HOW TO END EVERY PAIN

                                                  


1. When the pain comes, we are not to think of about it as we always do. Instead we are to do something different and that is to say, " I don't understand the pain ". If you are willing to say " I don't understand anything at all about in its place will be the insight from the heaven itself. This method works by changing our fundamental relationship with both the pain and the truth that can set us free from it.


2. My true being, the essence of my nature, myself, remains inviolate and inaccessible to the word's attack.


3. Truth tells us, " Resist no evil. " Instead of battling life's storms, place your attention and effort where they come work for your true best interests.


3. Stop fighting the strom, Instead, seek to understand it. Remember the ultimate principle " This too shall pass".


4. The person who understands why all this things must pass and why their passing need leave behind no painful wound can truly live in higher world.


5.  If we separate the facts from what we perceive as a things power, we are on the way to freeing our self form all the things that bother us.

NEW LIGHT THAT REVEALS & HEALS OLD PLANS

1. Unless we accept the reality of our lives, nothing will change. We all have the same suffering, anger, doubt, anxiety over the future and regret over the past.


2. We preserve our masks to avoid responsibility for our pain by finding some outside cause to explain it. We blame our depression on someone's thoughtless remark, or the weather. We never question the necessity of the reaction in the first place.

ARMY OFFICERS AND SEVEN GOLDEN NORMS.

 Of late, the Army has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Apart from coining highly outrageous and derogatory terms like 'Ketchup Colonel,' 'Booze Brigadier' and 'Frisky General', media has covered delinquent activities like unauthorised  sale of weapons and corrupt practices in sufficient detail. Consequently, the public image of a military officer has been indescribably dented.

 The edifice of the Indian Army is built on the twin pillars of committed leadership and motivated soldiers. Both are intrinsically linked and mutually contingent. Distortions in one cause shock waves in the other as well. Whereas our soldierly stock continues to be excellent, it is the fall in the quality of the leadership that is a cause for concern.

 Militaries by nature are conservative and thrive on well-evolved traditions, precedents and conventions, which over a period of time get translated into norms.  Norms are unwritten rules which need to be followed diligently for the continued sustenance of a military. Norms can an be descriptive (what to do or ‘Dos’) and proscriptive (what not to do or ‘Don’ts’). A norm gives a rule of thumb for conduct. The Indian Army finds itself in the current mess primarily due to the dilution/neglect of seven golden norms by the officer cadre.

 1.   “Impartiality – an ethical requirement”
    Fair and unprejudiced deportment is an essential component of an officer’s morality. Impartiality means treating everyone as equal and rewarding them on their merit alone. Any commander who acts in a discriminatory manner to grant favours to his regimental mates, community members or protégé is guilty of breach of trust and faith. Partisanship is impropriety of the worst kind, erodes credibility of leaders and encourages parochialism. Humans identify themselves with an organisation only when visible merit-performance ethical linkage in place. A system should be put in place to weed out all officers who display biases of any nature.
 
 2.   “Prompt redressal of grievances – every soldier’s right”
    Close to one lakh cases involving service personnel are pending in various courts. It reflects poorly on the Army’s grievance redressal mechanism. Soldiers knock at courts’ doors only when driven to it as a last resort, after losing faith in the sense of justice and the  fairness of the system. They feel aggrieved and deprived of their rightful dues, giving rise to dissentions and litigations. Although an elaborate mechanism (from ‘arzi report’ at unit level to statutory complaints at the Government level) is in place, inadequate attention is being paid to this critical aspect of man-management. Many grievances are misplaced due to lack of information and can be resolved at the unit level itself. Soldiers’ faith in the credibility of the system must never be allowed to wane.

3.   “Empathy for men under command – a moral obligation”
     The Indian Army has been rocked by a large number of suicide and fratricide cases. In most cases, officers’ had failed to handle the reckless soldiers with due compassion. Unlike other organisations,relationship between a military leader and his men is based on the twin pillars of commander’s empathy for his men and unflinching loyalty of the subordinates. Soldiers willingly repose faith in a  leader in the belief that he would safeguard their interests. Exhorting men in the name of the regimental spirit, some self-seeking leaders drive their men unduly hard to fulfill their own aspirations. With shortened command tenures, commanders are hard pressed to prove their worth for further promotions. Resultantly, welfare of troops is totally neglected. Men are quick to gauge true disposition of their leaders. Any leader who lacks empathy for his men and uses them purely for his personal advancement loses their trust.

 4.  “Safeguarding predecessor’s honour – every officer’s sacrosanct responsibility”. It is a proscriptive norm not to let down one’s predecessor. There are understandable reasons for this norm.

         One, decisions are always taken as per the prevailing circumstances and with inputs available at that time. It is very easy to find fault with them in retrospect with the benefit of the hindsight. 

        Two, a predecessor is never present to defend his actions. Thus, vilifying him amounts to his trial in absentia. 

        Three, military as an institution, is highly sensitive to the reputation of its leadership. When leaders try to malign each other, troops’ wonder if such officers are worthy of their confidence.

 5.    “Ostentatious living – an anathema to soldiering”
        Soldiering stands for honourable but simple living. Undoubtedly,an officer must live comfortably and should be financially secure to fulfill his obligations to his family and save enough for his old age. However, pompous lifestyle is most unbecoming of a soldier. Strength of an army officer’s character lies in moderation exercised by him. Rising ostentatious extravagance, both in personal and organisational matters, is a cause for concern. Worse, over the last few years,
five-star culture has given way to seven-star culture and an unhealthy competition has set in. For unit functions, all activities from catering and decoration to entertainment are being outsourced at huge costs. Costliest whisky is served.  Even, ‘Barakhanas’ are being outsourced. Many cases of misuse of official funds are a direct outcome of ostentatious profligacy. Therefore, there is an urgent need to put an end to excessive extravagance.
  
