Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

 Is the Present Indian Government Least Concerned about the Indian Armed Forces? Is the Present Indian Government Least Concerned about the Indian Armed Forces? Posted on 28/10/2023 (GMT 00.40) Dedicated to the Indomitable Revolutionaries of The Indian National Army (1942-1945) and The Great Indian Naval Revolt (1946) “In response to the Quit India Movement launched in August 1942,  Savarkar  instructed Hindu Sabhaites who were  “members of municipalities, local bodies, legislatures  or those serving in the army … to stick to their posts,” across the country. At that time, when Japan had conquered many Southeast Asian countries in India’s vicinity, Bose was making arrangements to go from Germany to Japan – from whose occupied territories the INA’s assault on British forces was launched in October the following year. It was under these circumstances that Savarkar not only instructed those serving in the British army to ‘stick to their posts’, but had also been involved for years in “ or

  THE NARRATIVE(S) OF DHFL “BETTING”, SORRY BIDDING! THE NARRATIVE(S) OF DHFL “BETTING”, SORRY BIDDING! Posted on 28/10/2023 (GMT 08:30 hrs) INTRODUCTION In this article, we are talking about DHFL  betting  (sorry for the Freudian slip) “bidding”! This type of Freudian slip is usual now as all the euphemisms are supplemented by unparliamentary (?) words. Two examples of this may be given from our legislature: When “racing” is supplemented by “trading” in the case of human behaviour of trading MLAs and MPs by dint of money-signifiers, the word “betting” can also be used, despite its non-applicability in the “great” (?) bidding of the insolvently solvent DHFL. Moreover, we are emphasizing on the word “horse”, taking cue from the  Kaṭhoponiṣad , where the word “horse” is used in different connotations in different discursive formations of a single text. It is just like holding a horse’s reins, which indicates the desiring  homo consumens . Even in the case of inverted  Aśvattha  tree as m