Tuesday, December 28, 2004
The Brahmana activist
A Brahmana Sammelana just got over in B'lore. These conferences have now become nothing more than a political show of strength by the leaders. While fighting for the rights of the community cannot be condemned, what one should expect from the Brahmana samaja is an intellectual brainstroming session.
If the Brahmana samaja wants to showcase that itz different from other communities, it should brainstorm what it can do to stop the rotting of the society. As one of my uncle's questioned, shudnt the Brahmana community be held responsible for the current downslide in the moral values of the soceity? If Warren Anderson can be held responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy, if Bazee CEO can be arrested for the selling of a sex video in the website, by extending the same logic, shudnt the intellectuals in the soceity take responsibilities for the society's degradation? And if the Brahmana community insists on calling it the torch-bearer of the society, shud the Brahmins be held responsible???
Point to ponder over!
Play it safe.
A Brahmana Sammelana just got over in B'lore. These conferences have now become nothing more than a political show of strength by the leaders. While fighting for the rights of the community cannot be condemned, what one should expect from the Brahmana samaja is an intellectual brainstroming session.
If the Brahmana samaja wants to showcase that itz different from other communities, it should brainstorm what it can do to stop the rotting of the society. As one of my uncle's questioned, shudnt the Brahmana community be held responsible for the current downslide in the moral values of the soceity? If Warren Anderson can be held responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy, if Bazee CEO can be arrested for the selling of a sex video in the website, by extending the same logic, shudnt the intellectuals in the soceity take responsibilities for the society's degradation? And if the Brahmana community insists on calling it the torch-bearer of the society, shud the Brahmins be held responsible???
Point to ponder over!
Play it safe.
The final humiliation
This article in rediff talks of how Sonia and her cronies refused to cremate PVN in Delhi. Fie on them....it shows their petty mindedness that they were trying to insult not just a defeated and weak person, but now the person was dead too :-( Is it surprising that these same ppl r now bent on detoxifying education, fixing Advani in the Ayodhya case, fixing George Fernandes in the Tehelka case.....and I shudder how these ppl with so many axes to grind will run the country. May the Almighty give them better sense.
There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
This article in rediff talks of how Sonia and her cronies refused to cremate PVN in Delhi. Fie on them....it shows their petty mindedness that they were trying to insult not just a defeated and weak person, but now the person was dead too :-( Is it surprising that these same ppl r now bent on detoxifying education, fixing Advani in the Ayodhya case, fixing George Fernandes in the Tehelka case.....and I shudder how these ppl with so many axes to grind will run the country. May the Almighty give them better sense.
There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Thursday, December 23, 2004
PVN is no more :-(
The death of PVN removes a great statesman and scholar from among our midst. I wud rate him as the saviour of India - not just for initiating the economic reforms in 1991 - but also ensuring that the likes of Arjun Singh did not gain power after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. He has done a great favor to the country by getting somebody like Manmohan Singh as the Finance Minister and Chidambaram as his deputy. Although there'z no doubt that he bribed his way with MPs and made them defect parties to stay in power, I wud not hold this against the man at all. The country needed what he did then, and I'm absolutely convinced that preserving the interests of the country was his main intention and not just coincidence of a power play.
PVN may not have been a saint, but his contribution to the country was no less. I guess the country has not been completely fair to him and given him his due. Sonia sidelined him, although he wud've been of no threat to her greed for control, the country was never grateful to him for we know not where we wud be if not for him. Hats off to the man, and may his soul attain the Truth. Of course we will have the mandatory eulogies after his death, but the Chanakya deserved much more.
Sorey ubout da spellin mistaks.
The death of PVN removes a great statesman and scholar from among our midst. I wud rate him as the saviour of India - not just for initiating the economic reforms in 1991 - but also ensuring that the likes of Arjun Singh did not gain power after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. He has done a great favor to the country by getting somebody like Manmohan Singh as the Finance Minister and Chidambaram as his deputy. Although there'z no doubt that he bribed his way with MPs and made them defect parties to stay in power, I wud not hold this against the man at all. The country needed what he did then, and I'm absolutely convinced that preserving the interests of the country was his main intention and not just coincidence of a power play.
