there was a Jhanda Vandan in my building where the children sang the national anthem and everyone stood in honour of the flag and the anthem. It was a pretty site.
what’s not pretty is what is happening in the rest of the country. Look at what happened in Jammu & Kashmir. Congress decided to hand over land to the Amarnath Shrine Board. Then decided to undo the transfer. This was good enough to be taken as a ‘mudda’ by the opposition parties and now they have struck all over Jammu and the plan is to take to the entire country. Seven people have died so far in the rioting in the Valley. Two died outside Delhi because the ambulance carrying the patients could not reach the hospital thanks to the ‘chakka jaam’. Not one person was arrested. Imagine a situation like that in Germany. I can’t. “We will cut-off the supplies to and from the Valley said one BJP-VHP “leader”. Great, Pakistan is more than happy to buy apples from Kashmir and endorse it as a help. Then we go out and gt surprised when a Kashmiri asks, ‘are you from India?’. The confidence with which these rioters charge the streets is amazing. I can’t believe these guys have regular day jobs. This is not possible without proven assurance from a party or an organisation which specialises in the indsutry of hatred.
Of course in this course of events, the word ‘terrorism’ is not used. That is reserved for something else.
Maharashtra. Full of the most beautiful landscapes and most beautiful people, is reeling under a debt of one lakh crore rupees (think it’s slightly more). The state govt has earmarked (hold your breath) a hundred crore rupees for a status of Shivaji at Marine Drive, Mumbai. There are villages only two hours from Mumbai which don’t have drinking water access, forget power and hospitals and schools. But priority is the statue.
and the biggest fug-up is that I can’t do anything about it. I tried, but I can’t. How far can you go with RTI? I could file a PIL but then my family will mysteriously get involved in ‘accidents’. I couldn’t get a professional to pick up the cigarette packet he threw on the road, what can I do. What can anyone do?
It’s hopeless.
Left is never right (The Rakhi Sawant of Indian Polity)
August 23, 2007
I do not understand how the CPI, CPM and other left leaders look at each other in the eye. “I am stupid and so are you. Let’s just pretend we don’t know that!” They are about to bring down the government on an issue which will go forward anyway whether the Cong comes to power or not. The only way that the 123 agreement will not be ‘operationalised’ is if the CPI comes to power with a clear majority. And that’s like asking for… something plain impossible.
I do not understand why they are throwing tantrums over the 123 agreement. I have the following arguments against the left.
1) The left is objecting to a clause in the Hyde Act which gives the US President overriding powers over and above the guidelines that India is currently toeing. Dude, the Act gives them power over something that they are still negotiating giving us. How is not signing it helping your cause?
2)They can revoke the agreement if India tests a nuke. Agreed, but do you understand under what circumstances a country tests its nuke? When there is an emergency of sorts. We do not care about the consequences of the 123 agreement if India is under a real threat. We care about the power needs of India when it is in the business-as-usual state, you hypocrites!
3) Have you read the 123 agreement between China and US? It is almost similar. Except that they have a two-way revocation clause, while India does not. Comrades, please also check what they are gaining in return is much less than what India would. The reason: China ‘s per capita consumption of power is 1100 kwh and India’s is 600kwh. Also if you forgot to read the papers in the last, say 18 months, let me tell you that the prices of hydrocarbons are increasing and will only rise in future! If you want to build a real economy with strong domestic consumption, we need this.
Comrades, please stop throwing these tantrums and come-up with a real solution that is value-based on values-based. Think logically or is it asking for too much.
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