Foreign unnerved by peace and vikas in the valley a rattled casted Pakistan continues to promote terrorism and disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir three Braves Colonel Manpreet Singh major Ashish dhoncha and Deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir police were killed in action during the encounter with terrorists at the kokarnak area of jamun
Kashmir’s anantana the anti-terror operations are currently underway as the security forces have not only managed to Corner them in the peer Punjab range and that region but somewhere there seems to be a determination meanwhile Intel sources via our group editor Manoj security Manus Gupta have
Revealed that CNN News 8 at 2 CNN news 18 that the top leadership of the about she is actually behind this attack and that they claim the lives of the three Indian army personnel and of course uh the police Personnel Intel sources reveal that foreign terrorists are
Suspected to be involved in the with alleged support with locals one of The Wanted terrorists of the lushkar with the uh with a bounty of more than 10 lakhs on him is one of those who strapped that’s what report suggests they are in touch with top trainers like
Sajid jat and qasim and the attack is carried out by a deadly group that specializes in Ambush a war-like hideout with weapons has also been busted now with the latest terror attack the spotlight is on areas of the peer punjal in addition in recent months the areas
South of the peer Punjab range such as Punta rajori and Jammu have been the focus of counter-terror operations and that’s because it is dense forest and hilly terrain so this is a shift in the modus operandi and this is spread over about 4.3 square kilometers within the
Line of control and has many natural caves many uh people in this region don’t even receive many areas in this region don’t even receive snowfall which makes it easy for terrorists to hide and survive even away from civilization or population so this is not the urban forest or the urban
Regions this is within the rural areas in Jammu Kashmir in that peer Punjab range scantily populated but still they are able to survive meanwhile Army sources Army sources are revealing to news 18 that attacks and activities south of the peer punjal are considered as a change in plan of the terror groups
Now let’s Tell You Why terrorists are choosing the peer Punjab jungles are interconnected and where and the terrain is quite challenging and terrorists carry out the attack and Escape easily the terrain is very typical and even cordoning doesn’t ensure complete block terrorists choose to stay in natural
Hideout or go and take the help of ogw’s overground workers or sympathizers Army sources have also revealed to news 18 that they also choose houses based on the location and then to threaten the residents in order to get shelter and threaten them with their lives asking them not to reveal anything now those
Are not the only reasons the peer Punjab forests helped terrorists to also survive longer as they avoid easy detection now this is what army sources are revealing they are smart proxy based apps to communicate using offline apps to travel and communicate makes it difficult to trace them they’re not
Using phones they’re not using the World Wide Web at all terrorists are using body camps to upload edited videos and run their propaganda they also have new means to procure cash so we have all of these aspects coming through meanwhile foreign terrorists are also believed to have local support in
The area with sophisticated weapons and Advanced Training CNN news 18 has actually accessed Pakistan’s Terra blueprint Intel sources via our group editor security Affairs Manoj Gupta revealed to CNN news 18 that Pakistan has shifted all its terror camps and launch pads near the loc to increase infiltration in the area these terror
Camps have recruits from the lushkar Jazz and also his bull so they’ve all combined ranks look at this this is the whole population all of which this entire loc area has been populated the question is should is shouldn’t we erase this loc and push them back to those
Borders that’s a big question ladies and gentlemen according to intelligence inputs all launch pads are directly managed by the pakistan-based isi and they have trained terrorists who are waiting to infiltrate along the loc the route Maps accessed by news 18 show infiltrators using multiple entry routes
To avoid any incident of firing by the Indian Security Forces it’s been learned that the entry of terrorists to the loc will be a bonus for the isi however Pakistan has already transported almost 300 small weapons via drones and around in and around Srinagar for this entire hybrid killing format
Also Intel sources decoding the terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir Intel sources say there are three prominent clusters which are fully operational in pokera then you have muzaffarabad do you have Gary habibullah Boi so these are the regions and also Abdullahi these are the regions uh in muzaffarabad three Pi okay Brigade of
The park Army is located in kotli that coordinates the activities of Sensa kotli dubg and also fagosh and these are all acting as feeders to the launch pads these active camps act as feeders to the Launchpad scams are located in forward areas two to three kilometers from the
Loc the recruit youth from the PA from Pakistan South Punjab Province the impart training mainly in arms and also within suicide attacks so that’s why the youth are trained from the south Punjab provinces where they got from and also they get support from ogw’s in jnk ogws
Are getting the weapons sent by Park isi wire drones so this is what we are getting these details and there is more information coming ladies and gentlemen just now we’ve got more news coming through uh via Manoj Gupta our group editor security Affairs sources are revealing to CNN News 18. that officials
In the security apparatus see a distinct pattern in the way terrorists are operating on both sides of the peer punjal inflicting casualties earlier terrorists were using cell phones which used to be traced by security agencies and were zeroed in and now they don’t use cell phones they also keep changing
