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India Votes- And what a Verdict...

If there is real drams ever to be captured... the best would be the Voting and formation of the government here in India.

When the largest democracy in the world goes out to vote- Its a war for the seat. Its a war to reach that ultimate source of Power.

In about the last two odd decades- whenevr India has voted, it has been very predictable. The era of a Hung Parliament it seems is on a decline.

The General elections that happened this time- Have reopened the doors for the Gandhi Family to the throne... let us see if it works out that way. But- in way, the people of India have voted for a government that looks forward rather than looking backwards... 

I agree that- Manmohan Singh cannot compete with Obama, when it comes to the age factor... but I do believe that Mr. Singh, has much more experience than Mr. Obama. Lets not forget that this is the man who introduced the era of Globalization and liberalization in the country. 

India belives in this man with soft features, humble attitude and the all too famous Blue turban.

But- if on one hand, India believes in experience, it has also shoen faith in the young Blood. Even though the stats say that average age of an MP in the 15th Lok Sabha is 50 +, there are 79 MP's who are the young blood. And, the credit of this goes entirely to Rahul Gandhi ( I am BIG Fan) . His strategies along with tireless campaigns and rallies, made sure that his Party gets a strong foothold in the country. 

If this election was Change of Picture for the congress... it has completely shaken the other Parties that were trying to be the King Makers...

1. BJP:  The party which was so sure...fell flat on their face. Many believe that it was the negative campaigning as opposed to the positive campaigning of the Congress. I agree. Whereas BJP was targetting petty issues and failures of Congress... and doing all the Mudslinging... Congress, was just advertising about the work that they have accomplished over the pat 5 years. Another thing that I believe that worked against them was The Prodigal son of the Gandhi Family- Varun. His hate speech, did not really work for the Youth.

2. Left:  They have totally been left out. Seems that in West Bengal an era has come to an End... and a new chapter is going to begin. Just one lil line here, I read on Facebook... "Prakash Karat not being on TV for the next 5 years is itself worth 500 points on the Sensex" That sums it all up.

3. BSP:  Thank Heavens... she is nowhere near the PM's post. It would have been a suicide... had that happened... Everyone was comparing Mayawati with Obama... there is a HUGE difference- He knows how to speak in Public... and is well mannered. Look at her guts- On losing Uttar Pradesh- she accused voters of not supporting her...man... 

4. SP: Though they get Uttar Pradesh... but well- Amar Singh is begging to join the Government. 

5. Lalu Ji: He has also tasted defeat... and in what a manner... though, he has been invited to talk to Sonia ji... He learned his lesson- Work for the people and they will love you.

Well- Most of all- I am very happy that the Youth made the right choice. I have always advocated the importance of Youth in our society and how we can truely make a difference... and Change has slowly begun.

Flouting the Norms... how the hell can they Make laws??

When they themselves can't stick to regulations that have been made for them???

The 'they' in question are the Politicians the great...!!!

And the norm in question are the various kinds as put down by the Election Commission of India. ECI had put a limit on the campaign spending... as per the little news item.. in the newspaper- The Cap was 25Lakh Rupees, but with the campaigns that are being aired in all forma of media... crores and crores, is the estimate that has been put down.

And, not to forget, that most of the Lok Sabha candidates happen to have some sort of criminal cases going against them... 

Its such an irony- That the Legislators, the ones who make laws... have no respect for any sort of rules or regulations or the laws of land...!!! 

