December Diary
Looks like so many things have occurred since I posted last in my blog !
The event of the month was that Amitabh Bachan’s discharge from the hospital. The mainstream newspapers and news channels were feeding the public with hourly updates on his health from the day he was hospitalized till the day he was discharged. My friend who is a doctor in Bombay told me that even doctors attending Bachan came to know about his condition only through media! This was just a small service rendered by the media to the “grieving” nation.
I was in Sabarimala when politicians of Tamil nadu were fighting over who hosted Bill Gates better. I am sure the real people of this land have no faith in any of their “leaders”. They have faith in God for which they do not mind doing anything – they can climb-up the hill for several miles in scorching sun or severe rain, they can hurt themselves by piercing iron rods in their tongues. Is this the faith that makes people of India live in peace even when their leaders are hopelessly useless; even when the system is grossly misused; even when their genuine needs are overlooked; even when their sweat and blood are sucked by the political class? (Do I sound a bit too anti-establishment?)
It was indeed interesting to notice that $7.5Bn invest has been committed by various multi-national companies in India ! Hope Deve Gowda continues his eternal nap and does not play any spoilsport. We will soon be a developed country – but probably we need to hide deaths due to caste differences and deaths in relief camps.
The speaker of the parliament, otherwise a strict man not allowing any irrelevant issues being discussed(by the way, why Somnath gets angry only with younger members but not with the seasoned oldies in the house?), was open to discussing Ganguly's omission from Indian Cricket team! I was just wondering who would answer the questions of those agitated MPs and ministers from Bengal! Never mind, Kiran more had the answer why Ganguly was included for Pakistan series just few days later - "Selection committee can be futuristic only when it decides to dump someone". Well, that was not his answer but everyone's interpretation. Being ridiculed by the public, this perennial jumping primate took revenge by forcing Ganguly to play Ranji trophy matches!
Our lawmakers have found a gadget that scares them the most – the camera. The inventor of the camera would not have dreamed that his gadget would threaten lawmakers of the most populous and biggest democracies and leave them sleepless. BJP has found a knack of misbehaving when the camera lenses are open. There are not even many actors in that party; it leaves me wondering how do they achieve this fete?
It Looks like Narayana Murthy is training his guns against the “humble farmer” after the later was humbled in the local elections. In every opportunity he gets, Narayana Murthy has been taking dig at Deve Gowda.
Sad story of the month was the killing of Dr.Puri, Mathematics professor at IIT Delhi. Poor professor was killed by pakistani terrorists! But for people such as Kuldip Nayyar "such events" should not affect the "peace process" with Pakistan. Indian Prime minister was shocked - obviously he can only get shocked and cannot do anything more than that. Who knows, probably he was planning for seeking public pardon for this killing ten or fifteen years down lane. I am sure we all will watch Cricket match with Pakistan unashamed in next few weeks. We have thicker skin!
The next day after the attack, it seems newspapers were in a dilemma whether to cover Amir Khan’s second wedding or the terrorist attack. After all Amir khan is marrying only for the second time in last 14 years and I believe they had a genuine dilemma.
The last I heard (or read) was that the government (read, the finance minister) was contemplating stopping the pension for people aged above 75! Wow! This finance minister is indeed innovative - he hits where it really hurts most!!
I want to add a lot more, as the last month was really a happening one – resignation of disgraced Indian external minister, politics over stampede deaths, India winning the Cricket series against Sri Lanka, Uma Bharati’s expulsion from BJP, Super-floods in Tamil Nadu, Bomb threat in Parliament. But I am trying to curtail my habit of writing too big articles.
With all these happenings around, the New Year was born amidst a wonderful music of silence for me! I really enjoyed those moments!! Happy New Year to all!!!
Looks like so many things have occurred since I posted last in my blog !
The event of the month was that Amitabh Bachan’s discharge from the hospital. The mainstream newspapers and news channels were feeding the public with hourly updates on his health from the day he was hospitalized till the day he was discharged. My friend who is a doctor in Bombay told me that even doctors attending Bachan came to know about his condition only through media! This was just a small service rendered by the media to the “grieving” nation.
I was in Sabarimala when politicians of Tamil nadu were fighting over who hosted Bill Gates better. I am sure the real people of this land have no faith in any of their “leaders”. They have faith in God for which they do not mind doing anything – they can climb-up the hill for several miles in scorching sun or severe rain, they can hurt themselves by piercing iron rods in their tongues. Is this the faith that makes people of India live in peace even when their leaders are hopelessly useless; even when the system is grossly misused; even when their genuine needs are overlooked; even when their sweat and blood are sucked by the political class? (Do I sound a bit too anti-establishment?)
It was indeed interesting to notice that $7.5Bn invest has been committed by various multi-national companies in India ! Hope Deve Gowda continues his eternal nap and does not play any spoilsport. We will soon be a developed country – but probably we need to hide deaths due to caste differences and deaths in relief camps.
The speaker of the parliament, otherwise a strict man not allowing any irrelevant issues being discussed(by the way, why Somnath gets angry only with younger members but not with the seasoned oldies in the house?), was open to discussing Ganguly's omission from Indian Cricket team! I was just wondering who would answer the questions of those agitated MPs and ministers from Bengal! Never mind, Kiran more had the answer why Ganguly was included for Pakistan series just few days later - "Selection committee can be futuristic only when it decides to dump someone". Well, that was not his answer but everyone's interpretation. Being ridiculed by the public, this perennial jumping primate took revenge by forcing Ganguly to play Ranji trophy matches!
Our lawmakers have found a gadget that scares them the most – the camera. The inventor of the camera would not have dreamed that his gadget would threaten lawmakers of the most populous and biggest democracies and leave them sleepless. BJP has found a knack of misbehaving when the camera lenses are open. There are not even many actors in that party; it leaves me wondering how do they achieve this fete?
It Looks like Narayana Murthy is training his guns against the “humble farmer” after the later was humbled in the local elections. In every opportunity he gets, Narayana Murthy has been taking dig at Deve Gowda.
Sad story of the month was the killing of Dr.Puri, Mathematics professor at IIT Delhi. Poor professor was killed by pakistani terrorists! But for people such as Kuldip Nayyar "such events" should not affect the "peace process" with Pakistan. Indian Prime minister was shocked - obviously he can only get shocked and cannot do anything more than that. Who knows, probably he was planning for seeking public pardon for this killing ten or fifteen years down lane. I am sure we all will watch Cricket match with Pakistan unashamed in next few weeks. We have thicker skin!
The next day after the attack, it seems newspapers were in a dilemma whether to cover Amir Khan’s second wedding or the terrorist attack. After all Amir khan is marrying only for the second time in last 14 years and I believe they had a genuine dilemma.
The last I heard (or read) was that the government (read, the finance minister) was contemplating stopping the pension for people aged above 75! Wow! This finance minister is indeed innovative - he hits where it really hurts most!!
I want to add a lot more, as the last month was really a happening one – resignation of disgraced Indian external minister, politics over stampede deaths, India winning the Cricket series against Sri Lanka, Uma Bharati’s expulsion from BJP, Super-floods in Tamil Nadu, Bomb threat in Parliament. But I am trying to curtail my habit of writing too big articles.
With all these happenings around, the New Year was born amidst a wonderful music of silence for me! I really enjoyed those moments!! Happy New Year to all!!!
posted by N.V.Balaji | 8:09 AM
1 Comments:
very good summarisation. keep it up.
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