Each Mumbai suburb,
its each citizen.
Each suburb bears name
each citizen too.
Names, sorry namesakes.
When it comes to plural all faceless
and devoid of identity.
-------Go around each railway station
each an oveflowing reservoir
of faceless beings
always on the move.
Each railway station
shows unseen reds and greens
and unseen but heard melodious announcements
round the clock.
Long-winding snakes
called local trains
snake along frequently
halts two-three seconds
surges forward
like a dam to the brim when opened
surges ahead
pregnant with numerous faces
all glued to each other.
Lots on top
their hobby death-dances
blood-chilling, blood-curdling
just a slip
that's all.
Lives cheap and precious
precious that of the elite always
it depends...
Each Mumbai suburb
Each Mumbai citizen
Names, sorry Namesakes.
Monday, October 4, 2010
CLIMATE CHANGE - TINJIANG TO CANCUN
Copenhagen summit on climate change December 2009, as everyone knows was a historic failure. 193 nations from around the world met, debated and deliberated upon finding a solution to alleviate the mounting menace of global warming. The summit held at the instance of UN Framework for Convention on Climate Change though lasted for nearly two weeks ended in a 'catastrophe'. To find a way out of a catastrophe which is real, horrible and alarming ended in a 'catastrophe of sorts' makes amusing reading. But that was the fact nothing but the fact. A face-saving device won't wash but that was what transpired at Copenhagen in 2008. The developed countries like US - the biggest contributor of green-house gas emissions and other such nations adopted a rigid stand and besides that insisted binding deals on the part of developing and least developed nations whose contribution of green-house gas emissions compared to the developed nations was negligible. And if Barack Obama, US President had adopted an inflexible stand that was to a certain extent due to the internal pressure mounting upon him mainly by the Grand Old Party (GoP), the Republican Party.
Republican Party then and now stood/stand by its concerns for vested interests - the industrial and business tycoons, in short the market friendly forces. Future never a concern to them and they know for certain that the growing GHG emissions are mainly going to affect the developing and least developed nations. The arrogant self-deception is the result of mistaken notions and when the chips are down their progenies - Generation X - will be like any sufferer be it American, Britain, Chinese or Indian. The momentary gratification drives them to tread suicidal paths, let's wait and see. Obama's hands are tied-up and inspite of his tall talks, ie. the decision to take on GoP pertaining to introducing reforms he is very well aware that it would be a tedious task to surmount the obstacles lying ahead. The one point agenda of GoP being block the former's each reform measure. And in November elections to the Senate are scheduled to be held and going by the turn of events Democratic Party is facing a certain defeat.
Back to Climate change.
Today Oct 4, in the Port city of Tinjiang, China in the run-up to the November 29 Cancun summit in Mexico, negotiators across 190 nations are going to assemble and deliberate upon the steps to be adopted at Cancun Summit. The Timjiang summit will last for six days ie. from today to Oct 9. China has however committed to reduce emissions by 40 percent by the year 2020.
Neither developing countries like China, India, Brazil and South Africa, nor the developed nations like US, Britain and France are going to make any climb-down from their respective positions and hence nothing substantial is likely to emerge.
The main culprits on the matter of GHG emissions especially nearly 60 percent contribution of GHG emissions being the US, it ought to be in the vanguard of fighting the menace, thus reducing to the minimum. US puts the onus on developing nations with regard to the matter of cutting down the emissions. Add to this, it tries to impose binding deals - Reporting, Measurement and Verification over the developing nations and least developed nations. US has however hesitatingly decided to cutting down the emissions, a negligible percent though. Nothing more could be expected from a nation which at theCopenhagen Summit 2008 unilaterally did away with Kyoto protocol, Tokyo held in 1997. Anyhow a 70-page text is going to be prepared by two groups gathered at Tinjiang for the purpose of submitting it in the Cancun conference beginning on Nov 29.
Developing countries in the course of Tinjiang meeting will certainly demand financial assistance to reduce GHG emissions citing economic growth, the upliftment of the downtrodden nagging them and that much pathetic are the conditions of the poor people. In addition to financial assistance, one more important thing they are going to demand is technological assistance that also for reducing emissions.
