Fw: Fwd: Dr.Swamy's speech on 19th Oct-Bangalore

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Written by someone who attended Dr.Swamy’s speech yesterday in Bangalore

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

DR.SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY'S SPEECH / TALK / LECTURE @ BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, BANGALORE ON OCT 19, 2011

The title of this post is about something I had never thought of even in my dreams, the place & date in which it actually happened, quite unbelievably so, right in front of my own eyes - An invaluable, can't-be-assigned-any-adjective lecture by Dr.Subramanian "Superman" Swamy himself !!! :) :) :) :) :)

This also marks the one day in which I've taken down more notes religiously & judiciously than probably in all my years of education put together!! :D :D

If you've read my other blog posts, you should be knowing this by now, else here goes - you should know I'm a very informal, expressive & emotional person...So don't be surprised if you see a LOT of smileys & caps ...

Now, I shouldn't be calling this a blog post. I should more or less be calling it a book :D.
Yes, it is humongous. So, if you want to go directly into his speech, please go to the section "Dr.Swamy's speech".

Pre-talk excitement:

I have been at an all-time high in my life for the past 2 weeks - thanks to the best cricket match ever, the Harris Jayaraj concert, reading "Love@Facebook" & my own live performance at Oracle.

Just when I thought life can't get better than this, I was proved wrong & my euphoria hit a new high, thanks to today!!!!! :) :) :) :)

I have always been fascinated by Dr.Subramanian Swamy ever since I came to know about him. He is one of my greatest inspirations. I'm an avid follower of his tweets as well as his blog & this post of his, which I read on Sunday, Oct 16th. I was THRILLED !!!!!! WOW !!!!!!!!!! Dr.Subramanian Swamy himself, RIGHT IN MY CITY !!!!!!!!!! WOW !!!!!! THAT WAS IT !!!!!!!! I had at least dreamed of attending a Harris Jayaraj concert...but this was something I had never even wished for...never even dreamed about !!!! :) :) :) IT IS BLISSFUL WHEN YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE ..BUT IT IS FAR MORE BLISSFUL WHEN THINGS FAR BEYOND YOUR DREAMS HAPPEN :) :) :) :)


I HAD DECIDED, COME WHAT MAY, EVEN IF I'VE TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WOULD MAKE MYSELF FREE ON WEDNESDAY EVENING ..AT 6 PM !!!! :) :) :) ....Harris Jayaraj's concert was fireworks alright, the Swamy show was going to be fireworks too, albeit of a different kind :) :) :)

So yeah ..I tried to inform as many people as I could ...none of them seemed interested ....Not that I was looking for company though...Just like the multitude of things I've done alone ...attending this one was another addition to the list ....So yes, I left office at 4.30 pm ...had a McD meal with Mahesh, dropped him off at Mysore Bank & headed towards Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ...There were lots of media vehicles parked outside ...I noticed one Zee News vehicle. Added to that was a lot of police officers & security officials....The parking was on the road at the back of the building ...I parked my bike & went back to the front gate....At the gate, I was asked my name & phone number ...I entered inside the building ...I was given a form by Youth Against Corruption, Karnataka asking for my details ...along with a Herbal Noni soap flier :D After a security check, I entered the hall. It was 3/4th full. Me being a back-bencher, I went to the 2nd last row and took a seat there. I took out my pen, filled the form with my name, cell number & email ID & took out my notebook to note down memorable parts of the show. Yup, I didn't have a camera, so it was just gonna be writing.

The show begins / Dr.Swamy arrives:

It was a packed auditorium & a very noisy one. There was a white man in front of me as well. There were extra plastic chairs apart from the seats & those were being taken too. There were 5-6 chairs on the dais.

At 5.54 m, Dr.Swamy arrived & was greeted with a thunderous applause & a standing ovation. He was followed by commandos & cops. He went to the front row & greeted some of the people over there. He was soon hounded by people who were clicking photo after photo of his. A person from YAC started addressing the crowd. Every mention of Dr.Swamy was followed by an applause.

