Author: Harpreet

On the Cessation of Military Operations Against Pakistan as part of Op Sindoor on 10 May 2025

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Note: This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter/X on the evening of 11 May 2025. Posting it here for archival purposes.

At the outset, I will say what we have done to Pakistan is simply unimaginable. To that I will also add, Picture Abhi Baaki Hai!

Let me try and explain how ..

Very aptly named Operation Sindoor, it avenged #PahalgamTerrorAttack with brute force. However, let me go back in time and start from the situation post-Kargil 1999 :

IC 814 Hijack. We released three terrorists.

2001 : Parliament Attack. We mobilized, but didn’t attack.

2002 : Kaluchak Attack. They killed 2-month old babies at point blank range. We didn’t retaliate. Op Parakram continued.

2005 : Delhi Bombings. 60+ dead. No retaliation.

2006 : Mumbai Train Bombings. 200+ dead. No retaliation.

2008: 26/11 Mumbai Attacks. Only dossiers sent to Pakistan in retaliation.

After 26/11, however, Pakistan stopped mass-casualty terror attacks outside of Kashmir. No major terror attacks happened outside Kashmir thereafter.

2014: Pak Rangers killed 5 civilians in Arnia. BSF blasted the hell out of them in retaliation, shooting 10,000+ mortar rounds in 5 days. (Check This Report : India fighting small-scale war with Pakistan: DG Rangers Punjab)

2016: Uri Attack. Surgical Strikes carried out.

2019 : Pulwama. Retaliation came in form of Balakot and the shooting down of a PAF F-16 the next day.

Thereafter there were practically no terror attacks for the next six years .. till Pahalgam. I shall come to that in a moment, but first let me say something about info warfare.

Post Balakot, a large chunk of people on own side of the border were (as they are now) upset that we had lost the war of narratives. However, despite ‘winning’ the war of narratives, Pakistan STILL couldn’t prevent India from abrogating Article 370 less than six months later! Instead, all that they could do was whine and cry on social media / MSM, while at the same time desperately trying to keep their public sentiment under control! This 👇 was what I tweeted thereafter. Must have a look!

Coming over to Pahalgam, what happened there is known to all. That there will be a retaliation was a given, thanks to the past record of this GOI as well as the extremely strong statements by the PM, HM and Raksha Mantri.

While the Pakis would have been expecting the ‘usual’ retaliation in the form of anti-terror strikes like before, the GOI fired the first salvo less than 12 hours after the #PahalgamTerrorAttack by putting the Indus Water Treaty in Abeyance. This was the chain of thoughts shared by me on that event:

If Paakis thought that this came out of syllabus, then they were in for yet another rude shock when Op Sindoor actually commenced!

They said putting IWT on hold was an act of war. I wonder what they thought on the night Indian bombs/missiles came calling, heralding Op Sindoor!

Yes, India once again hit non-military and non-civilian targets in Pakistan, thereby giving an off-ramp to the Brown Panted Ones which we knew they would NEVER take! But this time they hit not just one, but tens of targets, including right in the middle of major Paaki cities! This shall remain my all time favourite video of Operation Sindoor! We hit them .. and how! Right through the domes of their terror factories while they slept in blissful sleep, never to wake up again!

This voiceless video explains Op Sindoor in all its brutal glory!

Of course, the Brown Panted Ones retaliated. They just couldn’t have NOT retaliated. They had no choice it this.

India knew it as well and was prepared.

Resultantly, Indian AD foiled each and every projectile that the Bhikharistanis threw our way, including Ballistic Missiles.

Btw, contrast the high spirits on the Indian side in the video in the tweet above, with the sheer panic on the Bhikharistani side. The so-called ‘Ghazis’ were quick to turn around and run away!

But jokes apart, there was one more serious impact of such strikes.

This widespread series of attacks by India, targetting Paaki military targets in the middle of their major cities hit home in yet another way. Every Paaki citizen, whether he acknowledges it or not, now knows that his own home can be easily hit.

The war had hit home. Literally.

What reinforced the fact was that India sent a deliberate ‘near-miss’ in Rawalpindi, exploding in the Race Course near the GHQ and possibly Asim Munir’s residence itself. Then there was the targetting of Pak AD systems in one of the DHA Complexes as well.

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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I am sure that with Indian drones, bombs and missiles landing practically everywhere, sirf bomb hee nahi fatte honge .. aur bhi bahut kuchh fata hoga Pakistaniyo ka!

Also, this time there was no one asking for ‘proof’ .. because proof, in all its brutal glory, was provided by Bhikharistanis themselves, thanks to their cheap Chinese smartphones! Including from the strategic Nur Khan & Bholari Airbases! Don’t miss the ‘O SHIT’ in the 3rd video!

I think Miss Urmila Ji from Mumbai and her Radar-sensitive dog too would be V.E.R.Y happy at this turn of events!

Yes, the Brown Panted Ones tried their best to retaliate. They put their BESTEST minds together and put out a DEVASTATING reply to Indian Attacks .. Yes, they released a brand new song!

Unfortunately, India STILL doesn’t have a suitable reply to this blow!

Unfortunately, however, their Chinese Air Defence Systems couldn’t protect even themselves, let alone their airbases and terror infrastructure!
Oh, the memes that came out!


Damn those Indians sitting comfortably in their homes, NOT worried about bombs landing up their asses, and creating all those memes, I tells you! This one below, though, is my personal favourite! Perfectly exemplifies what IAF and Indian Army did to Pakistanis DESPITE their Chinese equipment!

Of course, the Brown Panted Ones tried. They tried really hard indeed.

And they FAILED .. thanks to their Chinese equipment!

So much so that they even gifted atleast one nearly perfectly intact Chinese AAM to India!

They claimed to have shot down a Rafale or two. They even broadcast the supposed radio intercepts of Shri Godzilla Ji who was flying the India Rafale searching for his comrade. But they couldn’t find even one video of the dead body of Shri Rafale Ji lying dead on Indian side!

When asked proof for claims of shooting 5 IAF planes, their idiot Defence Minister offered – Proof is all over Social Media!

Why did he say that you asked?

Well because that is all they had – Conspiracy theories by SM handles, most of which were their own.

But NO wreckage!

And when poked again (no pun intended) by yet another news anchor asking difficult question, Shri Defence Minister of Bhikharistan suddenly became deaf!

Yes, and these idiots claim they WON the war! Well, their own yahoos may buy this crap from them, but not me!

Point to note is that all their senior ministers were giving interviews to all foreign channels, alternating between bombastic statements and whining. OTOH, on the Indian side it was just the Foreign Secy and the two officers addressing the media at set times. This speaks volumes indeed.

Each time India would administer a slap, the statement would be ‘If you come back again, we will slap you again’. Of course, just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting, the Brown Panted Ones would try & fail over & over again.

How could India turn down this invite to slap them again, hainji?!

The pinnacle of Indian retaliation was reached soon enough when within a span of minutes, India addressed 11 Airbases of the PAF and inflicted massive damages, including to critical high value assets of the PAF. That a few of these were near known nuke sites was just ‘incidental’!

They claimed to have shot down a Rafale or two. They even broadcast the supposed radio intercepts of Shri Godzilla Ji who was flying the India Rafale searching for his comrade. But they couldn’t find even one video of the dead body of Shri Rafale Ji lying dead on Indian side!

When asked proof for claims of shooting 5 IAF planes, their idiot Defence Minister offered – Proof is all over Social Media!

Why did he say that you asked?

Well because that is all they had – Conspiracy theories by SM handles, most of which were their own.

But NO wreckage!

And when poked again (no pun intended) by yet another news anchor asking difficult question, Shri Defence Minister of Bhikharistan suddenly became deaf!

Yes, and these idiots claim they WON the war! Well, their own yahoos may buy this crap from them, but not me!

Point to note is that all their senior ministers were giving interviews to all foreign channels, alternating between bombastic statements and whining. OTOH, on the Indian side it was just the Foreign Secy and the two officers addressing the media at set times. This speaks volumes indeed.

Each time India would administer a slap, the statement would be ‘If you come back again, we will slap you again’. Of course, just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting, the Brown Panted Ones would try & fail over & over again.

How could India turn down this invite to slap them again, hainji?!

The pinnacle of Indian retaliation was reached soon enough when within a span of minutes, India addressed 11 Airbases of the PAF and inflicted massive damages, including to critical high value assets of the PAF. That a few of these were near known nuke sites was just ‘incidental’!

So this is how Operation Sindoor went on from the night of 7-8 May to night of 10 May when Pakistan successfully pled its case for a ceasefire. It took just three days from 8-10 May for the famed Brown Panted Ones to live up to their reputation!

Btw, this video is called SWAHA!

Before moving ahead, let me share this 👇 ‘candid’ conversation of the Paaki Defence Minister as well!

Let me now address the most important fact – the Utter and Complete inability of the Brown Panted Ones to prevent the Indian attacks on their key installations etc.

Visuals uploaded by the Paaki awam themselves are proof enough. 

Mind you, all this has happened within a span of LESS THAN 72 HOURS from the very early hours of 8th May till the afternoon of 10th May when the Brown Panted DGMO called up his Indian counterpart begging for ceasefire!

Yes, it took LESS THAN 72 HOURS to bring Pakistan to its knees ..

I know, some folks on Indian Twitter and all the folks on Paaki Twitter will disagree, saying that Shri Shehbaz Sharif has declared victory and that Paakis are dancing in the streets in joy!

To these people, all I will say is .. You couldn’t be more wrong!

But as the saying goes .. You cannot wake up someone who is merely PRETENDING to be asleep! So I shall accept the fact that they don’t believe me and move on with my life in general, and this thread in particular!

They all know the true worth of the Brown Panted Ones. Hence it came as no surprise that much much before the first Indian bomb had even crossed the IB, Paakis had started threatening nuclear armageddon in anticipation!

Their lack of faith in their Brown Panted Ones to defend their sorry little country is truly remarkable!

With benefit of hindsight I must say that they were entirely correct in their assessment, given the immense damage India inflicted on them with impunity and utter contempt!

Less than 48 hours after the first Indian bombardment they announced a meeting of their Nuke Control Authority! What helped was the reports that India had hit a possible nuke storage facility near Sargodha and possibly one or two more! I think that, and the imminent meeting of Paaki Nuke Command Authority is what spooked the rest of the ‘civilized’ world.

 

Mind you, India was NOT concerned at all, merrily planning on inflicting more pain.

But then came the offer of surrender by the Paaki DGMO when he called up!

So they decided to take the Indian hit on their unmentionables and sue for peace, perhaps because they no longer had any unmentionables left for the next round! 

Guns will fall silent at 5pm, they agreed. India had delivered the last blow this time, just like all previous times!

But then just as folks on this side of the border (including yours truly) were bemoaning the sudden and unexpected ceasefire, came the news of a fresh Paaki attack!

Mind you, we Indians were happy that the Paakis had attacked again!

Not because we wanted to see our own folks get hurt. Because we KNEW that Indian Armed Forces won’t let them get hurt. Instead, what made us so happy was the fact that now Paakis will get some more bums up their bums!

