Nitish Kumar to set up the Janta Institute of Advanced Secularism !

Janta Dal (United), in a high voltage meeting at Patna, has unanimously passed a resolution to set up an Institute for excellence in Research & Certification in Advanced Secularism. The proposal was tabled by none other than Nitish Kumar and consented by every member of the party amid vociferous support by Ali Anwar. Mr Shivanand Tiwari, who has had an experience of working with the two most self-proclaimed secular parties of India, i.e RJD & JDU, has been appointed the director of the Institute. It is to be noted that all permanent staff vacancies at the university is to be filled by JDU cadre. The decision saw party leaders scurrying with expectations eyeing coveted vacancies of professors at the university.

Meanwhile, Lalu Yadav has claimed that this institute was his brainchild and that Nitishwa has stolen his idea. The RJD supremo said, "Nitish Kumar is a du-muhwa saanp. I had once shared this concept with Sharad Yadav & Nitish Kumar when we were together in erstwhile Janta Dal. This Nitishwa is a thug."

Humour is the Fodder of a thinking Society.

“Satire is the enjoyable compensation for being forced to think.” The title of my probing write-up is derived from this famous quote by Edgar Johnson. Yes, Humour is a fodder and I do mean it!

Our ability to communicate and express in the best possible ways differentiates us from other living beings. In fact, its the foundation stone of what we basically are - Humans. But, isn't it unfortunate that humanity's biggest challenge has been to regulate this strength to good intent?!

In the past few months, some very interesting observations from two different geographical co-ordinates of the globe reflect contrasting human behaviours. Lets have a look.

1. Britain: A campaign named "Feel Free to Insult Me" supported by many Parliamentarians demanding reforms in a Law that bans "Insulting words or behaviour" in public in the name of Free Speech.

2. India: Another campaign sarcastically named "Help, We're Insulted" supported by nearly all the MPs demanding removal of a historic Cartoon from NCERT text books in the name of Free Speech Abuse.

While we in India were facing an ignominious cartoon controversy, our counterparts in Britain were demanding to remove the word "Insulting" from Section 5 of their 1986 Public Order Act deliberating that the law caused many arrests & penalties to people simply making jokes. The world, in general, is trying hard to draw the realms of free speech and India, in particular, languishes in intolerance and dirty politics.