Who was Jesus Christ???

From last year or two, I have been hearing constantly about this subject. So on this day of Christmas, I decided to gather all conspiracy theories, alternative history and write it down. So here we go….

Christ was Jesus?

This was discussed a lot in all the times. Jesus was known as Jesus of Nazereth even in the bible. Christ was a title given to him after his crucifixion and rebirth. So Jesus till he was alive (or humanly alive, depending on your belief) was not a Christ but just Jesus.

Jesus was Yeshua?

Again, like Christ, the name Jesus comes much after his death. He was Originally known as Yeshua of Nazareth. There are several persons named in the bible as Yeshua but only Yeshua of Nazareth got translated into Jesus Christ You can watch the video explaining this transition “HERE”

Yeshua was Buddha?

There are several books written point out the exact same message given by Yeshua and Buddha with some minor differences. List of some few messages is given below.

Message of Buddha	Message of Jesus
"Consider others as yourself." (Dhammapada 10:1)	"Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke 6:31)
Overcome anger by love, overcome evil by good. Overcome the miser by giving, overcome the liar by truth. (Dhammapada 1.5 &17.3)	Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Luke 6.27-30)
"Teach the dharma which is lovely at the beginning, lovely in the middle, lovely at the end. Explain with the spirit and the letter in the fashion of Brahma. In this way, you will be completely fulfilled and wholly pure." (Vinaya Mahavagga 1:11.1)	"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19-20)

Link to the two articles on this subject matter could be found HERE and HERE

There is also a book between similarities in Hindu-Chinese tradition and Jesus Christ. His book is written by Rev. Richard Hooper a christain minister. You can check it out HERE

Yeshua came to India for religious studies?

Since ancient times till date, India is the biggest repository of all world religions. Apart from Indian born Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism India also has Zoroastrians, Jews, Christains, and Muslims. It is well-known fact that the bible is dead silent on Jesus from the age of 12 till the age of 30. No one knows where he was bust suddenly he arrives at the age of 30 being the son of god preaching religion. Where on earth he would have learned the religion to give the statements which match with Buddha?

Nicolas Notovich was in search of the answer to this question. He searched all the historical places and found a very interesting answer, which he wrote in his 1890’s books “The Unknown life of Jesus Christ”

Yeshua came to India for Final resting?

Looking at the similarity between Yeshua’s Message and Eastern teaching it is clear that Yeshua spent 18 years of his life studying religion and living a yogic life. But after crucifixion, he was brought to India again, as this is the only land where preachers are not harassed. He lived a quite life and died in Srinagar, J&K. Even after Christain church want their followers to believe that Jesus was died on a cross and then resurrected, Tourist are “flocking” to Jesus Tomb in Kashmir claims BBC.

Jesus Christ aka Yeshua of Nazareth was taught in India, died in India, he just visited his homeland for few years. What I have quoted above is just the tip of the iceberg compared to other material out there. There are several who claims that even though Yeshua was taught in Buddhist school his inclination was more towards Hindu Yoga. This can be seen in various images in which Yeshua wear the cloth like a Hindu Yogi. But more prominently when Yeshua was crucified the depiction shows he is wearing the cloth exactly the same way as it is worn in southern India even today.

After going through this material I am confident that you will be convinced that the New Testament, written between 80 CE  to 120 CE was the original fake news.

For rest of the population Merry X-Mas!

Entertainment is going to get costlier.

You must have seen the latest inflation chart which shows a reduction in inflation. Lower inflation means more money into your pockets, more saving in your bank account. But it will not last for long. 

The living will become costlier in the coming years. You will find yourself paying for services which you have taken granted for free, like entertainment.

If you look, change is just around the corner and in a year or two, we will see a real change in the way we all consume media. India is rich in entertainment. There is never a dull moment even when you take a walk there is a lot of happening around. That may not change. You will have an opportunity to grab popcorn when there is traffic, or people are fighting, or even some construction work going on. But rest of all will be taxable.

Start with music on your mobile. Earlier we used tape. Without any adherence to copyright law, we copied music and played it. When CDs came to dominate market we did the same. And now we have MP3 which is easily transferable. But soon you might see a situation where you will be forced to choose between Saavan, Gaana, Hungama, Wynk to be your music player. All currently cost Rs. 99/- per month. These are HMV or T-Series of our time.

