Come to India to get Raped

Rapes cases in India are on rise. Women are being treated as how they were treated about a century ago. The conspirers go unpunished, due to the fact that they are either government officials, politicians or connected to either. Goa witnessed a surge in rape cases against tourists and police department were unable to punish the offenders. On a larger note the Goa police officials claim that they do arrest the culprits but the court grants them bail. Today I read about Indian nationals being attacked in Australia and there’s a big outcry about it in India, but what about Indians attacking, raping and even killing the tourist who come to India as a safe destination. I don’t consider that the present scene would allow the tourists to make India their ideal destination. Indeed what I see in advertisements “Incredible India”, that’s true surely if things continue this way it will be called in disgust incredible India.

India has always portrayed as a safe location but even the Indian woman are now longer safe. I was following the Ruchika molestation case for a long time on the news channels. The DIG who was involved in this pedophile act had been successful in forcing the girl to commit suicide due to his extreme pressure tactics on the victims family. Now I hear that this devil DIG Rathore will also go unpunished as is the case in all other rape cases.

This week a 9 year old Russian tourist girl was raped in broad daylight at a Goa beach. No action by the police and the culprits still hang at large. These same offenders will be encouraged to commit more rapes and due to some political connection, they will continue to haunt a once peaceful society.

Dharavi the biggest slums in Mumbai one woman was raped by four last month and burned alive in front of her parents, this woman was supposed to get married this year. All the four offenders are at large and the police says the search is on.

These some of the very few highlights of the rapes but there are several more happening everyday in the Indian society and many are not even reported. Whether someone blames it on westernization, movies, or anything else. A rape is a rape and doesn’t need any excuse in any form of society. Indian government needs to look into this matter. I can only hope that the government looks into the same, because I have not seen since the independence that any government official or politician being sentenced to punishment in a rape case. This only plants seeds for more such crimes against the woman and even the younger generation feels that they can rape and get away because the examples led by the other such rapists.

After British its Criminals ruling India

Indians have long sought for independence throughout history and even now the struggle continues. However, currently there is no freedom war or and fight against the tyrants. Mughals, British, Portuguese, French, Dutch and now their very own rule this beautiful nation of culture substituting with crime.

In July 2008 Washington Times reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, “including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder“. In Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2002, candidates with criminal records won 206 out of 403 seats in the assembly, i.e. more criminals were elected than regular politicians. In Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, 2007 74% more criminal politicians were given tickets by the mainstream parties.

I have compiled a list of politicians who rule India and have never been tried under law in India, these people continue to spread terror and the common man is in no mood to fight a freedom war, because the common man is so busy trying to make ends meet.

• Shibu Soren allegedly started his political career by using mob attacks to eliminate political opponents. He became a minister in 2004. He continues as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand as of 2008 even though he has been sentenced to life for murder.
• In 2005, a charged serial killer and terrorist Raghuraj Pratap Singh became the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies.
• Pappu Kalani is currently on bail in 19 cases including eight murders and was most recently elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Ulhasnagar.
• Mohammad Shahabuddin is the Member of Parliament from Siwan, Bihar. He is currently serving a life sentence for kidnapping with intent to murder, and is facing trial in more than thirty criminal cases including eight of murder, twenty of attempted murder, as well as kidnapping, extortion, etc.
• Uttar Pradesh 2007 election, Pawan Pandey (Apna Dal, supported by Bharatiya Janata Party) had 63 criminal cases pending against him, the highest number of cases pending against any candidate in the election.
• Mayawati is the richest politician in India. Several cases are pending against her. Among others, her administration planned to build a shopping center next to the Taj Mahal.
• Babubhai Khimabhai Katara (born January 1, 1961) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. In February-March 2002, Babubhai Katara along with his son Bhavesh Katara are alleged to have participated in the large scale looting of Muslim establishments in Jhalod, Gujarat. On April 18, 2007, Babubhai Kitara was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi as he was boarding an Air India flight 187 to Toronto. He was using his family’s diplomatic passports to smuggle a woman, Paramjeet Kaur, of Kapurthala, Punjab, to Canada on his wife Sharadaben Katara’s passport.
• Former Chief Minister Madhu Koda:laundering money worth over Rs. 4000 crores, Not yet arrested and the matter buried, not even the media speaks about it now.
• Kunwar Natwar Singh Indian politician and former cabinet minister. On November 7, 2005, he was removed from his post as Minister in charge of External Affairs under a cloud of scandal and became a minister without portfolio. Named by the U.N. Independent Enquiry Committee (popularly known as Volcker committee) as a beneficiary of illegal payoffs in Iraqi oil scam, he was forced to resign from the Cabinet on December 6, 2005.
• Nitish Katara was 24 year old Indian business executive in Delhi, who was murdered in the early hours of February 17, 2002, by Vikas Yadav the son of influential criminal-politician D. P. Yadav. D. P. Yadav, is a noted criminal-politician, the “unrivalled don of western Uttar Pradesh Before entering politics, D. P. Yadav had racked up nine murder charges, and was implicated in a bootlegged liquor sale which killed 350 people in the early 1990s. Since 1989, he has served several terms as minister in the state government with Mulayam Singh Yadav.
• The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen before, and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi’s ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections. It has been speculated that the scale of the scandal was to the tune of Rs. 400 million.