At 5.58 pm, Dr.Swamy graced the dais with his presence. He was dressed in a white kurta & pajama & brown/black (not sure) overcoat, looking very dignified as he always does. From a distance, he appeared to be very fair-complexioned, but his eyes looked really dark from far - something like what Shivnarine Chanderpaul looks like :D

At 6.01 pm, an invocation song was sung by a lady with a nice voice, but she was singing pretty much off-key. Understandable!! You're singing for one of the greatest people born in India, you're BOUND to be that nervous !!!!! :) :) Yet, Dr.Swamy clapped & nodded in acknowledgement when she was done. By then, the crowd was swelling a lot, there was no space, people started standing along the side of the auditorium.

Co-conveners of YACK speeches:

At around 6.04 pm, the co-convener of the YACK (someone by name Jaishankar, I think) began his speech in Kannada, welcoming Dr.Swamy. His vibrating cellphone caused noise on the speakers & he silenced it soon. Dr.Swamy was drinking some mineral water. The co-convenor made a few mistakes as well while reading this introductory speech about Dr.Swamy, but again, like I said - understandable !! :) The sheer awe you are in, of one of the greatest people India has produced, is bound to make you that nervous !! :) :) The photographers were clicking photos all over the dais & the auditorium. Dr.Swamy was presented a flower bouquet which resulted in an applause. The co-convenor then said - "I can think of a Rajnikanth dialogue which applies to you - Unga vazhi... thani vazhi", which got the audience roaring & applauding !!! :) :) It perfectly echoed my sentiment that Dr.Swamy is indeed like the Rajni of Indian politics. Anyway, that dialogue brought a smile on his face :) It had the audience in splits. I think mine was the only howl for that dialogue :P Never mind, I HAD TO HOWL !! :D :D There was a request from the co-convener to the audience to mute their cellphones.

At 6.09 pm, another co-convenor of YACK started his speech in Kannada & then switched over to English, talking about the activities of the organization, especially during the Ramdev arrest, Dr.Vaidyanathan giving a seminar about black money in a Bangalore University hall & Dr.Balasubramanian of the Karnataka Lokayukta giving a talk at Town hall about a 15-lakh acre land scam...Also, the activities of YACK in addressing corruption in education...bringing about educational fee reforms...& their plans of bringing about...electoral reforms (in light of Dr.Swamy's findings on EVM malpractice & corruption) ..administrative & police reforms (lack of police autonomy) ...It was 6.15 pm...People were still walking in with no place to stand ...he went on by saying that there was no end to the scams or "achievements" of the UPA ..he continued about a walkathon which they had organized in which around 5000 people participated...also, the participation in Anna Hazare's fast...a round-table conference with Justice Santosh Hegde...He mentioned that the youngsters are always the tools of change...They had no opportunity to take part in the 1857 struggle ...nor in the 1947 struggle ...nor in the Emergency...So, this was the opportunity for them to play a historic role which would change the future of the country ...He urged the youth to bring back the lost glory of the country...

At 6.19 pm, the host thanked the co-convenor for his speech & said that it was finally time
for the FOCAL POINT of the show - the man himself - Dr.Subramanian Swamy. A thunderous applause followed as the man made his way to the mike.

Dr.Swamy's speech:

If you want just a skim-able overview, you can just see the statements in large, bold font ..that should do :)

At 6.20 pm, he came to the mike, cleared his throat a little, greeted everyone who had arrived. He started off by telling that India is the youngest country in the world, demographically. A la Vijayakanth in Ramana, he unleashed some statistics - the average age of an Indian is 28, where 70% of the population is less than the age of 35. The average age of the Chinese is 37, Americans - 38, Europeans - 48 & the Japanese - 49. He said that it is the young generation which leads to innovations & underlined the need for good education of the youth for a corruption-free society.

He started off & chugged along in full-steam on the topic of the day - the 2G scam. he said that it was THE BIGGEST SCAM IN THE WORLD - COMING WITH A LOSS OF 40 BILLION $ ..OR 1,76,000 CRORE...

