Sagar joined his alma mater as a professor and even went on to teach current RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By 1982 however, Sagar felt that he could contribute more to the development of the country by working with people on the ground. He resigned from his well-paying job and took off towards Betul and Hoshangabad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For 34 years, his neighbours and the tribals he worked with had been completely in the dark about Sagar’s past as a renowned academic at a prestigious institution. It was only during the assembly elections in the district when, unable to verify his background, the Betul district administration asked him to leave. This was when Sagar revealed his true identity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anurag Modi, who works with Sagar, told <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/mp-this-iit-prof-quit-job-to-work-for-downtrodden-tribals/story-CFUa47OhFyCYHTAZdmaVYM.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.298039); box-sizing: border-box; color: #eb9812; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hindustan Times</em></a>, “Unlike the baseless fight over degrees of politicians, Sagar has set an example of being a true social worker.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“In India, people are facing so many problems, but people are busy proving their intelligence by showing their degrees rather than serving people,” Sagar added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">True social work, they say, is done quietly and away from the spotlight. Sagar is the epitome of this sentiment.</span></div>
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CBSE topper, Sukriti Gupta has bagged the number one position with flying colours. She has scored 99.04 per cent in the exam.</div>
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Talking to India Today Education team, Sukriti's cousin, Neha Agarwal, says, "I'm very proud of her. I am glad that she has achieved the number one rank in All India Results."</div>
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<b>Who is Sukriti?</b></div>
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<b>Words of appreciation from her proud father, Rakesh Gupta: </b></div>
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<b>What's her Success Mantra?</b></div>
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This year, the girls have surpassed boys with the pass percentage of 88.58, while the boys have scored 78.85 percentage.</div>
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Overall pass percentage of Thiruvananthapuram region is 97.61, which is the highest as compared to other regions, followed by Chennai which is 92.63 percent..</div>
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The CBSE results were declared ahead of time. Earlier, the board was supposed to declare the results at 12 noon, but the results were released around 10 am. </div>
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In order to check the results, the candidates should visit the official website and click on the link 'CBSE Class 12 Results 2016'. Thereafter, the candidates should enter their roll numbers and name of the school. After submitting the same, the results will appear on the screen. </div>
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Also, the candidates can access the results through SMS and IVRS. This year, a total of 1065179 candidates were registered for the Class 12 examination.</div>
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Every year, CBSE conducts the final examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 in the month of March.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-39640635665733556632016-05-20T12:01:00.001-07:002016-05-20T12:01:37.529-07:00Election Result'16 show that BJP's gaining ground in India.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh yes definitely. It not only shows the BJP is gaining grounds but also reflects the acceptance of people regarding the achievements of BJP of 2 years in center. People have started to agree and buy into the growth and development model of BJP and have negated all negative propaganda done by AAP, Congress & Media. It shows that people are seeing the work happening on the ground.</div>
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Let us look at what the below chart shows us:</div>
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<b>Assam</b>: BJP win and throws out congress which has been there since ages. Its a clean sweep for BJP there.</div>
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<b>West Bengal</b>: BJP has closed down on 3 seats in a extreme Left dominated state. Its an amazing news for BJP.</div>
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<b>Kerala</b>: Another left dominated state and BJP manages to get 1 seat means people are shifting their focus. Next 5–10 years BJP should come in.</div>
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<b>Tamil Nadu</b>: BJP hasn't been able to impact here. They need to develop a local face here, else just like now they cannot make inroads in TN.</div>
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If you want to see how deep is the impact, visit this website: <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" href="http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS11115.htm?ac=115" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20width%3D%2214px%22%20height%3D%2214px%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2014%2014%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20xmlns%3Axlink%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2Fxlink%22%20xmlns%3Asketch%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%2Fns%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C!--%20Generator%3A%20Sketch%203.5.2%20(25235)%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%20--%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ctitle%3Eexternal_link%3C%2Ftitle%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdesc%3ECreated%20with%20Sketch.%3C%2Fdesc%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdefs%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22Page-1%22%20stroke%3D%22none%22%20stroke-width%3D%221%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20fill-rule%3D%22evenodd%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSPage%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22external_link%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSLayerGroup%22%20fill%3D%22%23ccc%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M10%2C8%20C9.447%2C8%209%2C8.448%209%2C9%20L9%2C12%20L2%2C12%20L2%2C5%20L5%2C5%20C5.553%2C5%206%2C4.552%206%2C4%20C6%2C3.448%205.553%2C3%205%2C3%20L1%2C3%20C0.447%2C3%200%2C3.448%200%2C4%20L0%2C13%20C0%2C13.552%200.447%2C14%201%2C14%20L10%2C14%20C10.553%2C14%2011%2C13.552%2011%2C13%20L11%2C9%20C11%2C8.448%2010.553%2C8%2010%2C8%20L10%2C8%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M13%2C0%20L8%2C0%20C7.447%2C0%207%2C0.448%207%2C1%20C7%2C1.552%207.447%2C2%208%2C2%20L10.586%2C2%20L4.293%2C8.293%20C3.902%2C8.684%203.902%2C9.316%204.293%2C9.707%20C4.488%2C9.902%204.744%2C10%205%2C10%20C5.256%2C10%205.512%2C9.902%205.707%2C9.707%20L12%2C3.414%20L12%2C6%20C12%2C6.552%2012.447%2C7%2013%2C7%20C13.553%2C7%2014%2C6.552%2014%2C6%20L14%2C1%20C14%2C0.448%2013.553%2C0%2013%2C0%20L13%2C0%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 0.3em; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 10.5px; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Constituencywise-All Candidates</a></span> Select state as <b>Kerala</b> and select each <b>Constituency </b>to check where BJP stands, what is the number of votes of each BJP candidate, what is the difference of vote compared to winning candidate.</div>
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BJP was no-where in Kerala and Bengal, but you will find each candidate in these states have got more than 20,000+ votes.</div>
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<b>What does all of this means?</b></div>
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<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;">Learning time for AAP, Congress, Left & Media that your fake propaganda does not work with people on the ground.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;">Stronger force in Rajya Sabha coming up.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;">Crucial next 5 years for BJP state cadre to dismantle other parties and come out stronger in these states.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;">Acche Din coming up for Assam right away.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;">Congress Free India.</li>
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All the best BJP. Keep going. Jai Hind.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-37142305346904153282016-05-20T08:02:00.002-07:002016-05-20T08:02:33.846-07:00Tina Dabi and Reservation Controversy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 21.4667px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A ‘failed’ UPSC Civil Services aspirant was in frustration looking for marks of various candidates when an idea stuck to him to see the marks obtained by Tina Dabi. He was shocked to see that he has more marks than Tina Dabi in Civil Services Preliminary Examination. The topper has got 35 less marks than a candidate who couldn’t even clear the Preliminary stage, which is intended to weed out non-serious candidates. Obviously, Ankit Srivastava was a serious candidate. You can also check relevant information related to marks on the official website of UPSC. Following is the snapshots of posts shared by Mr. Ankit Srivastava on his Facebook Wall.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 21.4667px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tina’s father,<b> Jaswant Dabi</b>, used reservation and took admission in the prestigious <b>Birla Higher Secondary School, Pilani</b>. Then, he again used reservation to get into <b>Delhi School of Engineering</b> from where he completed B. Tech in 1986. Again, he used reservation to enter the Government sector by clearing Indian Engineering Services – IES – conducted by the UPSC and joined the Telecom Department. He didn’t stop there and used reservation to get promotion.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Sarbananda was born in Dinjan, Dibrugarh district on <b>30<sup>th</sup> October, 1961</b>. He used to show leadership skills while being in school. Later, he joined <b>All India Students’ Union – AASU</b> – and became its face in the endeavor of this students’ organization to save Assam from illegal immigrants of Bangladesh. He became the President of AASU in 1992 and remained at the helm till 1999. He was also a well-known politician of <b>Assam Gana Parishad – AGP</b>. In fact, many have started to see him the next AGP Chief Minister of Assam after Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. However, he left the party in 2011. That was because of AGP association with Congress. Sonowal always considers Congress an evil for Assamese as they allowed illegal immigrants and vindicated them with IMDT Act. Not ready to make compromises, Sonowal left AGP and joined BJP in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">BJP was looking for a credible face in Assam. Sonowal decision was a blessing in disguise for them. He was immediately inducted into the National Executive of the party. In BJP, Sonowal who retained a figure of uncompromising and incorruptible politician saw meteoric rise. He was made the State President and saw the party scoring handsomely in the 2014 General Assembly Election. He was inducted into Narendra Modi ministry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">I have seen many people trying to find the name of the better of half of Sarbananda Sonowal. Obviously, they are going to get blank result.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">It is quite surprising that May 2016 Assembly election in various states gave three noteworthy results – Sonowal in Assam, Mamta in West Bengal and Jayalalitha in Tamil Nadu. Surprisingly, all of these three are single. They never married. Further, Mamta Banerji and Sarbananda Sonowal have no history of being in any committed relationship ever. Sonowal had never any girlfriend. However, Jayalalitha is little bit different as her relationship with MGR is a well-known stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Apart from these three, we have currently many single Chief Ministers. Mehbooba Mufti is a divorcee and currently living a single life with her two daughters. Nitish Kumar is a widower and living as a single. Anandi Ben Patel is single since last two decades after getting separated from her husband Mafat Lal. Prakash Singh Badal is a widower. Navin Patnaik is a single who never married and needless to say the Prime Minister who is a single by choice. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">The UPSC Civil Services Examination is the most prestigious competitive examination of India. The Civil Services result for 2015 has reflected the true spirit of Indian secularism where the first ranker is a Hindu, the second is a Muslim and the third one is a Punjabi/Sikh. It has also again showed the growing clout of woman in the Indian Civil Services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">She has deep interest in the Constitution of India and the Indian politics from her school days. Her interest got reflection in her very first year result where she was topper among of Delhi University in Political Science discipline.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Tina Dabi is also endowed with amazing oratory skill. In fact, she has been a profound debater since her school days. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">She was the Vice Speaker of Youth Parliament, 2012 where her performance was simply scintillating.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">There is no denying that Tina is an inspiration for Indian youths, particularly girls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Tina’s family is settled in Delhi. </span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">As a matter of fact, Tina Dabi is a Dalit girl. Isn't it pleasant surprise that a Dalit girl topped the UPSC Civil Services Examination at the age of 22 years in her very first attempt? By caste, she is a </span><b style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">Kamble</b><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.4667px;">, a SC.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-46682720531821232152016-04-26T05:37:00.002-07:002016-04-26T05:37:46.352-07:00Build a Business, Not a Financial Machine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.58;">Today, there’s a complete disrespect for what it takes to build a business. Too many people think they can become an entrepreneur overnight and establish a real business in a 1–2 year window, but it’s just not realistic.</span></div>
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And I get it, because that’s what’s portrayed in the media we see every day. With <em class="markup--em markup--p-em" style="font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1, 'salt' 1;">Shark Tank</em>, <em class="markup--em markup--p-em" style="font-feature-settings: 'liga' 1, 'salt' 1;">The Social Network</em>, and all of these “unicorns” with quick exits and huge payouts, I can understand why the sentiment is skewed. There’s a misconception that just because a VC or “angel” throws cash your way, hoping that you’re the next Zucks, that your startup is going to be successful. But that’s not how it works. It’s the market that decides what works and what doesn’t.</div>
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And what about the tens of thousands of other “businesses” we don’t hear about: Those that fell face-flat because they focused on building a toy on top of VC money rather than building an actual revenue-generating business? Where’s that discussion?</div>
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Too many “entrepreneurs” these days are focusing their day-to-day trying to raise their next round, siphoning their own equity out of the business to artificially inflate their company’s valuation rather than focusing on what’s actually important: Building a sustainable business.</div>
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They’re acting as financial arbitrage machines, not actual businesses. And that’s a problem.</div>
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I get hit up constantly — day in and day out — from people looking to raise money for the “earth shattering” and “disruptive” idea they have. <span class="markup--quote markup--p-quote is-other" data-creator-ids="anon" name="anon_4a9e23c31f95" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(39, 243, 106, 0.0980392), rgba(39, 243, 106, 0.0980392)); cursor: pointer; transition: background-color 0.2s;">You know what’s a disruptive idea? Building an actual business that has investors coming to you, not you chasing them.</span></div>
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I didn’t take any outside investment and, to this day, I continue to run on thin margins. Why? Because I’ve built, and continue to build an actual business. All of the money we brought in and continue to bring in is thrown back into the company and deployed against growth to accomplish the things that will get us to where we want to be. I have a north star and I’m working against it.</div>
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Why can I do that? Because I’m <span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="font-weight: 700;">patient</span>. Because I understand what it means to build a business. I’m not in it for the glory — for the watches, the nice house, the boats, the shit you see plastered on Instagram. I’m in it because I love the grind. And if you’re a true bred entrepreneur, that’s what should drive you too.</div>
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So, if you have the audacity to want to build something that’s going to set you up for the rest of your life, <span class="markup--strong markup--p-strong" style="font-weight: 700;">to provide you with the freedom of someone else not signing your paycheck</span>, don’t disrespect what it takes to get there.</div>
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And to be fair, that disrespect isn’t necessarily your fault either. Mainstream media is painting a too-good-to-be-true picture of what entrepreneurship looks like and that needs to stop. With all of these hyperbolized headlines and “million dollar exits,” it’s imperative we redefine what it means to be a successful founder. Everyone wants to sell their business for millions because that’s the story that’s been told to us but it’s just not reality. The overselling of what it ‘means’ to be successful is what’s going to hurt most of you in the end and I’m going to do what I can to change that conversation.</div>
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So all I ask is that we reframe the discussion being had around entrepreneurship.There’s no short cuts. No magic formula that will make a successful business. No promise that VC funding will make your “earth-shattering” idea successful. There’s just the truth. And that’s hard work.</div>
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<span data-offset-key="9g02g-0-0">My father calls me every day at around 9 pm. One fine day, just for a change, I called him a bit earlier at around 8:30 pm.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="1i293-0-0">Mom: He has just returned from office and is getting fresh. Wait. I am calling him. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="43og8-0-0">Me: No, he must be hungry then. You both have your dinner first, then I will call you again after an hour.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ffpnu-0-0">Mom: No, He never eats before talking to you all.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7dqn7-0-0">I couldn't reply for few seconds. I was amazed. This is their love towards me.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="64pld-0-0">Sometimes, all what our parents need is to listen to our voices. We can never understand how lonely they feel without us. They have to celebrate most of the festivals without us. We can happily celebrate here with our friends but think about them. Our presence is the only thing which can make them happy. But, we are not there with them (because of various reasons). It makes them sad but they don't make us realise that.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7gt3f-0-0">Talk to them daily (And don't wait for them to call us every time. Sometimes, you can also call and feel that happiness in their voices)</span></div>
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In a dramatic twist to the ongoing demand for reservations, the Patidar youth today launched a new protest demanding ‘Facebook Safety Check’ feature whenever and wherever they break into violence.</div>
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“The bloody media is not giving us proper coverage even though we are trying to match the Jat protests of Haryana,” said Jignesh Patel, one of the protesters, “Now we want Facebook to come up with this feature so that the whole world know what we are up to.”</div>
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However, it’s not just media coverage; the protestors say that such a feature from Facebook is badly needed by them.</div>
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“When there is a natural calamity or a terror attack, Facebook comes up with this feature, but what about protests which go violent? Aren’t we supposed to let our people know that we are safe while we set a public transport bus on fire?” Jignesh listed the benefits of the Facebook feature.</div>
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Speaking exclusively to Faking News, Jignesh said that their latest demand was among their top three demands, the other two being getting Hardik Patel released from jail and having quota in government jobs and educational institutions.</div>
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“When Hardikbhai is released, we want him to mark himself safe on Facebook, and report Anandiben for abuse,” the young Patidar expressed his wish.</div>
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When asked how will he actually use this feature, which requires Internet connection, because internet services are suspended as soon as Patidar protests break out, he looked at the reporter said, “That is headache of Facebook. If they don’t give us this feature, we will attack their offices in US, where many Patels reside.”</div>
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Facebook has not yet officially responded to the demands though sources say that Mark Zuckerberg himself is keenly following the developments.</div>
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“Zuck sees it as another opportunity to push his Free Basics concept,” a Facebook source told Faking News, “Last time the Net Neutrality protestors had screwed up his plans to offer Facebook for free, but now this could strengthen his case as Facebook is being linked to public security.”</div>
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“Our study says that this whole caste and reservation thing is not going to go away anytime soon in India. Some Jats have already poked Zuck on Facebook. So this could be a god sent opportunity to push for Free Basics,” he said.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-13173548611820299582016-04-14T06:15:00.001-07:002016-04-14T06:15:59.858-07:00What is the procedure to register a startup company in India and how much will it cost?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Any Business is Registered as-</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1) As a Firm 2) As a LLP 3) As a Company</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1) As a Firm :-</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Firm Registration is also 2 Types</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">a) Sole Proprietorship Firm</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- its a very simple process to start any business in India. if you are single owner then just go to nearby Any Bank and say them open your current bank account. in Proprietorship main Objective is </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Current Bank Account".</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">every bank needed some documents as per RBI Guidelines i.e</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">need any of the followings :-</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">* </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">VAT Registration</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- if you dealing in products. example- wanna sell on Flipkart, Snapdeal etc.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Compliances say that if your turnover Exceed </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">5 Lakhs</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> then it's mandatory to VAT Registration. its a state tax registration. so compliance are very on State by State. its cost around </span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">5k to 10k</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> and in some states its need security also like FD.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">OR</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">*Service Tax Registration - </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">if you are a service provider then you have to register under service tax registration. Compliance say that if your turnover </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">exceed 9 Lakh</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> in a year then you have to register under service tax registration. its cost around </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2k to 4k.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">OR</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">*Shop Establishment Licenses- </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">if you have a shop or office then you take this licenses. its a very cheap as compare to VAT or Service Tax.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">OR</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Certificate from Chartered Accountant regarding nature of business :- in some banks they just need a Certificate from CA regarding the nature of business so its a very simple process to open a current account. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br />