The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was an Indian political scandal involving payments allegedly received by politicians through hawala brokers, the Jain brothers. It was a US$18 million bribery scandal that implicated some of the country’s leading politicians. There were also alleged connections with payments being channelled to Hizbul Mujahideen militants in Kashmir.

Those accused included L. K. Advani, Madhav Rao Scindia, Arjun Singh, V. C. Shukla, P. Shiv Shankar, Moti Lal Vora, Ajit Panja, Sharad Yadav, Balram Jakhar and Madan Lal Khurana. Many were acquitted in 1997 and 1998, partly because the hawala records (including diaries) were judged in court to be inadequate as the main evidence.^[2] The failure of this prosecution by the Central Bureau of Investigation was widely criticised.

The Barak Missile Scandal is a case of defence corruption relating to the purchase of Barak Missile Systems by India from Israel. The case is currently under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and several people including the Samata Party ex-treasurer R.K. Jain have been arrested. Others named in the First Information Report include politicians George Fernandes and Jaya Jaitley, and arms dealer and ex-naval officer Suresh Nanda, who is the son of retired chief of naval staff S.M. Nanda.

Laloo Prasad Yadav, then chief minister of Bihar, was a prime accused in the fodder scam investigation. The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the alleged embezzlement of about Rs. 950 crore (US$ 195.7 million) from the government treasury of the Indian state of Bihar

To be continued……

Check out Ruchika case: Shock, anger over teen molestor’s sentence

I want you to take a look at: Ruchika case: Shock, anger over teen molestor’s sentence 

In India for molesting and forcing the child to commit suicide one can get only six months prison term after 19 years of trial. However, the offender can evade the prison term by paying a bail of less than $200. I figured out that India is the new SODOM & GOMORRAH

Our Father 47

I am not much of a Catholic and I do visit different denominations of various Christian churches, congregation around the world.

However, I was astonished with a strange and unhealthy observation at our local Roman Catholic Church. I had reached the mass late, so I decided not to get the front seats in order to avoid any distractions to people sitting in the front rows. So I opted to take the last row seats. There was a group of teenage boys and girls in the last row, seated nearby me. They were not interested in the service of mass and were busy passing comments on other people in the church. These teenagers were also busy passing on some songs from each others mobile phones via Bluetooth. I wonder if they were told that a church was the right place for recreation time.

I was angry and I wanted to rebuke them, but then I thought that I just need to see what’s worse going to happen.

Then the moment came when the priest said “Lets pray the Lords prayer which he taught us in his own words”. That was the Lord Jesus Christ’s prayer to God the father, “Our Father who art in heaven…” Alarmingly these teenagers were making mockery of the Lords prayer and they prayed OUR FATHER 47…….and the words got worse, I really don’t intend to write here, and thereafter what happened between those teenagers and myself is also not worth writing here.