Their locations which creates deviations in the intelligence inputs of the security agencies which results in casualties of security personnel the question that we are asking right now ladies and gentlemen amidst all of this if we want Everlasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir is it time to erase
That line which has become such a big problem push the enemy back behind the borders that’s the larger question even as we put out this information I’m requiring going to request our team to stay with the map Graphics that we have which outlines the loc the various areas
And of course the three big camps which act as feeder Services let’s go across to Our Guest straight away Anand ranganathan author sushan sarine strategic Affairs experts senior fellow ORF and we also have spygi former DGP jnk let’s just go across to our guests your thoughts do you believe it’s high
Time that we do something comprehensive to erase that Loc Ally I completely agree with you uh I think it’s high time that uh it is Pakistan the lesson I I and these all these camps need to be blasted out how long will you wear all this uh see uh yesterday’s incident
Experience tells me at times these sources you know are compromised and uh those who are investigating this particular case need to uh look into this aspect yes they they uh you know you at times you draw the leadership to the Ambush and that aspects need to be
Taken and number two when Garden is Led uh to neutralize terrorists it is it has to be a surprise element if terrorists know that you are laying a carton they will never come in your trap and I personally think that the information was available to terrorists of the route and the time of
The of the offices moving in that’s why they have hit the leadership and you know the very same unit was responsible for eliminating yeah and yes and 19 are and uh another aspect which I want to highlight here is I am seeing the pattern that how tactics are being changed you know after
Operation all out was launched in 2017 uh where I was there and uh General Sandhu was there uh a core Commander uh they lost a lot of Cutters in last four five years and I think the at one point of time they were feeling even pinch of losing weapons and thousands of their
Cutters were eliminated and about three years back how they changed the tactics to uh targeted killings and then they download that was overcome now I I was seeing the pattern of attacks in rajouri points you were showing uh on your skin how uh something like gorilla Warfare tactics is being adopted and yesterday’s
Incident both even in anantanak and rajouri look at the instead of uh these people getting garnered in you know they have observed that whenever they are in an inhabited area in a village in a town uh they have very little scope of escaping Now using Gorilla Warfare having a hideout in uh
Area where caves are where dense forest is there you have many places to hide uh draw the forces around to your location and attack to maximum casualty damage the uh if they are trying to use gorilla Warfare we should become Godzilla sir there right now they are right now at
Their weakest in terms of economically incapers the point is that we should go we should go and re-erase this line this line sorry this is this loc let’s just push them let’s just get all of the peer Punjab and push them back right up to the borders
I I I completely agree with you I I think the time has come we must do that and uh you see there is many people were talking that Pakistan there is no change of heart in the establishment establishment continues with the same policy of bleeding India by Thousand Cuts it’s the establishment
Sir with due respect if the establishment does not uh regret interrupting you but if the establishment does not even consider their own people and think of them as can right now that they have had enough of their uh tyranny they’ve also had enough so perhaps this
Is the right time to move in clean out the pace and retake what is ours and just bringing it sir just bringing in our other panelists I’ll Circle back to you sir Namaste coming to you sir after this uh good evening Anand and uh good evening to my fellow panelists so there
Are two clearly two great experts on the panel tonight and I whatever My Views are would be as a Layman as a common citizen of India but first up Anand bye congratulations to you for being named as one of the anchors to be boycotted by the Congress in the India Alliance it
Proves that you are unbiased Fearless at a fierce Nationalist and love India and that is why you are hated by the India allies you should be happy at this development another group that should be happy is the mostly bunch of India Alliance spokespersons who must be collectively dancing in the Isles
Tonight at this boycott because now they have been spared being humiliated embarrassed and shamed daily for the ill logic and senseless opinions but coming to the point at Hannah by very sincere condolences to the families of the bereaved it is absolutely devastating to see four of our bravest jabangs succumb to the evil
Designs of Pakistan now Pakistan is rattled especially after the application of article 370 and the DraStic deduction in Terror activities in Kashmir it has been itching to ferment trouble again and return to its nefarious means unconcerned as Mr Beth talked about his own perilous economic and social situation this is exactly what Rogue
Nations do but here if I can put in my Layman’s perspective on an I don’t think touching the loc or obliterating it would help in my opinion because after all it’s a de facto border and let us remember that when we warmed Bala Court it is about 70 kilometers away from the
Loc deep inside Pakistan so loc was immaterial plus Pakistan has fomented Terror activities even without crossing the loc the famous one being Infamous one being 26 11 when they came to the other side and you have Dao debris so they don’t care about the loc what I
Like to spend the next couple of minutes on and there’s the talking about as a Layman the psychology of Pakistan that they don’t care about their perilous economic situation they don’t care about the loc or our border it is ideological and that is the reason unless we attack that ideology I