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font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">but if you want to register it then go to nearby Registrar of Firms with your partnership deed and give to bribe to babu and regsiter it then Apply for PAN & Open Current Account.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Cost - Near 3k to 4k.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Checkout more here complete procedure- </b><span class="qlink_container" style="color: #333333; 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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Summery :- Parntership Registration is best if you have partners and your budget is just less than 5k for registration.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2. As a LLP :- </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">LLP is the new concept in India. in simple words its a mixture of Parntership and Company so its has a feature of Parntership and Company. its a best for Startups. its has many advantages as compare to private limited company. the main advantage for startups is capital requirements and compliances at the year ending. in a company many compliances have to filed to MCA but in LLP just 2 statements filed to ROC.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Costing- near 9k to 10k</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Checkout the Process here- </b><span class="qlink_container" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a class="external_link" href="http://bit.ly/1EJ9C76" rel="noreferrer nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20width%3D%2214px%22%20height%3D%2214px%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2014%2014%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20xmlns%3Axlink%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2Fxlink%22%20xmlns%3Asketch%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%2Fns%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C!--%20Generator%3A%20Sketch%203.5.2%20(25235)%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bohemiancoding.com%2Fsketch%20--%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Ctitle%3Eexternal_link%3C%2Ftitle%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdesc%3ECreated%20with%20Sketch.%3C%2Fdesc%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cdefs%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22Page-1%22%20stroke%3D%22none%22%20stroke-width%3D%221%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20fill-rule%3D%22evenodd%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSPage%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cg%20id%3D%22external_link%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSLayerGroup%22%20fill%3D%22%23ccc%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M10%2C8%20C9.447%2C8%209%2C8.448%209%2C9%20L9%2C12%20L2%2C12%20L2%2C5%20L5%2C5%20C5.553%2C5%206%2C4.552%206%2C4%20C6%2C3.448%205.553%2C3%205%2C3%20L1%2C3%20C0.447%2C3%200%2C3.448%200%2C4%20L0%2C13%20C0%2C13.552%200.447%2C14%201%2C14%20L10%2C14%20C10.553%2C14%2011%2C13.552%2011%2C13%20L11%2C9%20C11%2C8.448%2010.553%2C8%2010%2C8%20L10%2C8%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M13%2C0%20L8%2C0%20C7.447%2C0%207%2C0.448%207%2C1%20C7%2C1.552%207.447%2C2%208%2C2%20L10.586%2C2%20L4.293%2C8.293%20C3.902%2C8.684%203.902%2C9.316%204.293%2C9.707%20C4.488%2C9.902%204.744%2C10%205%2C10%20C5.256%2C10%205.512%2C9.902%205.707%2C9.707%20L12%2C3.414%20L12%2C6%20C12%2C6.552%2012.447%2C7%2013%2C7%20C13.553%2C7%2014%2C6.552%2014%2C6%20L14%2C1%20C14%2C0.448%2013.553%2C0%2013%2C0%20L13%2C0%20Z%22%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20sketch%3Atype%3D%22MSShapeGroup%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3C%2Fg%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 0.3em; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 10.5px; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>LLP Company Registration for Startup in india</b></a></span><br />
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<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Summary- It's a best for startups which have partners and wanna register under partnership and take the advantage of Company.</span></span></b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3) Company :- as a Company your startup is registered 2 types.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">a) Private Limited Company- </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Old Trend in India. private limited company require min 2 director and 1 lakh share capital and more compliance.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It's a best for which startup wanna raise the funds from the investors. and sell out their share in the company.</span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Costing- nearby 14k to 16k and more than 20k in some state like kerala or Punjab</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Summary </b></span></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- it's a best for which wanna raise funds from investors and grow the business on global level.</span></span></b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">b) One Person Company- same as above. just require min. 1 persona but capital is the same as 1 lakh rupees.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Summary - </span></span></b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">*if your budget is less than 5k- register under proprietorship or Partnership firms then when your business is grow, convert into LLP or Company.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">*if your budget is more than 5k and but less than 10k - register under LLP then if you wish that you want to choose pvt ltd then go for it for expansion.</b><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">*if your budget is more than 16k and do wanna serious business then choose company as pvt ltd or opc and hire a good CA's who's take care of legal compliance of your company.</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-57410850202422688582016-04-05T01:47:00.002-07:002016-04-05T01:47:33.808-07:00Did we learn anything from World T-20 2016?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was indeed heart-wrenching not to see India play in the T-20 World Cup final at the Eden Garden. What a match it would have been had India been playing England at the Eden Gardens for the T-20 World Cup. However, that was not to be given what happened at the Wankade Stadium three days ago. That notwithstanding, there have been some very important lessons for me as I reflect over the past few weeks.</div>
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Should we not be happy that India reached the Semi Finals of the World Cup T-20? After all, India did beat Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh (which is no longer a minion in World cricket anymore) to reach the Semi Finals where teams like Australia South Africa and Sri Lanka (the previous T-20 World Cup winner) failed to make it. This is on the back of the semi-final berth in the 50 overs World Cup only last year in Australia. Besides, except for New Zealand there is no other cricket playing country which could qualify in the semi-finals of both 50 overs and T-20 versions of the World Cups in a span of 12 months – March, 2015 and again in March, 2016.</div>
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Shouldn’t that make all of us jump with joy? Yes and no. Yes, of course, it does bring huge sense of pride. No, because the expectation that all of us have now is that nothing short of the No.1 spot would satisfy us as far as cricket is concerned. This was not the situation in the first three versions of the World Cup cricket (when it used to be called the Prudential Cup). In the first two versions of the World Cup cricket in 1975 and 1979, India could win only one match and lost to virtually every single team. In the 1983 World Cup, believe me, all of us were thrilled with every victory that the Indian team had. Nobody ever expected the Indian team to reach even the Semi Finals and hence reaching the semi- finals itself was a dream come true. So much so, that The Telegraph had run a complete story on how by beating Australia and reaching the Semi Finals, India had made the task so much easier for England. Rest, as they say, is history. Ever since that World Cup, India has reached Semi Finals or beyond in all the World Cups except in 1992 and 2007. Hence the expectations of millions of cricket lovers in India to hold aloft the trophy every time we enter the world stage.</div>
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While we would be thrilled to even qualify for FIFA World Cup finals, in cricket, nothing short of the top slot in any world stage is acceptable. Even before the first ball is bowled in any World Cup cricket tournament, we already visualize the Indian team holding aloft the trophy.</div>
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<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My first learning is that we expect more from people who deliver consistently good results and we are often content with below par performance if there is marginal improvement over a below average base performance.</strong> When we reflect back from the cricket field to workplace, do we find the same thing at work as well? We expect more and more from those who consistently deliver superior results while we are perfectly fine with mediocre performance from those who have always delivered average or below par performance? Do we keep raising the proverbial bar for those who continually keep exceeding the bar? And are we content with the below performers just about demonstrating marginal improvements? My experience says we often do and that, to me, is not fair. Every time someone punches above his/ her weight, we should not be raising the bar for the individual while we are perfectly content with someone who missed the standard on the last occasion, just about meeting the standard now. By doing this we are actually penalizing those who consistently raise the bar for themselves because they have to consistently better their own performance which is continually going higher by their own performance, while other people can well be content by marginal improvement over their very mediocre previous performance. This certainly does not lead to a high performing organization when we put undue pressure on those few who deliver superlative performance and our absolutely content with below par or mediocre performance from large majority.</div>
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<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Second learning is that we often depend too much on very few to carry the weight of the entire team.</strong> Through this T-20 World Cup it was Virat Kohli all the way for India in each of the games. No team has ever won a World Cup by depending on only one player. All World Cup winning teams have always had a multitude of players contributing for the team in different points in time. For India, in this T-20 World Cup, it was only Virat Kohli and, at best, Ashwin. That does not make it a winning team. It can at best one or two matches if the team is lucky, but it certainly cannot be a champion team with one or two key players, no matter how outstanding they are. Contrast this with the champion team – West Indies. They had Chris Gayle, Simmons, Samuels, Badree, Bravo and even Brathwaite each of them had a match winning performance in some game or the other.</div>