I wonder why do teenagers behave and disrespect God, Is it because of the society, fashion, movies, Television, or is it just because their parents are too selfish to teach them real meaning of life and love for God or interest in Faith.

What Bible says about Prayer

Prayer is not a mysterious practice reserved only for clergy and the religiously devout. Prayer is simply communicating with God—listening and talking to him. Believers can pray from the heart, freely, spontaneously, and in their own words. If prayer is a difficult area for you, learn these basics principles of prayer and how to apply them in your life.

There is no correct or certain posture for prayer. In the Bible people prayed on their knees (1 Kings 8:45), bowing (Exodus 4:31), on their faces before God (2 Chronicles 20:18; Matthew 26:39), and standing (1 Kings 8:22). You may pray with your eyes opened or closed, quietly or out loud—however you are most comfortable and least distracted.

Prayer Develops Our Relationship with God.
If we never speak to our spouse or never listen to anything our spouse might have to say to us, our marriage relationship will quickly deteriorate. It is the same way with God. Prayer—communicating with God—helps us grow closer and more intimately connected with God.

The Lord Instructed Us to Pray.
One of the simplest reasons to spend time in prayer is because the Lord instructed us to pray. Obedience is a natural by-product of discipleship.

Mathew 6 :7

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Luke 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

The Holy Spirit will help you in prayer when you don’t know how to pray.

Romans 8:26-27

26: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27: And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Mathew 7:7

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

1 Timothy 2:8

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

1 Kings 8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Jeremiah 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

 

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective

 

 

1 John 5:14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us

 

 

Mathew 18:19-20

19: Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20: For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Acts 1:14
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

 

Mathew 6:6

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Mat 18:19,20 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. 20 “For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Mat 21:22 “And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Mk 11:24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

Luke 11:13 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

John 14:13,14 “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

John 15:7 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15:16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

John 16:23,24 “In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. 24 “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth), Chapter 5:2

Mathew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

 

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him” (1 John 5:14-15).

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).

“…The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” (James 5:16).

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18).

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express” (Romans 8:26).

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures” (James 4:3).

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him” (Matthew 6:5-8).

“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.” But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner. I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted”‘” (Luke 18:9-14).

“‘Have faith in God,’ Jesus answered. ‘I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins’” (Mark 11:22-25).

“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:13-14).

Pray what the Apostle Paul prayed

Below are actual prayers that the Apostle Paul prayed for the Christians with whom he was corresponding, as well as prayers that he requested of them. Paul’s prayers make excellent prayers for yourself and others:

Eph 1:17-19  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. 

Pray Paul’s prayers for yourself and others. Here’s an example with Eph 1:17-19:

Eph 1:17-19  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give us a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. 18 I pray that the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened, so that we will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. 

Eph 3:16-19  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Col 1:9-12  that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

Col 2:2,3  that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Phil 1:9-11 that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; 11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

2 Th 1:11,12  that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Col 4:3  that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

2 Th 3:1,2  that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you; 2 and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.

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Pray what Jesus prayed

Chapter 17 of the Gospel of John records a prayer that Jesus prayed to the Father right after the Last Supper with His disciples and just before the Roman officials arrested Him. Much of Jesus’ prayer was for the disciples who were with Him at the time as well as for those, including you, if applicable, who would come to believe in Him.

Agree with Jesus’ prayer for you. Tell God that you want what Jesus was asking for. Even though you may not fully understand what Jesus was asking, you know that He would only have asked for what is best, so agree with His prayer.  

Here is Jesus’ prayer in its entirety, followed by suggested prayers for yourself and others:

John 17: 1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, 2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. 3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. 9 “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; 10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 “I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. 12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 “For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 “The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. 24 “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25 “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; 26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Pray Jesus’ prayer for others as well as yourself:

John 17:11 “I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

Father, please keep us in Your name, that we may be one even as You are with the Son.

