Random Reflections
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
What's in a Kiss, Man.
Friday, 22 November 2024
Tighten Your Seatbelts and Meet Prakash Sethi
Cuttack Sadar MLA Prakash Sethi's English speech at Baliyatra inauguration has gone Viral......the caption shrieked from the rooftop.
Baliyatras have been
happening for decades, and the one of 2024 got the biggest eyeball for an interesting incident. Prakash Sethi, Cuttack Sadar MLA from the ruling party, gave
a speech in English on the inauguration day. This year, ambassadors, high commissioners, and diplomats from 14 ASEAN, BIMSTEC, and Pacific countries attended the fair for the first time.
Who is Prakash Sethi?
Many not only heard his name for the first time but also heard him speak for the first time. He spoke in English for the benefit of the dignitaries who had come from the neighbouring countries. The video clip perhaps got forwarded a million times over WhatsApp.
And the story continues…
another video of his interaction with the press made rounds as a follow-up to
the first one.
On being confronted by the
press about his speech in ‘Horrible English’; he brushed aside the allegation by saying that
the speech was for the visiting dignitaries who speak and understand this type
of English and this time the Odia Asmita had to be conveyed and that has been done perfectly.
Two totally different things
happened in two distinctly different groups.
The ones who knew the
language were shell-shocked, many cringed with disbelief and the ones who did
not know the language, mostly his political constituents thought that he gave a thundering
speech from an important platform.
To people like Sethi, the former group doesn’t matter as most of them don’t vote and his ultimate mission of positioning himself as an important leader before the eye of his followers was achieved.
Charcha mein rehna hai; he has understood the ground rule to be in the news even if for the wrong reasons to stay relevant in the political space. And for that, he was prepared to take any amount of hit from the people who don’t matter. He knew what he wanted at the end and his body language exuded nonchalant confidence after achieving that.
A few innate characteristics differentiate them from people like us.
They are the people who have
nothing to lose, they are ambitious, confident, agile, and gritty and they are not
ashamed of not being sophisticated. They are the Laloo Yadavs who are here to
rattle the status quo.
Remember the early migrants
to the US? The people of that generation changed their names, religion, attire,
accents, and manners to be accepted in their adoptive country. They couldn’t become
one of them but made a laughingstock of themselves in the process as their poor
caricatures.
The Brownsahibs and Chutney
Merries of the colonial era were their predecessors.
But the IT mass migration after the 1990s changed all that. Millions migrated to the US to fill the skill void there and made that country their home. Most of them migrated not from the metros but from its hinterlands—from thousands of villages and small towns, with only four years of exposure outside those places during the engineering course at some nondescript college.
Armed with just IT skills and the grit to strike root at any cost, their lack of Western manners or cultural expertise never came in their way of adopting the new country with its alien culture. Our people didn't change themselves to their socio-cultural standards but continued with their style as most of them lived in close communities like ghetto. The majority of their wives in the US speak English which is no different from Sethi’s but have emphatically stamped our cultural signs there. They are our cultural ambassadors who walk the streets in sarees during RathYatra and have made ghagra choli, Bhangra beats, Garba and Bollywood dance our best-exported cultural goods.
Comparing them with the earlier
migrants, who were neither accepted there nor welcomed back here, these brash, uncouth guys do more to export our culture and assert our own identities in seemingly hostile foreign countries. If we see Ratha Yatra and Boita Bandana being celebrated all over the world, it is led by these gritty, unsophisticated brethren of ours. The sophisticated lot didn’t win the battle
because they were too worried about how they would look on horseback or if
anyone would ridicule them for what they were.
We must take note of this
fact.
Let us not forget how the monopolization of the political space by one party, which was led by a few people for close to a quarter century, did not give any leader the space to hone their skills and grow. The systematic destruction of college-level politics, which is known as the nursery of future leaders, emasculated the state of any leader of stature for the next
few decades.
We are witnessing a transition and transformation, and we must prepare ourselves to deal with these types of leaders in the coming years. We may laugh, and ridicule them in private or troll them on social media at best, but please be in the know that they are immune to your barbs and chuckles and are here to stay.
