The just concluded second independence struggle ended on a gripping melodramatic note than any Indian movie from bollywood, kollywood, tollywood, sandalwood and so on. All concerned appear to be happy and it is All's Well That Ends Well.
Majority of common people felt they have won and have no clue what it is. Team A. is happy that their three major contentious points are placed in the parliament and covered in the form of motion conveying ‘the sense of the house’ even though there is no voting. Some skeptics were caught by surprise as they are unaware of the sense of the house. The mute point is there is no clarity on who is for the Bill drafted by Team A., who is against, who abstained and who are absentees! Besides, it is bereft of thrills like horse trading, cross voting, party whips, walkouts, swarming into the well of Parliament, tearing of bill copies from speaker’s table and so on. It is nothing short of coup de grace delivered by the wise men in parliament.
Not much is known about what went behind the scenes when major political parties met and the deals struck among them. They are all friends in need, indeed! Most of the viwers who listened to Pranabda’s concluding speech on the motion moved by him surely have missed something salient that our parliamentarians surely have not. He gently rebuked all his brothers and sisters in the two houses for pressing panic buttons and reminded them not to worry as they alone have all the power to make changes to proposed Bill when it comes for discussion before passing (for that matter, even after, though with some added effort!) and that silenced everybody in both houses. It is noteworthy that there is no commitment as to by what date the proposed Bill becomes a Law!
In the interest of all parties, in order to bring a strong Lokpl Bill, various party leaders may propose following changes which might get passed unanimously in both the houses:
Floor leaders of DMK party may propose: In order to reduce the workload and help Lokpal admistration spend their valuable time more meaningfully, it's jurisdiction covers the cases involving corruption charges over one crore crores of rupees only, indexed for both the devaluation of Rupee and inflation from base year as 1947.
Floor Leader of RJD party may propose: the limit proposed by DMK should be applied to individual corruption charge, not for combined cases; against individual and not for a group of people. Where more cases and/or more people are involved, the limit should be accordingly multiplied by number of people and number of cases.
Another party leader will propose: In order to serve speedy justice, Lokpal should initiate proceedings within 24 hours of the start of a corrupt action and should deliver judgement within 72 hours else it will become time-barred for Lokpal. In such cases, the convicted, if any, will have a right to appeal in Supreme Court as per IPC.
Another Leader of Congress Party will propose: Lokpal should start with a clean slate. It's jurisdiction starts prospectively with offence(s) committed after the date it has become Law. All the earlier cases and the offences which begun before are outside the purview of Lokpal and they should get de-facto clean chit.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Brighter Side of Stash
Let us look at few lines from a passage on “Alexander the Great’s Last Words”, with a focus on this third and last wish.
Modern day looters of India, including the de facto Emperors and local Satraps, are united in their disagreement with Alexander. The loot should go by the rules of dynastic succession. The money stashed in Swiss Banks and other ones is in their accounts which will have a) normal facilities like nomination (useful if the account holder dies intestate) b) joint account facility which helps in the hassle-free operation in the event one of the holders dies c) legal remedies to claim by descendants etc. Does it not tantamount to bequeathing the loot to spouse, progeny or the persons of account holder’s choice? If so, one can draw a somewhat safe conclusion that the loot still lies in the safe hands of Indians (assuming those who obtain Indian citizenship are Indians) who anyway get the right to loot further and make piles bigger.
Hence, the capital in the foreign banks has not migrated into foreign hands; it remained firmly in Indian hands. Indeed it is some silver lining.
He called his generals and said, "I will depart from this world soon, I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail."
With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.
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The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute's rest and continued. "My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin".
The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dared bring the question to their lips. Alexander's favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. "O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?"
At this, Alexander took a deep breath and said: "I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt.
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And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".
With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last. . . .
Modern day looters of India, including the de facto Emperors and local Satraps, are united in their disagreement with Alexander. The loot should go by the rules of dynastic succession. The money stashed in Swiss Banks and other ones is in their accounts which will have a) normal facilities like nomination (useful if the account holder dies intestate) b) joint account facility which helps in the hassle-free operation in the event one of the holders dies c) legal remedies to claim by descendants etc. Does it not tantamount to bequeathing the loot to spouse, progeny or the persons of account holder’s choice? If so, one can draw a somewhat safe conclusion that the loot still lies in the safe hands of Indians (assuming those who obtain Indian citizenship are Indians) who anyway get the right to loot further and make piles bigger.