That evening also saw some brand new memes too!

However, very few questioned the likely reason behind the latest wave of attacks despite the desperate ceasefire offer. IMO, it could possibly have been due to an internal power struggle within the Paaki Army.

But very soon, the attacks failed (as usual) & India delivered yet another blow, this time in Peshawar! Once again, it was India that gave the last slap!

On an unrelated note, Peshawar was a target too far in the 1965 War and was only reached on a handful of occasions by the IAF!

Now if I were a Paaki General, I would have shot myself at this humiliation at the hands of my eternal enemy and that too in less than 72 hours.

But then, that would require a little bit of self-respect, no?

So Pakistan did what comes naturally to them – They declared victory!

They showed the world a list of targets in India hit and destroyed. Their yahoos on social media went berserk with joy! They came out on their (bombed) streets delirious in yet another victory! No proof was needed .. because it was all over social media, you see!!

Meanwhile, India went ahead and gave out satellite imagery of Pakistani targets destroyed in the less than 72 hours of engagements!

Thus ended this particular round of India-Pakistan conflict. Yes, it was incomplete. But it was much different than previous ones.

Come to think of it .. it lasted almost as long as the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks! How’s that for Karma, huh Pakistan?

Let me talk a bit now about what we achieved in this round.

Mind you, it still is unfinished business.

It will always remain thus till the time Pakistan and the ideology behind it remains standing. To that extent I endorse the outrage on the ‘premature’ ceasefire as well.

However, I also endorse the fact that the ceasefire is a fact.

The GOI decided to go ahead with it for reasons best known to them. They naturally have access to much much more information than you and I can ever hope to have. So yes, while disappointed, I accept the fact that the wonderful hammering that Pakistan was getting, has ceased FOR THE TIME BEING.

It will happen again.

They WILL give us yet another chance, over & over again.

That is the reason I am not crying out for this round having ended.

So we move on to what we gained ..

We exposed the Brown Panted Ones in front of not just their awam, but the entire world for the shitty soldiers that they are. The only thing they are good for, is gobbling up the meagre resources of their country and plead when India hits them!

A whole generation of Indians have seen war for the first time. And I include the Kargil generation as well because not even Kargil came this close! 1971 would be a better comparison.

Also, Indian Armed Forces, since long involved in sub-conventional ops, got a wonderful opportunity to test themselves in a large-scale conventional contingency! This will go a long way in finetuning the already very fine battle drills of the IA, IN and IAF.

Talking about IN 👇😂

Mind you, this time the Indian Navy didn’t join the fight while the Indian Army too didn’t mobilize even after the hostilities began, whereas the Brown Panted Ones were already mobilized and in their battle positions since much before!

Then there was the fact that the entire Nation came together as one behind the Indian Armed Forces, letting go of their petty differences of opinions. Some jokers still whined for Pakistan, but they can rot in their own private hells for all I care.

OTOH, in Pakistan the Baloch inflicted atleast two dozen casualties on the Brown Panted Ones! The difference could not be starker!

Further, India has changed forever the paradigm of retaliation to terror attacks. The ceasefire was accepted with the caveat that any terror attack would be considered an act of war. This is a HUGE statement of intent, backed by the nearly three days of massive punishment already.

Heck, India didn’t even waste time seeking incontrovertible proof of Pakistani involvement in #PahalgamTerrorAttack, thus bringing to a naught the Pakistani efforts to paint it as an internal issue of India!

This Indian message has hit home .. over and over again, I’d say!

Of course, the Pakistani nuclear bogey that kept Indian responses ‘rational’ thus far has been blown up, figuratively and literally too as per some accounts!

But then, Pakistan does have the World’s Best Air Force .. a fact endorsed not by Pakistani photoshop experts but sakshaat Telegraph Ji!

The next positive outcome for the Motherland is the fact that indigenous weapons performed perfectly under warlike conditions. If this doesn’t give a further boost to enhanced acquisition and export of indigenous weapons systems, then nothing else can!

Another important point is that the cost of keeping Pakistan alive has gone up massively for the West and for China, the latest IMF bakhsheesh notwithstanding.

In fact, this won’t even be enough to cover the losses of the past few days!

Of course with the America backed ceasefire, American interests lobby in Pakistan Army will gain strength at the cost of China interests lobby. Now THAT would be interesting to watch! In any case, most Generals have their spawns settled in the USA in any case, and NONE in China! This naturally makes them more ‘amenable’ to American interests!

Meanwhile, the Indus Water Treaty remains suspended, as does the Simla Agreement.

Yes, do read the above line once again! It gives us much more freedom than before to do what is in our national interests, instead of getting tied down in legalese.

Remember, Pakistani narrative that Pakistan has ‘won’ this round not much different from the post 1965 narrative. Unfortunately, despite the ‘Spectacular Victory’ of 1965, Ayub Khan was unceremoniously removed from power. Let’s see what happens when dust settles this time round.

Also remember that India recently became the fourth largest economy in the world some days back while Pakistan remains .. well .. Pakistan!

Reminded me of these words from SunderKand:

जहाँ सुमति तहँ संपति नाना।

जहाँ कुमति तहँ बिपति निदाना।।

Do read them once again!

In the end, all I will say is that the India Armed Forces deserve all the applause that we can give them. Pakistan WILL give more and more chances to hit them in the future, and knowing this GOI, they will keep getting hit exactly where it hurts – Their Ego.

Before concluding, I will just add this thread dedicated to Pakistan – Turkey friendship that was so at display during Op Sindoor!

With this I conclude this chain of thoughts.

Hope it made some sense to you. If not, well so be it!

All I’ll say in the end is that this is a time to rejoice, not bemoan the ceasefire.

And then there is this epic news report!

Cheers folks, and JAI HIND!

On Operation Sindoor – The Latest India-Pakistan Flare Up (As on night of 08 May 2025)

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NOTE : This Chain of Thoughts was shared on Twitter late on the night of 08 May 2025. Sharing it here for archival purposes.

So it begins .. the Fourth Round (not counting Kargil) ..

Let me share some thoughts that are still jumbled up in my head. Let’s see how it turns out. Here goes ..

At the outset, let us say a prayer for the hundreds of thousands of young men who will put their very lives on the line for the sake of the Motherland in the days & weeks to come. May they find victory .. by the ever-present grace of the Almighty.

NISCHAY KAR APNI JEET KAROON ..

Always remember one thing .. the sum total of men martyred / injured fighting Pakistan sponsored terror in Kashmir, Punjab and elsewhere in the country has already exceeded the fatalities in all wars with Pakistan thus far.

So, it makes sense to see the permanent end of this scourge to our West.

As they say, The Antidote of Poison, is Poison, NOT Nectar.

Some more pain in the short term is okay to bear, if and IF it ensures long-term peace and stability. Hence, the cautious optimism in me.

Before moving ahead, let me just offer a disclaimer : It might cease just as quickly as it has started. Or it may continue for a longer duration. I am not a clairvoyant so I cannot really say how it shall pan out.

Regardless, I’ll offer my own point of view. Feel free to disagree.

However, one thing is absolutely clear – This is a war about the future of our very civilization. I don’t mean a war that begun just a few hours ago. I mean a war that began in 712 AD, the day from where Pakistan traces its history .. a history that they feel is still incomplete.

A history, that they feel will only be complete once they capture India .. a history that they feel will only be complete once they complete Ghazwa ‘e Hind .. a History that they feel will only be complete when they demolish all our Temples and offer Namaz there.

Moving now from History to the Present, I’m quite sure that the Brown Panted Ones wouldn’t have, even in their wildest dreams, ever thought that a ‘simple’ terror attack would escalate things this far. Like I said some weeks ago, they overplayed their hand.

Just like a scorpion cannot NOT sting due to its very nature, false ego & bombast of the Paakis will NOT let them just accept that they have been bettered & stop provoking India further. Heart of heart, they know they are no match for India. They have seen it in all previous wars.

You may fool everyone in the world, but you cannot fool the man staring back at you in the mirror. The same is true for Pakistan as well.

The biggest example is the utopian concept of Afghanistan being their ‘Strategic Depth’!

Think about it.

They knew they would lose to India. Hence, the bombast about fighting Indian Army from Afghanistan!

I bet many of us, and many of Pakistanis as well never saw it this way .. that the Brown Panted Ones were convinced of getting defeated.

So was Mr Lal Topi, btw!

A good analogy that is very apt for Pakistan would be that of a poor man investing all his savings in buying a new suit and saying that he belongs to the ‘high society’. But the fact that underneath that suit he is wearing torn and tattered undergarments would never leave him!

Once again, it is corroborated by none other than the erstwhile Brown Panted Chief, General Bajwa himself when he spoke to a group of journalists not very long ago. Must watch this video from the 3-minute mark, if not fully :

The Pakis’ ego has landed them in a situation where they have no way out except by getting slapped and kicked by the much hated and much vilified Kafirs of India. The analogy of Monkey-Trap fits them perfectly.

Their ego won’t let them stop.

Their aukaat won’t let them last long.

One possible way out is this 👇

Whether they take it or not, is anybody’s guess. But a fair assumption is that Asim Munir won’t last long as Brown Panted Chief. Either he loses the war & becomes President aka Musharraf, or gets thrown our aka Ayub / Yahya.

Of course, one more option, a VERY WELL PRACTICED ONE at that, is to simply surrender .. and call it a ‘game’ just like Niazi said in 1971. He went from ‘Never Surrender’ on 14 Dec to calling it a ‘game’ less than 48 hours later!

Now that this latest round has started, I can only hope that it gives a decisive blow so that these bastards cannot dare to look our way for the next 50 years atleast. Thanks to their inflated sense of self-worth, utter and complete humiliation is the only medicine that will work.

1971 kept them away for 54 years till now. They dared not breach our perceived red lines. They did a 26/11 with full confidence that we won’t react. They did Pahalgam also under the same premise, thinking that they had gamed and catered for likely Indian reaction.

Unfortunately for them, their bluff has been called.

I’m sure there would be a healthy dose of panic within GHQ at Rawalpindi at the giant next door who has had it with them. The visuals of Paaki awam at the time of Indian bombs landing in their cities are adequate proof as well.

The guns will fall silent eventually.

It might happen tomorrow, or after a month, or a year.

I think that this clash lasting for atleast three weeks would ultimately make the Brown Panted Ones crumble under sheer logistical strain once their one week worth of stocks they hold, run out.

In any case, the much touted and the much shouted ‘lashkars’ of Jihadis that they threatened would literally swarm Indian forces are either missing or dead in the recent strikes.

On that note, I wonder whatever became of this uncle from 2019! 👇

As I conclude this chain of thoughts, I think it is fit to leave a wishlist for when the guns finally stop booming. I would wait for the day Chicken’s Neck and Chhamb-Jaurian are back in Indian Control. These saw some of the most intense fighting in 1965 and 1971.

And of course, Kartarpur Saheb!