Then there is Online Streaming market which will be larger than the US and Europe combined. And fighting in this space are Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Voot, Jio TV(app) and Netflix. Sure new players are also coming in with Flipkart thinking of starting it’s online streaming service. Soon they will turn into our TV channels. Remember the Big Bang When Star Plus came with Kaun Banega Karorpati and Sas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi? Hotstar is seemingly getting traction by giving India centric content like IPL. And With Jio TV app this war is only going to be expensive.

So what will you do? Stop listening to music or watching movies or serial and take up reading as a new hobby? Well, no escape there as well.

All major newspapers have free online content. You don’t need to buy a newspaper and create raddi at your home. Just go online and read it for free. Even though there will be advertising, but even print edition comes with 10 pages of add. The current scenario in West is people have stopped buying newspapers. The sales are going low and low year after year. So Newspapers started charging a fee for online content as well. Some Sites put a restriction of 5 articles per month whereas some only allow partial content available for reading. This will be coming to India as well. Online reading of newspapers or books will be easily available with increased data speed, but it will be chargeable as well. Amazon Kindle will be our new library where we can download-read and delete any magazine without leaving the comfort of our home. Kindle is just one example, I am sure there will be several sites/apps/e-book readers coming up in near future. Rather than paying subscriptions for several magazines and newspapers, you will be paying for one site/app which will allow you limited time reading.

I remember in the old days when I used to visit one of my relatives. They had a glass magazine table, where a bunch of magazines kept underneath the glass for visitors to read. It is not needed anymore because every waiting pulls out a mobile phone from the pocket and start playing.

The changes that are coming are not only going to change our life but also our furniture.

Irish Backstop haunts Britain

Among lost assembly for BJP and burning of Paris during the holiday season, you might have missed the UK Brexit Drama. But it is one piece of important foreign news story we must know.

Leave the financial/Business implication aside, for the movement. Let us discuss purely political drama that unfolded due to Northern Ireland.

Irish Independence Movement:

Ireland becomes part of the British empire in 1601 when Gaelic Ireland was finally defeated at the battle of Kinsale. The modern Irish independence movement rose when the Home Rule League was formed in 1870.

Irish War of Independence:

Ireland was mostly Catholic, whereas neighbouring Britain was mostly Protestant. After the General Election of 1918, Sinn Fein won heavily in Ireland and prompted for its independence.The elected MPs from Ireland also refused to seat in British Parliament. It further escalated into Irish War of Independence 1919-1921. In 1920 “The Government of Ireland Act” was passed by dividing Ireland into North and South.

Partition of Ireland:

Finally, in 6th Dec 1921 known as Anglo-Irish Treaty, a peace treaty was signed. This treaty recognized Ireland as a free state but also allowed Northern Ireland to opt out of free-state and remain part of Britain. In the Government of Ireland, Act passed in 1920 by the British a year earlier Northern Ireland was identified as a separate entity.

The rift between North and South:

Since independence, North and South took a different path forward. North remained unionist and wanted to remain in the UK. The rest of Ireland passed the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, completely separating it from the UK. It replaced the Head of state position from English King/Queen to Irish President.

Good Friday Agreement:

As you can see from the brief history of Independence of Ireland, British deed what they always do, divide and rule. But this doesn’t go down well with Irish People who wanted United Ireland. They kept up the fight for United Ireland.

In 1998 Good Friday Agreement was signed, ending hostility. It recognized that the Republic of Ireland want United Ireland, while some section of Irish people wants to live as a citizen of UK’. The Good Friday Agreement ended the decades-long violence by offering open border and free movement of Goods and people. This wasn’t a problem because both Ireland and UK were part of EU.

British obviously wanted to control Ireland by keeping a part of it. And they were successful till now. But then Brexit happened. And the past ghost of Ireland came back again.

Ireland Joined EU in 1973 along with the UK. Back then it was called EEC. So when it came to opening the border at the time of Good Friday Agreement in 1998, It wasn’t a big deal. Entire Europe was opening up.

But When Brexit happened among all the issues that were discussed; one of the prominent issues was strict border controls. Post-Brexit racism faced by many migrants in the UK was a major concern for British society in general. The public in the UK wanted a hard border, like what Donald Trump describing in the US, a wall, bob wire, security patrol, customs check post and all.