Hence, the capital in the foreign banks has not migrated into foreign hands; it remained firmly in Indian hands. Indeed it is some silver lining.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Guillotine
Our beloved Prime Minister said recently ‘there is no single solution to eradicate corruption’ and he could not be more wrong. I suspect this is the effect of Sibalised education system prevailing in the country. Students are discouraged to learn lessons from history by reading literature, or for that matter any subject. By cancelling examinations, Sibal made even parents forget what they learned as they no longer sit with their children during exams and recollect some of what they themselves learned in their childhood. So is the case with grand-parents of even our PM’s caliber who no longer play and learn with grand-children and let their memory fail. Undoubtedly, our PM is a scholar of economics and he demonstrated to the entire world. No wonder he hobnobs with the likes of Amartya Sen also.
All of us have read The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Apart from its famous opening sentence, which is relevant to us today, the book also describes the solution to our present day problem at length. No wonder our PM either forgot or did not know about it. Those who knew around him do not suggest and feign ignorance in their own vested interest! It is the duty of your Tarantula, a mute spectator of great unread books in our libraries, to bring out the relevant fact to web readers’ attention.
It is indeed amusing how this solution inspired P G Wodehouse who wrote: there is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the …
This single solution has an immense practical value today. It can be applied on a) all those who are corrupt b) all those who defend/support corruption c) all those who are against anti-corruption protests and so on. It is known to be clean in its execution, neat, open and very effective solution and also a time tested one. Besides, viewers also will not forget the lesson. In fact, the prosperity of today’s France is followed by and very closely linked to the use of this great solution in its troubled time.
It’s called Guillotine!
All of us have read The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Apart from its famous opening sentence, which is relevant to us today, the book also describes the solution to our present day problem at length. No wonder our PM either forgot or did not know about it. Those who knew around him do not suggest and feign ignorance in their own vested interest! It is the duty of your Tarantula, a mute spectator of great unread books in our libraries, to bring out the relevant fact to web readers’ attention.
It is indeed amusing how this solution inspired P G Wodehouse who wrote: there is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the …
This single solution has an immense practical value today. It can be applied on a) all those who are corrupt b) all those who defend/support corruption c) all those who are against anti-corruption protests and so on. It is known to be clean in its execution, neat, open and very effective solution and also a time tested one. Besides, viewers also will not forget the lesson. In fact, the prosperity of today’s France is followed by and very closely linked to the use of this great solution in its troubled time.
It’s called Guillotine!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Bill for Prevention of Blasphemy
It is a popular misconception that in a democracy, people are supreme. Such misbelieves are a resultant of poor and inadequate education in respect of parliamentary democracy. In the world’s biggest democracy, if not in all others, parliament and parliamentarians are supreme. Those readers who disagree with Tarantula need not even agree to disagree, instead, they can elicit the opinion of any one of 802 members, from either of the houses under the single roof parliament, who are always unanimous on this count. In reality, parliament is THE ultimate secular sanctum sanctorum of the nation. All the members of these houses are either elected by the country’s electorate by extremely fair means with majority of properly counted and tabulated votes in their respective constituencies or by such illustrious members themselves! No wonder they deservedly feel they are Gods, in fact they are, not merely incarnations, in whose hands the destiny of 1.21 billion aam aadmi rests squarely and safely but not precariously. Hence it follows that the parliament which houses these august Gods is THE sanctum sanctorum not withstanding the fact that these members squabble among themselves so intensely on the floor of the house, tear the papers on speaker's table, break mikes and so on but always stop short of defecating the sanctum sanctorum. People should realize their televised acts on dedicated channels are only for amusing the otherwise bored public and one should not draw any more extraneous conclusions.
Unfortunately, now and then and here and there we across one or two people who still naively entertain a pedestrian view that democracy is the government of/by/for the people and mistakenly target one or more P. Gods. What is it if not blasphemy? Rcenet incidents elsewhere proved such blasphemies are a form of virulent plague of modern variety which could effect millions spontaneously, more particularly in open places like parks, maidans, squares and so on.
In our country such blasphemies are punished in different ways, on or off the record, depending on the offended God(s), leading to one or more or all different punishments like: imprisonment, onetime punishment by encounter, reprimand by P., personal vilification, facing inquiries and getting haunted by CBI and such illustrious agencies, getting variously described as the one backed by RSS or CIA, if not terrorists.
