This is the title of my favorite news magazine program on American public radio that enriched and enlightened me during my life in the USA. My blog is a tribute to that program.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Legislating your responsibilities away...
I really, wish that everyone who has a
responsibility or debt could just brush them away like our
government. Consider this... We all in a street pick a person and pay
that person to take care of festival arrangements and provide food
for all etc. That person fritters away the money and come festival
time, declares ...
“Sorry, I don't have any money.
Nor have I prepared anything. So Each household should prepare 25%
food extra and in addition to feeding yourselves, you must contribute
that food to me so that I can fulfill my “catering”
responsibilities”. On top of this, I also say “Muslim/Christian
families don't have to do this, but can come in have a free lunch...”
Does the above look wrong to you ?
Well, it should.. Now, consider this our government which collected
taxes from all of us and took on the charter of providing quality
education to all over a period of time kept on shirking its
responsibilities, people made their own arrangements through
self-funded means and built quality private schooling establishments.
Suddenly, the government and a whole bunch of NGOs woke up and came
up with “Right to Education”. I imagined that logically, these
morons would compel the government to provide quality education to
all and poor on a priority basis at the least !!! Strangely enough
they are now forcing the private parties to take on that
responsibility, and yes you guessed it exempted the Christians and
Muslims from pitching in. I.e. they can benefit from the reservation
system, but the convents and madrasas can continue their merry ways,
without contributing an iota to this social responsibility. Yet our
media hails this as a “landmark judgment”.
Well you can't expect anything from the
idiots who go for intellectuals in the Media, but Supreme Court... I
hope, that sanity prevails and and the constitution bench puts the
responsibility squarely on the Government....
Very disappointed, it is time we
scrutinized the process that selects judges to the supreme court as
well in depth.....
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
When your worst fears come True…
I wonder how many of you noticed the confession from the NGO factory
queen “Teesta” on TV today… The SIT delivered its closure report to the
court concluding that there is no evidence to prosecute Modi, hell not
one of the 63 folks against whom this bitch manufactured evidence
(including the same Xeroxed affidavits given to people and coaching
classes on how to be a credible witness
to corroborate things) were deemed worthy of further pursuit. It is not
just some biased hindutva person who is against her, but the cases which
have been accepted by judges as there is primafacie evidence against
her…. Stand as proof.
She with fellow sickulars operated in
classic “circular reference” model. Where in each one will refer to few
friends as “sources” and in the end the reference chain will come a full
circle as well. Lot of words like “mass murderer”, lakhs still
displaced, will be repeated ad nauseum. Half truths will be thrown about
in plenty – e.g. a classic quote is even Atal Bihari said “Raj Dharma
should be followed” without saying that in the same sentence AB said
“Narendra Modiji is following diligent Raj Dharma in this case”. For
their own vested reasons, the ndtv brigade made this bitch into a person
of influence, rest is history….
Now I for one fully agree with
Teesta when she said that “Our worst fears came true today”. But
disagree with her on what the fear is -- it is not the fear of Modi
being acquitted, as she should have bloody well known that her fake
evidence pyramid will come crashing down on her. The fear is really
about the court cases she will have to face ranging from at the minimum
contempt of court to perjury…
Yes Teesta your worst fears have come true indeed….
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Need to be vigilant against Conversion factories...
Look at the scenario,
- there is a local protest against a large company
- the Hindu temple organizes the locals
- with generous donations from abroad organizes biriyani non-stop
- Local folks are asked to shut down businesses and are given generous help by the temple.
- Now the non-functioning of the company leads to huge revenue and societal impact to the state
- The PM asks his special secretary to negotiate with the Shankaracharya of Kanchi Mutt to get the local temple folks to give up their support for the movement.
