Its amazing how people in this country loves a sacrifice... take Mahatma for instance... he developed a cult status on account of his many fasts.... and then there was the supreme sacrifice made by Sonia Gandhi when she declined the PM post... well I would have thot it was politically astute for her to do that ... but people hailed her as the next Mahatma... and then there is the latest - Anna... his sacrifice of food has set affluter a million shouts ... and people are ready to die to ensure that this mans sacrifice is not in vain...
What is it with India and sacrifice?? an individual is elevated only if there is a sacrifice...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Ohhhhh my world!!! What in the bl$#@% hell is happening... the whole country is going crazy about this "Anna fast"..... and slamming the government for showing the undemocractic side... let me put some facts straight...
a. Anna was not restricted from protesting... he was restricting from attempting suicide... now in a democracy every government has the right to stop any activity if that will lead to mass hysteria... and unproductive disruption....
b. Anna and team were given the right to give their view point... their demand was for a joint committee to draft the bill... which the Government honored... and took their view point... now why are the demands increasing...
c. Once you have given your view point then leave it to the highest authority in the country, i.e. Parliament, to decide on the law... why highest you ask? because you and I voted for such a body.... and if you dont trust the very body that you voted for then please change it....
d. Is it democracy to demand that only your draft is right....if 10,000 people out of a billion people say it in a concerted manner, does that mean it is right??? So if I dont listen to your demand, then you force me to meet your demands by fasting??? Is that democracy?? To force me to do what you want?? who is being autocratic here???
e. What is Anna's cause?? Is it crusade against Corruption?? if so the whole country is one on this... but if your movement is against the government then sorry nobody is behind you... Anna fighting against the Government is like India fighting against itself...
f. Lastly, the opposition has conjured up images of emergency.. .and called it the second freedom movement... pleaseeee... freedom from what?? freedom from the Parliament which is sitting in session for you?? freedom from the very people you have voted??? this is not some alien force that you are fighting against... the Government is government of the people, by the people, for the people.... and if you dont like it change it next year...
Why are we confusing issues??? Corruption must go... but the Parliament must not.... Anna, Manmohan, Sonia, Advani will all go... what will and should remain is the Parliament....
a. Anna was not restricted from protesting... he was restricting from attempting suicide... now in a democracy every government has the right to stop any activity if that will lead to mass hysteria... and unproductive disruption....
b. Anna and team were given the right to give their view point... their demand was for a joint committee to draft the bill... which the Government honored... and took their view point... now why are the demands increasing...
c. Once you have given your view point then leave it to the highest authority in the country, i.e. Parliament, to decide on the law... why highest you ask? because you and I voted for such a body.... and if you dont trust the very body that you voted for then please change it....
d. Is it democracy to demand that only your draft is right....if 10,000 people out of a billion people say it in a concerted manner, does that mean it is right??? So if I dont listen to your demand, then you force me to meet your demands by fasting??? Is that democracy?? To force me to do what you want?? who is being autocratic here???
e. What is Anna's cause?? Is it crusade against Corruption?? if so the whole country is one on this... but if your movement is against the government then sorry nobody is behind you... Anna fighting against the Government is like India fighting against itself...
f. Lastly, the opposition has conjured up images of emergency.. .and called it the second freedom movement... pleaseeee... freedom from what?? freedom from the Parliament which is sitting in session for you?? freedom from the very people you have voted??? this is not some alien force that you are fighting against... the Government is government of the people, by the people, for the people.... and if you dont like it change it next year...
Why are we confusing issues??? Corruption must go... but the Parliament must not.... Anna, Manmohan, Sonia, Advani will all go... what will and should remain is the Parliament....
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
There is something so disturbing about finding an alien thing in your backyard... so as much as there was expectation that oil would flow into Mumbai today I saw it live and felt completely disgusted..... it has reached the shores and honestly I didnt see any official machinery around to prevent it...
As they say... this is probably the best India can do ... I mean in the middle of crimes, 2G scams, polticians who have to be protected where would the officials be bothere about protecting the environment.....
To think, a city as big and rich like Mumbai faces this threat... what hope is there for other cities....
As they say... this is probably the best India can do ... I mean in the middle of crimes, 2G scams, polticians who have to be protected where would the officials be bothere about protecting the environment.....
To think, a city as big and rich like Mumbai faces this threat... what hope is there for other cities....
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Watched The Great Gambler - an old AB film which is my latest craze... The man had charisma... But no matter what this movie was completeley stupid... It had good locales, songs, sex appeal etc... And in some way inadequate for me since it didn't show mumbai... Which is what I love abt the old movies... It shows old mumbai ...
The whole movie is turned on the fact that certain people are after a highly confidential state secret... Which turns out to be nothing more than a technology which is useful to protect the coast line.... The technology apparently detects enemy ships and before the enemy ships reacg the coast, it is burnt from a distance...
Wow... I wish our police had watched this movie before - at least the constant stream of ships getting docked at Juhu involuntarily would be detected early...
The whole movie is turned on the fact that certain people are after a highly confidential state secret... Which turns out to be nothing more than a technology which is useful to protect the coast line.... The technology apparently detects enemy ships and before the enemy ships reacg the coast, it is burnt from a distance...
Wow... I wish our police had watched this movie before - at least the constant stream of ships getting docked at Juhu involuntarily would be detected early...
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