SUMMARY OF ARTICLES WRITTEN IN 2014
http://mikeghouse.net/Articles/Narendra-Modi-India.asp
Congratulations Mr. Narendra
Modi!
CAVEAT
EMPTOR -PLEASE READ THE DISCLOSURE AT BOTTOM
A few Muslims and Christians may find
it difficult to read the phrase, “Congratulations Mr. Modi”-
they feel a sense of betrayal in congratulating the “Butcher of
Gujarat” or Hindutva forces that “raped the Nuns”. The
Muslim-Christian apprehensions are indeed legitimate and need to
be addressed, and I hope Mr. Modi will take this up and bring
a
closure to this.
On his part, Mr. Modi has made statements to include every Indian,
“sab ka sath, sab ka vikas” – i.e., together, everyone’s
prosperity. I hope and pray that he will stand by his words.
Meanwhile,
we have to move forward.
The time to argue and challenge was lost on May 12, 2014. Whatever
needed to be done should have been done at the ballot, and the
Modi won the ballot. An overwhelming majority of Indians
chose to trust his words about inclusive development, and on
his part, he has stayed away from communalizing the
elections process, which invariably appealed to the voters. We have to
honor the verdict of the people of India, and it does not mean we cannot differ and
continue to seek redressing the injustices to fellow Indians,
but rather work as a team to solve the problems of the nation
and uplift the common man, as opposed to spending our time in
tearing each other apart with nothing to gain.
The Dalits, Muslims and Christians have voted for Modi in
similar percentages as
the mainstream Hindu and other communities have, those are the
hard
numbers. Dalits have clearly abandoned their Rakhwala’s
(claimants and protectors) and voted for Modi. Likewise the good
polls
predicted Muslims could influence the outcomes for 222 MP’s, and
they did, not the congress or Samajawadi party, but Modi. Congress and SP’s should have won over 150
seats clearly if they had the Muslim and Dalit support, which
they did not. In fact, Modi has earned an inclusive
mandate from all communities. This needs to be dug deeper. We have to look at his statements in the
last phase of the elections.
In numerous interviews Mr. Modi
has done what was needed to be done – articulate his vision for
one India and inclusive growth.
The past has to come to an end, and
for most Indians, it ended
on May 16, and from the 17th a new era
of action has begun. We have to go forward and focus on nation
building .
On my part, I pledge to give my
support in building a cohesive India, where no Indian is denied
equal access, opportunity and justice to become a participant
and a contributor to the overall growth of the nation, and more
importantly no Indian has to live in fear of the other. I will
be happy to part take in such efforts as needed, as my sacred duty to my motherland.
A full op-ed is in the writing, and I hope to articulate the need
to support Mr. Modi, while seeking redressing of justice for the victims
of Gujarat Massacre. He also wants justice and will remain
innocent until proven guilty of direct involvement.
Congratulations Mr. Modi, the Indians have placed their trust in
you, and now it is up to you to provide the leadership in
building prosperity and bring cohesion to the children of India.
Mike Ghouse, is a Public Speaker, thinker and a writer committed
to offer pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.
Thank you
Jai Hind
mike
Mike Ghouse
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Narendra Modi’s speech on
Good governance (5/19/14)
This is one of the best speeches Modi has delivered on good
governance and a developmental economic model. Some may say that
someone else may have written it, that is fine, but he has owned
it by delivering it so eloquently and I hope he means every word
of it.
http://nabsites.net/demo/narendra-modis-speech-on-good/
US Policy on Modi needs to Change
(5/16/14)
I do hope,
President Obama puts his differences aside, and values the
verdict of the people of India, it is not a simple majority, it
is a huge majority. Let’s give Modi a chance and trust our
democracy and support him in his plans – as he has articulated
it in his interview time and again.
http://nabsites.net/demo/us-policy-on-india-and-modi-needs-to/
The bigger news of Modi is India wins
(5/16/14)
The bigger news is that “India has won” as Modi has put it. An
ordinary person has made it to the top, that is the sign of a
true democracy, and it’s a positive motivation to the common
Indian man – A chai wallah can make it so I one can make it too,
if I have the dedication and commitment to do it.
http://nabsites.net/demo/the-bigger-news-of-modi-win/
India’s Modi on His Best Behavior:
Can We Trust Him? (5/9/14)
We
criticize individuals with the idea of wanting them to reset
their course and get back on the righteous path of justice,
humility, truth and respect for every life. Here is an
effort to invoke Mr. Modi to follow “rajdharma,” or
good governance. Democracy and pluralism (i.e.,
respecting the otherness of others) runs in our veins, so
let’s have faith in our system. If Mr. Modi fails us, we can
dump him through ballot or a no-confidence vote, as we did
with Indira Gandhi and Vajpayee. To attain greatness and a
place in the annals of history, Mr. Modi has a lot more to
prove than we can demand. Continued at Huffington Post –
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/indias-modi-on-his-best-behavior-can-we-trust-him_b_5280892.html#es_share_ended
Time Magazine changed the Times man of the year (4/23/14)
TIME heeded to Mike’s
activism on the issue and has now removed the 6 million
votes generated from Modi’s autobots that were cast
yesterday. In the final result now on display at the
TIME 100 Poll page, Arvind Kajriwal has been declared
the winner and Modi now has voted as the most disliked
person in the list with the largest number of NO votes.
