Its been a long long time. Been really busy which is a good thing. Will not apologise for having a RL (real life). 2013 has been one roller-coaster ride. Atleast the way I see it. As an Indian citizen and as a budding journalist.
The present Indian Government is going through a nerve wracking time. Just in case this gets decoded lets call it useless party of affluent idiots. There that's safe now. What I don't understand is where does this party's loyalties lie, apart from themselves?
The scams have hit an all time high, people being called to testified are either crazy old hags who are "too hill" to depose (Dayalu Ammal) and a certain former actress who claims shes a housewife and does not partake in any official functions of one of the players embroiled in the 2G scam.
First glaring flaw that springs to mind is how utterly clueless they are. About the country's poverty line and its sickening how they try to rope in the Planning Commission into fudging numbers and making them appear as if poverty is declining. For your relevance, its "21.9%". Apparently politicians who were former actors claim they can have a meal at Rs 12 in Mumbai. Really. Did you disembark one stop early when you were heading to Narnia?
Next, the "heir apparent" has the audacity to declare in a poverty-stricken atmosphere, "Poverty is a state of mind." Saying this in front of an audience who barely can live from hand to mouth is just tactless and in bad taste. Wonder why they weren't chased out by those people and tarred?
Next, the coal files go missing. Between 2004-2009 the present party allocated coal blocks to Public Sector entities in a less than legal, inefficient manner instead of competitive bidding. This was reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and then they conveniently lose the files.
They may have tried to redeem themselves by supporting the suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal but lost the battle because they desperately needed the Samajwadi Party's votes to pass the Food Security Bill. See how the "I scratch your back, you scratch mine" system works? Fiendishly clever.
Oh how could I forget the rupee fall? Its hilarious how the Finance Minister reacted! This was what the ticker-quotes on CNN-IBN read: "FM assures there is no real concern and no reason to spread pessimism", "India is in a better place than other countries". Right! The other countries being Indonesia and Brazil. Mighty opponents indeed.
Hopefully, we have come to our senses. The country cannot change overnight. Its obviously not a game. But in the same breath,we are the game changers. The opposing politicians think that India is restless for a change. It is, but what does the change look like for us? We might recover our rupee value, but will it be at the cost of a particular community that has ceased to feel safe after a traumatic genocide? Will the Indian Army be less prone to random firing across the LoC?
Personally I am almost eager to see the outcome of the elections. What will it be? A complacent, indifferent dynasty or an ambitious, almost tyrannical rule or are we heading towards a Syria-like situation?
The present Indian Government is going through a nerve wracking time. Just in case this gets decoded lets call it useless party of affluent idiots. There that's safe now. What I don't understand is where does this party's loyalties lie, apart from themselves?
The scams have hit an all time high, people being called to testified are either crazy old hags who are "too hill" to depose (Dayalu Ammal) and a certain former actress who claims shes a housewife and does not partake in any official functions of one of the players embroiled in the 2G scam.
First glaring flaw that springs to mind is how utterly clueless they are. About the country's poverty line and its sickening how they try to rope in the Planning Commission into fudging numbers and making them appear as if poverty is declining. For your relevance, its "21.9%". Apparently politicians who were former actors claim they can have a meal at Rs 12 in Mumbai. Really. Did you disembark one stop early when you were heading to Narnia?
Next, the "heir apparent" has the audacity to declare in a poverty-stricken atmosphere, "Poverty is a state of mind." Saying this in front of an audience who barely can live from hand to mouth is just tactless and in bad taste. Wonder why they weren't chased out by those people and tarred?
Next, the coal files go missing. Between 2004-2009 the present party allocated coal blocks to Public Sector entities in a less than legal, inefficient manner instead of competitive bidding. This was reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and then they conveniently lose the files.
They may have tried to redeem themselves by supporting the suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal but lost the battle because they desperately needed the Samajwadi Party's votes to pass the Food Security Bill. See how the "I scratch your back, you scratch mine" system works? Fiendishly clever.
Oh how could I forget the rupee fall? Its hilarious how the Finance Minister reacted! This was what the ticker-quotes on CNN-IBN read: "FM assures there is no real concern and no reason to spread pessimism", "India is in a better place than other countries". Right! The other countries being Indonesia and Brazil. Mighty opponents indeed.
Hopefully, we have come to our senses. The country cannot change overnight. Its obviously not a game. But in the same breath,we are the game changers. The opposing politicians think that India is restless for a change. It is, but what does the change look like for us? We might recover our rupee value, but will it be at the cost of a particular community that has ceased to feel safe after a traumatic genocide? Will the Indian Army be less prone to random firing across the LoC?
Personally I am almost eager to see the outcome of the elections. What will it be? A complacent, indifferent dynasty or an ambitious, almost tyrannical rule or are we heading towards a Syria-like situation?
