WHY RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW?

The dictatorship in sports is back with Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation both trailing the path that BCCI once treaded. Railroading the Hockey players into their decisions and threatening to sanction a ban on the ‘rebels’ (as they say it in sports parlance) who will play in WSH evokes the days of rivalry between the BCCI and the ICL. Is there even a single bona fide reason for them to take away the fundamental rights of these citizens to earn a good living? You neither pay them handsomely nor allow them to get paid by someone else. They aren’t breaking away from their duties, for them country and pride is everything for which they're ready to forgo the money and the fame but isn't this a moral responsibility of the governing bodies to look after their national players instead of being red in tooth and claw and trying to extract their pound of flesh. They're the assets to the country so why aren't they treated like one? In the times when people are trying to pump life in the future of this game there are people putting nails in its coffin.

LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION-JOIN BJP

We knew that the mud flinging is in the offing when BSP’s tainted and ousted minister B S Kushwaha got a princely welcome in the BJP but it would start from its own sections was quite a surprise. The rift within the party is compounding and the discomfort among its own leaders has come to the fore with few of its own MPs opening the fire against the party’s decision. Now when BJP is at the receiving end with this blunder, their rule books and yard sticks have changed and Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is now singing a different tune on the issue of corruption and the corrupts as if the party has become a place to atone. We aren’t kicking about BJP’s reading too much into the CBI’s raids and calling it a maneuver by the Congress because we know that they’re right but they shouldn’t forget that the one who pays the piper calls the tune and had they been in power they would’ve done the same. With the elections in UP around the corner the stakes are too high for the BJP but mounting the blame on Congress for one’s own goof up isn’t going to serve their purpose, mistakes need to be rectified before the damage goes beyond repair.

NORTH EAST- THE UNWANTED…

The report by New Delhi based North East Support Centre which precursors the impending exodus of the people from the north east towards the other parts of the country in the next few years should be a wakeup call for the central government to stop the step child treatment for this very own part of our country. The writing is on the wall that a lot of political parties will milk this situation for their political gains by putting them in the category of ‘the unwanted’ like the people from UP and Bihar.  The politicians are deliberately obtuse to understand that the dice is loaded against these hapless people and they’re not invaders but a victim of the deficiency of development in their respective states and as a citizen of this country they’ve the constitutional right to move out to earn a living. The development doesn’t mean constructing highways which takes the youth out of their states but to bring in education and employment in the state itself. Few developed cities don’t make us a developed country, the growth needs to be inclusive so the central and the state governments should usher in fresh ideas and chalk out plans to bring employment opportunities in these deplorable and paralyzed states.

POOR-THE EXTINCT BREED...

The planning commission’s beyond the pale concept of poor and poverty has only made us rue that how unfortunate we are that we’ve a plurality of highly qualified economists in the cabinet. The report which factually flies in the face of common sense is certain to revolutionize the world as it gives a shorter route to curb poverty, just change the definition and you’ll no longer be deemed poor. Do these high profile millionaire members of planning commission have the courage to tell a labourer or a coolie or a rickshaw puller on his face that he is not poor but rich because he makes almost Rs 100 a day much more than the paltry sum of Rs 32 and that’s why he is not entitled to any subsidy? Even beggars make more than Rs 32 a day, so in that case the poor are extinct in our country, right?

IROME SHARMILA..

Irome Sharmila, the name doesn't ring a bell in our heads, but for people in north east of our country she is synonymous to a fighter with an unmatchable fortitude. There are a lot of parallels between Anna hazare and her but one, that her fast unto death is few days short to a decade. The last time she had eaten something was 10 years ago which is something unbelievable but media ain't interested in highlighting her story and her fight. She hasn't consumed anything through mouth all these years and is forcibly fed through nose in a few days by her supporters and doctors after collapsing. We should lament the fact that she is thrown behind the bars very often for culpable homicide not to mention that her fast unto death in taken as an attempt to suicide but that too doesn’t deter her from fighting for her conviction. This young lady is fighting against the AFSPA (armed forces special powers act) in the north east, the special powers given to army to combat naxalism and militancy which unfortunately costed some civilian's lives. If her name is alien to us then it's the centre's step child treatment followed by media's numb response for that part of our country. Though we don't know the pros and cons of AFSPA but Irome Sharmila's fight and sufferings should come to an end. There are very few who follow Gandhiji's doctrines and they deserve the respect of the nation.  We salute to her endurance and patience for justice. A humble request to our politicians, please reach out to her and listen what she wants to say.

Few Lines from Heart……

For the most lovely and beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in my life,

I wish I could own you and you could be my wife….

You are prettiest among the pretties and is as innocent as babies,

Your smile so heartening your eyes so bright,

Your beauty is dazzling but I can’t move my sight,

Holding your hands was like a dream come true… 

Honey I just wanna look into your eyes and say I LOVE YOU…..

Mani Shankar Aiyer-a snob or a loose cannon?

Mani Shankar Aiyer’s unwarranted and unsolicited comments are certain to create ripples of discomfort among the lots. The latest salvo being fired by him against sports minister Ajay Maken was supposed to be personal attack but has veered and yet again stirred a hornet’s nest as it not only questioned the credibility of Hansraj College and the quality of its students but has also put Stephens College’s students in poor light. He finds ‘dichotomous’ too big a word to be used by a student of Hansraj college. An uncalled for comment like this would blemish the reputation of his own alma mater as people tend to generalize opinions and because of one anomaly alumnus like him all Stephenians would be tagged as ‘snobs’.