A Few Question

I got a forwarded mail (Despite all my detestation of this particular genre of mails, and despite my whole-hearted sincere efforts of dissuading people from sending me such stuff, I still keep getting them by the dozens each week). The same stuff was here. My patriotism was being instigated to forward a certain mail to all whom I could. The content was funny.
The mail spoke of how Abhinav Bindra achieved a gold medal and got Rs.3cr from the government, but a security personnel who had laid down his life fighting terrorists got only 5 lacs. It spoke of how millions are given to cricketers who just play a game, and nothing to those who play with their lives for the country's sake. It indicted the politicians and government for not giving proper value to those who deserve. Finally it told me - 'be a patriot, forward this to as many people as you can'.
Isn't this funny? To begin with, it may not be fair to give only 5 lacs to a martyr, but how is it unfair to give away 3 cr to someone who achieved the first ever solo Olympic gold medal in the history of the country? Doesn't this speak of narrow mentality? Which believs that all that matters is what you have done militarily for the country. We must not forget that a truly developed nation doesn't only have a deadly arsenal. It is also a leader in all fields, be it sports, cinema or other forms of art.
Who runs cricket in our country? Certainly not the government. Its the BCCI, a private body. It is the richest cricket body in the world. And who made it so? We, the people of this country, who treat it as a religion. So if someone is so angry at cricketers being paid so much, ask people to not pay for it, simple. Why blame the government?
I found this important, because it reflects a few character traits we seem to have developed. To begin with, we feel all our responsibilities end with blaming the politicians. As if had it not been for them, we would have been the best country in the world by now. We criticize them for being corrupt, but dont think twice about giving a bribe to get some work done. We dont go to vote, and blame our elected representatives. We are always right, its them who are wrong. But who chose them? Also, we associate frivolous things with patriotism. Patriotism is not forwarding a mail, or voting for the Taj Mahal. It is about fighting to change it for the better. It is about doing your own bit honestly and to the best of your capabilities, as the message in Swades says. It is not in believing that your country is the best, but in believing that it can be made better through your efforts. Are we realising??

The Dance Begins...

The Biggest Democratic Elections are almost a Month a away and the Dance to reach the highest seat of authority has begun.

But unlike the reality show ' Dancing with the Stars', we can't eliminate the ones that we don not like every week. And, we only have one chance to make the difference. To make sure that the Right People are put at the place.

The Elections dates have been announced.

The First phase starts on the 13th of April and the last Phase is on 13th May. The counting will happen on one day for all the constituencies- 16th May. Therefore in the coming two months we will have  a new Government.

24% of the Voting population is between 18 - 25 years. And, 43 Million is the number of new voters that have been added in the electoral rolls since 2004.

So, what is it that is going really sway the elections this time??

US- The Youth.

Guys, its once in a 5 years chance that is coming our way. Lets make a difference... and Vote. Vote Wisely.

Stand up for the values of the Gen X... and make the right choices. And, for further information on the Dance of Democracy... and the role that we can play in the Coming General elections... join the Lead India Initiative.

Its time for Change. Lets make it Happen.

Learning from the Manglore Issue..

I found this article while surfing the net.

Its by Vir Sanghvi.

You can follow the link and read it at the actual source, or read it below.

