1. Accountability-the govt has to make sure that they act on what they are supposed to be doing as representatives of a billion plus citizens.Do not formulate plance and hold "charchas"...we have seen enough of those...we now want to see action.
2. If our neighboring country is cooperating with us they better make sure that the terrorist training camps in and around POK are removed and the world is a witness.
3. A federal agency is formed so as to tackle terrorism and cases of power abuse by politicians.
4. The state police forces SHOULD NOT be accountable to any national or regional party so that they are not a party to any dirty politics.
5. Let our protectors not be underpaid.Lets give them what they deserve.
6. Ample utilisation of existing resources and funds.A lathi holding havaldar standing at a busy marketplace cannot tackle ORGANISED and TRAINED terrorists making proper use of their AK 47s and AK 56s and the rest.
7. Politicians who make public statements inciting violence and divide among region,race,caste,religion etc should be dealt with strictly. People like raj thakrey make statements like "the north indians will get what they deserve" and get away with it...HOW??
8. organizations like MNS , RSS , Shiv Sena and others who incite divide among citizens should be banned.MNS attacked and beat up non-maharashtrian students and the whole world was a witness and there was not actaion against them.
9. We pay taxes as responsible citizens,the govt better be responsible in handling them.
10. Security does not mean a 100 black cat commandos running around and protecting an 80 year old idiotic politician who anyway will die of heart attacks and repeated knee replacements , and whom nobody is going to attack other than the common man(who generally make use of more utilable resources such as their slippers) .
P.S. the post shall be updated on and off....suggestions are welcome
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
terror and fear...what it takes to survive today...
i hope there will be a day when such acts of terror will be viewed as attacks on our democracy and integrity and our politicians realise so.i hope that,at least on that day our politicians do what they are supposed to do as our leaders instead of turning it into a political issue and worrying more about their vote bank rather than the number of innocent lives that are lost.i hope that day i when i call myself an Indian i am proud of my country,its citizens and our leaders.that day my country shall be free.
During the last three days everyone including me has been glued to their TV sets.Prayers,condolences,anger,disgust,pity,empathy and pride followed.Come to think about it these days when one goes home and switches in their TV sets,its not because we want to see "whats happening around the world",its to see if there been a bomb blast that day.
it is sad what happened in Mumbai.So may lives lost without a reason...i seek an answer...whose fight is it anyway??...at what cost??...where is humanity??...PLEASE inform us when you think you are anywhere near winning it...
i fear...i fear for this generation and the future ones...what impression of life and humanity is it??...200 people dying every month...i fear for those who are suffering...i fear for those dying i fear for the families who have lost their loved ones...i fear for my protectors who wear worn out life jackets to try and save me when they are as much human as i am and a family to provide for...i fear for those carrying out such attacks as they are made to believe their act is in god's name when terrorism has no religion...i fear for their families who love them as much as we love our friends and family...i fear for my leaders who still dont give a fuck about my country and are trying to convert this into a poltical issue and saying "this will work in our favour,people are unhappy with the government"( BJP's CM candidate V.K. Malhotra in Delhi...he also cancelled his last phase campaigning following the attacks due to 'security issues"...why werent such assholes in taj or oberoi?? ...i also fear for his family...)...i fear for a country where hatred,death and violence is the new 'peace' as a day with minor attacks and deaths is a peaceful day...i fear for a life lost as it isnt counted anymore...i fear for the existence of peace...i fear for my Muslim brothers and sister who will bear the brunt of such inhuman people...i fear for my country...
P.S. Today i am proud to say i have no religion and i have my reasons.God bless atheism.amen.