Now THAT is something which would put the Khalistani stooges of Pakistan in a spin!! It may or may not happen in this round. But it must eventually happen. And I hope to be alive at that time.

Let us wait and watch how the coming weeks and months and years pan out. With this I conclude this chain of thoughts.

Once again, prayers to the Almighty to keep our fighting men and women safe and grant them victory.

Thank God for the Indian Armed Forces.

Jai Hind.

On the Indus Water Treaty Being Held in Abeyance by India after Pahalgam Terror Attack

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Note: This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter on the night of 06 May 2025, barely a few hours before Operation Sindoor launched by the Indian Armed Forces

Folks, sharing some thoughts on implications of the GOI decision to hold Indus Water Treaty in Abeyance in the aftermath of the Pakistan Sponsored #PahalgamTerrorAttack. The immediate trigger for the thread is this notification by the IRSA of Bhikharistan 👇.  Here goes ..

I would find it very insulting to my Motherland when people would proudly say the the Indus Water Treaty continued to be respected by India even during the wars with Pakistan. This is purely and simply, a lack of शत्रुबोध on our side.

The enemy, on the other hand, is very clear.
India is the eternal enemy for them. Always has been, and always will be.
Yes, they will mooch off us and our generosity, but at the end of the day, they won’t hesitate in destroying us, given even half a chance

Ironically, opening paragraph itself says that the Treaty is signed in a ‘Spirit of Goodwill and Friendship’.

I think that spirit got buried under the sands of the Indus Basin over and over again, in 1965, 1971, 1987, 1999, 2002. Various terror attacks by Pak only helped even more.

I will not go into the technicalities of the Treaty, except for just saying that it gave way more to Pakistan, at the cost of the interests of our own people. So much so that even the then J&K CM said so in 2014 :  J&K suffered losses due to Indus Water Treaty: Omar Abdullah 

So, coming on to what has been happening thus far, and what happens next ..

First and foremost, going far beyond the world of Surgical Strikes and Balakot Airstrikes, the impact of putting the IWT on hold is nothing short of a nuclear strike on Bhikharistan, IMO!

Let me elaborate..

Here is how it went previously:

Surgical Strikes : Paakis responded by blatant and vociferous denial that any such thing happened!

Balakot : Paakis responded by losing an F-16 to a MiG 21 and then being scared shitless by Indian threats into releasing Abhinandan ASAP!

Further, during both, the Balakot and the Surgical Strikes, India took great care in ensuring no collateral damage or harm to the non-military & non-terrorist Pakistani citizens. Of course, they were & continue to be ungrateful bastards, but that is a topic for another day!

In this particular instance of putting the IWT on hold, Pakistan has practically no answer except for huffing and puffing!

And this time, the action has hit home to practically each and every Bhikharistani that inhabits those lands of the Sindhu river that they stole from Bharat.

The Brown Panted Ones were anticipating another military strike (which, frankly, SHOULD still happen). They even mobilized their derelict pieces of military hardware towards the Indian borders amid much public fanfare!

But India?

Well India just yawned and didn’t mobilize at all!

Instead of moving its military, India just turned off the tap to the various rivers that had till recently, been flowing unimpeded into Pakistan! And then .. after a few days .. India opened the taps fully!

 

Poor Bhikharistanis .. they have absolutely no idea what to expect next!!

Basically, what India has done is something which the Brown Panted Ones had never thought of even in their wildest of dreams when giving the go-ahead for the Pahalgam Terror Attack. India introduced a paradigm shift in which, instead of uniting behind their army, Paaki population is cursing them! Moreover, this time they are also DIRECTLY feeling the impact of their wholehearted endorsement of the Pakistani terror infrastructure : ‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty

^^ So now they cry that they will starve.

Why?

Because in their (beautiful) minds, they believe that India overreacted to Packie terrorists killing 26 innocent Indian after confirming their religion!

I kid you not.

THIS is what they mean in this article screenshotted below!

Summary: INDIA CHEATED!!

 

 

Here is the link to the above article. Do read : Abandoning a legacy treaty

But if you want a crisp summary, then this tweet 👇 says it all!

Yes, Indian simply cannot stop the flow of water into Pakistan. But what India CAN, and IS doing is to regulate the flow as per our desires & our requirements instead of foolishly adhering to the terms of a treaty with an enemy which in any case was blatantly biased in his favour. We may not have the capacity to store all the water for perpetuity, but we do have the means to decide when and how much flows into Pakistan.

A few weeks’ delay and a ‘little’ bit of moderation into inflows to Pakistan can ruin an entire sowing season out there. This is what is causing so much concern in that terrorist country at this moment!

It would be safe to assume atleast double the official estimates given below as the true figure, I’d say :

And in case you feel even an iota of sympathy for those people, do try and read this article below :

If you STILL feel sorry for them, then I have a small exercise to help you get over it:

Step 1 : Take a deep breath.

Step 2 : Hold it for 26mins 11secs!

So what happens now, you ask?

Well for one, Sindh gets worried.

Why?

Because with India withholding water, Paaki Punjab will ensure that Sindh dries out first! There already were some reports of protests in Sindh about this some days back!

Mind you, even in the best of the times, Paaki Punjab has been stealing waters from Sindh. And now when the going gets tough, it is only fair to assume the ‘tough’ Punjabis will only hoard more of Sindh’s waters!

Which brings me back to the visuals of Pak Army mobilization that I talked about earlier in this thread. Did you notice that almost ALL such videos are about their mobilization in Punjab, and almost NONE in Sindh?

Interesting, no?

Just as the Brown Panted Ones gave up East Pakistan for the sake of West Pakistan in 1971, if they give up Sindh for the sake of Punjab in the next round (whenever that happens), I won’t be surprised at all!

After All, Sindh, Balochistan and KPK are all meant to serve Punjab!

What about China, where Indus and Sutlej and Brahmaputra originate, you ask? Well, firstly there is no water sharing agreement existing between India and China. Secondly, bulk of the inflows into these rivers happen on INDIAN side of the Himalayan watershed.

And lastly, even if China decides to temporarily ‘regulate’ flows into the Indus and the Sutlej, they would, in effect, be cutting off Pakistan’s water because India can just withhold outflows into Pakistan for that much longer!

Pakistan is well & truly fcuked, I’d say. Which also brings us to the possibility of a potentially bombastic/desperate measure from their Govt. They already tried the UN route & got shown their true aukaat earlier today as per this report :

Further, they have been told to ratchet down their nuclear sabre rattling that goes off the moment any hint of Indian retaliation to Pakistani terror attacks comes by. Life for them gets more and more interesting each passing minute!

What India has done is that they have turned the threats of Paaki nuclear blackmail on their head, by mobilizing the population and the administration into doing Civil Defence Drills! Not only are these necessary for a potential nuclear flare-up, but they are also equally an exercise in signalling to the world at large that this time is not like the last so many times. The Indian narrative/info warfare this time has been top-notch, I’d say.

Unfortunately, for the Brown Panted Ones, who are the true rulers of Pak, (regardless of Shehbaz Sharif prancing around as if he is the actual PM!), the only way out is to either accept defeat which their egos will never permit.

Or to strike India, which only brings more pain!

Of course, the threat of an Indian military strike still remains.

And right on cue, comes this report! 👇

The Brown Panted Ones have been testing India’s limits of tolerance since 14 Aug 1947 itself. It is only now that India is returning the favour, and that too with added interest. On a side note, here is why they are called Brown Panted Ones!

One other way out for them, possibly, is an internal coup within the Pakistan Army, something similar to the one that happened after their humiliation in 1965 wherein the self-styled Field Marshal Ayub Khan was forced out by Yahya Khan.

I am sure that atleast one section amongst the Brown Panted Ones might consider this to be possible way out, i.e., offering to remove Asim Munir by (rightly) assigning all blame for the current fiasco to him.

But even if .. and that is still a BIG IF .. that happens, will some such thing be acceptable to India?

Will the IWT be restored by India?

Will the three western rivers flow unimpeded as before?

Well, the short answer to all these questions is a BIG NO!

The Brown Panted Ones have overplayed their hand this time, and given a golden opportunity to India to do the unthinkable. A line has been crossed, that will never be reverted to now. The rules of the game have been changed for good.

The Indus Water Treaty, as it existed for past 65 yrs, is well and truly dead.

If the Paakis have any sense, they will sit down to renegotiate. Come to think of it, they don’t have a choice in this matter. Either they renegotiate a new, more balanced treaty, or they lose it all!

It is a Lose-Lose situation for them.

The only choice they have is to decide HOW MUCH are they willing to lose.

And knowing them, they will lose much more by being obstinate instead of pragmatic. It is their true nature, just like it is the nature of a scorpion to sting.

To be honest, I do not feel bad for them at all. After all, they are a country that teaches their six-year olds this 👇

Then these very six year olds grow up and ask the religion of innocent Indians and kill all who call themselves Hindus.

There is only one solution to this disease called Pakistan that has been festering on our lands since long. The sooner it is taken care of, the better it is.

Yes, there WILL be pain in the short term, but for sake of long term peace, it should be acceptable.

With this, I conclude this chain of thoughts. Hope you found it interesting. I shall just leave 3 prior threads on the Indus Water Treaty since it is so much in news currently.

Thread 1 on #IWT :

Thread 2 on #IWT :

Thread 3 on #IWT :

In the end, I will just leave this iconic photograph here without any further comment!

On the Original Names of Rivers / Places in Kashmir Valley and Jammu / Ladakh Regions

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Folks, sharing some data points on the traditional names of various places / rivers in the Kashmir Valley and the Jammu / Ladakh Regions .. names that are slowly but surely being erased from our collective memories. That, and a bit about the Kashmir Valley in the Vedic Era.

Here goes ..

During the Rig Vedic Period, Kashmir was under the SatiSar lake, created by Lord Shiv for Sati Mata. Within it resided the demon ‘Jalodgar’ who had a boon from Lord Brahma that he couldn’t be killed while he lived in the Satisar Lake. He terrorized inhabitants in & around the lake.

Fed up with his tyranny, Rishi Kashyap prayed to Lord Vishnu and with his blessings, drained out the Satisar Lake from a place that came to be known as ‘Varah Mool’, or the Molars of the Boar (Lord Vishnu as Varah dug up an exit for the lake).

Varah Mool is present day Baramula.

But with the lake drained and the Varah Mool Pass now open, the area was devoid of water. Thus Rishi Kashyap once again prayed to Goddesses Parvati, Saraswati and Lakshmi and urged them to incarnate in the form of life-giving rivers.

Devi Saraswati & Devi Lakshmi descended as Rivers Rumbiara and Veshaw respectively.

Devi Parvati descended as the Vitasta River into which these first two rivers drained.

Vitasta was renamed by invaders as the Jhelum. She is Ma Parvati herself, flowing and nourishing these lands.

The source of River Vitasta is said to be Vernag, where Lord Shiva struck the ground with his Trishul, creating the source of the River Vitasta.

Vitastā, means “the spanning one” or “the river that extends widely”. It is still revered & celebrated on the Vitasta Festival, that was recently revived by the Govt.