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Linked to the previous point is the fact that by putting undue expectations on few, organizations may end up depending too much on too few to deliver outstanding results for them. That does not happen unless the entire team pulls through. Just because we are content with average or below average performance for the larger masses and have disproportionately high expectations from select few, we do not get the team (or the organization) as a whole to deliver superlative performance. Performance of the select few, no matter how superlative, can never make the whole team (or organization) a champion. It is vital to ensure that the talent in the team is widespread and not restricted to a select few. Select few can get some quick wins in the short run, but to win consistently in the long run a team (or an organization) needs match winning talent spread across and deep.</div>
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<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Third learning is that complacency, is more often than not, a trusted ally of defeat.</strong> In India’s first match against New Zealand, India had to chase a very ordinary total of 126 which should not have been very difficult for a team with a batting line up like India’s. However, we failed quite comprehensively. Were we too complacent at the beginning of the innings? Of course it is not possible for me to say with conviction either ways but what is certain is that we lost without putting up a fight of any significance. Even shocking was the West Indies and Afghanistan match where the former could not chase a modest total of 123 put up by the latter. Was that complacency on the part of West Indies which did them in? May not be entirely, but certainly that had a role to play. Now coming to the semi- final match where India lost to West Indies, we were not really in a position to lose till quite some time into the West Indies innings. Our score was a pretty good one to start with and when we had two wickets of West Indies down with Chris Gayle back in the pavilion with only 20 runs or so on the board, we were in a very good chance to win the match. Then somewhere along the way, we thought we had the match in our pockets and did several mistakes which ultimately cost us the match.</div>
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Unfortunately, the complacency is not restricted to cricket fields alone. It does inflict us everywhere and there is enough evidence that all of us encounter when the single biggest cause of downfall happens to be complacency. Complacency is the opposite of humility in a manner of speaking and it also clouds our ability to be critical of ourselves. Complacency makes us overlook our shortcomings in the belief that nothing can go wrong.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-8358434717343960202016-03-22T22:35:00.001-07:002016-03-22T22:35:13.897-07:00What's the largest number you can represent with 3 digits? Nope. It's not 999.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This post is about my fight against "Standardized Testing" in math, and what later became "Common Core." It goes back to 2008 when my daughter was in grade school. I got a call to come to the principal's office. I was surprised, as this was a real first. Like all fathers I suppose, we tend to think of our little girls as angelic and saintlike. In my case, this was the absolute truth.</div>
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"Your daughter was being disruptive in class."</div>
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It was like an arrow through my heart. I looked over at her. There were tear-streaked marks all down her face. She looked down at her shoes when I shot a glance over at her. And she started sobbing again. The principal continued his monotone diatribe, while I walked over to kneel besides my daughter and hug her.</div>
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"Really, Mr. Trice, that's not appropriate..."</div>
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I continued to ignore him. "Are you OK?" I asked her. She looked up, nodded her head, and sniffled.</div>
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"Tell me what happened" was all I said as I tried not to stare through the principal's skull with my X-ray vision superpower.</div>
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"Your daughter tried to correct her math teacher. The teacher explained why she was wrong, and she insisted that she was correct."</div>
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I laughed.</div>
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I knew she was right and the teacher was wrong. I couldn't wait to hear this one.</div>
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"What was the question?" I asked as the principal was about to interject a rebuke to my outburst.</div>
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The teacher was also present, and he spoke up. "The question was, what was the largest number that can be represented with 3 digits. I said it was 999, your daughter disagreed."</div>
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I remember thinking "Uh-oh. What the heck was she thinking?"</div>
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That's when she spoke up, anger in her voice, "Oh yeah? Tell me what 9 raised to the 9th power raised to the 9th power is then??"</div>
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Holy crap! She was right! Technically, the problem is not asking for the largest 3-digit number, which is exactly where my mind went upon hearing the question. The question is asking you to <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">represent</strong> a number using 3 digits, so exponentiation cannot be ruled out.</div>
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I looked over at her and smiled and said "Way to go! You're 100% correct!" And I gave her a high-five. She smiled. Then cried some tears of joys as she laughed. She knew I had her back.</div>
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"Well? What do you say now?" I asked them both as I rose.</div>
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"That is not the correct answer," the principal insisted.</div>
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"The hell it isn't!" I said.</div>
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"We have not covered exponents yet," explained the teacher.</div>
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And so it went. For 30 minutes I gave them hell. I asked for a compromise. My daughter was not to be marked wrong, due to the ambiguous nature of the question, and I won't insist that the rest of the class be marked wrong, because they did not learn exponents yet.</div>
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"You don't understand," the principal said, "This is a standardized, nationwide test. We don't have the power to change her grade."</div>
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I then asked them to factor into account her "real grade" if it was marked correct when it came time for them to compute her report card grade. Again, they declined. That got me angry.</div>
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You see, for 5 years straight, my daughter has had the same grade in math: 100%. She scored 100 on every test she ever took. Seriously. She has a unique mind. It was 4 years later that I was called by a math teacher again. This time it was for geometry. The teacher was going over how triangles added up to 180 degrees, always, no matter what. My daughter thought about this for a few minutes as the lesson went on, and she raised her hand. "I know how to make a triangle add up to 270 degrees."</div>
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And she did. All she had to do was stare at the globe in the corner of the classroom. When the teacher said it was "impossible" to have a triangle add up to 270 degrees, she corrected him with an incredible example. If you draw a triangle on globe, each angle being 90 degrees, you can connect the north pole to the equator, the equator line can go 90 degrees around the globe perpendicular to the first one, then then north pole can drop a 90 degree line to meet this line at the equator to complete the triangle. Triangles on curves can have more, or less, than 180 degrees, depending on convexity or concavity of the surfaces.</div>
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In the second instance the teacher called to congratulate me on raising such a brilliant little girl. Back to the first instance...</div>
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My real fight began when I got home. I looked up the formal procedure to request a third party review for a dispute over a national test question. It was laborious. I met with the superintendent of schools, who called the principal, who brought the math teacher to another meeting, this one at the state capital.</div>
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Their faces were no longer smug and arrogant when I walked into the room. In fact, I sensed fear. Real fear. They looked white as ghosts.</div>
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The tone was civil. The teacher began with a 2 minute prepared speech about how brilliant my daughter is, and then the inevitable conjunction showed up: "...but..."</div>
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The superintendent nodded.</div>
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"Mr. Trice, the only way I can give your daughter credit for that <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one</strong> answer," (and he really put emphasis on <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one</em>) "is to go to the national board of education and have everyone who took this test have their answers marked incorrect."</div>
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Amazingly, he thought that would make me want to back down.</div>
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"OK. Do it."</div>
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The three of them were mid-stance, not yet fully risen from their seats, and they froze.</div>
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"Beg pardon?" asked the superintendent.</div>
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"I said, do it. As in, make it happen. As in, execute that course of action."</div>
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They sat back down. The next hour involved them trying to persuade me against it. Finally, they started the concessions. My daughter would be given a score of 100 instead of 99, but the others would not be penalized. After all, this was two months later, etc. etc. etc.</div>
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"No. I gave you that option already and it was declined. I want every exam in the country marked incorrect that has 999 as the correct answer."</div>
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It took an attorney and another 3 months, but I got the result. My daughter scored the only 100 on the exam that year for her grade, not just in her class, but in the country.</div>
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I didn't care what it cost. I didn't care how much effort it took. I didn't care that an entire federal department was given tens of thousands of hours of work in addition to the demands placed on it.</div>
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I cared that an individual who had the ability to shape my daughter's future mind made her cry when she was right and he was wrong and he knew it. This could have been handled so much better by the overlords.</div>
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Forget about it being my daughter for a second. The truly sad thing is, look how a unique mind was mistreated for being brilliant. How many times does something parallel to this happen in our once great country? How many teachers squelch out the faint cry of genius from some shy personality sitting in the back of a classroom?</div>
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My daughter is now a sophomore in college, carrying a 3.82 in Biology with a leaning towards pre-med. I fought hard for her, and continue to do so. I remind her all of the time about a great quote from Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain.</div>
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"I never let schooling interfere with my education."</div>