Those demands were already made by these nations, but all of them were turned dwon. The reason being Global meltdown and this time also citing the global recession rampant especially across European nations and still the intensity of the economic meltdown lessened though partly in US the developed countries are expected to turn down the demands of developing and least developed nations. Across Europe turmoil is visible and each nation wriggle out of the ditch which was their own making, austerity measures are taken and along with it protests, anger and strikes continue to pose threats. Spain, one of the European nations witnessed a nation-wide strike after a lapse of seven years. France, on Oct 12 is going to face a nation-wide strike. Citing reasons aplenty these countries could very well find pretexts to escape committments of financial and technological assistance and we would be a bit fortunate if they didn't ask for our assistance. Then why this Tinjiang meet and Cancun summit in November. Nothing fruitful expected to result about which almost all nations are sure about still all are getting prepared for the grand shadow-boxing.
Republican Party then and now stood/stand by its concerns for vested interests - the industrial and business tycoons, in short the market friendly forces. Future never a concern to them and they know for certain that the growing GHG emissions are mainly going to affect the developing and least developed nations. The arrogant self-deception is the result of mistaken notions and when the chips are down their progenies - Generation X - will be like any sufferer be it American, Britain, Chinese or Indian. The momentary gratification drives them to tread suicidal paths, let's wait and see. Obama's hands are tied-up and inspite of his tall talks, ie. the decision to take on GoP pertaining to introducing reforms he is very well aware that it would be a tedious task to surmount the obstacles lying ahead. The one point agenda of GoP being block the former's each reform measure. And in November elections to the Senate are scheduled to be held and going by the turn of events Democratic Party is facing a certain defeat.
Back to Climate change.
Today Oct 4, in the Port city of Tinjiang, China in the run-up to the November 29 Cancun summit in Mexico, negotiators across 190 nations are going to assemble and deliberate upon the steps to be adopted at Cancun Summit. The Timjiang summit will last for six days ie. from today to Oct 9. China has however committed to reduce emissions by 40 percent by the year 2020.
Neither developing countries like China, India, Brazil and South Africa, nor the developed nations like US, Britain and France are going to make any climb-down from their respective positions and hence nothing substantial is likely to emerge.
The main culprits on the matter of GHG emissions especially nearly 60 percent contribution of GHG emissions being the US, it ought to be in the vanguard of fighting the menace, thus reducing to the minimum. US puts the onus on developing nations with regard to the matter of cutting down the emissions. Add to this, it tries to impose binding deals - Reporting, Measurement and Verification over the developing nations and least developed nations. US has however hesitatingly decided to cutting down the emissions, a negligible percent though. Nothing more could be expected from a nation which at theCopenhagen Summit 2008 unilaterally did away with Kyoto protocol, Tokyo held in 1997. Anyhow a 70-page text is going to be prepared by two groups gathered at Tinjiang for the purpose of submitting it in the Cancun conference beginning on Nov 29.
Developing countries in the course of Tinjiang meeting will certainly demand financial assistance to reduce GHG emissions citing economic growth, the upliftment of the downtrodden nagging them and that much pathetic are the conditions of the poor people. In addition to financial assistance, one more important thing they are going to demand is technological assistance that also for reducing emissions.
Those demands were already made by these nations, but all of them were turned dwon. The reason being Global meltdown and this time also citing the global recession rampant especially across European nations and still the intensity of the economic meltdown lessened though partly in US the developed countries are expected to turn down the demands of developing and least developed nations. Across Europe turmoil is visible and each nation wriggle out of the ditch which was their own making, austerity measures are taken and along with it protests, anger and strikes continue to pose threats. Spain, one of the European nations witnessed a nation-wide strike after a lapse of seven years. France, on Oct 12 is going to face a nation-wide strike. Citing reasons aplenty these countries could very well find pretexts to escape committments of financial and technological assistance and we would be a bit fortunate if they didn't ask for our assistance. Then why this Tinjiang meet and Cancun summit in November. Nothing fruitful expected to result about which almost all nations are sure about still all are getting prepared for the grand shadow-boxing.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
HER DREAMS....