Don’t think we’re going to get anywhere as far as Pakistan is concerned because Anand perhaps the only time I am prepared to believe in Bad Karma is when I see the kind of Labor we have in Pakistan the entire edifice of this nation is founded upon hatred for Hinduism and of
India from Jinnah the man who ate pork and rank alcohol to Imran the man who robbed Dal makhani on his chest to attract the female of the species to the Army puppets now Pakistan has been run by scheming charlatans filled with supremacist Notions of religious Brotherhood and hatred for India the
Hatred became acute when Pakistan broke into two of its own Eternal stress a nation that was based on religion could not keep itself together to even celebrated Silver Jubilee what more proof does one need that Pakistan is a rogue Terror State when it’s sitting cabinet when foreign
Khan’s Pakistan it is your success it is our success unquote the rampant killing of baluts of kashmiris in Pok the hounding and murder of thousands of ahmadiyas re bombing and killing of shias and sufis Pakistan is a case study Anand on how not to run a nation and as
For its indifference bordering on collusion we all know how Pakistan hasn’t squeaked as much as a faint murmur on the internment of concentration camps of more than a million eager Muslims by China true leave aside four Wars or Mumbai Plus or 26 11 or daud or Hafiz remember that
Death by a thousand cut Preamble remember how they abducted and injured our Envoy back in 2013. remember how they orchestrated the 2008 attack on our Embassy in Kabul remember when Imran said at Night Court the Pakistani army at isi trained Al-Qaeda to fight in Afghanistan they were always links
Between Park Pakistan and them there had to be because they trained them end code when was the last time Anand you heard a prime minister of a country declaring that its country trains terrorists these are special people and they need special treatment we need to give them a lesson
Again because a lesson not given is a lesson not learned lot learned and we will tend to get uh we’ll be at the wrong end of the stick all time we don’t need to you lose our Braves who have already committed their lives to our country when the moment they Don the
Uniform to to vermins and cretins like this that’s the bigquery that’s the big problem this is not even an open conflict they don’t even have the courage to fight an open fight let’s give it to them in such a way that they don’t dare ever come this way or look
This way anyway before I bring in sushanti we’ve just got more news coming through Intel sources are revealing to news 18 the terror groups are using ysms technology which was used earlier in the deadly attack of 2016 and 2019 in a recently convened meeting in the top
Security group you of ysms was discussed and found the problem of tracing terrorists due to no digital footprint due to very very high frequency encrypted messages without data or any Telecom operator this meeting discussed how terrorists are using phones without SIM cards terrorist phones are paired to radio sets through Bluetooth to send
Messages location for help to other device in case of any other emergency so they’re not even using they’re using high-tech gadgets they were using night vision classes that have been procured along with other equipment which has been procured from China these are all Chinese make sushant sarin so if they
Are getting high tech what are our drones doing what are our weaponized counter mechanisms doing why aren’t we doing helicopter sorties and you know wiping them out from Air you know under a couple of things number one I think uh you know it’s the it’s the nature of the fight the the terrorists
Always tends to stay a step ahead of the security forces they adapt much faster they adapt much quicker they take to new technologies much faster and you know the way State structures are built it takes some time to catch up Mr van is out here I can’t you know uh you know he
Would probably bear me out when this whole thing started in Kashmir way back in the early 90s you remember what our police forces and even our army was equipped with uh the Army used to carry these huge backpack uh you know communication systems uh and and these these terrorists were carrying these
Latest walkie-talkies and talk to each other similarly on the kind of weapon systems that the the police had they were carrying three naught threes it was not even a competition right and then you know we pick up we learn uh again the terrorists change their tactics very
Fast Mr bear was talking about the new tactics which they are adopting actually these are not really new these are also old tactics which they’ve used in the past and to the credit of the Jammu and Kashmir police and the Army and the BSF of course uh you know the uh the the
Security forces adapt to these new tactics and then counter them and back these guys out it’s a matter of time probably a few weeks maybe a couple of months but that will happen so these tactics work up to a point not more than that so strategically I would agree with
Both Mr beard and Anand uh look it’s very very clear to me the hatred for the Hindu in Pakistan is far far far greater than their love for Islam right it’s as simple as that and until and unless you know our people including in your news channels who say Afridi Bhai and this
Bhai and that Bhai understand the reality of the Beast you know we’ll be we’ll keep repeating the same mistakes you also have to understand and also reconcile to a couple of things you know uh this is an endless war and you know you can you can go up to the loc you can
Wipe out the loc that doesn’t solve matter I keep giving the example of Israel Israel has used overwhelming force uh and they’ve been fairly effective in containing terrorism but has terrorism ended in Israel it hasn’t again it’s the nature of the Beast you are fighting unless you completely say
That I’m going to eliminate each and every person across the border which is not your feasible practical doable whatever you want to call it you have to learn to live with this and then what this means is that you will have to keep mowing the grass you will have to keep
Decapitating here before you have to kill as many of them as you can and at the same time you should show the will of your country to not back down to not talk to terrorists I am not very confident about how the government in India will operate six months one year