(Painting by Bishan Singh, 1872 : Kashmiri Hindus performing Sūrya Namaskār at the banks of the Vitasta)

The name Kashmir itself is said to have been derived from the name ‘Kashyap Meru’ as it came to be known after Rishi Kashyap established his ashram there once the three Goddesses descended down as the three key rivers in the valley.

Baramula itself was called the Varahamulaksetra or Varahaksetra, after the incarnation of Lord Vishnu that helped create an opening for draining the Satisar Lake.

Coming on to the original names of the other rivers in the region .. I got hold of this map some years ago. Took a while before deciphering the current names of these rivers mentioned here.

Sindhu, in the initial part, was called the Rasaa River. It was also called as the Vaajinaavati in Ladakh before becoming the Rasaa and thereafter the Sindhu River as it cleared the Himalayas.

Shyok was called the Trishtama.

One of the tributaries of the Shyok River was called the Anitbha .. or the one with a dull colour.

Gilgit River is said to be the Shwetyavari River, or the one that is white in colour.

Zanskar River is said to be the Oornavati River, while the Shigar River is the Susartu River.

Silaamavati was the original name of the Suru River.

Of course, many know that Chenab was the Chandrabhaaga River.

Kishanganga has been renamed as the Neelum by Pakistan because of obvious reasons.

Name of Sarayu River got corrupted over the ages to become present day Haro River.

Chenab is Asikni.

Ravi is Parushni or Iravati.

Sutlej is Sutudri/Zatadru.

Beas is Vipaasa.

Kabul River was known as the Kubha River.

इ॒मं मे॑ गंगे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।

अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या ॥

O Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Shutudri, Parushni, follow my praise! O Asikni Marudvridha, Vitasta, with the Arjikiya and Sushoma, listen! – Rig Ved

In fact the Sutlej was called the Sutudra till as late as 18th Century. Guru Gobind Singh Ji concludes the Chaupai Saheb as: भाद्रव सुदी अष्टमी रविवारा तीर सतुद्रव ग्रंथ सुधारा (This book was competed on the banks of Sutlej on Sunday, the eighth Sudi of the month of Bhaadro)

Now coming on to the original names of towns / villages / other places in Kashmir.

Tithwal was called Teerthwal.

The full name of the Dal Lake was the Sureshwari Dal, after Ma Durga.

Gulmarg was Gauri Marg where a temple for Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati existed. The temple was destroyed by Yousuf Shah, who ruled Kashmir in 16th century. He renamed the place as Gulmarg. Maharaja Hari Singh built a new temple there for his queen, now called the Maharani Temple.

Pampore was Padmapura.

Bijbehara was Vijayeshwara,

Here is an excerpt from the book ‘Ramanand Sagar – An Epic Life’. Apparently, Vijeshwar was established by Mahadev during the Treta Yug!

Ganderbal was Gandharapura.

Anantnag was the land of Nagas with King Ananta as their ruler.

Bhaderwah was BhadarKashi. The town is variously referred to as Bhadarwasa, Bhadarkashi, Bhadar Avakash and Bhadar Pura. Here is an extract from the Wikipedia page on Bhaderwah:

 

Kishtwar was KashtNiwar / Kashthavata.

Pir Panjal was Panchaldhar.

Mattan was Martand.

It is Hari Parbat, not Koh ‘e Maran.

It is Shankaracharya Hill, not Takht ‘e Sulemani.

And it is Martand Surya Mandir not Shaitan ki Gufa, as christened by some Bollywood idiots! It was the zenith of Kashmiri architecture, constructed by the legendary King Lalitaditya Muktapida. Of course, the invaders destroyed it too.

Then there is Pahalgam, which is very much in news these days. It means the First Village, i.e. the beginning of the Shri Amarnath Yatra. Interestingly, here is what the late Rishi Kapoor had to say about Pahalgam in his Autobiography :

Some more names, though not part of Kashmir are: Ghaggar used to be a tributary of Sutlej (Satadru). Its original name was Drishdvati.

Peshawar was Purushpur.

Afghanistan itself was Asmavraja.

Of course, Delhi itself was Indraprasth!

As I bring this thread to a close, let me ask you a question – Can we go back to OFFICIALLY naming these places / rivers back to their original, Sanskrit names?

An addendum for those who think it will cause some issues – Do you talk about Burma, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras or Ceylon by their old or new names? Heck, even Turkey has become Türkiye!

Food for thought, no?

In the end, I will just plug this Twitter thread here. Parts of it give some more context to what I wrote above:

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On the Pahalgam Terror Attack

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This chain of thoughts was first shared on Twitter / X on the night of 24th April 2025.

Folks sharing some thoughts on the #PahalgamTerrorAttack. Here goes ..
 
To begin with, I think this visual of a newlywed couple on their honeymoon shall remain forever etched in my mind whenever this incident in particular and the name of Pakistan in general comes up.
 
 
By now we all know what happened.
 
Tourists were asked their religion & those who were adherents of the ‘wrong’ faith were killed without second thoughts by those who follow the ‘correct’ deen. The first thought that came to my mind upon hearing this was the speech by Asim Munir:
 
 
Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, this was not just hot air and bluster from the Brown Panted Chief, but a ‘Call to Action’ to stir up the terror pot in India.
 
But then, I find it amusing that many of our own people were aghast upon hearing this.
 
If you think Munir was out of his mind in talking this trash against Hindus, then I have a white coloured building in Agra to sell to you!
 
Don’t believe me?
 
Well, here is what a top Indian diplomat came to hear from a six-year old girl in Pakistan:

Yup.

‘H!ndu Kutt@’ is the way these Paakis define you and me. Do note the spontaneous laughter from the audience on this ‘joke’ in a popular show in Pakistan:

You and I may go to town professing our love for the Paakis, light thousands of candles on Wagah-Atari Border in ‘solidarity’ with them and go gaga over their actors in Bollywood movies.

But to them, we were, we are and we always will be the enemy.

Period.

What we lack is ‘शत्रुबोध‘ against the ones who have sworn to annihilate us not just physically, but also as a civilization.

These people revere marauders who raped and killed / converted their own Hindu ancestors.

Sadly, these bastard children of their great grandmothers’ rapists have allies within Indian borders as well – wittingly or unwittingly.

These people see their history as starting from when Mohammad bin Qasim conquered Sindh. Nothing before that is relevant. And if you think it is their Madrasas that teach this to their kids, then you couldn’t be more wrong. This what their schools teach : State Sponsored Radicalization in Pakistan’s School Curriculum: Part 2 of 3

So what come next?

How do we get rid of this rabid entity called Pakistan that occupies what were our own lands less than a century ago?

Short answer – HUMILIATE them at every given opportunity, militarily or better still, psychologically.

Even if it does not kill their hatred towards you and me, it will scare them enough to keep them at bay for some time atleast. Remember, after the humiliating Battle of Bahraich, the invaders didn’t dare look towards India for over a century.

Closer to our times, the humiliation of 1965 was not digestible for them and thus, they came back for yet more humiliation in 1971. After 1971, the Brown Panted Ones have never dared confront Indian Armed Forces face to face in open war.

Yes, they tried Kargil. But in their own words, they never thought Indian Armed Forces would react so violently to it.

Bottomline: HUMILIATION is what keeps them at bay, till the time they forget their aukaat & come back again at you.

Keep humiliating them, & there will be peace.

Which is why the decision to put Indus Water Treaty in abeyance has rattled them so much!

They could react to Surgical Strikes by denial. They could react to Balakot by ‘Swift Retreat’ & losing an F-16. But to this, they have no counter, except shout WAR!

Btw, talking about ‘War’, this is what their erstwhile Brown Panted Chief had to say about their famed Brown Panted Army!

Just watch this video from the 3-minute mark.

This was their CHIEF speaking!

Coming back to the IWT, I have written a bit about it in the past as well. Shall share those threads at the end of this thread. But one thing that merits attention is the wording used in the very beginning of the text of the Treaty. It is this :

Yes, IWT was signed under a smokescreen of ‘peace and friendship’ that has cleared off now. There is not much that Pakistan can do except cry, or if they dare, then to take military action. And we all know how that has ended for them, each and every time!

But, something tells me this is not all that is coming their way.

No Sir!

Not when Indian Prime Minister switched to English in the middle of a speech to a non-English speaking audience.

Why?

Ask those who heard it & understood in the Western Hemisphere.

If this is not an announcement of much worse headed the way of Pakistan, then I don’t know what else it is.

The Paakis overplayed their hand in #PahalgamTerrorAttack.

They thought they would sour the visit of Vance, just as they did during Clinton’s time :

The Paakis thought they would hide behind ‘indigenous freedom struggle’ by using local terrorists.

But to their utter surprise, GOI never bothered with such technicalities. Instead, they acted swiftly and decisively by targeting the IWT and Paaki Diplomatic Staff straight away!

It was almost as if the GOI had already made plans for any such provocation long ago!

Mind you, I say this not to belittle the lives lost in Pahalgam. But instead, to point to the fact that Pakistan just cannot be expected to NOT come and kill us at every given opportunity.

That said, I think they miscalculated wrt to this terror attack – Either in the sheer numbers of casualties that the yahoos inflicted, or in the response from the GOI. I’m sure there would be a LOT of nervous discussions going on within Pakistan since then.

So what comes next?

And more importantly, what is the likelihood of further punitive actions by India?

Well, in my opinion, the likelihood is high.

When and How, is what needs to be seen.

Why do I say this?

Well, because of the extremely strong actions thus far and the extremely harshly worded statements from the Prime Minister, Raksha Mantri and Home Minister.

Then there are the visuals of the Home Minister paying respects to the departed souls. The similarity with the Prime Minister doing the same in the aftermath of the Pulwama Attack is unmissable. Feel free to disagree.

This has been our trajectory thus far:

A war/near war every decade:

1947-48

1965

1971

1984/87 (Siachen/Brasstacks)

1999 (Kargil)

2002 (Parakram)

2019 (Pulwama/Balakot)

This decade still awaits one. Judging by the way things are panning out, the wait may not be for very long.

How the next part of Indian retaliation comes about, is anyone’s guess.

It may be military retaliation. Or it may be through other means.

But one thing is for sure – It will have to be something that cannot be hidden away or wished away by Pakistan.

Retribution will not only have to be served, but also be SEEN as having been served.

THIS is what will get you to the humiliation of the Brown Panted Rulers of Pakistan that I talked about in the beginning.

It doesn’t only need to be SEEN, but I would want it to be SPECTACULAR as well.

Spectacular enough to drown out the horrific visuals of Pahalgam Spectacular enough to keep these self-styled successors of Saiyyad Salar Masud away from my lands for atleast a decade, if not a century.

After the Army (Surgical Strikes) and the Air Force (Balakot), will it be the Navy that will do the honours this time? Remember, they were raring to go even in Feb 2019!

Unfortunately, I cannot see the future and don’t know what will happen next. But what I surely can say is that this war has been going on since the day Pakistan begins its history from, i.e. 8th Century AD. Any lull is bound to be temporary. Period.

