Before appropriating Feminism, understand its recent rhetoric and actions

विना बुद्धिः ईषदपि स्वीकरणं अनुचितं (Mindless appropriation of anything is bad)

Any ism that claims to bring a change in society deserves to be criticized; any ideology that deliberately misrepresents itself citing its own history deserves to be put on trial, any ism that claims to be superior should be subjected to scrutiny.

There is a silent agreement among spectrum of Indian intellectuals when it comes to criticism of Feminism - all of them have decided to take a sympathetic approach towards its analysis and criticism snubbing its precarious actions in the recent past.

One should not have a sympathetic approach towards an ideology that has the tendencies to confiscate individual rights; one ought to have the gumption to ask uncomfortable questions when it comes to “Feminism”, as questioning “Feminism” can make one infamous and unpopular instantly and probably this is the reason for many to take a lenient stand towards its perilous rhetoric.

Let me put this upfront, today’s Feminism is not about equality of rights, self-proclaimed feminists shouldn’t be excused, when they equate Feminism with a definition that is half a century old. We do not see “Jihad” as an internal fight for peace, in today’s context it is a holy war which mercilessly kills innocents based on hatred, bigotry and delusion, words have remained the same for decades but the way they got transformed over years have to be kept in mind.

Indian Establishment and its Mercenaries

In politics where there is a presence of strong "establishment" it is hard to differentiate between ideological adversaries and their nescient mercenaries. It is even more difficult to define the word "Establishment" which usually holds some minor strings of power.

“Establishment” is not something which gets replaced or voted to power with democratic elections but a cabal without any democratic legitimacy but has some control or influence over the institutions, committees and organizations of a democratic and sovereign nation. A large typical establishment in a democratic republic would have its hegemony in the aspects of Arts, Culture, History, Universities, Awards, Media and other social institutions with or without the support of government.

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The 1960s and the early 1970s are important in modern Indian history.

• After the China war of 1962, India realized that they need to have a strong Army unlike what Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru envisioned.
• War with Pakistan in 1965 kept us vigil as it exposed the evil ideas of Pakistan.
• Genocide in East Pakistan which resulted in 1971 war contributed to the rise of patriotism in Indians.

Other things happened in 60s and 70s.

• Indira Gandhi, whom I consider to be a patriot with flaws made a deal with Communists due to political compulsions where she agreed to install Communists and their comrades as the heads of Indian institutions.
• Amar Chitra Katha started to become popular.
• Rise of Left terrorism.

India and the Pseudo Intellectual Terrorism

Arun shourie was labeled by Shoma Chaudhary as "adumbral position between liberal knight, self-righteous crusader and unselfconscious fascist". Thanks to the Halal intellectualism of Shoma Chaudhary which made her to brand a man of high integrity like Arun Shourie with the qualities which she possess and displayed them in public them recently.

Arun Shourie said "The intellectuals (Lefties) thus have no option but to fall back on one of three things"
1. They just do not talk about the facts.
2. They rely on going on repeating the fabrication.
3. They hijacked institutions to broadcast their concoctions.

The above three things still exist and in the last decade they have nurtured the future generations of Communists, feminists, left liberals and Islamic sympathizers.

There’s this new saying, "You will pay for your sins in the current life". One has to compliment karma for making a perfect entry. The sexual assault case against Tarun Tejpal has unmasked the left liberals, it has changed the mode of desi feminists from cacophonic to silent, and the views of Socialists - Communists are now restricted to syllables. For all these years, Shoma Choudary presented herself as a feminist, who stood for rights of women but when her boss was trapped in the sexual assault case, she adapted the style and narrative of Khap panchayats. Hypocrisy is one of the open secret ingredient which kept Tehelka running and endorsed disgusting feminists and left liberal voices to propagate crap. Genocide Suzie termed it as “Rape 2” and the members of pink chaddi brigade have gone missing.

Recently, I came across a discussion where racism was being linked with the game of chess and one foreigner rightly pointed out that Chess was invented in India which doesn’t have the history of racism. This silenced everyone, as it was the ultimate truth. A feminist friend of mine was asking others to participate in the "Black is Beautiful" campaign endorsed by Nandita Das, my first impression after hearing it was 'Bullshit'. Let me ask you a question, "If someone comes with 'White is Beautiful' or 'Wheatish is Beautiful' campaign, would you support it?" If cosmetic companies have to be termed as racist for coming up with fairness creams, then I feel that even the dark folks who are using fairness creams should be termed as racists and people who tan their bodies too should be seen as racists. By asking people what to do and what not to do with their skins, the pompous activists are asking you to surrender the individual rights.