Thursday, 3 October 2024
From Love to Love
Love,
I understand your feelings and the depth of your love for me and I'm in acute pain now while writing this letter to you.
We both are adults enough to understand that we are in a mutually consensual relationship with no social sanction. It's immoral and in many ways illegal. It breaks my heart to tell the obvious. Hence, it will always exist and thrive between us only in our secret privacy with only the phones as its mute witnesses. The space and time available to us is the net after it's taken by our physical, social, and professional sides. We can't change or contest it, we can't encroach on this, and we must respect these Laxman Rekha. After all, we are respectable people.
Overruling the urges of the heart to sustain it is the saddest burden of an adulterous affair.
We must learn to accept it and not disturb the time and space made available to us. Don't you think I crave these moments when you are busy with your family, friends, and professional commitments? Yes. But I am wise, keep it bottled, and never let it overwhelm my logical and practical side.
We will have only a few rare ephemeral moments available to us that allow us to live our secret desires, intertwine and make love till the point of death, meld with each other's bodies and souls and emulsify. We will participate in an alchemy of souls but can not give birth to anything that ever will be termed ours.
You are mine and special. You exist both in my physical and mental world. And it will be so till my death.
When that moment comes, let's dance naked with our eyes closed, our wrinkled bodies plastered against each other's, shorn inhibitions and shame for those fleeting duration in that temporary space, under the bright light of darkness where no one exists other than us.
Don't murder the fruiting of those moments by becoming restless and demanding more, and by raising your expectations and comparing yourself with others.
Unfortunately yours,
Love
Saturday, 28 September 2024
Why Gandhi Must be Resurrected
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."
It’s a part of the full quote from the
letter Gandhi wrote to RM Pearce, in December 1947. The full quote is "God
forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the
West... The earth has enough for everybody's need, but not enough for
everybody's greed." Gandhi expressed the idea barely a few months after
independence when the country was taking its first few baby steps to stand and
walk properly. This quote has since become a popular phrase, highlighting the
tension between Basic human needs (food, water, shelter, dignity), and
Insatiable desires driven by greed (excess wealth, power, material
possessions). He had already seen the ills of frenzied industrialization and
was conceiving the country of his dreams.
He was a visionary and like a true
leader was thinking ahead of time.
He was just not clear about the need
to avoid the mistakes of the West, but he gave the various ways to avoid it.
Gandhi emphasized the importance of simplicity, sustainability, and equitable
distribution of resources. He advocated for a self-sufficient economy and
criticized excessive consumption. Gandhi's wisdom remains relevant today,
inspiring conversations around sustainable development, environmental
conservation, social justice, and mindful consumption.
The world is now grappling with the
tension between economic development and sustainable development. The effects
of climate change are real, and, on many counts, its negative effects are
irreversible. We have made giant strides since independence. So big are our
strides and such restless is our pace that it shows no sign of slowing down to
pause and ponder its effect on us.
To quote the Science Advances,
“Planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries
are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe
operating space for humanity. Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while aerosol loading regionally exceeds the boundary. Stratospheric ozone levels have slightly recovered. The
transgression level has increased for all boundaries earlier identified as
overstepped. As primary production drives Earth system biosphere functions,
human appropriation of net primary production is proposed as a control variable
for functional biosphere integrity. This boundary is also transgressed. Earth
system modelling of different levels of the transgression of the climate and
land system change boundaries illustrates that these anthropogenic impacts on
Earth system must be considered in a systemic context.”
October 2nd marks the 155th
anniversary of Gandhiji.
What we have left of him is his name,
a few busts in a few city crossings and memorials in select locations - the
current generation is completely detached from him, his life and his teachings.
The only time he is resurrected is when a certain section of a certain
political thought vilifies him for his personal and political decisions. Movies
like Munnabhai MBBS have done more to bring back his values and principles than
our successive political satraps and administrations.
On his birth month, this article is an
attempt to reintroduce his principles and prescriptions to the current
generation and evaluate its relevance, especially at a time when we are facing
an existential crisis caused by anthropogenic activities. Let’s know what they
were and if we can do anything in our personal capacities to live by those
principles.