"Learning Lessons from Manglore

Vir SanghviSun, Feb 8 01:40 AM

Most of us will have been encouraged by some of the political responses to the attack on pub-goers in Mangalore. Even Rajnath Singh, not usually perceived as a pillar of the liberal establishment, delivered a ringing condemnation of the assaults and most political parties joined the chorus of disapproval. The politicians - and many media commentators - based their criticisms of the assault on two separate liberal principles. The first was: nobody can take the law into his or her own hands. It is legitimate to strongly object to something but quite unacceptable to forego due process and take direct action. The second principle was the traditional liberal one of 'live and let live'. I may disapprove of what you do but unless your actions directly harm me I have no right to stop you. This principle has been used to argue that even if the lunatics on the fringes of the Sangh parivar found the pubs objectionable, they had no business preventing those who liked the so-called 'pub culture' from enjoying it. Both principles are strong and well-established and I can see why they have been quoted. They are usually used by politicians and editorial writers to condemn attacks on cinema halls showing Fire, on shops selling Valentine's Day cards, etc. etc. But here's my problem: I think we need to go beyond the standard liberal denunciations of the Mangalore violence because the usual objections seem to me to be entirely inadequate here. The real issues run much deeper. Go to the politicians who have condemned the Mangalore attack, ask them a few significant questions and see what responses you get. Ask Rajnath Singh, for instance, what he thinks of the so-called 'pub culture'. My guess is that he will say that he disapproves of it entirely because it goes against Indian culture. Ashok Gehlot has already been asked this question and delivered an attack on 'pub culture'. (Later, when it was pointed out to him that his response came off as toeing the Sangh parivar line, he quickly amended it to say that he was only against alcoholism - but by then, the damage had been done.) Go further. Ask this question of L.K. Advani. Of Lalu Prasad Yadav. Of Mayawati. My guess is they'll all say the same thing: that going to pubs is against 'Indian culture'. That's my problem with the liberal position that is being used to condemn the Mangalore attacks. Politicians will say they disapprove of the violence and shed tears over the incident. But they will still support the cause and agenda of the goondas. This was brought out most clearly in the response of the Karnataka Chief Minister who issued the routine condemnation but then followed it up with a ringing denunciation of the 'pub culture'. He was a liberal, he said. He did not mind if people went out to eat 'non-veg' (wow!). But it was against our very cultural traditions to go drinking in pubs at night. My fear is that we will allow the politicians to fool us. Because they appear to making the right condemnatory noises, we do not realise that, in essence, their views are no different from those of the hoodlums, who attacked the pub. It is only the methods that they are quibbling over. At the root of the against-our-cultural-traditions argument is a specious notion of what culture is. What the politicians are saying is that culture is static; that it is the sum total of social practices at any given time. Any deviation from those practices represents a dangerous drift away from all the things that make us Indian. This is so flawed an argument that it is plain silly. What is Indian culture, in this sense, anyway? Is it sati? That was an established practice once upon a time. Is it untouchability? Is it dowry? Is it beef-eating? (We know that the Vedic Aryans ate beef.) Is it forcing widows to wear white? All of us would agree that none of these things represents Indian culture as we know it. Yet, there was a time when all these practices were part of the cultural consensus. And deviations from them were vigorously opposed as being alien to our cultural traditions. The truth is that culture is never static; it changes over time. If the BJP wants us to go back to the roots of ancient Indian culture then where do we stop? At sati? At wearing unstitched clothes? It is entirely legitimate for Yeddyurappa or Gehlot or other politicians to disapprove of bars or of alcohol. But they have no right to define Indian culture or to claim that it should be frozen in time. They are not the custodians of our culture. And my guess is that politicians don't even understand what culture is anyway. There is a second, worrying element to the Mangalore attacks that, despite Renuka Chowdhury's agitated response, seems to have passed without much comment from other politicians. Have you noticed how every time male politicians jump up and down shouting about threats to our culture, the issue nearly always involves the freedom and choices of women? Think about it. When Sharad Yadav is in full flow, it is 'baal-katti' women he objects to. When M.A. Naqvi protests about TV coverage of 26/11, he complains about women who wear lipstick. When R.R. Patil wants to shut down Bombay's beer bars (as he successfully did), it's not the beer he objects to but the women dancers. When the Sangh parivar wants to ban Fire, it is because the film shows two women in a lesbian relationship. Nobody objects to the homosexual sub-text of Dostana - hell, they probably identify with it. Similarly, when Hindu communalists attack the crew of Water, it is because the film shows how badly we treat our widows. Make a film about how badly we treat our adivasis or dalits and nobody will care. Even moral policing, as we call it, is really about keeping women in check. Why do policemen and political hoodlums crack down on courting couples? Only because they think it is 'immoral' or wrong (or 'against Indian culture') for women to be allowed to display affection with men of their choice. What angers me the most about the Mangalore attack is that the agenda is not really anti-alcohol or about any concern for India's cultural traditions. It is about controlling women. The pubs had been going for a while but the hoodlums had never attacked them. When they launched their assault it was directed at the women in the pub. It was the very presence of women, their exercise of their free choice to drink and their decision to sit with men that so angered the political goondas. All this is more worrying than the simple fact of vigilantes taking the law into their own hands. Of course it is wrong to do that - as all the politicians have dutifully pointed out. But that's not the real issue. The crisis within our society is not just about random acts of violent political protest. It is the unspoken agreement between politicians across parties that it is entirely legitimate to deny Indian women the same rights as men; that they cannot have any sexual or romantic choices of their own; and that if they dare enjoy themselves in the way that men do (in a pub, for instance), they will be punished and made to suffer. The BJP holds forth about intolerance and about how women get a bad deal within the Muslim community. But does it have any right to complain about Talibanisation when members of the extended parivar do much the same thing and BJP Chief Ministers suggest that apart from the violence, they agree with these retrograde positions? These are the questions we need to ask - not just of the BJP, but of all of India's politicians. Let's not be fobbed off with platitudes about how all violence is bad. Let's get to the core issues: what right do these jokers have to define Indian culture? And why do modern Indian women make our male politicians so insecure? Is it because they are even more inadequate than we realise??"

