Maharajah Bhupinder Singh,The Patiala King and Adolf Hitler

The Maharajah of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh (1900-38) is one of the most flamboyant Maharajahs India ever had.In addition to his 20 Rolls Royce cars, he was also a ladies man.He married 10 wives, including 4 sister from Himachal and fathered nearly 100 children. In addition he was one of the rare breed of rulers who seduced an English girl from Simla.It is rumored that she was the daughter of Lord Kitchner, Commander In Chief , Indian Army. Lord kitchner was incensed at this seduction and banned the Maharajah from Simla.The maharajah went one better and built his own hill station at Chail. It is a lovely place and rivals Simla in every aspect. The charm of the Maharajah was evident as his elopement with the English girl reveals. He was handsome and had a magnetic personality.

One other facet of Bhupinder Singh is not that well known and that concerns his meetings with Adolf Hitler, in 1935. Hitler as we all know was the dictator of Germany and a man with a magnetic personality. He was to have a 10 minute meeting with Bhupinder Singh, but the meeting went so well that it continued for over an hour.The maharajah was also invited to Lunch with Hitler the next day. This invitation must be seen in the background, that Hitler rarely invited Asians for his lunches.Remember he kept Subhas Bose waiting for many weeks before he agreed to meet him? Hitler was obviously impressed with Bhupinder Singh
This was not all as Hitler presented a Maybach luxury car to the maharajah. this showed his appreciation of Bhupinder Singh. Hitler presented only 3 cars to Asian rulers and Bhupinder Singh was one of them.The British were indeed suspicious !
The car remained with the Patiala family till 1957 and then was gifted away, but this episode of Hitler presenting a car to Mahrajah Bhupinder Singh is a incident that cannot be forgotton.

Ranjeet Singh-Founder of Pakistan ? * 69

I have always wondered how Ranjeet Singh the great Sikh Maharajah is regarded in Pakistan. The fact remains that he ruled over an empire that mostly consists of present day Pakistan, with his capital at Lahore( Presently the No 1 city of Pakistan).Another fact that cannot be denied is that the majority of his subjects were Moslems. So where do we place Ranjeet Singh?
One fact that emerges is that India was never one nation, and the Muslim League under  Jinnah, made use of this argument to put forward their claim for Pakistan. In fact Jinnah sited the example of Ranjeet Singh in his arguments with the Congress.There is also the fact that in 1946 Jinnah gave a blank cheque to the Sikhs to join Pakistan, as he never wished the Punjab to be divided.
Ranjit Singh during his reign mounted battles against the Afghans in the West.( They were the Taliban of that period). He won and decimated the Afghans.Never forget that his Army had large numbers of  Punjabi Moslems and Hindus. Similarly now the Pakistan Army is in battle against the Taliban in the west like Ranjeet Singh.
Many Pakistanis now do feel that Ranjeet Singh stood for Punjabiat( Glory of Punjabis). he was not a religious fanatic and never converted anybody to Sikhism. But his subjecst loved him. Once he accepted a copy of the Koran as a gift and remarked that perhaps God gave him one eye, so that he could see all religions equally !! What a great man ! He was in my opinion the founder of Pakistan.

Why is India frightened of China ? Silly its the Political Leadership

Recently the Chinese have started issuing visa's seperately and stapling them to Indian passports for residents of Jammu an Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. This is hard to digest as these areas are a part of India. Yet the Indian government has made only some muted protests and has not gone on offensive against this Chinese step.

Throughout history after Independance the Indians seem to be in awe of China. Perhaps the 1962 defeat has something to do with this psyche. But we must understand that a policy of appeasement leads no where.Remember the famous Munich confernce of 1938, which was a sellout to Hitler, yet it didnt avert the second world war.

Keeping the above in mind some stern action by India is called for. Why can't we do the same for residents of Tibet, who are looking towards India ? Why can't we also staple visa's for residents of Tibet to their passports like the Chinese. Also it is time we cultivate Formosa openly, not forgetting South Korea, Vietnam and Japan. The age old adage faint heart never won fair woman holds. India needs to be decisive.

The Dream of Jinnah Shattered in Pakistan * 63

Recently in an animated discussion in the US Club at Bombay, some one voiced an opinion that the state of Pakistan was the anti-thesis of what Jinnah wanted. Jinnah no doubt subscribed to the two nation theory, but that was just to counter Gandhi and Nehru. There is also little doubt that Jinnah was a secularist as is evidenced by his speech at Karachi after the creation Pakistan. Jinnah commented that religion was an individuals own perception and the state had nothing to do with it.
But alas ! that has not happened. Laws have been passed in Pakistan that make  a mockery of Jinnah's assertion. In particular the blasphemy laws are a terror and are used to cow down the minorities.In fact in a population  with 97% Muslims ,the number of blasphemy cases against minorities number over 70%.That is sad ,as the gun and the mullah have joined hands in Pakistan to create a Islamic state with the severest blasphemy laws.
No other nation and that includes the Muslim nations like Turkey and Egypt have any such severe laws.Sadder still is the fact that anyone who wishes to get the blasphemy laws repealed is murdered.Thus the killing of the Pakistan Governor  of the Punjab province is a pointer.The killer was showered with flowers and rose petals.Jinnah the ultimate secularist must be turning over in his grave at the mayhem enacted by Islamic hardliners, in the state created by him.

Acharya Rajneesh-A Brilliant Man * 72

The brilliance of Rajneesh can be seen from this excerpt from his biography, The Luminous Rebel. It shows what a sharp and incisive man he was.

The first college I entered, I wanted to learn logic.And the old professor... Started talking about Aristotle, the father of western logic...I said 'wait a minute. Do you know that Aristotle writes in his book that women have less teeth then men? "He said 'My God, what kind of question is this?' I said "it has something very fundamental to do with the whole process of logic. Are you aware that Aristotle had two wives?' He said, "I don't know... from where are you getting these facts?"But in Greece it has traditionally known for centuries that women were bound to have everything less than men. Naturally they couldn't have the same number of teeth as men. "I said," And you call this man Aristotle the father of Logic? He could have at least counted-he had two wives available, but he didn't count"

We should thus not dismiss Rajneesh as a charlatan.He was certainly much more.Perhaps my article on Suite 101 and Ezine articles can be read in this conjunction. Rajneesh  later assumed the title "OSHO" and mesmirsed am entire generation. One wonders where the mass of his followers place him a 100 years own the line

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Savita Bhabhi Cartoon and its effect in India

Savita Bhabhi is India’s first and only on line cartoon porn star. With a lovely body and a mischievous grin she has fascinated millions.
The Savita Bhabhi site, featured a series of daily cartoon strips based on the “sexual adventures of a hot Indian bhabhi” (sister-in-law), is the creation of Puneet Agarwal, 38, an Indian, from the UK. One typically titillating storyline involved a travelling lingerie salesman ringing Savita’s doorbell and the escapades that followed. It was also hilarious and some learned persons commented, that it drew its inspiration from the ancient Indian sexual texts like the Kama sutra.

 However the Government ordered Internet service providers to block the site under section 67 of the Information Technology Act. The law allows the Government to ban websites that threaten “the sovereignty or integrity of India, defence and security of the state” or that endanger “friendly relations with foreign states”.

Savita Bhabhi plays on the fixation of the Indian man for the Bhabhi. These are harmless tales of love.
India’s decision to blacklist Savita while continuing to allow unfettered access to traditional hardcore pornography sites is a matter of ridicule. People are hoping that Savita Bhabhi will soon have unfettered access to all and sundry.