Bhutan, India and democracy

It’s an advantage for the politicians and the media to feign an idea that everything in India happens under democratic rules. They frequently claim that it is the world’s largest democracy to be followed by the US. The general people outside India especially those of the West knew very little of India and do not care to know this country. But those who care know that India is ruled by a democratic government. They do not know that the country is in the hands of some corrupt people, the politicians and the bureaucracy. The election is like a great gamble. The winners are only gainers. So it is an advantage to take part in a gamble by giving it a sacred name.

Here the Congress party’s sole aim to keep the dynastic rule by using this democracy. Actually Congress has long ceased to be a political party. It’s a private enterprise-a particular house. Its present President has been holding this post for the last ten years. Its presidents were the cream of this country in the past. They were people India was proud of giving birth on her soil. But never before, none of them occupied the post of presidency for so long a period. It’s because the party does not represent the people of this country. The party now is a brand name of Nehru-Gandhi family.

Democracy has failed in this sub-continent. Nowhere has it been possible for democracy to find its roots i.e. in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar. Only it’s partially successful in Sri Lanka.

Unfortunately in Bhutan which was so far been ruled by a king has now become a democratic country. The king, Jigme Kesar Namgyal Wangchuk relinquished the kingship and told his people to select their ruler democratically. Nowhere in this world has happened such an incident in the past. People were not happy to accept democracy. They were very happy under monarchy. A study in 2006 ranked Bhutan as the eighth happiest country in the world. The king- Jigme Kesar Namgyal Wangchuk, and his father-the earlier king- Jigme Singye Wangchuk are extraordinary persons as kings. But I do not know whether this happy, peaceful and corruption-less tiny Himalayan country will be able to feel so happy after some years of living in democracy.

So let us compare the two situations in India and Bhutan. Here the Nehru-Gandhi family is hell bent to make Rahul Gandhi to be the next head of the state. And there in Bhutan the King is averse to be the ruler anymore.

KNOW--NoEngine-the best search device in the world

I have been thinking of writing on NO ENGINE -an internet search device which will come to the help of millions of people of this world one day. I have had some talks with those soft-ware engineers who are behind the algorithm of NO ENGINE. Recently I asked one of their directors the following question:

"The algorithm differs between engines, which is why different search engines may produce different results for the same query. Each search engine has its niche. It is however not uncommon for a user to use more than one search engine at a time. This further demonstrates the importance for website owners to be indexed and ranked well on all search engines. The aim of a search engine is to put itself in its user's shoes. They therefore want to deliver appropriate, relevant, information-rich sites that will satisfy users, first time round. How you get the websites owners indexed on NoEngine?"
In reply he informs me the following matter which is the content of this blog-posting today.

"The aim of a search engine is to put itself in its user's shoes.”

Some think that, “the importance for website owners to be indexed and ranked well on all search engines". This is a wrong conception held by the most website owners nowadays. After you study and test more, you will find ~money~ is the only way for most search engines to index commercial keywords for web pages. For example, Google won't index the keywords "GPS" to AyAy-Sir.com, no matter how good they follow Google's rule. Some website owners have the same problem for their web pages.

To get the websites owners indexed on a search-engine like No Engine the solution is providing Keyword Submit feature to a webpage owner; this is an old way algorithm but it's 100% reliable and which never misses a keyword of a person who would like to speak keywords for his/her pages. Another way is searching web pages without prejudices. Google is prejudiced since it needs to show profit to its investors, which they do by way of blocking valuable keywords of pages of excellent products of millions of good companies and internet sellers.
Google has announced that it can automatically index good results for people, but it's not true since Google’s results are results from their prejudices. "Automatic index" has its benefits, however it doesn't mean "automatic" is absolutely better than "manual", especially when Google search algorithm is full of prejudices and are meant to drop commercial, freedom and science keywords.
The name of NoEnige is since there is no search engine of trust because search engines index keyword for money. All of them speak louder for people who pay them higher. There is a FAQ- how NoEngine can make money if NoEngine does not follow the ways of other search engines?
Our idea is -if NoEngine can search keywords without prejudices and lies as Google, NoEngine can be much better than Google". Google need trillions dollars profits per year for its overhead, but we're very happy if NoEngine can make millions dollars.
Google has become evil since it has been big as Microsoft. Google must know how to lighten the pockets of millions people of in their business and the way for building an empire.
**For further reading please see what is written in Scobleizer(http://scobleizer.com/2006/02/08/):

February 8, 2006

Why do search engines lie?