Her moments of loneliness -
a constant flow of
hopes and expectations.
Ever since her flower of love
got plucked away
by a strange man,
and flew afar with him
with tears welling up
it seemed to her,
her dear one was still
with her.
Whenever the phone bell rang
with eyes wide open
with flames of hopes in mind
she rushed toward it
but no it was not him.
Like needles piercing
the tender walls of her heart
writhed she in pain
nobody noticing it.
A lurking fear
always gnawed at her
like a cat baring its claws -
that was about him.
And whenever the phone bell
rang
ran she like a maniac
her eyes glowing
but no it was not him.
Only memories like
cool breeze blanketing
her,
awaits she,
hopes and expectations
flowing constantly
one day he would
ring her up from afar.
Will he?
a constant flow of
hopes and expectations.
Ever since her flower of love
got plucked away
by a strange man,
and flew afar with him
with tears welling up
it seemed to her,
her dear one was still
with her.
Whenever the phone bell rang
with eyes wide open
with flames of hopes in mind
she rushed toward it
but no it was not him.
Like needles piercing
the tender walls of her heart
writhed she in pain
nobody noticing it.
A lurking fear
always gnawed at her
like a cat baring its claws -
that was about him.
And whenever the phone bell
rang
ran she like a maniac
her eyes glowing
but no it was not him.
Only memories like
cool breeze blanketing
her,
awaits she,
hopes and expectations
flowing constantly
one day he would
ring her up from afar.
Will he?
BAPU - TWO DIGITS
Today, October 2
your birthday
Bapu
Father of our Nation
Pranam ( Big Salute).
Your photos
that specs
toothless smile
innocence flashing
past your eyes and face,
seeming to be carved forever
frames hung
on the walls of
schools
colleges
hospitals
offices
police stations
courts
corridors of power
you like the
omnipresent God.
Your statues
installed at
almost every nook and corner
across the nation
but none seems to notice you
except on the dates of
your birth and martyrdom
garlanded and prayer meetings
held to celebrate the festival of freedom
then forgotten within seconds.
The changing cycles of climate
the heavy downpour,
scorching sun,
birds resting
and shitting on
your bald head
and fluttering wings
they fly away
and you remaining witness to
all the unhappy goings on
around
the sheer hypocrisy
clad in khadi.
Never, ever
your photos framed
your statues installed
while you were
among us.
Criss-crossed you
the entire Bharat
exhorted you
each Indian
to wage a non-violent
struggle
to join civil-disobedience
for the much coveted
freedom
braving lathis,
bullets and batons
undergoing fasts
earned you for us
our long-cherished boon,
lifted you the colonial yoke,
of the British imperialists
from our hung shoulders.
In the twilight years of your
life
witnessed you with
a heavy heart
a life-line getting broken
and the horrendous sight of
brother pitted against brother
rivers of blood.
Nathuram Godse
in the guise of God
aimed the gun at you
triggered once, twice, thrice
but Bapu
still we suffocate
under the heavy weight of
the colonial yoke
of a different kind.
And now we witness
megalomaniacs and Tuglaqs
erecting their own statues
in their own lifetime
to remain eternal
that is for the posterity to decide
but these fools
never know that eternal truth
security cover
provided to the statues
round the clock
that's our lot.
Lucky you Bapu,
if alive today
guns would have been
pointed at you
and shot at
not once twice, thrice,
but round the clock
reducing you to pulp.
Bapu,
you have got shrunk
two digits
to be recalled
each year.
Destiny,
what not?
your birthday
Bapu
Father of our Nation
Pranam ( Big Salute).
Your photos
that specs
toothless smile
innocence flashing
past your eyes and face,
seeming to be carved forever
frames hung
on the walls of
schools
colleges
hospitals
offices
police stations
courts
corridors of power
you like the
omnipresent God.
