Why should we reject the idea of AAP?

If you can't win, then spoil BJP's victory by allowing a cheap 3rd grade party to contest elections.

– This is not Dirty Tricks but OLD Congress strategy 

Arvind Kejriwal formed Aam Admi Party (AAP) to introduce corruption free governance in India; however, his party seems to be faltering even before achieving any victory. On the face, it seems that these are mere accusations but a deeper insight indicates that Kejriwal's political journey is loaded with lies. It also tells us that Mr. Kejriwal is offering nothing but a slightly refined version of BSP and SP in Delhi. If that is the case, then we (the common citizens) should reject AAP from the very beginning. 

Just recently, Mr. Kejriwal also had to confront some genuine questions against the functioning of his party which he completely failed to address. Given that AAP is a new party, Mr. Kejriwal should take extra care in setting an example; however, his attitude signifies that AAP was never formed to offer transparent governance.  

Understanding the inner workings and intentions of AAP and Mr. Kejriwal is also important because it will help us to form a 360 degree view of AAP. Keeping this in mind, the following are some of the points that every voter must ponder upon before voting for AAP:

Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi rejected AAP

Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi never became part of AAP. Why? Because, they felt that adding a political dimension will reduce the relevance of a civil society based anti-corruption movement. Moreover, Anna and Kiran Bedi had a better understanding of the internal dynamics of IAC's anti-corruption team which enabled them to reject the formation of a political front. 

Anna and Kiran were also the most honest and clean leaders of the anti-corruption movement. Without them, AAP looks more like a typical power hungry party which is willing to perform any cheap stunt for winning more votes. 

Kejriwal – The most Honest Leader
Mr. Kejriwal loves to portray himself as the savior of common man; however, plenty of loopholes can be identified in his own conduct which indicate that his honesty is simply a facade. AAP has used aggressive perception management techniques to maintain its reputation of being a transparent and anti-corruption party – for example, Internal Lokpal, List of donors on website etc. These are farce attempts to fool the gullible public because since its formation, AAP has not punished a single person through Internal Lokpal. Also, AAP categorically declares that it will not take Suo Moto action against its own party members but establish an inquiry only if someone files a complaint. Obviously, AAP lacks the intent to deliver transparent governance because the party was never serious about it.

Going forward, the questions below are specific to Mr. Arvind Kejriwal who is so fond of beating the "Most Honest" drum: 

1. Why was Mr. Kejriwal never never transferred out of Delhi during 15 years of his service?
2. Why were SIM cards issued in Anna's name due to which Anna became an accused in the SIM card scam? 
3. Why were the funds collected in the anti-corruption movement misused? If the funds were not misused, then why is Anna questioning the improper utilization of such funds?   
4. Why have the Pakistani Islamists launched an online donation campaign for AAP?
5. Why Anna's name was used for campaigning in Delhi Assembly when you had already refused using his name? 
6. How come Mr. Kejriwal has three voter IDs from Sahibabad, New Delhi and Seemapuri? 
7. Why were you so much willing to make Anna a martyr when he was fasting in the anti-corruption movement? 
8. Why did Mr. Kejriwal end his fast until death midway?

IT Commissioner

Mr. Kejriwal stressed many times that he would have earned crores had he continued as an IT commissioner. This is simply an attempt to highlight his sacrifice which is in sync with media's portrayal of Sonia Gandhi as a sacrificial goddess after 2004 elections. However, the public should not be fooled by such theatrics because these attempts are only symbolic in nature which only misguide public on an emotional plane. Therefore, the common man should assess Kejriwal on the following basis:

1. Whether Mr. Kejriwal really worked as an IT commissioner during his tenure at Indian Revenue Services (IRS)? The answer is NO, Kejriwal never worked as an IT commissioner – The IRS has denied his claim. In my honest opinion, this in itself is a sufficient reason to reject Mr. Kejriwal.
2. While giving such a statement, Mr. Kejriwal branded every IRS officer as a corrupt person and also maligned the image of IRS. 

AAP & Secularism

Since its formation, AAP has taken a position that is similar to Congress' stand on secularism. In fact, the party has gone a step further to appease the minorities. It has openly supported separation of Kashmir from India (Prashant Bhushan), called Batla encounter fake and also met controversial Muslim leaders like Tauqeer Raza who issued Fatwas against Tasleema Nasreem and George Bush (Ex-President of US). Mr. Kejriwal has also been frequently seen with Imam Bukhari who is quite well known for supporting Islamic rule in India.