  6.   “Segregation in social gatherings – an affront to junior officers” When a proposal to have segregated seating arrangement for officers of different ranks for a social function was put up to the Late Field Martial Cariappa, he shot it down with remarks that stratification in social functions will damage cohesion of the officer cadre. Today, it is one’s rank that determines one’s seat and even the type of drink offered – scotch for seniors and cheaper whiskey for others. It is reprehensible to see separate areas earmarked for different ranks, even with different décor and menus. It has become a  common practice for the senior brass to huddle together and there is little mixing with the junior officers and their wives. Instead of promoting camaraderie amongst officers, such occasions become a highly humiliating experience for the juniors, thereby breeding dissatisfaction and dissentions. Worse, seniors miss an opportunity to ‘feel the pulse’ of their commands and establish rapport with their subordinates.

 7.   “Ladies have no role in official functioning”      Immense respect is accorded to the ladies in the services.
 However, they can never be allowed to meddle in official matters. Unfortunately, to satisfy the ego of commanders’ wives, a parallel command hierarchy has proliferated under the garb of family welfare activities. They move around in army vehicles with staff officers in toe. They contribute little to the genuine welfare of troops but get a façade to interfere in organisational affairs. Most soldiers consider such activities to be wasteful and irksome as they divert attention from the essential to the non-essential. Worse, undue interference by ladies in unit functioning invariably results in creating dissentions causing fissures in unit cohesion.

 an army damages itself when it doesn’t live up to its own values. The present mess that the Indian Army finds itself in is entirely due to the dilution of values that have sustained it for decades. As attitudes undergo changes, value system is understandably impacted. Attitudes are affected both by implicit and explicit influences. In addition to personal beliefs and experience, attitudes in the services are influenced by the organisational environment (traditions, precedents and conventions). The Army must ensure that organisational norms that mould attitudes are nurtured carefully and corrective measures taken expeditiously, lest the situation drifts beyond redemption.

BATTLE OF SARAGARHI (An unparalleled act of Bravery)

September 12,1997 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi- one of the “ten most famous battles “ of the world. On this day, exactly 100 years ago, a handful of Sikh soldiers- 21 to be exact – of the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment (then XXXVI Sikh) formed part of the British Indian Army and fought thousands of Pathans in the North Western Frontier Province (now Pakistan). All 21 Sikh soldiers died in the battle as they fought to the last man and last bullet; but they did not yield even an inch of ground that they were defending.

This epic battle is worth recounting as a singular example of unmatched courage, absolute devotion to duty, unflinching loyalty and giving supreme sacrifice of life for a cause.

In the later half of 19thcentury,boundaries of the British Indian Empire extended right up to the borders of Afghanistan, through the rugged and hostile terrain of Baluchistan and the North West Frontier Province inhabited by fierce Pathan and Afridi tribal warriors who refused to acknowledge the British supremacy and often attacked and raided anything British.

In order to protect these long lines of communications passing through the Kurram valley, the Samana range had been occupied by the British troops for almost five years. When the Afridis and Orakzai clans rose against the Government of India in 1897, the 4th Battalion of the Sikh regiment (XXXVI SIKH) was holding the forts and the fortified piquets on the Samana ridge
which has the Khanki Valley on the North and the Miranzai Valley on the South.

The main position occupied by the 4 SIKH on the crest of the Samana Ridge were the two fortified posts known as Fort Lockart (Mastan) at Saragarhi (approximately 3 km from each of the main posts), Dhar, Sartap, Crag and Sangar. These had been built to accommodate a garrison of 25 to 50 men in each.

The nearest garrison from where reinforcements could come in case of outbreak of hostilities was at Kohat, a good 60 km away. Saragarhi was considered the most important of these minor forts, because through it signaling communications was maintained between Forts Lockhart and Gulistan along the Samana ridge.

Between 27 August and 8 September 1897, a large force of Orakzai tribe attacked Fort Gulistan held by 4 SIKH. Fort Gulistan was strongly held and offered a stubborn resistance and by 10 September, the Orakzais were driven back into the Khanki Valley. But, soon after, the Afridi Lashkar, 10,000 strong, along with Orakzais attacked the posts on Samana ridge.
Four attacks were repulsed by the defenders with heavy casualties inflicted on the hostile tribesmen.

Utterly humiliated and frustrated by the reverses against Forts Gulistan and Lockhart, the tribesmen decided to change their objective of attack. The combined might of Orakzais and Afridis was thus hurled against Sarangarhi in early hours of 12 September 1897. Almost 20,000 tribesmen surrounded the post and cut it from other localities. No reinforcements
and replenishment of ammunition could reach the detachment, which was under siege by the ever-swelling hordes of tribesmen.

The first onslaught of tribesmen yelling and firing came early on the morning of 12 September only to be repulsed by the small band of brave Sikhs. This was followed by a pitched battle of six long hours. At last, there was a lull in the gruesome battle. But it lasted only a short while. It gave the defenders time to reorganise and replenish ammunition from their depleted reserves. The attackers managed to create a smoke screen on  one flank of the post by burning dry bushes. Covered from observation and fire of the defenders, two of the enemy managed to get close to the perimeter wall of the post and start hammering a breach through the stonewall.