http://time.com/73538/indian-politician-arvind-kejriwal-wins-time-100-readers-poll/
Modi, Kejriwal become
Time’s ‘most influential’ people thanks to dodgy poll
and online fan club (4/23/14)
Dallas-based multi-faith peace activist Mike Ghouse says
he did exactly that to confirm his suspicion, clicking
several times from the same computer to record multiple
votes. “This is a serious issue of integrity of the Time
Magazine,” he said in an email. “Can Time audit its
computers to determine how many clicks have come from
the same computer?” Obviously, the online battle has no
bearing on reality. But the winner will take home the
momentary bragging rights of being “elected” Time
magazine’s most influential person in the world, even
though the more important verdict will come on May 16.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-Kejriwal-become-Times-most-influential-people-thanks-to-dodgy-poll-and-online-fan-club/articleshow/34123215.cms
(3/13/2014)
Years ago,
India ranked # 1 on the list of corrupt nations in the world,
and today it is not. Despite the economic, social, cultural
frictions we have, we are inherently a pluralistic democracy.
http://nabsites.net/demo/indias-experiment-with-clean-politics/
(12/23/13)
Narendra Modi’s Nakshatras (stars) are not in his favor, and the
Grahan (eclipse) is hovering over him like a dark shadow casting
its Rahu Kala (inauspicious times). His run for the Prime
Ministership is ashubh (unlucky) for the 2014 elections. We
recommend him to withdraw from the race, finish the current term
as the Chief Minister of the state and lay a solid foundation
for the next run.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Narendra-Modi-s-Nakshatras-by-Mike-Ghouse-Anti-christian_Bharatiya-Janata-Party_Business_Congress-131227-999.html
–
It
was also published as an interview at Saudi Gazette.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140227196984
forward (11/04/13)
Unfortunately, the majoritarian attitudes of a few harm India’s
harmony and adversely affect her prosperity. They harass,
threaten and use violence to teach the minorities, women and the
weak how to behave, and put them in their place. It is like
letting the air out of one of the tires, hurting all of us in
the end.
The 1984 Sikh Genocide, the demolition
of Babri Masjid in 1992, burning of Hindu Passengers in Godhra
and Massacre of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, the rapes of Nuns,
Dalits and destruction of Churches are among the ugly cruelties
we have witnessed since independence in 1947. It is a shameful
blot on the civility of our Mother; India.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/indias-future-narendra-mo_b_4177079.html
Another 25 Pieces are written prior to it – they are all in
Google search,
http://MikeGhouseforIndia.blogspot.com and
Sulekha.com
How it all began:
I have been a severe critic of Mr. Modi, and have written
and published articles ever since the Gujarat genocide. It
started out with organizing a public demonstration against
the riots in the first week of March 2002 in front of the
old court house in Downtown Dallas. This was followed by
hosting events to show the horrors of the Massacre with
Shabnam Hashmi and others to a program to commemorate the
Gujarat Genocide in a public forum on January 26, 2014 as a
part of the 7th annual Holocaust and Genocides
event.
Some of my fellow Hindu Indians (friends at one time)
in Dallas and on forums across the world started hating me
and my presence without understanding that someone or the
other has to speak up, and some of the hardcore Hindutva
fanatics still do, they have clearly not understood the
essence of democracy is to give voice to differing opinions
and to stand up for the discriminated ones.
Then some of the Muslims started hating me intensely for my
endorsement of Vajpayee’s call to Muslims to join the BJP.
We have to be engaged in the society –
the answer is as simple as that. None of us can live in pens
and expect the world to know us, and us to know others.
Quran clearly calls the best one among us are those who
“know” each other, knowledge leads to understanding and
understanding to acceptance and appreciation of a different
point of view – then comes the peace.
You and I have the freedom today because people have opposed
and stood up against a singular way of thinking and shunning
diversity. Diversity of thought and expression is a
necessity to build cohesive societies.
A lot of articles have been written since then, some
preserved at
Sulekha.com
and at
http://MikeGhouseforIndia.blogspot.com
C A V E A T E M P T O R
I have been critical of Mr. Modi ever since
Gujarat Massacre took place in 2002, and have been an
activist and written extensively about the policies to
govern. I have consistently sought justice for the victims
of Gujarat and restoration of their livelihood and
recommended on building desegregated societies for the
ultimate good of India, but rarely have I sought the pound
of flesh. In the last two weeks, however, I have written
optimistic notes about Mr. Modi, based on his interviews and
his speeches. In the coming 100 days, IF I see his actions
match his good words, and he does some praischit as a part
of the raj dharma, I will admire that human quality in him,
and would believe that he has the potential to be become one
of the visionaries of India like Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru who
was instrumental in building a stable democracy, that his
daughter could not undo. Because of my write ups, I continue
to lose a few my friends and that is ok, I don’t need
friends like that. We have to learn to live with our
differences, and my commitment remains building cohesive
pluralistic societies and I like the new found inclusive
language of Modi.
Mike Ghouse is a
speaker,
thinker and a
writer
on
interfaith,
and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a
Cohesive America
and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at
www.TheGhousediary.com.
He believes in
Standing up for others
and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a
strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print
Media. He is a frequent guest on
Sean Hannity show
on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he
contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at
Dallas Morning News;
fortnightly at
Huffington post;
and several other periodicals across the world. His personal
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