Unfortunately for us, we’ve been conditioned to seek instant gratification instead of looking at things the way they actually are – A never ending battle for the very soul of our civilization (Fortunately, there’s a mute button on Twitter for such 👇 idiots!) 

As I try and conclude this chain of thoughts, I will share this tweet 👇 from four years ago before moving ahead. I still stand by it. Once again, feel free to disagree.

A word on how Pakistan is reacting to it. In one simple phrase – Like a headless chicken!

They have banned India owned airlines from using their precious airspace!

But interestingly, they DARE NOT ban airlines from other countries because every other country in the world is a potential donor to this beggar nation!

I don’t think we will need to wait too long before a prominent Pakistani politician or military man (serving or retired) will make the first mention of nukes.

THAT is how rattled Pakistanis are currently.

We have shown them the other cheek far too many times even in my living memory, what to talk about our history since 1947 or even before that. I say it is time to stop that now. It is time to grease the wheels of history with the blood that makes them move.

This is what I wrote about 11 years ago. Still holds true. There WILL be pain over the short term, but in the larger scheme of things, it won’t matter much.

I am of the firm opinion that with a Pakistan that is subdued in whatever form, quite a bunch of our internal issues will also take care of themselves.

And the Pakistan that I look to see subdued includes the terror central in Rawalpindi.

With this I conclude this particular chain of thoughts. Remember, the enemy is a coward. He runs away at the first hint of a strong reaction. For example, just count the number of terror attacks in India outside of J&K since 26/11 Mumbai Attacks.

Pakistan has been testing and pushing our redlines since 15 Aug 1947 itself. Thus far we had been willing to turn the other cheek. But that window passed about a decade ago when the BSF pounded the hell out of Pakistan Rangers in Oct 2014.

Deep down, Pakistan knows it as well. But their ego prevents them from acknowledging it. Hence my insistence on HUMILIATION, because nothing else will work on such an enemy.

Read your scriptures and ‘mythology’. Notice that destroying asuras was a bounden duty for the sake of preserving your Dharma. 

With this I conclude my thread.
Hope it made some sense to you. If not, well .. so be it!
I look fwd to seeing what comes next.

I shall just leave 2-3 threads on the Indus Water Treaty since it is so much in news currently.

Thread 1 on IWT :

Thread 2 on IWT :

Thread 3 on IWT :

And a real-world manifestation of what I see as the only way to get lasting peace in our lands 👇👇

Missed this one regarding Paaki ‘artists’ working in Indian films 👇

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On the Movie Chhaava

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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the movie ‘Chhava’. I watched it about three weeks ago with my elder one. The Missus and the younger one had watched it a few days earlier. I normally stay away from films, however this one pulled me. Glad that it did.

Let me try & explain ..

Before moving ahead, just a gentle reminder that earlier this month was the 336th martyrdom anniversary of Sambhaji Maharaj. Here’s a tribute thread in his honour. May have a look : Dharmveer Sambhaji Maharaj

Coming back to Chhaava, I don’t intend to talk about the movie itself, except for exhorting you to go & watch it with your kids It is one part of our history that they will NEVER learn in their school textbooks unless GOI makes a concerted effort to do so.

Instead, I intend talking about the use of the popular medium of movies to subtly and at times, blatantly, peddle narratives and shape opinions. To that end, @vivekagnihotri hits the nail on the head here.

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/vivekagnihotri/status/1902359513438810554 )

If you think the Indian film industry has NOT been used as a tool to peddle propagandas / narratives, then I have a white coloured building in Agra to sell to you!

Btw, if the movie poster in the above tweet looked to you like reinforcing my statement in the tweet, they you are perfectly right!

For those who missed it, let me introduce you to the film ‘Youngistan‘! (Wiki Link : Youngistaan)

Check out the film plot in the Wiki page.

Check out the release date – March 2014.

Now check out the hero.

Tell me if he doesn’t seem based on a Youth Leader who was leading a major national political party in the elections that were due shortly after the release of the film!

Of course, if you say I am reading too much into what is a matter of pure coincidence, I won’t blame you. In fact, I will share yet another piece of pure coincidence with you. It is popularly called ‘Chennai Express’! (wiki link : Chennai Express)

Release date : 09 August 2013.

Key Dialogue used widely in promotions : Never Underestimate the Power of a Common Man!

A wonderful dialogue indeed. Especially when later that year, the Common Man Party contested Delhi elections and came to power!

Of course, the above two examples can be dismissed as benign coincidence. I won’t contest you if you say so. I might even agree with you to some extent. But then, the element of doubt will always remain.

Now let us look at some movies based on nationalist / patriotic themes made some two decades ago, that came to be really popular. What immediately come to mind are Border, LoC Kargil, Lakshya and Gadar.

Of these, Lakshya was the last one, released in 2004. After that I don’t recollect any films on such themes that gained popularity till the time Uri and Kesari came about in 2019.

Check out the years mentioned in the above tweet and relate them with the political winds prevalent within the country in those times. I won’t say more on this because aim of this blog post is not to make any political statements, but instead, concentrate on the topic of narratives.

The thing is that the battle of narratives and counter-narratives is well and truly underway, with Bollywood being a major medium being utilised. Of course, commercial considerations will always be there due to the huge amounts of funds required for producing a film.

That a @vivekagnihotri could make films like Tashkent Files and Kashmir Files and make profit out of it as well, speaks volumes about the times that we currently live in .. times where talking about parts of our history hidden in plain sight are no longer taboo. On the contrary, I would even say that there is a huge, emerging demand for such stories to be told by popular media. And going by that, I am pretty sure there will be more movies such as Kashmir Files and Chhaava that will come by in the months and years ahead.

Along with that will also come the ‘outrage’ by those who will take it as a personal insult for movie makers daring to tell the truth without coating it in political correctness, just like Chhaava.

The ‘liberal’ ones will continue to beat their chests on every such occasion, while defending violence committed by the ground soldiers. @NAN_DINI_ Ji puts it in perfect context, so instead of writing more on this, I’ll just leave this tweet here.

(Link to above tweet)

As @NAN_DINI_ Ji says in her tweet above, ‘they’ don’t want our kids to know our unvarnished history. And they will go to any extent to make that happen. Talking about ‘them’, I just remembered this tweet of mine.

As per the biography of Ramanand Sagar Ji, Shri Bhaskar Ghose Ji wanted him to ‘reduce Hindu content in Ramayan and make it more secular’. Yes, that is what the son of Ramanand Sagar Ji writes in the book! Check out the screenshots in the tweet above!

In fact, telecast of Ramayan and Mahabharat in the late 80s spurred the political movement that ultimately resulted in current day leadership steering the Motherland today.

‘They’ know the power of narratives.

Hence they try to scuttle unfavourable narratives either thru bureaucratic means, or else by street-level violence, even if the ‘narratives’ are merely about people daring to tell the true history as it happened. Talking about the lengths ‘they’ will go to obfuscate truth, I’ll just leave this video here. ‘Yudhishthira got idea of renunciation From Ashoka’, says the ‘renowned historian’ Romila Thapar Ji.

No wonder they don’t want our children to know about the evil side of ‘Great’ Dynasties. And they will relegate truly great indigenous rulers who actually fought these ‘Great’ dynasties to barely a paragraph or mere footnotes in history books, if at all.

Heck, they don’t even teach our kids about the contemporary military history of our Motherland. Shared some thoughts on that as well some weeks back. Replugging that thread here all over again :

In fact, Battle of Saragarhi is taught in France of all places, as a story of exceptional valour while our own school textbooks remained (and continue to be) perfectly silent on it.

The movie Kesari that told the story all over again, but then, the coming generations will still have no idea about it. Unless we as a Nation make a conscious effort to tell these stories to our future generations, that is.

(Link to above tweet. MUST watch the video embedded in it)

I want my kids and my grandkids to know about Lachit Barphukan, Rani Tarabai, Ram Prasad Bismil, Banda Singh Bahadur, Rani Abbakka, Kakathiyas, Satavahanas and the countless other heroes and heroines who have fought fearlessly for the sake of our lands.

As I conclude this thread, I’ll plug this chain of thoughts here as well. Left to ‘them’, Shivaji will never be ‘The Great’ and instead be relegated to the nomenclature of ‘Mountain Rat’ in the textbooks our kids study from.

Coming back to the movie Chhaava, I made both my kids read this blog post of mine before going for the movie : Dharmveer Sambhaji Maharaj. The violence visited on the captive Sambhaji Maharaj was depicted in all its evil ‘glory’ by the director, yet it remained greatly underplayed in the movie. I take it that any more gore / violence and the movie might not have been cleared by the censors.

Yet, it depicted enough and importantly, unapologetically and without trying to colour it in secularism.

THAT is what seems to have riled the ‘ecosystem’ – this hard-hitting and unabashed telling of truth.

The movie is a MUST WATCH, if you haven’t seen it thus far.

As for my kids, the younger one was silent at the end of the movie (just as he was when he watched Kesari). From the theatre, my wife and he had already planned to go to a nearby Shiv Mandir and they did so. The elder one too was moved. Yet, being the young adult that he is, he merely said in his typical understated, ‘cool’ way – Ekdum Badhiya Movie Thi.

The entire theatre was dead silent towards the end of the movie, which says a lot about it.

With this I conclude this chain of thoughts. I hope it made some sense. If not, then .. well .. so be it!

Thanks for your patience.

Go watch the movie if not done already!

A Visit to the Maha Kumbh

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This chain of thoughts was shared on twitter on the night of 17 Jan 2025. Link to the thread on twitter : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1880267596702052855

Folks, Sharing snippets from my trip to Prayagraj to witness the Maha Kumbh earlier this week. Missus and I spent four days and five nights in the city, reaching there on the night of 11 Jan and returning back home on the night of 16 Jan.

Here goes ..

First and foremost, MUST plan a trip to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh!

It is a once in 144 year event and we are blessed to be alive at this point in time to be able to witness it. For so many people, a Maha Kumbh won’t ever be even a once in a lifetime event.

As we drove into the city, we could sense magic in the very air. The entire city was in an upbeat mood, despite waves after waves of humanity descending there. Thankfully, we had booked our stay in the month of October itself and were comfortable that way, unlike many others.

Having parked our car, we just let it remain there for the next four days. This was partly due to us not quite knowing the city and partly also because of the traffic restrictions put in place by the police in order to facilitate the floods of pilgrims that had come for the event.

We realized later that the massive crowds were there because the first two days of the Maha Kumbh, i.e., 13th and 14th Jan were for Shaahi Snaans of Magh Poornima and Sankrant. After Sankrant, the crowds visibly thinned down. Will come to that in a while.

Morning of 12th was our first day in the town. We took a rickshaw for the Ganga Ghat near Naag Vasuki Mandir. Thankfully, the rickshaw driver lost his way and we ended up across Maa Ganga, at the entrance to the Mela Grounds!

We entered the area & were pleasantly surprised to see the arrangements put in place by the administration. The various ‘shivirs’ were very well laid out. The entire area is divided into a vast grid with lanes criss-crossing each other at right angles, making it easy to navigate.