AAP is treading on a dangerous path of pseudo-secularism which is harmful for the majority and is against national interests. I would not be shy to call AAP an anti-national party.

Sting Operation

Just recently, a sting operation exposed serious gaps in the internal governance of AAP. It showed prominent and senior party members such as Shazia Ilmi, Dr. Kumar Vishwas and others willingness to sell a seat for INR 2 crores. This is an eye opener for those who think that Kejriwal is in politics for some noble cause. 

Kejriwal's political acumen is no less than that of Digvijay OR Manish Tiwari – rather he is just more refined due to his educational qualification.  

High Decibel sounds

With all the hoopla that surrounds AAP regarding its anti-corruption stand, Kejriwal doesn't really have an impressive on field governance track record. He has only made high decibel sounds that lacked follow up through concrete field work. Given the evidence of corruption in Robert Wadhera land deals, Kejriwal could have easily filed a PIL. However, Kejriwal is more keen on a short-cut route which will obviously adversely influence AAP's anti-corruption stand.

Lack of experience in delivering results through concrete on field activism highlights Mr. Kejriwal's intent to eradicate corruption.

The Lokpal Bluff

Most of the AAP leaders sell on implementing Lokpal to bring transparent governance; however, this is nothing but a white lie. AAP cannot implement lokpal because Delhi is a Union Territory (UT) in which case Parliament approval is a must.  

Weakens our democracy

Let's be practical about it, AAP has no chance of a clean majority in Delhi. If AAP gets a chance to play a role of kingmaker, then the following 3 outcomes will be possible: 

Alliance with Congress
This will be the most likely situation because of the inherent ideological similarities between AAP and Congress – for example, Pseudo Secularism and pro-jihadi stand.

Neutral
This will only result in loss of time, energy and money for the Delhi citizens AND it will be a great injustice to the institute of democracy.

Alliance with BJP
This is highly unlikely because of the ideological differences between AAP and BJP. Moreover, BJP would not prefer to align with AAP primarily because of latter's controversial stand on Batla encounter and meetings with leaders such as Imam Bukhari and Tauqir Raza. 

Your vote to AAP is a vote to Congress and it seriously damages the future of Delhi. In nutshell, Delhi citizens will be deprived of a fresh positive change only because of the nefarious agenda of Congress and AAP. 

Ugly face of India's Mainstream Media (MSM)

Media and Ethics in India are inversely proportional because nowdays you will rarely find media to perform a true, investigative and fair role in broadcasting news. No doubt it has become the most fertile ground to run propagandas for political parties and large business houses. Money is the underlying motivation to showcase news that favor selective clients.  

Media is playing a role of a "Pure-play Mercenary" whose only objective is revenue maximization through any means i.e. ethical or unethical. Since, these pure-play media mercenaries are prone to adopt unethical methods of revenue maximization, the Congress and Communists are their natural allies. However, the Congress has taken complete control over these media houses. Under such circumstances, how can the public expect that the news on media channels are not unbiased.

While most of the businesses follow Organic or Inorganic growth strategies to increase their market share and influence, Indian media adopts the Dynastic growth to achieve the same objective at a higher pace. 

A Dynastic growth is the most efficient because it allows businesses to go full throttle towards profit maximization. The following are the major characteristics of this strategy:

1. Favor the dynasty in return for undue favors - Indian media pleases the Dynasty in a simple but highly effective manner given as below:
• Target enemies of Dynasty: Persistently hound celebrities or personalities that have the capability to challenge the Dynasty OR its pervert agenda. Fabricate stories and run false propagandas to defame such powerful personalities. Perform the roles of investigating agencies, judiciary and other relevant committees AND then pass the judgement, final sentence and ultimate lessons from the case during 30 minute prime time debates. Indian media leverages wealth of its resources to harass prominent personalities and also to influence the perception of the common man. People such as Nitin Gadkari, Swamy Nityanand, Asaram Bapu and Swamy Ramdev have been under the line of fire of media. 
• Ignore/Justify the faults of Dynasty: Ignore the wrongs and scream on top of the voices for any little good done by Dynasty. This has been the mantra for survival, fame and growth amongst the media guys. Till date, the media has not had the courage to name the major culprits of various scams in UPA-II for example, Sonia, Raul, Bianca and Sonia's Italian sisters. These people have enjoyed maximum benefits at at the cost of taxpayers money.
2. The undue favors is a license to adopt Ignoble methods to further increase growth
3. Ignoble methods include Blackmailing, Sting Operations, Driving popularity of new & favorable laws, Supply of Liquor & Drugs, Women exploitation and Targeting opponents on false charges. 