Through the breach in stonewall, the tribesmen, swarmed into the fort. Saragarhi defenders fought with fixed bayonets and rapid fire against the multitudes that poured through the breach and Signaler Gurmukh Singh continued to give a graphic picture of the battle to the Commanding Officer using his holiograph. But the ferocity of close quarter battle took its toll.

At about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, there were only two survivors - a wounded soldier in the guardroom and the Signaler. The Signaler put away his apparatus and took up his rifle. His last message to the Commanding Officer at Lockurt was “ I will be engaging the enemy now onwards with my rifle and will not be relaying any more messages”. He killed a dozen tribesmen before he fell himself. The wounded soldier in the guardroom who was solely in command of the post now secured the guardroom from inside and used his rifle till he was burnt to death. His foes later admitted that he accounted for 21 of them before his end came.

The captors, after succeeded in overpowering the post, were so shaken by the sight of the brave soldiers’ now lifeless bodies on the ramparts of the Saragarhi Fort that in order to obliterate the scene of their moral defeat, they set the place on fire.

On learning of this glorious, gallant and unparalleled action, members of both houses of the British Parliament rose in unison to pay homage to the great Indian soldiers. Each one of the 21 soldiers was posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit, the highest British gallantry award then given to Indian (equivalent to the Victoria Cross awarded to the British).

The story of this epic battle is taught to schoolchildren in France and is one of the eight stories of collective bravery published by UNESCO. No military history book, when portraying, the bravery and sense of sacrifice of the Indian soldier is complete without special reference to the defenders and the martyrs of Saragarhi.

WHY VISIT TEMPLES

 There are hundreds of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them considered to be in the Vedic way.

   Generally, the temples are located in a place where earth's magnetic waves passes through. In simple terms, these temples are located straight to a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic wave distributing north / south pole thrust.

    Because of its location, where high magnetic values are available, the Main Idol is placed in the center, and also because they place a copper plate written with some Vedic scripts, which is buried, beneath the Main Idol's placement known as "Garbhagriha" or Moolasthan.
   The copper absorbs the earths magnetic waves and radiates to the surroundings. Thus a person who regularly visits a temple and takes clockwise rounds of the Main Idol's placement, auto receives the beamed magnetic values absorbed in his body. This is very slow and a regular visit will make him absorb more energy, known as positive energy. In addition, the Sanctum sanctorum is completely enclosed on three sides. The effect of all energies is very high in there. The lamp that is lit radiates the heat and light energy.

       The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers gives sound energy. The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out chemical energy. The effect of all these energies is activated by the positive energy that comes out of the idol. This is in addition to the north/south pole magnetic energy that is absorbed by the copper plate and utensils that are kept in the Moolasthan.

    The water used for the Pooja is mixed with Cardamom, Benzoine, Holy Basil (Tulsi), Clove, etc "Theertham". This water becomes more energised because it receives the positive-ness of all these energies combined. When persons go to the temple for Deepaaraadhana, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there. The water that is sprinkled onto the people passes on the energy to all. That is the reason why, men are not allowed to wear shirts to the temple and ladies have to wear more ornaments because it is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed in ladies. It is proved that Theertham is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energised.  

   In addition, temples offer holy water (about three spoons). This water is mainly a source of magneto therapy as they place the copper water vessel at the Garbhagriha. It also contains cardamom, clove, saffron, etc to add taste and Tulsi (holy Basil) leaves are put into the water to increase its medicinal value! The clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & Tulsi leave essence protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and benzoine known as Pachha Karpuram,  acts as a mouth refreshing agents. This way, one's health too is protected, by regular visit to temples!

10 principles for Peace of Mind

1. Forgive Do Not Interfere In Other's Business Useless Asked...

Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. This thinking denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God. God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because God within them prompts them that way. Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.
 

2. Forgive And Forget:

This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often develop ill feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us. We nurture grievances. This in turn results in loss of sleep, development of stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure. This insult or injury was done once, but nourishing of grievance goes on forever by constantly remembering it. Get over this bad habit. Life is too short to waste in such trifles. Forgive,20 Forget, and march on. Love flourishes in giving and forgiving.
 

3. Do Not Crave For Recognition:

This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motives. They may praise you today because you are in power, but no sooner than you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and will start finding faults in you. Why do you wish to kill yours lf in striving for their recognition? Their recognition is not worth the aggravation. Do your duties ethically and sincerely.
 

4. Do Not Be Jealous:

We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know that you work harder than your colleagues in the office, but sometimes they get promotions; you do not. You started a business several years ago, but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. There are several examples like these in everyday life. Should you be jealous? No. Remember everybody's life is shaped by his/her destiny, which has now become his/her reality. If you are destined to be rich, nothing in the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere; it will only take away your peace of mind.

5. Change Yourself According To The Environment:

If you try to change the environment single-handedly, the chances are you will fail. Instead, change yourself to suit your environment. As you do this, even the environment, which has been unfriendly to you, will mysteriously change and seem congenial and harmonious.
 

6. Endure What Cannot Be Cured:

This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations, and accidents that are beyond our control... If we cannot control them or change them, we must learn to put up with these things. We must learn to endure them cheerfully. Believe in yourself and you will gain in terms of patience, inner strength and will power.
 

