Stop Venerating anti-heroines like Rani Padmavati. She is not an example at all

The recent attacks on the producer of the film on the passion of the Mulsim ruler for Rani Padmavati are bad. What is worse is that the mindset has not changed, despite the 21st century. It's again a law of possession. She belonged to a Rajput ruler, they said, and therefore, she must not be taken by a Muslim invader.

It is 2017 and women are still told that rape is as good as the end of their life. A woman without her izzat will belong to no man – the horror! – and therefore, she must fade into oblivion.

It’s 2017. Can we stop glorifying Jauhar? Can we stop glorifying a character who was conditioned to believe that honor was higher than life – something women are still told, today?

Set a better example, people! STOP venerating the Padmavati and Sita's for all the wrong reasons.

Whether she lived or not, she deserved better than that.

Something to Remember: 2.4 million Views on Wikinut.com

Something to Remember

self

Yesterday my secretary came to me and told me that she had checked and I had crossed a viewership of 2.4 million on Wikinut. Frankly, I am delighted and happy. There are no payments now, fine, but this achievement is by itself a source of great satisfaction. I have loved 3 things in my life in no particular order, women, cars and writing. The first two dovetail into the last and has led to my novel" Romance of the Frontier".

I started writing on Wikinut a few years back and slowly but surely the views from a trickle grew up. Now even when I write seldom on this site, yet I still garner over 1200 views a day. This is again a source of great satisfaction. Wikinut is a fine site and one sincerely hopes it does not pack up. I think it could, however, take a learning lesson from some new sites like Blastingnews.com

Fond memories

me and my Skoda

One of the big plus points in wikinut has been the comradery with other writers and the moderators. One man who is missing who wrote prodigiously earlier is V Paulose. I wonder where he is? Steve Kinsmen is another whose name along with Carolina must be mentioned.
With close to 1400 articles covering a wide variety of topics, gives me the chance express myself. There has hardly been a moderation and I am thankful that an article on the painter Coubert with his painting was published on this site. It's been a great innings all through. Though my activity is reduced on the site, yet the site still beckons and shows that it has some intrinsic value.

Last Word

Self and my SUV

Life moves on and Khalil Gibran wrote" the moving finger writes and life goes on, never to come back" is so very true. The years with Wikinut is something that will be a part of my life. It is a great pleasure to interact with the writers, many of who are still writing on this site. But does wish that the writing site thinks ahead and tunes up. It cant go on and v become moribund. It has a great base and maybe a bright spark may still come. I want to think that it will happen.

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EX Soldiers rely on Courts and it has no meaning

What makes people think that the courts will give relief for sure? what if they don't? this is a real possibility and cannot be ruled out. Having observed at close quarters the working of the government in Singapore( where I am based) and Burma, Thailand  I find that the only way the armed forces can assert is if they are part of the political decision-making process. This is so in these nations and unless that happens( part of the decision-making process) in India the services will remain forever second class.

No amount of letters even by the Chiefs can have any meaning and I think they are just trashed by the government. No point in blaming the IAS lobby and I have a few friends there who tell me the fault is with your top brass that just doesn't exert. 

The fault is square with the political leadership and it started from the time of Nehru and Cariappa must take the blame. It has continued. If Burma and Thailand countries with a pacifist religion can have the armed forces as part of the political mainstream, why not India? Courts are just what they are Courts. They do not bring any revolutionary change and only uphold the established order till a revolution throws them out. This is history

SU-22 is a State of Art Bomber from Russia * 59

One of the older era Russian bombers was the Tupolev -22 or as known by its NATO codename the Backfire. This was first flown in 1969 and is still in service. The Russian aircraft designer Andre Tupolev  was tasked by Josef Stalin as far back as in

1952 to produce a strike bomber that could penetrate the USAF defenses and land a counterpunch. The TU-22 then appeared. It is a plane with a speed of 2350 km/hr. and has a range of 6000 km. It is more than capable of penetrating enemy defenses and can strike at the US if it flies via the North Pole. The aircraft is now upgraded and is still in service as the Backfire.

The backfire is the pride of the Russian air force and the fact remains there is no plane in the arsenal of the west that matches this plane. 

The Russian still believe in the concept of the Strategic bomber and the Backfire is precisely that a long-range strategic bomber that can fly low and strike the enemy. The world has seen the power of the Backfire in the bombings going on in Syria. Earlier the planes were taking off from Russian airfields but now these planes now have operated from the Iranian base of Hamden and bombed the opponents of Assad in Syria with lethal effect. No other country has any similar long-range bomber, not even the USAF or Chinese Air Force.

