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These Shop Names Show The Popularity Of Modi

“खन्ना का असली नाम खन्ना था। वैसे ही, जैसे तिलक, पटेल, गाँधी, नेहरू आदि हमारे यहाँ जाति के नहीं, बल्कि व्यक्ति के नाम हैं। इस देश में जाति-प्रथा को दूर करने की यही एक सीधी-सी तरकीब है। जाति से उसका नाम छीनकर उसे किसी आदमी का नाम बना देने से जाति के पास और कुछ नहीं रह जाता। वह अपने-आप ख़त्म हो जाती है।” (श्रीलाल शुक्ल, राग दरबारी)

[Translation: “Khanna’s real name was Khanna. Just as in our country Tilak, Patel, Gandhi, Nehru etc are not names of castes, rather of person. This only is the simplest way to get rid of casteism in this country. By taking away the name from any caste and making it the name of any individual, nothing is left with the caste. It disappears on its own.” (Srilal Shukla, Raag Darbari)]

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Why I Do Not Discuss Politics And Current Affairs

Every other day I am pulled into conversation and someone or other solicits my comments or opinion on any topic of current affairs or politics. I try my best to avoid it, simply because I do not have any facts with me. I tell them that I do not possess the basic information or knowledge or expertise on this topic, so I am not the appropriate person to be asked this question. But what shocks me is that my requests as a rule fall on deaf ears as they keep on pressing me for an opinion. Most of the time there is no escape route, i.e., I cannot leave the place or the situation. Then I have to surrender. It is so embarrassing and disgusting. It certainly leaves a bad taste in mouth as I am filled with a deep sense of guilt of committing something which I was not supposed to do. But irrespective of my comment — either in favour or opposition to the proposition — they do not seem to mind my lack of expertise. Nobody seems to mind lack of knowledge or expertise to be a serious issue any more. 

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For example, see:

  1. Narendra Modi’s chest barb a Chambal dacoit’s boast: SP, The Times of India, 25 January 2014.
  2. PM Modi’s 56-inch chest has not decreased ‘an inch’: Rajnath Singh, The Indian Express, 28 May 2016.
  3. Sena dig at PM Modi, say Pakistan’s PM now showing ’56-inch chest’, The Indian Express, 26 September 2016.
  4. ’56-inch chest’ is now 100-inch: Shivraj Singh Chouhan praises surgical strikes across LoC, The Indian Express, 1 October 2016.
  5. Farmers’ chest is of ’56-inch’ for working in odd conditions, not of PM Narendra Modi: Jyotiraditya Scindia, The Indian Express, 5 October 2016.

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Translation: You can go only if you have come! Context: Actor-turned-politician Mr. Mithun Chakraborty, who had attended the upper house of parliament for only 3 days in more than two-and-a-half years, resigned from the house citing health reasons. This also brings to focus the poor attendance of several other members of parliament.

Mithun Chakraborty’s photo source : Wikimedia

Reference:

Mithun quits Rajya Sabha, cites health, The Indian Express, 28 December 2016.