Media's blatant use of the Dynastic politics has helped them to wield considerable influence over people's perception across the country. 

However, mainstream media's current way of functioning has caused significant mess in India's political, administrative and economic eco-system. It has given vertical as well as horizontal push to the black money economy and corruption. Media has transformed unorganized corruption into organized corruption. 

Clearly, the transformation has caused a lot of anguish and frustration amongst the youth of the country. This is because India's youth refuses to be enamored by the Gandhis in exchange of accepting corruption as a way of life. The youth demands performance, transparency, development and equality for each Indian. Congress, during its 60 years of rule, has failed miserably to offer sustainable solutions in these areas. In spite of the failure in governance, our media still blindly favors the Gandhis. 

Nonetheless, the common man is now beginning to understand the difference between ideal and actual role of mainstream media. As a result, many youngsters (within the bracket of 18-35) have begun to voice their opinions on parallel channels like Social Media. This has somewhat restrained media to go full throttle, nonetheless, it's inclination towards the Dynasty is quite visible. The following are some of the examples that highlight the "not so neutral" side of Indian media:

1. National Herald Scam: Rahul and Sonia are the main beneficiaries and the evidence of their involvement is crystal clear. The scam enabled the Gandhis to loot National Herald's property worth INR 2000 crores in return of a petty loan worth INR 90 crores. The major parties involved are given below:
1. National Herald - A newspaper which was closed in 2008 due to financial crisis
2. Associated Journals Ltd - The publishers of National Herald 
3. Young Indian - A trust company formed in 2010 with Rahul & Sonia havings 76% shareholding
4. Congress Party
2. 2G spectrum: A. Raja was shown and declared as the major culprit; however, others such as Chidambram, Sonia and her sisters were the major beneficiaries who were deliberately kept out of the media focus. 
3. Thorium Scam: Thorium is a highly powerful material that can be used in nuclear reactors with very less adverse affects. Initially, export of Thorium was not possible because it was a prescribed substance under the Atomic Energy Act. However, our PM Dr. Manmohan Singh delisted this product in order to allow its export to foreign countries, particularly USA. Thorium is India's great Oil discovery, then why our Indian media is silent on highlighting this scam to general public? 
4. CWG Scam: Kalmadi was made the scapegoat for the entire scam but other prominent leaders like Shiela Dikshit and Sandeep Dikshit were also involved. The cuts of the scam went right up to the top of the pyramid but Media simply did not show any spine in getting hold of the main culprits.

Media continues to ignore plenty of other issues because it helps them to make Super-normal profits. For example, the media has not made any effort to highlight the injustice done to Sukanya Devi who was raped by Rahul Gandhi and his foreign friends in Amethi. The Robert Vadra land scams were on the news channels only for couple of days and then went off. Dynasty's close connections are also let off by the media, for example, Tarun Tejpal 's rape of a 22 year old girl who worked as an employee of Tehelka. 

The media has not shown the same passion and intensity in following up with cases that involved the Dynasty.

Compare this with other news such as that of Bapu Asaram whose not been proved guilty but he has already been adjudged as a culprit. Nitin Gadkari was hounded 24/7 for allowing his employees to be the director but nothing came out of the scam and nothing was proved. Recently, the Uttarakhand government has filed 81 cases against Baba Ramdev to not only harass, blackmail and defame him but to shut his voice against Dynasty. 

In other cases, particularly in relation to Dynasty's opponents, our mainstream media has put in 500% effort to create smoke out of thin air. 

Given the facts, the mainstream media needs to change its course, that is, switch from a Dynastic to a Dynamic-Democratic system wherein it allows the voice of common people to be heard across the country. The media also needs to be more accountable towards the quality and factual correctness of news it is reporting. If media fails to take these steps, then it risks losing its relevance completely.

Sanskrit as India's National Language

सरस्वति महाभागे विद्ये कमललोचने।

विद्यारूपे विशालाक्षि विद्यां देहि नमोऽस्तु ते॥

Oh Great Goddess Sarasvati! The embodiment of knowledge!

One with broad eyes beautiful like lotus petals! Learning Solidified!

My salutations to you. Grant me the knowledge.