Two years from now you know will we say that oh Pakistan is in deep trouble let us go and help a lot of people keep talking about it will we say that okay fine you know we’ll let’s start trade so that we can normalize things are we
Going to do that or are we going to say no we are going to keep we are going to keep you know badgering you guys yes we are keep on beating you guys we will keep eliminating you guys we will show the will of this country as we have over
The last 30 years today the situation in Kashmir is at least a million times better than what it was in the early 90s correct again I’m sure Mr Ved will bear me out uh it is because the government and the state of India and the people of India have
Shown that will that we will not succumb to these cowards and these terrorists we will fight them we will fight them to the end up a lot of our brave people have given the Supreme sacrifice including the four people yesterday uh and and hats off to them and salute to
Their family and all commiserations to them but you know this is a prize we will have to pay for our freedom nope see they are ready to pay that price but should we not make the cost of trying to even attack India or crossover so dear push them across the borders
They are sitting they are sitting inside our borders on an imaginary line which you have allowed them to draw very quickly just two sentences more you know you said something and I I and it kind of slipped out of my talking points look I am of the belief that you know
This nonsense that the government of India has that no we must fight with one hand tied behind our back I don’t believe in this if you have Thrones you should use that if you have helicopter gunships in this kind of a Terrain by all means using use that if you need to
Use fighter jets to bomb the hell out of these buggers please do it right don’t stand on so many notes please please yield I’m running over uh see Anand the kind of neighbor we have where only hate for India and Hindus and kafirs and uh gazbear Hind and all that
Is look at the kind of radicalization a a player like shoi bakter I was seeing his video talking that I I wanted to knock off Sachin tadulkar yeah a international cricketer talking like this I think we India needs to be uh prepared for a long all you have to this is a
Covert war and we have to surprise that is the important point that should not happen very very fast it comes through and we allow them to milk us out that’s the problem quickly so 30 seconds yeah such a wonderful comments by all three of you but you know one particular one actually
Said that um you know we are perpetually fighting the battle with one hand tied behind our back can I please ask both the experts about their opinion about the ace that we hold up Our Sleeve which is the Indus water treaty can we use that as a bargaining measure
Oh yes of course we can and I think there have been some moves which have been made in that um I think we are moving towards that but Alan you have to understand one thing how do you use Indus Waters as a bargaining chip you have to develop the
Necessary structures which can then right you know stop the waters flowing if you don’t have those necessary structures then how do you use it as a weapon how do weapon gentlemen and that is where we need to focus yeah so it’s it’s going to take far much more time to
Build those dams and you’ll have the enemy trying to derail this dams and try it’ll actually cause more damage to us internally uh at this current Point first we need to erase the line and push the enemy back beyond the borders that’s perhaps faster than today than it was
Ever before and that’s why this entire aspect thank you very much gentlemen thank you very much Jane the twin Encounters in rajouri and Anand nag have perhaps been the most brutal Encounters in 2023 a largely peaceful German Kashmir has seen instances of Terror where lives have been lost but
The loss of three serving officers two from the Army one from the German Kashmir police in anantnag and a Rifleman in rajouri hurt it is a big loss every Brave when they dump the uniform of any color or type they commit their lives to the nation they have
Already embraced the possibility of a supreme sacrifice they were that they wear that commitment with pride their loved ones also join in that commitment a painful as painful as losing a loved one is the kitten can know deep within their heart that they have signed up for
It and somewhere there is pride that their cherished one has done what few dare to do ladies and gentlemen lay down everything for the motherland this jazbah must be saluted no matter how much we hail our security personnel and their families it will never be enough but aren’t these sacrifices supposed to
Be made in active combat in a situation of open conflict here we are losing our Braves to Red Terror and dirty proxy war we are losing them to cowards who creep in like women and act like cowards in scoot like rodents this must stop the enemy must be pushed back behind the
Borders no other line must be allowed if there is one erase it to strike when the enemy is down when the Challenger is necessary is necessary action hit them hard make them pay and ensure they never return there is no room for empathy or Compassion or for those who
Deserve none such is the nature of this enemy that even when they are down on their knees groveling for Mercy they will have the temerity to throw mud into your eyes it’s not enough to put them down they need to be ground to dust such that they will never ever rise with the
Aim to bleed Bharat and its Braves ever again this is not a rush of emotion ladies and gentlemen this is a cold calculated approach with an eye on the future the dream of a vixit can never be accomplished with snakes in the backyard ever ready to strike with
When am when I say backyard because they are in our borders erase the line we say ask a soldier and there will be absolute Clarity like General we kissing guys what he said ask the king of amateur and they will not not only demand an eye for an eye but they will
Also expect an assurance from the state that this Menace quote unquote will be dealt with once and for all while there is absolutely no doubt that all of us as bharatiya feel their pain and join them in demanding these best be exterminated sadly and truly are Desh bhakti tends to