The pathways are paved with metal boards for ease of driving for vehicles permitted inside the Mela Grounds. The various ‘Shivirs’ too are fairly well decorated, depending on how deep the pockets of the organisers are!

Sharing one particular camp that I found really interesting!

And of course, it being UP, Shri JCB Ji was there as well, though this time for a very benign purpose!

The sheer Bhakti and Devotion that the crowds from all over the country brought along with them was something that could be felt in the very air we breathed. I kid you not when I say that it was almost as if one could actually ‘see’ the beautiful vibes in the air.

The first day was spent volunteering at a Shivir where tea / bhandaara was a continuous affair from 5am till 11pm every day. Three out of our four days were spent volunteering at this Shivir, in fact. Such was the bhakti, that the person managing the Shivir had actually quit his job to be able to spend the 50-odd days there, managing and serving for nearly 18 hours a day, along with his wife & kids. They all and some more volunteers were in fact staying within the camp itself.

Serving food to folks from different strata of society was a strangely spiritual experience. One could see that devotion in even the poorest of the people. And also see how content many of them actually are. They took extra care to ensure not a morsel was wasted, and only took just as much as they needed. This included packed meals for a parent or a child or even a sibling who wasn’t able to come for the Bhandaara. All prasad was gratefully and smilingly accepted and consumed.

Talking about the prasad, the first day’s fare was kadhi-chawal. Once again, I kid you not when I say that even though cooked in bulk, it tasted heavenly. The only reason that I can fathom for that is the Bhaav with which the cooks were preparing the prasad. They worked round the clock, but with the same energy throughout the four days that one saw them, regardless of the time of the day.

This brings me back to the arrangements. Each ‘Shivir’ had an electricity connection and atleast 4-5 tap water connections with water supply at good pressure throughout the day. The sheer logistics of it all are actually mind-boggling.

Then there were the Safai Karmachaaris. I had read somewhere before coming to Prayagraj that nearly 10,000 Safai Karmacharis were employed. While there, I could actually see them in action, working without supervision and ensuring cleanliness of the highest order.

Hats off indeed!

They would invariably form a decent chunk of those coming over for the Bhandaara as well.
In fact, it was an eye-opener for me to note that the entire city of Prayagraj is amongst the cleanest ones that I have visited thus far.

And I say this after having seen Indore as well.

There were more than adequate sanitary facilities as well for both genders that too were being cleaned almost round the clock by dedicated safai karmachaaris.

By the evening of our first day in the Mela Grounds, it became a bit cold and there was a light drizzle as well. This had me a bit worried.

Why?

Because next day was the first day of the Maha Kumbh and we planned to take a dip in Ma Ganga in the morning!

And I was already shivering!

So here is how the next day went ..

But before that, a quick word about the local police. They are on duty everywhere, as are thousands of additional policemen requisitioned for the duty. They stand on their posts in bitter cold, amidst a sea of humanity out there in full force. Yet, each and every policeman that we stopped by to ask for directions or any other information, was really polite and actually happy to help. Not just us, but the 100s more that would have stopped to seek guidance from them.

As I said before, the entire air was alive with Magic!

Coming back to the morning of the 13th.

It was the first day of the Maha Kumbh and we planned to take a dip in Ma Ganga at the Dashashwamedh Ghat instead of going to the Sangam that day. We got up early and moved out.

Btw, this time I was wearing a newly purchased chappal instead of the leather sandals that I wore the previous day because they had given me a shoe-bite! Looking back, I think it was only appropriate because I dared to wear leather in the holy Mela Grounds!

So we hailed an e-rickshaw and he promised to take us as far as the police would permit!

This meant alighting about 2km before ‘Daaraganj’ and commencing our walk as part of the large throngs of devotees headed that way. This pic was clicked by the Missus that morning. It perfectly captured the faith and devotion of folks who travelled that way from each and every part of the country. I’ll just leave it here without any further comment.

Thankfully, we were able to find an e-rickshaw after walking for about a kilometre. Apparently, some were voluntary ‘stuck’ on the other side of the barricades and would only ply within that area because once out of there, they would not be permitted back in!

Thus we reached the Ghat. Heartbeat grew faster as the moment of the snaan came closer.

It was partly due to anticipation of the event that had build up over the past 7 months when we had decided to visit the Maha Kumbh, but partly also due to the cold winter morning of that day!

However, a snaan had to be undertaken and so it was.
The waters were cold, no doubt, but the snaan was so beautifully invigorating and cleansing that one cannot describe it in words.

I will try to do so as I talk later in this thread about the snaan in Sangam the next day.

Let it suffice to say that the day just became even more beautiful after the snaan.

Once again the ghaat was really clean and being continuously cleaned all the time as well. There were good facilities for the ladies too to change after the snaan.

And then there was the famous ‘Nimbu-Chai’ as well as my weakness – Cotton Candy. Both were consumed before we walked across Ma Ganga via Bridge 15 – one of the many temporary bridges constructed for the event. The bridge took us straight to the Mela Ground.

This was when I remarked to my wife – ‘Now I understand why it is called a Mela!‘

The previous day, we had entered the grounds from the other end, where there were all the Shivirs. This day, as we entered from the Ganga Ji side, we realized what a beautiful Mela was underway!

There was pure festivity in the air, along with the unmistakable aura of bhakti. So we stopped before going to ‘our’ shivir and had steaming hot bhuna hua chana, with a cocktail of masalas adding to the flavour. Sheer Bliss, I tell you!

As we turned towards the Shivir, a speeding SUV suddenly screeched to a halt. In it was a ‘V.I.P Babaji’ (Copyright for this term rests with Shri @cestmoiz Ji! 😁🙏). The driver was in a rush, even as I signalled with my hand for him to slow down, lest he run over some poor soul!

I made eye contact with the ‘V.I.P Babaji’ while doing so and he politely smiled at me.

But the driver glared at the walkers for daring to slow him down!

Two different sides of a coin, I’d say.

While on the topic of ‘V.I.P Babajis’, on our last day in the Mela Ground, a vehicle crossed us from behind at great speed, with sirens blazing. I thought it was an ambulance, till the time I saw it to be a private vehicle, followed by yet another SUV of yet another ‘V.I.P Baba’!

Anyhow, back to the Mela on day two of our trip which was also the day one of the Maha Kumbh. Once again, the day was spent serving food to folks who came visiting the little Shivir that we were volunteering at.

It was sometime in the midst of this that I had an epiphany of sorts.

Where we had spent months and weeks agonizing over planning our trip, where to stay, how to commute etc, many such simple folks had just gotten up and reached Prayagraj, trusting fate to take care of them.

That day the Bhandaara lasted from 11 am till 5pm & was still on as the Missus & I left the camp. On the way out, I couldn’t help but think of all those stories in the movies about kids getting separated in Kumbh ka Mela. It seemed very unlikely that day, seeing the arrangements.

But as luck would have it, at just about that time my wife and I got separated!

Thankfully, she called up on my mobile and we could find each other again, without having to wait for so many years as might typically happen in a bollywood film!

Next day we had planned for a dip in Sangam on the occasion of Sankrant. Sadhus and various Akharas had already taken the dip during the early morning hours of between 3 and 5 am that were reserved for them. We commoners started from our lodgings at about 8:30 am.

This day, traffic was halted nearly 7km from Sangam. Crowds too were massive, even when compared to the day prior. However, crowd control was excellent and there were one-way lanes for pilgrims in order to avoid any ‘dhakka-mukki’.

And unlike the crowds in say, Karol Bagh Market of Delhi, these crowds didn’t make me perturbed or short-tempered. We were all one in our pursuit of the spiritual experience at Sangam.

All energies all around us were pure and blissful as the sea of humans snaked thru the streets.

The crowds were really thick, but one never felt claustrophobic. Space and traffic management was excellent and never once did we encounter a ‘traffic jam’. Such was the beauty of the traffic management, that we were even able to halt in the middle of it all and take this video!

The police were very ruthless in restricting access to even fellow policemen in uniform who wanted to reach their place of duty on their motorcycles!

We decided to take a boat to Sangam from the Qila Ghaat. Looking back, this turned out to be a great decision!

For one, the views were fantastic!

The Qila Ghaat is situated on the banks of the Yamuna River. From here, it took about 20 minutes for us to reach Sangam by boat. The boatsmen charged a mere Rs 400 per passenger for the 80-90 minute round trip instead of attempting to rip us off.

There were eight of us on the boat, including four women and a guy from a Gujarati family. They were in great spirits, joking around with each other, with us and with the ‘Kevat’ as well.

Once again, there were hundreds of boats in water and yet, a perfect method to the madness.

At the Sangam, we were taken to an area where there was a sandbar on which water was about chest deep. Once again, a snaan was done, with this time one extra dip devoted to all those who had outsourced their own ‘Paap-Dhulai’ to me upon hearing of my trip!

Once again, the snan was pure bliss. The body and the heart felt so warm after the snan that I cannot describe in words. One could actually sense the changed mood in the boat during the return journey, as the same Gujarati family, after some minutes of chit-chat, started off with Hanuman Chalisa followed by bhajans, with rest of us too joining in.

The walk back was leisurely. The Missus was, however, tired.

And as if on cue, two young guys appeared and offered to drop us off to wherever we wanted, on their bikes which they had managed to bring in!

No price was negotiated and no demands were made. They just said that we could give them whatever we wanted. Naturally, we got on the bikes.

My driver talked all through the ride about doing this as a seva (it wasn’t a taxi!), and offering me advice for rest of my stay there. We reached a few minutes before the other rider reached with my wife. While waiting, he saw I was carrying a pitcher with water from Sangam. He asked for some of it and performed a ‘Panch-Snan’ by sprinkling it on his head, face and feet.

Once the Missus too reached, we paid them what we thought was a fair price, plus some more! Thankfully, they were happy with it.

This brings me to another aspect about the public transport in Prayagraj. Mind you, this is purely based on my anecdotal experiences, so feel free to disagree. I felt that the e-rickshaw drivers too were polite, helpful and not at all overcharging despite so much clientele.

In fact, the entire city of Prayagraj is currently seeing major disruptions in their daily routine. On days of Shaahi Snan, a large chunk of locals cannot even go about their business/jobs or even take out their vehicles Imagine such a thing in Delhi & the chaos that would ensue!

I have no hesitation in saying that entire citizenry of Prayagraj are earning so much Punya merely for hosting the Maha Kumbh and the Kumbh every time they happen.

Then there are the security personnel who continue to be on duty and yet may not be able to have a snaan themselves. In fact, I actually asked one guy on the Qila Ghaat whether he had had the opportunity for a snaan in the midst of doing his job and he was happy to report that he had gone by boat at 3am itself and had a snaan!

So much Bhakti all around ..

That day we couldn’t go to do seva in the Shivir because of the sheer amount of time it took to go to Sangam and come back. The evening was, instead, spent visiting temples outside the restricted zone.