In retrospect, these time tested punishment methods, though somewhat effective in individual instances, in larger sense they fail to eradicate the menace of blasphemy once for all. The solution lies in awarding a radically different punishment coupled with proper education, which reforms the offender and the public at the same time!!! How is it ever possible in this world? Well, during yesteryears it was unthinkable and impractical but with the communication revolution and corruption free spectrums like 2G, 3G, 4G and so on, it should be feasible. The accused should be given following imposition as punishment – either write 1.21 billion times or e-mail to all Indians sans 802 Gods:
Of course, tabling and passing such a Bill for Prevention of Blasphemy is the prerogative of our supreme parliament.
Unfortunately, now and then and here and there we across one or two people who still naively entertain a pedestrian view that democracy is the government of/by/for the people and mistakenly target one or more P. Gods. What is it if not blasphemy? Rcenet incidents elsewhere proved such blasphemies are a form of virulent plague of modern variety which could effect millions spontaneously, more particularly in open places like parks, maidans, squares and so on.
In our country such blasphemies are punished in different ways, on or off the record, depending on the offended God(s), leading to one or more or all different punishments like: imprisonment, onetime punishment by encounter, reprimand by P., personal vilification, facing inquiries and getting haunted by CBI and such illustrious agencies, getting variously described as the one backed by RSS or CIA, if not terrorists.
In retrospect, these time tested punishment methods, though somewhat effective in individual instances, in larger sense they fail to eradicate the menace of blasphemy once for all. The solution lies in awarding a radically different punishment coupled with proper education, which reforms the offender and the public at the same time!!! How is it ever possible in this world? Well, during yesteryears it was unthinkable and impractical but with the communication revolution and corruption free spectrums like 2G, 3G, 4G and so on, it should be feasible. The accused should be given following imposition as punishment – either write 1.21 billion times or e-mail to all Indians sans 802 Gods:
a. Parliament is Supreme
b. Parliamentarians are Gods
c. In the hands of parliamentarians alone the destiny of people lies
d. All Indians should recite, at least once a day for the well being of the nation, the 802-name-stotram which will be updated regularly on need basis.
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z. Parliament alone can make or break laws or procrastinate making laws forever.
Of course, tabling and passing such a Bill for Prevention of Blasphemy is the prerogative of our supreme parliament.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Nandan Nilekani
It is variously reported by media that Nandan Nilekani said a) It is not the only way b) Anna fast is unjustified.
In a democratic society, even if the present government believes in the contrary, all have freedom to entertain his/her own views and express them. Most definitely, Nandan is entitled too.
What makes his statement interesting is the context and timing. Hardly few days back, his mentor made critical observation on PM’s handling of current state of affairs. It is well known that Nandan is in a position which ranks pari passu with a Cabinet Minister.
It does not call for knowledge of rocket science to infer that UPA govt. is pitting him against his mentor in a feeble attempt to sway large IT and non-IT workforce who are pouring onto streets, both in India and abroad, with their personal gadgets helping them with instant interchange of information.
As an individual Nandan has as much rights as any person next to him but in his present position he needs to tread the path more carefully. His statements are both obvious and not so obvious. Even a not so refined student of Mathematics knows that the number of paths from a point A to B are infinite. For Nandan’s benefit, mathematically that number is not represented by Aleph-nought (smallest known infinity ex: number of integers). In a Euclidean plane, it is represented by Aleph-1, next higher order infinity (ex: number of real numbers)!
Coming to the other report, it is exactly what PM had been saying in Parliament! Should a technocrat in his present position mislead the educated youth at this juncture by parroting PM?
In a democratic society, even if the present government believes in the contrary, all have freedom to entertain his/her own views and express them. Most definitely, Nandan is entitled too.
What makes his statement interesting is the context and timing. Hardly few days back, his mentor made critical observation on PM’s handling of current state of affairs. It is well known that Nandan is in a position which ranks pari passu with a Cabinet Minister.
It does not call for knowledge of rocket science to infer that UPA govt. is pitting him against his mentor in a feeble attempt to sway large IT and non-IT workforce who are pouring onto streets, both in India and abroad, with their personal gadgets helping them with instant interchange of information.