He started off his first OH-SO-BRILLIANT STATEMENT OF THE DAY -
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT COUNT BEYOND ZERO, LIKE KAPIL SIBAL..:D :D :D ...This instantly got the crowd ROARING with laughter !!! :D WOW !!!!!!!! THE SWAMY SHOW HAD BEGUN, BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D ...AND IN WHAT STYLE !!!!!! :D :D ....WOW !!! WHAT A ROCKING START !!!!! :D ...I was always waiting for this kinda treat ...and here it was !!!!!! An absolute spicy kabab of a starter was here !!!!!!!! :D

He went on to say that the indirect losses are even more. Out of 1,76,000 crore, 60,000 crore constitutes the bribe amount. He said that it was distributed among 4 principal parties:

1. Raja, who ended up receiving only 5000 crore.

2. Chidambaram, who also ended up with 5000 crore: Dr.Swamy said that this was just like pocket money for Chidambaram (huge laughter in the crowd), who, according to him, has around 50,000 crore stashed in foreign bank accounts. He said - "One day, I'll get it all back", which evinced a ROARING, THUNDERING applause from the crowd.

3. Karunanidhi, who received around 14,000 crore: Dr.Swamy said "He should've got a little more because he has 3 wives to take care of" :D :D :D :D :D ROFLMAO !!!!!!!! Man !!! The crowd laughed themselves out for at least 20 sec !!!! HAHAHA !!! HILARIOUS !! :D :D
BANGALORE WAS USED TO THE GAYLE STORM ALL THESE DAYS !! BUT THEN, IT WAS THE SWAMY STORM ...BELTING OUT HILARIOUS ONE-LINERS ..ONE AFTER THE OTHER ..FASTER THAN GAYLE LAUNCHING SIXES !!!!

4. Sonia Gandhi, who received the remaining 36,000 crore: Dr.Swamy said she was "generous" enough to share it among her 2 sisters.

He said - "I say all this because I have the information...If I were the director of CBI, I could've caught all of them at the same time...". But he wasn't, so he said he was taking matters up one at a time...

He went on to say that corruption was not just about a minister taking money or one giving money to get his passport quicker...He said that it had HUGE, ADVERSE effects which he would explain later....He cited the example of Greece, Egypt and how they were on the downfall because of corruption...

He went back to the history of India, 500 years ago...where we were called as the most honest country...People like Vasco Da Gama, Mark Twain who wrote that they have never seen more honest people than Indian Hindus...(HUGE & proud applause by the crowd)...people who never used to lock their homes while going on a vacation ...He said that India is now ranked 90th when it comes to honesty ...New Zealand holds the 1st rank ....I did not note the rankings of US & China properly ..I may be wrong ..but yeah...I think he said that they were somewhere around 19 & 78 respectively...

He said that before any scams, there was already as much as 1.4 trillion $ or 70,00,000 crore stashed in foreign bank accounts like the ones in Swiss, Macau etc ...There was some disturbance in the crowd at 6.30 pm..people silenced the noise-makers ..Dr.Swamy continued ...

He explained how Swiss banks work...with the 2% service charge...the investment in the American Stock Exchange...& how 60% of Swiss earnings comes from no work at all..due to black money...He added that if that money is back, Indians don't have to pay taxes for the next 10 years at least ...110 universities can be opened....THERE WAS A HUGE ROARING APPLAUSE from the audience !!!

"There has been a lot of loose talk on corruption", he continued...He said "The Congress party has a person by name Digvijay Singh" ...THE CROWD WAS INSTANTLY IN SPLITS...EVEN A STAND-UP COMEDIAN WON'T BE ABLE TO MATCH THE REPUTATION WHICH DIGVIJAY SINGH HAS CREATED FOR HIMSELF ...DR.SWAMY HADN'T EVEN STARTED THE JOKE !!!! JUST THE VERY MENTION OF THE NAME EVOKED SUCH LAUGHTER !! :D ...He said - "SOME PEOPLE CALL HIM PIGVIJAY SINGH" ...THE LAUGHTER HIT THE ROOF ...AS DID THE APPLAUSE :D :D ....He said - "Digvijay Singh can immediately recognize black money when he sees black money" :D :D :D...