Sanskrit is the fountainhead of all languages on earth – that is why Sanskrit is popularly known as the mother of all languages. The word Sanskrit indicates perfection as explained below:

1. Sanskrit = Sam + Krit
2. Sam means entirely, wholly OR perfectly; AND
3. Krit means done

When we add Sam and Krit, we get Sanskrit which means 'perfectly done'. All our scriptures namely the Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas were originally written in Sanskrit which highlights its relevance.

In ancient times, Sanskrit was the preferred mode of communication amongst rishis as well as the common man. During those times, our ancestors used Sanskrit in every field – for example, trade, education, research & development and administration. India's glorious past also coincides with a time when Sanskrit was the most dominant language. Sanskrit's original structure and form is still available and prevalent in some parts of India.

It would be naive to underestimate the utility and potential of Sanskrit as many scientists, linguists, and scholars study Vedas and Upanishads in the present times. Sanskrit has been gaining traction due to its practical applicability across different fields such as computer science, energy, nano technology and space programs. 

Sanskrit may have been ignored but it is far from being dead. On the contrary, Sanskrit is reviving all over the world and will soon become the most dominant language.

I would like to highlight the following reasons for declaring Sanskrit as India's national language. They are given below:

Sanskrit is a Scientific Language
In 1985, Rick Briggs, who worked at NASA Ames Research Center, highlighted the suitability of Sanskrit as a perfect language for artificial intelligence. He compared Sanskrit with English and proved that a Sanskrit sentence rendered into triples matches precisely with the analysis achieved through application of computer processing. Through a series of tests and analysis, the author proved that Sanskrit is the most specific and unambiguous language and hence apt for computer programming.

The westerners will not openly admit the supremacy of Sanskrit; however, they are gradually realizing its advantages. 

Don't be surprised if you witness Western Sanskrit scholars visiting India to teach Sanskrit. Such a trend is already visible in other areas such as Yoga and ISKCON.

National Identity and Unity
Sanskrit has the ability to unify people across different states of India. The South Indian languages such as Tamil, Malyalam, Telugu, and Kannada are very similar to Sanskrit. In North India, majority of Indians are comfortable with Hindi which is also a subset of Sanskrit. Adoption of Sanskrit as the national language will effectively unite the different chords of our culture whether in North, South, East OR West. Sanskrit will stimulate a sense of nationalism in our country which will also nurture unity.

India, under the umbrella of unity, will be able to withstand different foreign attacks that may be targeted on our culture, business and religion.

Ocean of Knowledge
It is a given fact that vast knowledge exists in our scriptures such as Vedas and Upanishads. Our scriptures cover almost every topic that is relevant as per the current times – for example, science, literature, poetry, law, economy, philosophy, religion, defense and others. While translations of these scriptures exist, they are not able to convey the same meaning as provided in the original. Therefore, Sanskrit is the key to access, analyse and utilize this knowledge. 

Sanskrit is the bridge through which these oceans of knowledge can be crossed, understood and applied for the welfare of the mankind.

Connect with Culture
Sanskrit will help Indians to connect with India's ancient culture and traditions which will influence our thought, speech and actions in a positive manner. Nation wide adoption of Sanskrit will help India to regain its identity thereby bringing in revolutionary changes in the mindset of every person of the country. Sanskrit will help Indians to transform, evolve and change to become true Hindus. Consequently, one can expect the Hindus to rise and fight for justice, women safety, gender equality, transparent administration and crime reduction.

Sanskrit will transform passive Hindus (those disconnected from their roots due to the influence of Britishers and Muslims) into active Virat Hindus.

Government's role
Our government has failed to leverage the hidden treasures of our scriptures; however, it has been quite pliant towards western culture. Lack of efforts towards understanding our culture has only helped the West to dominate at global level. It has helped Islam to dominate on the basis of oil reserves and not due to any significant scientific achievement. West has borrowed Indian concepts, applied them in their laboratories and then achieved favorable results due to continuous support from their governments. They have re-packaged the already existing scientific discoveries and created products that are acceptable to masses. Obviously, they were smart enough to pocket nice and handsome profits from such ventures. 

Whereas, India which is the original source of all knowledge still continues to languish in business, science & technology and political dominance at global level. This equation needs to be re-balanced in order to rectify the wrongs committed on India. 

India's time to lead, secure and enlighten the world is long overdue; however, many times it has fallen short of its true potential. The change is possible provided we elect leaders who display Will power, Imagination and Courage through their actions.

In the end, I would like to conclude by the following couplets:

"Sanskrit is the mother,
Sanskrit is the root,
Sanskrit is the future,
Sanskrit is the soul of India"

– Gaurav Bhatia