A. Simplicity and Minimalism:
Gandhi emphasised living simply with
bare necessities. His personal belongings could be fitted into a small bag. A
few loin clothes, a shawl, a chappal, his watch stuck to his waist, the
round-rimmed glass he wore, and a walking stick he used was all that he needed.
When Mahatma Gandhi met King George V in 1931, wearing his traditional Indian
clothing, a simple loincloth and shawl, journalists asked him if he felt
underdressed. Gandhi famously replied: "The King had enough on for both of
us."
This witty response highlighted
Gandhi's simplicity, humility, and commitment to Indian cultural identity,
while also subtly critiquing the excesses of Western colonialism.
Sadly, we also have fallen victim to
those consumption models and patterns. Our rooms are now filled with more
cupboards stuffed with clothes and belongings that we didn’t use in the recent
past or are never going to be used in the near future leaving no space for us
to use. ‘Do we need to have this’ is a question we must ask ourselves before
falling for the temptation of a new dress, a gadget, a car or anything for that
matter. The subculture of giving away things we have stopped using has caught
on in the West and things like kids’ toys, and cycles are handed down to the
ones who need them once one’s child outgrows them. There are apps and WhatsApp
groups which aggregate the needs and availability of such things. The idea is
to reduce purchases and waste without compromising on lifestyle conveniences.
B. Self-Sufficiency and Localism:
When Gandhi started his Swadeshi
movement, hatred for foreign goods or foreigners didn’t propel this idea. He
wanted all of us to be self-reliant at a personal and community level. Doing
your things, growing your food, and helping each other during difficult tasks
was what he proposed to make us live with dignity without depending on others
at a distance who have turned it into an industry. He was for supporting local
farmers and businesses to thrive with local support. When we see grapes
imported from countries like Australia and the ones from Andhra or Maharastra
sharing shop space giving us an option to choose from; how many of us think of
the ‘Food Miles’ each lot carries? We are swayed by its cosmetic appearance and
premium pricing. The current trend is to source local produce even if there are
cheaper and better options available with the eye to reducing our carbon
footprint.
C. Non-Violence:
The reductionist and mechanistic
science and modern-day science taught us to dominate nature and all other
living and non-living things around us. Our ancient culture taught us to
respect natural elements and animals to the point of worshipping them like
Gods. Now in the name of development, we have unleashed a war on mountains,
rivers, lakes and seas. The ill effects are now realised in the form of massive
landslides, floods in the hills sweeping away human habitations, and our urban
habitations experiencing flooding even in moderate rains. When Gandhi talked of
Ahimsa, he didn’t mean to be tolerant to external aggression, or internal
violence. What he talked of was environmental stewardship and our ethical
treatment of all living beings.
D. Ethical Consumption:
The first line in this article talks
about Gandhi's views on the importance of ethical consumption as the resources
on the planet are finite and need to be shared equitably with all. He urged
everyone to balance Need and Greed because the greed of a rich man to get
richer will only rob the poor and weak of their right over the common natural
resources.
E. Community and Collective Action:
With the masculine development models
and centralised decision-making being the current characteristic of the
Governments, the voices of the local communities are either quelled or bought
over. The current society treats demonstrations, and strikes, not only as
anti-development but as regressive and anti-national. Gandhi put a higher
emphasis on community-level collective actions as a way to influence the
government’s policy decisions. Democracy allowed this route for the communities
to express their voices. The current climate crisis requires honesty and
transparency at the top and collective action and participation of all to
ameliorate the ills caused by our development models. Without both ends working
together towards a common goal the desirables will always remain unattainable.
The current strategic political
movement to rewrite history to erase its colonial past, and replace its
syncretic cultures, and diversities with a singular-centric culture stands at
odds with what our ancient culture taught us and had made it thrive. Gandhi and
his teachings have fallen victim to this house-cleaning exercise. With the
economy going global many might question the rationale or practicality of many
of Gandhi’s prescriptions, but it's necessary to realise how the global
business models came crashing down when the pandemic spread like wildfire and
brought the countries to a grinding halt. At that time self-sufficiency at the
community level provided the necessary spring of resilience to rural India.