Here, do a search for Memetrackers (Google, MSN, Yahoo). Now, why are none of their numbers accurate? Google says there are 713 results, but can only display 62. MSN says there are 101, but only can display 100. Yahoo says there are 368, but only can display 44.

Why aren’t there any truth in advertising laws for search engines?

Update: the numbers are changing. Google now says there are 699 results, but can only display 692 (this is after you tell it to display all duplicates).

Oh, and no engine can display more than about 1,000 results, so if they say there’s 42,000,000 results there’s no way to verify whether those numbers are accurate or not.

Update 2: Yahoo is actually accurate once you tell it to display all duplicates. It says 429 results and displays 429 results. So, Yahoo wins! (although I wish they’d all be a little clearer up front).

India-An Unfortunate Country

NEHRU AND SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS
INDIRA GANDHI

People –educated people in India still love to side with the Second Bahadur Shah and the mutinous sepoys, as they think that they might be the harbingers of freedom from the tyranny of the British. If Sepoy mutinies were successful and Bahadur Shah would have been the Emperor of Hindusthan –people in general had to suffer from an unthinkable anarchy.

Notions and natural tendencies for customary thoughts die hard. Even it takes centuries to be replaced with the truths.

I’m telling all this as I see the criminal stupidities of a political party named Indian National Congress which has always put itself in the wrong footings during critical historical moments of this hapless country. India would not have been partitioned if the Congress had accepted the proposal of Sir Stafford Cripps as advised and insisted on by Sri Aurobindo.

In 1957 Pakistan was in doldrums and at the verge of disintegration. At that time a feeler was sent to Nehru by Pakistan for some sort of overall arrangement which would undo the stark partition of 1947 but they were altogether rejected. Afterward again when Ayub Khan who had not yet superseded Iskander Mirza as President, made an unexpected visit to Delhi and proposed joint defence for India and Pakistan. As per Amal Kiran (K.D. Sethna)-“Here was the clearest sign of Pakistan’s insufficiency and her call for a fresh start pointing towards ultimate reunion……But again the Indian Government failed to cooperate. It replied to Ayub in effect ‘Joint defence against whom?’ India in that period was doing ‘bhai, Bahai’ to Red China and looking upon Soviet Russia as a close ally. If Soviet Russia was our dearest friend and red China our beloved brother, we could militarily be in no danger at all. What other power was there to pose a military threat to us?” [Our Light and Delight by Amal Kiran-page 115 to124]

The subsequent events are now a history to every Indian. The situation is such that no nation now stands as a strategic friend to India. Now India’s relations with her northern neighbours are far from good. If her relation with China is now ‘comfortable’ it’s because of her stance as an underdog. India has to buy peace with China as she can not afford to assert her say before China. Even she appears to have no courage to strongly condemn that China’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh will be a bearing on mutual relationship. And surprisingly Pakistan has very good relations with all of them including China. There is no way to show Nehru the present situation vis-a-vis Pakistan and China. Nehru did an immoral and politically blundering move to support China for her occupation of Tibet. I’m coming back to Nehru after concentrating a little about the Congress under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi. We claim to be a growing superpower. But in reality Indian Government fails to be assertive against the wrong doings of Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and even the tiny Bangladesh. India wants to be a permanent member in the Security Council of the UN. But in spite of a possibility Sashi Tharoor-India’s nominee could not won. It was because of China’s influence over George Bush.India holds no courage and influence in matters of any lapse in human rights, suppression of fight for freedom and in any serious international matter. She would never find words to utter against China even if there was genocide of Tibetans in Lhasa or elsewhere in Tibet. India would remain silent if Aung San Suu Ski were further tortured by the military junta of Myanmar.