I completely agree with what Mr. Sanghvi has to say.

How can the so called keepers of Morals, and Indian culture define 'Indian Culture' when they themselves have no morals or ethics?

We are still there...

Recession has surely stuck really hard...!!!

This blogpage is back to being a blogspot from a .com page.

But, I am going to try and make sure that recession the form posts doesn't hit the page.

I know that it has been a long time since a post has been put up on this page. But, I am going to try really hard to make sure that posts are put up on Shayon's Labyrinth, more often.

Dear Reader,

You have been the constant support to the page... please remain so.

And We are going to give you some great reads. For sure. Atleast try... to do just that.

Thanks, and keep coming back.

Happy New Year....

Makeover for 2009...

The countdoqn to the new year has begun.

Only the Last three days of this Godforsaken year are left... and well.. I have no new Year resolutions.

In 2007, there was excitement and there was so much of energy, and thus it felt bad to say bbye to that year. 

but unfortunately, 2008 was a year that started on a very depressing and sad note for me personally... (I had a huge fight at home, and I was in bed at 8 pm,we had no maid, thus that time, the tempers were high, coz all of us had to do the house work.)

But, the bad vibes were a part of the year that is finally bidding adeiu to us. Atleast I am not nostalgic about this year... (December is a lil bit of an exception)

2008, saw the terror strikes increase by god knows how much... there were people dying everywhere, literally.

If not by the bomb blasts then by the heart attack that the finnacial crunch that crushed the global markets. Inflation was at an all time high... people have been losing jobs... and well, we can only hope that 2009 does bring in some cheer.

The most major events for which this year would be remembered  (in random order...)

1. Barrack Obama:

America made history, when in the three hundered years of its democracy, it elected a black young president. The whole world has high hopes from this young lad, who in his winning speech talked about bringing a whole lot of positive change in Uncle Sam's country.

India hopes, that while Obama is signing policies that would change the way America is, he shouldn't forget that USA plays a very important role globally and thus doesn't act stupid to jeopardize the harmonious world market scenario that is being built up. (In easy language, doesnt blow away the outsourcing...)

2. 123 Agreement:

The most remembered deal in the history of International diplomatic relations between India and America. Also, one of the very few good things that happened during the Bush administartion.

This deal made India, a nation to reckon with.

3. Note for Vote Scam:

How can one forget the spectacle that the parliament had... seriously you feel that this nation is run by a bunch of jokers and KG class kids who will do anything to be the best. This scam ofcoutrse, showed the true picture of 'the ugly hideous' Indian politics, especially wen the whole world was tuned in.

4. Speeches- Rahul Gandhi, Lalu, Omar Abdullah, and PM:

During the trust vote, these were the few speeches that stood out,

Rahul Gandhi's leelavati (some wati) that created a rukus in the parliament because the BSP felt offended, coz of that name having wati like in Mayawati (man why doesn't she get her wati copyrighted..!!!)

Lalu ji's speech could become fodder for two whole comic serials' script... but it was great fun to listen to his weird speech.. which had no relevance...

Omar's speech was the strongest... it was small and sent out a clear message... a speech that was talked about alot... after it was delivered.

PM Singh's speech, it was left unsaid, but I can only imagine the amount of mass hysteria that it would have created if he would have delivered it... It was so not like our PM. It was strong and above all it was it felt like written from heart.

5. Gold Rush for Indian Sports:

The sports were the only thing that really kept us upbeat in the entire year. Reinstated world champ in chess, medlas in the olympics... A freking GOLD INDIVIDUAL medal at shooting... beating the Australians... and shaking them, Beating England in all the ODI's..... phew... that was a lot of sporting action in the whole of the Year... ofcourse we had the IPL... 

6. Jaagore...

The campaign by Tata tea... and various other organizations paid off... in the State elections, people actually voted to make a difference. Despite the strong campaign by BJP, Congress and Sheila Dixit created history by retaining Delhi. In J & K, also, people tired of guns, voted for stabilization... so is India waking up??

7. Inflation:

Though its down now, inflation touched new heights and caused panic amongst the people that soon there would be no more luxuries.... finally, its going down.

8. The Great Economic Slowdown:

The fall of markets all over the worl, has broken many a dreams... its so depressing that I dont even want to write about it...