As an individual Nandan has as much rights as any person next to him but in his present position he needs to tread the path more carefully. His statements are both obvious and not so obvious. Even a not so refined student of Mathematics knows that the number of paths from a point A to B are infinite. For Nandan’s benefit, mathematically that number is not represented by Aleph-nought (smallest known infinity ex: number of integers). In a Euclidean plane, it is represented by Aleph-1, next higher order infinity (ex: number of real numbers)!
Coming to the other report, it is exactly what PM had been saying in Parliament! Should a technocrat in his present position mislead the educated youth at this juncture by parroting PM?
Terms Accepted by Team Anna
During the last three eventful days, after driving hard bargain with help of unprecedented support from all cross sections of resident Indians & NRIs, Team Anna appears to have signed on dotted lines unwittingly. I guess the term ‘unwittingly’ needs elaboration.
It is your Tarantula’s personal conviction that our beloved PM is incapable of thinking politically much less dubiously. But given the set of people doing the back seat driving including veterans Pranab Mukherjee, Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, to name few, I feel Team Anna should have been more cautious. Given the situation, it is easy to subject Team Anna to armchair criticism but I do understand the sort of compulsions they would be having while racing against time.
Let us discuss few pitfalls.
1) Team agreed to limit the size of the crowd. How will they account for police in plain-clothes, hired goons of Govt. and Political parties of UPA who are bound to infiltrate in thousands with hidden weapons and outnumber the supporters before hand to prove that a) the movement is a violent one b) leave little scope to genuine supporters from participating c) create a L&O situation to help their hirers in taking strong measures including, in the worst scenario, imposition of Emergency?
2) How will they sustain their commitment that a) the movement will be peaceful b) no provocation and so on? Yes, genuine supporters would understand the situation and respect and abide by their appeal but infiltrators whose objective is contrary will surely provoke. Govt. estimates that this fast will go for four days or so. Does it not portend their action plan to crush within next 100 hours or so?
3) As Varun introduces Bill sometime today as scheduled, Govt. absolves itself of any responsibility if it does not pass through. Besides, Govt. will be very safe. I further understand that in the history of our Parliament not a single bill tabled by opposition ever got through. There is every reason to believe that the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill may fail to get through considering the long history of it since 1968 and at least ten failures so far which is marginally falls short of the number of Mahmud Ghazni’s failed campaigns. Team Anna runs the risk of facing the wrath of very same supporters who do not understand the political equations behind the bill which is not in the interests of any Politician or his/her cronies.
Let us not underestimate the group of sycophants. They will leave no stone unturned to derail the movement. They are down but not out! Gandhian behavior of Delhi police during the last two or three days is highly suspect if you consider the recent red carpet welcome given to Ramdev by Group of Ministers, how they prostrated, perhaps sought his blessings and then arrested during midnight and now carrying personal vendetta. How many of us vividly recall the Railway Strike in 1974 and how brutally it was crushed and wiped off from our memories by brilliant maneuver by late Indira Gandhi?
The very same bunch of GoMs will prepare a note and make PM read out aloud in both houses of Parliament saying: the action was unfortunate but unavoidable!
This might sound pessimistic but having gone through the comparable situation during 1970s I would keep my fingers crossed till the objective of the movement is met. I will be more than happy to be proved an incurable pessimist. One has to wait and see how things will unfold themselves. It would be one small first step but will it be giant leap for India?
It is your Tarantula’s personal conviction that our beloved PM is incapable of thinking politically much less dubiously. But given the set of people doing the back seat driving including veterans Pranab Mukherjee, Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, to name few, I feel Team Anna should have been more cautious. Given the situation, it is easy to subject Team Anna to armchair criticism but I do understand the sort of compulsions they would be having while racing against time.
Let us discuss few pitfalls.
1) Team agreed to limit the size of the crowd. How will they account for police in plain-clothes, hired goons of Govt. and Political parties of UPA who are bound to infiltrate in thousands with hidden weapons and outnumber the supporters before hand to prove that a) the movement is a violent one b) leave little scope to genuine supporters from participating c) create a L&O situation to help their hirers in taking strong measures including, in the worst scenario, imposition of Emergency?
2) How will they sustain their commitment that a) the movement will be peaceful b) no provocation and so on? Yes, genuine supporters would understand the situation and respect and abide by their appeal but infiltrators whose objective is contrary will surely provoke. Govt. estimates that this fast will go for four days or so. Does it not portend their action plan to crush within next 100 hours or so?