John 17:13 “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

Father, I ask that Jesus’ joy be made full in us. 

John 17:15 “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

Father, I do not ask You to take us out of the world, but to keep us from the evil one.

John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

Father, sanctify us in Your word, the truth.

John 17:21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 “The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

Father, I ask that we may be one; even as You, Father, were in Jesus when He was on earth, and He in You, that we also may be in You and the Lord Jesus, so that the world may believe that You sent the Son. We want to receive the glory of the Spirit of the Life of Christ Jesus, that we may be one, just as You are one with the Lord Jesus; Christ in us and You in Christ, that we may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent the Son, and loved us, even as You have loved Jesus.

Death of India’s Democracy

The Indian freedom struggle was the most important period in the Indian history. The struggle where freedom fighters were doing everything to get rid of the British Raj, but the elders have something different to say. I have interviewed over 100 surviving elders from pre-independence era; they said that they were happier under the British rule. Although they said that they didn’t have the liberties and didn’t have right to vote, yet the civic services, water, electricity, good roads, clean environment, better living, employment and many other administrative services were above standards.

 

Today India decides their government with only 40% people casting their ballots. That’s not how a democratic society is governed. Many would argue saying that if people don’t vote then how we can have reform. But the facts are if all the political parties are founded on the basis of crime, corruption, fear, violence, brutality and breaking laws, then how can sane citizen decide whom to vote. Many parties but choice is less. One example is the Professionals Party of India (PPI), a party formed by educated people from the society. When they contested in 2009 elections their candidate was defeated by a bigger margin by a corrupt party candidate. Indians are so used to live in filth, crime, corruption and destructiveness that they are still not prepared for a reformed or a decent party to be elected.

 

It has been observed that in Five years no high level criminals are charged or sentenced to punishment. They come on the news channels under breaking news everyday like havala scam, murder, rape, bribe, terrorist links, barbarism etc., Thereafter, no news channels cover these accused and as to what really happened to them, were they sentenced, all we know is those criminals & politicians are free in the  society.

 

I wont take you very far away in the village areas, but the worst example of the failures of Indian civic administration is that just 5 kms away from Mumbai ( Bombay ) city the adjoining towns don’t have proper water and electric supplies.

 

While driving in the cities of India, one can casually break the traffic rule and escape penalty by just bribing the less than a dollor to a Policeman.

 

 

Pollution control is just not understood by the Indians. Vehicles on the road discharging black fumes, I bet take a one hour bike ride on any Indian city and then wipe your face with light colored cloth, you will find out for yourself. The Industries just don’t seem to follow any procedures that declare hazardous to the environment and also dump their toxic waste not far away from the site.

 

The lower middle class and the middle class have given up their rights to take rice, wheat, oil & kerosene from the ration shops. The reason the rice & wheat will have about 10% of small stones in it, or the ration shop doesn’t have stock, or the shop is closed, or the ration shop owner has sold it in black-market.

Further the escalating prices of basic food items have either doubled or unavailable in the stores. Fresh fruits & vegetables are only limited to the rich class because of the high prices. The majority of people in India will have rice, chapatti or lentil soup. More than 5000 children below the age of five have died in last four years everyday due to malnutrition or some sickness.

 

Health services are not worth discussing here as they really not worth discussing as I consider that these services are no longer available free or minimum cost for the impoverished class. I won’t talk about the rich class here as 80% of the Indian populations still are poor. Just four or five cities in India don’t make up for the entire Indian population. I guess that’s what makes many farmers & villagers to leave their dwellings and head to cities to start a new life or if not, atleast they can beg and earn more than farming. However, the atrocities cast upon the farmers in many states by the local landlord’s makes life nearly suicidal as these farmers are fully cheated in debts by those landlords. There is a high rate of suicides amongst the farming community all over India.