As the UK is an island that doesn’t seem to be a problem. It is cut off from Europe. And that’s where the ‘Northern Ireland’ comes in.

The Brexit Deal of Theresa May has something called “Irish Back Stop”. It states that “During the transitory period the UK will be part of European Common Market and Customs Union, but at the end of the transitory period, Northern Ireland may need to follow EU rules and have open border while rest of UK will follow its own rule and have closed border.”

In 2017 Theresa May took the general election and failed miserably. She lost her majority in the lower house (house of commons).  MPs of DUP from Northern Ireland supported her. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is hardcore Pro-UK party which feels Northern Ireland must be parts of UK like England or Wels.

So you can understand their frustration when only Northern Ireland was singled out in the Brexit Deal. Irish Back Stop was actually made as insurance if, Britain and EU failed to come to an agreement. But it wasn’t acceptable for Irish MPs. Theresa May lost 3 motions in one day including unprecedented Contempt of Parliament motion brought against her government. May’s government is first in British history to stand as contempt of Parliament. This made Theresa May very worried and she promptly deferred the Brexit Deal vote. But this still does not calm the sentiment down. While Theresa May was travelling through Europe seeking any straw to clutch at, MPs from her own conservative party brought No confidence motion against her government. Theresa May has to literally sacrifice herself by declaring that she will resign before next election. This was the promise which saved the day for her government.

But still, the issue is not solved.  We are back to square one.

While DUP wants Hard Border like rest of UK, The Good Friday agreement recognizes Irish desire for United Ireland. If the UK accepts Back Stop, then DUP opposes it, and if it accepts Hard Border then the Republic of Ireland will oppose it. The UK also has commitments under Good Friday Agreement.

What’s more, the Back Stop provisions are very vaguely worded. And fear is that EU will still be able to impose its rule on the UK or at least in Northern Ireland even after Brexit. So Northern Ireland could be a separate entity for Legal and taxation purpose. While Theresa May wants a specific date for the end of Back Stop, Jean-Claude Juncker the European President said categorically that this is the only deal we offer to the UK.

It will be interesting to see how things pan out in near future, as UK and rest of the Europe clashes. This may end up breaking the UK. First Ireland might break away and next will be Scotland. We have to wait till March 2019 to find out

French Yellow Vests

In Batman Begins they showed an organization called League of Shadows, an organization which destroys the cities so the new one could rise from the ashes.

In 2011 we had London Riot, where London burnt for several days. The riot happened mainly in cities and was blamed on migrants and black.

Now after 7 years it is Paris which is burning. And as it was noted in one of the debate on France24, all rioters were white. France also had a riot last year in 2017. But it was largely led by the black community.

Why is it, that, most prosperous countries in the world are experiencing riot which was basically a third world phenomenon?  Is this the work of a sinister organization as stated in Batman Begins? Or is there something more than meets the eye?

If you want to learn what’s really happening, the first thing you will have to do is stop watching TV. Seek your news from social media. Yes, there is much fake news. But you get to hear real stories from real people, especially with the advancement of Facebook Live.

It appears that people are unhappy with Fuel tax which was a burden for already heavily taxed Frenchmen. And one thing you should know about French that they do not like their taxes.

Life has been hard in most of the developed world Europe as well as America and Japan. But this riot phenomena is, till now, only found in Europe.

As China and India are rising, the world’s 2 biggest populations are attracting money from other parts of the world. This is resulting in loss of job, loss of capital and degradation of life in general in the developed world. While the majority of world population i.e. China and India, are coming out of poverty, this is causing transfer of wealth from Europe/USA to Asia. It is overall resulting in higher inflation and lower income in developed world.

If trend continues, we shall see more of such riots in upcoming years happening all across Europe.

The current riot in France is not linked to any organization as such. These are people, wearing Yellow Vest, spontaneously destroying public property. But there are organizations all across Europe which are result of racial and social tensions. The notable ones are Identitar movement from Germany, Golden Down political party from Greece & Freedom Party from Austria.

It will be interesting to see how Macron handles the situation and comes out of this turmoil. If not contained this phenomena is expected to spill out in Europe. Just coverage of it on 24x7 news channels will give rise to dissatisfied fractions in other European nations.