End there on TV news the story moves on to the next headline the general public moves on to the next viral story and two days later the tears the pain are all forgotten until the next Supreme sacrifice for us display of patriotism and chest thumping is jingoism in and
It’s all it’s all uh event driven we are not like the Braves those who wear the uniform with pride with a sense of Duty day in and day out non-stop for 24 hours as they think about all that they think about is their Duty their promise to the
Nation we are not Desh bhaks like them Rifleman ravi’s fiance has decided to move in with her future in-laws and take care of them they were supposed to be wed in December major rashish’s final Journey will start from the house his family has not yet moved into as they
Were waiting for his birthday next month on the 23rd so that they could move into their house final Journey started me ladies and gentlemen we are not passionate about our country as they are we don’t live their pain we just momentarily share it and then move on
That is why we find all sorts of justification to engage with the Enemy on all other fronts especially the soft ones movies music Sports entertainment talk shows new shows where we engage entertain and even pay those who empathize with the Enemy and the terrorists we allow them to call it a
Struggle and let them off without extracting a stated condemnation a famous musician from across the border is quoted as saying that is their attitude they wear a whale of friendship never forgetting their true stance they are just looking to Milk The Cow eventually with the intent
To bleed it with a Thousand Cuts when they win its victory victory of a faith they consider Superior to our way of life when they lose it just again the pcci and its team have been subjected to a lot of ridicule and curse words on social media on the decision to play
With Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup specially after rajouri and Anand nag but come to think of it the BCCI has walked the talk more than viewers and us the media have BCC has not played bilaterals with Pakistan they have not played any multilateral fixture with buck in Pakistan they have ensured this
Even when Pakistan is the host or co-host PCB is in penery and has bowed to every will of the BCCI with respect to CWC 2023 Beyond this there are other compulsions of sponsorship of viewership of money who’s the cause of all of this us we the people the viewers and of
Course the media we are the ones rushing for tickets ready to pay a premium creeping that not all of the one lakh tickets are out for sale for the india-pakistan game we are the ones giving this top billing and building all the hype we are the ones who in the nanosecond forget the
Tears and grab the popcorn we are the ones who in a split second move from saluting the flag on a coffin to waving it in the stadium we are the Hypocrites the momentary Desh bhaks unless we truly feel the pain and stand with those who make the Supreme
Sacrifice through thick and thin this charade will continue till we have at least one member from every house dorm the uniform in the service of Bharat this event-led jingoism will continue ladies and gentlemen we are far from being Patriots in the true sense until then we’re going to take a very short break
Here ladies and gentlemen when we come back Join us from the US stay with us Tamil Nadu doesn’t want any extra water Tamil Nadu wants its share of water politics still continues as far as a long-standing kaveri water dispute is concerned let’s also now bring in our colleague who’s joining us on the broadcast look at the voices that are
Coming in as far as Karnataka government is concerned they’re only upping the ante they’re saying we have no more water to share we’re now going to take a look as far as a legal route is concerned possibly we’ll have a delegation in the national capital as well what is the response that’s coming
In from the tamilnadu government well the terminal government also says that there’s a case coming up on the 21st of September they will if needed they will also take the diesel route but also says that they will wait for the Supreme Court case and test and also
Tells the farmers that they will try their best and ensure that that the farmers are not impacted in any way at all that’s the word that’s coming in from Summoner the government even as the Karnataka government has appeared but clearly uh the war of god is only going
To escalate between uh the the two states considering that uh also is now looking exploring all the details as possible okay waiting for the case in the Supreme Court so uh we’ll have to wait and see how that stands out but he won’t be very sure for them unfortunately we will have to
Leave that conversation there thanks a lot for getting us all those details let’s now shift our Focus to what’s happening in Karnataka the Karnataka government held an all-party meeting yesterday in Bengaluru as far as the kaveri water issue is concerned now this was an emergency meet that was held
After the cwrc had directed The Karnataka government to release five thousand Sussex of water from kaveri River for the next 15 days chief minister Sita ramayya has clearly stated that the state is not in a position to release water to the neighboring state the chief minister has even sought time
From the prime minister to take an all-party delegation to the national capital to try and discuss the same issue it was further unanimously decided that a dispute panel will be approached and a petition will be filed in the Apex court on the matter chief minister sidharamaya has also written a letter to
The union Water Resource Minister seeking his intervention to review the cwrc his decision while the state will decide on the release of the kaveri water after discussion with libel experts there’s some reactions coming in from the deputy chief minister likes of Kumar as well who we’re understanding
Will fly to the national capital to try and speak to the union minister of water resources and try and convey the situation we are the second edition in the AL party meeting that will make an application committee again stating that you have no water and explaining the actual position