Your statues
installed at
almost every nook and corner
across the nation
but none seems to notice you
except on the dates of
your birth and martyrdom
garlanded and prayer meetings
held to celebrate the festival of freedom
then forgotten within seconds.
The changing cycles of climate
the heavy downpour,
scorching sun,
birds resting
and shitting on
your bald head
and fluttering wings
they fly away
and you remaining witness to
all the unhappy goings on
around
the sheer hypocrisy
clad in khadi.
Never, ever
your photos framed
your statues installed
while you were
among us.
Criss-crossed you
the entire Bharat
exhorted you
each Indian
to wage a non-violent
struggle
to join civil-disobedience
for the much coveted
freedom
braving lathis,
bullets and batons
undergoing fasts
earned you for us
our long-cherished boon,
lifted you the colonial yoke,
of the British imperialists
from our hung shoulders.
In the twilight years of your
life
witnessed you with
a heavy heart
a life-line getting broken
and the horrendous sight of
brother pitted against brother
rivers of blood.
Nathuram Godse
in the guise of God
aimed the gun at you
triggered once, twice, thrice
but Bapu
still we suffocate
under the heavy weight of
the colonial yoke
of a different kind.
And now we witness
megalomaniacs and Tuglaqs
erecting their own statues
in their own lifetime
to remain eternal
that is for the posterity to decide
but these fools
never know that eternal truth
security cover
provided to the statues
round the clock
that's our lot.
Lucky you Bapu,
if alive today
guns would have been
pointed at you
and shot at
not once twice, thrice,
but round the clock
reducing you to pulp.
Bapu,
you have got shrunk
two digits
to be recalled
each year.
Destiny,
what not?
AYODHYA VERDICT AND AFTER
To the relief of entire nation, pronouncement of Ram Janmabhumi- Babri Masjid dispute passed off peacefully. Though I, as a citizen of India perhaps due to an intuition didn't have any concern over the repercussions after the verdict, whether some other citizens also entertained such an intuition I don't know - in anticipation of any law and order situation after the verdict was declared, the Central govt as well as State govts did take precautionary measures if and when such an eventually broke out. Suspected elements numbering about 7000 were reportedly rounded up and put under custody two to three days before the pronouncement of the verdict. Our Home Minister P.Chidambaram even went to the extent of making tall claims related to the issue that due to a vigilant security coverage around the nation nothing untoward took place, yes, precautionary measures are always good and essential, admit, but berating the tolerance and maturity of our citizens, be they Hindu or Muslim is something deplorable. Even weeks ago, the appeals of our Prime Minister Dr. ManMohan Singh and Chief Ministers of their respective States appeared in print media as also their appeals through visual media. If such a vigilance was always there many a law and order problem, terror strikes causing blood-shed could have been avoided, unfortunately when situations warrant most our leaders 'go for pilgrimmages'.
The Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi issue lost much of its vehemency and poignancy since a few years, perhaps, that was one of the reasons behind my confidence that not much of a problem would arise. Add to this is our citizens have attained maturity and come of age on various matters plaguing our nation in course of time.
Though Allahabad High Court could pronounce an exemplary verdict, exemplary in the sense that the three honourable judges D.V.Sharma (since retired) S.U.Khan and Subir Agarwal kept the overall satisfaction of Hindus and Muslims . They ordered division of the disputed structure into three parts and according to the study conducted by them remnants of a temple were very much there even before the mosque supposedly built by Mughal Emperor Babar in 1528. Hence one third of the disputed structure to Muslims and two thrids to Hindus were ordered to be distributed. As one of the honorable judges S.U.Khan pointed out they were actually taking a risk as the most important thing weighing in their minds was to find a lasting solution to a dispute existing between two communities since centuries thus paving the way for a peaceful worship of their respective Gods, Ram and Allah.
But unfortuantely such a verdict was not to the satisfaction of Sunni Wakf Board, Ram Janmabhumi Trust and Nirmohi Akhara and these parties are busy making preparations for filing appeals before the Highest Court of the land - Supreme Court of India.
