It was a short break and I boarded the bus again, however, Shongita didn’t chide me on my smoking habit this time. She knew it was of no use and she didn’t want any further argument. She wanted to get around to the next conversation on the next news item… she was more interested to know what thinking process goes on in my mind when I write conspiracy theories in my books and stories…
She looked at me as I settled down on my seat and smiled, “Ready to carry on with the conspiracy theories?” and I showed her thumbs up sign. She opened the newspaper and turned over few pages and blindly pointed out to a write-up. I looked at the write-up… it was an article on a recent suicide case…
“I not only do not want to read this article, nor I want to discuss it…” I brushed her expectant looks.
“Why what’s so difficult about this one? You can use your imagination to imagine what exactly would have been the reason for the person to commit a suicide… maybe a fictional look at it…” she still looked at me expecting me to respond but then had a confused look as to why I was avoiding this topic.
“Look at who has written this article. It’s been written by a known left and liberal journalist and I know this story will contain all kinds of fake backgrounds which will be negative and expecting people to react hastily on this incident… I will rather wait for the reality to come to fore and then base my reaction on the true facts rather than reacting on this article.”
“I know the author of this article is a well-known journalist and lots of people follow this journalist. People like to read and hear this journalist…” she pointed out to me “and why do you label this journalist as a left and liberal? I could see your expression, you almost loathed this journalist…”
“Different strokes for different folks, Sweetheart, I keep away from these types of journalists for a reason.”
“Tell me why and prove me why these types of journalists should not be given importance…”
“It is not only these types of journalists but also the media they belong to should be avoided, they are not good for the society.”
“Why do you say so?”
“I will quote one of them who said ‘we are like vultures who seek glory in blood’ – now tell me – one who calls oneself a vulture and seeks blood, would you like to check out what he or she wants to say and project?”
“Obviously not… by the way who said this?”
“Someone said this but it is not that only journalist, it is the tribe of these left leaning liberal media houses and people working there – they have no conscience left in them. They normally are those who project negativity and lead victims like the one you pointed out to commit suicide and then glorify themselves in covering the reasons for the suicide, oozing out every possible negative angle… they are simply depressive in nature.”
“You seem to have a strong opinion about these types of journalists.”
“You think so? Ok… tell me what do you feel about a terrorist who simply doesn’t mind killing people he or she meets?”
“They have no right to be alive in this world.”
“Correct. They have no business to be alive in this world. If they stay alive, people like you and me will keep on getting killed. You agree to what I say?”
“Yes. I do.”
“These left and liberal people don’t mind glorifying these terrorists…”
“How can you say that?”
“When Burhan Wani – terrorist in Jammu Kashmir was killed in a gunfight by the security forces, these people came up in his support that he was a son of a school headmaster. How can he be killed as a terrorist? His father was a headmaster in a school which is his father’s KARM – he took up guns and he became a terrorist was his KARM and befittingly he was treated… but, these people raised a ruckus crying and sobbing for him, killing of a son of a school headmaster… do these people deserve respect?”
“I can’t believe someone said that you cannot call a terrorist a terrorist because he is a school headmaster’s son… crazy.” She wrinkled her nose in disgust.
“You use Facebook – a social media platform, don’t you?”
“Yes. I do. But not so much… I was, in the beginning taken by the glamour of being digitally social active, but then I saw what kind of response I get and don’t use it anymore. Just log into it once in 5-6 months, post some nonsense and then log off… it’s not worth it…”
“Correct… social media is meant for popularity hungry people or those with scheming minds, especially the leftists… you might rarely see posts that are worthwhile… else, the posts on social media are something you don’t want to rely on for any information or linger around…”
“What about social media? You just now mentioned that they are popular with the leftists?”
“Yes, absolutely…” I looked at her with a questioning glance, “What do you think of Israel-Hamas war?”
“It is something that has gone too far and the killings have to stop. It seems, Israeli soldiers are beating the hell out of Hamas who are fighting for their land… Palestine.”
I smiled, “What do you think of Khalistan?”
“Khalistan is a Pakistan sponsored terrorist group which was made to create trouble in India…” she replied without winking of eye.
“Sweetheart, both Khalistan and Palestine are myths created by the leftists and terrorists… there is no such land, no such state that exists in the World…” she looked at me with wide eyes almost not believing what I said, “Listen, if I have a dirty vision to create trouble and I have the support of the leftists and these so called sadist liberals, I can point to any specific piece of land and put an imaginary name to that piece of land, I have a movement that I can lead… all the facts and figures and the history of that place would get automatically manufactured by these leftists and gullible people of that land would be made to believe that false history.”
“I still want you to consider what you have been reading about the Israeli Hamas war?”
“I know and I have seen, there have been lot of posts going on in the social media like the slogans ‘All Eyes on Gaza’ and lot of disturbing photos on the social media about how Israeli soldiers have not even spared children. Some of them are downright disturbing…”
“Ok… do you remember why this war started in the first place?”
