The protestor - what does she want

When the anger of the protestor is totally justified, some of the demands are extremist and maybe not practical. This is an attempt to see what is the middle path, which is where the truth and practicality always lie .

One just wonders what is the need for so many people to flow on the streets of the capital and demand justice. This is not the first time, maybe many forgot the same happened the day after the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai demanding action. Has anything been done?

What were the demands of the protestors then? Our then Home Minister PC had said in a debate "please try to understand, we cannot have one policeman for every citizen"

What are the demands now of the protestor?
1. Speedy Justice - This is a very valid point for in India justice is always served cold after the victim goes runs from pillar to post for 10 to 20 years and sometimes the culprit even dies. However does it solve all problems?

2. Death penalty - Well this is a joke as our beloved ex-president had pardoned 5 such cases and in one such case the guy had died 5 years ago of AIDS and he was pardoned posthumously. So the law is already there, so what is the demand?

3. Safety - Yes this is a valid point and someone has to ensure that this point is taken note of and steps taken but who is going to do it. What was lacking on the fatal night? I guess there were already enough laws against tinted glasses and policeman available. What stopped them? laziness? Who is accountable? Long term decisions are the need of the hour.

4. Convene parliamentary session - Now here comes the ego of the politician. If the session is convened it means they have bowed down to the protestor and is never going to happen

Questions to the protestor
1. Mumbai had the same out pour after terrorist attacks. What did happen? Are you safe from another terror attack?
2. How long will this last. The government has all the time in the world to wait out. It is a matter of who blinks first. The aam aadmi is going to provide food for his family soon and sit on his TV for welcoming the new year. Who is going to change his mindset?
A bigger and long lasting platform is needed and is the need of the hour too.


My view: Extreme views are always welcome and must exist but the truth lies somewhere in-between, the sooner this point is achieved the better

Generation Gap - What Lacks Indian Politics

The Media houses are blazing and shouting where is my India, what are the politicians doing, call for an urgent parliament session,  each news channel is suggesting many ideas to the government on what needs to be done and calls for discussion with 8 panelists who suggests 80 things to be done.

There is one thing that lacks here - ACTION

One can clearly see the face of the protestor is a  young woman and sometimes is accompanied by a young or older brother, rarely the parents do accompany. The age of an average protestor is between 20 and 25.

In stark contrast when one does a caricature of a typical politician, his hair is either grey or he is bald, he has a large tummy and saggy eyes.

There is a stark contrast staring naked at us - There is atleast one generation gap between them if not more than one. The aam Indian politician is not in touch with this aam Indian citizen whom he boasts of representing.

No wonder insensitive comments like 'painted and dented' and 'no skirts', 'wear pardhas' come from a typical politician who later realizes that he is suffering from foot in mouth disease. In fact he suffers from what is called generation gap.

The laws which his forefathers wrote were even older and have developed cob-webs much like his principles on which he stood.

The youth Icon of congress is 42 years old, the youth wing leader of DMK is 60+ and has grand kids. No wonder both the politician and the protestor talk but neither listens.

Its time the youth step up to the plate and hit a home run, bridge the gap and change the face of Indian politics.

Maa Maati Manush and Media

Well first thankfully I do not live in Bengal for I could land up in Jail for criticizing something which CM of Bengal does not agree to. However I also wonder why is the media so against Mamata Banerjee . Are the days of Neutral media dead and buried with the Cable revolution?

I did see the episode of Mamata Walking out on Sagarika Ghose on CNN-IBN. In the first place someone of this position must know what to expect on a show like this. Did she expect to be garlanded and the whole office painted White and Blue? One has to either have the knack of making diplomatic statements or not agree to give interviews in hostile environment. I believe she is too straight forward (Am I praising her?!!) to hide facts or cannot think twice before letting her mind out.

The people who attended the discussion seemed genuinely interested in Bengal's well being and they asked questions which were natural to expect on such shows. Either she was totally unprepared or childish. It was totally unprofessional ( preofession?!!) to just claim the people who asked tough questions as Maoists and CPM supporters and not answer the questions. Questions were tough and it was a great opportunity for her to earn some brownie points given the Media throwing thrash at every opportunity. Well she did give them yet another chance. Now itself people are thinking of next elections.

On the other hand she did ask why college students were all from one particular university which supports CPM.  That was a fair question I felt maybe she felt cornered. In the end I can only say she squandered a great opportunity.

The other point ofcourse is why is media so damn against her. Every opportunity is used to tarnish the image of Bengal government and the CM. I am not trying to justify some statements made but media is no longer media that reports facts. Generating news and negative publicity have become the need of the hour, rather every hour if you run 24hours a day .  TRP matters (TRP = Trillions of RuPees).

Important president of India

Well the race is heating up for the next president of India. Whoever is going to occupy Rasina Hill would be the most important person in India after the next general election.
Why one might ask?
Well with the UPA-II and corruption being discovered as siamese twins it is going to be very difficult for congress to come to power a third time.

Well Paulo Cohelo in the Alchemist says
"If somethign bad happens once it will not happen a second time but if it does, it will surely happen a third time"
Well if you are a true Indian Citizen it is most likely you would start all pujas for the above statement to be wrong.

On the other hand UPA need not be too worried for the BJP is as weak as an 80 year old man. After Vajpayee's exit it is never the same, lacking a strong leadership and when congress has bowled low full tosses BJP has hit them directly back to the bowler instead of sending them over the fence for maximum.
With this situation and the regional parties like SP, DMK/ADMK, TMC , BSP etc all taking a lion's share in their respective states it is imperative that the next parliamentary election is going to provide more confusion than a circus clown regulating traffic at Anna Salai during peak hours ( Well nowadays in reality it is like this but that's for a different post altogether)

A hung parliament is the fate of the nation and a strong president supporting the congress is what the doctor ordered for them. Hence they are pushing for Pranabda. He would be an inside Man on the outside what a brilliant master plan. Well the constitution does allow it then so be it.
However this could severly backfire mind you. Pranab Mukherjee has been a key man for the UPA keeping all the fracture limbs together. He has played the role of fevicol on many occasions and has been their key problem solver, especially UPA-II has a panel of ministers who are trouble makers :)

Well it would be interesting as to who becomes the next president even more interesting would be what happens after next Lok Sabha elections