Cricket shit!

Why is our nation so unabashedly dying after this crappy game? Cricket is not a game that a country like ours should follow.
It is a colonial hangover..... from which we dread to get out. Our servile attitude is responsible for its popularity. Just because it was played by our colonial masters the game has gotten roots into our nation.
Let us face it. We are not good at playing cricket. And we doctor pitches at home to win matches. Just because our nation controls the largest cricket market the BCCI acts as if it controls the game..... rather own it.
There is no way we will have so much respect for our "NATIVE" games. Will there be so much hype in the media if there was a match between the same nations, India and Pakistan, of our national sport. Incidentally the hockey is the national sport of both nations..... but it has lost out somewhere.
The point here is that why can't we find self respect and pride in playing the games that our nation has invented and introduced to the world. Let us dominate is sports like Polo, Hockey and Chess. These are real games. And the world has embraced these games pushing our country to the brink in these. It is time to reclaim our lost pride. Not just these games alone but other games as well which have an international level competition.
It is time that we let go of this good for nothing game. We can not continue to try to dominate the game which is played by less than a dozen nations in the world.

Create room for the homeless

Here is a unique idea if we want to resolve the problem of homeless people in our country. I propose that the country bring in a law to make it mandatory for religious institutions to construct just one room for the homeless on their premises. The task is not big. With the amount of temples, mosques, guruwdaras, churches and other religious institutions in the country the problem of homeless will be resolved forever. I hope that political parties and social activists pick up thi idea and try to turn it into a reality. We often look the other way when we see homeless people on our streets. This idea could help create space for people who really need it. And it is time that religious intitutions are made to do what they preach. They have always claimed to have worked for the poverty stricken. Now make them work for it. Make a law for it. I need someone to take up this cause. It is 100 percent do-able and needs a backing of the political class.

Fake awards

The government continues to hold meaningless awards to please its sycophants. It is the same story at each of Padma awards ceremonies that are conducted annually. Even the preferences of the Kerala mafia are evident in the selection of candidates. Why are a majority of those selected to a particular state or a particular political dispensation. arn't such national awards supposed to be free of all political and regional tilt. It seems that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has also not been made aware of those selected for such awards. Just like in the 2G issue or the Padma awards ceremony held last year where a person with duboius background and a US citizenship was given our nation's top honour. Time to stop such sham.

Euthanasia debate

There has been an unending debate in the media regarding euthanasia. Every Tom, Dick and Harry has a view on the issue though they may not know even basics about the issue.
The Supreme Court may have decided to reject granting euthanasia rights, however, the need here is to debate the issue widely and check whether euthanasia was practiced and permitted in Indian culture.
In my opinion euthanasia was prevalent in the Indian society for several thousands of years. Our scriptures and legends also point towards it. And anyone needing a proof and head towards Hardwar and see with his own eyes innumerable god men who had taken a jal samadhi (Indian version of euthanasia) in the deep waters of the river Ganga. I witnessed it
There is also other versions prevalent in different religions of the country like Santhara in Jains. We need to debate these. If euthanasia isn't permitted then how is all this allowed to go on?
We can't have two sets of rules for the same crime.
It is time that we stop looking at laws from the eyes of our erstwhile masters.....which implies the British and Muslim rulers of India. We have to decide on these things as an independent country and come out of the mental and psychological slavery that we continue to this day. The thing that needs to examined is that is our society ready for this? Is our society mature enough? Adn how will we be able to stop its misuse if at all it is allowed?

Gatecrashing culture explained

The author has been able to explain which every journalist has observed at social events....Gatecrashers.
An interesting read and a nice commentary on the ways of such creatures.


The Real Culture Vultures | OPEN Magazine

Hasan Ali held?

Finally the investigative agencies have grown balls to detain and question one of the biggest tax defaulters Hasan Ali. He is believed to owe the Indian tax department Rs 40,000 crore in tax defaults. This amount is higher than the annual budget of two thirds of Indian state governments.
With this huge amount at his disposal, the person is believed to be funding or the front man for a big regional party and a bigger regional politician.....who once had an ambition of becoming the Prime Minister of this country.
The government's act may have come too little too late and after a dressing down by the Supreme Court as the money he is believed to have been holding may have been moved around to its "rightful owners". When will the government try to really come out and book criminals who try and steal the rightful money of this country's citizens. It doesn't seem to happen in the near future.

PS. While the government was busy trying to detain the alleged tax swindler a friend of mine is worried over a recent income tax department notice that has asked him to pay Rs 1500 as last year's remainder of taxes.

This once again goes on to show that in Indian justice system and government institutions act against small fry and let the big fish get away.

Should PM and HM resign

With the Supreme Court finally coming out with what all of us almost knew....regarding the tainted CVC PJ Thomas, will Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram resign? Doesn't seem so.
With the amount of thick skin that these politicians have they are likely to complete their term and give the nation a few more of these corrupt bureaucrats at the helm.
This is an embarrassment for the Government of India. How can someone, apart from the CVC of course, not lose his job over such a stupid appointment. It was a stupid appointment simply because the leader of opposition Sushama Swaraj had objected to it. Why did the government still go ahead and appoint Thomas? Was it under design or sheer stupidity? Or just because the government was intoxicated at being the GOVERNMENT...........
One way or the other. It is now time that someone asks MMS when does he plan to take a bit of onus on the misdeeds being heaped by this government on the common man.

Slow brained MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs is the slowest monolith that is part of the creature called the Government of India. While the governments across the world have organised the exit of their citizens from Libya in a swift and orderly fashion, the MEA seems to have woken up from its slumber rather late.
The MEA has once again proved inefficient in organising such a basic task. And that too when it happened on expected lines just weeks within similar stories in Tunisia and Egypt.
The Indian "main stream media" too seems to be towing the line of the MEA with not even a single report criticising the Jurassic era ministry, headed by someone from that age as well. The mediamen are afraid that their free junkets to foreign countries will stop if they as much as raise a finger against the powers that be in the MEA.
We have been unable to bring our citizens home, while other countries, including China (with which we often try to compare ourselves) have brought en back to their homes safely.
It is time that someone is made to pay for all this. Some heads have to roll and the country needs to know how the things were let to deteriorate so much.