Nation humiliated not martrys

The nation was humiliated not martyrs. The decision of transporting the bodies of policemen killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh on a garbage truck of the local municipality has laid bare the fact that we do not treat out security men with respect. After getting them killed the least that we could do was to let them have their last rites with dignity.
The policemen in Naxal infested jungles of Central India are already facing an uphill battle. They are always low of rations, supplies, weapons, men, transport and everything that one could imagine. This is no way to treat people who would put their lives on the line for our middle classes in cities.
The day these men are brought back from the front line the Maoist menace is surely going to reach the cities. And this is how we treat our forces. The least that the Raman Singh government could do was to provide adequate transport facilities for the bodies. But it seems that the Chief Minister is busy signing MoUs with power companies to make his state the acclaimed power hub that he wants it to be.
There is no strategy, at the Central or the state level, to deal with the Naxal violence. Our security men are getting killed almost each day. The headcount is worse than Kashmir or Punjab at its peak. But we don't seem to care. This attitude will not help the national cause.
The fight against Maoists cannot be won by organising debates in air conditioned studios and offices of the national capital Delhi. Or for that matter by heaping abuses on the alleged Naxal sympathisers.
The fight against the anti national elements will be a hand to hand combat. And we need the political will to sustain it for years and take on heavy casualties. We have to learn from Sri Lanka. And yes there is no other way than sending in the army.

Arnab goes for a toss

See the Times Now interview of J Jayalalithaa being aired this evening. It is a perfect example of how an interview is not to be conducted.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister put questions in the mouth of Arnab Klark Kent Goswami. Yeah you head me right. The self proclaimed great journalist was at the receiving end of a firing line. The chief minister refused to answer any question according to the interviewers demand. She goes on to highlight her agenda completely overshadowing the person interviewing her.
The interview has again proved that Indian political journalists cannot question their political masters. they just cannot.

Congress chor hai

Gali gali me shor hai Congress saali chor hai......
So. This is the new take of the government which claims to be for the aam aadmi. Manmohan Singh-led UPA government is the worst ever government that has ever ruled this country. Juts let me know how the latest move to raise the prices of diesel, LPG cylinders and kerosene is going to help the aam aadmi.
This is a party of crooks who are only bothered about filling their own pockets. I don't think they deserve to be re elected ever again. This is no way to rule. Won't this latest step lead to added inflationary pressure on the aam aadmi? Even a child will tell you that this is bad economics.
The country's aren't ruled like this. They just can't continue to pickpocket and loot the aam aadmi. There has to be a stop to this madness.

PS-- I just hope that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi doesn't flow crocodile tears and elicit a partial roll back of these hiked prices. When will our countrymen wake up.

Diggy fool

What's up with Digvijay Singh? I don't think even he knows. The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has a view on everything under the sky and isn't afraid to express it. But how does the Congress party feel after these utterances.... like a fool it seems.
The person who had pushed his state to the brink of financial and administrative meltdown has been selected to be the political guru of our Amul Baby. Serves him right as his family lineage is also not known to keep high company and associate with people who like to work for the upliftment of the country.
Nut it is rather shocking to see that Diggy has been rising amongst the ranks and holding higher sway when it comes to getting work done. Or for that matter influencing policies and government decisions.
Lets see is our country too headed for the same fate that Diggy's parental state has already been through.

Jokepal

So the final draft of the proposed Lokpal Bill has been exchanged between the government and the civil society representatives.
The government seems to have made a mockery of the proposed ombudsman. It has proposed that the office of Prime Minister, higher judiciary (both supreme court and high courts) and our respected members of Parliament be kept out of its purview. Making the proposed bill entirely redundant.
There is a need for a strong system of checks and balances. And this is not it. The demand for a strong Lokpal needs to continue if this nations needs to rid itself of the scourge of corruption. The system of control of money in a few hands needs to be ended. Now.

Jokepal Bill

This is hilarious. It is no more the Lokpal Bill but has become a Jokepal Bill.
The government is joking with the people of the country. It is not serious on the important issue of tackling corruption.
I am not a supporter of Anna Hazare, but I am opposed to corruption. So I hope that the government does this sincerely. Unlike the Ramdev episode.

Shoe on Janardan

There was an attempt to use a show against Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi today. An utter rubbish this attempt and earlier ones too that aim to lay discredit on such official functions.
This is not the right way to vent your frustrations. This way such people will make the working of journalists almost impossible in this country.
Moreover, the selection of target, place and the attempt were all feeble. This is not the way to go about it. Such things require meticulous planning. Remember the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes like missiles against the then most powerful man in the world, US President George W Bush.
Indians aren't adept at such things and should avoid getting into such attacks. And such attempts should be for a national cause not just for any one community or a religious figure.
No Ramdev or religion is over this country. And it should stay that way.

Where is Amul Baby?

The fasting Baba Ramdev has been forcibly removed from the Ramlila ground. And lathis were used and so was tear gas and by some accounts people were dragged and beaten. It was in no way a human treatment of peaceful protesters.
A democracy doesn't attack its own citizens at midnight. People protesting peacefully, on empty stomachs for the entire day, were evicted from the maidan. It is time that the Congress Yuvaraj, the Amul Baby in his 40s comes and takes up the cause of the people beaten up by his goons. Can't he see the people being beaten up by the police now..... the way he saw in Uttar Pradesh's Bhatta Parsaul villages.
He should drop this garb of being close to the aam aadmi. He is no where close to the aam aadmi. He is a yuvaraj. And a bad one at that.... who is unfortunately destined to lead this country someday.

Liars all

The Baba Ramdev incident has proven once and for all that everyone practicing the act of politics and its supporters, including the Delhi Police, are liars. Left, Right and Centre all of them are lying.
No one who is in power or wants to come in power cares a wee bit about the common man.
The entire incident from the start was a big farce. Why did the government sent its four ministers to talk to Ramdev?
Why did the government take so long to take action against the protesters? The UPA government is the biggest liar of them all. There is no way that the incident could have been handled better. Lets see if the break up this fast pays well to the Congress or not.
It has definitely done one thing.... now the entire opposition stands united. I do not know who has be giving the fantastic political suggestions to Sonia G and Amul Baby.....

Pakistan journalists and guns

The saying goes that it can only happen in India........ but our neighbour Pakistan seems to have bettered us. As if the prevailing gun culture wasn't enough the Pakistani government has gone ahead and allowed its scribes to carry guns for self-defence. The government there certainly seems to believe that the sword is mightier than the pen.
All this shit has happened because of an out of control law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The ISI has become a government unto itself killing journalists for unveiling its dirty tricks. Syed Saleem Shahzad has been allegedly killed to silence any such criticism. This may be the last cahnce for the so called fourth pillar of democracy for redeeming itself.