A wonderful Christmas full of love, peace, and happiness

Having just passed midnight hour of Christmas eve, its officially Christmas here in Colombo. It has been raining constantly for the last seven days, like as if we are approaching another Noah's flood. Good one, many around here would say. Good one to wash away all the dirty politicians, they'd add. Yet, its the Season and I am in good spirits (or high on spirits – whichever I am not sure because those lovely spirits have clouded my judgement).

If we take the fortnight from here to 8th January, Sri Lanka will have a visit made by His Holiness, Pope Francis, and a presidential election. Quite a mouthful for a small island nation. And people are sick of politicians. Did I tell you that I am in good spirits because its the Season? Well, I don't hate anyone enough to hope they'd get washed off by this incessant rain into oblivion.

Lets take a biblical approach here. A president coerced by his international patrons to initiate what he owes them: The poor man is trapped between Scylla and Charybdis. Deliver the goods to his foreign Darth Vader masters – him & his whole family is unmasked and politically dead. Gaddafi style. Not deliver the goods to Darth Vader clan, they will freeze all his offshore accounts and fund a coup to oust him. His entire clan will die penniless AND Gaddafi style.  What you get now is a perfect recipe for an early election, way way before the current mandate ends. What would anyone (YOU) do in such a situation? Holding the election now and extending mandate for 8 years to come – and then deliver goods to Masters of Dark is the only viable course of action. Any other course is simply suicidal.

Considering his grave predicament, and the fact that anyone & everyone here is also either partners of crime or guilty of wretched complicity, “stone pillaring” one man as the scapegoat does not sound fair to me. Now this is where Seasonal goodwill comes in. Its simply called Forgiveness.

Can we, despite of whatever we purport ourselves to be, can we actually forgive others? Solemnly accepting one has erred and forgiving others for trespasses are the hardest things to come by – now this goes for all people, myself included. Preaching forgiveness and humility is one thing. Practising those are surely a different kettle of fish. Slippery matters they are, just like fish. Even a well known phrase like Forgiven, not forgotten (hi Chrissie) can be interpreted as I know wht ya done biatch bt won't do you in for it now.

Why is this stuff on my Christmas blog? Because as age matures me, I have come to consider that hatred and despise for others actually do more harm to ourselves and those around us. Self-righteousness and inability to forgive others just wells up anger and contempt within ourselves, burning up from inside the little humanity we could muster in modern days. Actually, speaking in modern corporate productivity terms, its the most counterproductive load of garbage you can carry around.

So in this Christmas, let us all resolve to throw away this heavy burden, this poison, we carry around with us. Otherwise it will grow to engulf us completely, then those around us, and then our whole nation. Living in an embittered nation full of vengefulness and misguided by self-righteousness is surely no fun at all. Carpe diem (seize the day – a Latin idiot, no I mean an idiom) and let us resolve this Christmas to be rid of this bundle.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins (Isaiah 43:25, KJV)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL – JUST DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN

www.theforgivenessproject.com
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/sacks/286491731.html

Latin lovers and the losers

Recently I had the (mis?)fortune of coming across an article on Aeon Magazine, which questions if the human progress has come to a halt. The writer laments that nothing ground-breaking has happened in technology for the past 40 odd years. Actually this in no way news to me. Long time ago in my student years I came across Kary Mullis (PCR man) ranting just that - “the so called war on cancer has been a damp squib''. Ah, true. And so are all the anti-psychotic drugs, and whatnot people are told to lo and behold. In those student days of mine, there was big talk on being forever young (New Scientist cover story), forages of artificial intelligence, elixir just around the corner of local fish & chips, ad infinitum. Put it this way, its all bunk. I could say that, because having attended a funeral AND a birthday in span of less than one Earth revolution one just gets around to reflect on life, universe, and everything. 42 of course is the answer – whereupon 44 is the approximate answer – like the kid who wrote 665.9 as the approximate number of the beast...