Our fourth and sadly, last day in Prayagraj was the 15th of Jan. It started off as a bitterly cold morning and I half-jokingly mentioned to my wife that instead of a dip, we should only do a ‘Panch-Snaan’ in Ganga Ji. Anyhow, we took an e-rickshaw to go to the Dashashwamedh Ghat.

To one’s surprise, the rickshaw took us right till the Ghat!

There were no traffic restrictions this day, they having been lifted last night after the Shaahi Snaan was over! To add to the surprise, the crowds too had massively thinned out!

We enquired from our rickshaw guy and he told that towards Sangam too, the walk this day would be barely 1-1.5 km! (Note: this was later corrected by someone on Twitter who said that rickshaws can go as close as 200m to Sangam.)

Anyhow, the morning was still bitterly cold and we were already on the Ghaat! However, once there, there was no question of not taking a dip!

This time too, the cold only lasted till one took a dip. After the snaan, it was once again as if it was a different world altogether!

This was our third snaan in three days.

Truly blessed.

Yet another cup of ‘nimbu chai’ and yet another cotton candy was consumed before we made our way across Ganga Ji and into the Mela. This time there were a few announcements for lost kids / companions on the PA system by the administration, as were on the day of the Shaahi Snaan.

We reached the Shivir for seva at 9:30am & left at 8pm. Truth be told, we did not want to leave at any cost.

Yet, life had to go on.

Goodbyes were said to those lucky enough, or resolute enough, to continue to serve, while we left for our lodgings that night.

With a heavy heart, we started back for Delhi at 8am on the morning of the 16th and reached home by evening. The Missus has already decided to go back later next month and is planning to stay in the Shivir itself. I, on the other hand, have a job to go to!

We are told that more than 1.5 Crore devotees took the holy dip on Sankrant. Locals also say that atleast 3-4 times as many will come on the Shaahi Snaan on Mauni Amavasya.

Now THAT would be a sight to behold for those lucky enough to witness it!

Speaking with the locals in the Mela Ground and elsewhere as well, one got the sense of pride they feel in hosting this mega event every 12 years. They were also all praises for the Govt and local administration for making arrangements like ‘Never Before’ in this Maha Kumbh.

As I close this thread, all I will say is JUST GO THERE! Kumbh comes once every 12yrs and a Maha Kumbh once every 144 years. One absolutely must make use of this blessed duration to perform this teerth yaatra while one can. That’s all I will say.

Thanks for your patience. 

:fin:

On the Current Situation in Bangladesh after Arakan Army capture of Muangdaw

Harpreet Uncategorized , , , ,

(This chain of thoughts was tweeted on the night of 16 Dec 2024. Link to the thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1868683636066939125 )

Sharing some thoughts on the recent moves by the Arakan Army on the Bangladesh-Myanmar Border.

Let’s see how this one goes ..

Let me just begin with this bombastic video of Bangladesh Army veterans threatening to capture Kolkata within four days! Very bombastic, I’d say .. especially when their own generation got the blunt end of the stick from Pakistanis in 1970-71 and couldn’t do anything about that!

Unfortunately for these geriatric idiots, while they were turned towards Kolkata, right behind them came the Arakan Army which established control over Bangladesh-Myanmar border. As always, these erstwhile East Pakistanis got totally surprised from behind (PS: All Possible Puns Fully Intended!)

It is still open to debate whether the Arakan Army did that with the backing of the Chinese or the Americans (I personally bet on Chinese hand, but that is just a gut feeling). But regardless, that border is now sealed for the immediate future atleast.

Implications of that on poor old Bangladesh are a tad unfortunate. It means that the only land border that still permits import of essential goods such as potatoes, sugar, COTTON FOR THEIR TEXTILE INDUSTRY, refined petroleum products etc, is the Indian border!

Oh, and electricity too! On that note, I wonder whether the amount payable to Adani Group for electricity supply has crossed $1Bn yet! Of course, the Bangladeshis threaten to import electricity via Nepal but unfortunately that too would depend upon Indian benevolence for transit!

Why I wrote the above is that if you noticed, the open anti-India rhetoric of Bangladesh in the immediate aftermath of their August ‘Revolution’ has scaled down immensely over the past few days. On that note, I will just leave this tweet here before moving on!

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1821003841254408320 )

Adanis have already reduced electricity supply by 50% and Tripura too has nearly cut down entirely, the electricity they were supplying to Bangladesh due to non-payment of dues.

Aur karo revolution!

But coming back to the happenings on the Myanmar-Bangladesh Border .. The first thought that came to my mind when I first heard about the capture and sealing of the border by Arakan Army some days ago was SYRIA.

Seriously.

Let me try and explain why.

Ever since the August ‘Revolution’, people in India have been talking about retaking Indian territory lost to Pakistan in 1947. To be fair, I too added a lot of fuel to this fire, especially when it comes to the Chittagong area.

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1828448057689809315 )

And this is why the Arakan Army moves in Muangdaw become so interesting.

What are the odds that if and when India actually decides to make a move in that area, the Chinese(?) backed won’t try and beat us to it, especially to the strategic port of Chittagong?

Mind you, I write the above merely as a hypothetical scenario, but still, one that has been playing on my mind for some time now.
What makes this thought more interesting is this :

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/NepCorres/status/1868598478320075103 )

Depending on who you listen to, the Arakan Army have been shelling areas in Bangladesh from across the border or as per some, they have already invaded Bangladesh territory and taken over the town of Teknaf!
But regardless, things are not too happy for the clown in Dhaka.

I totally agree with Col Hunny Bakshi below that one thing is for sure – Refugee influx in India in large numbers.

I will come to that in a while. But first let us get to the geography of the area.

It is rightly called the Bay of Bengal. The underlying context is that whoever controls Bengal, controls it.

You may want to mull over the above thought for a moment before moving ahead.

Moving on, it is India that controls not just Bengal but also both points of entry into Bay of Bengal – the Malacca Straits as well as the Indian Ocean route.

I say India controls Bengal, keeping in mind the relatively recent reality of a country called East Pakistan / Bangladesh.

There have been reports of the USA looking for a base in St Martin’s Island in Bangladesh and the Chinese looking at the Sittwe Port.

Needless to say none of these will be viable without Indian support or atleast an Indian nod.

Feel free to disagree with what I wrote above.

What I am coming to, is the fact that if things continue to fester, there will soon be a Syria type situation right on our borders. With too many stakeholders rushing to fill a power vacuum inside erstwhile East Pakistan, something is bound to give way.

Despite the facade of a Nobel Laureate in control, fact remains that there is still a lot of ambiguity in the power structure in charge of Bangladesh. The 84 years old geriatric ‘Advisor’ can very easily be discarded by the real power, if needed.

Link to tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1865723952452309330

However, that still does not solve the problem of the true face behind the mess that Bangladesh is in today. Of course, it is quite well known to be General Waker uz Zaman, with the backing of Pakistan to boot, but he is still not the ‘Face’.

Link to tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1828452899699015992
(Link to tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1828452899699015992 )

Of course, when things go further South, he can suddenly and magically come forward as the ‘Saviour’, aka his heroes Musharraf, Zia ul Haq, Yahya and Ayub Khan and of course the countless Bangladesh Army Coup makers as well!

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1828452316296450543

But the big question to ask is, who will he save Bangladesh from?

And HOW?

Will it be from India?

Of course, it will be from India!

But HOW is the big question!

The simple answer is – No Way!

At best, the Bangladesh Army can be a pinprick. At worst, they can just fold and surrender, just like their heroes, the Brown Panted Ones of Pakistan. Btw, greetings on Vijay Diwas ye all!

The yahoos in charge of Bangladesh with Pakistani blessings are the sons and grandsons of these very unfortunate women. Cynically speaking, these bastards are just yearning for the love of their fathers and grandfathers sitting in Pakistan. (Do read the snippet below. I INSIST)

Carrying on, let us see the similarities between the current situation and 1971.

1. Democratically elected govt NOT permitted to be in power.

2. Looming threat of refugee crisis.

3. Superpower rivalry in Bay of Bengal (Apart from US and China, Russian Navy too visited recently)

 

4. Chaos on the streets of Bangladesh.

5. Rampant persecution and killings of minorities.

6. Economic stress due to non-existent law and order.

7. NO FRIENDS IN VICINITY TO SEEK HELP FROM.

We can keep adding to this list, but I think you get my gist.

As the wheels of history move faster and faster, there will be more and more chaos.
But remember, new Order can only emerge from Chaos. This is what happened after WW2, after 1971 and if we play our cards well, this is what will happen after 2024 as well.

We may do it tomorrow,

Or we may do it in a couple of months,

Or in a couple of years’ time ..

But fact remains that if we don’t, someone else will. I’d much rather see Feni / Chittagong and Rangpur in Indian map instead of someone else’s.

In any case, Bangladesh as we knew prior to 05 Aug 2024, no longer exists and will not come back either.

They made their bed. Now they sleep in it.

Unfortunately for them, they decided to sleep with the Pakistanis in this case. The result will be another break-up of their country.

Bangladesh is not merely landlocked with India on 95% of its borders, it is also at the mercy of the Indian Navy across its shores. The Indian Navy has had a free run of Bangladesh ports earlier, destroying targets at will, thanks to the mighty Vikrant. If it ever comes to a race for Chittagong and other ports of present day Bangladesh, I am sure they would just as brilliantly complement their Indian Army counterparts in 2024-25 as they did in 1971.

As a further exercise, just plot the Indian Air Force bases around Bangladesh!

What will Shri Waker uz Zaman and his fauj of geriatrics do?
Answer – Nothing.
They might beg the world for help.
But that won’t change their fate.

Begging for US and Chinese aid didn’t help their illegitimate fathers in 1971 when India was relatively much weaker than it is now. Further, state of relations of present day India with most world powers is much different, as also current Indian heft in international geopolitics.

On that note, I will also share a personal view : Most Indians still remember the decidedly inimical US actions against India in 1971, but have mostly forgotten about the post Pokharan-2 sanctions of 1998.

Here’s why, in my opinion : 1998 is forgotten ‘coz sanctions were a foregone conclusion since we deliberately acted against established norms. But in 1971, we were the morally correct side & US sided with the ‘asuras’. Hence the continued memory of that event. Feel free to disagree!

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1201018602712756225 )

As I come to close this thread, I will give you one more thing to do.
Just open a map of India and focus on Bangladesh.
See if that strikes you as an unnatural entity, nearly cutting off the Motherland from her North-Eastern children.
To me, it surely does

(Link to above tweet : https://x.com/CestMoiz/status/1821589668665741440 )

As I mentioned earlier, Bangladesh of 04 Aug 2024 is finished.

Let me also add that Bangladesh of 16 Dec 2024 too has no future unless they accept the fact that it is only India that can help them out of this mess that they have created for themselves.

Do mull over it for a moment

With this, I conclude this thread. Today is too momentous a day to ignore the happenings in Bangladesh. On that note, I will just leave this short thread on the occasion of #VijayDiwas here as well.

Jai Hind .. and goodnight!