Can you all imagine the outrage the Delhi Media would have
expressed at this ? Should the situation be any different if instead of Hindu
temples the local churches were hand in glove with a very sudden and artificial
protest ? Well apparently for our secularists it is different, they aren’t
expressing any outrage against the church and its remote control from Rome in
the Koodankulam agitation drama. For once, the secular India rose in counter
protest and gave the courage to the governments (state and center) literally
transplanting a spine. The Church/NGO/Foreign conversion factory nexus stands
thoroughly exposed now… Perhaps, realizing the danger that their conversion
factory agenda will get exposed, Rome has sent some emergency alerts to Mr.
Udaykumar to give up his fast etc. against Koodankulam. Expect this agitation to get wound up soon.
We need to be even more vigilant against the grand designs
of the church, based on this singular episode. Similarly the government needs
to crush the church based agitation in Meghalaya which has stopped Uranium
mining in Meghalaya, leaving us thoroughly vulnerable to predominantly Christian
powers when it comes to fuel supply for badly needed energy plants…
Enough is Enough, national interests should reign supreme
over religious interests. Yes, even for minorities this applies…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Thank you Mr. DigVijay, NDTV et al...
There is a god after all…
My Sincere request to all the media is to call in the congress
spokespersons a day later, because today their ears must be ringing from the
chappal slap they received in four states and UP in particular.
The Media created RockStar, repeated the “Bihar formula” by
eating up whatever the Poor Dalit had in the house -- and understandably the Dalit
delivered a slap. Defeating the congress -- even in RaeBareli, Ameti and
sultanpur. What is even more striking is that the smart UP Bhaiyas ensured that
congress has no say whatsoever in running in the state. Now UP state government
can really blackmail the central government into getting all the deserved
funds. Because the arrogant UPA only understands blackmail.
This campaign thoroughly exposed the Media, who brought in
several mythical waves, right from the ridiculous “Rahul Wave”, to “anti Akali
wave”, “anti corruption” wave etc. The only wave that actually swept is the
anti Rahul Wave that swept the congress out the fake Gandhi’s pocket borough of
Ameti, RaeBareli !!! They mistook the 5-star campaign done by Rahul. At the
last minute, realized that something was wrong when crowds thronged Akilesh’s
but not Rahul’s. Several fake heroes in the form Priyanka and her Husband were
brought in. Thank god they didn’t talk about their children. The media stands thoroughly
exposed in the shocking bias they have displayed towards the congress.
You all should have seen the arrogance displayed by Prannoy
Roy and Sreenivasan jain, who deried Uma Bharathi, ridiculing her for spending
time in a temple performing Puja!! I sincerely hope that this channel
eventually goes broke.
More than anything else, the heartwarming thing was Salman’s
wife losing the election in spite of the blatant communal campaign that was run
by her husband the Union Law(ess) minister Salman Kurshid. Also, the public by
and large saw through this charade and even Muslims abandoned the congress
totally.
Finally my sincere thanks to Mr. PigVijay Singh, because
every time he opened his mouth (sometimes even to eat!) the congress lost more
votes.
I sincerely hope that this marks the beginning of the end
for congress. I am sure that BJP by successfully shooting itself in the foot is
trying to do its best to keep congress in business. I sincerely hope that BJP
gives up Karnataka and rescues the nation instead…
Thanks from the bottom of my heart, to UP bhaiya, who
delivered a decisive blow on behalf all Indians who are upset at corruption,
ineptness and Communal politics of Congress…
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Konjam Poruppu Varattum… கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்..
The Maami Chronicles: Part 3
Konjam Poruppu Varattum… கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்..
Dear all, I want to share with you the latest disease that has been afflicting the Tamil Brahmin community recently… It is remarkable, unexplainable, unfathomable… You can throw in any similar adjective and you will be bang on target with this one… Yes, I want to talk about the metamorphosis that happens in Maamis when a boy attains an age(+qualifications of course) at which marriage becomes a very real possibility -- Maamis, react to this imminent threat (that of another member of their species entering the household) in their own unique way, yes by postponing it as much as possible… This “need” or “tactic” leads to a seemingly genuine expression of concern – which is what this article is about – “கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்.. (Let him become responsible first)”.
