GOOD MORNING, READERS, I am off to my YEAR-END day out in a forest at NORTH BENGAL. I will resume posting from 3rd. January,2025. Merry Christmas, and Happy new year. SARASIJ MAJUMDER

  SUPREME COURT & ARTICLE 142 AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE SARASIJ MAJUMDER   Recently, the Supreme Court of India exercised its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant permanent commission to a woman Army officer, Lt. Col. The appellant, a commissioned officer in the Army Dental Corps in 2008, had been denied the third opportunity to apply for permanent commission. I couldn’t trace the reasons for such decision made by Army. Article 142 of the Indian Constitution grants Supreme Court of India a HUMONGOUS   POWER to pass any order it deems necessary to achieve complete justice in a matter, as per their opinion. The Supreme Court has very broad, undefined, and   inherent powers under Article 142, and the court itself determines what it means to achieve complete justice. The Constituent Assembly adopted the draft of Article 142   & Article 118, without debate, leaving the court to define its scope. To me, it reflects a shabby...

  NATO: A CRITICAL REVIEW MORE A DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY SARASIJ MAJUMDER   The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as an intergovernmental military alliance based on the Treaty between some North Atlantic Countries in Europe and USA,   which was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO’s essential and enduring purpose was, (and   is) to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. Collective defense was (and is)   at the heart of the Alliance and created a spirit of solidarity and cohesion among its members. If we turn back the pages of History, we find that The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or “First Lightning” (codenamed “Joe-1” by the United States), at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949. USA was almost tracking this development through CIA moles, and KGB betrayers—on daily basis. When this became a certainty—NATO WAS FORMED. However, On the...

  TRUMP’S CHINA CHALLENGE A   FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS SARASIJ MAJUMDER BACKGROUND : After 2 nd World War, USA became Super Power, and retained the position due to the end of Colonial Era. U.S.S.R. was competing, but was second in all respect. Even then— by default it was a Bi-Polar world! Cuban crisis put USA firmly as Super most power. After Glasnost, and Perestroika—it became an UNI-POLAR world, which now got subsequently challenged. NEW EMERGENCE:-- At least 2 and a half decades, the Ui-Polar   situation hold, till CHINA emerged as a contender. Soon India follow through. Russia still remained a pole, though smaller. Hence—we got a MULTI-POLAR world now, much to the chagrin of Uncle Sam, and his tail EU, which feared Russia; has mental blockade in accepting China as a world leader, and accustomed to think India as a third world!!! OBAMA-OBAMA—TRUMP-BIDEN:- In 8 years of OBAMA period, USA got further decayed, and CHINA emerged much stronger. Actually, De...

  *DECEMBER 7, 1856* FIRST WIDOW GOT REMARRIED SARASIJ MAJUMDER     Kalimati, a daughter of a Kulin Brahmin, living in   Palashdanga, Burdwan, was married at the age of four. During the wedding ceremony, the 58-year-old groom merely touched the bride's head with vermilion and ran to Medinipur. He did not have time to wait. The next day, he married another noble girl. As a ‘KULEEN BRAHMIN’, he had   the great responsibility of rescuing   fathers of unmarried daughters from becoming ‘FALLEN’ in the society. This incident happened in 1850. After this, Kalimati never had the good fortune to see her husband again. 2 years later, Kalimati's father Brahmananda Mukhopadhyay received a letter from his daughter's in-laws, and then the vermilion on Kalimati's forehead was removed. At the age of four, Kalimati did not understand why she was wearing vermilion, and even that day, the six-year-old girl did not understand why the vermilion was removed. She only...

  CON MAN AND A THIEF SARASIJ MAJUMDER Dhani Ram Mittal, you may have heard this name too, because he is considered to be the most cunning thief in India. A thief who fraudulently sat on the judge's chair for two months and delivered judgments. I think he is/was ( ? ) a very cunning person. So let's know some special things about this thief. It is said that Dhani Ram Mittal made theft his profession at the age of 25. In the year 1964, he was caught by the police for the first time while stealing. Currently, he is about 80 years old. As per report in ‘MONEY CONTROL’ —he died of Heart Attack. It is said that he is the only thief to be arrested the largest number of times in the history of theft. He was last arrested for stealing in the year 2016. However, he escaped by dodging the police. It is said that Dhani Ram has stolen more than a thousand vehicles, and could sold them so far. The most important thing is that this thief commits theft only in broad daylight. In his lifet...