Queen's Kitchen Cabinet and other thoughts

“Let this be stated upfront. Muslims need not be apologetic at all in demanding a law positively biased towards them when it comes to the issue of targeted violence” 

The above quote is by National Advisory Council (NAC) member Farah Naqvi on the Communal Violence Bill (CVB) proposed by the NAC, headed by Sonia Gandhi.

During the pre-emergency and emergency days, Indira Gandhi had close associates and advisers who used to take part in making important decisions over the functioning of the Government, it was called "Kitchen Cabinet". The "Kitchen Cabinet" was accused of favoring a family instead of country. The "Kitchen Cabinet" had ministers, bureaucrats and 'family members'. The family members who are not part of Government took crucial decisions and had to face questions from other quarters. Indira Gandhi's "Kitchen Cabinet" is history. But the foundations for Dynasty politics that were firmly laid continue to go strong even today. It should not come as a surprise that the current Government has its own "Kitchen Cabinet".

The National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi is the "Kitchen Cabinet" of the UPA (or) of the Congress to be precise. There are some differences between the Kitchen Cabinet of the 1970's and the present one.

• Most of the members of the Kitchen Cabinet are not ministers or bureaucrats.
• Kitchen Cabinet does not report to the Prime Minister.
• The 70's Kitchen Cabinet mostly comprised of elected representatives and the current one majorly consists of self-styled social activists.
• The 70's Kitchen Cabinet didn't exist legally, but the current one exists on papers. 

Happy Birthday Friedrich Nietzsche

“Some men are born posthumously” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

I came across his name for the first time in my 10^th class Social Studies History textbook, a lesson about the World War II and if I remember correctly, the sentence was– ‘Hitler was inspired by the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche’. I underlined the sentence, in the presumption that it would come as an objective question and like always, I wanted to show my friends how good I am in Social Studies, especially in History. I did ponder about him for few seconds as he is one who inspired Adolf Hitler. This happened approximately 10 years ago.

I came across his name for the second time when I was in my final year of my Computer Engineering and read Ayn Rand’s ‘The Fountainhead’, I was remotely fascinated to know her inspiration, I did some research and eventually discovered that she was inspired by writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.

I was able to comprehend the intellectual humor of Woody Allen and after watching all his films, I came across an article ‘Thus Ate Zarathustra’ written by Woody Allen for ‘The New Yorker’ and thus I came to know about ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’. The admiration for Woody Allen made me look for his books ‘Side Effects, Without Feathers and Getting Even’ in book stores and luckily in the ‘Classics’ section of the book store my eye reads the title of a book ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’, I was thrilled for an intangible reason, I was not sure whether I need to buy it or not?, I was holding the book in my hand and decided to turn few pages, the introduction section had a quote

“A testing and a questioning hath been all my travelling -- and verily, one must also learn to answer such questioning! That, however, is my taste --”,

I decided to buy the book – thus started my journey into Nietzsche’s works.

Husbands and Wives

I am not writing a review for Woody Allen’s film ‘Husbands and Wives’ nor am i married to write about issues of ‘Husbands and Wives’. This post is about the controversy created by media and feminists regarding the statement made by Shriprakash Jaiswal.  This is what Shriprakash Jaiswal said while addressing a cultural event.

“A new victory and a new marriage have their own importance. But as times passes, the memories of a victory go old and as time passes, a wife gets old, the same charm is not there”

Women organizations protested, they criticized and some even said that it’s “Commodification of Women” and should be charged under IPC. Let’s just replace the word ‘wife’ with ‘husband’ in the statement made by Shriprakash Jaiswal. It would be…

“A new victory and a new marriage have their own importance. But as times passes, the memories of a victory go old and as time passes, a husband gets old, the same charm is not there” 

Does the above statement create anger? For me, the above statement is more like a gimmick of a left-liberal- feminist standup comedian. If you have visited a pub or a bar where these days the so called female standup comedians perform their acts, every alternate joke is about boyfriends and husbands and if they are out of sexist jokes they shift their attention on Penis jokes. Of Course, the performance of so called ‘Desi’ female standup comedians is of gutter quality, but no one questions the sexist remarks made by them. Why?