Which is prevailing in Karnataka and also prevailing in tamilnadu and also we have decided in the alphabetic meetings to approach the Supreme Court the prediction water regulatory committee she volunteer water actually we will meet the legal team in Delhi to convey the same message there is about
98 TMC of water should have been left we have left only 37 TMC of water because there is no water see more than 130 years in this last August and September such a worse situation had not arised there is a various serious drought we have been facing the last two months I
Will place the fact before the committee we have already instructed our legal team to just wait for audition we will discuss and we’ll take it I have I think honorable minister is in Rajasthan I spoke to his office I am going to him meet him explain the situation we will
Place our stand before my strength is always and which I want to tell our tamilnadu government also that they must consider it think about the crores of people living in the millions living in Bangalore and surrounding areas so they will be also facing the drinking water problem so I think good sense will
Prevail upon him and he will not insist releasing water to the Tamil Nadu and we leave water for drinking water for the people where tamilians also there so at least he will consider that Karnataka has to follow the law of the land the law of the land is very clear after 2018
The kaveri Water Management board his body is constituted it has given its verdict if there is a problem they have to go on appeal against the Supreme Court and I am sure the Supreme Court will look in detail into Tamil nadu’s argument because our farmers are suffering in the Delta Region because
The kurubai cultivation has already started so I am sure the Supreme Court will give a verdict that is supportive of Tamil Nadu stand because that is a natural Justice also Tamil Nadu doesn’t want any extra water Tamil Nadu wants its share of water politics still continues as far as a
Long-standing kaveri water dispute is concerned let’s also now bring in our colleague who’s joining us on the broadcast look at the voices that are coming in as far as Karnataka government is concerned they’re only upping the ante they’re saying we have no more water to share we’re now going to take a
Look as far as a legal route is concerned possibly we’ll have a delegation thank you joining us now is gurudev srishi Ravi Shankar he’s joining us from the U.S on the cusp of something which is historic and perhaps a never seen before we will try and go across him he’s busy
With getting set for the world Culture Festival and this is historic pranam gurudev Shankar Namaste sir this is thank you so much namaskar how are the preparations for the world Culture Festival going this is historic right at the national Hall and never before gurudev yes yes yes it’s in the
National Mall it’s going very well there’s a lot of enthusiasm in the people here and people from around the globe are coming to Washington DC yes is this bigger than what we have ever seen before could you tell us how many are participating and I believe it’s a
Who’s who in the list of the Coordination Committee itself that itself is a Wonder list yes we have 64 dignitaries leaders present in past uh heads of state of many countries are there and and you know thought leaders will be there yes it’s going to be a very big historic
One in Washington DC yes and we’re given to understand nearly 40 000 artists will be participating from across the world Prabhu uh about 17 000 India we had 36 000 but you know here the place space is very limited you can’t have so many and due to Visa
Reasons many cannot join from other parts of the world but mostly people from here will be participate yeah there is so much polarization now in here and people are looking forward for this positive energy which can bring people together and also address mental health environmental issues and you know to
Come together in our ancient thought was that’s the scheme yeah but there are some who are questioning this very ancient wisdom itself closer Home gurudev those who are saying they want to eradicate sanatan Dharma these are sort of it’s not worth commenting on this you know they are just saying if
You remove Shiva from the dravidian culture the video culture doesn’t stand you know Shiva the shaivism is part of Davidian culture and so also all the Tamil scriptures have sunk so much about the four Vedas and the ancient system and yes caste system if the zika system should be done away
With it yeah of course and for this Arya samaj has come up and Swami dayanand Saraswati has fought against it and many Saints and sadhu from time in Memorial having raising their voice against caste system it’s only through action all the varanasama was done not true if you see
That way among the Thousand rishis so many are from down through them cast backward and even and so our main important to epics of India ramayan Mahabharata contribution of dalit hmm so we cannot say that you know sanatarma is only caste system that is a wrong um you know perception and taking that
As an excuse and you know uh beating up sanatarma is not the right thing to do it’s not right at all why do you think it is happening then gurudev is this is this not is this lost on those who are doing it or do you believe there is ignorance ignorance sheer ignorance
And I don’t know the motives only they should tell us it’s not going to be good for them even people because people are very deeply religious even around the world even Tamil Nadu also people are very deeply religious yeah and around the world gurudev there is a larger acceptance for the ancient
You know sanatan pratha or Hinduism the Hindu way of life what is your feedback when people are seeing uh the successful hosting of the G20 and so much of our ancient civilizational ethos being reflected at on various platforms be it art beat the handicrafts be the gifts beat the
Representation of the kala chakra or nalanda I mean it’s it’s total stupidity to disown one’s roots and you know our ancient culture is present throughout the globe it’s in Fiji it’s in Mauritius it’s in Suriname so far here in the Central American continent in Guyana Suriname