7. Do Not Bite Off More Than You Can Chew:

This maxim needs to be remembered constantly. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable of carrying out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. . Why take on additional loads that may create more worries? You cannot gain peace of mind by expanding your external activities. Reduce your material engagements and spend time in prayer, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind that make you restless. Uncluttered mind will produce greater peace of mind.

8. Meditate Regularly:

Meditation calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it yourself. If you meditate earnestly for half an hour everyday, your mind will tend to become peaceful during the remaining twenty-three and half-hours. Your mind will not be easily disturbed as it was before. You would benefit by gradually increasing the period of daily meditation. You may think that this will interfere with your daily work. On the contrary, this will increase your efficiency and you will be able to produce better results in less time.
 

9. Never Leave The Mind Vacant:

An empty mind is the devil's workshop. All evil actions start in the vacant mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile . Actively follow a hobby. Do something that holds your interest. You must decide what you value more: money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work or religious work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even when you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chanting of God's name.

10. Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret:

Do not waste time in protracted wondering " Should I or shouldn't I?" Days, weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Value your time and do the things that need to be done. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes, but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET. Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Why cry over spilt milk..?

ARMY AFTER JAN LOKPAL BILL

Regt Level:

(a) All offrs especially COs and above will use only one Sahayak that also only for making offr's uniform.

(b) The CO Memsahib will return the mess cook back to the Regt Mess and will start cooking, washing. 

(c)The garden will be manicured by the offr and memsahib 

(d)The regt fund acct will be audited by the LAO 

(e)No CSD profit will be taken to the regt fund/ mess fund. The rules of percentage written by the stupid British will be changed and the old regt fund rules will be burnt at Ramleela Maidan after Anna vacates it. Few from “we the Armd corps” will be special invitees.

(f)COs/ offrs will return all the regt properties like TV, fridge, and cutlery back to unit.

(g)All offrs taking tpt allce will not use mil veh for conveyance from residence.

(h)Offrs from “We the Armd corps” who have un knowingly taken tpt allce and used conveyance will repent and will make a draft of the amount illegally taken by them and will give the cheque to Anna at Ramlila grnd.

(i)No veh will be modified. If at all a veh is to be modified offr will pay it from the pocket and will not use regt fund.

(j)COs will not use ACs in the office. It is not auth and we will not use it.

(k)If we use it (AC) at home we will connect it only through a meter and will never send a JCO with rum bottle to MES. 

Bde and above:- 

(a)All att vehs and pers will be detached immediately. We will live with WE auth and will fight with stupid IAS baboos to change the WE.

(b)If IAS lobby do not listen to us we will org a Darna at Ramlila Maidan and sort them out. Few from “ Armr” who are specially qualified sorting out IAS baboos and their help will be solicited.

(c)For regt reunions the tickets for the Sahib and Memsahib will be paid by the offr himself. If any Bania offers to do that he will be shot.

(d)Brigs and above when visiting any station will not stay in hotels. They will stay in the mess guest rooms and will dine with the mess members.If forced to stay in a hotel offr will settle the bill directly with the hotel. 

(e)Offrs will pay the mess bill in reality and not with a cosmetic touch.

(f)Brigs and above traveling by air will not expect a Capt/Maj to come to air port and bribe people and get the VIP launch opened. It is authorized only for army cdrs and above (not even DGs) and we will satisfy with what is authorized for lesser mortals.

(g)No senior offr will take rations directly from sup. We are all Anna’s soldiers and will be truthful and will get the normal rations from QM store.

(h)Chicken for the parties will be purchased and will not be adjusted in the rations.

(i)The present day culture of having ASC/AOC/EME COs more close to the General ship will stop. The fighting unit COs will always get love, affection and priority.

(j)The GE will be shown his way.

(k)If Italian marble is required for the toilets the offr will pay for it.

(l)Offrs with genetic “Italian” hatred will use Indian marble.

(m)Guest room toiletries will not be stolen. If any items are used we will pay for it.

(n)The sanitary napkin placed in the room will be used only if the lady requires it in an emergency. We will not carry it home for the daughter or grand daughter.

(o)The Maj Gens will accept JCO LO and the practice of detailing local staff offr (Honourable Batman to Memsahib) will stop immediately

THE ARMY IS IN SAFE HANDS.

It’s nice to be witnessing regiment level games again after all these years. As a Commanding Officer of a MP unit, after years of staff postings, I got a chance to witness the Inter Unit Kabaddi Championships.

Nothing has changed. The flags still flutter from afar pinpointing the distant arena. Smart regiment RPs indicate the way with a smash of their heels and a twist of the elbows. The SM receives you with pride to his unit. The red matting adorned with banners winds its way towards the grand stand. The same familiar glitz awaits you as everyone gets up to greet you.

There is a buzz around the ground when the teams line up to be broken by the trumpet announcing the arrival of the Commander. An announcer educates us that Kabaddi is the national game of Bangladesh and that the word itself is derived from a Tamil word meaning "holding of hands”.  The referee in starch whites asks permission to commence proceedings as we all sit to attention. With a ‘ let the games begin’ followed by a whistle a huge roar erupts. Match on.

I hear the old familiar battle cries. I belong to neither team, but I am hooked. The involvement of each and every member in the audience is so passionate. As each competitor is knocked to the ground one side goes crazy as the other groans. This is what we joined the army for. The camaraderie. The loyalty to unit. It wasn’t just seven members of the team in there but 800 of the unit. With each raider there were 800 bits of advice. The officers behind me were going hoarse screaming instructions and amazingly there were feminine voices too.