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Don't let common core stand in the way of your own children's education.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-38629490372514730542016-03-04T04:48:00.000-08:002016-03-04T04:48:07.872-08:00Full text: From Hitler and Khurshchev to Modi and Azadi – Kanhaiya Kumar's remarkable speech at JNU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Friends, all of you present – be they students, be they workers, be they teachers, be they security guards, be they shopkeepers, be they workers in shops – my revolutionary greetings and welcome to all of you.</div>
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Friends, from this platform, on behalf of all students, as the JNUSU [Jawaharl Nehru University Student Union] president, I thank all the people of the country via the media channels present here. My salutations to them, my thanks to them.</div>
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Friends, I want to thank people from all over the world – be they academicians, be they students – who have stood by the JNU [unclear audio because of applause].</div>
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And I want to thank all those – be they from media, be they from civil society, be they from the political class, be they non-political people – all those people who are standing up to save JNU, those who are standing up to get justice for Rohith Vemula. I salute them all. My laal salaam, my red salute to all of them.</div>
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And I specially want to thank all those big and very important personages of this country who sit in Parliament and claim to be deciding on what is right and what is wrong. My thanks to them, my thanks to their police, my thanks to those TV channels.</div>
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There is a saying in our parts, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">ke badnaam hue to kyaa huaa, naam nahii huaa</em>? So what if we were made infamous, at least our name was taken. At least they gave us space on prime time even if it was to try and bring disgrace to JNU.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">We have no hatred for anyone – particularly for ABVP</span>. That is because the ABVP [Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad] on our campus is actually far more rational than the ABVP outside.</div>
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And I want to say that all those who consider themselves political experts, they should check out the last <a href="http://video.scroll.in/804448/listen-to-kanhaiya-kumars-scathing-take-down-of-abvp-at-the-presidential-debate-during-elections-in-jnu" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f16529; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">presidential debate video</a> at least once. Please do see what the ABVP was reduced to, particularly the "most intellectual" person of the ABVP, and how he was left overwhelmed and speechless. Perhaps you can get an idea of what will happen in the rest of the country from that.</div>
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That is why, <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">we have no ill-feeling towards the ABVP. Because we are truly democratic people. Because we really believe in the constitution, we do not look at the ABVP as an enemy but as a political opponent </span>– and that is how it is for those who believe in the democratic process.</div>
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My friends,<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"> I will not do any witch-hunting. </span>Besides, even when it comes to hunting, only those are hunted who are worth the trouble.</div>
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And this whole process... I tell you, this is the first time, I swear – and it is not like someone who, if born in the month of Saavan, when it rains, complains about the flood in the very next month of Bhaadon – I tell you, truly, the way JNU stood up in the country, and what JNU has shown – and <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">the way JNU has stood up to call what is right, right, and what is wrong, wrong – and the best part is that this is spontaneous.</span></div>
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I’m saying this because all of their actions were planned, but ours were spontaneous. T<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">his country’s constitution, its law, and its judiciary and the legal system, I have faith in, I also have confidence that change alone is truth, and we will change things, we stand in support of change and progress. I stand here with confidence in the constitution, with belief in what I started with, socialism, secularism, equality, it is with this that I stand here.</span></div>
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Someone asked, I wanted to say, that I’m not going to lecture. I just want to tell you of my experience because <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">before I used to study more and suffer less from the system, this time I studied less and suffered more. This is why I have to say JNU people actually do research. I have primary data. I have first hand information.</span></div>
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The first thing is that the judicial process, I don’t want to comment on . I just want to say to all the people who truly love the constitution, who want Babasaheb Ambedkar’s dreams to become reality, they will understand. That which is sub-judice I don’t want to talk about. But the Prime Minister has tweeted. He said, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Satyameva Jayate</em> (the truth always triumphs)<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">, I also say, PMji, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">satyameva jayate</em> is not just yours, it’s this country’s so I too say, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Satyameva Jayate</em>.</span></div>
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To all the people, don’t believe that sedition is being used as a political tool against a student. Think of it this way, we come from the villages, and for us every railway station has magic shows, where a magician does magic and sells you a ring that will fulfill all your wishes. There are people like this in the country, who say “black money will return,” “Har Har Modi”, “Inflation will come down, “Sabka saath sabka vikaas.” All these <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">jumlaa</em>s… it is true that Indians forget things quickly, but this time the tamasha was such that we can’t forget it.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Their effort is for us to forget their false promises. </span>How? By cancelling the fellowships of all the research fellows in the country. Then what will they start doing? Start saying, please give us fellowships, then the government will say, the Rs 5,000 or 8,000 we used to give before, we will continue giving that. Meaning, there is no question of increasing this. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Who will raise this? JNU.</span></div>
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So when you are being insulted, don’t worry. You are reaping as you sow. In this country, if you call them an anti-people government, what will their cyber cell do? They will deliver a doctored video. They will send you insults. And they will count condoms in your dustbins. But there is very little time, so in this short time, we need to think with trepidation.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">This attack on JNU was prearranged. And this was planned because they wanted to delegitimise the Occupy UGC movement.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">It was planned because you were fighting for justice for Rohith Vemula.</span></div>
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You are running JNU’s struggle on prime time, respected ex-RSS, because you want the people to forget that the PM promised Rs 15,000 to each person’s account. But let me tell you this getting admission into JNU is not easy, and getting JNU to forget is as hard.</div>
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You might think we will make them forget, but we will keep reminding you, that when the people of this country rose up, the loudest voices came from JNU and that’s what we are raising now. The Sangh cannot dilute our struggle. What are they saying, on one side the soldiers are dying? <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I want to salute our soldiers. </span>I have one question, I have learnt one thing in JNU, when the struggle is over ideas, one shouldn’t give someone unnecessary publicity, so I will not take that leader’s name. One Bharatiya Janata Party leader said in Parliament that our soldiers are dying. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I want to ask him, is he your brother? Or instead, the crores of farmers who have committed suicide in India, who produce the food for us and those soldiers and who are the parents of those soldiers, what have you said about them?</span></div>
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I want to ask, <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">those who work in the farms are my father, my own brother, goes into the army, and dies there, and you cannot use this to bind the people with false claims. Tribals are dying, the marginalised are dying, so I want to ask, who are you playing politics against in the Parliament? Those who are dying, who will take responsibility for them? The ones fighting aren’t at fault, the one who are making them fight are to blame.</span></div>
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<em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Shanti nahin tab tak, jab tak bhaag na sab ka sum ho, <br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;" />Nahin kisi ko bahut adhik ho, nahin kisi ko kum hoga!</em></div>
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There cannot be peace in this world until everybody gets a fair share. <br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;" />Nobody should have too much, and nobody should be left needy.</div>
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Who is responsible today? Who is the one causing the fights?</div>
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In this atmosphere, is there something wrong with asking for freedom? They ask, who are you asking for freedom from? You only tell us. Has India enslaved anyone? No. That’s why we’re not asking for freedom from Bharat. We are not asking for freedom from India, we are asking for freedom in India. This is a crucial distinction.</div>
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We are not asking for freedom from the British. That the people of this country fought, and got. Now I come to laal salaam. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">The police asked me, what is this laal salaam, laal salam</span>. This was not a part of the investigation. When they were giving me food, or taking me for the medical test, and even at that time we JNU people can’t survive without talking, so I started talking to the policeman.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">And it turned out that he was just like me. In this country, who are the policemen? The ones whose parents are farmers, labourers, their kids are policemen.</span> I too am from one of the backward states in the country, from a poor family, I am from a farmer’s family, and even in my family there are people in the police. I am speaking of constable, head constable and inspectors, not about the IPS [Indian Police Service] – I don’t have much information about them.</div>
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But the constable started talking to me and I wanted to tell you about that.</div>
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He asked: What is this "Laal Salaam", "Laal Salaam"?</div>
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I said: Laal (or red) means revolution and salaam means salute, so a salute to the revolution.</div>
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He said: I do not understand the meaning.</div>
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I asked do you know "Inquilaab zindaabad" [”Long Live the Revolution!”]?</div>
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He said he knew it.</div>
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So I said: Kraanti or revolution is called Inquilaab in Urdu.</div>
