Friday, July 15, 2011

STOP TERROR DO IT YOURSELF KIT

It hurts when some one says that there is no guarantee of stopping terror strikes and we look for political overtones in those comments. But do a reality check and any right thinking and balanced mind will be convinced about the reality.
Stopping these bombstrikes is a matter of proper order in society than about natgrid ,pota or any other law .
Look at areas around us and one would realise how vulnerable our surroundings are . We lack the basic civic sense which will be first thing that will be required to stop these bomb attacks. Most areas where this strikes occured will have uncontrolled garbage dumps, huge and unmanageable crowds arounds illegal shops and business outlets , illegal and disorderly parking of vehicles which all are prime areas that are used to place bombs . So instead of blaming govts and the security agencies for the bomb attacks lets do a reality check ourselves and find out whether we are doing enough to ensure our safety

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Corruption ! Are We Serious

the cause of corruption and black money is neither communal nor secular , so there is no need to make a distinction of any kind . and it is not very significant too that there were a few fur cap wearers on the stage. Corruption or removal of it cannot be addressed by mere tokenism . corruption is something that is ingrained in our mindset. The movement that we are seeing is not one for a systemetic change but for a Lok Pal the way the five members of the so called civil society want. For that we are not having discussions or debates but we are deciding by straw polls like the one kejriwal was conducting at the Rajghat. The one virtue for this uprising that is being touted is that the movement has popular or mass backing. But one should note that all the corrupt MP's and MLA's are also products of such popular backing . So if one is wrong what is the guarantee that the other will be correct . Are we not taking a chance on this ?

Friday, May 20, 2011

DIDi of Bengal

The dust has just settled down in bengal after the election results and things are beginning to take concrete shape. Didi has been crowned as the CM and her arrival to oath was quite dramatic. She chose to walk the last KM to writers building , which was very practical because even if she drove in that distance the time taken would have been the same what with the milling crowd in that area. The real test for didi and the people of bengal will start now. Will she be able to deliver the development that the people of bengal were denied during the 34 years of the left rule.It will surely be a tough ask for the didi. Will didi be the same austere person that she was during the struggle against the left govt or will she be sucked in by the trapping of power. Will she go the mayawati /Jayalalitha way or will she chart out a path of her own . Her track record in govt unfortunately does not leave scope for much optimism. She has shown to be autocratic bordering on being whimsical and prone to be populistic than being pragmatic and practical. The question upper most is will she display the same stamina that she displayed during her struggle when she is charting developmental plans for state. Answers to these questions will decide the fate of the state bengal ,