He then talked about the CORE ISSUE of corruption as such, which was - MISUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PRIVATE GAIN ...The applause from the Digvijay Singh joke had almost died down ..but no, it was back to peak decibel level again :) :) He went on to explain that according to the Prevention of Corruption Act, more than taking money, just the very misuse of position is enough for a person to be charged ...which is what Dr.Swamy has done to Chidambaram ..He said -" I'll anyway prove later that he took cash" (faint laughter)..

He went on to explain how Raja & Chidambaram were guilty ...He said that the then cabinet decision was that the Spectrum would be decided by 2 ministers - Raja & Chidambaram...He said - "There are, thankfully, still a very large number of Indians who are ready to be honest" & thanked them, for it was from them that he got to know that Chidambaram had 4 meetings with Raja telling him how to manipulate the spectrum prices ...Though the minutes of the meeting were erased ..Dr.Swamy said - "I chased one of the persons and got the records" ..There was a HUGE THUNDEROUS ROARING APPLAUSE :) :) :) ...One person from the audience said - "You are a great man!"...Everyone who attended the talk will agree that the man echoed all their sentiments with that line :)...

The applause hadn't completely died down...It only hit the roof again when Dr.Swamy said - "In Raja's note, he has mentioned - I didn't know how to sell ..Chidambaram only taught me how to sell" ...:D :D ...MAN !!!!!! DR.SWAMY SEEMED UNSTOPPABLE !!!!!!!! :) :) :) RAGING, RAMPAGING, DESTRUCTIVE FORM !!!!!!!! :) :) :) He said - "I've got a separate question for the trail court also..."...someone interrupted to ask him a question ..he said - "wait for question time"...

Then came ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE SHOW ....


"I went and asked the Prime Minister ...Do you know what 2G is ??"
He said "yeah ..Sonia G & Rahul G"
HAHAHAHAHAHA !!! :D :D :D ...ROFLMAX !!! :D :D :D ...The crowd didn't stop laughing for 30 sec at least !!! :D :D ...LOLLLLLLLLLL !! :D :D

He said that the PM failed to act on this..despite 5 letters from Dr.Swamy ...He than saluted the judiciary of India ...& saluted Dr.B.R.Ambedkar for crafting an awesome constitution ...which has a rule that - "IF THE GOVT. DOESN'T PERFORM A DUTY ...THE COURT CAN GIVE A CITIZEN THE RIGHT TO DO THE DUTY" ...A MASSIVE APPLAUSE FOLLOWED ...
He explained that the govt. failed to prosecute anyone ..So Swamy asked the court to grant him permission to prosecute the guilty himself...and it was granted !!!

He said that Maran is about to go to jail ...Chidambaram will soon be going ...THEN CAME THE BEST MOMENT OF THE WHOLE SHOW ...THE FUNNIEST, THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT ...Dr.Swamy said that he got a message from the superintendent of Tihar Jail - "Please don't send so many Madrasis...They are asking for Masala Dosa ..my cook is not able to make those dishes" ...OHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAANNNNNNNN !!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
THE APPLAUSE, THE HOWLS ..THE SCREAMS...SHATTERED THE ROOF ...AND TOUCHED THE SKY !!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D ....DR.SWAMY HAD TO WAIT AT LEAST 30 SEC ...TO CONTINUE SAYING "I told him to get ready to make pizza & ravioli " ...HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!! :D :D ...THE APPLAUSE WHICH ALREADY TOUCHED THE SKY ...PROBABLY TOUCHED THE MOON !!!!!!!! :D :D :D ...HAHAHA...I STILL CAN'T STOP LAUGHING !!!!!!!!!! HATS OFF, DR.SWAMY !! BOWS & WITHDRAWS !!!!!!!! :) :) :) \m/ \m/ \m/