Then again, I am not at all surprised with where we have gotten to – considering the state of education among youth today. Maybe it's the way people see things whence they are over the hill – whole history is a series of complaints in a nut-shell. If you are interested, Plato lamented “Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise..........”; while Cicero also did the same – if my stupid teachers at school got around to teach me right. Well, it's nothing new is it? Coming around (getting around?) Simon Jenkins was on London Times justifying baby-Killer Blair's educational reforms. Exactly what are those reforms? They were taking away math and science from the kids, Blair & his crony David Blunkett. Silly man was not content with his own blindness but sought to blind the youth of his day as well. Mr Jenkins (sounds like a sheep sh......r to me) says he was compelled to study Trigonometry and Latin and whatnot at his public school – but none of those had ever been useful in his life – ever. True. Who the hell said it was all for use? For love of Jove, school education is not a corporate training programme intended to squeeze last bit of usefulness (productivity) out of kids. Idiot. 

As much as I myself lament HIS youth at an English public school without toilet doors, I can equally sympathise with current youth who are deprived of classical education. Maybe Plato foresaw this – whence he said “they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers” - who wants to respect teachers who can't teach crap in the first place (and the parents who can't afford public schools!). Lets take a recent example here – just to give you all an idea of what youth today are like. I was asked to help out a friend's young daughter recently. She is such a vivacious lass with a name to match – charming name that is, alas, for all that potential, the kid could not comprehend a modicum of Latin – not a phrase, not a word, not a even an abbreviation. Never mind French or Sanskrit or any other civilised language. Nothing. I once came across in a book (The Dam Busters, I think) about a pilot in WWII whom the British air control was desperately trying to communicate with – but the writer says “He appeared to speak no known human language”. Thought that was an exaggeration – till I met this kid! 

Put it this way, this girl is surely a lucky one. Because if Plato, or for that matter anyone else from that side of history before the advent of holy computers, got around to meeting her they'd sure wring her lovely neck in desperation. You can leave Latin out of this - but Sanskrit? Surely they are exposed to that language around here, and it's not speaking dead languages I am on about in here. You don't have to be a cunning linguist (ha ha I got you) to see the point. 

If we go on like this, we will have no future left. Utile dulci will become our motto – because there is no tomorrow, Memento mori shall be our religion because there is no cure for diseases, and that verse on some books can be read as Domi Mina Nus Tia Illu Mia!!!

Now go decipher this – it is on Sir Christopher Wren's tomb: "Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice" 

PS You can Google for that, which is better than knowing Latin sometimes. 

U.S. Green Card visa interview

It's the Green Card interview time around here and I thought of giving some advice on facing the visa interview.

First thing to remember is that visa interview is many faceted - personal as well as unpredictable factors can decide if your visa application is a winner or gets rejected.

What consular officers would really like to see is that applicants are honest, do not overstay, and do not mess things up if the visa is granted. Their biggest concern over visit visa applicants really is possibility of staying illegally in the U.S. But Diversity Lottery being something else, please don't go there (interview) and play “I don't wanna stay in America” card, Pleeease.. Whole point of going for DV Lottery interview is staying in U.S.

In simpler terms, here is what you need to prepare for that US Green Card visa interview.

1. Be honest – DV lottery is a state department matter and the interview guy doesn't really care who you are – but things might not turn in your favour if he thinks you are a liar. So please be honest as much as humanely possible.

2. Have your documents ready – this includes those police certificates, educational qualifications, marriage and other certificates, and sponsor details. Don't go there and look lost in a cart load of documents. Have them neatly in a folder,  just take the ones that matter.

3. Dress nicely – Americans like to dress up and don't look like a jerk! Impressions matter! A tie and neatly ironed cloths are quite helpful and will consolidate your position.

4. Know what you are saying to the interviewer: Sometimes they might ask a random question or two on your occupation or motives. Have some idea what to say if asked on these matters.

5. A formal greeting before you sit down – Good morning – is such a neat icebreaker and puts both of you at ease. No need to bend over backwards or look servile, but everybody appreciates a pleasant person. Know that.