PVN may not have been a saint, but his contribution to the country was no less. I guess the country has not been completely fair to him and given him his due. Sonia sidelined him, although he wud've been of no threat to her greed for control, the country was never grateful to him for we know not where we wud be if not for him. Hats off to the man, and may his soul attain the Truth. Of course we will have the mandatory eulogies after his death, but the Chanakya deserved much more.
Sorey ubout da spellin mistaks.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Arrests, arrests everywhere
While arresting the IIT student for selling porn online is understandable, and in fact the police must be commended for showcasing deftness, arresting the chief of Bazee seems to be heights of foolishness. It diverts, not just the police resources, but also the public interest, from the main case.
It also brings another questions: can the police (or the Govt as the case may be) afford to be trigger-happy? Whether it be the case of the the Bazee chief, or the Shankaracharya. What about the Govt's earlier accusation of ISRO scientists of espionage? Who wud compensate the affected ppl for the loss to their reputation, mental trauma, etc?
To know what is right and not do it is cowardice.
While arresting the IIT student for selling porn online is understandable, and in fact the police must be commended for showcasing deftness, arresting the chief of Bazee seems to be heights of foolishness. It diverts, not just the police resources, but also the public interest, from the main case.
It also brings another questions: can the police (or the Govt as the case may be) afford to be trigger-happy? Whether it be the case of the the Bazee chief, or the Shankaracharya. What about the Govt's earlier accusation of ISRO scientists of espionage? Who wud compensate the affected ppl for the loss to their reputation, mental trauma, etc?
To know what is right and not do it is cowardice.
Friday, December 17, 2004
India v/s England
If one wanted to know why India is still a under-developed country where progress seems to be an endangered species, two incidents this week showcased why. In UK, Home Secretary David Blunkett quit after a lot of pressure and noise, just because an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. Remember, no rules broke, no threat to the country, no threat to the society. Although improper, I wud say this is a trivial issue.
Just a couple of dayz before this happened, in good old India, a state High Court - the highest judicial body of the state - had passed one after another stricture against a ruling party MP, and also against the state govt, and another court issued warrant notice against a minsiter for not honoring earlier summons. None of this seem to have affected the govt, that too in a time when they are going to face elections in a couple of months! I will not be surprised if inspite of this, and hundereds of other allegations, the Laloo-Rabri govt retains power. As I had said, may be the ppl of Bihar deserve this govt :-( May the Lord give the people the wisdom and the courage to over-throw this govt, and give them the luck so that an alternative govt will be a wee bit better! Not that the alternatives in the form of Paswan and Sharad Yadav sound very promising though!
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
If one wanted to know why India is still a under-developed country where progress seems to be an endangered species, two incidents this week showcased why. In UK, Home Secretary David Blunkett quit after a lot of pressure and noise, just because an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. Remember, no rules broke, no threat to the country, no threat to the society. Although improper, I wud say this is a trivial issue.
Just a couple of dayz before this happened, in good old India, a state High Court - the highest judicial body of the state - had passed one after another stricture against a ruling party MP, and also against the state govt, and another court issued warrant notice against a minsiter for not honoring earlier summons. None of this seem to have affected the govt, that too in a time when they are going to face elections in a couple of months! I will not be surprised if inspite of this, and hundereds of other allegations, the Laloo-Rabri govt retains power. As I had said, may be the ppl of Bihar deserve this govt :-( May the Lord give the people the wisdom and the courage to over-throw this govt, and give them the luck so that an alternative govt will be a wee bit better! Not that the alternatives in the form of Paswan and Sharad Yadav sound very promising though!
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
India v/s England
If one wanted to know why India is still a under-developed country where progress seems to be an endangered species, two incidents this week showcased why. In UK, Home Secretary David Blunkett quit after a lot of pressure and noise, just because an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. Remember, no rules broke, no threat to the country, no threat to the society. Although improper, I wud say this is a trivial issue.