Those who think that Climate concerns
are an exaggeration and those who believe that modern science will find a
solution to the problem without their involvement and contribution are for a
rude shock. Recent research by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
after conducting research at the caves of Gupteswar, Koraput and Kadapa, Andhra
Pradesh have revealed the interplay of climate factors, strikingly similar to
those affecting modern-day monsoons, likely led to the collapse of highly
developed Indus Valley Civilization 4000 years ago. They have found that
reduced solar radiation, El Nino and many other factors had collectively
weakened the monsoon which resulted in the downfall of the civilization. And
4000 years is just like yesterday in the evolutionary timeline.
I hope the learnings of the past and
evidence of science alert our governors not to waste precious time in hand to
repaint the past but to think of the future which doesn’t look good at all for
everyone. With the world at the throes of facing another pandemic and the
catastrophic consequences of anthropogenic activities; not bringing back the
teachings of Gandhi to us and the younger generation will be to the peril of us
and our future generations.
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Monday, 23 September 2024
The TradDad must make a come back
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
What’s in a name? The cases of Ravenshaw to X
Shakespeare in his play Romeo and Juliet wrote ‘What's in a name? That which
we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’. Deng Xiao Ping said, ‘It doesn’t matter
if the cat is black or white; a cat is a cat, as long as it catches mice.’ Both dismiss the importance of external attributes
like the name or appearance of a place or person to bring into focus the
functionality and substance intrinsic to it.
So, what’s in a name?
A lot! A loud chorus can be heard. These are the voices of the
ones who support it and those who oppose it.
Such noises were heard at distant locations in distant states,
but never in our state. Recently during a function in Cuttack while discussing
the role of the British officer during the Bengal famine whose alleged tactless
handling resulted in the death of thousands of people, a top leader of the
ruling party questioned why the premier academic institution is still named
after him. He stirred a hornet’s nest by asking the intellectuals of the state to debate why the name should not be changed to
commemorate a worthy son of the soil.
This suggestion triggered a fusillade of exchanges on social media between the ones who
support this initiative and the ones who are appalled by even the thought of it. One
side can’t tolerate the name of a foreigner associated with the university as
he represented the colonial rulers and the other can’t imagine their own
identity without their association with the franchise. Many also are
suggesting not to waste time in such
exercises when much more needs to be done to improve the current condition of
the university.
There is another group who just don’t see any reason why such things are initiated
when there are other pressing problems to be tackled – they think that this is
an exercise in futility as a common man is least bothered about after whose
name the institutions are built as long it is serving its purpose.
The name change game is not new and is not at all a whimsical
act.
While taking sides for or against such moves in this case; using
all your emotions and logic, it’s necessary to understand why names are changed
and what happens when they do – both positive and negative.
In the commercial world, it’s called rebranding and there are
definite purposes behind creating a new avatar of itself. They hire the best
brains to rename and change their logos, the colour they have used to
send a new set of signals to declare to the market that they have come of age
to stay relevant in the current context and the foreseeable future. We have
seen how Twitter was rebranded as X when Elon Musk took over the company
signalling their interest. The interests are commercial, and they make no bones
about it. But our discussion at the current time is political.
Why does a new political dispensation change the name of a place
and what are the possible reasons?
Ideological and Symbolic Reasons:
New regimes often seek to distance themselves from previous
governments or colonial powers. Changing names of places, prominent institutions, and legal
documents using local languages to break from the past. Names can symbolize a
shift in ideology, such as from communist to democratic or from authoritarian
to liberal to reflect new values or to majoritarian. Names can commemorate
influential figures or movements. They try to restore the honour of the
national heroes they think that the previous regimes had wilfully ignored due to
political reasons.
National Identity and Unity:
Name changes can affirm independence and self-governance to
assert sovereignty. Changing names can eliminate reminders of foreign
domination thus erasing their colonial legacy. We know why there is a section
of people who demand the name India be dropped which was coined by the colonial
rulers. New names can also emphasize shared identity and citizenship to promote
national unity.
