Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

 Of All the Superrich Wilful Defaulters, Why the Wadhawans alone?   Of All the Superrich Wilful Defaulters, Why the Wadhawans alone? Posted on 30/01/2024 (GMT o9:15 hrs) It all started when Mr. Ajay Piramal suddenly declared in the beginnings of January 2019: “Be prepared for one or two major shocks in the NBFC sector” . Just one day after that, on 29th January, 2019, Cobrapost announced its findings on the biggest financial scam: DHFL. The BJP was found to be involved in the scam. Cobrapost also pointed out “terror-funding” as part of the scam. ‘False’ (?!) allegations on the collusion among the BJP, Dawood-Mirchi and the DHFL: A Letter to the BJP President VIEW HERE ⤡ AN RTI ON THE ALLEGED COLLUSION AMONG DAWOOD-MIRCHI-RKW-DHFL-BJP VIEW HERE ⤡ HOW COULD THAT TERROR-FUNDING HAPPEN AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL DEMONETIZATION BY THE BJP GOVERNMENT? DHFL allegedly defaulted on its debt repayment, resulting in a debt rating downgrade in June 2019. DHFL rebutted all the all...

  The Case of DHFL Scam: Who Will Bell the Cat? The Case of DHFL Scam: Who Will Bell the Cat? Posted on 26/01/2024 (GMT 08:45 hrs) After consummating the tiresome tasks of scrutinizing, surveying, data-mining, filing numerous RTIs, viralizing petitions-posters-reels-live videos-making docu movies, writing in both e-mail and snail mail all the gatekeepers of legal justice, it is found that the DHFL FD and NCD holders are in a safe place. However, the point is, who will bell the cat after  smelling the rats⤡  in the: a) The current ruling party’s role in the DHFL scam via terror-funding/political charity/political donation ‘False’ (?!) allegations on the collusion among the BJP, Dawood-Mirchi and the DHFL: A Letter to the BJP President VIEW HERE ⤡ AN RTI ON THE ALLEGED COLLUSION AMONG DAWOOD-MIRCHI-RKW-DHFL-BJP VIEW HERE ⤡ VIEW THE FULL POST HERE:  https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2024/01/26/the-case-of-dhfl-scam-who-will-bell-the-cat/

 The Weapon of Syncretism: Lest We Forget… … Posted on 22/01/2024 (GMT 18:00 hrs) “The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses.” “The weapon of criticism”, in the case of the present dreary Indian context, is supplied by the syncretic heritage of the formation of the idea of India, which is different from being a mere geo-political construct, a mere outcome of the 200 years of colonial rule. Such an idea encompasses the unique nature of the South-East Asian subcontinent, which consists in the spirit of heterogeneous diffusion and mutuality of tolerant exchange. It does not call for a reign of communal/religious terror or violence. It talks of art, creativity, architecture, music, dance, drama, social cohesion, intellectual exchanges and so on. It takes “dharma” not as a tool for effecting divide, but one that is a form of...