Madras Kaapi

T.Nagar.  No flyover, not much hype about T.Nagar. Early morning driving lessons. Valli Driving School.  Instructor's meeting point, Pondy Bazar bus stand.  Early morning 6 am. No median wall on the road. Crows have not found their prey. They are making a noisy complaint for not getting food. Driving Instructor Babu arrives driving a Kinetic Honda, the precursor for women's lib  in Indian Metros.  Grinning at you he parks his bike. Before putting the scooter stand he calls out, enna sare, babu is from Kanyakumari, oru kapi kudikkalamaa? It is more of an information than a request. We enter the hotel behind the bus stop.  Portly cashier looks like lord Shiva with a hair cut. Few customers. Mostly, persugal, who took the first opportunity to get outdoor under the pretext of morning walk.  They are complaining against Rajiv Gandhi for their sons going to work on saturdays also. Babu and I take a table.  The server; network servers not known to general public those days; knows babus routine and brings two tabara coffees. Tabara is about 2.5 inches high. Coffee foam frothing above finds a dome shaped equilibrium.  An elderly foreign couple enter and get seated beside us. Man in the proverbial tourist attire, a black bermuda and a khaki t.shirt.  The lady in a purple and white long gown with large pattern flowers.  They order for coffee.  Our server dishes out madras brahmanal kapi.  They stare at that with trepidation. They politely  ask for coffee again.  Now the shiva sitting at the cash comes to the rescue. The bermuda man asks for coffee.  Cashier says this is coffee. The coffee exporter in me explains to the couple this is some what similar to cafe latte, the world famous Madras kaapi. But they insist on American black coffee.  Shiva now understands what his clients need and brings black coffee in rosemilk glass tumbler. The lady wipes the rim with tissue and sips. Thunderbolt.  Her eyes widen in pleasant surprise and exclaims this is the best coffee so far she had in their world tour.  Black or white madras kapi madras kapi thaan, Babu jokes and asks polaama sare.       =mdr=

Are We Financing China to Fight With Us

Are we financing China to fight with us?  

Look at what we have been doing to our country when we buy  Chinese products.  

Let us take a look at India's imports from China.  As per ITC (United Nations Comtrade) data, in the year 2016, India imported Chinese products valued US dollars 6,048 crores 31 lakhs and 3,000. In Indian Rupees 4 lakhs 23 thousand and115 crores approximately.

China imported from India products valued at nearly one fifth of this value only. What are the products that we are so very keen in buying from the Chinese?

Top 25 products are electrical machinery, machinery, organic chemicals, plastic products, ships and boats, iron and steel and articles thereof, fertilizers. LCD devices, optical  instruments,parts and accessories for tractors, motor vehicles.  Furniture, bedding, mattresses, aluminium articles.  inorganic chemicals and compounds of precious metals.  toys and games, rubber and articles thereof.  The product list goes on.  

80% of our toys imports are from China. 94% of our umbrella imports are from them.  

India - Toy Imports 2016 (Blue bubble:China)

India - Umbrella Imports : 2016 (Blue Bubble: China)

Concerned with India's digital security, Govt. of India has recently brought in some control measures. Government has started a review of the massive import of electronics and information technology products from China. The scanner has been put due to concerns over security and data leakages. The worth of Chinese products in India's IT and electronic industry is $22 billion.

What Indian citizens can do on their part?

Don't buy cheap Chinese products.

Make in India.

Create a manufacturing startup, identify products being imported from China by their HS code. Manufacture them in India and replace the Chinese products. Ask specifically for non Chinese make.  

Remember, buying products made in China is retail financing  of Chinese expansionism.

Data: ITC - UNCOMTRADE  

Analysis & Design: M.D. Rajendra Jain

Dr. Jayantilal Jain's Guest Lecture 

At University of  Madras, Department of  Jainology -  Aug.2017

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Kram Baddha Paryay

The principle of  Krama Baddha Paryay  means that the behavior pattern  of the ever changing universe is bound by some order. Whatever modifications in the substances are visible in this world  are happening in a definite orderly manner as if planned. Looking at things from outward conventional aspect, the behaviour pattern of substance appears to be disorderly, but considered deeply, one can discern a well planned orderliness.

The study of Krama Baddha Paryaya (sequence bound modifications) is very important as an understanding is needed about events happening.  Who is doing them, who is responsible.  All philosophies, except Jainism and Buddhism believe in an omnipotent God who is orchestrating these events. The principle of Creator, Regulator and Destroyer.   Jainism does not believe this.  Can somebody design my destiny?  I should be able to decide my destiny.  The resolution of these questions is essential for establishing the true religion.

It appears as though the determinant is our Karma.  It creates health,wealth etc., it maintains and it destroys.  But we are conscious of ourselves and our actions lead to karma, such as dravya karma, bhav karma.  Also there is body making nokarma.  The nigod jivas exist in nitya nigod as gold exists in its ore from beginning less time.  It exists even in Siddhasila without awareness.  To a question how the nigod jiva came to be born in Siddhasila, the answer is puerile obsession with Moksha without any true understanding or following the ways to attain it.  What is the point in people who are obsessed with climbing the Sikarji 99 times without Samyaktva.  A dog  living in the hills of Sammetsikarji also climbs up and down many times.    At best, Karmas are indicators of our actions in the past.  Karma has no place when knowing yourself as soul.  Soul is not made of karma. Soul is Jnan and Darshan.

Whenever any event happens - there are always five essentials (Samvay) operating simultaneously.

1. Nature  of the substance (Swabhav)

2. Future inevitability – Destiny  (Bhavitavya)

3. Fruition of time ( Kaal Labdhi)

4. Self effort (Purushartha)

5. Instrumental causes (Nimitta)

For the event of Moksha, out of the five, three are not in our hands; viz. time, instrumental causes and destiny.  But nature of the pure soul (Swabhav) and self effort (Purushartha) to remain in that nature of the pure self are in our hands.  For evolution into a liberated soul; ripe time is till exhaustion of karmas, destiny is as perceived by Kevaljnani Bagawan, karmic activity is the nimitta.  Hence, to know the soul and being in its true nature is in our hands and rest of other Samvayas will fall into place.

As our experiences increase the knowledge
horizon also increases.  With decreasing ajnan,
jnan increases.  The point of infinite knowledge
is Kevaljnana

NB:  This post is as per my understanding of his lecture and is not verbatim.   Any error either in content or presentation is my inadequacy.