6. If you could, take some bank documents to prove your earning potential and ability to support yourself during the first few hard months in U.S. Although they are unlikely to discuss finance in depth, having these helps.

7. Be assertive but pleasant. Cut an image of being formal yet outgoing. Whatever you do, avoid expressing opinions on politics and religion – no matter which side of fence you fall in these matters.

8. If you are asked a tough question like “why are you leaving home to settle in U.S.”, don't panic. Tell him something neutral like “there is plenty opportunities to realise dreams in U.S.”, or how about “I want to build a better future for my children” - DON”T say something like “I am so fed up living in this rathole..” Because most Americans are good patriots and such comments don't cut a fine image of you in them.    

Finally, winning Green Card Lottery (as it's commonly called) does not guarantee you American visa. Consular officers aim to get desirable people into U.S., not those whom they deem are undesirable or unlikely to be successful in U.S. (and join the state charity burden). So try to make a good impression backed up by good paper evidence if needed. Word of caution here about new regulations: Some people get rejected over educational qualifications. You must have at least A/L (= U.S. High School Diploma), OR 2 or more years of recent work experience in one of the qualifying occupations. This means if you are a degree holder or have good A/L (passed!) - then don't mess it up by sticking in a work qualification!!!
here is the link if you need further information:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected/confirm-your-qualifications.html

Good luck

The Jews and Their Lies

What do you think of the Israel and Middle East situation? For some ungodly reason, this has recently become a question that I am asked quite a bit. Why, it evades me. For one, I have never set foot on Israel, and like hell I am not a practising Jew or anything. When asked about Israel, Daniel Barenboim (who is Jewish) said “This is where I want to call home, but I just can't (obviously referring to their relations with the Arab world)”. Think you could dig this up in BBC Reith Lectures when he was the speaker. No, Sue Lawley is NOT Jewish – she is very English, WASP. Lest you ask..

The pattern here is that some people want to blame the Jews for the actions of the ISIS or whatever those beheaders call themselves. I don't know if Israel (or Jews) has anything to do with these guys. Its the bloody yanks and the good Europeans who are responsible for the creation and sustenance of ISIS. These refined gentlemen saw them (at first) as a tool to topple unfavourable ME governments, till the day the monster got out of hand and started beheading their own citizens. Stupid.

Still don't get it? Here is a bit of Torah for you:

All Monsters turn on their Creators, sooner or later. Period. (I refer to Torah here in the sense they are teaching that has been accepted by a long-term consensus because it is based firmly on some precedent – not in as Five Books of Moses).

Here in Sri Lanka, a minuscule minority of the populace is busy blaming the Jews for everything that happens to them. They'd blame the Jews even if a mosquito bit them. Why, it could have been a Mossad agent disguised as a mosquito who came to bite them - in order to infect them with dengue fever. Do you think this is way off the scales? Actually these guys find conspiracies everywhere they go. So if you think this is an exaggeration, wait till you hear about their Islamophobia. 

Unlike Jewish haters who are fortunately not many, people who actually (literally) seek and fear Muslim bogeyman are a LARGE minority here. The Musalman bogeyman is accused of many things. Foremost being distribution of some confectionery variety that strilises Sri Lankan women, followed closely by the fear of organising a Jihad on Sri Lanka soil, besides the Islamic monster is more conniving and subtler than the Jew (as in Martin Luther's Jews and their lies). I am not making these up. Limitless rantings of the Islamophobic are everywhere. You could hardly walk to the shop without having to overhear some nutter complaining about some foul deed he suffered at the hands of Islamic monster. There is a quango here which I call Bodu Balu Sena – a bunch of misguided lunatics who worry every night about impending Muslim invasion of Buddhist Sri Lanka. If you want to lose sleep because you fear monsters are under your bed, fine. This is a problem of their own making. The problem is, just like Martin Luther, these people are spreading fear and hatred amongst their congregations, and a sizeable number of lunatics have come out of the woodwork.