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He said: This slogan is also chanted by the ABVP.</div>
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I said: <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Do you now understand? They are the fake revolutionaries and we are the real revolutionaries.</span></div>
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Then he said: You’ve got everything so much subsidised and cheap in JNU.</div>
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I said: Should I tell you something?</div>
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He said: Sure, do tell.</div>
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Then I asked: Why do you also not get it?</div>
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I realised that he was having to work for 18 hours.</div>
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I asked: Do you get overtime?</div>
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He said: No.</div>
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Then I asked: How do you manage?</div>
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He said: This is what happens – what you call corruption.</div>
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I said I understood. Now, what they get – I realised that they get Rs 110 for their uniform. Now you tell me, in this much one can’t even get undergarments, how can one buy uniform?</div>
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This is what those policemen themselves were asking.</div>
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I said <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">this is exactly what we want Azadi from: from hunger, from corruption.</span></div>
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Meanwhile, a protest movement started in Haryana. And all of you know very well that the maximum number of people in Delhi Police come from Haryana. I salute them all because they are very hardworking people.</div>
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So I said: This reservation...</div>
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He said: The caste-system is really bad...</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I said this is the caste-system that we want azaadi from.</span></div>
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He said there was nothing wrong in this, there was no sedition (desh-droh) in this.</div>
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I said: Please tell me, who has the maximum power in the system?</div>
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He said: My stick (danda).</div>
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I said: Absolutely correct. But can you wield this stick as you want, of your own will?</div>
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He said: No.</div>
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I said: The entire power has gone to whom?</div>
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He said: The one who is giving statements on a fake tweet.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I said we want azaadi from exactly such Sanghi-people or those from the RSS who make fake tweets.</span></div>
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I said: Yeah, but there is one problem with it.</div>
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And I am now aiming this at all the friends in the media. I am saying it humbly. Because all the people in media do not get their salaries from there. Some of them indeed get their salaries from there.</div>
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And while working in media, while reporting from Parliament, some of them are trying to enter Parliament and they are the very people who have created such an atmosphere that... while I talk to you one to one, they go, “See this – sensationalism!”</div>
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They have created such an atmosphere, friends, that, he said: I felt that when you come here, because your name had appeared in the FIR...</div>
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I said: Before it appeared in the FIR, it had appeared in the ABVP paper.</div>
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The ABVP paper had put down all the names of all of us accused in their paper much before it was noted in the FIR.</div>
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He said: <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">We had thought that when you come here, I will really beat you up but after talking to you I feel as if I should go and beat them up.</span></div>
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It’s something very serious he has said and I want to attract the attention of the people of the entire country.</div>
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That policeman, who like me belongs to an ordinary family, and like me also wanted to do PhD. But he could not get into JNU. Like me, he too wanted to understand the system of this country and fight the battle like me, he wanted to understand the difference between being literate and educated, today he is working for the police.</div>
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This is where JNU stands. This is why you want to stifle our voice so that a person from the weaker sections does not end up doing a PhD because education that is being sold out will cost in lakhs and he will not have the money to pay the fees and that is why he will not be able to do his PhD and that is why you want to shut down JNU.</div>
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You want to shut down all those voices that could unite – whether he’s standing at the border, giving up his life working in his field or battling in JNU for his azaadi – you do not want these voices to come together as one.</div>
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I want to tell you tha<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">t Babasaheb [Ambedkar] had said that political freedom will not be enough, will not do – we will establish social freedom, which is why we keep talking about the Constitution. </span>Lenin has said, “Democracy is indispensable for socialism”. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">That is why we talk about democracy, that is why we talk about freedom of expression, that is why we talk about equality, that is why we talk about socialism – so that the son of a peon and the son of a President both can go to the same school.</span> [next sentence gets drowned in applause]. And you, you want to stifle our voice.</div>
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But what a coincidence. Science tells us, the more you press, the more will be the resultant pressure – but they have nothing to do with science. Because to study science is one thing and to be a scientist – or have a scientific temper – is something else altogether. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">So if we establish a dialogue with those who have a scientific temper, we will be able to get the azaadi that we are demanding – from hunger and poverty, from oppression and exploitation, for the rights of Dalits, Tribals, women and minorities – we will not give up till we get that Azaadi. And we will ensure that this Azaadi will come to this country via this very constitution, this very Parliament, and this very legal system – that is our dream.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">This was Babasaheb’s dream. This indeed is Comrade Rohith [Vemula]’s dream. Now just watch – you have killed one Rohith, but in continuation of that, the one protest you wanted to suppress, that protest and movement has now emerged in such a huge manner, and how massive this movement has become. Just note this.</span></div>
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There is something else I want to say from my experience in prison – we people from JNU – and this is my self-criticism, and if you feel it’s a self-criticism, do acknowledge it for sure – we people from JNU do speak in a civilised and measured manner, but we use very heavy terminology. And the common people of this country do not follow that. It’s not their fault. They are honest, good, sensible people – but you do not manage to put things at their level in a manner that they can understand.</div>
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And what do they receive? And what do they get? “Forward it fast and you will get what you want.” Forward it fast and you will get what you want? Send it to as many groups as you can! Now they see [no more?] and sell it on OLX. We have to establish a dialogue with this mentality of selling.</div>
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Now I want to share something I experienced in prison. I was served in two bowls. One of them was blue and the other one was red. Now when I saw these two bowls, I was repeatedly reminded that while I do not believe in destiny, that I do not know God either, but something good is sure to happen soon in this country – after all, the red and blue bowls came together on one plate. And that plate seemed like India to me, the blue bowl seemed like the Ambedkarite movement to me and that red bowl seemed like the colour of ... [unclear]. It seemed to me that if this unity could be achieved in this country, then I tell you the truth – now we will have to see no more and send out the seller. We do not need those who are selling out [the country], we will make a government that would be able to ensure justice for all. “<em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Sabkaa saath, sabkaa vikaas</em>” – with everyone, development for all – we really will establish this. And that is our battle.</div>
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There was strict watch in the jail. I have brought – I have brought chanaa [gram] for all of you. And there is a saying, as long as we have chana in our pockets, we will keep going and coming. Although it’s been quite some time since anyone from JNU was sent to jail – but let me tell you something funny that is linked to it. Today, the respected Prime Minister, the honourable Prime Minister – it will have to be said after all – who knows, this too might get doctored and sedition charges levelled once again – <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Hon’ble Prime Minister was saying, he was talking about Stalin and Khrushchev, and I felt that I should enter into the TV set, tug at his suit and say, “Modiji, please say something about Hitler as well... OK, forget Hitler, at least talk about Mussolini whose black cap you wear [the reference is to the RSS black cap], the one whom your Guruji, Guru Golwalkar had gone to meet and who preached to learn the definition of Indian-ness from Germans...”</span></div>
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So talking about Hitler, Khurshchev, the prime minister, we were discussing, Mann ki Baat he discusses, <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">but he doesn’t listen.</span> It’s a personal matter, I spoke to my mother after nearly three months today. Whenever I went home, I wouldn’t talk much. After going to jail, I realised I should be in touch better, you all should talk to your family also. I told my mother, you pinched Modi well. She said, i didn’t pinch him, that those people do, joking and playing is their job, we speak of our pain, those who understand, appreciate, and those who don’t, they laugh.</div>
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She said: This is my pain. Modiji is also someone’s son. But your son has been called anti-national and jailed. So sometimes there is Mann ki Baat, and sometimes Ma ki Baat.</div>
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I had no reply, because what is happening in this country is frightening. This is why I’m not talking about one party or one media channel. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">This is why I don’t only speak of soldiers. This is matter for the whole country, What kind of a country is it if there are no people in it? We have to keep saluting those who stood up to support the people of JNU. Because they understand what kind of people come here.</span></div>