3) As Varun introduces Bill sometime today as scheduled, Govt. absolves itself of any responsibility if it does not pass through. Besides, Govt. will be very safe. I further understand that in the history of our Parliament not a single bill tabled by opposition ever got through. There is every reason to believe that the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill may fail to get through considering the long history of it since 1968 and at least ten failures so far which is marginally falls short of the number of Mahmud Ghazni’s failed campaigns. Team Anna runs the risk of facing the wrath of very same supporters who do not understand the political equations behind the bill which is not in the interests of any Politician or his/her cronies.
Let us not underestimate the group of sycophants. They will leave no stone unturned to derail the movement. They are down but not out! Gandhian behavior of Delhi police during the last two or three days is highly suspect if you consider the recent red carpet welcome given to Ramdev by Group of Ministers, how they prostrated, perhaps sought his blessings and then arrested during midnight and now carrying personal vendetta. How many of us vividly recall the Railway Strike in 1974 and how brutally it was crushed and wiped off from our memories by brilliant maneuver by late Indira Gandhi?
From Wikipedia:
1974 railway strike in India was the strike by workers of Indian Railways in 1974. The 20 days strike by 17 million workers is the largest known strike.
As President of the all India Railwaymen’s Federation George Fernandes led the strike. The strike commenced on 8 May 1974. The strike was brutally suppressed by Indira Gandhi government with thousands being sent to jail and losing their jobs. The strike was called off on 27 May 1974.
The very same bunch of GoMs will prepare a note and make PM read out aloud in both houses of Parliament saying: the action was unfortunate but unavoidable!
This might sound pessimistic but having gone through the comparable situation during 1970s I would keep my fingers crossed till the objective of the movement is met. I will be more than happy to be proved an incurable pessimist. One has to wait and see how things will unfold themselves. It would be one small first step but will it be giant leap for India?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Rajghat and Fasting
It is one long forgotten person (b. 2 October 1869 and d. 30 January 1948) who institutionalized fasting. What is so great about it? Of 1.21 billion Indians, everyday nearly a billion miss a square meal a day. What is it if not fasting? Fasting is fasting whether it is by one who can afford meal or cannot. As it is significant number of people, on their own volition, miss a meal at least once a week, say on a weekday of their choice (mostly depending on their beloved deity) and on special days like Mahasivarathri, Amavasya and so on. There are others to compensate by their gluttony!
The aforesaid person transformed the common practice of fasting into an abject deed that created problem to the British Empire. Even after independence, once in a way some sinners are trying to make use of this as a weapon to disrupt the smooth functioning of our Government and the two houses comprising of 802 saints in Delhi.
The Truth is the very same person is still on fast from 30th January 1948 in Rajghat! Prove me wrong, if you can! Our government should not allow this symbolic relic of ghost of our past in the wake of our glorious present and still more glorious future of our country.
Indeed it is a matter of grave concern that Rajghat is fast becoming a Mecca for fasters on their eve of fasting visit it to derive inspiration from that grave dweller. One possible thing worth serious consideration is shifting Rajghat to any remote inaccessible less known island within our territory. This has numerous merits. Our leaders will save time which is wasted couple of times a year; visiting dignitaries will be spared of the ordeal of revisiting India’s detestable past and more importantly, it will help maintain the peace and tranquility of our glorious capital city Delhi. Once the last relic of abhorable past is far removed, if not completely destroyed, people like Ramdev and Anna Hazare ae sure to forget it soon as there wont be a place to visit on the eve of their intended fast!
The aforesaid person transformed the common practice of fasting into an abject deed that created problem to the British Empire. Even after independence, once in a way some sinners are trying to make use of this as a weapon to disrupt the smooth functioning of our Government and the two houses comprising of 802 saints in Delhi.
The Truth is the very same person is still on fast from 30th January 1948 in Rajghat! Prove me wrong, if you can! Our government should not allow this symbolic relic of ghost of our past in the wake of our glorious present and still more glorious future of our country.