Practical and Administrative Reasons:
Name changes can resolve border disputes or ambiguous
territorial designations and clarify territorial claims. Names may no longer
reflect the place's characteristics or demographics, and they are updated. We have seen major cities like Bombay, Madras,
Bangalore and Calcutta reverting to their original names of Mumbai,
Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Changing the name of a place can have
various consequences and implications, depending on the context and scope of
the change. There are many negative impacts. Changes can confuse
residents and visitors. There was this amusing case when an American pilot
chose to fly back instead of landing at Bengaluru as his NOTAM noted the
destination as Bangalore. We face similar
problems when we find a new name for the terminal we visited a few months
ago. Erasing historical names can
disconnect people from their cultural roots as it disconnects its evolutionary
continuum – their heritage.
This can be highly contentious in a country like India where the
new majoritarian assertion is pushing the minority communities to the corners.
The process of establishing new heroes is often preceded by systematically vilifying
and demonizing the already established national heroes with half-truths and
half-lies which creates an air of unpleasantness for a long time.
Name changes can be a powerful tool for shaping national
identity, asserting sovereignty, and signalling a new era. However, they can
also be contentious and have significant practical implications as they realign
the political and cultural landscape by disrupting it. Name changes can be contentious,
especially if they involve cultural or historical significance. It's essential
to weigh the reasons for change against potential consequences and engage
stakeholders in the decision-making process.
The case of India is unique.
It was colonized by the rulers of other faiths whose
practitioners were always a minority. But despite their small numbers, their
control over the power, political process, economy and culture held sway over
the culture of our country leading to a liberal syncretic mixed culture at
different pockets of its geography. The diversity of the country is in its
culture. Its food. Its language, its identity, its dress, its ethos. But
despite such diversities, the founders of the nation have done a wonderful job
of keeping it together as a nation at the same time allowing regional
topicalities to flourish. This liberal inclusive mindset and training have made
India acceptable to the global community. If India has made unbelievable
strides in a very short time after gaining independence, the role of its
openness to diversity can be ignored.
But that doesn’t auger well with the new political order which draws
its inspiration from a very orthodox cultural outlook. It sees this as a systematic
corruption and dilution of our national identity because of our unassertive
past. They have the agenda to establish a new order just not limited to
politics only.
They want to influence culture – impose the majoritarian language,
dress, who we worship, how we worship, our values and our ideals.
Creating a new history is a strategy to create a new nation that
has forgotten its colonial past. Pakistan immediately after gaining
independence had attempted that and we know where they are. The name
change game is just a tool to start a larger discourse involving many people and
cause disruption to facilitate a larger culture shift.
Are you interested?
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Thursday, 15 August 2024
Democratic Despots
The title ‘Democratic Despot’ of an article can be a bit uncomfortable for us, especially on the 78th Independence Day of the largest democracy comprising 1.45 billion people.
Can a democratic country
have a despot or a dictator as its leader? It seems like an oxymoron and an
impossible situation.
What tempted me to write
this article was while discussing the state of democracy in our neighbouring
countries with whom we share strong similarities of physical appearance,
language and culture; a dear friend of mine stated that in India things like
military dictatorship and pogroms can never happen because our major religion and
culture do not lend any legitimacy to such designs and our strong constitution,
judiciary, laws would not allow it.
Really? Nothing could have
been more ridiculous than these premises itself.
The assumption is that our
safeguards are so well established and strong that the state will never allow
any democratic institution to exercise arbitrary power beyond the ones vested
in it.
Let’s understand the
anatomy of the concept of Democratic Despots or Dictatorship in its connotation
of a situation where either by chance a person or a group of persons enjoy
unlimited power because there has yet to be an alteration in power since their
incumbent government has never lost an election because there was no equivalent
alternative or by design by limiting the powers of the other institutions of a
state which draws a perimeter to his power and questions his decisions making
him more accountable.
Democracy can be
parliamentary, semi-presidential, or presidential; dictatorship can also be
civilian, military, or royal. Many countries seen as otherwise democratic are
dictatorships because there has yet to be an alteration in power since their
incumbent government has never lost an election.
When the colonial rule of
India ended and on 15th August 1947 the country was declared a sovereign and
independent state, it legally and effectively inherited the systems of
governance which had taken centuries to mature in the UK. The biggest challenge
the newly formed country faced was the merger of hundreds of sovereign princely
states into the big country we see today. Our commitment to remain truly
democratic was unequivocal and irreversible.