 

Crime rates in metro cities and the fast life doesn’t allow the people to look anywhere into the activities of the government. People have taken a false way of life as a real & practical way of life. The voice of the common man has been lost , very much after the Independence of India.

 

I can go on and on but even after reading this article many Indians will just nod and continue with their day to day routine. No one would dare to rise against the present anarchy and death in the face of Democracy government.

 

That’s why the elders say “wish we had not driven out the British”. Today news channels are being ransacked, reporters, journalists’ is being attacked. Where is the freedom of speech? Just because a particular party doesn’t like a news covered against them. Time & time the Police fail to nab the real culprits. The offenders are never touched and even if they are arrested then there is big uproar by their party members and the offender released.

 

Ministers can have scams of millions of worth dollars and still claim their innocence and never to be tried.

 

Terrorism is supported from within the government against its own people and we will just blame on the neighboring countries. I don’t say that those countries don’t endorse terrorism on Indian soil but how many of those incidents are related to our own or supported by within. Maoists continue to kill the Indian army personnel and poor villagers and still the government is deciding a specific strategy. Very soon this terror will spread across other Indian cities & states and we shall do nothing.

 

Indian freedom fighters did not dream of such future, all they wanted was for the people and of the people, how much has come in reality. Lets see how Indian democracy survives the burns of anarchy and evil.

Poland saves Europe

Viva Polska!

The strength, endurance, ability, determination of the Polish people has always been their spiritual gifts from God.

Although Europeans and the west never praised the Poland and look upon one of the struggling countries of the world.

History knows that it was the Polish pilots who were ultimately used by the British forces to thwart off the invading Nazis.

It was the Polish King Jan III Sobieski who fought the most decisive battles of the 17^th century to defeat the Ottoman Turks from invading Germany and to make Islamic Europe. The Vatican connection to support Ottoman Turks to destroy Germany was the agenda, Martin Luther was becoming a pain for the Pope. This second siege of Vienna ( 11^th September 1683 )was indeed the turning point in European History, which goes unrecognized as modern day Historians neglect it. After the battle, Polish King Jan III Sobieski sent the captured standard of the Turks with a victory message to the Pope thanking God alone for the victory. The King of Poland saved the Austrians, Germans and the rest of Europe, later on Austria was involved in three of Poland’s partition and Germany attacks Poland ( WWII ). Hitler was from Austria. However, if the Poles had to mind their own business and let the Turks rule over Austria & Germany then Hitler might not have been born or maybe? He could Abdul Hitler a Jihadi.

Also the Vatican was not getting taxes from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This union of Poles and the Lithuanians made Poland one of the largest empires in Europe in the 17^th Century. Thereafter Poland was for long time wiped out from the map of Europe. The Pope was always envying the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and had long sought to  wipe out Polish or atleast finish the Polish elected monarch system and to get the entire Poland under Catholic Church/Vatican.

The Polish have always been great warriors, during the battle of Monte Casino in WWII the Polish Soldiers were given the most dangerous location to combat, they did it despite heavy casualties.  The Polish played most important part in several battles in the WWII, but the sacrifices forgotten. What the west does for such valiant efforts of the Polish is unforgiveable; soon after the WWII the west serves Poland to hungry communist Russians. It was another 44 years until 1989 that the Polish got out of the Soviet clutches and becomes a Republic.

The worst fact is that Britain, France & the rest of the west forgot how Poland fought against the Russians in 1920-21 Russian Civil war. This was another turning point in the history of Europe when Poland without any assistance defeated the onslaught of the invading Russians, who wanted to transform the whole world with Communism. I guess the entire west owes to Poland and its dynamic Military leaders General Sikorski & Józef Piłsudski.

I term them the father of modern day Poland.

We have also heard lately in news about the Polish Engineer Piotr Stanczak who was beheaded by the Taliban in Pakistan for not willing to convert from Christianity to Islam.  He didn’t give up on his Faith , but indeed his killers were all praises and respect  for him after the incident because of his love for God.

I just take this as an opportunity to thank all those brave Polish people who protected the True Faith and allowed most of the world to live democratically.