“Not sure why it started…”
“There you go… the leftists and the terrorists have won you over to their side then…”
“I got nothing to do with that war. Why do you say that they have won me over to their side?” she looked indignant.
“You don’t remember why this started in the first place and you already have almost decided that the Israeli soldiers are creating havoc in Gaza… where is this Gaza located? What do these people of Gaza say as their slogan?”
“I am not so sure but I think Gaza is in Palestine and I read it somewhere ‘River to the sea… We will be Free’ – I think that is their slogan.”
“You got a fantastic memory… but, I did say that no state called Palestine exists, Gaza is located in Israel. Palestine is a myth created just like Khalistan in Indian Punjab… why is Punjab under Pakistan not included in Khalistan if their movement had spine – they would claim Punjab of Pakistan too… correct?”
“Yes – I think so and I know that Khalistan is a sponsored lie fuelled by Pakistan as a form of their proxy war… what about Palestine… let me Google some information… here it is… The name was revived by the Romans in the 2nd century in “Syria Palaestina,” designating the southern portion of the province of Syria. In the Byzantine era the name was used for the provinces of Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda, and Palaestina Salutaris (or Tertia). Palaestina Prima was then administered as a jund (military district) by the Arabic name Filastīn in the early Islamic era. After the Crusades the name remained in informal use as a geographic designation, but it had no official status until after World War I and the end of rule by the Ottoman Empire, when it was adopted for one of the regions mandated to Great Britain. In addition to an area roughly comprising present-day Israel and the West Bank, the mandate included the territory east of the Jordan River now constituting the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which Britain placed under an administration separate from that of Palestine immediately after receiving the mandate for the territory.
The name Palestine has long been in popular use as a general term to denote a traditional region, but this usage does not imply precise boundaries. The perception of what constitutes Palestine’s eastern boundary has been especially fluid, although the boundary frequently has been perceived as lying east of the Jordan River, extending at times to the edge of the Arabian Desert. In contemporary understanding, however, Palestine is generally defined as a region bounded on the east by the Jordan River, on the north by the border between modern Israel and Lebanon, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea (including the coast of Gaza), and on the south by the Negev, with its southernmost extension reaching the Gulf of Aqaba.” She stopped as she looked at me, “It seems to have a reference from 2nd century – and is an ancient reference…”
“Did you read it correctly? The information said that the Romans gave it the name of Filistin in 2nd century as a landmark – it really has no ancient history of being an entity as a kingdom of ancient World and no boundaries declared… whereas Israel has a historic reference of being a Jew kingdom and it spans maybe up to 4500 years… which means, Israel was in existence more than 2000 years before the reference of Palestine was given by the Romans – did any of the social media posts mention this anywhere in their narratives?”
“No… I don’t think so…”
“There you go… secondly, never believe in Google. Google is just a tool – a search engine that throws up links that have any reference to the words you type in there… so does every search engine… go to Amazon and type out my name… tell me what books do you see listed there?”
She opened up the Amazon app and typed out my name, “I see the list of the books you have published.”
“Scroll down…”
“Oh! My God! It also lists out the books which have been published by other authors either where the first name or your last name matches…”
“See – the search on Google is based on the words you type not on the facts you want to check… further, the links that pop up could be written by anyone… it could be a fiction, a write-up or a post by a leftist and a liberal. Never believe in what you read on Google or any search engine… we people have to realise that we need to have a portal which uploads articles after fact checking. These left and liberals have habit of twisting words to suit their narratives. They are basically sadists who want to create trouble in a relatively peaceful World. They are the vultures who thrive on blood of other people…”
“These are strong words.” she said.
“I got strong feelings towards these leftists. Not that I am an extreme right winger, but at least you can reason with some right winged person… you can’t do that with a leftist who believes in the myths he has created. They have psychological disorders which refuse to look at stark realities of life… coming back to Israel Hamas war… why do you think this war has started?”
“To be honest I really can’t understand why people wage wars.”
“Ok… Israel and Hamas and the people of Palestine had worked out peace plan. Israel had started giving them jobs, security , medical facilities and many other welfare programs were being run to make them realize that this is life and this is how we got to live… of sudden,On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, in which 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, who were at a music concert, were killed, and 251 taken hostage with the stated goal of forcing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners. That’s all or nothing you will find if you search Google… what really happened was there was a music concert happening in Southern Israel when these terrorists attacked that festival killing almost 1200 people who were civilians. They also attacked the nearby areas and killed people over there who were inside their homes. The women were raped and killed. I heard about some instances where a 6 month old baby was cooked in micro-oven in front of the mother while raping her at the same time…”
“Oh! What a shame and a dastardly act to commit…” Shongita seems moved with the narrative.