9. Tata to Singur...

Mamta Banerji, made sure that the Lazy Kolkotta remain so, by, agitating against that TATA Nano project and forcing Ratan Tata to Gujrat, she has made sure that instead of moving forward with the times, West Bengal is pushed further behind the times. Everyone loves the old world Charm...but at the cost of development and losing revenue worth 80,000 crores... that is crazy.

10. Terror Attacks:

 In India, the year begun with a bang, literally... every two months there were blasts and there were people losing their lives to madness and fundamentalism all over the country. If not Islamic then Hindu fundamentalism was making sure that fires are raging and innocent people being slaughtered.

Banglore,Hyderabad, Assam, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahemdabad, Jaipur... Orrissa.... there seems no end to this. 

Ofcourse, the year end dhamaka was the 60 hour ordeal at the Taj, Trident and Nariman House...

Thus scarring our memories for time immemorial.

Oh yeah, on a personal front, the only two good things that happened to me were- That My baby neice Sania was born on January 13th, 2008 and I got to do internship in AZB & Partners in Mumbai. I could not meet Shayon the entire year... and met him for 2 weeks when i came to Mumbai.

So, as we get ready to step into the new year...

Shayon is moving to Delhi,

YES... Shayon got himself a job in New Delhi. And thus at the turn of the year, we both will start out anew.

And I hopefully plan to have a set plan as to what I really want to do, after three more semesters of Law... 

Also, like evryone, I am also praying that the Economic situation all over the world stabalizes... atleast in India, it should not go from bad to worse... and yeah in the Central elections that are due in April, ONE party comes to power... and no coalation, PLEASE. 

Its time to make new resolutions and its time to positively step into another year with hopes and dreams...

Cheers to 2009...!!!!

Voting for progress over politics.... way to go guys...

When the Five states of M.P., Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Delhi and J& K were put to vote, BJP in its campaign turned no stones to disregard congress.
And visa versa is true for Congress as well.

Being a Delhite, and I have to stay in Delhi for the coming few years it is impearative that I want good governance. And for the first time from the time I have started following politics, I saw a shift in trend of voting, and therefore am assuming the Jaago re Campaign and the initiatives taken by the Election Commission paid off. With a record voting, the people of Delhi actually voted for the MLA's and the party that has bought about change and deveopment in our city. Ofcourse, with the elections and all, there was chaoss, but now with Sheila Dixit back in power, Delhi is surely going to go further in development...

With the youth voting and voting for people who have worked hard and not indulged in cheap politics, its time to go on to a bigger stage and tell the world that in India, It truely is people's democracy.

Mumbai under Seige...!!! When will this end....

As I write this post on recent Hostage Situation that is raging in Mumbai, the operation of rescuing and holing out of the terrorists is still on.

I am having diffuculty in difesting the fact, that a city that has been bought to its knees, not for the first time, still took its sweet time to get all the forces into action. The funny part is, that when the firing started last night, it was thought that a gang war has broken out in Mumbai.

Intense firing and use of Hand grenades by this group that claims to be 'deccan mujahideen' has completely assaulted and destroyed the heritage bulding - Taj. As the fire still rages... I wonder.

Everytime there is a terror strike we condemn it. But do we do anything about it? I know you and I are common man but isn't it us... that gets affected the most by these strikes... its US who is targetted and not the politicians against whom the gurdges are kept. Its us who getting out of the house every morning hope that today there is no excitement in the form of a terror strike... and that we live to see a peaceful tomorrow.

Life gets back to normal... but the struggle to stay safe and to live still goes on...

C'mon guys, lets get up, fight them... make sure that they think twice or thrice before attacking the innocent people...

And I ask again...

WHICH RELIGION PREACHES WAR?????????? Time to think... if no religion preaches war, why are we fighting in its name... The God (for those like me,  who thinks he does exist) who sits up there...

Doesn't know why we are fighting...

Life is so precious... why is everyone wasting it by fighting?? WHY?

Are we gonna go back to Barter System...?

Coz, If we are... then sheesh... sheesh... I would hate to trade all my favourite things for something more important like food... 

The wall street is on fire... Dalal street is on fire... and even as Sachin Tendulkar passes the 12000 mark in the runs glaore... market doesnt care and keeps dropping down...like rain did two years back when Mumbai got flooded. I never thought that the countries that prided themselves to be on the top would be down and out and How....

