Obama Has Lost Control of Congress: How does it Reflect on Obama as President

President Obama has many firsts to his credit. He was the single US President who never started a war and he was also the first Black( Afro -American) President. But I am afraid that is about all and his period otherwise was a lack luster one. In fact I can't help feeling that I saw shades of Gorbchov, the Russian president in him. He was a man hemmed in by centuries of colored people belief and the fact that America was supposed to be a world leader. The fact that he was colored perhapss clouded his thinking about keeping the image of America ahead as a world power. He carried out significant shifts in US policy , particularly in the Middle East where his approach was decidedly luke warm towards Israel.

He was also not clear how to deal with China and his policy of disengagement actully saw American prestige slide down in the world. The nearest I can think closer to his policies and lack lustre tenure is that of Jimmy Carter. Carter lost in a re-election, but Obama supported by a large Black vote continued and won. But just sitting in the Presidents chair is one thing and being decisive is another thing. Obama frankly lacked the 'inner magnetism' associated with a great leader.

Now Obama will face a hostile Congress as the mid-term election has shown the US President low in popularity scale. His opponents have won and control the Congress. The next 2 years will be hard for Obama and the US will have to put up wwith him. Looking in hindsight, Obama was the wrong man to head the Presidency at this juncture. The US economy is not going up and American influence in the world is going down. In addition his tenure as president has seen a rise in Muslim fundamentalism. I am afraid his predeccessor George Bush and he have contributed greatly in any chance of winning the war against militant Islam. Despite all talk of terror having no religious color, the fact is that all terror groups led by the ISI and al Qaeda are Muslim. Obama who spent 2 years in a Madrasa( Muslim School) has failed to recognize this, perhaps because of the conflict in his thinking of the rights of the Afro American and the US power.

Removals of Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi,both bulwarks against Muslim fundamentalism including Hosni Mubarak has spelt the diminishing role of American policy in Middle east. You don't get an ambassador killed like in Benghazi everyday. His cover up was atrocious as some in his adminstration tried to link it to a film of Prophet Mohammed made in USA, which showed Mohemmed in a negative way. Thus Obama will pass the next two years in his office doing "Kadam Tal" meaning marching on the spot and not moving forward. His will be a forgettable presidency.

Bangladesh and Nepali Girls are Slaves and Traded as a Commodity in India

Officially the slavetradeis banned in India for that matter all over the world. But the laws that exist on paper are flouted as the guiding principle is poverty. As with all trade acommodity sells when buyers areavailable. It is a classic case of need coupled with supply and demand. Slave markets haven’t really gone away and they exist in varying degrees from Africa to Asia. In India there is a flourishing slave market for girls from Nepal and Bangladesh. Both these nations are impoverished and thus easy prey to this nefarious trade.

I have pointed out one of the commodities in great demand is young girls from Bangladesh and Nepal. Great poverty in these 2 nations has spawned a trade in girls. Nepalese girls fetch a higher price as they are fair and considered better than Bangladesh girls, who are darkish. Given the fetish in the sub continent for fairness, it is obvious that Nepali girls fetch a higher price.

The price of a girl also depends on age and other factors. Virgins are the highest priced. What I write is a fact.The market for Nepal girls is at Siliguri in North Bengal. I was able to visit this bazaar where the girls are traded. Men folk from Nepal actively sell the girls. A BEAUTIFUL Nepali virgin can fetch a very high price. It could touch 50 thousand rupees. Once a girl , the buyer can keep her as maid, bed mate, maid or anything. He can also sell her later. Many are forced into prostitution. Girls from Bangladesh are more in number and cheaper. Generally they are however considered more loyal. Small illegal bazaars exist close to Kolkata. The slave trade has really not gone away

Rituals that bring Power to a Man: Worshiping the Godess of War Chandi

Chandi is the GodDess of war. She is another incarnate of Durga the Supreme Goddess. Chandi is worshiped by millions of soldiers and there are rituals that will confer superpowers on the disciples of Chandi. Guru Gobind Singh in his "Dasam Granth" has an entire chapter dedicated to Chandi called "Chandi di Var". This chapter eulogizes the glory of the Goddess Chandi. He in fact spent 40 nights in the Himalayas perfecting the rituals that brought him close to the Goddess Chandi and he attained super powers of ESP among other things from the Goddess.