Yes, just as a tadpole becomes a frog, larva becomes a beautiful butterfly every maami transforms herself into this phase. In fact, psychiatrists will have excellent case studies, possibly leading to Nobel Prize, if they only study the mind of Maamis who have both a daughter and a son to get married. The inordinate hurry to get the daughter married off (கடமையை நிறவேத்தியாச்சு...) will be matched ten folds by delaying tactics when it comes to get the son married. A scary split personality indeed...
Remember, this is the same Maami, that looks for “Tuition” when the kid is in LKG as the board exam is only 12 years away… Or Worry about cable tv or cricket matches as “exams” are only years away, plan everything from “This lecturer coaches for Fluid Thermodynamic expansion paragraph question (yes one question) better than others” to having a caesarean birth (“You know, DOB is a tie breaker to Anna University Rank”) -- plans for that day when the Boy enters college (with Centums galore in almost all subjects except for Tamizh) years in advance. But undergoes tremendous transformation when it comes to getting the boy married off.
What is the responsibility they want the boy to have met ? I have tried to have rational/logical conversations around this but only end up banging my head against the wall of “responsibility”. “Life-ல செட்டில் ஆனப்புறம் பாக்கலாம்” is the universal answer to everything… With total ignorance about how availability of girls in the community has gone down. Though the community doesn’t’ indulge in large scale female infanticide, still most of them once their first kid is a boy, stop having more children. The “younger sister” crowd which is usually around 33% of the girl demographics is by and large gone!!!
Consider this, a boy with all “centums” & finished his BE (of course in computer science), is driven towards masters only because of “Poruppu” -- even with a firm job a car etc. is brainwashed into “Innum Konjam poruppu varattum”. To me, it appears that Hair Loss and lack of fitness will come ahead of “Poruppu”. If Veedu, Caru all are fundamental requirement then trust me 80% of the males only get married at 40+
My Advice, to all youngsters, “Get married a.s.a.p. !”. A partner, who is with you in the journey towards establishing yourselves, is much more likely to stand by you in times of need as well. What is more atrocious is it is not the thought that “My boy has to marry a girl and support her as well, hence I want the basics right” that is behind the whole exercise. You can bet, they want another “Anna University graduate girl, who will not ‘waste’ her education” as the bride…. (== works her butt off bringing in lots of “salary”)
Wake up Young Men (& women too)…..
PS: Somehow, Mama’s (having undergone the pain of a “late marriage”) are more open, than the Maamis who fight it tooth and nail… Hence the focus on Maamis for this article.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thanks but No Thanks…
To the lawyers in Karnataka, who decided to protest against biased media coverage, first of all my sincere thanks for bringing attention to the totally biased coverage of the media -- which is normally pro-congress and frequently goes into an over drive roasting anything anti-congress. Folks, this is media (especially the English kind) in India.
By, taking to violence the lawyers have committed a stupid mistake. The core issue is now forgotten and “Lawyers” have become the issue because of their tactics. I understand their desperation in highlighting the media bias but any amount of desperation can’t justify this violence.
Please launch an awareness campaign about the media, through socializing and various alternative forums, e.g. I stopped buying “THE HINDU” removed NDTV from my list of paid channels etc… The media only listens to TRP ratings and drop in revenue. So adopt that route and drop such tactics…
Else you will be only furthering the agenda of the NDTV brigade… Now, that should get you listening isn’t it ?
The situation is so ridiculous that the media now interviews the Kapil “I am the best in licking the Nehru Gandhi family shoes Clean” Sibal, and with an up turned nose and frown, he declares “Media is of paramount importance to our nation…” and he is the darling now… In case anyone remembers, this bastard wanted to curb online media, as that is the only medium his Maatha can't control. Isn’t this the exact opposite of what you folks wanted to achieve ?
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