tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post41222897735710582..comments2024-01-18T11:34:21.654+05:30Comments on The Intelligent Woman's Toyboy: A Reality Check!Ajit Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-16325699076315075822016-10-21T14:46:38.476+05:302016-10-21T14:46:38.476+05:30Thought provoking as always. Enjoyed reading your ...Thought provoking as always. Enjoyed reading your piece, do write a rejoinder on the 'why's too sometime, pointers on why is Kashmir so important to Pakistan (you did touch on it briefly in the beginning) for instance. More power to your pen!<br /><br />Sorry to hear about your loss, hope you are coping better now.Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283907334395658780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-70132604015075389342016-10-15T17:47:30.833+05:302016-10-15T17:47:30.833+05:30Couldn't agree more .Sharing with family and f...Couldn't agree more .Sharing with family and friends. Brave of you to write, but as you rightly said some one has to, and must say it. <br /><br />Manisha VermaAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-25250550768833164432016-10-15T17:44:39.597+05:302016-10-15T17:44:39.597+05:30For once we agree on almost all that you have writ...For once we agree on almost all that you have written… <br />Its disgusting to hear all that is going on round us post Uri.. <br /><br />But yes, thanks for sharing…<br /><br />Meenu VaderaAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-414755592166265632016-10-15T17:43:19.528+05:302016-10-15T17:43:19.528+05:30Enjoyed this piece, lining up the spades by their ...Enjoyed this piece, lining up the spades by their name. Looking forward to more..<br /><br />Liby JohnsonAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-57016063041303818632016-10-15T17:41:29.722+05:302016-10-15T17:41:29.722+05:30Read your article. Am glad to know that there are ...Read your article. Am glad to know that there are a few people out there who see the dangers of this war-mongering. And have cared to write about it in a well-thought and informed manner.<br /><br />Mona K DikshitAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-11952537359957664092016-10-15T17:37:22.867+05:302016-10-15T17:37:22.867+05:30I wholeheartedly agree with your analysis. Sowing ...I wholeheartedly agree with your analysis. Sowing dragon's teeth to serve short term gains is a dangerously short sighted game. ( I wish the shouting brigade could all be given a months refresher course on the front lines so that they could get a reality check on life in the trenches ! )<br /><br />We all take for granted what our founding fathers have already written into our constitution and conveniently belittle freedoms that millions of people in Asia and the world over aspire for and are yet to achieve as unimportant.<br /><br />And despite all the constitutional guarantees we enjoy, we happily trample over the rights of so many others in various pockets of our country that we don't like/agree with.<br />Hard times ahead ? I sincerely hope not, and that my belief in the essential common sense in India will bring things back to even keel sooner rather than later.<br /><br />Viveck Crishna<br />Ajit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-74902195119006002042016-10-15T17:34:55.824+05:302016-10-15T17:34:55.824+05:30I think its a well rounded analysis of various per...I think its a well rounded analysis of various perspectives. Particularly like points 1,2,7,8 (though all of them make a whole lot of sense).<br /><br />Vibha ChhabraAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-67547243944065830012016-10-15T17:32:31.099+05:302016-10-15T17:32:31.099+05:30The timing of your two-pager is very appropriate. ...The timing of your two-pager is very appropriate. I miss people like you who can spend time to read, understand and discuss the issues. <br /><br />What is disgusting is the so called 'graduates' working in good firms behaving like Bajrang Dal members and seeing the present PM as the god who has come to rescue India. <br /><br />Here in the North, retired army officers are more in number and I happen to meet some of them in my apartment complex and university. I see them polluting the minds of others and supporting surgical strikes, war, appreciating the present government, etc. <br /><br />Few days before the 'surgican strike', I was telling my colleagues about the possible Hindu-Muslim conflicts, problems across the border to gain seats in the upcoming UP elections. They were really surprised.<br /><br />Sudarshan NaiduAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-51486812512456861882016-10-15T17:26:13.911+05:302016-10-15T17:26:13.911+05:30Fully agree .... thanks for writing this
And if I...Fully agree .... thanks for writing this<br /><br />And if I can add an 8th point, something that has been really disturbing me, that 80+ people died at the hands on the Indian police in Kashmir in the last four months, and 100+ were blinded. Sixteen were killed by Pak infiltrators. What is the difference??? They were all citizens, human beings. For the latter we make an international hue and cry. And for the former? ( And what about those 6 or 7 people who were shot by Jharkhand police for protesting the acquisition of their lands? ... the list is outside Kashmir is long too.) <br /><br />The stakes are so high this time, that Hindu Muslim will not work ... an India Pakistan has to be invoked!<br /><br />Smita AgarwalAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-6887527666844917722016-10-15T17:24:12.522+05:302016-10-15T17:24:12.522+05:30Well said!