I will now relate a tale which is true in every sense. As it concerns my father, I am inclined to believe it. When the old man was young he met a Chela or a man of spirits who gave him a mantra. He told my father to recite the Mantra every night after midnight in a pond of water when he was half immersed in it. My father duly carried out the Mantra till on the 40th night when strange things began to happen. The pond was filled with crocodiles who rushed towards my father. He held his nerve , but lo and behold the Crocodiles vanished and he was accosted by big flames all around. The pond was on fire.

 This is the time he lost his nerve and fled from the pond reciting the Jap the sacred prayer of Nanak all the time.

Next day he met the Chela and related all that happened. The Chela admonished my father for running away and told him that Chandi was just testing him. Had he braved two or 3 more tests the Goddess herself would have appeared and granted him powers of ESP. I really do not know what to say of this tale. But as it is related by my own father, I think it is true. I wonder how my readers feel about it.

Understanding Acharya Rajneesh: a Man who is a Great Thinker and Philosopher

I wonder how many people know about Acharya Rajneesh. He was a professor of philosophy in a college in Jubbulpore, before he had a vision and set up his own religious cult. Rajneesh moved to Pune and his teachings attracted many people including foreigners. The Acharya re-interpreted the old Hindu concept of Tantra and brought out a new technique in meditation. Many doctors have vouchsafed the beneficial effect of his meditation technique.

Rajneesh is wrongly identified with open sex or free sex. He preached something different in which sex and orgasm had a very low priority. To understand Rajneesh takes time and one will have to read a number of his almost 200 books to get an idea of what Rajneesh meant. However he did accept the Hindu concept of sex as a path of salvation. But it’s not a cut and dried approach, but a deep philosophy that needs understanding.

An incident about Rajneesh stay in college is worth recounting. While attending a class of Philosophy Rajneesh asked the professor a man of letters that did he know how many teeth Aristotle's wives had. This was a silly question and irritated the professor. Who asked him why he had asked this foolish question. Rajneesh replied that Aristotle had stated that women had fewer teeth then men. At least he could have counted as he had two wives. Thus he struck a blow at the man who is considered the father of logic. For Aristotle just went by the prevalent belief at that time that women had everything less then men. Coming to sex, Rajneesh is again not understood. He stated nothing new. Everything he wrote and said is there in Hindu Tantra, so I wonder why stress is laid on his sexual advice as he had a lot of other things to say. He was a brilliant man and deserves to be remembered and followed. It will open another world that is difficult to reach and needs a Guru.

Paradise Means Lovely Virgins who Re-grow Hymens and Boys who Attend

Lovely virgins who regrow their hymens for sensual pleasure This is a concept of Paradise that will appeal to all men. A place of eternal bliss with magical, lovely women virgins, complete with hymen intact and breasts that never sag. Women whose sweat smells like musk and who have large eyes and are perpetual virgins.They are houries or beautiful women who have no hair except eyebrows. In case one can have a pick than a number of them , to be specific 72 would fill any mans cup of joy. Yes ! its good to dream of a sensual paradise. A dream that adds substance to a dreary world. Anybody can be taken in by such dreams, particularly a fanatic when he is told that is something that is sacrosanct.

This paradise which is sensual in nature is one of the beliefs that is part of Islam. It is also mentioned in the Koran and thus is the word of god. Frankly, this is one belief that is a great motivator as it creates something that all men desire. The hourie is the most beautiful woman in the world a celestial virgin of great beauty.

Ismail ibn Kathir (born 1301 in Syria) wrote quite extensively about the 72 Virgins from the Quran in his commentary on it called "Tafsir ibn Kathir. This is a widely accepted commentary in Islam

A few selected quotes are quite motivating. It was mentioned by Daraj Ibn Abi Hatim, that Abu al-Haytham 'Adullah Ibn Wahb narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudhri, who heard the Prophet Muhammad PBUH saying, 'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a. Al-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, Ch. 21, No. 2687.