Tobacco even in Peru when you go you find Tanisha statues you know South America as part of South America in the Mayan culture you find roots to sanatan Dharma so and people today they appreciate and the great movies here in Hollywood are made based on scriptures like yoga system
The Inception and you know metrics they’re all based in our ancient scripture so while scientists around the globe are appreciated the ancient culture you cannot just root it out like that you know if you go to the CERN Institute in Switzerland where you know the quantum physics and Quantum
Scientists are there you find a big nataraja statue right in front of certain Institute yes and people are respecting the ancient religion because it is it brings Liberty it is it just takes one to a plane where you balance your inner life and outer life
I know you have been in the thick of a lot of preparations for the world Culture Festival and I’m sure you would have also seen the iconic moment for us chandrayaan and that Landing point also named Shiva and Shakti and scientists wanted it named as the Prime Minister
Called for it but the scientists approved it sir so science and spiritual spiritualism going hand in hand there absolutely you know the G20 is such a big Pride to the country and the whole world is appreciating how the ambitians of G20 and where we went the Bharat bharatnam
And people are of great price to this you know for the first time even those media which were not writing so good about India have started to uh appreciate the progress India has made and India is you know unless you honor your roots and come out of the
Colonial slavish mindset you cannot make a progress I’m happy that India is really on on the trajectory of progress and growth you know this need to be appreciated it is so refreshing its own wonderful to see that we are who we are and we are presenting who we are
Authentically not hiding you know and outside you appear very secular inside you do all your practices and that is that doesn’t speak about a good statesmanship you know we have to exhibit we have to take pride in our roots in our culture and at the same time the very fabric of uh
Hinduism even dravidian culture is that means we accept all the streams of thought see even who was an atheist was also given honor in the sanatana even charba who said there is no God and even in Vedas it’s it is mentioned that people who say there is no God
Are also part of our society Society our creation so this is a Dharma which honors everybody which accommodates every stream of thought and which is dynamic and Progressive like every religion has some um things that they have to improve or change or transformation has to happen in those fields also you know
Has practices that need to be changed water yeah but but what you’re talking gurudev is reform and nobody has ever you know rejected reform or resisted reform especially within the sanatan pratha but larger conversation is that this way of life is fastest this way of life is an
Imposition this way of life is fundamentalist and that’s why hindutvar sanatan Dharma needs to be dismantled it needs to be eradicated would you agree with such conversation such statements sir will agree on so there is Terrorism you can’t say Islam should be eradicated because it is Terrorism I mean Muslims are themselves are
Against terrorism so many people arising their voice and that it doesn’t make much sense you know Spanish Inquisition happened Christian faith was against scientists in Europe in Spain nobody said we should eradicate Christianity right only said we have to think positively so many scientists were prosecuted in Europe
Because Christianity is not in sync with science will anybody say it has to be eradicated it doesn’t mean make sense yes reforms have been uh happening in almost all faiths around the world and Hinduism is more open to the form it was never shut the doors were never Fanatic in our
Nature and so we continue to be that way and some statements here and there is not going to make any big difference yeah gurudev we are currently in a deeply polarized world what is going to bring someone where how your how are nations people identities going to try and come together to work
Together this vasudeva kutumbugam how is it going to be achieved the G20 has really showcased India’s role and how our prime minister has conducted in our foreign minister has really brought all the forces together and it is a big win for us you know we while
Some people thought it’s going to be a failure we didn’t succeed in coming up with the resolution and India has this capacity you know we have that wisdom we have that power we have the culture of uniting people and seeing the world as one family it’s in our DNA I would say yeah
But do you see that growing respect for India India’s stature growing because you have travels the world you have resolved so many conflicts engaged with so many state leaders do you see that respect stature of India Bharat growing of course of course it is really growing and it’s grown
See here in the world Culture Festival we are bringing people from Israel from Palestine from Russia Ukraine I mean from India and Pakistan and all other nations Korea Koreans are going to be parts of the world Culture Festival so we have a platform here for everyone to
Come and feel the Oneness of mankind and move forward I’m that is the way forward you know conflicts we have had and it doesn’t take us anywhere it doesn’t do any good to anybody so we have to come from this the sense of cooperation and compassion and togetherness prime minister the president slowly
Voices within the government top leaders are slowly calling us and less of India as a usage do you welcome it there are allegations of a name change afoot are you worried about that or you would believe that we are Bharat and we should call ourselves Bharat the opposition yes yes if Madras
Could be changed to Chennai and Bangalore can we change it to Bengaluru Kolkata could be called as Kolkata then why should we shy away from calling which has been there do you know the word Bharat itself means where bright people are that the bright word in English comes from means that is
