Youth of the nation love their right to vote...
Vote to elect Indian Idol, vote to elect the Voice of India,
vote to elect blah blah...blahblahblah!
And India, inspite of being the largest democracy of the world,
still struggle to cajole half of its voters to caste their vote!
Our youth just hate the word ELECTIONS!
The solution could be sms voting, which the tv shows have exploited to the fullest.
Ram Sethu is putting even the Gods in dilemma.
It's such a shame that politicians play with people's faith
for their political gain. Though Congress tried to distance itself from the ASI affidavit about Lord Rama, other political parties are in no mood to give up such an explosive issue. Last I heard was from Tamil Nadu's self-proclaimed atheist Karunanidhi, who is questioning the existence of Rama. He asks 'where did Rama learn Engineering'!
Haha! Funny politics!
But there's little tragedy involved in these sarcastic comments.
Can any Indian politician afford to make such sarcastic comment on any other religion? May be a point to ponder over!
Illustration done for Dilip Cherian column in Midday
The column talks about how Suresh Kalmadi is teaming up with Vijay Mallya to bring Formula One to India. I used the concept of showing these two as kids who are crazy about cars.
Rahul Dravid has succumbed to the pressure of the captaincy, they say.
He was showing the pressures of leading Indian cricket team. He couldn't bat as fluently as he used to. And in India every cricket lover is a cricket pundit, who'll put each of his decision to trial! Rightly, Rahul decided to quit. And Rahul, the batsman is more precious than Rahul, the captain.
But there's another theory doing the rounds, of Rahul falling to the conspiracy of a lobby. We may never know the truth, Rahul being a dignified cricketer, who will never reveal anything connected to his personal decisions. This little truth is already buried!
Are we in banana democracy?
The mob is taking over our legal system.
They don't bother to take the accused to the nearest police station.
(Even we'd seen police giving torture lessons in public!)
This may lead to a situation where even the innocents get lynched by the mob withour trial!
Ram was a part of history or he's just a fictional hero?
The debate continues...
But it has been an integral part of our psyche. We grew up listening to the stories from Ramayana, trying to learn a few morals along the way.
I'm not sure of any historical evidence which can substantiate Ramayana's historical slot. But it's been foolish on the part of the Govt to touch such a sensitive issue. Especially when the saffron parties are waiting on their toes to pick up any religious issue which can keep them busy, politically.
Pakistan is in mess again. Democracy seems a far
possibility in our neighbouring country. While Musharraf is reluctant to welcome former PM Nawaz sharif into the country, there' s a talk of another former PM Benazir Bhutto striking a deal with the General!
The truth could be shocking when it's unveiled, sometime in the future.
As more drama is being staged on Pakistan's political stage, two countries are following the each movement carefully. One is Pakistan's neighbour India, another is Pakistan's ally USA!
Your kid could be under attack from Chinese toys.
Toxic attack! US suddenly woke up and made a panic call!
Indian markets have been bombarded with cheap Chinese toys in the recent years.
And India has a strong reason to be concerned!
India has been importing another kind of toys from China, SEX TOYS!
Do people care about the toys adult play with?
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