The market indicators are not that strong... The RBI in its quaterly review did not make any change in the important rates. So the market as of now...is going down and down. Our dear FM is trying its best to make sure that people do not panic...but panic is like fire in the dry woods... it blazes like hell.

I know that I am writing nothing new... the News is all depressing.... But then I am hoping that soon, markets will rebound and that I am able to write good news...soon enough. Till, then, I would suggest that, the only way to make sure that we do not revert back to barter system or worse a communist society we should stick to what our FM is saying. Lets try and keep faith for some time...!!! And ofcourse Hope for the Best...!!!

In the light of Matters...

I got the following e-mail, today morning.... The mail made so much of sense that I had to share it on this blogpage...!!!

An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile.
A representative from India began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named.
When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath.' He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water.When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished.
A Pakistani had stolen them.
'The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The *Pakistanis weren't there then.*'
The Indian representative smiled and said, 'And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.'
*And they say Kashmir belongs to them………………………………………..*

In the name of wanting to own more land... how fair is it, that innocent lives are burned to death, and the living souls in the valley have been charred and marred by voilence...!!! In the game of pur politics, as usual its the people who are the losers...

"When will enlightment dawn...?? When will peace... come...!!!??"

Long time...!!! Sheesh...!!!

No, I have not abandoned blogging...!!! As a matter of fact I even started writing a post on the 15th of August, but apparently, the whole long weekend thingy stalled it. Nevertheless, I am back.

Its ust been busy weeks. The internship ofcourse is the one that is keeping me busy, but other than that, I have lately been writing on The Wall Mag. That is because I have become a member there.

Ans since nothing that interesting has been happening... coz, the usual political honchos are fighting with each other to grab power..and despite the crude losing some fire... the inflation is not ceasing to ebb... It was a pretty depressing range of topics to write on.

Today, I just dropped in to say a Hi...!!! But I promise to come up with a post very soon...!!!

Cheers...!!!

And the Deal will come through...Finally...!!!

I have never watched so much T.V. .... especially the continuous coverage of politics for almost 8 straight hours...

But I think that the effort was worth the satisfaction that most of the people got. Ofcourse as promised the trust vote was everything that a hit movie can be... there was action there was drama and finally the satisfaction.

But the drama that was carried out by the BJP MP's made us a laughing stock of the world... but alas, in politics the who thing about national interest died with the leaders who died after the independence.



The stars of the grand finale were Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah. Where Rahul Gandhi's speech talked about the plight of the poor and how the energy security is going to help the poor.. his speech also reminded me of the politicians who really believed that they can make a difference. He in his speech said "A powerful nation thinks about how it will impact the world and a not so powerful country think about how the world will impact it. However, it does not matter which government runs the country, what matters is how we think about our position in the world."

He further talked about how the Indian population is 70% of youth and that infrastructural growth will help the youth. Also he emphasised on the point that the everybody regardless of the political party they belong should build the nation together.



On the other hand Omar Abdullah, talking on behalf of the Muslims said that, Its not the nuclear deal that is against the Muslims its poverty, hunger that are against the Muslims. He went on to further add that he is not a part of the UPA but he is not averse to the deal because he understands that its in the interest of the nation.



Admist, all these impressive speeches, Lalu Prasad Yadav added the fun element in the House. His speech spared no one...from commenting on the rift between the left to the fact that the BJP is not really against the deal but wants it happening when they are in power. Not sparing Mayawati also, he said that all of them including himself want to be the PM, but he is in no hurry unlike the others.



The drama took a drastic turn when one and a half hours before the PM was to address, BJP MP's threw bundles of notes on the floor of the house claiming horse trading. Then demanding resignation of the PM on moral grounds.

Later, when the PM was to address, he was not allowed to do so. So, he submitted his speech in written to the speaker. Never before in the past four years, have we seen our PM making such remarks. He lashed at the opposition like never before and for the opposition leader Mr. Advani he said " In his ripe old age, I don't expect Mr Advani to change his thinking. But for his sake and for the sake of this country, he should atleast change his astrologers, who can be more accurate"



And finally after 8 the UPA government won 275 votes in the parliament.
The first reaction by Nichols Of CPI was that the nuclear deal was not such a big issue. Its hypocritical and the entire nation is laughing at the left for making a fool out of themselves and making the country go through terrible times.