Dark Side of UAE

All the sky touching towers, Mega shopping Malls, five star hotels, express highways, McDonalds, KFCs, Pizza Kings and all that which glorifies the Sheiks of the land. Indeed I never thought that UAE would be such high flying place on earth. People from all corners of the world come here to fulfill their families’ requirements and achieve their career and financial goals, but little do they know that this land has its own toll, after all it’s a place which is dwelling on desert and they are dealing with the Arabs who for centuries have been killing and slaughtering people. The only difference is that now these Arabs don’t ride on camel back but they drive 4.5Litre Land Cruisers & Hummers.

UAE might boost its amazing growth rate and a high GDP compared better than the rest of their folks in the Arabian Peninsula, but what happens here is never discussed on news channels or published in print media. They claim that they are least corrupt in administrative and bureaucratic front but lets not believe what the local news agencies have to say. Corruption is as high as any other underdeveloped country in the world, the crime statistics are never made public and the other atrocities by the locals on the expatriates are only rumored. The living conditions of the 1.6 Million Asian construction expatriate workforce are not worth describing and they live under very inhuman conditions. A ten feet by ten feet room with single toilet and bathroom will have ten to twelve workers sharing, this room will not even have a place to keep your foot. These workers have paid about Rs.100,000/- to Rs.120,000/-( Approx $ 2500 ) to a recruitment agent back in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka. The worker thought that he would recover that amount within a year and he was also promised excellent wages plus lots of overtime, but when he lands in UAE. First his passport is taken by the employers PRO and he is made to sit in Minivan like a slave and dropped to his labor accommodation. The feeling for that worker only gets worse when he realizes that he has to share the room with ten more workers in a most unhygienic condition. The other workers usually will be very hostile with the new guy and they find all the reasons to vent out their frustration on this new guy. The next morning the new worker has to sign loads of documents , agreements’ & undertakings less then a minute. He is supposed to keep copies of the same or neither can he read them. These undertakings are signed to fully protect the employer not the employee. The new worker understands that his dream of becoming a rich man back home is only a dream and he has to face the fact that he will be working 12 hours a day without overtime in scorching heat of over 50 degree Celsius. He has barely any money for himself and all he thinks is how green were the pastures back home and how will he collect money for his daughters or sisters marriage or how will he educate his children. This new worker will get his vacation only after 4 years and during those 4 years he only knows work and two square meals.

Although the country doesn’t tax anybody but there are several other ways that the government gets money from the tourists and expatriates working here. You pay for the visa, identity card, for get employment, for water, for sewage, for electricity , parking, house rent tax, municipality charges, real estate charges, medical card charges and list of other services ( Note the UAE is highest in the world for its charges on services ). A person earning $ 3000 per month will barely have any savings at the end of the month as he has incurred all on the services. The government does issue a medical card but its very funny to know that the medical card doesn’t cover any medical insurance, I never understood then why issue a medical card on the first place. The amount spent for renting an apartment in UAE for two years will fetch a house for a person India, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Almost 45% of the salary will go towards house rent.

Banks have their Kiosks all over, to lure the expatriate community for credit cards and personal loans. Claiming these cards are free for life without yearly charges, but one only gets fooled when realizes that even a minimum monthly payment sometimes becomes impossible. A person with a minimum salary of Dhms.2000/- ( $546 ) can also get a credit limit five times his salary or a personal loan 20 times his salary. Its only matter of time when the individual realizes that he was better off without a credit card or a personal loan. Since August 2008 many expatriates have lost their jobs due to recession and proof is hundreds of cars parked at the parking lots without the trace of the owner. However, even these cars were brought on loans. The expatriates who lost their jobs find it difficult to get jobs in their home country and many have even committed suicide.

