"In closing, there is a growing tendency in India to treat all debates as political. First you decide which side a person is on and then whether the argument is right or wrong. This will mire us in intellectual mediocrity and thwart progress. Technical and scholarly matters, be it demonetisation, a rocket launch or documenting the past, should have little to do with ideology. In deciding on them, we must put politics aside and use the best scientific evidence and analysis. Despite demonetisation, India’s medium-term prospects are excellent. Care must be taken not to jeopardise this prognosis."
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Nationalistic pride
“A country isn’t something concrete, composed of intertwined individuals interlocked together. That’s absurd. A country is abstract, with some silly frilly flag and pomp and a song—a national anthem. But dust off the glitter, replace the flag, change the tune, and the people are still there, with their intertangled mesh of relationships that exist above and beyond mere country.”
― Jarod Kintz, If you bring the booze and food, I'll bring the thirst and hunger
First creating stupid rules which are out of tune with current times and then some eccentric or publicity monger " social activist will file a complaint for one day there is this news allover the media then everyone forgets about it.
A country’s long-run strength depends disproportionately on culture, social norms, the level of trust among people, the sense of inclusion and pride people have in their society. (And it is worth adding, pride cannot be built by beating up people who do not have it
if you repeatedly tell certain groups that they are backward and less intelligent, they begin to perform worse, even when there are no innate differences.
We as Indians have significant inferiority complexes,but we do not want to accept them and try to over act and over react to cover this up. making a big scandal out of a cricketer cutting a cake shaped like the Indian flag or an international model wearing a dress with the Indian flag motif.
Police complaint against Indian boxer Vijender Singh : Insulting the national flag by wearing tri-c...
Read more at: http://www.indialivetoday.com/police-complaint-indian-boxer-vijender-singh-insulting-national-flag-wearing-tri-colour-shorts/14000.html
see this page
10 Celebrities who Insulted the Indian National Flag Pictures
http://allindiaroundup.com/india/celebrities-who-insulted-indian-national-flag/
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy performing asanas during the grand celebration of International Yoga day, some of his post- asana activities have now dragged him into a controversy. He has been accused of insulting the national flag by a social worker of Pondicherry, who has lodged a complaint against Modi for wiping his face using the tricolour scarf he was wearing.
Requesting the police to conduct an inquiry, the complainant sought to register a case against Modi under the Prevention of Dishonour to National Flag Act.
A local court on Saturday directed the police to register a case against social activist Anna Hazare for allegedly showing disrespect to the National Flag during his visit to Jaunpur on July 29.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Bahadur Prasad directed the Line Bazar police to register the case and probe the matter.
The court's direction came on a petition filed by a local lawyer Himanshu Srivastava.
In his complaint, Srivastava has alleged that Hazare had come to a college in the town to address a meeting during his 'Jantantra Yatra' on a vehicle, on which a full size national tricolour was pasted. The meeting went on till 8 PM and this amounted to showing disrespect to the flag.
Earlier, a delegation of local lawyers had also met the Superintendent of Police stressing that though they were supporters of Hazare's anti-corruption campaign and had therefore gone to the meeting, they were hurt by the disrespect of the National Flag at the meeting and demanded lodging a case.
According to the rules, the national tricolour should be hoisted from sunrise to sunset and not beyond that.
A small time actress and model Gehna Vashisht must be severely condemned for this disgusting act and was rightly taught a lesson by people for wearing tricolor as a bikini.
just because she is SMALL TIME ?
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National flag initiative[edit]
As President of the Student Government at the University of Texas at Dallas, Jindal displayed the Indian flag whenever possible, inspired by the American tradition that sees a show of the US flag as a mark of patriotism. He continued to do so when he returned to India, flying the flag at his factory premises in Raigarh in present-day Chhattisgarh. However, the Commissioner of Bilaspur objected to this practice, citing the Flag Code of India which at the time permitted private citizens to fly the Indian Tricolour only on Independence Day and Republic Day. Jindal filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court in February 1995 contesting the restraints being placed on him by officials, and later disputed the government position in the Supreme Court too. On 15 January 2002, the Union Cabinet accepted the report of the Dr P.D. Shenoy Committee that it had constituted to look into the matter, and announced that citizens will be free to fly the national flag on all days of the year from 26 January 2002 . The Government subsequently issued a new flag code (Flag Code of India 2002) which contained guidelines for flying the national flag. On 23 January 2004, the Supreme Court of India ruled in Jindal's favour.