The real problems in this country are not an Islamic invasion, but abject poverty, loss of hope, corruption of democracy, utter corruption of politicians, lawlessness, and deterioration of moral fibre. This self inflicted malady, this cancer, this insanity they all harbour - this is set to eradicate this hapless miserable race from the face of Earth much much long before any Islamic conspiracy succeeds in that.

The funny (depending on how you view that is) thing is Muslims are not alone in their conspiracy phobias. Just tune in the telly, and you'd hear their politicians blasting the West indicating that there is a Western conspiracy to topple the government. Gosh. Really! Actually here in Sri Lanka, ordinary populace is gripped by three varieties of paranoid hysteria.

1. There is a Western conspiracy to overturn the government (as Western powers have nothing better to do with their time other than toppling this cardboard state)
2. The Islamic invasion to destroy the Sinhalese civilisation is nigh (this one is rather fuelled by Muslims themselves by some of their hideous actions)
3. Israel / Jews are conspiring with Americans to destabilise the state (this is because Jews don't have enough problems already of their own making!)

While the whole Sinhalese populace is lost and wondering in the desert of conspiracy phobia, their real nemesis – that is gradual deterioration of moral fibre, sense of justice, and application of logic – is at their heels waiting for them to tire in the phobia desert – so it could devour this stupid race in one bite.

If one imagines this nemesis to be a type of living monster – then it must be one with an awful sense of taste. Because I simply can't fathom any creature, not even a monster, who'd find this miserable race palatable. Shit happens, even to monsters.....

The Wedding Observer

Many people have dreams of living in exotic places – mostly because travel industry, Hollywood, and people like those who are in charge of Lonely Planet promote it. But living in godforsaken places is not as much fun as it is being painted. A pest controller in UK once said on Times (of London) “People want to come to country to get close to nature, but when nature comes close to them, they want to kill it”. Fortunately for Messrs. Fox, Badger, & Squirrel, the guy routinely turned down silly requests to put Strychnine in their food.

Here is a trite description of daily affairs from one of those exotic places – Sri Lanka. One of the things that hit your head like a brick at a wedding here is that there are no historical wedding customs here. No wonder Sir Ivor Jennings said that Sri Lanka is a cultural desert. From matrimonial attires to best man & bride’s maid, and from there onwards to incantations of Jayamangala gaatha, and then to the point of culmination that is called Exchanging Rings, it’s all a Western affair. In between and shortly after the aforesaid, a hell of lot faux western events takes place, finally concluding with honeymoon and home-coming. Oh, and the rest of the stuff are either Indian imports or quite recently added events having absolutely no historical root.

As much as I love my friends, relations, & colleagues, I hate weddings. I just can’t stand the cultural melt pot. Here I am, dressed in my Sunday best, at another wedding. Not knowing anyone else in there except for the bride (who, I must add, is a fine young lady of good upbringing) and her parents, I sat at a corner table away from the public eye. Fortunately for me some nice family with a charming young daughter came along seeking seating arrangements and as luck would have it, sat at my table. Considering that I despise vehemently the ranting of Ashtakha Man, I was desperately seeking for some diversion. Till they came it had been my phone. And once they came, no ice-breaker came and I delved back into my phone. Ashtakha Man was ranting on some king Okkaka, I could never work out how this guy is related to people in Sri Lanka, but his name crops up at EVERY wedding, and that at some length. The mere mention of the name is Strychnine to me, which is incidentally derived from nux vomica plants. The connection being that Okkaka rhymes with Okkara (meaning nauseas in Sinhalese) and I say unto ye, these Ashtakha Men bring up that name to the point of , of, ad nauseam.

Again, luck was on my side. The young lady’s dad was of conversational type and he broke the ice, and I found myself in good company. Praise be to G-d, I could take my mind off the faux-western procession going on, which now it seemed a million miles away. Interestingly, the guy turns out to be an ex-government officer on the same wavelength. This is a rare find indeed. During the rest of the wedding, besides chatting up the young lady, I was busy trying to persuade him to write up his memoirs on his days at the government department. But the thing didn’t take wings as he was rather concerned with offending some people (by writing it up).