After the initial prodding one team was slowly gaining an ascendancy over the other. As their side was getting more vociferous as the other was waiting for a chance to cheer. By interval time it was getting pretty one sided and it seemed that the losing side was pretty shaken up. We were well into the second half when suddenly a lady officer, barely five feet tall ( what’s the minimum height for them?) ran out and asked the referee for a time out for the losing team.

 It was quite contrary. These huge, muddied hulks kind of peering down on this tiny thing as she coached them in dead earnest. Then they huddled, she said something and trotted back to her seat in complete confidence, mission accomplished. In the next few minutes we watched in utmost amazement as the tables turned. Now it was this units turn to get delirious as their team recovered  lost ground. Men were dancing down the sides and so were the officers. The commanding officer sat stoically, trying to remain impervious to the excitement building up, till he lost it when his team won with the final whistle. He rushed onto the ground and hugged each and every sweaty team member.

 The table drill, the prize distribution, all went off with military precision. I watched it  with pride and nostalgia. After the customary ‘jai kara’ we walked out to a sumptuous tea. Standing aside with my cup  I surveyed this next generation of officers. Quite by chance, I spotted that tiny lady officer who had performed that motivational miracle. She was dwarfed by her group of youngsters, as I went up to her. With a brief introduction I asked the question that was intriguing me all along.

 “What exactly did you tell them to change the game around so definitely”, I queried.

“oh that sir” she replied  confidently “I just told them that  if they lost any more points I was  entering the ground to fight for my unit”

That was it. Keep it simple silly. I watched in amazement at this lady officer who meant every word she said. It was time to pass on the baton. The army is in safe hands.  

Human rights are basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, language, or other status. Here a place for sharing actions from all organizations supporting HR. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. 1.All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. 2.Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. 3.Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. 4.No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. 5.No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 6.Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. 7.All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of the Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. 8.Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. 9.No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. 10.Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. 11. 1.Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense. 2.No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offense was committed. 12.No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. 13. 1.Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. 2.Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. 14. 1.Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2.This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. 15. 1.Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2.No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. 16. 1.Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. 2.Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 3.The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. 17. 1.Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2.No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. 18.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. 19.Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. 20. 1.Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2.No one may be compelled to belong to an association. 21. 1.Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2.Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. 3.The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. 22.Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co- operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. 23. 1.Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2.Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. 3.Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. 4.Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. 24.Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. 25. 1.Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. 2.Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. 26. 1.Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. 2.Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. 3.Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. 27. 1.Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. 2.Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. 28.Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. 29. 1.Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. 2.In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. 3.These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. 30.Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

FREE RATIONS FOR OFFICERS: AN AFFLICTION IN DISGUISE

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  Every organisation has its strengths and its weaknesses. The Indian military is no exception. Whereas it is undoubtedly a highly disciplined, motivated and well-trained force, it suffers from a major affliction – key decisions with far reaching consequences are taken without adequate consideration of long term effects. Authorisation of free rations to officers is a case in point.

• Prior to 1983, free rations were allowed to officers only when posted to field areas. The government had to supply rations over long distances to feed men and officers. Officers were not authorised free rations in peace areas. However, demand for free rations or ration money in peace areas had been under discussion for long. At one stage, the government appeared more amenable to the grant of ration money. The services kept insisting on getting rations in kind rather than an allowance. It was reasoned that rations in kind would insure officers against inflation. Proponents of rations argued that ration money, even if linked to cost of living index, would never be able to keep pace with price rise. After much persuasion, the government gave in and sanctioned rations for officers in peace areas as well. Needless to say, it was considered a coup of sorts and much mutual back-patting followed.

The Fall-out

• Nearly two decades have passed since the sanction of free rations. It has triggered a cultural change in the ethos of the service officers and their wives. Despite considerable pay hikes, free rations continue to be an issue of extreme importance. It will not be an exaggeration to say that the mindset has become ration-centric.

• Impact on the Psyche

• Grant of free rations has done immense damage to the psyche of the service officers and their wives. A proud community has been rendered so ration-minded that it has become totally immune to the resultant loss of self-respect. It is an ignoble sight to see officers’ wives standing in a queue, along with servants and helpers, in front of a ration delivery vehicle and arguing with a Naik/Havildar regarding poor quality of bread and/or under-issue of lentils. Free rations have demolished the wall of formal deference that earlier existed between officers, their wives and NCOs.

• It is sad to see officers lugging milk packets, breads and other sundry ration items. The service officers never get tired of considering themselves superior to the IAS and the IPS. How many IAS/IPS officers haul rations home? Free rations have made the service officers forget their own status.

• Collapse of the Officers’ Messes

• An officers’ mess is an institution that helps in character building, moulds personality of its members and fosters social etiquettes. It is a microcosm of the customs, traditions and values cherished by a unit, and a reflection of unit standards. Sadly, free rations have delivered a crippling blow to the functioning and standing of the officers’ messes. From the lofty heights of regimental showcase they have degenerated into dining canteens/cafeterias. Social graces have totally disappeared.

• Officers question and demand their share of free rations. In case an officer does not eat eggs on a Tuesday, he demands four eggs the next day. In messes where service and non-service officers dine, free rations have become an issue of discord and bitterness. Messes of the Border Roads Organisation often face awkward situations as the ration scales of GREF officers are different than those of the service officers.

• Prior to the issue of free rations, messes used to buy vegetables and groceries from the market as per the requirements of their daily menu. Dinner/Mess/Guest Nights were held at regular periodicity to inculcate a sense of mess decorum and customs. With the grant of free rations, messes cook what they receive from the supplies. Continental food has virtually vanished – cutlets and Russian salad cannot be made with brinjal and gourd received in free rations. Banquets and Mess Nights would soon become alien to the service officers and their wives, as free rations do not lend themselves to such formal procedures. 