    INDO—PAK   NUCLEAR WAR A WHAT-IF ANALYSIS. SARASIJ MAJUMDER   Actually, many Pakistani leaders, including jailed Mr. Imran Khan, brought this NUCLEAR CAT out of their Nuclear Bag, and showed us several times! It may be true, they have some dirty bombs, which I very much doubt to be good enough as   deployable arsenals, even assuming China’s support. Afterall, China is not fool. Today’s friend could be tomorrow’s enemy! Particularly—Pakistan has not yet abandoned Uncle Sam! China is no friend of USA! And Pakistan may do a dirty job on CHINA  for Uncle Sam! Even then, let us assume Pakistan fired a dirty bomb, and attacked India. The effect will be as follows:- 1. First of all, the Indian Défense System   will try to explode those Missiles with nuclear bombs in Pakistan's airspace. If that succeeds,    the Pakistani population, which is 95+% Muslim, will be affected and will die and India's enemy country will be destroyed on...

  BJP’s FUTURE IN PUNJAB SARASIJ MAJUMDER   BJP   had dug its own grave in PUNJAB, and slipped into the PIT, by partnering ‘AKALI DAL’, before dumping them in the recent past. ARE YOU SURPRIZED, AND SHOCKED TO READ ABOVE? THEN READ FURTHER BELOW. Congress is considered by majority   of Hindu population of PUNJAB   as their saviour, at least during peak ‘Khalistani’ days. And it was ‘CONGRESS’ who fought, and controlled Khalistanis in Punjab, before they could raise their head in Canada recently, with the support of Mr. Justin Trudeau, present Prime Minister. It is a fact. During the dark era of Khalistani terrorism of the 80s, Akalis were openly seen   to support Khalistani extremists. Be it Jatt Sikhs or Dalit Sikhs, most of them supported the Khalistani separatists, openly—or silently. The extremists would indiscriminately and randomly   open fire on   any Hindu population of the state. It happened in Delhi also. At C.R.Park, a pai...

  RANI KARNAVATI OF GARHWAL “NAK KATI RANI” SARASIJ MAJUMDER   There are many blunders in the teaching and writing of Indian history by the Historians of Nehruvian Era.   The losers are Indian school students. They couldn’t know about our courageous legacy. Under many of the Muslim Education Ministers during Dynastic Rule,   the Historians   were   obsessed with the exploits of the Muslim and Mughal invaders rather than the glorious deeds of our brave defenders. More pages are written on ALEXANDER, than ‘KING PORUS’. Greek historians wrote a fiction, and we parroted it in our history books!! Unfortunately, no Indian chronicled the battle of Hydaspes. The problem gets compounded in India by the fact that our past historians tend to ignore the history of the regions far away from Delhi or the big adjoining   cities. What is even a bigger tragedy is the fact that the role of brave women in Indian history hardly    ( if they do) find pa...

  RISHI,MUNI,SADHU,GURU SADHAK,SANNYASI,YOGI SARASIJ MAJUMDUR In our country, all the persons listed above are not generally differentiated much, by us. Writers also, somewhat loosely used the nomenclatures in their writings. Though they have many commonalities, each one   of them is different, in their PRACTICE,   PURPOSE OF LIFE, AND LEADING   THE LIFE.   We will discuss about them, with the basic differences, in short. The one thing common about them is- that all of them are ‘Spiritual Persons’, and carry the higher form of ‘Sanatan Dharma’, or ‘Hinduism’—as we may understand easily. 1.0   RISHI: He is connected to, and composer of   VEDA, Vedanga, Vedanta--or Knowledge. There are a few higher stratas as well e.g. MAHARSHI (KANWA), RAJARSHI (King Janaka), DEBARSHI (NARODA),   ‘SHRUTORSHI’—who learned, and remember VEDAS by hearing, e.g. Vasishta; or only ‘Rishi’-e.g. Gautama.   There are 18 ‘VEDABYASAS’—and all are ‘MAHARSHIS’. ...