So what about the wedding? Well, I have known the bride & her family for over a quintillion years and I have nothing but good to say about them. She followed her heart’s desire and married someone she fell in love with at 15. The groom turned out to be an affable young man himself, with a good secured position in IT industry, and his family seemed to be OK type too. What else could a young girl desire in life. Crowd was in a jovial mood and there was merriment everywhere, which is indeed a good omen. The venue was nice too, being a hotel at the sea front with some grand architecture, although I couldn’t agree with the service that much. With such a fine young couple in our presence with all their hopes & dreams poised to become reality, who cares about service!

Here is wishing them a blessed married life with bliss all throughout their lives and those of their posterity. Shalom.

UK Visa Scam - final update

It had been a bore last month as nothing much was coming up and was apathetic. Actually wanted to give you all an update on that visa scam at the UK High Commission, Colombo, but fell short of motivation. The good news is that we got the passport back – and the bad news being the visa was expired by the time we got it.

Shamelessly, the bastards at the UKHC Colombo asked us to visit that fortress to collect it, saying that “why did you not come sooner? It was here all the time!”. Literally they were saying that passports were to be collected from the high commission, not VFS! Knowing this to be nothing more than a baseless lie, and knowing that the security staff at the gate would scream “go to VFS”, we had prepared ourselves to gather as much evidence as humanely possible. Lo and behold, the security staff took pains to explain us that ALL passport matters are (mis)handled by the VFS. I, in turn, took pains to explain that its not there but here. Now, the local officers involved in security have nothing to do with this, and its not my policy to tell them  their masters are passport thieves. So kept it blacked. merely told them we were asked by the diplomatic staff themselves to come here, not go there.

Anyway, after a few pleasant exchanges over the intercom, they called in their office who in a few minutes responded by instructing them to allow only the applicant to come inside. As was the case before, once inside, the fellows were polite, and have given the passport back – alas, they lied again by saying “why did you ever go to VFS, its all handled by us here, and the passport was here for your collection all the time”. What a pathetic bunch of liars and thieves. Bastards were not even coming to the phone during very early stages, let alone inviting anyone to come and meet them in flesh.

There are two things I want to tell about UK High Commission in Sri Lanka:

Firstly, it does not present the picture of approachability – rather looking like a Guantanamo Bay planted in the middle of Colombo. As much as I do understand security concerns, not being able to reach on phone with civility, being rude, not answering emails, NOT HAVING A PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION, and, oh and being such a biatch. 

Secondly, it makes me wonder whether its rather the local staff who are kingpins of visa scams. Now, this does not exonerate the diplomatic staff themselves - nothing could ever happen without their direct patronage, but the scammers could be a much smaller minority than one perceives them to be. In addition, one can easily guess that this fortress of hideous secrecy can only give birth to visa scams because applicants can be manipulated as there is no reporting framework to lodge complaints.  

It boils down to indicate that no more than two or three of the diplomatic core could be corrupted – local staff being the major operatives of all scams. This some sort of news to me, having experienced it only once before elsewhere. In all other cases, it had been the diplomats who are masterminds while locals being mere middlemen or minions.

Well, as the National Lottery kept saying, stranger things have happened....

Visa scam at UK High Commission Colombo

Have we talked about passport scams at the UKHC before? Well, in case you missed the original postings, here is another endeavour of the good UK High Commission, Colombo. Before we go on, let me assure you that this is not the only scam they have, neither the only occasion that has come to my attention.

Before you get any wrong ideas, let me also add that (to their credit) for some reason, number of passport/visa scams has reduced to a very low level during the last two or so years. So don't count on getting an illegal visa through a go-between, because it is not as abundant as my post might suggest to some people! .

Actually I could write on and on about this, but I guess it suffices to just put down the emails I sent to relevant authorities – you will get the idea.