• Impetus to Corrupt Practices 

• A number of unfair practices have also crept in. As the officers prefer to eat better quality of rice, rice received in ration is often passed on to maid servants in lieu of wages. Free rations have also spawned a flourishing business in barter trade. All ‘kirana’ shops in close proximity of officers living accommodation accept items like cheese tins in exchange for other items. A Colonel’s wife has been selling cheese, jelly and such items to her co-teachers in a reputed school in Dwarka, New Delhi , inviting snide remarks and bringing disrepute to the services. Such cases get cited to defame the services.

• One of the serious fallouts of free rations has been an enormous increase in corruption in the services, both at the procurement and consumer levels. Contracts worth hundreds of crores of rupees are signed every year. Free rations have opened floodgates for the misuse of the facility by unscrupulous senior officers. They demand what they need and no supply functionary can dare to quote their entitlement to them. To keep such commanders in good humour even local purchases are resorted to. Difference in the quality of rations issued to senior officers has also become a sore point with many. 

• Waste of Manpower

• While initiating the proposal, the services had given an undertaking that they would manage free rations with their existing manpower. They had failed to appreciate manpower-intensiveness of the facility. The Supply Corps is hard pressed to manage procurement, storage and distribution with authorised manpower. They had to be authorised additional civilian labourers. Worse, all formation headquarters and units have to spare uniformed manpower and vehicles for collection, accounting and delivery of rations. Though easily discernible, this criminal waste of scarce manpower cannot be quantified.

• Therefore:

• It is agreed that the service officers deserve better pay and allowances. Even if issuance of free rations in kind is considered to be a more remunerative option, its adverse effects on the environment must not be ignored. Financial benefits cannot override matters impacting self-respect and status of the service officers and their wives.

• A review of the policy is certainly warranted. Grant of ration money is certainly a better alternative. Quantum could be revised annually by a suitably constituted committee under MoD, based on the inputs obtained from all India contract rates, thus providing assured safeguard against inflation. Ration money will not only release huge manpower, it will restore the dignity of the officer cadre and put an end to unhealthy practices. 

THE CURIOUS CASE OF RAHUL GANDHI

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T ENDORSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY. NOR DO I ENDORSE ANY OF WHAT MAYAWATI IS DOING. WAS JUST TAKEN ABACK BY RAHUL GANDHI'S HYPOCRITICAL COMMENT AT THE RECENT FARMER AGITATION IN UTTAR PRADESH. 

Rahul Gandhi: "I feel ashamed to call myself an INDIAN after seeing what has happened here in UP".

PLEASE DON'T BE ASHAMED OF U.P. YET

Please don't be ashamed of Uttar Pradesh yet. Congress ruled the State for the Majority of the duration Pre Independence to Post Independence.. from 1939 to 1989 ( barring the Periods of Emergency.. Thanks to your Grand Mom Indira G. and a couple of transitional Governments)

8 out of the total 14 Prime Ministers of India have been from UP, 6 out of those 8 have been from Congress...

I think your party had more than half a century and half a Dozen PM's  to build a State...

The Reason Mulayam Singh, subsequently came to Power is because your party wasn't exactly Gandhian in their dealings in the State.. So May be If you look at in totality the present chaos in UP is the outcome of the glorious leadership displayed by Congress in UP for about 50 years!

So Please don't feel ashamed as yet Dear Rahul.. For Mayawati is only using the Land Acquisition Bill which your party had itself used to LOOT the Farmers many times in the Past! 

WHY DIDN'T YOUR PARTY CHANGE THE BILL WHEN IT WAS IN POWER FOR SO LONG? 

Not that I Endorse what Mayawati is doing.. What Mayawati is doing is Unacceptable..

But the past actions of your party and your recent comments, puts a question mark on your INTENT and CONSISTENCY.  

YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL ASHAMED

But don't be disappointed, I would give you ample reasons to feel ashamed...  

You really want to feel Ashamed..?

First Ask Pranav Mukherjee, Why isn't he giving the details of the account holders in the Swiss Banks.

Ask your Mother, Who is impeding the Investigation against Hasan Ali? Ask her, Who got 60% Kickbacks in the 2G Scam ? Kalamdi is accused of a Few hundred Crores, Who Pocketed the Rest in the Common Wealth Games?  Ask Praful Patel what he did to the Indian Airlines? Why did Air India let go of the Profitable Routes ?  Why should the Tax Payer pay for the Air India losses, when you intend to eventually DIVEST IT ANYWAY!!!

Also, You People can't run an Airline Properly. How can we expect you to run the Nation?

Ask Manmohan Singh. Why/What kept him quiet for so long? Are Kalmadi and A Raja are Scapegoats to save Big Names like Harshad Mehta was in the 1992 Stock Market Scandal ? Who let the BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY Accused go Scot Free? ( 20,000 People died in that Tragedy) Who ordered the State Sponsored Massacre of SIKHS in 84? Please read more about, How Indira Gandhi pushed the Nation Under Emergency in 76-77, after the HC declared her election to Lok Sabha Void!