Nandu Baig
Well said!<br /><br />Nandu Baig <br />Ajit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-44383529332949702132016-10-15T17:21:13.914+05:302016-10-15T17:21:13.914+05:30Well said Ajit. This is a classic race to the bott...Well said Ajit. This is a classic race to the bottom which only misplaced masculinity can curate. and of course, the "surgical strikes" dont seem to have done anything to the infiltration or the levels of militancy!<br /><br />Cheers.<br />Shankar VAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-55211297815926671992016-10-15T17:19:47.216+05:302016-10-15T17:19:47.216+05:30The article is really good - I was wondering who w...The article is really good - I was wondering who will speak against war and India's smug attitude on the surgical attacks. Agree with you, instead of statesmen, they are behaving like boys with toys!<br /><br />Snehalata NathAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-3880001227444377442016-10-15T17:17:07.192+05:302016-10-15T17:17:07.192+05:30Coming to your piece, well written, fairly convinc...Coming to your piece, well written, fairly convincing , people like me will be with you for most of it.<br /><br />My only concern is who do we consider as politician? Politicians are certainly not honest middle class bank Clark. They need to deal with many diverse interest simultaneously. So to be honest- what is defined as 'honest' by middle class is difficult or near impossible for a good politician to be. Many times by being honest you may face harakiri, that no one wants.<br />It reminds me of our ex CM who in his advice to party juniors had shared a learning saying, it's of no use to run the government properly, until you ensure that people "feel" the government is running properly!! So giving public speeches to enhance people's confidence is a part of the game, sober persons like you should differentiate between such talks and implementation in reality. In every profession people do the same with varying degrees, in case of politicians it is hated in many other professions it is considered mature and professional handling of situation. I think middle class on the whole is unfair to Politicians.<br /><br />Many politicians after going to grave start appearing as Statesman to public, unless they have their own historians during their life time itself! <br /><br />You name the statesman of your choice and read what people wrote during his or her life time, when alive. A lot depends on what parameters one choose to determine so called statesmanship. For example if you use getting Nobel peace prize as a parameter for a Statesman working for peace then Kailash Satyarthi will prove to be a statesman and not Mahatma Gandhi.<br /><br />Your definition of a statesman actually goes closer to what we call "social reformers", politician is a person interested in maintaining balance of power in his / her favour, may it be within the faction, intra party, inter party so on and so forth, they act like clowns to ring masters in a circus of balance of power. It is very difficult to find out who is genuine and who is fraud, secondly both positions are seen dynamic for politician. Many are both simultaneously too. Both the apparent opposite behaviours are embodied in the same body! Most humans are like that. They are not as stupid and foolish as middle class loves to believe and express loudly on TV channels! More later.<br /><br />Pravin MahajanAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-11436613448957722962016-10-11T19:26:04.640+05:302016-10-11T19:26:04.640+05:30First of all my heartfelt condolences to you and y...First of all my heartfelt condolences to you and your family.<br />In complete agreement with you Ajit...word by word and emotion to emotions! <br />The kind of jingoism being fueled by our current 'brave' political masters is going to take us in an era which will be even more dark. It will deepen the already fractured Indian society and I am shocked to see that spies (sharing your name) are being projected as the saviours of democracy in social media. The 'bhakt' army feels that speaking against the government policies is not being anti-country.<br />Congratulations on yet another brilliant piece Ajit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182066521333762575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-21193806111909012672016-10-11T19:24:49.721+05:302016-10-11T19:24:49.721+05:30First of all my heartfelt condolences to you and y...First of all my heartfelt condolences to you and your family.<br />In complete agreement with you Ajit...word by word and emotion to emotions! <br />The kind of jingoism being fueled by our current 'brave' political masters is going to take us in an era which will be even more dark. It will deepen the already fractured Indian society and I am shocked to see that spies (sharing your name) are being projected as the saviours of democracy in social media. The 'bhakt' army feels that speaking against the government policies is not being anti-country.<br />Congratulations on yet another brilliant piece Ajit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182066521333762575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-10356123298718758872016-10-11T17:36:56.638+05:302016-10-11T17:36:56.638+05:30Thank you for writing this marvelous piece.
I was...Thank you for writing this marvelous piece.<br /><br />I was fortunate to travel to Lahore this March and experience the warmth and friendship of the Pakistani people. There is a lot our countries share, including awful Governments! As you said, there are no winners in any war and it is insane to think that there can be any military 'solution' to the conflict. The situation reminds me of the movie Wag the Dog. Very scary.<br /><br />Dr. Nandita De Souza<br />Ajit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-52384559004469200142016-10-11T17:34:34.500+05:302016-10-11T17:34:34.500+05:30The article is really good - I was wondering who w...The article is really good - I was wondering who will speak against war and India's smug attitude on the surgical attacks. Agree with you, instead of statesmen, they are behaving like boys with toys!<br /><br />Snehlata NathAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-62047215661666584432016-10-11T17:33:28.048+05:302016-10-11T17:33:28.048+05:30This needed to be said. Please share your blog wid...This needed to be said. Please share your blog widely!<br /><br />Suvajit ChattopadhyayAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-64382286752266558302016-10-11T17:32:37.778+05:302016-10-11T17:32:37.778+05:30I agree with you!
The leaders who fought for inde...I agree with you!<br /><br />The leaders who fought for independence must be shuddering in their graves knowing the kind of choice the current citizens have made for their leaders, and the choices those leaders are making!!<br /><br />Natasha TrivediAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550878305275660328.post-59856222471943430302016-10-11T17:31:28.017+05:302016-10-11T17:31:28.017+05:30Absolutely brilliant again Ajit!
Dr. Amirullah Kh...Absolutely brilliant again Ajit!<br /><br />Dr. Amirullah KhanAjit Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375314355362644733noreply@blogger.com