Now that the Trust vote is over and the Nuclear deal is going to come through...lets hope that the country gets what it was promised.

Cash for Votes....

In an utterly disgusting turn of events that unfolded about an hour back in the Lok Sabha, Indian politics have touched a new low.
Three MPs bought wads of thousand rupees notes in the parliament alleging a bribe by the opposition party in order to abstain from the trust vote.
The house following the revelation has been adjourned till 6pm.

Today, I am ashamed to be an Indian. Not because of the poverty, not because of illiteracy...not because of the so called cultural differences... I am ashamed of the very people who represent us on the international podium. Today as the whole world watched... what the politicians did not abstain to do was, make a fool out themselves and out of the very country whose power they want to seize. They completely put us the common person at shame for being a part of a country where the very people who rule us are as corrupt as the dirt in the Yamuna. The Yamuna can still be cleansed but these politicians cant be cleansed.

Today, as the muck is out in the open... its not a disgrace to either the ruling party or the opposition party its a disgrace on the face of the LARGEST DEMOCRACY of the world... its a slap on us along with the politicians... that we never make the right choices.
The time has come to throw away the Godly status that we have given to the politicians of our country.

Realise now- That we need to make the right choices to put the right person in the Lok Sabha...to make sure that the leaders that we have are trustworthy to be put in house of people. To make sure that they talk about national issues than about issues of personal egos.

Its time that we start cleaning the system...before it completely puts us to shame in front of the whole International Community.

Who is going to win... Finally?

The reports that I have been reading seems to indicate that the general category will soon be converted into the reserved category...(I hope that this never comes true...!!)

Mayawati is eyeing the post of the PM. And the assets that were evaluated by CBI at 96 crores and more is being utilised by her in pursuing her dream to the post of PM. She buying..literally buying the support of the MP's against the government. Its weird how money can change hands and the fate of our country. 

As the MP's will be voting tomorrow, I am going to sit and wonder that when our constitution makers drafted our constitution they must not have realised that the spirit of nationalism that they possess... is not going to be a part of the coming breed of politicians.

And therefore even the legal system is quite on the len-den of money to rig the trust vote. The law can interfere after the voting. Its like the police coming in a bollywood movie after the whole fight is over. Therefore- the concept of precaution is better than cure does not exist at all. The chance of this changing is so so slim that I cant even hope for it. Why would the legislature pass a law that is going to harm their earnings...!!!

Its such a sad situation, that nationalism and policies in the national interest have been put behind and personal agendas are being pursued in the veil of the coming trust vote. In India alot is left on God.

And I hope, that God saves the country where he is worshipped the most.

Lets hope that people who really care win...else.. its going to be another elections....where we will end up making bad choices...!!!

Controlling inflation.... our own way...

The inflation did come down a little... but its still pinching our pockets.
I recieved the following email as a forward... and I thought that maybe it will be helpful to pass on the message...!!!


A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly". This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices.

The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up.

He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Diwali the price of eggs shot up to Rs. 40 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen. This pattern continues until the price of eggs is Rs. 60 a dozen.

The man says, " There must be something we can do about the price of eggs". He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week. The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customerswould start buying by the dozen again". The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered theprice of their eggs. But only a few paisa. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen." Slowly the price of eggs started dropping.
The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And those chickens kept on laying. Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought Rs 200.00 worth of Petrol each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tanks. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends. Just Rs 200.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill up the tank of your car. You may have to stop for gas twice a week, but the price should come down. Think about it. Also, don't buy anything else at the fuel station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..." ...just think of this concept for a while...................please pass this concept around....reaching out to the masses ...the world ..... let us put an end to oil rich countries fleecing the poor and developing countries …..


Do you think...that this will work....???

The Number game.... Countdown to The Vote

As the days turn into a few hours... it seems that the trust vote in the Parliament would be nothing short of a finale that even reality shows and India- Pakistan match can promise. Probably for the first time since the Lok Sabha Channel was launched, will it get TRPs that only one can hope for.