“Have you read it this in any of the posts you checked or read? I guess you wouldn’t… these leftists don’t want to you to read what actually happened there… If these acts would have been done in India by Pakistani terrorists, do you think India wouldn’t have responded?”
“I guess even before the army acted, it is we the people of India who would have grabbed whatever weapon we could have laid hands on and stormed into Pakistan, killing each and every person in Pakistan…” she looked decisive imagining the fact I told her.
“There you go… don’t you think Israel has a right to kill these so called Hamas activists? They are not humans… no human in his or her right mind would commit such gory act which happened on 7th Oct 2023… that’s why Israel attacked the area of Gaza trying to get justice and bring back some 250 odd people who had been taken as hostages… now you have the other side to the story… what do you think of the matter now?”
“I guess Israel has the right to revenge on these terrorist. But how could this go on for so long and is still going on?”
“This is not revenge my dear, this is justice for people of Israel. Now to your question, Hamas terrorists are mean rats. They hide amongst civilians of Gaza. They along with other terrorist outfits like Houthis and Hizbullas which are located in countries like Yemen and Syria who are aiding this war… They just want one aim – To Rid the World of Jews… and where are Jews found in numbers? Obviously Israel… I as a person identify with people of Israel because like us they are victims of incessant terrorist attacks. Since 1993 we have seen a spate of terrorist attacks by Pakistan supported terrorists which are still happening – Israelis have seen such incessant attacks by terrorists sponsored by Iran and few Arab dominated countries… and the fact is these leftists and liberals are not present there – they live in our World which has freedom of expression… if they start doing what they do the best in these countries – they would be first of people to be executed by these extreme Islamic elements…”
“Is it? I thought they were hand in hand with those people…”
“That is why – you got to read and watch something meaningful rather than wasting your time watching senseless reels, shorts and similar made for fun videos…”
“I guess this jab from you was coming…” she said sore but realizing what I was telling her made sense, “What about these leftists and the methods they use?”
“Anything you see where a situation has to be ideal or equal and not matching the realities of life is a leftist ideology… they live a dream of a non-existent real life and something they cannot change but want to try and change and they will go to extent of spreading falsehood to create that change… The English used these left minded people to create rifts in the Indian society and rule over the colonies they were so proud of… then these leftists after creation of Pakistan during the Independence smudged the facts in the history or didn’t let people know about the true history of India… you have studied in school, tell me if you remember chapters about Prithviraj Chauhan, Mourya Dynasty, Bappa Rawal, Rana Sanga or the kingdoms in North Eastern states like the Ahom dynasty?”
“Umm… I really don’t remember them. I know of these names from the recent references in videos or write-ups that have recently surfaced.”
“I bet you have heard the name of Tipu Sultan – but have you heard any stories about the Padiyans or Cholas who ruled the south of India? You may have heard of Krishnadevaray a fascinating king from South India – but do you know his story or should I call history? Do you know who were Kiratas?”
“Some I have heard of some but I don’t know who all are you talking about…”
“That’s what the leftists and liberals along with stupid politicians have done to us… we don’t know our history. All we know is how many times we have been invaded from North West – be it Mohammad Ghouri, be it Gaznavi, be it Mughals… and they have been painted in a rosy frame omitting the heinous atrocities they committed on the people of India…”
“I really would love to read about the valorous kings of India.”
“You know what is called as fables of Vikram and Vetal… however, you will not get to read about the King Vikramaditya – he is branded as a myth by these leftists. The Hindus follow a calendar known as Vikram Samvat which came into existence during King Vikramaditya and these people call him a myth – they say that there was no king by that name…”
“I can’t believe that…”
“You better believe because why a calendar would be named after someone who didn’t exist? These leftists are gangrene to the society. They stop at nothing. Whatever has been going peaceful, they will like to stir that peace and create trouble for people who have learnt to co-exist. At first I was taken in by the reporting by BBC and CNN… as a child I wanted to be a journalist. However, when I saw what was being reported in India I started to wonder… does journalism mean talking ill about everything? That’s what these leftists do… even if the society does transform into what they think is ideal, they would still go on and create a fantasy that suits their head and ruffle up that very society they have created… It really is a long topic and it will take days of arguments and exploration to understand what the leftists do and what their ways are – for they keep on changing their thoughts, values and methods. All you can do is try and identify these leftists or any post that has a left leaning and skip it… don’t bother to try reading or watching it… that will keep you sane… I think we are about to reach our destination. We will stop here and continue this discussion some other time. Is that okay with you?”
She nodded seemingly the topic was heavy for her – a person who normally was into books or romance and light hearted topics. She just waived her head trying to grab what I had said and looked at me – that look told me that she would be persisting on the topic and won’t give up… and even I knew that the information I provided was not enough for her to understand the effects which these leftist and liberals have on the society.
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