Just a couple of dayz before this happened, in good old India, a state High Court - the highest judicial body of the state - had passed one after another stricture against a ruling party MP, and also against the state govt, and another court issued warrant notice against a minsiter for not honoring earlier summons. None of this seem to have affected the govt, that too in a time when they are going to face elections in a couple of months! I will not be surprised if inspite of this, and hundereds of other allegations, the Laloo-Rabri govt retains power. As I had said, may be the ppl of Bihar deserve this govt :-( May the Lord give the people the wisdom and the courage to over-throw this govt, and give them the luck so that an alternative govt will be a wee bit better! Not that the alternatives in the form of Paswan and Sharad Yadav sound very promising though!
If one wanted to know why India is still a under-developed country where progress seems to be an endangered species, two incidents this week showcased why. In UK, Home Secretary David Blunkett quit after a lot of pressure and noise, just because an e-mail emerged showing a visa application for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. Remember, no rules broke, no threat to the country, no threat to the society. Although improper, I wud say this is a trivial issue.
Just a couple of dayz before this happened, in good old India, a state High Court - the highest judicial body of the state - had passed one after another stricture against a ruling party MP, and also against the state govt, and another court issued warrant notice against a minsiter for not honoring earlier summons. None of this seem to have affected the govt, that too in a time when they are going to face elections in a couple of months! I will not be surprised if inspite of this, and hundereds of other allegations, the Laloo-Rabri govt retains power. As I had said, may be the ppl of Bihar deserve this govt :-( May the Lord give the people the wisdom and the courage to over-throw this govt, and give them the luck so that an alternative govt will be a wee bit better! Not that the alternatives in the form of Paswan and Sharad Yadav sound very promising though!
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Bangalore Crumbling!
Indian Express has come out with a series the pathetic state of Bangalore. After I returned from US, I had heard ppl saying that Karnataka is missing out on good governance since this coalition govt took office. However, now it looks like there is hardly any governance in the state since SMKrishna was thrown out. Just like I alwayz held for Bihar, probably the Karnataka ppl deserve this inept chief minister and another rascal who was a PM-by-accident, and now behaves worse than a local corporator :-( It is a big fall for Karnataka from SMKrishna to Dharam Singh.
Dharam Singh is currently basking under the glory of a good monsoon and his other "big achievement" of solving the CET crisis (itz a different matter that it will resurface again!). I'm sure next summer the state will again see water and power crisis, and Dharam Singh will be brought down from the castles he is trying to build in the air. And keeping him company will be the likes Revannas, and probably missing from the group will be Mr. DKShivkumar!
No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway!
Indian Express has come out with a series the pathetic state of Bangalore. After I returned from US, I had heard ppl saying that Karnataka is missing out on good governance since this coalition govt took office. However, now it looks like there is hardly any governance in the state since SMKrishna was thrown out. Just like I alwayz held for Bihar, probably the Karnataka ppl deserve this inept chief minister and another rascal who was a PM-by-accident, and now behaves worse than a local corporator :-( It is a big fall for Karnataka from SMKrishna to Dharam Singh.
Dharam Singh is currently basking under the glory of a good monsoon and his other "big achievement" of solving the CET crisis (itz a different matter that it will resurface again!). I'm sure next summer the state will again see water and power crisis, and Dharam Singh will be brought down from the castles he is trying to build in the air. And keeping him company will be the likes Revannas, and probably missing from the group will be Mr. DKShivkumar!
No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway!
Monday, December 06, 2004
Remo speaks out!!!
Pop singer Remo Fernandes speaks out against the blind worshipping of Bollywood celebrities in India. I can echo each and every word he has said in this article. I guess his O Meri Munni song was also somewhat on similar lines. Kudos to him for the guts to speak out. May his tribe increase.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.
Pop singer Remo Fernandes speaks out against the blind worshipping of Bollywood celebrities in India. I can echo each and every word he has said in this article. I guess his O Meri Munni song was also somewhat on similar lines. Kudos to him for the guts to speak out. May his tribe increase.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.
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