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Here, we have 60% women. I can say this with pride that reservations are applied in JNU. And where they don’t apply, we are struggling to make sure they come in. The people who come here, this I haven’t said until today and you wouldn’t have realised, but my family runs on Rs 3000 per month. Can I do a PhD in any of the big universities? The way JNU has been attacked and the people who supported it have been attacked, and I’m not associating with a specific political party here, but the people who spoke up for us, they were also called anti national.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Sitarama Yechury was also called anti national? Rahul Gandhi was also called anti national? D Raja also? And the people of the media were threatening – Kejriwal too – and the media people who were supporting JNU, don’t support us, just set the record straight. They are being insulted, threatened, what kind of nationalists are these?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">A few constables asked me in jail, did you really raise those slogans? I said yes. They asked, would you raise slogans again? I said yes. I asked them, can you tell the difference, Bhaisaab, this government has only been in power for two years, we have to suffer them for three more years. Because 69% of the people voted against these people. Only 31% voted for them. And out of those, some were drawn in by false promises. Some you pulled in saying ‘har, har’, and now they’re troubled by the price of Arhar dal.</span></div>
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Don’t think of this as your permanent victory. This is true that if you tell a lie a 100 times, it becomes the truth, but this only works with lies. If you called it the moon instead of the sun 100 times, would it suddenly become the moon? It will still remain the sun. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">You can spin lies and lies, but you can’t suppress the truth.</span></div>
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Outside the Parliament they bring distracting proposals, and distract from the legitimate demands of the people. There are new agendas to divert the people. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Occupy UGC was happening here, when Rohith was murdered. When voices were raised for Rohith, then suddenly they cried, look at the country’s biggest anti nationals, this den of anti nationals. It won’t go on for too long.</span></div>
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They are preparing again. "We will build the Ram Temple". I’ll speak of today, today I spoke to a constable before leaving. He asked me: Do you believe in religion? I said I don’t even understand religion. Let me understand it, then I might believe.</div>
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He said, you must have been born into a family, I said by coincidence I was born into a Hindu family. He said, so do you know anything about it? I said with the knowledge I have, God created the universe – even a pebble has god inside it. God is in each and every particle. He agreed. So I asked him: s<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">ome of these people want to build something <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">for</em> that God, what do you think of that? “It’s a terribly silly idea,” the constable scoffed.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">How many times will you flog the same horse?</span> You went from 80 to 180 once by fooling the people, but that won’t work again. But they’re still at it, trying to pull wool over our eyes so that no once discusses or debates the legitimate questions that need to be asked about the country. As your stand here today, it feels like someone has attacked on you. And it’s true – this is a big attack. However, this hasn’t started today. I’d like to remind you that the RSS’s mouthpiece, the <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Organiser</em> had a cover story in JNU. Subramanian Swamy had a statement on JNU too.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I have full faith in democracy. If my friends from the ABVP are listening, it is my humble request that they get Swamy in for a debate, face-to-face. If Swamy can logically prove that JNU needs to close for 4 months then I’ll agree with him. If not, however, I’ll request him to leave the country, just as he had once done earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">It’s interesting how much planning and co-ordiantion went into this attack on JNU. The same anti-JNU posters have been used by the Hindu Kranti Sena, the ABVP and even “ex-armymen” on their march. This means all of this is being strategised at Nagpur [the RSS headquarters]. There is nothing spontaneous about this at all.</span></div>
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The main takeaways are: plans to crush the voice of struggle in this country. To distract the public away from the foundation questions of his existence. To brand Umar, Anirban, Anant, Ashutosh Kanhaiya and every other JNUite as a seditionist and to crush, delegitimise JNU’s voice. But this isn’t going to be that easy. <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">You’re not going to be able to crush our struggle – the more you try, the greater our movement grows.</span></div>
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We’re in this for the long haul. The people who want to divide this country, both within and outside JNU, the RSS and the BJP people who want to bring the country to the brink of destruction – we need to unite and stand against them.<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">The fight that has been sparked off by Occupy UGC, Rohith Vemula, you, all the peace loving and progressive people in the country – we will fight that fight and we will win it.</span> I thank you, everyone who has been involved in this fight and I appeal for you to continue the fight. And with this, I end my speech. Thank you and long live the revolution!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05456518246970564572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241777715275536608.post-38965423306464488292015-12-27T05:45:00.000-08:002015-12-27T06:27:50.862-08:00Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Do you have any idea why '<span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" href="http://internet.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Internet.org</a></span>' was renamed to 'Free Basics' just for India?</div>
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About 1 year ago, when <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" href="http://internet.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Internet.org</a></span> was launched in India, many netizens protested and stopped it as it was against the net neutrality. Facebook was shocked by this response. So, the marketing department of Facebook renamed it to 'FREE BASICS' and relaunched as they thought Indians will never say 'no' to anything which is given for free.</div>
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Now, Facebook is aggressively marketing to get it accepted by India's Telecom regulator. They are publishing full page newspaper ads, roadside banners and online ads. They stooped so low from their standards and started sending constant notifications to all their Indian Users to click a button which will send a mail to TRAI saying that you support 'Free basics'. They even 'accidentally' sent these notification to foreign users.<br />
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They make their ads look like they are doing a favor for India through 'Free basics' and our evil<i> </i>government is stopping their <i>good </i>efforts. And, if you do not accept their nagging notifications, then they make it look like you are a bad person who doe'n't support 'digital equality' showing the list of your friends who support it.</div>
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'Digital equality'- another term coined by Facebook for their ads. Does that word look suspiciously similar to 'Net neutrality'? Aye?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unlike Facebook, who tried to silently slime this thing through last year when it was called <a href="http://internet.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #8c68cb; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Internet.org</a>, and then are spending about Rs. 100 crores on ads - a third of its India revenue? - to try and con us Indians this year again. This is after we'd worked hard to ban these kind of products, technically called "zero rating apps" last year. (Remember the million signature campaign last year? That was us.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Facebook ad spend doesn't include the full-on Mark Zuckerberg love event put up for our Prime Minister when he visited the US, aimed again at greasing the way for this Free Basics thing through our government. (It worked. I think TRAI opened up this closed issue so Facebook could get another shot at pushing it through again.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the ad spend is above and beyond all the other ads and messages they've put on your timeline asking you to save "the free internet" etcetera that you may have even clicked on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'll take on each of the 10 points that Facebook says that we don't tell you about in a bit.</strong> But first you should know why we're making a fuss and going up against this billion dollar giant. What's it all about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simply it's this. Our airwaves and wireless spectrum belong to us, the citizens of India. The government of India temporary licenses this on our behalf to telcos under some terms and conditions, and those terms have always pushed for the development of all of India, including our poor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In fact, India's telecom policies so far have produced a minor miracle, with over a billion connections in our country changing and improving all our lives. The basis for this has always our policies which have forced our mobile operators to offer a full and open internet, accessible by anybody. Many poorer countries look to us for inspiration on how to do things right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is because of these policies that you probably are reading this on the mobile internet, maybe even on Facebook on your phone. But Facebook has been spending millions of dollars to change our policies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imagine now that there's a new policy that could let a mobile company only offer you Facebook and nothing else on government spectrum? Not Google, not Naukri, not You Tube, no site you really need. But instead all you can have is Facebook, and a bunch of other teeny tiny sites, and that's all you can ever use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's what Facebook wants to offer the poor of India who can afford a phone but not a net connection on it. Given that data packages cost as little as Rs. 20 a month while phones cost Rs. 2,000 and up, we think their thesis itself is flawed, and they're using it to justify a large internet user land grab, but let's roll with it for a moment.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What Facebook wants is our less fortunate brothers and sisters should be able to poke each other and play Candy Crush, but not be able to look up a fact on Google, or learn something on Khan Academy or sell their produce on a commodity market or even search for a job on Naukri.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An analogy is this: people need a balanced diet of proteins, fat, carbs, vitamins and minerals and the government has a distribution system called Sahakari Bhandars to get these to us. Facebook wants to use our government system to sell only its branded cocaine and nothing else, on special shops, to people who can't access any other shop. Something like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In their ads, they've been claiming they want to bring "digital equality" when they're actually bringing digital slavery or digital apartheid to our poor.</strong> Unlike the rest of us who are all digitally equal, being able to access the full and complete internet which has more than a billion sites on it, Facebook wants to offer our poor, our young and our future a few dozen sites, that's all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FInternet.org%2F&h=5AQHsPQgMAQGHYrwqndvNUjhXz5dhJdTqSeV2VNM05XILGQ&enc=AZOuIRTZd-0qvA4rp4eH-owJGdCgfEPX5JUNkqCrDno-X1DSQxLWvCbdUSOuO0CCry0_NhIlX-t1S2tB06CXjGmEFvCOUUampgPPSzqSCv3jQW8BodMNi6ryaUB9lryv_WCJ0EFiZ3N3F4qukbosE2YEDkXPYO7bkZlO3Ndlu-9WFGGlrYKR5XcnbJNG1POr_VQ&s=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #8c68cb; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Internet.org</a> was their earlier attempt at doing this. We'd pointed out even the name was a lie, as it was neither the internet that was offered, nor was it done on a non-profit basis that dot orgs typically use. So they've changed the name to Free Basics and have come back to try shove it down our throats again. Same poison, new bottle but with big ad campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here's the gist of the tussle.