I know one businessman Mr. Abdul Aziz who was awaiting his outstanding payment for his products sold for about 3 Million dirhams ( $ 815 thousand ) and the company owing him had fled the country. Mr. Abdul Aziz had registered a complaint to the authorities, but in vain. Eventually he was finding difficult to pay his employees, so he decided to take loan and pay them, he did release his employees to find jobs somewhere else. Little did he know that he would find difficult to pay the loan amount to the banks. Later the Bank filed a suit against Mr. Abdul Aziz, he was arrested and put into prison, his wife and children were not allowed to leave the country and they had to literally beg / borrow to even get one time meal.

Another instance I met a young expat who was cheated by his employer, mind you this employer was one of the biggest retailer in Dubai. They promised this guy named Karl a salary of Dhms.3000 per month but when he reached Dubai he was asked to sign an agreement of Dhm.900 per month for the job of Showroom Sales. Upon discovering the fraud Karl decided to approach the Ministry of Labor Department, he registered a complaint and was waiting for over a week for action to be taken by the Labor Department. Karl was living on the streets of Dubai without food or water, luckily we found him sleeping on a bench and we decided to help him. Karl said that one policeman had taken Dhm.2500 from him on a pretext to help him, thereafter the policeman supposed to be Capt. Mohammed Al Hashmi from Dubai Police wouldn’t help Karl or return his money. An official complaint was lodged at Murraqabat Police Station by Karl against Capt. Hashmi but no action was taken against him. They said “The Capt is Dubai local and a Muslim , we don’t cheat anybody , trust in Allah and one fine day the Capt would return your money”, this is not funny at all but what Karl had experienced in Dubai was one of the most horrific acts of he expats living here. We decided to lodge complaint with Indian Embassy Dubai, Indian Embassy Abu Dhabi & with the Police Head quarters so atleast Karl could get out of the country and Capt. Hashmi & Karls employer be punished. There was no response from any one of them. Finally Karl had to ask his relatives to transfer money to his employer sign an undertaking that he doesn’t have any case against the company and only then they allowed Karl to exit the country.

Now these are only some of the experiences I have mentioned above. The worst cases I have witnessed is human trafficking and children abuse. Dubai has the highest number of girls who are sold or forced into prostitution. I have seen and heard with my own eyes at one of the night clubs a Ukrainian girl being sold for Dhms. 30,000/- ( $ 8200 ). I was with one of my clients and he said these deals are very normal here sometimes girls are sold even for Dhms. 12000 ( $3300 ).

There is a very high percentage of girls from Eastern Europe, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, North Africa, East Asians being illegally brought into the country and forced into prostitution. No wonder Dubai has a Disco, Night Club and bar practically on every street. In the nights one can just see girls roaming the streets of Dubai. These girls are not even scared of a passing Police cars, as I understand that most of the Policemen are the local sponsors and owners of these girls.

All the glamour, blizz, international sporting activities doesn’t make a country developed. Neither does high rise buildings, indoor ski, water parks, seven star hotel make UAE a country to be pursued. One must not forget that it was Dubai which shelters some of the worlds most wanted criminals and refuse to handover these criminals to their respective countries.

People leave their families and head towards UAE to make their future, the laws here only protect the locals and hardly sentence the locals for any crimes against expats. Alcohol & prostitution are the major two elements where young expats get trapped and spend all of their fortune on both. Many expat females get sexually abused by their senior managers or locals without anything coming to the news. Many girls who are forcibly brought to UAE are murdered and killed and never return back to their home countries. Many expat employees get cheated and loose their savings which they had paid to the recruitment agencies, many girls get pregnant and quietly undergo abortion in UAE or fly to Mumbai to abort their unborn, high percentage of men & woman expats who leave their country have illicit or live in relationship which is unknown to their spouses back home and they say that due to financial crunch that was the only solution, many expats are locked up in the prisons of UAE for reasons unknown even to the Police. UAE and especially Dubai is the place which is very attractive but it has its own toll on the poor expats.

This country has a DARK SIDE which is world has unheard off, this is the place to magic , this is the place of curse , this is the place of material happiness or a place of life to get worse….

this is UAE.