QURAN 44:51-55): "Verily! The righteous will be in Paradise. Among Gardens and Springs; Dressed in fine silk and also in thick silk, facing each other, and We shall marry them to Houris with wide, lovely eyes."

My Tryst with a Catholic Nun

Some time back I had written a post on the Catholic faith in India. One of my ‘fans’ had commented that I was a believer in infidelity’ maybe I am, but what I am going to relate is a factual account of a happening when I had just joined the Air Force and was under training. The Air Force administrative College is located at Red Fields in Coimbatore. It’s a hallowed college and has been there since the days of the Raj and the Royal Indian Air Force. All pilot trainees were supposed to spend 3 months at this college to get a basic understanding of service life like parade, drills and small arms practice before going on the learn to fly at the Air Force academy.

Accordingly I reached Coimbatore and the Drill instructor Sargent Thevar began to put us through our paces. There was no booking out for 4 weeks and that too after passing the Drill test. I passed and heaved a sigh of relief as I could book out. There was however a caveat and the booking dress were a white pant and shirt with the striped blue Air Force Tie. I remember I saw a movie. I think it was ‘Conon the Destroyer’ and I left the cinema hall to get back to the college before the booking in time of 10pm.

 Then it began to rain and thunder reverberated and reverberated again and again. I ran to a small shelter and took refuge there. As lightening flashed across the sky, I saw that I was in the foyer of a dilapidated building. I was further intrigued when I saw a nun in one corner of the foyer. I wondered where her companion was as Nuns move in pairs. She was absolutely drenched and her gray smock clung to her. She was young perhaps not more than 20 and I was also of the same age. My tie was a give way and I think she knew I was from the Air force college. 

"What about your friend ?" I asked

" oh she went for a rickshaw. But she is probably stuck now" she replied

I also made out she was slightly darkish and I concluded she was a Malayali from Kerala. The rain now increased in intensity and I walked to the nun and suggested that we move inside as the rain was lashing all around and she and I were getting wetter. I held out my hand she caught it and we went inside the dilapidated building. It was dark inside and the heavens were roaring. I realized it was rain storm. The nun sneezed and I suggested she remove her smock or she would get a cold. This was an innocent suggestion and the nun began to remove her robe. Lightening flashed across and in the split second I saw the nun naked with just a bra and panty.

God now took a hand and what happened after that has remained a blur in my memory. After the act was over, I could sense that there was some blood and the rain had stopped. I kissed and got up to dress and when I turned around the girl was gone. It was a silent withdrawal, more like a feline cat.

I reached the guard room, 30 minutes late and my Course Commander Squadron Leader DL Dhār awarded me 2 pack parades.

 I will not dwell on what a pack parade is, but it’s a tough punishment. I didn't regret the punishment one bit. I finished my training and left and as a Flight Lieutenant came again to Red Field 5 years later. I went to the seminary and met the mother superior and was told that many nuns had been sent to USA. It is an episode that is in my mind. Something that happened that was to happen for as Lord Krishna says in the Gita” Not a leaf moves without my will”.

Boko Haram, Abducted Girls and Nigeria: The World is Impotent

Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It is a country which at one time was part of the British empire and was a relatively peaceful place. But once the British left, the lid blew off and the nation came to grips witha fundamental schism, a division between Islam and Christianity. Both religions have the same roots and Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet, but the fact is that in practice the two religions are incompatible.

This is the genesis of a Muslim revolt in the North of the country. This revolt is now hijacked by a extremist Muslim organization called the Boko Haram. This group has the same dream as the ISI and the same modus operandi. In their battle with Christian south the Boko Haram fighters abducted nearly 200 young girls froma school. The girls were taken to their strongholds and as per reports converted to Islam and many were married off to Jihadi fighters.

There are reports that some of the girls have been sexually exploited. The Nigerian army has failed miserably in fighting Boko Haram and the West led by France and the USA despite lip service have done nothing. The girls remain in captivity and its a moot point whether they will ever come back. Boko Haram is a strong military force and unless the more powerful nations intervene there can be no succour for Nigeria.