Coming back to Nehru. He would not be forgiven in the pages of history even it takes a thousand years. He will be termed as most indecisive (his dillydallying in sending troops to Goa), his lack of courage to face a challenge (he died of heart attack after Chinese aggression), his lack of political wisdom (about China), his romantic ideas about politics and for his Himalayan blunder in putting the Kashmir issue in the UN and his refusal to act on Ayub’s feelers.

But one may forgive him for giving birth to a daughter who unlike her father was courageous and capable of taking decisions singlehandedly. She might be criticized for hundreds of her follies but so far her guts and courage is concerned one must say to her in the words of Mathew Arnold “Thou art free”. His father divided India. She divided Pakistan.

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L.K. Advani's historic failure

I remember that once L.K. Advani visited Nirod C Choudhury’s home in Oxford. Nirod C Choudhury was already above ninety then and a widower, stayed alone in his house. Advani with some people of his party (total ten or twelve nos.) visited him without prior appointment. All this I read in newspaper then. I also read that Nirod Choudhury was very much embarrassed as he was not ready to receive so many guests all of a sudden and more so when there was none with him at that time. I am telling this trivial incident to show that L.K. Advani lacks common sense. He has been projected as the next prime minister of India. I have nothing against him to decry this projection. But unfortunately L.K. Advani is not a shrewd and intelligent person. He is not even as patriotic as he and his party likes to have the people of India believe. Let us explain:

If Advani were a patriot he would have collaborated with Manmohan Singh to get the Indi-US Nuclear deal come through. He may enjoy seeing that the Congress –his opposition party, in serious troubles in retaining power in absence of left’s support. It’s natural. But it is not a question of pulling down the government; it is a question of saving India’s prestige. Moreover India stands to gain much from this nuclear deal. So the national interest is also involved here. Everybody in India knows that if BJP was in power it would move for the deal. Here lies the difference between Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Advani. Advani has failed to rise above petty party politics. The former US diplomat Strobe Talbot told on NDTV that Vajpayee Government was ready to settle for much less than what is being offered. According to him:

"The Clinton administration negotiated with the BJP-led government on the nuclear issue and that knowing what the goals of my Indian interlocutors at work at that time and seeing how those goals compare with the current Indian government has gotten out of President Bush by way of the civil nuclear deal, I can't understand how is that the BJP could oppose the deal as it obviously does." Vajpayee’s aide and former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra gave his “personal approval” to the nuclear deal, a view contrary to the BJP’s official line. This inspired Dr Manmohan Singh and he said- “I was happy to see that, responding to the call of conscience, he has openly supported the nuclear deal…Now I urge the Bhishma Pitamah of Indian politics, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to also listen to the call of his conscience and rise above narrow party interests to support the deal”. It is clear that Atal Bihari Vajpayee has full support for the deal. But alas! He has no say in the party now.

This could have been a historic moment for Advani if he moved in support of the deal. It is a great moment to cut the communists to size. If Advani were successful to thwart the ominous and pro-Chinese moves of the left-it would be BJP who would gain more than the Congress politically.

But unfortunately Advani is not a visionary.

Shanghai-Maglev Train

China is not only an Asian giant but also she is rapidly progressing to be at par with the few best of the first world countries. In India and elswhere in the world some people compare China with India with the same breath. I think it's too much to be inspired of India's growth with the yardstick China is measured with. India will require fifty years more to be equal to China. Let us see the magical extent China has changed to.

China's two biggest cities, Beijing and Shanghai, are the places to seek out the best in this explosion of new design and now have restaurants, bars, shops, galleries and hotels that can rival anything in London, New York or Tokyo. Beijing is also playing host to the 2008 Olympic Games, which take place from 8 to 24 August; for more details see en.beijing2008.cn.

Just an example of Shanghai-Maglev Express train puts India in poor light. The train runs at the speed of 430Km/hour which still remains a dream for Indian Railways. One may have an idea of just visiting the site of the
train.

Shanghai-Megalev Train

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-BEIJING