Bright one who is engaged in brilliant world or one who are brilliant people of Brilliance are Bharat and we should be very proud of calling ourselves Bharat yeah final question gurudev final two questions one is what has happened just now over the last uh 24 hours we are
Losing Braves to terrorist attacks on the one hand we are talking about someone where everybody coming together on the other hand this conflict never seems to resolve itself what’s the answer it should India now start or by you know should we start becoming aggressive should we use our
Shakti to try and get peace Shanti you need both on one side we need to be strong if you are we can talk about peace it’s not going to work talk of Peace can happen when you are in the position of strength you know that has value
Yeah someone who is wealthy can renounce someone who is a beggar cannot say I have renounced anything today so we must come from a point of strength and for that we have to be really prepared you know and then people will listen to the dialogue of peace also The Narrative of peace
Should come from the place of strength yeah my final question what should one expect towards the end of this month the 29th 30th the world Culture Festival what would be your appeal to people yeah end of this month we are having this world Culture Festival 29th 30th and 1st of October
And let us again make life a celebration there are contentious issues they do keep popping up here and there but let’s not Harbor that in our heart and have any type of hatred to anyone ideologically or otherwise so Unity among diversity is our strength and let us make the world a better place
For this and coming generation so I would encourage everyone to participate and in some way or other participate in helping our planet to be a better place reduce violence we want to see a violence free and stress-free Society and a healthy body and a clear mind for
This let’s all work together and it will be telecast and webcast throughout the world and you can all see and enjoy the messages from world leaders as well as the performance of artists from around the globe we’re looking forward to that we are looking forward to that gurudev
Thank you so much for your time and thank you for speaking with us wish you all the very best to you on your team thank you thank you that was gurudev SRI Ravi Shankar ladies and gentlemen quick update towards the back half as we Dash towards the end of
This edition of the right stand the newly formed opposition Block India has decided to boycott 14 news anchors from English and Hindi platforms across the country the decision was taken during the alliances Coordination Committee meet in Delhi the opposition has decided not to send representatives to the shows
Of these respective news anchors the opposition believes that a section of the media only mounted ruling bjp’s narrative and stresses on communal polarizing quote-unquote while deflecting the issues of public interest the national Union of journalists have slammed the opposition and said that the step of opposition parties is the
Darkest chapter of repression on media in a democratic history of India so this is what they have this so the the journalist Union taking the Tweet uh nuj coming out we also have at uh Union Minister anurag takur speak out against it and his advisor kanchan Gupta
Has also taken to social media to say that this is one of the darkest chapters and it is uh brings us memories of the period of emergency let’s quickly listen into what anurag takur had to say foreign [Applause] foreign foreign [Applause] Ed by a committee of 26 parties that
Call themselves The Indian national developmental inclusive Alliance they are welcome to their decisions based on their own rational and wisdom however what stands out is the contradiction in the claims and their action key leaders of this Alliance claim that they are Mohammad and they are tolerant I have
Only love for everybody is this love is this tolerance or is this a manifestation of pure hate many leaders in this Alliance claim that this committee came together despite their contradictions as they wanted to do away with a non-inclusive government under PM Narendra Modi but are there actions
Inclusion many leaders in this Alliance claim that the media along with under other institutions have their freedom curved under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and this current government in the recent past which state government has resorted to punitive action against journalists targeted them aggressively to curb their
Journalistic freedom aren’t most of the leaders part of this formed Alliance the alliance also claimed that they are coming together in order to help restore respect for institutions especially the media some of the top media houses have been indirectly targeted perhaps with a signal to them asking them to throw the
India Alliance line in this is this respect or utter contempt many of us today were born around the time or soon after the emergency seniors amongst the journalistic fraternity and amongst the viewers may be reminded of those days when democracy was in jail is this act
Not a residue of that very sentiment by acting thus has the alliance instilled confidence of being inclusive non-partisan and tolerant or proven to be quite the contrary is this not violative of the basic tenets enshrined in the constitution of Bharat freedom of speech comes with the reasonable restrictions but is this reasonable and
Doesn’t your freedom stop where my nose begins also those who talk of inclusion aren’t they attempting to divide the media fraternity altogether isn’t this a classic example of divide and rule that used to be practiced by a colonialist if they have decided to avoid certain shows in Bankers they are well within their
Right but to do so in the manner in which it’s been done reeks of malified intent not an Earnest one everything happens for a reason we’ll leave it at that foreign Jacob three of our brave soldiers have been martyred in anantanag in South Kashmir which includes a major a colonel and a deputy superintendent of the German Kashmir police now the question is if peace had indeed returned to the valley as the government claims it has why are we then seeing attacks of this
Nature this was an ambush reportedly based on wrong intelligence information why are we busy playing against the team of
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