During the last three days everyone including me has been glued to their TV sets.Prayers,condolences,anger,disgust,pity,empathy and pride followed.Come to think about it these days when one goes home and switches in their TV sets,its not because we want to see "whats happening around the world",its to see if there been a bomb blast that day.
it is sad what happened in Mumbai.So may lives lost without a reason...i seek an answer...whose fight is it anyway??...at what cost??...where is humanity??...PLEASE inform us when you think you are anywhere near winning it...
i fear...i fear for this generation and the future ones...what impression of life and humanity is it??...200 people dying every month...i fear for those who are suffering...i fear for those dying i fear for the families who have lost their loved ones...i fear for my protectors who wear worn out life jackets to try and save me when they are as much human as i am and a family to provide for...i fear for those carrying out such attacks as they are made to believe their act is in god's name when terrorism has no religion...i fear for their families who love them as much as we love our friends and family...i fear for my leaders who still dont give a fuck about my country and are trying to convert this into a poltical issue and saying "this will work in our favour,people are unhappy with the government"( BJP's CM candidate V.K. Malhotra in Delhi...he also cancelled his last phase campaigning following the attacks due to 'security issues"...why werent such assholes in taj or oberoi?? ...i also fear for his family...)...i fear for a country where hatred,death and violence is the new 'peace' as a day with minor attacks and deaths is a peaceful day...i fear for a life lost as it isnt counted anymore...i fear for the existence of peace...i fear for my Muslim brothers and sister who will bear the brunt of such inhuman people...i fear for my country...
P.S. Today i am proud to say i have no religion and i have my reasons.God bless atheism.amen.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Build a bridge-results may vary
The religion of politics….
….The politics of religion
Off late both traditions have been widely observed world over .Be it India or any other country…politics has been widely dominated by divide. However it may be based….communal…caste…gender…regional…and the list is endless. the recent uproar by Raj Thakrey’s comments on non-maharashtrians in Maharashtra has again speculated the debate that has been existing since the birth of the first dinosaur. What is surprising is Shiv sena’s stand on the whole issue….and more surprising that they have no stand at all…considering the fact that the whole Maharashtrians vs. Non maharashtrians issue was given birth by the shiv sena itself….and that Raj thakrey although doesn’t anymore belong to shiv sena but shall carry on the legacy….Or even the US presidential elections…Race vs. Gender…..apart fron all the adjectives that can be used to describe this , what I find most appropriate right now is HOW LAME!! Have all the issues in the world ended that we have to resort to divisions like this?? And why...Please comment....come as you are...
….The politics of religion
Off late both traditions have been widely observed world over .Be it India or any other country…politics has been widely dominated by divide. However it may be based….communal…caste…gender…regional…and the list is endless. the recent uproar by Raj Thakrey’s comments on non-maharashtrians in Maharashtra has again speculated the debate that has been existing since the birth of the first dinosaur. What is surprising is Shiv sena’s stand on the whole issue….and more surprising that they have no stand at all…considering the fact that the whole Maharashtrians vs. Non maharashtrians issue was given birth by the shiv sena itself….and that Raj thakrey although doesn’t anymore belong to shiv sena but shall carry on the legacy….Or even the US presidential elections…Race vs. Gender…..apart fron all the adjectives that can be used to describe this , what I find most appropriate right now is HOW LAME!! Have all the issues in the world ended that we have to resort to divisions like this?? And why...Please comment....come as you are...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
DIVIDE AND RULE( 1947-you decide)
Looks like we are still not 'free'....It has been 60 years to our independence.....but the word itself is still trying to find a place for itself in a country governed by cheap vote-bank politics and communal dialogues....it seems that we have inherited a bit too much from the 'goras' (except from the railways --thank you 'goras' and way to go Mr. Lalu)
The recent 'incident' in Maharashtra has again speculated the whole debate of how the divide and rule policy has such deep roots in the indian politics....
the constitution says that indians can reside and travel in any part of the country....but looks like there are some who are willing to change it.
When Raj Thakrey had saperated from the shiv sena and had started his his own outfit Maharashtra Navnirman Sena his first speech was all about 'secularism' ,'unity' and all that jazz.... but he seems to have diverted from the song....the lyrics have created a wide uproar....the music is worse than any d-grade movie, and everyone sings as bad as Himesh Reshammiya....
And the worse part is that in the process of attack-counter attack between the MNS and the samajwadi party ....its the the layman who is suffering....
Be it the taxiwallahs or the roadside vendors.....all were attacked...their vehicles and articles damaged to the core....was it written on their faces if the were maharashtrians or non-maharashtrians???? who will pay for their damages??? a poor man leaves home in the morning with the intention that he will earn for his family and offer them a better life....what does he have to do with votebank politics?? what kind of a democracy is this??? Is this what the state has to offer.....and yet the 'culprit' is walkin lose....