</strong> What we're telling our government is this: On our airwaves, make sure that every mobile carrier in India offers every person in India the full internet and not just some small corner of it chosen by Facebook. That's it. No special Facebook landgrab on government property, our wireless spectrum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What Facebook is saying is this: allow the mobile companies using government-owned bandwidth to offer just Facebook and Facebook-chosen sites and nothing else, and let them grab the land or users they want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook says it is doing this out of some charitable aim to get more of India online. (As though spending a large portion of your India revenues on full page ads pushing a so-called charity is apparently charity.) Its obviously business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We've responded saying "<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We love your idea of data for charity, but if you really mean to do charity then offer something that is the entire internet to people, not just your chosen sites. Like say 500mb a month free to every Indian"</strong>. They can, but no, they won't do that. They want use our government's bandwidth to get our poor using Facebook with no other real option in sight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now to counter the "10 clarifications about Facebook Free Basics" that we 'activists' have apparently hidden from you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. "Free Basics is open to any carrier." Sure it is. We never said it wasn't. Irrelevant point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. "We don't charge anyone for Free Basics." Sure we all know that. We never said they charged. Even more irrelevant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. "We don't pay for the data consumed in Free Basics." We don't say they do. Misleading again. They don't pay operators for the data to get free sign ups for Facebook - but they spend a huge sum of money (seen those Reliance Free Net ads?) on marketing that drives customers to these operators. Either way there's a gain for the operator. Why pay in cash when you can pay in ads?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. "Any developer can have their content on Free Basics." Who said they can't? But the big sites don't. They don't want Facebook to own their customers, and they don't want Facebook to snoop on their customer data, because all traffic goes via Facebook servers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Data is cheap enough in India and eventually everybody will be on the full and open internet, given time. Or our government could offer a neutral and free internet service to its citizens. There are other solutions to getting the poor online. Selling our people to Facebook doesn't need to be one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. "Nearly 800 developers have signed their support for Free Basics." We never said they didn't. Many, many more haven't. Still irrelevant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. "It is not a walled garden. 40% of our users go on to access the full internet within 30 days." <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Which means 60% of their users are stuck in Facebook jail.</strong> Why should even one Indian citizen be? The internet should be open for all our people, or the net should be neutral as we say, especially on public property, which the wireless spectrum is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. "Free Basics is growing and popular in 36 countries, which have welcomed the program with open arms and seen enormous benefits." This is a lie. This scam may have been pushed through in these poor, mostly helpless African nations who have no experience of anything better, like we have, and who have no 'activists' like us who tell their governments they're raising a generation of deprived children with no access to the real internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More to the point, this program, call it digital apartheid, if you will, has been roundly condemned by experts</strong> ranging from Tim Berners-Lee, the gent who invented the internet, to Phd researchers to civil society officials working in the field, globally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fact that Tanzania didn't know how to say no to Facebook doesn't mean India has to say yes. In fact, we hope that India saying no to this digital apartheid will inspire the African and other poor nations to kick out this evil program that serves no one but Facebook at their government's expense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. "In a recent representative poll, 86% of Indians supported Free Basics." Guess what, if you've ever clicked "yes" on any misleading poll by Facebook apparently asking you to support "connecting India" or "free internet", then you too apparently voted for them. They never brought you both sides of the story, to take a fair decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. "3.2 million people have petitioned TRAI in support of Free Basics." Let's again say it for what it is: 3.2 million people out of Facebook's base of 130 million people who were repeatedly shown a misleading petition by Facebook on top of their pages clicked yes and submit, without being told both sides of the story, and thinking they were doing something for a noble cause, and not to further Facebook's business strategy. A large number of them, shocked at realizing what they were conned into doing have since said no.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10. "There are no ads in the version of Facebook on Free Basics. Facebook produces no revenue. We are doing this to connect India and the benefits to do so are clear." First the unintentional lie. Facebook DOES produce revenue, about Rs. 12,000 crores worth globally. Then the intentional half-truth: It may not produce revenues from this Free Basics YET because the current version of Facebook on it has no ads YET.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If they've spent a hundred crores rupees and a large chunk of their current Indian revenues kissing up to our politicians and telling our citizens they want to do charity, then there absolutely WILL be a monetary payoff. If a product is free then the user is the item being sold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">11. Let's add a point here, and actually get to why Facebook is doing this. <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Forget their lies about "wanting to connect India" - if they really did, they would offer the open and full internet to everybody free.</strong> They can, easily, but they have repeatedly have declined to do so, saying first the poor person has to sign up for Facebook and then a few scraggly sites are also shown to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The real reason is something they have never denied: their rivalry with Google and their questionable stock price. We are no apologists for Google, but this might interest you:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both companies have 1.5 billion users, but Google makes Rs. 70,000 crores while Facebook does less than one-fifth as well. In other words, for every new user that comes on the internet, Facebook makes Rs. 8, while Google makes aroumd Rs. 48.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook's stock is valued at a much higher multiple than Google, but people have begin to ask why they deserve this. With no reason to support the stratospheric price, it will fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For Facebook to have a chance to keep their stock price high, and to keep Zuckerberg and wife as rich as they are, they need to find new users who sign up for Facebook, but at the same time do not use Google.</strong> Enter the strategy: A program to offer Facebook but not Google at the mass, poor people level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who is outside the first 1.5 billion people? Mostly people in India and China. Facebook is banned in China. So who becomes essential to Mark Zuckerberg's balance sheet? Enter us Indians. <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What's a hundred crores of ad spend, against tens of thousands crores of valuation?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now you have a second view of what's happening. A view they have never denied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the way, there's no NGO subsidiary or separate CSR effort at Facebook that runs Free Basics. It's part of their main business unit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So let's sum it up.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, we net neutrality activists are opposed to Facebook's attempt to disconnect Indians from the full internet. Yes, we are opposed to the digital apartheid they want to bring about, giving the poor only Facebook but denying them other sites.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And yes, we'll be happy if they just gave data free, without terms and conditions - after all, it's our wireless network they want to offer their service on.<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It has to work for us the people of India, not just for the rich shareholders at Facebook.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are many other reasons why Facebook Free Basics Digital Apartheid is bad. Its bad for entrepreneurs - your business cant be discovered by these new potential users on the internet till you advertise on Facebook. The same goes for big businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also, if Facebook is allowed to get away with this then every other company will offer its own "free Basics" with other sites and we will grow up as a fractured country, unable to speak with each other because we are all on different, unconnected micro-networks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The internet has been the biggest revolution of our times. The breadth and width allowed a Zuckerberg to become the businessman he is. Tragic that he is pushing for a micro network outside the internet where a future Zuckerberg can never realised his potential. It's imperialism and the East India Company all over again. Under the lie of "Digital equality".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have a petition at <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.in/">http://www.savetheinternet.in/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We don't have a hundred crores to spend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All we ask is that you consider this view, decide for yourself what's best for our country, and see if you are inclined to agree with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Facebook just added save the internet website to the security blacklist and is showing this warning to at least some users.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are, please sign the petition above, and share this with as many people as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your sharing can overcome any billionaire's ad budget.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What can you do to stop 'Free basics'?</span></b></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can go to <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" data-tooltip="attached" href="http://www.savetheinternet.in/" rel="noreferrer nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Save The Internet!</a></span> and sent an email to TRAI saying you are against this. TRAI have already put a ban on 'free basics' till 31st Dec and is asking user's input.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can spread this information and ask your friends to also do the same.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They have made it very difficult to write convincing articles against it, as the writer would end up looking like a jerk/elitist if they say "I am against free basics for the poor". This is why it is important for the people who know the truth to help others understand it. Is it possible to stand against a multi million dollar advertising campaign containing the word 'free' by a company which already has direct access to most internet users?</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no such thing as a Free lunch.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you.</span></div>
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