Sajjan Act

Brother MPs

Letting go of a position isn't easy. And for Indian politicians it has often been said that they never want to retire. Some former members of Parliament devise ingenious ways to keep the tag.
The brotherly love between Sajjan Kumar, the former Congress MP from Outer Delhi, and Ramesh Kumar, who won from South Delhi, became publicly evident this week. Ramesh Kumar was made the official Congress candidate after the party denied ticket to Sajjan Kumar when his name cropped up again in the anti-Sikh riots case just ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
However, Sajjan Kumar chose the occasion of his annual New Year's luncheon meet to unofficially declare that though his brother may have been elected an MP he was the one who still mattered.
The official invitation cards mentioned the name of the ex-MP in front of his brother's name. The invitation went out from Sajjan Kumar-Ramesh Kumar.

Rathore the child molestor

It is shameful how the child molestor, SPS Rathore, is still roaming freely on the streets....days after his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra murder case. The media are now doing their part, going after the criminal who has been able to intimidate and wrestle out of every spot he has ever been in.
It is the final leg and the pressure needs to be kept up for such people only deserve to be in a prison.

PS- The medianmen manning a vigil outside Rathore's house need to be more brave while talking to the child molestor. They know he is a convict and they know he has been sentenced. Please do not get intimidated by his empty threats.

Nari

Though it was a known fact that Narayan Dutt Tiwari aka Nari had a liking for the fairer sex.......the recent developments related to his alleged Gubernatorial experiments are an eye opener. The 86-year-old has successfully been able to achieve what our mature democracy was lacking so far....sex scandals involving senior politicians.
There have been several alleged sex scandals in the country so far but no one as big as this one. And to think of it that "His Sexellency" was within a whisker of becoming our Prime Minister. However, I hope that the case will finally begin to extract more skeletons out of senior politicians closets. How is it possible that Russia, the US, Israel and the UK could have so many of these sex scandals and our country's ruling class is missing out on them.
All this has happened because of the power and clout that the electronic media has come to command. A fact that should be appreciated by the print media as they are the ones who have been successful in keeping the sex lives of our political masters under wraps for so long. But that is a story for some other time.....

Child molestor DGP

It is a shameful day. Former DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore a child molestor has been let off with not even a wrap on his wristy. The former top cop has used his clout to get away with a heinous crime. The court's verdict of awarding just a six months sentence and a Rs 1,000 fine is a joke.
It has again brought forth the single most important unwritten law of this land. If anyone ise connected, powerful or rich he can literally get away with murder.
And why isn't the Indian media making it a point to go after the former DGP? Shouldn't the former officer, who has brought disgrace to his uniformed force, be disbarred of all his post-retirement benefits? And what for the parents and friend of Ruchika who suffered for over 19 years waiting for justice? Shouldn't they be awarded compensation by the state? It is time that we address these questions if we need to maintain the rule of law in this land.

Hamara Bajaj

Hamara Bajaj gaya. One of the greatest symbols of a license-permit raj regime during the better part of our post-independence existence has finally been bid adieu. The scooter, on which almost the entire present middle class has learnt driving, has finally rolled into history as the company has decided to stop its production.
Bajaj scooters may throw up a lot of nostalgic memories for several people but the truth is that it was a symbol of how strictly this coountry was controlled by the regimes who held swey in this land. I am glad that it is over and now we have moved to an era where the consumer is king and not the industrialist and politician nexus who keep a tight leash on the production lines.

Osama Nobel

What a joke....Send more troops to Afghanistan and get a Nobel peace prize for yourself. The worst ever decision by the Nobel prize committee. Which again proves that international politcs and being the leader of the most powerful nation does help in securing that award.
With this decision the Nobel prize has just been turned into another of those million dollar prizes that are up for grabs for the high and mighty.

Commonwealth excuse

It seems our government need the pathetic excuse of Commonwealth Games for providing us with even basic amenities. The entire city of Delhi has been made to feel as if they only deserve to stay in it because of the upcoming games. The government is wasting and usurping funds in the name of the games and making a fool of common man.
Perfectly good and working street fittings, street lights and other infrastructure is being torn apart in the name of these games. Shouldn't the government be more discreet in using the public money? They may be getting these funds as soft loans from several foreign organisations. However, ultimately it will be the common man who will be asked to shell out this money from his pocket by way of increased taxes.

White or black the result is same

You may put a white man at the helm or a black one. The results will be the same. This week US President Barack Obama has proved this point by increasing the engagement of US armed forces in Afghanistan.
The point here is that this man was chosen for the Nobel peace prize just a few weeks ago. Is this the way peace is promoted? Never heard of such a thing as increasing war involvement will improve peace. Maybe it will help the US president in maintaining peace in his own country by keeping the Taliban and Al-Qaida involved in the Afghanistan mess. But that again proves another point that George W Bush at least had the guts to say and do what he felt was right for his country. This war mongering will not help and is only going to present more targets for the extremists to fill the body bags.