He went back to 1947 ...when India was not so corrupt...He said that it was the adoption of the Soviet Model, which was the biggest disaster ..and is responsible for all the corruption which is happening ...He narrated how someone praised the Soviet Model to him in 1991 - "Soviet Union is this ..Soviet Union is that..blah blah"
Dr.Swamy: "Do you know there's no Soviet Union anymore??"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D MANNNNNNN !!! Seriously, once Dr.Swamy restores India's glory & wants to unwind a little, he should consider writing the dialogues for Rajni's movies !!!!!! IT WILL BE A PERFECT COMBO !!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE GIVES ONE-LINERS BETTER THAN DR.SWAMY !!! :) :) :)

At 6.46 pm, he began talking about the effects of corruption ...The economic impact ...where inferior people get all the licenses ...he cited the example of a road being given to inferior hands ...only for it to get destroyed by the rains ...Adulteration, inferior products ..all a part of corruption ...

He said - while a part of the money remains in India, the other part goes abroad ...& he explained how Chidambaram manipulated the stock market by the policy of a "participatory note"...How Mauritius was one of the best & key places involved ...How the black money has affected the middle class the most ...& ruined it for them ....He asked - "Can I get a decent apartment for 25 lakh in Bangalore??"
"NOOOO WAYYYY!!", came a unanimous reply from the crowd ...
"All because of black money!", he said..."Even bathrooms have A/C ...So the demand for luxurious goods shoots up...70% of investment goes into luxurious goods !!! No one wants to make anything for the common man anymore..."

He went on to say how proudly Pranab Mukherjee talked about 8% growth rate...when it was 9% last year ..He then said a very funny thing - "I'm a professor of Economics at Harvard ...I teach my students that an increase in growth rate leads to a decrease in inflation ...But in India, both are increasing !! They're really making me forget what economics is !!!" :D :D :D ...Roaring laughter from the crowd yet again !! :D :D LOL !! :D ...he also mentioned how Chidambaram & Sharad Pawar are involved in forward trading ...

He then went on to explain the effect of corruption on national security ...because most ministers are blackmailed by terrorists in Pakistan...& how Chidambaram allowed selling of licenses for blacklisted companies ..(one of which was a front organization for the ISI )...He said that the court has reserved its orders ...to cancel all the licenses given by Chidambaram & Raja ...CLAP !! CLAP !! CLAP !!!! :) :)

He then went on to his views on the EVM & demanded that the EVM compulsorily give a receipt of the vote ...because according to the Information Technology Act, it is mandatory for computerized operations to produce receipts ...CLAP !! CLAP !!! :) :) ..He said that by Dec 14th, the Election Commission has to come out with a convincing explanation of how EVM's can be loophole-free, else the court would rule into effect once again, the ballot system...

He said that he saw the EVMs being produced by BEL Bangalore, with micro-controllers made in Japan ...He spoke to the Japanese people in-charge only to hear "Are you mad?? We don't use these in Japan itself ...We have the ballot system!!" ..which lead to laughs & applauses all around :) :) ...Really! What do you say for such things?! Do you laugh or feel sorry about the pathetic state of affairs in the country?! He finally said that Venezuela, Nigeria & India are the only 3 "GREAT" DEMOCRACIES WHICH ARE USING THE EVM'S ...Also, he said that in the 2009 elections, the Congress got 90 extra seats due to EVM manipulation ....More shocking was the arrest of one of his friends in Andhra Pradesh who proved & explained how EVM's can be rigged ...

At 7.01 pm, he had a look at his wrist watch ...& so did I :P ..(obviously, how else would I know that he looked at it ..at 7.01 pm?!! :P )...He began about the short-term measures which all of us could take to curb corruption....THE VERY FIRST THING - "PLEASE GIVE UP THIS AIR OF PESSIMISM" ...CLAP !! CLAP !! CLAP !!! WOOOOOOOOO !!!! WHISTLE !!!! :) :) ....
"COMMIT YOURSELF & SAY - YES !!! WE WILL GET A CORRUPTION-FREE ENVIRONMENT !!"....WOW !! WHISTLES GET LOUDER !! HOWLS GET LOUDER !! CLAPS GET MIGHTIER !!! :) :) :) ...