The backfire is a force multiplier and the west is wary of this plane.  It is equipped with ECM and ECCM and does not need a fighter escort as it flies at Mach 2.5 and can launch its laser-guided missiles from afar. The Russians have over 50 of these planes and they form the backbone of the Russian strategic  air force.

Doctrine of Necessity as Made Applicable in Paksitan

“Doctrine of necessity” is a legal term. This is a term used in constitutional law and is as old as history. What does it mean? It means that a government can resort to extra-constitutional authority in case there is a breakdown in law and order. The purpose is to restore order in a situation when anarchy reigns The Romans used this doctrine in the occupied lands. Later in the 13th century, the doctrine was given a legal cover by the jurist Henry de Bracton (1210-68).

The doctrine was further revised by William Blackstone (1773-68) an English Jurist. Both jurists had a common thread that this doctrine was a necessity in case there was a breakdown in law and order. The crucial point is “breakdown in law and order”. There is a related question as to who will decide this. The jurists did not amplify on this matter.

‘Doctrine of Necessity’ has never been used in England. But it has been used in Germany by Hitler and now in Pakistan. Pakistan is one nation that has repeatedly upheld changes in Pakistan’s political environment by military coups under this doctrine. This makes sad reading.

My Introduction to "ROMANCE OF THE FRONTIER" A Sizzling Romance

This novel was long in my mind and finally I wrote it and it is published. It is a tale of an Afghan warrior and his love with a British and Anglo-Indian girl during the tumultuous period of partition 11947

• The novel
• The Plot
• Last Word

The novel

The author

Writing a novel is a work of inspiration and this novel by me fills that genre. The novel was written many years back but was kept pending I finally decided to publish and Notion Books, Chennai were only too happy to publish it. There is a lot of action, killings, and the most important part is that the book is laced with oriental erotica.

Notion Books an Indian publishing firm has taken pains and printed the book with an excellent get-up and glossy cover.

The book is on sale on-line in both paperback forms, as well as a kindle e-book.

The Plot

Book cover

The novel is set in the period when the British empire was on its last legs and as a parting shot had decided to divide India into two by creating Pakistan. This was a tumultuous period in Indian history and forms the background of the novel.

The hero is a Muslim Pathan tribesman who is benevolent, educated and above all a great warrior. The novel delineates his love affair with the daughter of a British major of the Indian army and subsequent affair with Anglo- Indian girl. In all this mayhem there are excellent erotic passages, as well as action. The hero kills with compunction, but he is just and fair . The novel also relates a feud between him and a Punjabi Muslaman who wants to drive the Hindus out of Punjab.

There is plenty of action and the reader can be spellbound in case he likes tales of love and adventure.
The book is available on all major online sites likeAmazon, Flipkart, News hunt,Kobo, google play etc. I hope some friends will grab a copy.

Last Word

The book

Considering that it is the first book, I feel it's a commendable piece of work. Some passages do appear disjointed now, but hopefully, I will correct them in later novels.

The book runs into 252 pages and does a picture of that turbulent time. The backdrop of a sizzling love adds to the allure of the novel. It's a good tale and readers should like it. It's also a tribute to the language of English which is now part of India, making it the biggest English knowing nation in the world. At a conservative estimate over 350 million Indians are well versed in this language. India has produced a number of top writers like Salman Rushdie and Kushwant Singh and I hope my novel will add to the repertoire of English literature published in India.

Loving youthful younger women * 72

I want to state an obvious fact that most men like me, covet and seek out younger attractive women for a relationship. Why? I really have no answer but maybe after all it’s a simple answer. As far as I am concerned I do seek company of younger women and I guess the answer is in one word biology. One reason is that for men the biological clock is different. I recollect reading somewhere that Anthony Quinn the Hollywood star had a child at 82. Not possible for a woman.

Despite some people sneering at older men and younger women in a relationship, the fact is many younger women marry older men it’s again a biological need.
Frankly as I am not a woman, I can’t write from the women’s angle. But I suppose all relationships can only take place if there is mutual attraction, and sexual desire. So at the end of the day the woman must like the man and that is the bottom line.

I make no apologies for the fact that many younger women have accepted me as a partner. Maybe its love, I can’t say. But I see nothing wrong with it. All I can say is that many younger women accept me and it’s not for money for I don’t have much.