Indeed it is a matter of grave concern that Rajghat is fast becoming a Mecca for fasters on their eve of fasting visit it to derive inspiration from that grave dweller. One possible thing worth serious consideration is shifting Rajghat to any remote inaccessible less known island within our territory. This has numerous merits. Our leaders will save time which is wasted couple of times a year; visiting dignitaries will be spared of the ordeal of revisiting India’s detestable past and more importantly, it will help maintain the peace and tranquility of our glorious capital city Delhi. Once the last relic of abhorable past is far removed, if not completely destroyed, people like Ramdev and Anna Hazare ae sure to forget it soon as there wont be a place to visit on the eve of their intended fast!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Letter ‘G’
English language has one of the smallest set of alphabets; but it is not as small as Italian one. By purloining a quote from George Orwell and paraphrasing it, we can say: all letters are equal but some are more equal than others. Movie buffs will recall that Fritz Lang's movie titled M in bygone era was immensely popular. Likewise, Costa-Gavras’ movie titled Z in which Yves Montand gave his customary brilliant performance took political world by storm. Friends of 221B Baker Street will readily recall how Sherlock Holmes solved a mystery in The Adventure of the Dancing Men based on a simple observation that in English lexicon, letter E appears more frequently than other letters.
In India, some other letter has all pervasive influence on the lives of all Indians of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Look at some of the everday acronyms like: CWG of Suresh Kalmadi fame, 2-G of A. Raja fame and K-G of Mukesh Ambani et. al. fame, to just name a few. Readers will appreciate that a blogpost is not an appropriate place for a magnum opus and hence we will confine to top few examples.
It is easy to note the common denominator; it is the letter G. Hardly any Indian denies the importance of G. Our greatest political party ‘congress’ would not exist without G and this holds good for some other parties as well. Ex: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In fact, it is a matter of great delicacy, but to spot G in sensitive places, one requires awareness and expertise!
WHO or whichever be the appropriate agency should readily recognize and declare that in India the pestilence known as first Generation scam (below Rs. 1,000 crore variety) has lost its virulence and it does not warrant any investigations! Even the next Generation mega-scams (Rs. 1,000 crores to 1,00,000 crores variety) are not significantly impacting Indians any longer!
Rejoice! We are in the nascent stages of the most promising new Generation of scams (above Rs. 1,00,000 crores variety) with double G i.e., Giga scams!
In India, some other letter has all pervasive influence on the lives of all Indians of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Look at some of the everday acronyms like: CWG of Suresh Kalmadi fame, 2-G of A. Raja fame and K-G of Mukesh Ambani et. al. fame, to just name a few. Readers will appreciate that a blogpost is not an appropriate place for a magnum opus and hence we will confine to top few examples.
It is easy to note the common denominator; it is the letter G. Hardly any Indian denies the importance of G. Our greatest political party ‘congress’ would not exist without G and this holds good for some other parties as well. Ex: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In fact, it is a matter of great delicacy, but to spot G in sensitive places, one requires awareness and expertise!
WHO or whichever be the appropriate agency should readily recognize and declare that in India the pestilence known as first Generation scam (below Rs. 1,000 crore variety) has lost its virulence and it does not warrant any investigations! Even the next Generation mega-scams (Rs. 1,000 crores to 1,00,000 crores variety) are not significantly impacting Indians any longer!
Rejoice! We are in the nascent stages of the most promising new Generation of scams (above Rs. 1,00,000 crores variety) with double G i.e., Giga scams!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Spate of Resignations
Dear PM,
You are aware I have been discharging my responsibilities as Cabinet Minister from Kolkata and occasionally showing up in Delhi when parliament was in session. Now that I got full-time Kolkata based job, I am reserving my cabinet position to my party colleague whom I shall name at my personal convenience.
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Wait till then.
Didi
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Dear PM,
Supreme Court has no f*****g business to involve in my appointment for the position of CVC. The committee that appointed me was chaired by you. All the trouble started with the presence of 33 1/3% women on the panel. Lesson to be learnt is that UPA should not allow 33% Women’s Reservation Bill to be passed in Lok Sabha.
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PJT
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Dear PM, Thru: KK
The matters related to 2G, 3G, 4G etc. are all part of the negotiated settlement for our party’s coalition with UPA. As you rightly said that certain things (ex: allowing food to rot rather than distribute to poor) are policy matters and prerogative of govt. and SC has no business to give ‘orders’. Likewise, the terms for the nexus of political parties to form a coalition govt. is sacrosanct and above the Constitution. Till the time SC, media and public learn a lesson, keep it with safe custody of Kapil and instruct him not to mess up like he did in ‘education sector’. With KK’s blessings, I will come back soon once we are ready with plans I am peacefully making in Tihar for 5G, 6G, 7G and so on.
…..