He then explained how computerization of railway bookings reduced corruption to a great extent ..thanks to Rajiv Gandhi ..He said - "His family may have forgotten him ..but I haven't" ....He highlighted & underlined how technology has a major impact in reducing corruption ....

He then talked about Baba Ramdev ...He said - "Don't think he's quiet just because the media's not showing him ....He's on a massive padayatra ..mobilizing the public against corruption" ...Huge applause was heard from the crowd ....

He went on to Anna Hazare ...He said that except for 1 point, he largely disagrees with the Jan Lok Pal Bill ...especially with the part that talks about a consolidated committee consisting of Magsaysay Awardees, Nobel Laureates etc etc ..."Who knows, next they might want Italians also in the committee" ..HAHAHAHAHA !!!!!! MAN !!!!!!! DOES HE HAVE BLOOD FLOWING IN HIS VEINS OR HUMOR !!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D LOL !!!!!!!!!!! :D :D ...He then said that the only point which he clearly agrees with, is the provision for independent prosecution ..without the necessity for a sanction ....He cited how such a provision did wonders for Hong Kong, once the most corrupt place ....& how the US makes use of this provision on a need-to-need basis ...

He also said that there are many strong laws in the existing framework itself....like for e.g...a person who files a complaint can himself prosecute the accused....He said that many laws like these are unheard of, even by judges themselves !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-O :-O WOW !!!!!! He said that it was one of the main motives for him setting up ACACI or Action Committee Against Corruption in India ....

He then DEFINED CLEARLY ..the roles each movement is playing ...Baba Ramdev mobilizing the public ...Anna Hazare pressurizing the parliament ...& the 3rd movement, headed by Dr.Swamy ...utilizing the court :) :) ...This was greeted by a THUNDEROUS ROARING RIPPLING APPLAUSE !! :) :) ....The league of extraordinary gentlemen !! :) :) :) He stressed on why all 3 have to work together for the short-term goal ...of putting the corrupt behind bars ...

He also clarified on why many people think that he supports Manmohan Singh ...
He said - "I'm not supporting him as such...the thing is ...If I don't support him, who will come?? ..some Buddhu will come!!!!!" LOL !! :D HUGE laughter from the crowd ...He said that the PM was a honest & boneless creature ..Instead of him, a corrupt, boneless creature will come ...LOL !! A loud applause followed ...He said that Bhishmacharya watched Draupadi being stripped ...Krishna told that he shouldn't be forgiven ...Similarly, he wouldn't forgive Manmohan Singh ...
Coming to the arrest of Yeddyurappa, he argued that if Yeddy can be taken, why not Dharam Singh & S.M.Krishna?? Are they any less?? He said - "May be I'll come through a Public Interest Litigation for them" ..A HUGE ROAR FOLLOWED FROM THE CROWD ...EVEN WHISTLES WERE HEARD !!!

He went on to talk about why globalization has made people more & more materialistic & how the status of someone in society is decided on how much money he has ...He talked about how Julia Roberts converted to Hinduism after being recommended The Bhagavad Gita as the guide to happiness....when she was in search of it ...He also added that A LOT of Americans like Steve Jobs are converting to Hinduism ...because of this ...& there is a huge demand for Swamis ...He said - "Because my name is Swamy, they think I'm a Swami !!!! They ask me how to become happy ..etc etc" ...LOL !! :D HA HA HA !! :D :D ....

"PURE MATERIAL PROSPERITY CANNOT PRODUCE HAPPINESS", he said in a loud, affirmative tone ...only to realize what "loud" actually is ...because it was the APPLAUSE WHICH WAS BREAKING ALL BARRIERS ...AND REDEFINED "LOUD" ...:) :) :) :)

He explained the mutually exclusive classification of people by ancient Hindus - Knowledge, Weapons, Wealth, Land ....
THEN CAME THE KNOCKOUT PUNCH ...OF THE WHOLE SHOW ..:D :D :D ...TAMIL LA SOLLANUM NA ..THAARU MAARU ...SEMMA GETHU !!! DHOOL !! :D

