The AAP....

The contest for Elections-2014 is taking interesting turns & twists everyday.  Arvind Kejriwal, the bureaucrat turned politician is ready to take on Narendra Modi for the Varanasi seat. As usual, a final call will be made after the referendum. 

Arvind has definitely shown courage by willing to fight the mighty leader of the right party. What remains to be observed is whether he will really fight the battle as the decision would be based on the referendum. This is not the first instance in which Arvind is trying to play to the gallery. He vowed to remain apolitical during the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare. But AAP was started differing from his so called guru and mentor. 

Educated middle class looked up to AAP as an alternative to the existing government in Delhi but little did they know that the Ramon Magsasay awardee had cheated the government by not honoring the bond, executed by him with his office while he availed study leave for 2 years, at the time of his resignation from IRS (Indian Revenue Service). The overconfident amateur politician, with a group of like-minded radicals and huge funding from abroad, expected to sweep the Delhi elections. Post results, after trying hard not to form the government, a midway of referendum was planned to exonerate himself of being called as power-hungry.

What is difficult to understand is the ideology of Arvind to resign from power as the opposition parties were against the induction of Jan Lok Pal bill in Delhi assembly. The referendum, which has asked him to form the government, proved only to be farce. If Arvind really had any respect for the referendum, then he must have tried for consensus among the parties in the assembly. My way or Highway is definitely no sane idea in politics. In the larger interests of the society, the government should have continued to fulfill the other promises made to the public while leaving no stone unturned to make Jan Lok Pal a reality. It is clear that Arvind was trying to capitalize the public mood and project himself to the larger arena of parliament. AAP was always in a hurry to execute few promises which would bring them some credibility and they saw a nice opportunity in Jan Lok Pal bill to liberate themselves from the responsibilities assigned to them by the people. 

The attitude and ideologies of himself, his ministers and his party colleagues are fraught with immaturity, inexperience, power greediness and inexplicable itch to remain in news. The theatrical drama by him which resulted in arrest of two policemen, the midnight raid of his law minister, irresponsible comments from his colleagues would stand testimony of their fetish to hold themselves in headlines.

Even the media which played a quintessential role in his victory in Delhi was found malicious by this wily politician. The person who was considered as messiah of the middle class, who are frustrated with corruption, is only trying to play some tricks to grab the attention of the nation. Arvind who was looked up to as a social reformer is turning out to be a huge disappointment and the voter is left confused whether to take his side.

It is high time to realize politics is not about creating sensations or making news. 

The barbaric 'WE'

Increasingly difficult it has become for me to start the blog to express myself on the ghastly incident which took the life of the girl who expressed to live on the deathbed. This incident has brought the entire nation to a standstill and made everyone to think alike on how to curb this menace. Once this  incident has come to the notice to the national media many such horrible incidents have started to come to the notice all over the country. Astonishing are the facts to digest where even kids/elderly woman are victims. There have been many suggestions from all the quarters of the society like increasing the number of judges, setting up of fast-track courts, bringing changes in the penal code, changing our patriarchal system of our society, bringing changes in the syllabus of schools etc..

How long it will take to implement these ideas?

But even if  these ideas/suggestions are implemented, would they achieve the desired goal??

Often people talk about bringing change in the mindset..Is it really possible?? I tried to think and suggest some but ..

Even from school days, aren't we taught how to think and behave...why don't they have any effect??

Or should such moral lessons be taught only from adolescent ages...

May be this is high time to copy some punishment ideas from Saudi to atleast intimidate. But even that may not be successful as such uncivilized perpetrators can always escape the law...and in the process of escaping such serious punishments, I am sure, corruption would still go unbounded..

