Author: जयकृष्णः | ജയകൃഷ്ണൻ

Dinosaurs of Kerala

In his blog What is wrong with CPI? VS Babu writes about how the Communist Party of India is hell bent on denying livelihood to many Malayalees citing moral reasons, and resorting to physical violence.
The communist party sanctioned a Coke bottling plant when they were in power. Now they are attacking the same plant in the guise of an anti-war movement. This is what makes Kerala the favourite destination for investors.
These morons like “Achyutanandan”:http://www.keral.com/celebrities/vsachud/ make a living destroying the businesses of other people.
In 2000 many school children in Kerala “missed “:http://www.sulekha.com/articledesc.asp?cid=104277 the most important examination of their lives, the Secondary School Leaving Certificate, because of a strike called by these Idiots. The reason was to protest the visit to India by Bill Clinton.
Since farming is not yeilding much returns these days many farmers are converting their farm lands to real estate and selling it. When I was in Kerala at that time, these folks under the leadership of Achutanandan went around destroying the harvest of the exisiting farmers (logic for this was beamed to his head from the aliens you see in Simpsons). At that time, the ruling party was the Communists.
So if you boil down the Communist Manifesto reads
* ruin the lives of children by blocking their education
* prevent anyone from doing business
* call bandhs regularly, so that daily wage workers will starve
These are the lunatics that are trying to come to power in the state which calls itself 100% literate.

When Did Mahabharata Happen ?

When was the Mahabharata war fought ? Depending on whom you ask you
will get various answers. One answer is around the year 3000BC. This
comes from the “following logic”:http://www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org/articles/51_the_bhartiya_chronology.
bq. Lord Krishn ascended to His Divine abode at the end of dwaparyug
and immediately kaliyug started in 3102 BC. Krishn lived for over 125 years. He descended on the earth planet in 3228 BC. The Pandavas, after winning the Mahabharat war, ruled for 36 years and 8 months. Accordingly, the date of Mahabharat war comes to 3139 BC.
What was happening in the world at that time. The Sumerians had
invented the wheel. The Egyptians had started mummification, had
started writing and built the first ships. There were settlements in
the Indus Valley by then. But there is no archeological proof for this
date.
In “Finding The Past”:http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEC20030329055837&eTitle=Columns&rLink=0 Nandita Krishna writes about the archeological work done in search of Krishna.
bq. Iron objects numbering 135, and which included arrow and spearheads, shafts, tongs, hooks, axes and knives indicate the existence of a vigorous industry. There are indications of brick-lined roads and drainage systems, and an agro-livestock based economy. The PGW of Hastinapura has been assigned to 1100-800 BC. The events of the Mahabharata probably occurred around 1000-900 BC.
What was happening in the world at that time ? According to Encarta(c)
bq. Indigenous religious traditions emerge in Southeast Asia. Primarily animistic, they share a fundamental belief that a spiritual dimension beyond human senses also animates the material world. Therefore, places and objects possess a real spiritual identity and meaning. That was also the time of King Solomon (961 – 922 BC). The first documented historical figure of India, Buddha, would not appear for another 400 years.
I am glad that there is someone doing archeological excavations to
study our ancient stories. Using science to find the reality behind
mythology is exciting.

Religious Terrorists

Some of the sickest souls in the world have found a breeding ground:
“Relief efforts for Iraqi victims of war have religious overtones”:http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/living/people/family/5506901.htm
bq. But a fraction of the agencies view the war
as more than a relief effort. They see it is a golden opportunity to
convert this predominantly Muslim country to Christianity, and along
with supplies, they carry the New Testament and the message of Jesus
Christ.
Once Iraq is done, here are some suggestions
* Pakistan (mainly North Western Province)
* Iran (Salman Rushdie will vouch for their willigness to convert)
* Saudi Arabia

Going Home

I am planning to go to India in June. The “usual/cheaper route”:http://www.sulekha.com/column.asp?cid=235877 is via
Singapore/Hong Kong/Malaysia. Right now we have, what the media calls,
“Mysterious Disease”:http://www.fumento.com/disease/sars.html going on in those places.
Mysterious disease sounds much better than pnumonia. When people ask, how did you die, it is more cool to say, “Mysterious Disease”. People walking in Hong Kong airport with masks on their faces look more depressed than people who
have eaten airline food.
Then I thought we would go via the middle east. There are lots of flights to Kerala from there as many Malayalees work in those countries. But there is a war going on there.
The best option would be to fly to South Africa and row from there. “Vasco da Gama”:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497degama.html did it many years back and reached Kerala. Should work now also.

Blog Mela #5 at Ashwini's place

Ashwini has hosted this week’s Blog Mela, a collection of some good Indian blogs. Please check it out. Also please blog about it today.
*Update*: The Department of Media Sciences, Anna University, Chennai is hosting a “national conference on Blogging”:http://www.geocities.com/mdeii/event.html. (Link via “Kamat”:http://www.kamat.com/vikas/blog.php?date=3/25/2003)

Dialogue with terrorists

“Yesterday”:http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=20016 in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir
bq. In a pre-dawn strike, militants on Monday gunned down 24 Kashmiri Pandits, including 11 women and two children, at a hamlet in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, dealing a blow to state government’s plan to bring back Hindu migrants.
and here is what “Richard Boucher”:http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_221254,0008.htm , the state department spokesman had to say
bq. Boucher said “violence will not solve Kashmir’s problems. Dialogue remains a critical element in the normalization of relations between India and Pakistan,”
How come you did not invite Saddam Hussein or Osama to the white house and engage in a dialogue ? Indians have even done that. Our Prime Minister “went to Pakistan”:http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/20bus1.htm, asked for peace. Musharraf sent his troops to “Kargil”:http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/26kash2.htm. We invited “Musharraf to India”:http://www.punjabilok.com/musharraf_visit/main_page1.htm. We got more terrorists after that. So please, don’t insult the Indians by asking for dialogue. You look ignorant and stupid in the eyes of 1 Billion people.
Update: “The real tragedy of Kashmir”:http://www.sulekha.com/redirectnh.asp?cid=305233
Suman Palit as always puts it “more eloquently”:http://www.palit.com/2003_03_23_tkl_archive.asp#200044764.