"Raavan was a Brahmin...Karunanidhi didn't know this ...that's why he celebrated Ravan-lila ...I explained the facts to him..he stopped supporting Raavan ...but continued to abuse Rama ...when I challenged the Sethusamudram project by asking if Rama is an engineer ..which engineering college did he study etc.." ..he continued - "The next day he fell sick ...he was admitted to Ramachandra Medical Hospital" ...ROFL !!! :D :D "AT LEAST RAMA HAD AN MBBS DEGREE !!!" :D :D :D ROFL ROFL ROFL !!! THE AUDITORIUM EXPLODED WITH LAUGHTER !!! :D :D :D ...THERE WAS CACOPHONY ALL OVER !!!!!!! SERIOUSLY, WERE WE ATTENDING A LECTURE ON CORRUPTION OR WAS THIS A STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW !!?? :D :D :D MANNN !!!! HE'S JUST TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD !!!!!!!! :)

He said that "Sacrifice was the highest virtue ..in our country" ...CLAP !! CLAP !! CLAP !!!!
"Sanathana Dharma" is the one which leads to happiness ...He said that & cited that the long-term goals of a person must be materialistic as well as spiritual !!

He then said that he's not gonna leave until he goes RIGHT TO THE TOP !! YAYYY !! WHEE !! :) :) WHISTLE WHISTLE !!!! ...He talked about how people of Tamil Nadu accepted cash from Karunanidhi ..& yet voted against him !!!

He said that education should be in such a way that it develops courage ....He also said that people like Kittur Rani Chennamma, Rani of Jhansi, Subhash Chandra Bose are all remembered even though they lost battles ...Winning & Losing isn't everything !!! He talked about Indian war culture too - no war till sunrise, no war after sunset ...fights only in the maidans....about Sivaji ...

He also talked about how Al-Qaeda has stated that "India is an incomplete chapter in Islamic history"..how they've Islamified Egypt & many other places ..but India still has A LOT of Hindus even after 800 years of muslim rule & 200 years of Christian rule ...THIS RECEIVED THE LOUDEST APPLAUSE ...FOR ALMOST A MINUTE OR SO !!!!!

He talked about the structure of history text books - 1 chapter for every mughal ...but only 1 paragraph on the Vijayanagar empire ??!!! With the mention that the history books have to be modified ...he concluded his talk !! :) :)

The question & answer session:

Q1 - Real name of Rahul Gandhi in his passport ??
Dr.Swamy: "Why? Are you looking for some marriage proposal for him?" :D :D :D ROFL !!!! "Raul Vinci"

Q2 - Is it possible to arrest someone as mighty as P.Chidambaram??
Dr.Swamy: "I'm not gonna sleep till I get him arrested" WOHOOO!!!!! HAIL HAIL HAIL!!

Q3 - Experience with JP
Dr.Swamy: "Fighting for 40 years is not a problem for me because I love fighting" :D :D :D ...
"I told JP to get into politics, because without politics, nothing can change ...& without change...nothing can happen...this decision was taken at Tippagondanahalli ..a lovely hill a little away from here"

Q4 - "When do you expect everyone to get arrested?"
Dr.Swamy: "All the present accused..between March & July ..next year"

Q5 - "What about your expenses...You're fighting alone...Is there any way we can contribute?"
(Huge applause)
Dr.Swamy: "Don't worry about me ...2 months in Harvard, I earn a lot to manage for the next 10 months ..but yeah...1000 for membership per member... for the ACACI ..should be enough.."

