If Mudhol hound from Central Asia is patriot, is German Shepherd a traitor?
Indian prime minister has claimed that Congress should learn patriotism from Mudhol hound which is part of Indian army. PM has not mentioned Rahul's name. But Rahul had gone to JNU then. The truth about the slogans that were supposed to have been shouted as claimed by PM are yet to be unraveled. Who shouted those slogans is still a mystery.
His party tells us at times, that one should learn patriotism from tanks, and some other time, from some other object. Indian army also has horses.PM may as well issue an order that one should learn patriotism from horses. It is not good for a democracy if someone in power ridicules the opposition in this manner.
This is not the first time that PM is resorting to such statements. Globally too there are instances. The future of democracy of a country is at stake is a certainty, if those who are in power ridicule the opposition in this manner. There is a certain pattern of targeting the opposition in this country. Even investigative agencies and IT agencies are being used to sustain this. This too is common in many countries.
Yet, A PM is a PM. He speaks and wins the elections. But the world keeps asking questions about his work. Our PM speaks and wins the elections; hence we should assume that talking is his job.
Now he has spoken about Mudhol Hounds, let’s learn something about these hounds. It is amazing to see how much research our PM undertakes not to speak about his poll promises. Hats off to his team.
So, we looked at Wikipedia. One should be cautious about this Wiki information. Mudhol hounds are also called Caravan dogs. Anyway, it has nothing to do with the magazine, “CARAVAN” that published reports on Justice Loya’s death. I hope even PM had no such intention. According to Wiki, in Deccan every household rears Mudhol hounds. These are used for hunting and guarding.
In 2005 India Post has brought out a Rs. Five postal stamp , which bears the image of this hound. However other Indian hounds like Himalayan Sheep hound, Rampur Hound, Rajapalayam breed too have appeared in the stamps. If someone from Modi’s team were to be in the lazy team of Rahul, he would have googled and declared that Congress Govt had brought this stamp on all these hounds precisely for that reason. But Rahul’s team doesn’t have such a person.
According to Wikipedia, Nobody knows how these central Asian breed reached the Deccan plateau of India. As the PM has spoken about these hounds some organizations may as well link this dog to Babar.
Mudhol hounds are found in Karnataka, AP and Maharashtra. But hounds from Karnataka are more popular. A taluk too bears the same name. The erstwhile Chieftain of Mudhol Raje Saheb Maloji rao Ghorpade was instrumental in popularizing this breed.
This breed was popular among the tribals. Ghorpade had found that tribals use this hound for hunting. These dogs don’t bark.
When he was in England in 1900, he had gifted a pair of Mudhol Hound to King George V. they became famous because of this.
Last year six Mudhol hounds were recruited to Indian army. They were the first Indian breed to be recruited for Indian army and they were trained in Meerut.
How patriotism can be learnt from these hounds is something I don't understand. However, will German Shepherd which is popular with army for a long time, be called a traitor now?
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UP: 90 Bangladeshis, including 28 children, held in Mathura for illegal stay
Mathura (UP), May 16 (PTI): As many as 90 Bangladeshi nationals, including many children, were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday for alleged illegal stay in India, officials said.
They were taken into custody from local brickyards at Khajpur village under the Naujheel police station limits, a senior officer said.
"Regular searches were being conducted throughout the district. During one such operation, police were searching some local brickyards when they came across Bangladeshi nationals working there," SSP Shlok Kumar said.
Giving a break-up, the officer said in all, 35 men, 27 women and 28 children have been taken into custody.
"During interrogation, all of them admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India. They moved to Mathura three to four months back from a neighbouring state. Police are trying to establish their links," the SSP said, adding that their job contractor and other associates are also being questioned.
The officer told PTI that police also recovered some Aadhaar cards from the Bangladeshi nationals, apparently issued on forged documents in some other state.
Further legal proceedings are underway, Kumar said.