A R
Dear PM, Thru: KK
What is wrong with CBI? They were behaving well during our rule and as instructed, gave clean chits in all cases of corruption and hoisted forged cases against our opposition. How can they do it for a coalition partner, if even if SC thinks big of itself? Do something fast and I will come back with KK’s blessings.
…..
DM
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Dear PM, Thru: Madam SG
I am disappointed with your Cabinet reshuffle. I expected you would elevate me to the position of Senior Prime Minister.
.....
Gurudas Kamat
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You are aware I have been discharging my responsibilities as Cabinet Minister from Kolkata and occasionally showing up in Delhi when parliament was in session. Now that I got full-time Kolkata based job, I am reserving my cabinet position to my party colleague whom I shall name at my personal convenience.
…..
Wait till then.
Didi
___________________
Dear PM,
Supreme Court has no f*****g business to involve in my appointment for the position of CVC. The committee that appointed me was chaired by you. All the trouble started with the presence of 33 1/3% women on the panel. Lesson to be learnt is that UPA should not allow 33% Women’s Reservation Bill to be passed in Lok Sabha.
…..
PJT
___________________
Dear PM, Thru: KK
The matters related to 2G, 3G, 4G etc. are all part of the negotiated settlement for our party’s coalition with UPA. As you rightly said that certain things (ex: allowing food to rot rather than distribute to poor) are policy matters and prerogative of govt. and SC has no business to give ‘orders’. Likewise, the terms for the nexus of political parties to form a coalition govt. is sacrosanct and above the Constitution. Till the time SC, media and public learn a lesson, keep it with safe custody of Kapil and instruct him not to mess up like he did in ‘education sector’. With KK’s blessings, I will come back soon once we are ready with plans I am peacefully making in Tihar for 5G, 6G, 7G and so on.
…..
A R
Dear PM, Thru: KK
What is wrong with CBI? They were behaving well during our rule and as instructed, gave clean chits in all cases of corruption and hoisted forged cases against our opposition. How can they do it for a coalition partner, if even if SC thinks big of itself? Do something fast and I will come back with KK’s blessings.
…..
DM
__________________
Dear PM, Thru: Madam SG
I am disappointed with your Cabinet reshuffle. I expected you would elevate me to the position of Senior Prime Minister.
.....
Gurudas Kamat
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Vibrant Democracy
It is indeed a human fallacy to conveniently forget the golden aphorisms like: Democracy is the government of the corrupt, by the corrupt, for the corrupt. In a true democracy, ‘others’, even if they outnumber, do not matter. Some Abes try hard to make people believe on the contrary by circulating fancy and similar sounding adulterated aphorisms.
In the last few days, couple of people strayed from their respective paths to incite the gullible people against corruption which, in reality, is inciting against the sovereign Government of India. If this is not treason, then what is?
Historically, treason invariably calls for immediate death sentence for the offending leader and followers alike. Couple of people who are trying to garner glory in direct competition with each other will do well to remember that they owe their lives to the present Government and they would have got killed before starting an agitation, be it silent or otherwise, in countries with less tolerant democracies than that of ours.
Even if nearly all the 1.21 billion (2011 census) revolt, our true democracy (read the definition again) can’t be shaken. Rome was not built in a day and so is the case with our democracy. Ours is a 64 year strong democracy with select few at the helm of affairs.
Our Government steered by the current generation of Gandhians should be firm enough to give the taste of The Indian Emergency of 25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977 imposed by post independent India's first true Gandhian to all those who have nearly forgotten or too juvenile to remember or know what it would be like.
Long live our true democracy.
In the last few days, couple of people strayed from their respective paths to incite the gullible people against corruption which, in reality, is inciting against the sovereign Government of India. If this is not treason, then what is?
Historically, treason invariably calls for immediate death sentence for the offending leader and followers alike. Couple of people who are trying to garner glory in direct competition with each other will do well to remember that they owe their lives to the present Government and they would have got killed before starting an agitation, be it silent or otherwise, in countries with less tolerant democracies than that of ours.
Even if nearly all the 1.21 billion (2011 census) revolt, our true democracy (read the definition again) can’t be shaken. Rome was not built in a day and so is the case with our democracy. Ours is a 64 year strong democracy with select few at the helm of affairs.
Our Government steered by the current generation of Gandhians should be firm enough to give the taste of The Indian Emergency of 25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977 imposed by post independent India's first true Gandhian to all those who have nearly forgotten or too juvenile to remember or know what it would be like.
Long live our true democracy.
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