Q6 - "Your opinion about the CBI"
Dr.Swamy: (THE MOST EPIC DIALOGUE EVER !!!!!! :D :D :D :D )
"CBI is like your wife ...If you behave well with them ..they behave well with you ..." :D :D :D
ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL !!! :D :D :D :D :D

Q7 - Some argued about the correctness of the EVM ..Dr.Swamy said - "please read the ruling by the German supreme court"

Q8 - "Do you think the statement by Honorable Kapil Sibal is justified??"
Dr.Swamy: "Why do you call him honorable??" ROFL ROFL !! THUNDEROUS ROARING APPLAUSE & HOWLS..."I have no hurry to catch Sibal ...I'll come to Sibal in the end...when I have no other work ...just like one eats the rasagulla only at the end " :D :D

Q9 - "Dawood Ibrahim"
Dr.Swamy - "Give me 7 years..I will catch him..7 months under Chandrashekar wasn't sufficient ...I was concentrating more on finishing off the LTTE then"

Q10 - "J & K ??"
Dr.Swamy - "blot on our democracy"

Q11 - "The PM post?"
Dr.Swamy - "I've been taught - don't go after posts ...posts should come after you!"

Q12 - "Burkha Dutt" (yeah, the guy said Burkha :D :D :D ) & "Nira Radia"
Dr.Swamy - "You seem to have a special interest in these 2 ladies" :D :D :D ROFL ROFL !!! :D :D ..."Convictions will start from March ...After that, I will file a suit which says that all their properties should be taken away ...no one will escape"...YAYYY !! CLAP CLAP !!!!

"23 are accused in the trial court which is 1/3 the size of this room ..10 lawyers per accused ..it is suffocating ..so I'll do it step by step ...as far as your worry is concerned, these ladies won't go anywhere!" :D LOL !! :D :D

Q13 - "Why not Pawar & Vadra??"
Dr.Swamy (smiles) - "I will take your recommendation seriously!" CLAP CLAP !!!

Q14 - "Aircel"
Dr.Swamy - "Sale of Aircel is against national security ...My petition is yet to be heard ..."

On a question about China, he said -if they come, we'll throw them out !! That's the problem - Indians always worry about the future !! :D :D

Another last question by an irritating guy from the audience regarding 2G was allowed ...but he kept asking more & more silly questions ..the crowd got irritated and silenced him and said - "ehhhhhhhh saaaku bidi !!!!!!!" :D

WHEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE NEVER TAKEN THIS MUCH OF NOTES IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ....EVEN IN ALL MY YEARS OF EDUCATION PUT TOGETHER !!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

BUT IT WAS SUCH AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT ...THAT IF DR.SWAMY WENT ON SPEAKING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS ...I COULD WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING EFFORTLESSLY ...SIMPLY BECAUSE ..WHATEVER HE SPOKE ...WAS ABSOLUTELY SENSIBLE ...& A COMPLETE DELIGHT ..TO NOTE DOWN !!! :) :) :) :)

I REMEMBERING BEING AWESTRUCK WHEN I SAW HIS INTERVIEW WITH KARAN THAPAR .....N NOW ...I CAN JUST SAY MY MOUTH HAS REACHED NEW LIMITS FOR BEING WIDE OPEN IN AMAZEMENT & AWE !!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

IT IS REALLY A SURREAL, OUT-OF-THE-WORLD FEELING ...TO WATCH ONE OF YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATIONS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ....DOING WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED HIM TO DO ..& DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST :) :) :) ....WOW !!!!!!!! :) :) WHAT A FEELING ! :) :) ...

N IT IS NOT JUST SHEER JOY & AWE...I FEEL SO EMPOWERED !!!! I FEEL A NEW FIRE BURNING WITHIN ME !!! I SEE A NEW, BRIGHT HORIZON AHEAD OF ME ...SHOWING A GOLDEN INDIA ...SHINING IN FULL GLORY ....I SEE A LOT OF INDIANS TOGETHER ...SAILING TOWARDS THE GOLDEN HORIZON ...WEATHERING ALL THE STORMS & THE ICEBERGS !!! YES, INDIA WILL SHINE ! YES, WE WILL DO IT !!!

DR.SWAMY KI JAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK GOD FOR BLESSING US ALL WITH SUCH A GREAT PERSON IN OUR LIVES ...THANK GOD FOR BLESSING ME WITH A PLATINUM, ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM JUST METERS AWAY FROM ME ...& ENSURING THE WIDEST SMILE PLASTERED ON TO MY FACE !! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Cheers,
Ashwin...