1. Email after waiting three months:

Dear Chennai DHC
We are still awaiting a response from you regarding the following. Please let us know what has happened as it is three months and we are concerned the passport is lost or some mishap has taken place.

Mrs (Name of the Applicant)
Passport # XXXXXX (Sri Lanka)
Date handed over to VFS : XX November 2013
VFS Receipt # XXXXX
Thank You

Response from Chennai DHC

Dear Mrs XXXXXX XXXX,

Thank you for the email.

I am writing to inform you that your passport has been despatched from our office on XX/11/13. Please contact VFS for the status.

Yours sincerely,

Casework Team

2. Emailed to VFS attaching a copy of UKHC Chennai response, and strangely they say:

VFS RESPONSE -

Dear Sir / Madam,

Thank You for contacting VFS UK Visa Application Centre.

Addressing your query, kindly note that your passport is not ready for collection. Kindly note that you will receive a call to the number provided at the time of submission.

Please feel free to contact us for further clarification. We will be happy to assist you as soon as possible.

Best regards,

VFS UK Visa Application Centre

3. Emailed back to UKHC Chennai

Dear Chennai Deputy HC
I am writing to you regarding my passport which it seems to be missing since handing over to you. I have written to you in this regard before and your response is attached below. With your information, I went to VFS (your service partner in Colombo) and they responded by saying they have not yet got my passport! To confirm this effect, I had emailed them and the response is also attached at the bottom. Kindly let me know what to do now as I am stranded here without a passport. A speedy response is much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
XXXXX XX

4. Finally got VFS to respond - They took it back to square one:

Dear Sir / Madam,

Thank You for contacting VFS UK Visa Application Centre.

Addressing your query, kindly advice if you have submitted a fresh application?

Please feel free to contact us for further clarification. We will be happy to assist you as soon as possible.

Best regards,

VFS UK Visa Application Centre

VFS GLOBAL

The decision to grant or refuse a visa is taken by the Visa Section of the British High Commission and VFS Global cannot influence that decision”

5. Told them the story from the beginning (again!) and here they say:

Dear Sir / Madam,

Thank You for contacting VFS UK Visa Application Centre.

Addressing your query, kinldy note that your passport is not ready for collection. Kindly note that you will receive a call to the number provided at the time of submission.

Please feel free to contact us for further clarification. We will be happy to assist you as soon as possible.

Best regards,

VFS UK Visa Application Centre

6. Here comes the crunch.....

Contacted UK High Commission in Chennai.

No response

Reported to Immigration Fraud through their website.

No response

Reported back to UK DHC in Chennai indicating we are being asked for money.

No response

UK IDD call to authorities

No positive response

7. Emailed to Hon William Hague

Rt. Hon. William Hague

FCO

King Charles St.

SW1A 2AH

Honourable Sir,

I have written to you earlier on the poor service quality of UK Deputy High Commission at Chennai, India. This being the second instalment, I sincerely hope your office would address the issue this time. Before writing to you, I have informed Home Office outfit and reported immigration scam, and just as expected, nothing came through.

As I do not wish to waste your good time with a long grievance, here is the matter in brief.

A passport handed over to the UK High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka has gone missing. Enquiries from Chennai Deputy High Commission attests it was returned Colombo, while the service provider in Colombo indicates they have not received the passport. Now my client, Mrs XXXXX XX, is getting phone calls asking for money so as to grant the visa. We know the person calling has the passport (or a copy of the confidential visa application) as they have mentioned all personal details pertaining to the application.

I have had experience with visa scams in Sri Lanka before and this is certainly nothing new to me. But I am appalled by this particular modus operandi as now Her Majesty's officers have sunk to the level of demanding money from genuine applicants who have entitlement for entry clearance.

(Passport and application details – omitted from BLOG to preserve identity)

Sincerely expecting you would attend to this matter,and wishing you a prosperous new year (its new year here in Sri Lanka), 

I remain,

Yours etc.