Agents of Glory

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

A friend of mine is an agent for professional athletes. His whole career is based on representing his clients to teams in hopes of securing them the best possible salary and contract package. For each of his clients, he has a portfolio that highlights their statistics—height, weight, career highlights, awards, you name it. At a moment’s notice, he can give you a clear picture of the athlete’s accomplishments and abilities.

Every once in a while, my agent friend and I will talk about some of the athletes he represents. He has a couple of big names on his list, and I’ve found myself thinking, “Wow, you’re an agent for him? No way! That would be amazing.” But when I think about it, you and I have a far greater privilege and calling. We are agents of God—hired by the price He paid on the cross—to spread the “stats” of His glory everywhere we go.

Of course we know that God is totally self-sufficient and that His worth isn’t based on what other people think. But this fallen world needs to be reminded of how incredible and vast our God is. The psalmist points out that the heavens declare His glory. Creation speaks loud and clear about His creative power and divine nature. His Word paints a magnificent picture of His glory, recording the drama and wonder of God’s interaction with His people. And we have, on a daily basis, the responsibility of reflecting and representing God’s glory in this world.

His “portfolio” of glory staggers the imagination. It encompasses His personal, unconditional love. It draws in His broad and limitless mercy—mercy that patiently holds back His hand of judgment. His credentials include perfect wisdom, undiminished holiness, unflinching faithfulness, perfect justice, and the realities that He is all-powerful and all-knowing. Simply put, His glory is all that He is in His all-surpassing, praiseworthy, stunning perfection.

So how do we reflect His glory? On this side of heaven, as fallen sinful creatures, we do it imperfectly. However, as we begin to grasp how immense and incredible God’s glory is, it starts to show up in our lives. As we demonstrate mercy and forgiveness to a friend that has wounded us, we are agents of God’s mercy. When we remain faithful to our relationships, loving others through thick and thin, we are reflecting the glory of God’s unconditional love. When our hearts of compassion move us to act on behalf of the poor, the needy, and the marginalized, we are representing our God’s heart of justice and compassion. As our lives begin to line up with the principles of God’s Word, we highlight the glory of God’s perfect wisdom. His “portfolio” is on display for a needy and watching world.

Paul reminds the Corinthians that the purpose of our redemption—God buying us back—was that we might glorify God. You are His agent today. There is no greater privilege or calling!

YOUR JOURNEY…

Take a few minutes to write out some characteristics that would appear in God’s portfolio. Spend some time praising God for who He is and what He’s like!
List some ways you have seen some of God’s characteristics reflected in the lives of other Christians.
For each of those characteristics, write out some practical ideas about how they could be reflected in your life.
In prayer, thank God for the privilege of being an agent of His glory and ask that people would clearly see Him reflected in your life.

When babies die

What happens to the souls of aborted babies?  If the answer is they go straight to heaven, does this not make infanticide the greatest form of evangelism ever discovered and Dr. George Tiller one of the greatest evangelists of all time?
Although the scriptures do not speak to this hypothesis, are these souls possibly born in the Millennial reign of Jesus?  Such an assertion would logically suggest the same for all children that die before the age of accountability and the mentally incapacitated.

Both the Old and New Testaments make it clear that from the moment of conception until the age of accountability, children belong to God. In Romans 7:9 Paul said that he was alive apart from the Law until the commandment came, when sin sprang to life and he died.  Since he lived for many more years, it’s obvious he was talking about the spiritual death that comes upon reaching the age when we’re held accountable for our sins.  After that we must make the choice to be born again in order to remain in God’s family and avoid the penalty for our sins.
Aborted babies are just like other children who die before the age of accountability.  They belong to the Lord.  At the Rapture they’ll receive resurrection bodies and will dwell in the New Jerusalem as part of the Church.
Dr. Tiller repeatedly and with malice aforethought violated the commandment against taking an innocent life.  Although the result was beneficial for the victims, Dr. Tiller is accountable for their lives  (Genesis 9:6) unless before his death he sought forgiveness.