Let us remember how the
country whose democratic legacies we inherited and made our own has
transitioned from a monarchy that had unbridled power to a parliamentary
democracy where the powers are vested in a body comprising of members directly
elected by the people and operating within the powers of other institutions who
would prevent it from turning arbitrary and despotic.
In the UK, the sovereign
(monarch) gradually handed over power to other branches of government through a
series of constitutional developments and laws.
Here are some key
milestones:
Magna Carta (1215): Limited
the monarch's power, establishing the principle of the rule of law and
protecting individual rights. English Civil War (1642-1651): Led to the
execution of Charles I and the establishment of a republic (Commonwealth of
England) under Oliver Cromwell. Glorious Revolution (1688): Saw the overthrow
of James II and the ascension of William III and Mary II, who accepted
constitutional limitations on their power. Bill of Rights (1689): Further
restricted the monarch's power and established certain individual rights. Acts
of Union (1707): United England and Scotland under a single government, with
the monarch's power bound by constitutional rules. Reform Acts (1832, 1867,
1884): Gradually expanded voting rights and redrew electoral boundaries,
reducing the monarch's influence. Parliament Acts (1911, 1949): Limited the
monarch's power to delay or veto legislation.
By the mid-20th century,
the UK monarch's role had evolved into a largely ceremonial and symbolic
position, with most executive powers exercised by the Prime Minister and other
elected officials.
Please take note that this process
occurred gradually, with the monarch's power evolving over centuries. Today,
the UK monarch serves as Head of State but exercises little direct political
power.
What is to be learnt from
their experience is that whenever they felt that one limb of the state was
turning more powerful than it should, they strengthened the safeguards that
would prevent it from creating an imbalance. The credit goes to the people who
supported it and the strengths of the other institutions who led it.
Do we have such advantages
to limit the power of one when he is going despotic and arbitrary?
Without searching far and
wide let’s look closely at our state and the centre. In the absence of an
equivalent political alternative, we saw an unbridled run of one political
party for twenty-four years and the same at the centre. Behind the perception of
the great development and general happiness story, the discomfort of the people
in accepting too much concentration of power in the hands of the chosen few was
demonstrated by reducing their might through electoral means. Just not this our
country has seen many attempts in the past to subvert the power of other
democratic institutions to remain in power.
In all the cases these
attempts were neutralised by the people through the electoral process.
These incidents tell us
that the institutional safeguards are not strong enough to offer a bulwark
against any attempts to subvert their powers.
Democratic despots refer to
leaders who hold democratic elections but also exhibit authoritarian
tendencies, suppressing individual rights and freedoms. This concept highlights
the tension between democratic processes and autocratic behaviour.
This concept raises
important questions about the nature of democracy, limits of power, and
internal checks and balances for one component of power to turn cancerous and
cross its perimeter and encroach onto others’ powers and his larger
accountability.
Some common characteristics
of democratic despots include eroding checks and balances, suppressing
political opposition, limiting press freedom, undermining independent
institutions, and using propaganda to shape public opinion.
Every dictatorship has one
obsession – to remain at the apex of the power hierarchy indefinitely. It has
no relationship with the route they have taken to reach the position of power.
It can be military or also through democratic means. Every such attempt has
failed in the past but that does not deter some ambitious individuals or groups
from remaining in that position of control as long as possible by using newer
strategies.
The earliest attempt at it
can be seen in ancient Rome where people were given an abundance of bread and
circuses were staged continuously to keep the citizens satiated and
entertained. Such strategies are designed to control the evolution of new
independent ideas which can pose a threat to the dictator’s power and the
forces which may affect the ulterior designs of the dictator. These strategies
are implemented by lowering education, limiting culture, censoring information,
changing narratives of the past, demolishing contrarian viewpoints and
throttling dissent.
It’s a timeless pattern
that repeats itself even now.
The question we should ask
on this day is, do we see such things happening around us?
If we can see it
germinating somewhere and successfully prevent it from striking roots, that act
will determine how long we can remain truly democratic and not be under a
shadow despot.
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What's in a Kiss, Man.
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