On the whole, a satisfactory verdict to Sangh Parivar and one of its primary wings BJP, the principal opposition party. But the minor ones in the Sangh Parivar is not happy hence pondering over filing an appeal.
Perhaps the SC could prevail upon both contending parties and persuade them to accept a compromise formula put forward by the honourable court.
Three months time allowed to maintain the status quo ante by the High Court till then no one will be allowed operate the verdict.
Differences over the verdict have started to rise especailly by Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Chief Minister of UP. The wily leader is bent upon reaping political capital out of the verdict and nothing elese is his intention. He is believed to be one of the chief patrons of Muslim community of Uttar Pradesh, his eyes certainly on the Muslim vote-banks. 'Moulavi Mulayam' as he was once fondly called by the community once, that much bonhomie existed between him and the Muslim Community.
Later his opportunism came to the fore when he admitted Kalyan Singh's party to ally with him during election time - Kalyan Singh as every one knows is a bete noire of Muslim community and despite their staunch protests Mulayam stuck to his decision and when the election results came pouring in his party got badly mauled. His alliance with Kalyan Singh's party whose antipathy towards Muslims was very evident especially when Babri Masjid was reduced to a heap of rubble by the Hindu fanatics, he was the Chief Minister of UP then and one of the prominent leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party. Actually Mulayam by befriending Kalayan Singh was thinking in terms of attracting the Dalits and Kalyan Singh being a dalit himself.
A few of our prominent historians reportedly are not much 'enamoured' of the verdict the reason however is nothing to do with politics. Romila Thapar, one of India's respected historians has castigated the verdict and has charged that historical truths got annuelled and replaced by religious faiths. There must be, yes must be substance in her arguments but more than as a learned historian it would be better if she could take into account the need for an overall peaceful atmosphere to prevail. There must be other historians also thinking on her lines. As the honourable judges pointed out the essential factor weighed in their minds was to arrive at a lasting solution to the satisfaction of all parties involved if not in its entirety.
The Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi issue lost much of its vehemency and poignancy since a few years, perhaps, that was one of the reasons behind my confidence that not much of a problem would arise. Add to this is our citizens have attained maturity and come of age on various matters plaguing our nation in course of time.
Though Allahabad High Court could pronounce an exemplary verdict, exemplary in the sense that the three honourable judges D.V.Sharma (since retired) S.U.Khan and Subir Agarwal kept the overall satisfaction of Hindus and Muslims . They ordered division of the disputed structure into three parts and according to the study conducted by them remnants of a temple were very much there even before the mosque supposedly built by Mughal Emperor Babar in 1528. Hence one third of the disputed structure to Muslims and two thrids to Hindus were ordered to be distributed. As one of the honorable judges S.U.Khan pointed out they were actually taking a risk as the most important thing weighing in their minds was to find a lasting solution to a dispute existing between two communities since centuries thus paving the way for a peaceful worship of their respective Gods, Ram and Allah.
But unfortuantely such a verdict was not to the satisfaction of Sunni Wakf Board, Ram Janmabhumi Trust and Nirmohi Akhara and these parties are busy making preparations for filing appeals before the Highest Court of the land - Supreme Court of India.
On the whole, a satisfactory verdict to Sangh Parivar and one of its primary wings BJP, the principal opposition party. But the minor ones in the Sangh Parivar is not happy hence pondering over filing an appeal.
Perhaps the SC could prevail upon both contending parties and persuade them to accept a compromise formula put forward by the honourable court.
Three months time allowed to maintain the status quo ante by the High Court till then no one will be allowed operate the verdict.
Differences over the verdict have started to rise especailly by Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Chief Minister of UP. The wily leader is bent upon reaping political capital out of the verdict and nothing elese is his intention. He is believed to be one of the chief patrons of Muslim community of Uttar Pradesh, his eyes certainly on the Muslim vote-banks. 'Moulavi Mulayam' as he was once fondly called by the community once, that much bonhomie existed between him and the Muslim Community.