In another 4 days as the entire world, yup, The World will be waiting and watching with the bated breath the grand finale of the Indian Political Scenario, that started a few weeks before. As the D-Day comes closer the equations seems to be changing everyday. The newspapers and the news channels are full of reports and analysis... apart from the usual mudslinging that happens only in Indian politics. ( During the presidential race in USA earlier this year, all the contestants were very dignified towards each other... there were immidiate aplogies after the mudslinging... here its only THE MUDSLINGING).

The number game that started when the left pulled out is still on, as the MP's are playing hard to get..on both the sides. But what is laughable is the fact, that this trust vote thingy is a straight slap on the very kind of Democratic system that we have. I agree, that the clause that if the opposition feels that the majority party has lost the numbers in the house it should go for a trust vote. But isn't that trust vote supposed to be in a secret ballot box... then why the hell are the MP's making statements that they will vote with or against...
Also I cant seem to understand the part whip thingy... I agree that an MP is in the parliament coz of the party... but then there are times when you don not agree to what your party is hinking.. sometimes its best to look above the party politics and think about the national interest... ( but well... its a stupid statement..when do politicians thing that...???) so they should be allowed to vote for what they believe is right for the country and not their party.

The sikh's party in Punjab...would vote against the government because of what wrongs the congress had done to them earlier... helllooooo?? Someone go tell them that the elections are anyways going to happen in less than a year... this time we are talking things above your personal egos...
Same goes for the muslim leaders who are saying that the deal is anti-muslim... alright guys... how about then getting us a pro-muslim deal...and get Afghans and the Pakistan government to agree for the Gas pipline from Iran...well.. and where in the Quran(which is THE source of the Islamic law) is it written that Nuclear power... is anti-muslim... when the Prophet (May his soul rest in Peace) spoke the holy words...there as no science at all... so how did they deduce that the deal is anti-muslim...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My maths has been very poor... and I dont understand the rationale behind the whole politics scenario that has emerged after the death of Nehru. But, I still hope that the educated MP's get their common sense and their intelligence back when they sit in the parliament for voting.

When the international community is making an effort to join hands so that we can save the world..and give people a better world where there are less problem and more solutions... a future where we all can breathe easy.... why do the Indian politicians have to show their ego and nonsensical brains...

Lets hope... that the Idiom- End Defines the means... holds true...!!!

Faith belief and all that....

I was reading the newspaper the other day and I came across a very interesting article. The article talked about how the television soap operas change the choices of the voter.

According to that article when the BJP came into power, it was because it exploited the Hindutva tendencies of the general electorate..and why was that... according to the article that I am refering to, it was because during that Ramayan and Mahabharat were regularly shown on TV and since cable TV was not that popular, doordarshan did the trick.
Now that Ramayan has been revived by the NDTV imagine's creative team and Ekta Kapoor's serial killers are losing TRP's apart from the fact that she herself has started the Mahabharata on her channel 9x... what is the strategy going to be this election...!!!

Well, all I am wondering is that, is it just the serials... the faith is always a key factor in winning of politics. Someone would promise the hindu's this... muslims's that... its all about who wooos who and who appeases who. Its nothing new, that since the day partition happened there has always been a weird kind of undercurrent that flows.

As Vir Sanghvi puts it... elections in India are not about anything but are based purely on emotions. He is right when he says, that no one would understand that Manmohan Singh actually sacrificed his own stable government for the nuclear deal...for National Interest.

Playing upon faith has become a new kind of game for our politicians...and why do they do that because we have encouraged them. We are the ones who are not tolerant to the other persons belief... why are we so insecure of our own faith... that we cannot tolerate the other belief.... the beauty of our country is the colourful foundation that has been laid because of the multi cultural society....the choice actually spoils you. But instead of being proud... we end up fighting and nd up abusing each other....on the basis of Faith.
That gives an oppurtunity to our leaders to divide and rule...and after the elections we are the ones suffering. Remember the partition of bengal in 1905...are our present politicians better than the British...

Faith beliefs...religion...are all a matter of personal choice... they give you a bonus..by giving you spritualism...and at the same time... none of these teach us to hate the other person because he does not have the same belief as you.

Lets learn to be tolerant towards each other... and be proud of the fact that we belong to a nation where Gods grace us in all forms that they may exist in. Lets learn to live in harmony... and vote for the ones who dont play with our Faith...!!!