(I bet She had utmost respect for DEMOCRACY and JUDICIARY and FREE PRESS)

I guess you know the answers already. So My question is, Why the Double Standards in Judging Mayawati and members of your Family and Party? I condemn Mayawati. But Is She the only one you feel Ashamed for? What about the ones close to you? For their contribution to the Nation's Misery is beyond comparison. You talk about the Land being taken away from the Farmers. How many Suicides have happened under your Parties Rule in Vidarbha ? Does that Not Ashame You ?

THE 72,000 CRORE LOAN WAIVER

Your Party gave those Farmers a 72,000 Crore Loan Waiver. Which didn't even reach the Farmers by the way. So, Why don't you focus on implementing the policies which your govt. has undertaken, instead of earning brownie points by trying to manufacture consent by bombarding us with pictures of having food with Poor Villagers....You want to feel ashamed. You can feel ashamed for your Party taking CREDIT for DEBITING the Public Money (72,000 crores) from the Government Coffers and literally Wasting it... 

You want to feel ashamed.. Feel ashamed for that...

WHY ONLY HIGHLIGHT THIS ARREST?

Dear Rahul, to refresh your memory, you were arrested/detained by the FBI the BOSTON Airport in September 2001. You were carrying with you $ 1,60,000 in Cash. You couldn't explain why you were carrying so much Cash. Incidentally He was with his Columbian girlfriend Veronique  artelli, ALLEGEDLY, the Daughter of Drug Mafia. 9 HOURS he was kept at the Airport. 

Later then freed on the intervention of the then Prime Minister Mr.Vajpayee.. FBI filed an equivalent of an FIR in US and released him.  When FBI was asked to divulge the information, by Right/Freedom to Information Activists about the reasons Rahul was arrested ... FBI asked for a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from Rahul Gandhi.  So Subramaniyam Swami wrote a Letter to Rahul Gandhi, " If you have NOTHING to HIDE, Give us the Permission" HE NEVER REPLIED! 

Why did that arrest not make Headlines Rahul? You could have gone to the Media and told, "I am ashamed to call myself an INDIAN?". 

Or is it that, you only do like to highlight Symbolic Arrests (like in UP)  and not Actual Arrests ( In BOSTON)  

Kindly Clarify.....

In any case, you want to feel ashamed, Read Along...  

YOUR MOTHER'S SO CALLED SACRIFICE OF GIVING UP PRIME MINISTER SHIP in 2004.

According to a Provision in the Citizenship Act. A Foreign National who becomes a Citizen of India, is bounded by the same restrictions, which an Indian would face, If he/she were to become a Citizen of Italy. (Condition based on principle of reciprocity)

[READ ANNEXURE- 1&2] 

Now Since you can't become a PM in Italy, Unless you are born there.

Likewise an Italian Citizen can't become Indian PM, unless He/She is not born here!

Dr. SUBRAMANIYAM SWAMI (The Man who Exposed the 2G Scam) sent a letter to the PRESIDENT OF INDIA bringing the same to his Notice. [READ LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT IN ANNEXURE -3]

PRESIDENT OF INDIA sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi to this effect, 3:30 PM, May 17th, 2004.

Swearing Ceremony was scheduled for 5 PM the same Day. Manmohan Singh was brought in the Picture at the last moment to Save Face!! Rest of the SACRIFICE DRAMA which she choreographed was an EYE WASH!!! Infact Sonia Gandhi had sent, 340 letters, each signed by different MP to the PRESIDENT KALAM, supporting her candidacy for PM. One of those letters read, I Sonia Gandhi, elected Member from Rai Bareli, hereby propose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. So SHE was Pretty INTERESTED! Until She came to know the Facts! So She didn't make any Sacrifice, It so happens that SONIA GANDHI couldn't have become the PM of INDIA that time. 

You could be Ashamed about that Dear Rahul!! One Credential Sonia G had, Even that was a HOAX!

THINK ABOUT YOURSELF.

You go to Harvard on Donation Quota. ( Hindujas Gave HARVARD 11 million dollars the same year, when Rajiv Gandhi was in Power) Then you are expelled in 3 Months/ You Dropped out in 3 Months.... ( Sadly Manmohan Singh wasn't the Dean of Harvard that time, else you might have had a chance... Too Bad, there is only one Manmohan Singh!) Some Accounts say, You had to Drop out because of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination.  May be, But Then Why did you go about lying about being Masters in Economics from Harvard .. before finally taking it off your Resume upon questioning by Dr. SUBRAMANIYAM SWAMI (The Gentlemen who exposed the 2G Scam) At St. Stephens.. You Fail the Hindi Exam.

Hindi Exam!!! And you are representing the Biggest Hindi Speaking State of the Country?

SONIA GANDHI's EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Sonia G gave a sworn affidavit as a Candidate that She Studied English at University of Cambridge

[SEE ANNEXURE-6, 7_37a]

According to Cambridge University, there is no such Student EVER! [ SEE ANNEXURE -7_39]

Upon a Case by Dr. Subramaniyam Swami filed against her,

She subsequently dropped the CAMBRIDGE CREDENTIAL from her Affidavit.

Sonia Gandhi didn't even pass High School. She is just 5th class Pass!

In this sense, She shares a common Educational Background with her 2G Partner in Crime, Karunanidhi 

You Fake your Educational Degree, Your Mother Fakes her Educational Degree.  

And then you go out saying, " We want Educated Youth into Politics!"

Letters sent by Dr. Swami to EC and then Speaker of Lok Sabha are in ANNEXURE 7_36 &7_35RESPECTIVELY Contrast that with Gandhi Ji , who went to South Africa, Became a Barrister, on Merit, Left all that to work for South Africa, then for the Country....