Later his opportunism came to the fore when he admitted Kalyan Singh's party to ally with him during election time - Kalyan Singh as every one knows is a bete noire of Muslim community and despite their staunch protests Mulayam stuck to his decision and when the election results came pouring in his party got badly mauled. His alliance with Kalyan Singh's party whose antipathy towards Muslims was very evident especially when Babri Masjid was reduced to a heap of rubble by the Hindu fanatics, he was the Chief Minister of UP then and one of the prominent leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party. Actually Mulayam by befriending Kalayan Singh was thinking in terms of attracting the Dalits and Kalyan Singh being a dalit himself.
A few of our prominent historians reportedly are not much 'enamoured' of the verdict the reason however is nothing to do with politics. Romila Thapar, one of India's respected historians has castigated the verdict and has charged that historical truths got annuelled and replaced by religious faiths. There must be, yes must be substance in her arguments but more than as a learned historian it would be better if she could take into account the need for an overall peaceful atmosphere to prevail. There must be other historians also thinking on her lines. As the honourable judges pointed out the essential factor weighed in their minds was to arrive at a lasting solution to the satisfaction of all parties involved if not in its entirety.
Friday, October 1, 2010
OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE
Have you seen,
Chothis and Chiruthas
on the outskirts of life
skinny and dusky
faces pale, anaemic
like fading flowers
queueing up
at various junctions of life.
In the serpentine queues
before Govt hospitals
before public distribution outlets
before govt offices
where red-ribboned
files are piled-up
in haphazard manner.
Before the Great Master
at the work-sites in the
evenings
after a day of slugging
it out
in fields, plantations,
places of loading and unloading
under the blazing sun
coughing out sputam and phlegm
with traces of 'little red flowers'
to collect their hard-earned coolies
only a pittance
with bowed heads, hands
cupped with slavish humility, gratitude
also infront of
long processions
chanting slogans aloud
to the top of their voices
often the slogans
getting choked intermittently
often gasping for breath.
Dreams they keep though
hopes they cherish
ambitions they do have
like other humanbeings
but the cupped hands
often left empty.
Dreams,
hopes,
ambitions,
not anyone's monopoly.
Chothis and Chiruthas
on the outskirts of life
skinny and dusky
faces pale, anaemic
like fading flowers
queueing up
at various junctions of life.
In the serpentine queues
before Govt hospitals
before public distribution outlets
before govt offices
where red-ribboned
files are piled-up
in haphazard manner.
Before the Great Master
at the work-sites in the
evenings
after a day of slugging
it out
in fields, plantations,
places of loading and unloading
under the blazing sun
coughing out sputam and phlegm
with traces of 'little red flowers'
to collect their hard-earned coolies
only a pittance
with bowed heads, hands
cupped with slavish humility, gratitude
also infront of
long processions
chanting slogans aloud
to the top of their voices
often the slogans
getting choked intermittently
often gasping for breath.
Dreams they keep though
hopes they cherish
ambitions they do have
like other humanbeings
but the cupped hands
often left empty.
Dreams,
hopes,
ambitions,
not anyone's monopoly.
COMMON WEALTH GAMES AND FOURTH ESTATE
Fourth Estate displayed its might by playing a pioneering role in fingerpointing what all went wrong - the haphazard manner - of going ahead with the preparations for the successful conduct of Common Wealth Games to be held in Delhi in two days from now ie. from Oct 3 - 14. Not only our media but also the international media like BBC laid bare the shady goings on and massive corruption eating into the vitals of our sports world, the stardom really falls on the Fourth Estate, no doubt about it. If the media, both print and visual, had chosen to adopt a lukewarm approach by our CWG officials and the mandarins at the top echelons of power, true, the end result would have been quite pathetic. On the contrary, often the media went to the extreme of being sarcastic and scathing and also the dark humour rained by media cartoonists including the ones hailing from outside forced everyone to burst out laughing simultaneously wondering the appalling manner the irresponsible actions on the part of the resposible ones. Naming it Corruption Wealth Games by a channel and one blogger humorously and also in a tone of anger writing about organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, with the intention of hanging himself on a ceiling fan unable to withstand onslaughts from all sides the ceiling collapsing - such a variety of cartoons appeared in the print media. What prompted and compelled the media world to take up their 'acid pens' no secret after all. Thanks to them, they made public and exposed the dealings behind the curtains draining away tax-payers' pockets of Rs. 70000 crore, the Supreme Court has since taken up the matter. All said and done, the collapse of a foot over-bridge connecting Jawaharlal Nehru stadium injuring 27 workers a few of them grievously injured, the collapse of a ceiling of weight-lifting stage, the filth, dirt and nauseating stench of excrements littered around the Games village where athletes from all participating countries are supposed to stay which prompted Michael Fennel, Common Wealth Games Federation Chairman take strong exception. One Indian official making a statement, a laughable and irritating one 'that by Indian standards it is the best' forcing us to hang our heads in shame.