Teenager Molestation

Molestation of a teenager girl in public, a horrible incident, made every civilized citizen to hang his/her head in shame. Perpetrators got emboldened with the presence of camera and kept dragging the girl in front of the camera so that the camera could get a good shot of this barbaric act. The fact that the local police took time to arrive to the place and arrest only a few, raises questions on the moral complicity of the police. The concerned police officers must be penalized on charges of dereliction of duty for the select arrest. Irresponsible statements, in the wrong time, like that of the state DGP that police are not ATM machines would only invite ire from the public. It has become a routine to issue eyewash statements by politicians post such incidents. To what extent such statements devoid of actions would placate the affected is matter of question.

Plagiarim....

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2974543.ece

As an alumnus (2008) of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and as an engineer who is intensely motivated to publish applicable & feasible results, this issue is certainly disappointing for me. Plagiarism is a menace for scientific research and must be understood in full to curb it. As pointed in the editorial, Mr. Rao and Mr. Krupanidhi trying to vilify the student author is reprehensible. Such incidents will bring disgrace not only to the persons involved but also to the whole Indian scientific community in the international forum.

From sex clips to Murder...

                

http://in.news.yahoo.com/chennai-students-stabs-teacher-to-death.html

 " Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara
   Guru Sakshath Parambrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha"

It was equally shocking as awful as it was to learn that a IX standard student murdered his teacher. The teacher had made poor remarks in the progress report which apparently irked the student. This gruesome and heinous incident reminds me of the news we often hear about similar incidents in foreign countries.....students carrying pistols/knifes to schools. Few years ago, there was news on the sex experiments conducted in some school in Mumbai by IX standard students...then came the news on  mms clips from another school and now the schools have reached a different level with this incident...

It is not easy to decide who is culpable.. Is it unmonitored freedom the irascible adolescents get or the web access or  the pressure (torture) the parents put on them for results..or the over enthusiastic attitude of teachers (may not be true in the current case)..

Do these adolescents need psychology sessions on how to treat their parents or teachers...or Should security gadgets be installed at the gates to monitor what they carry..or Is it the time for parents and teachers to invent new methodologies to analyze their behavior...as usual I am confused...

Lets hope this would not trigger such unfortunate murders of teachers elsewhere......

The Slap...

A slap on the face .......anger & diagreement....growing resentment on the political class....

Incidents like slapping, hurling eggs, shoes, sandals have been contagious and common across the borders of nations. We have freedom of speech & expression as enshrined in our constitution. Resentment pertaining to any issue can well be contained and expressed within the guidellines of law. But perpetrators chose not to be so.

Scams and price rise, deemed to be the prime reasons behind the recent slapping of a minister. The offender vowed to kill and alleged that all politicians are thieves. If we are on a wildspree to kill the representatives accused,  then the framework of our constitution and judiciary would be a utter failure.

Is it this growing intolerance we should be worrying about? or the means adopted to express it? or the isane opportunistic politics being played to raise the emotions of people? or the commercial oriented replays of the media which gives undue publicity to such incidents..

It is equally reprehensible and condemnable that the self proclaimed anti crusader's first reaction was ' ONLY ONE SLAP!!!..' . This might  be construed as an encouragement for such acts.

The other side of the argument: Why at all such things happen? Is it not the responsibility of the representative class to conduct themselves in a way which would appease/placate the nation.

where are we heading....what is my responsibility....Is there anything I can do to alleviate all these..high time to think......   

Team Anna - Losing sheen

The resignation of two members from the core committee of Team Anna is a set back for the veracity of the objective of the anti graft movement. There have been hiccups in the team over the strategy adopted to achieve the goal and precipitated to result in the withdrawal of members.  The agenda of the recent campaign in UP seems to eye political gains. The self proclaimed anti graft crusaders must realize that an apolitical movement would make people of different sections of the country to participate voluntarily. Corruption which is basically a socio-economic weed is being portrayed as a political malady.  It is time to keep the spirit of the movement by educating the masses how not to resort to corruption knowingly or unknowingly. It is equally important for the members of Team Anna not to think of reaping political benefits by capitalizing the sense of the movement which would be detrimental and futile.