My Name and contacting information

No response!!!!!!

Let me tell you again, this apathetic attitude of the UK authorities is the single major cause of visa scams and illegal immigration rackets. Nothing else. If you want to stop illegal immigration, then act when required.

Amen

Smile, It’s your birthday!

Well it’s the independence day time here in the uncharted backwaters called Sri Lanka. Unlike in civilised nations here on earth, people here tend to celebrate servitude and regression into barbarism with some unsettling fervour. I quite do not understand why, or how, but it is just there. Each day I hear their voices calling for compensation for deeds committed during the times of empire, how bad it was, and so forth. Yet they forget they have now created a bloody violent society which has brutally killed more than one hundred thousand people - this is just the figure for the two Sinhalese uprisings since independence. When you add the terrorism body count, it is said to double the figure. And that is just a conservative estimate.

I have not yet found even a scrap of evidence to suggest that the British had run a lawless society here during their times. Neither have I found any scrap of evidence to suggest that their officials or politicians (such as the Governor) here were corrupted, or committed rape, or abduction and murder. Nor is there any evidence to suggest they interfered with free press or verbalisation of opposition. Oh, and we could leave out land grab that is ongoing in here right now. Most shameless deed in the modern history of any country with so called democracy. Oh, I know that Mr Mugabe is doing just that in Zimbabwe – but that is a wholly different scenario. And please don't harp on the perceived injustice (of the British) during Barren Land Ordinance of 1834 – which accordingly to my understanding was to grab unoccupied forest lands or uncultivated lands. Correct me if I am wrong, but the rural folks DID NOT OWN ANY LANDS then and there was no deeds to them (another tool of civilisation donated by Western governance). Barren Land Ordinance did not take cultivated land and set people starving - they would not have starved as their major source of sustenance was mother nature herself, the wild fruits and game, water from the streams, all in abundance. It is still the same in some areas.

OK, let us say the British were most unfair and unjustifiable in their approach and treatment towards the locals here. Let us also agree that they were barbaric to the point of being Satans. Fine. Did they abduct and tortured people from their homes and then killed them without due process (of law)? Did they grab young women by force and rape them or brought them to be prostituted? Or how about the numbers they actually killed during uprisings? Were the British judges (even 150 years ago) corrupted to the core and raped girls/wives of people who come before them? Or did the English judges take bribes to pervert the course of justice?

I do know that more than a century ago, the folks were much different to those of us who are around today. And their values and sensibilities and sensitivities were also quite different. Yet, they are (or rather were) a class apart from what we find here today. Anyone who wants to doubt this statement can verify the facts for themselves by taking a peek at the legal system and quality of judges and the lawyers here. We have a court system which is internationally condemned and of epic proportions of disrepute. It is even soooo fucked up with the folks here that people are throwing shit at the judges on bench. This is apart from what people like Victor Ivan has to say about their deeds. Unbelievably comic and tragic show-trials take place every month, bribery is deeply rooted in the judicial system, and legal professionals are worse than the judges.

No, I am not going to talk about politicians here. I do pity them. And I somewhat pity the people on the bench too.

But my sole question is this. You have created a violent society driven by greed and corruption. You have eroded your rights and you have committed despicable acts of crime beyond human belief. You have turned this place into an inferno on Earth. It is lawless, corrupted, miserable, and burdened with debts (which you repay at the cost of humanity) – your children are malnourished and do not have proper health or educational facilities, or the protection of rule of law for that matter, nor the freedoms and other privileges such as freedom of speech or conscience. This is the fucked up society you have created with your 66 years of independence.

Let me ask the populace of this land, this despicable nation which is a bane on the face of Earth, what is it you are so proud of or happy about to celebrate on 4^th of February? In my own humble opinion, it is a nation of barbaric beasts with such abhorrent record of self-governance, this particular day ought to be condemned through a UN decree as a day of mourning, for on this day fell the darkness upon a historic island nation who later committed acts of idiocy and repugnance that would be a shame to whole of humanity. Period.