Raj Thakrey asks what Amitabh Bachchan has done for maharashtra.....does he not pay taxes or does he have to be the "brand ambassador" of Maharashtra for not to be qualifies enough to appear in speeches of 'great politicians' like Mr. Raj Thakrey....
Wonder why Mr. Thakrey has so much time that he has no other person in the world to include in his speeches to woo the voters....Did he not have anything else in the world to say and so he had to resort to such measures to attract attention??? (too many Rakhi Sawant followers i suppose....)
so the moral of the story is........ nuthin actally.....i dont think we will ever learn this way...so we better leave morals for kindergarten students....
The recent 'incident' in Maharashtra has again speculated the whole debate of how the divide and rule policy has such deep roots in the indian politics....
the constitution says that indians can reside and travel in any part of the country....but looks like there are some who are willing to change it.
When Raj Thakrey had saperated from the shiv sena and had started his his own outfit Maharashtra Navnirman Sena his first speech was all about 'secularism' ,'unity' and all that jazz.... but he seems to have diverted from the song....the lyrics have created a wide uproar....the music is worse than any d-grade movie, and everyone sings as bad as Himesh Reshammiya....
And the worse part is that in the process of attack-counter attack between the MNS and the samajwadi party ....its the the layman who is suffering....
Be it the taxiwallahs or the roadside vendors.....all were attacked...their vehicles and articles damaged to the core....was it written on their faces if the were maharashtrians or non-maharashtrians???? who will pay for their damages??? a poor man leaves home in the morning with the intention that he will earn for his family and offer them a better life....what does he have to do with votebank politics?? what kind of a democracy is this??? Is this what the state has to offer.....and yet the 'culprit' is walkin lose....
Raj Thakrey asks what Amitabh Bachchan has done for maharashtra.....does he not pay taxes or does he have to be the "brand ambassador" of Maharashtra for not to be qualifies enough to appear in speeches of 'great politicians' like Mr. Raj Thakrey....
Wonder why Mr. Thakrey has so much time that he has no other person in the world to include in his speeches to woo the voters....Did he not have anything else in the world to say and so he had to resort to such measures to attract attention??? (too many Rakhi Sawant followers i suppose....)
so the moral of the story is........ nuthin actally.....i dont think we will ever learn this way...so we better leave morals for kindergarten students....
Sunday, January 20, 2008
phir bhi dil hai hindustani....
"hum sab ek hain!!" i guess only in movies....and even if its true its an old one. we have a new version ost developing india...."ek main aur ek tu!!"
Off late certain issues have been disturbing me so much so that i always ended up fighting with people...since 'fighting' or raising our voices is something that we are such experts at...we call ouselves a free economy but take less time in overreacting to issues that in many cases are not even 'issues'...
Be it the Danish cartoon or the banning of AXN for two months in India or the controversies surrounding M.F. Hussain and Salman Rushdie or many others like them… . Just today NDTV’s office in Ahmedabad was vandalized by goons claiming to be a part of some political outfits (who clearly disowned them…). The larger question is … Where is the India which was an example of peace brotherhood and “aadmi hoon aadmi se pyar karta hun” feeling?? Which society are we heading towards??
In a country where a politician calls the opposition leaders ‘hijras’ at a public rally and everyone plays a mute spectator and on the other hand a news channel conducts a poll and its office is vandalized and employees injured…just because they were offended to one of the nominees in the poll. Where is the freedom of expression now??
Come valentines day and our dear Shiv Sena and VHP workers venture out and attack all couples in their vicinity, vandalize restraunts, card shops etc etc….calling it a western phenomenon and more…when a leadng actress from south India when asked in an interview presents her views on pre-marital sex she is attacked several times…. when Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty, his effigies are burnt and there are widespread protests . But when a girl is harassed and molested in broad daylight at a public place we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear... noone tries to help her. Because we all are so scared.…
But why??