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1868472667587899622

Adding my previous Blog Posts on Bangladesh here, for those interested: 

On the Events Currently Underway in Bangladesh (As on 08 Aug 2024)

On the Events in Bangladesh (As on 26 Aug 2024)

On the Role of the Bangladesh Army in Recent Events (As on 27 Aug 2024)

On the Current Situation in Bangladesh (As on 08 Dec 2024)

On the Current Situation in Bangladesh (As on 08 Dec 2024)

Harpreet Uncategorized , , , ,

Folks, sharing some thoughts on the current state of affairs in Bangladesh.

Let us see how it goes ..

First and foremost, let us call it for what it is currently – An attempt at re-establishing East Pakistan.

Yup, that’s what it is. Pakistan attempting to return to its erstwhile colony via proxy.

Come to think of it, conditions in East Bengal today are quite similar to what they were in 1970-71:

1. Interim Govt in place.

2. Democratically elected Govt not allowed to function.

3. Widespread and blatant atrocities against minorities and those that the current ‘govt’ doesn’t like.

The only (nominal) difference is that in 1971 it was more of a ethnic divide between the Punjab dominated rulers from West Pakistan and their Bengali subject in the East Pakistan. Now, however, it is about the Jamaat gone wild under the nominal cover of a geriatric Noble Laureate.

Make no mistake; the religious fanaticism seen during the Direct Action Day has remained very much alive in Bangladesh. For those who are not aware of the Direct Action Day, here are some (disturbing) visuals to tell you the story: 

Even in 1971, despite the ethnic origins of the situation, it was the religious minorities that bore the brunt of violence. Same was the case in 1991 post the Babri demolition as well, for those who aren’t quite aware of that fact too.

Screenshot 2024-12-08 214729

Suffice it to say, religious fanaticism in Erstwhile East Pakistan never quite went away. Instead, it was kept under a tight leash by the govt of Sheikh Hasina, which of course, was ‘conveniently’ overthrown by riotous ‘revolutionary’ mobs on the streets of Dhaka.

Of course, the sheep too participated wholeheartedly in the ‘revolution’ right alongside the wolves, not realizing that they were the ‘main course’ for the ‘revolutionaries’! Par for the course, I’d say. Sadly, they are paying for it with their blood now.

Here’s yet another sad example of sheep happily running towards their own slaughter.

MUST WATCH, I’d say.

But what I find interesting to note is the sheer outrage all these atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh by the rabid yahoos has caused within India.
Indian Media has been covering it ceaselessly.
Further, even politicians cutting across political lines have denounced it.

Why might that be so?

IMO, it gives a glimpse to atleast a few of the sheep on our side of the fate that they themselves have avoided thus far, thanks partly to the Partition of the Motherland in 1947. Also, the fate endured by our own ancestors in 1947 and before that as well.

The visuals coming out of Bangladesh every single day have definitely had an impact on the psyche of MANY within our own borders as well, either consciously or sub-consciously. I will leave it at that for the time being.

Let us instead come to the question of WHO THE HELL IS HEADING THE INTERIM GOVT IN BANGLADESH??!!

It is most definitely NOT Yunus, because he goes by the title of CHIEF ADVISOR to the Govt of Bangladesh!

Interesting, no?

I would go out on a limb and say that this gentleman is the one who holds the real power in Bangladesh.

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1828454317633708295

The bumbling old Yunus is just the Fall Guy who will take the blame when the Army is ‘forced’ to take over direct control of Govt.
#JustSaying

Of course, being heavily dependent on the yahoos of the Jamaat ‘e Islami, having a lesbian daughter who drinks alcohol and dresses like this, is definitely a valid excuse to not just throw out Yunus at a convenient time, but also hang him if needed!

Here’s the video of the daughter of the ‘Chief Advisor to the Govt of Bangladesh’ getting arrested for drunk driving after her girlfriend left her, for those interested!

Talking about Yunus .. he himself is as rabid a Leftist as they come .. the only difference is that he has a Nobel Peace Prize, which itself has lately come under a cloud as a tool for rewarding promising stooges!

 

Of course, it was no surprise when links with Hizb ut Tahrir emerged .. because .. well .. why wouldn’t there be such links!

(Link to above report: New advisers of Bangladesh interim government linked to terror group HuT

The plan of the ‘Deep State’ with respect to the Bangladesh Coup was perfect, except for the fact that it was Trump who ended up winning the US Presidential elections hardly a couple of months later!

And he remembered the Nobel Laureate clearly!

So what comes next ..

Well, there are two important dates that are fast approaching which I am keenly watching out for.

Firstly, 16 December, which marks 53 years of liberation of Bangladesh by the Indian Army. Secondly, 20 January, which is the day Donald Trump will be in power.

Let’s talk about 16 Dec first. It is an emotional date which is just about a week hence.

It is a part of Bangladesh history that cannot be wished away, no matter how much they try or how much they blow their own trumpet wrt Indian Trained and Indian Equipped Mukti Bahini.

Period.

This is where it will get awkward for the Bangladesh Army as well as their Brown Panted ‘brethren’ in Erstwhile West Pakistan.

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1255876445697716224

The annual celebrations of this epochal event in Bangladesh will be interesting to watch out for this year for sure!

One way to avoid that would be to trigger an incident or a chain of events that would divert public attention, right? It could vary from an internal disturbance within Bangladesh to even threats / attacks on Indian diplomatic missions in Dhaka and elsewhere.

(^^ Disclaimer: JMTs)

I that regard, I really hope that tomorrow’s visit of Indian Foreign Secretary will result in a word of caution for the rabid rulers that are presiding over the pogrom of minorities in Bangladesh currently.

In fact, before moving ahead, there is one more similarity between Bangladesh of today and East Pakistan of pre-1971 vintage that comes to mind. This is about the insurgency and violence in the Indian North-East.

When East Pakistan existed, NE Insurgents had readymade bases, training and equipment available across the border. And as soon as Pakistan was thrown out, the Mizo insurgency ended in 1973. Fast forward to events leading up to the Aug 2024 coup and transpose it on the levels of violence in North-East and see if you find a pattern. I’ll just leave it at that for the time being.

Coming over to the next important date, i.e, 20 Jan. I get a feeling that the yahoos are trying to inflict as much damage as they can, before their Democrat benefactors in USA remit office.

To be fair, this is happening everywhere, including Ukraine.

They are expediting the influx of Pakistanis within Bangladesh while at the same time making the processing of visas for Indian citizens that much more difficult. Meanwhile military hardware too is already being shipped in for the chaos that awaits.

 

 

https://twitter.com/NepCorres/status/1857134685287334383

Well, either way, their goose is well and truly cooked.
The recent tweet by the handle of the ruling political party in India about the US Deep State has much more of a meaning behind it than just the words tweeted.
They know it too, hence their ‘rush’.

What Bangladesh refuses to see is that their destiny is well and truly linked with India. If a Pakistan could be broken up in 1971 when circumstances demanded it, so also can a Bangladesh when it becomes inevitable.

Here’s an 11 year old tweet for context.

It was a much weaker India that faced off the USA in 1971. Relatively speaking, Pak Army of 1971 in East Pakistan too was a much more dangerous enemy than the Bangladesh Army of today.

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1828446303073730836

The yahoos, as always, still dream of a ‘Greater Bangladesh’.
Of course, this is the opium that the Bangladesh Army feeds them to keep them away from the increasingly desperate situation that the country is rapidly hurtling into, with their sovereign ratings going down to JUNK!

 

But what they don’t realize is that thus far it is only they who have been ‘kinetic’ when it comes to actions whereas India has been keeping its cards close to its chest. That does NOT mean that India doesn’t have any cards to play with.

https://twitter.com/NepCorres/status/1865502577565049071

Heck, even without going Kinetic, India can cause disaster for Bangladesh economy. All that is needed to be done is to cut-off road, rail and air links. The Yahoos, already crying for Indian Visas will do the rest.

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1828464126491754901

Of course there is the inevitable question of Bangladesh plunging into darkness, literally, in case they don’t cough up the money they owe. But the newly ‘martial’ quom of Bangladesh are still running around with their chests puffed, having learnt from the best, i.e. Pakistan!

 

 

Heck, they have even put in a deal to import electricity from Nepal as a contingency. But what the idiots leave unsaid is that this electricity too will travel via the Indian grid, unless the Nobel Laureate has created some magical means of electricity transmission!

Bottomline: There is a great opportunity for India to set right yet more historical wrongs that have been permitted to continue thus far. What, when and how, remain to be seen. I am sure the GOI would already have contingency plans in place in any case.

Let me just get to the map from @NepCorres that I quoted a few tweets above.

Now relate it with the situation in 1971.

Some people say that the original plan in 1971 was limited capture of territory to compensate for the refugee issue and establish a Bangladesh govt. In that context, I will also share this tweet of mine just hours after the Bangladesh coup:

At this point, I would like to reiterate the phrase ‘Pig’s Neck‘ that was tweeted not too long ago!

https://twitter.com/CestMoiz/status/1821581944406364433

And then there is the ‘small’ issue of Feni that is the hub of all surface connectivity with Chittagong and thereabouts.

Bottomline: There are a multitude of options available to Indian in case the situation in Bangladesh continues to fester as it is today. Add to it a relatively friendly regime in the USA even though it would not matter when it comes to national interests, just like 1971 and 1998.

If a much weaker India could brush off the economic sanctions after the nuclear tests of 1998, the India of today can afford to do so many times over. That is in case the ‘world’ dares to sanction India at all.

The ideal end case scenario that I would like to see is Indian borders expanding to protect the minorities in Bangladesh. And the Bangladesh Army cut down to size commensurate to their circumstances, no more than 30,000.

Dare I say, things are fast moving to a stage where kinetic action by India would become inevitable and inescapable. Statements by GOI as well as political parties and private citizens are increasingly calling out the blatant murder and rape of minorities happening in Bangladesh.

Those bastards can deny all that they want, but fact remains that GOI has never been this direct about such issues in past. THIS is something that Govt of Bangladesh would have already taken note of. Yet, in their hubris, they will end up losing parts of their country yet again.

They have chosen their friends.

And they have chosen their enemies as well.

In fact, they have forcibly made enemies out of not only benefactors, but those that actually made their own country a reality when they were being raped and slaughtered mercilessly.

Events of the coming weeks and months will be the history that our grandchildren will be taught in their schools. I have no doubts we have the stronger cards in this ‘game’ and this time, we may or may not be as benevolent as we historically have been.

With this, I conclude this thread. 16 Dec and later, 20 Jan are the inflection points I will be looking at. In any case, even if the current regime in Bangladesh survives a bit longer than that, they will still end up ruining their country for good.

JMTs

:fin: 

Above blog post on my Twitter : Twitter Link

I will just add my previous three threads on Bangladesh here as well:-

Blog 1: On the Events Currently Underway in Bangladesh (As on 08 Aug 2024)

Blog 2 : On the Events in Bangladesh (As on 26 Aug 2024)

Blog 3 : On the Role of the Bangladesh Army in Recent Events