WHY LIE ABOUT EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS?

Not that Education is a Prerequisite for being a great Leader, but then you shouldn't have lied about your qualifications! You could feel a little ashamed about Lying about your Educational Qualifications. You had your reasons I know, Because in India, WE RESPECT EDUCATION! But who cares about Education, When you are a Youth Icon!!  

YOUTH ICON

You traveled in the Local Train for the first time at the Age of 38. You went to some Villages as a part of Election Campaign. And You won a Youth Icon!! ... That's why You are my Youth Icon. For 25 Million People travel by Train Everyday. You are the First Person to win a Youth Icon for boarding a Train. 

Thousands of Postmen go to remotest of Villages. None of them have yet gotten a Youth Icon.

You were neither YOUNG Nor ICONIC!

Still You became a Youth Icon beating Iconic and Younger Contenders like RAHUL DRAVID.

Shakespeare said, What's in a Name?

Little did he knew, It's all in the Name, Especially the Surname!

Speaking of Surname, Sir

DO YOU REALLY RESPECT GANDHI, OR IS IT JUST TO CASH IN ON THE GOODWILL OF MAHATMA? 

Because the Name on your Passport is RAUL VINCI. Not RAHUL GANDHI..

May be if you wrote your Surname as Gandhi, you would have experienced, what Gandhi feels like, LITERALLY ( Pun Intended).  Your Mother's Indian Citizenship is in the name of ANTONIA MAINO, not SONIA GANDHI. You People don't seem to use Gandhi much, except when you are fighting Elections. ( There it makes complete sense). Imagine fighting elections by the Name Raul Vinci...or Antonia Maino.... 

It feels sadly Ironic, Gandhi Ji, who inspired Icons like Nelson Mandela ,Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon, across the world, Couldn't inspire members of his party/ Nehru's Family, who only seem to use his Surname for the purposes of FIGHTING ELECTIONS and conveniently use a different name on their PASSPORT. 

You use the name GANDHI at will and then say, " Mujhe yeh YUVRAJ shabd Insulting lagta hai! Kyonki aaj Hindustan mein Democracy hai, aur is shabd ka koi matlab nahin hai! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVFelgb136s  [ 0:36 Seconds onwards ] 

YUVRAJ, Itna hi Insulting lagta hai, to lad lo RAUL VINCI ke Naam se!!! Jin Kisano ke saath photo khinchate ho woh bhi isliye entertain karte hain ki GANDHI ho.. RAUL VINCI bol ke Jao... Ghar mein nahin ghusaenge!!!

You could feel ashamed for your Double Standards.

YOUTH INTO POLITICS.

Now You want Youth to Join Politics. I say First you Join Politics. Because you haven't Joined Politics. You have Joined a Family Business. First you Join Politics. Win an Election fighting as RAUL VINCI and Not Rahul Gandhi, then come and ask the youth and the Educated Brass for more involvement in Politics.

Also till then, Please don't give me examples of Sachin Pilot and Milind Deora and Naveen Jindal as youth who have joined Politics..

They are not Politicians. They Just happen to be Politicians.

Much Like Abhishek Bachchan and other Star Sons are not Actors. They just happen to be Actors (For Obvious Reasons) So, We would appreciate if you stop requesting the Youth to Join Politics till you establish your credentials... 

WHY WE CAN'T JOIN POLITICS!

Rahul Baba, Please understand, Your Father had a lot of money in your Family account ( in Swiss Bank) when he died. Ordinary Youth has to WORK FOR A LIVING. YOUR FAMILY just needs to NETWORK FOR A LIVING.  If our Father had left thousands of Crores with us, We might consider doing the same..

But we have to Work. Not just for ourselves. But also for you. So that we can pay 30% of our Income to the Govt. which can then be channelized to the Swiss Banks and your Personal Accounts under some Pseudo Names. So Rahul, Please don't mind If the Youth doesn't Join Politics. We are doing our best to fund your Election Campaigns and your Chopper Trips to the Villages. Somebody has to Earn the Money that Politicians Feed On. 

NO WONDER YOU ARE NOT GANDHI'S. YOU ARE SO CALLED GANDHI'S!!

Air India, KG Gas Division, 2G, CWG, SWISS BANK Account Details... Hasan Ali, KGB., FBI Arrest..

You want to feel ashamed.. Feel Ashamed for what the First Family of Politics has been reduced to...

A Money Laundering Enterprise. NO WONDER YOU ARE NOT GANDHI'S BY BLOOD. GANDHI is an adopted Name. For Indira didn't marry Mahatma Gandhi's Son. For even if you had one GENE OF GANDHI JI in your DNA. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY SUCH 'POVERTY OF AMBITION' ( Ambition of only EARNING MONEY)   

You really want to feel Ashamed.

Feel Ashamed for what you ' SO CALLED GANDHI'S' have done to MAHATMA'S Legacy..

I so wish GANDHI JI had Copyrighted his Name! Meanwhile,  I would request Sonia Gandhi to change her name to $ONIA GANDHI, and you could replace the 'R' in RAHUL/RAUL by the New Rupee Symbol!!! 

RAUL VINCI : I am ashamed to call myself an Indian. Even we are ashamed to call you so! 

P.S: Popular Media is either bought or blackmailed, controlled to Manufacture Consent! My Guess is Social Media is still a Democratic Platform. (Now they are trying to put legislations to censor that too!!)

Meanwhile, Let's ask these questions, for we deserve some Answers.