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There is no "Good Extremism"

By Mr Vins - September 30, 2020

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. I didn't find any better quote to start this blog. There are many lessons as a country we can learn from History or from other nations. Specially, we can learn many things from Pakistan. Yes, you read it write, we can learn many things from Pakistan's mistakes. We remember when Pakistan was encouraging their agenda against India, in form of Good Taliban & Bad Taliban. Over the years, as a Nation & society, Pakistan has internalized the "good Taliban, bad Taliban " policy, which later affected them in terms of their own security, peace, and economic(all in negative ways). Image Source: Google Sadly, the Indian state and society seem to have embarked on the course of internalizing ‘good extremist, bad extremist’. Things have reached a point where even a neutral remark or comment against extremists can cause a huge loss, there may be an attack on you/your product/your im

India: Hyper-Nationalism suppressing patriotism

By Mr Vins - September 25, 2020

Crushing all criticism against the ruling party, and the critics will be labeled as Anti-Nationalist. I often share stories, news, and opinions relevant to the Public. Surely, often get criticized too, as in most of these I am questioning the Indian Government. Self-described nationalists have accused me many times as Anti National, SICKULAR , or CHAMCHA . And recently someone from my contact list messaged me abusively, just for criticizing the Government. “In a country where people are afraid of criticizing the government, many things must be going horrible! In such countries, people must know that a society of cowards will always be remembered as a society of honourless people!” — ― Mehmet Murat ildan Diversity, Debate, Criticism make a country stronger. But our society is not ready right now for any type of criticism against Government or BJP or Modi. Because BJP has developed a mindset that Anti-BJP is Anti-Hindu, Anti-Modi is Anti-Hindu, Anti-Government is Anti-National. They

Covid19 India: The lack of faith in the system

By Mr Vins - June 30, 2020

Even after a long lockdown of more than 60 days, the curve of COVID infections refuses to flatten and the curve of GDP is flattened. The health infrastructure retains massive gaps, throughout the country. Even in the national capital, people are dying because they cannot get beds. The poor have already shifted to unhygienic crowded quarantine centers and which are not shifted, are forced to stand in lines for hours for every meal, struggling against exhaustion and heat as they walked hundreds of kms to return home, or being deprived of food and water on trains. Millions of jobs are already lost, and the next worry is the surge of mass hunger and further unemployment. There was no action plan before Lockdown, during the lockdown and even after lockdown. We lost people on roads, on tracks, and in cities (dying due to hunger). When we question about failures of government, supporters will ask to just see the intentions of Govt and not results. Okay, let’s talk about intentions.

An Awesome Human Being

By Mr Vins - August 09, 2019

It was my 4th time in Shenzhen and the same hotel. There is a woman in the hotel who knew me very well now, of course, we never talked due to the language gap, but we exchange smiles and greetings always. She is just of the same age as my mother, really a fair smiling face, always ready to help. Many time, I found her for room cleaning and service. 2 weeks back, during my last business trip, I felt sick. I came back to the hotel from the office and this woman observed it, that I am not well. She asked me in Chinese, I understand that she is asking only about reason to come early. I explain her in sign language about sickness. So after some time, she came to my room with a fruit bowl and some extra water bottles (as you know, in hotels there is always limited water bottles ). I was feeling so thankful that I expressed her my gratitude that time only with a translation app. Really , It was a wonderful moment. I always found this type of human. But this woman, she is a Gem. Later i

India: Forgetting the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi

By Mr Vins - May 06, 2019

I was walking down the street in Joburg in CBD Area and they have Gandhi’s statue in a market Square there ( Known as Gandhi Square). There was this African Father Son taking a stroll, when the son asked, who is this half-naked man? The father stopped, picked up the child, and said, He is the one who inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela for our rights and freedom. The second Incident, I was in a cab in Africa, when the cab driver asked me Why Gandhi is called is your father of Nation, while he spent and did wonders in Africa only. The third Incident, there was a British traveler whom I met in Rishikesh. When we were discussing India wisdom. When I enquired him “who inspired you most?” He named two-person “Gandhiji and Tagore Ji” for their visionary approach during Independence movements. When I too try to figure out the facts, He never had any political post, he never allowed his family to have any kind of benefits from any government nor NGOs and even

The Sanity Gap of Indian Society

By Mr Vins - April 11, 2019

When it comes to blaming the Government about nation problems, it is very easy. And yes, we should ask questions to Government, always. But what about the problem, which the nation and society are facing because of “US”. All the problems of the nation are not alike when it comes to problems like terrorism, infrastructure, there is no doubt, the government is best equipped to solve that. But what about the problem of sexual molestation of children, violence against women, mob lynching, can the government be accused of inaction? No, the problems like these, are only because of us and these are in hundreds. I am writing about the five major problems, based on my experience. 1. Discrimination: India is a diverse country so does the type of discrimination. You just name it, you will find that discrimination. Discrimination on the basis of caste, Discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, class, region and so on. Every type of discrimination can be found here. Being an I

Monsoon, Western Ghats & A Road Trip

By Mr Vins - August 15, 2017

I love rain, but I always avoid to ride the bike during rains. I know, it's always fun riding in the rain. But in North India, rains are horrible, you can't think to ride. But last week I got an opportunity to travel the Western Ghats. We took a road trip to Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar, Tamhini Ghat, Lonavala & Lavasa. And yes, I ride the bike in rain for two days, and it was really a beautiful rain. It transforms the whole area into a heavenly land abundant in natural beauty. The weather becomes more romantic and the landscapes more scenic than anything you would ever see. Gushing waterfalls flank the curvy hilly roads and hilltops become tourist attractions providing breathtaking views ( providing there is enough visibility to enjoy it). I will make a very clear point here, don't take your four wheels here, two wheels suits this place more. As I said, the curvy roads, and drizzling all the way, and a major plus very pleasant curvy road, not like Himachal :). So you will

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