How can we denied of our rights so easily and the best part is that we don't raise our voices against it. We really don’t care whom we are voting for or how our country is being governed?? The truth is that when we vote (well, this is for those who vote because for most of us it is that perfect holiday when we dine out and watch movies) . so for those of us who vote its almost like a family tradition where we vote for those candidates to whom our elders have been voting for... We need to keep the tradition alive you see!! But wait I guess in a country like India we will have those who shall prove this wrong...and those are the ones who care for the future of their country
Where are today’s Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh ?? can we only promise to put our lives at stake or is a fake pledge we take in front of the cameras when we are auditioning for MTV Roadies???
But when i read the newspaper today i got some answers...it was muharram yesterday and members of a hindu family in Uttar Pradesh sent out a special message, "we fast for muharram and ramzan just as we do for navratras.For us both Hinduism and Islam are equal" .... So hence proved ....Is it true that we haven't changed much ...just a little?? ...But that doesn't mean that whatever i said is not true!! considering what's at stake (my whole article) ill try to give the only example dribbling inside my head...its just like whenever our mother cooks kheer for us ...even if its does not have that perfect taste we dont mind....at the end of it , its cooked by our mother (and yah because its kheer)....
Similarly, i guess we shall remain what we were just a little change here and there....some less sugar but after all "phir bhi dil hai hindustani"....
Well i cant find a proper conclusion so i guess ill leave it to you ....does it all even matter to you?? when was the last time you tried to listen to your heart and make an effort to help someone or to set an example ?? to change for the good...for your country..your people...and you!!!
Off late certain issues have been disturbing me so much so that i always ended up fighting with people...since 'fighting' or raising our voices is something that we are such experts at...we call ouselves a free economy but take less time in overreacting to issues that in many cases are not even 'issues'...
Be it the Danish cartoon or the banning of AXN for two months in India or the controversies surrounding M.F. Hussain and Salman Rushdie or many others like them… . Just today NDTV’s office in Ahmedabad was vandalized by goons claiming to be a part of some political outfits (who clearly disowned them…). The larger question is … Where is the India which was an example of peace brotherhood and “aadmi hoon aadmi se pyar karta hun” feeling?? Which society are we heading towards??
In a country where a politician calls the opposition leaders ‘hijras’ at a public rally and everyone plays a mute spectator and on the other hand a news channel conducts a poll and its office is vandalized and employees injured…just because they were offended to one of the nominees in the poll. Where is the freedom of expression now??
Come valentines day and our dear Shiv Sena and VHP workers venture out and attack all couples in their vicinity, vandalize restraunts, card shops etc etc….calling it a western phenomenon and more…when a leadng actress from south India when asked in an interview presents her views on pre-marital sex she is attacked several times…. when Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty, his effigies are burnt and there are widespread protests . But when a girl is harassed and molested in broad daylight at a public place we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear... noone tries to help her. Because we all are so scared.…
But why??
How can we denied of our rights so easily and the best part is that we don't raise our voices against it. We really don’t care whom we are voting for or how our country is being governed?? The truth is that when we vote (well, this is for those who vote because for most of us it is that perfect holiday when we dine out and watch movies) . so for those of us who vote its almost like a family tradition where we vote for those candidates to whom our elders have been voting for... We need to keep the tradition alive you see!! But wait I guess in a country like India we will have those who shall prove this wrong...and those are the ones who care for the future of their country
Where are today’s Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh ?? can we only promise to put our lives at stake or is a fake pledge we take in front of the cameras when we are auditioning for MTV Roadies???
But when i read the newspaper today i got some answers...it was muharram yesterday and members of a hindu family in Uttar Pradesh sent out a special message, "we fast for muharram and ramzan just as we do for navratras.For us both Hinduism and Islam are equal" .... So hence proved ....Is it true that we haven't changed much ...just a little?? ...But that doesn't mean that whatever i said is not true!! considering what's at stake (my whole article) ill try to give the only example dribbling inside my head...its just like whenever our mother cooks kheer for us ...even if its does not have that perfect taste we dont mind....at the end of it , its cooked by our mother (and yah because its kheer)....
Similarly, i guess we shall remain what we were just a little change here and there....some less sugar but after all "phir bhi dil hai hindustani"....
Well i cant find a proper conclusion so i guess ill leave it to you ....does it all even matter to you?? when was the last time you tried to listen to your heart and make an effort to help someone or to set an example ?? to change for the good...for your country..your people...and you!!!
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