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament in 2005. It was passed unanimously, granting citizens the right to display the national flag on clothes and caps in a duly prescribed manner.
The concept of "monumental flags" has been introduced in India by Naveen Jindal. These gigantic flags are now flown at several locations across India. Following a subsequent campaign, on 22 December 2009, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs permitted monumental flags to be flown at night with appropriate illumination, contrary to the requirement at the time that all flags should be lowered after dusk. The 207 ft high Flag of India at Central Park, Connaught Place was gifted to people of India by Naveen Jindal.[13] Naveen's Flag Foundation of India also installed and gifted a 207 ft Monumental Afghanistan Flag to the people of Afghanistan following a request by the Indian Embassy in Kabul.[14]
On 18 February 2010, the Rules Committee of the Lok Sabha accepted his proposal to allow MPs to display the national flag as a lapel pin while seated in the House.
On 9 August 2010, the High Court in Bilaspur, observed that not lowering the flag at night is not a violation of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. The judgement opened the door for the common person to fly the Tiranga at night.
Jindal established the Flag Foundation of India with his wife Shallu to instil pride in the Tiranga among citizens through arts, seminars and workshops aimed particularly at children and the youth."
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
the 'Anti National" Tone of Indian Express reporting
By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:July 12, 2017 8:20 pm
while reporting about the incidence of chain pulling to delay deccan queen for 45 minutes at Pune the rported uses
The term ‘anti-national’ has found its way into one of the official press releases issued by the Indian Railways. Pune’s Divisional Railway Manager B K Dadabhoy used it to describe the actions of three women, whose only offence was being part of a protest group that held a train for 45 minutes.
while reporting about the incidence of chain pulling to delay deccan queen for 45 minutes at Pune the rported uses
The term ‘anti-national’ has found its way into one of the official press releases issued by the Indian Railways. Pune’s Divisional Railway Manager B K Dadabhoy used it to describe the actions of three women, whose only offence was being part of a protest group that held a train for 45 minutes.
On Monday morning, around 100 people participated in a protest demanding the Railway authorities to operate the Deccan Queen from platform number one, as has been the case for several decades until recently. Now, the train departs from platform number five due to “operational compulsions”. This has upset the Queen’s regular passengers, and they have been demanding that it depart from Platform No. 1, like in the old days."
first of all The passengers have no right to demand which platform is used for which train, it is a technical and administrative matter to be decided by the railway administration.
they can request and appeal for more convenience but the so called protest is "anti national "
Does the reporters and the Indian express editors and management think delaying a train for 45 minutes by a group of passengers is OK?
this while some union ministers are excoriated for delaying a train or a plane ?
The basic civic sense is lost stating one has freedom of expression and right to protest.
instead of condemning such stupid and harming acts by the general public the newspaper seems to find fault with the railway administration.
Try protesting in an7y American or UK airport that air india flight should leave from terimal 1 gate 1 .and see what happens !@
" Illegal chain-pulling is a serious problem on Indian railways; where miscreants do so to make unscheduled stops near their destination, which delays trains. Penalties for misuse of this facility include a fine of Rs. 1,000 and/or imprisonment up to one year."
Let this be implemented in the state of BIHAR where the ex pailway minister lalu is proxy ruling.
" Illegal chain-pulling is a serious problem on Indian railways; where miscreants do so to make unscheduled stops near their destination, which delays trains. Penalties for misuse of this facility include a fine of Rs. 1,000 and/or imprisonment up to one year."
Let this be implemented in the state of BIHAR where the ex pailway minister lalu is proxy ruling.
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