When it was almost sure to everyone as the days were closing in for the grand extravaganza Prime Minister authorised Cabinet Secretary K.M.Chandrashekhar and a few officials under the latter's leadership to overlook the matters under him and to make necessary arrangements, but it was not gathering the required momentum Cabinet Secretary reportedly handed over the baton - pass the buck is the apt word - to Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit to take control of the whole matter and with beads of sweat streaming down her forehead, tried her level best displaying confidence and authority. That's that. Jaipal Reddy, the Urban Development Minister taken to task by a fuming Prime Minister, then Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister (?) Manohar Singh Gill reportedly pulled up by the PM and asked him to behave like a Sports Minister. Our forme Chief Elcetion Commissioner reportedly stumbled for words on seeing the fretting and fuming Prime Minister. Our PM himself chose to plunge into the arena, took control of whole departments of the prestigious event and progress gathered momentum and now a feeling of relief flashes across each face.
But by God, I don't like passing on the credit to our respected Prime Minister instead if anybody deserves the credit our Fourth Estate itself emerge first. Then hundreds of faceless labourers - even now and surely after October 2, that's tomorrow, these poor ones won't be visible anywhere near the venue and won't be allowed to be in the precincts if and when such an event is to be held. They will continue to remain the unsung heroes and the stadiums, Games village, celebrities from across Common Wealth nations could be seen around for about 12-13 days.
Sorry. Another happy news, that too quite important, even epoch-making. Our Olympics Committee Chariman Suresh Kalmadi reportedly is on the look out for bidding for 2020 Olympics(?) in India. Howzaat?
While crediting our Fourth Estate with showers of praises an undesirable even deplorable trend of 'paid-news syndrome' is very much talked about and debated around the media world and the said trend is here to stay and spread out. We will have to stand witness to the erosion of ethics, morals and widely acclaimed credentials in the days to come. Free Market policies should not be allowed to circumvent the very essence of our long-cherished media heritage.
When it was almost sure to everyone as the days were closing in for the grand extravaganza Prime Minister authorised Cabinet Secretary K.M.Chandrashekhar and a few officials under the latter's leadership to overlook the matters under him and to make necessary arrangements, but it was not gathering the required momentum Cabinet Secretary reportedly handed over the baton - pass the buck is the apt word - to Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit to take control of the whole matter and with beads of sweat streaming down her forehead, tried her level best displaying confidence and authority. That's that. Jaipal Reddy, the Urban Development Minister taken to task by a fuming Prime Minister, then Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister (?) Manohar Singh Gill reportedly pulled up by the PM and asked him to behave like a Sports Minister. Our forme Chief Elcetion Commissioner reportedly stumbled for words on seeing the fretting and fuming Prime Minister. Our PM himself chose to plunge into the arena, took control of whole departments of the prestigious event and progress gathered momentum and now a feeling of relief flashes across each face.
But by God, I don't like passing on the credit to our respected Prime Minister instead if anybody deserves the credit our Fourth Estate itself emerge first. Then hundreds of faceless labourers - even now and surely after October 2, that's tomorrow, these poor ones won't be visible anywhere near the venue and won't be allowed to be in the precincts if and when such an event is to be held. They will continue to remain the unsung heroes and the stadiums, Games village, celebrities from across Common Wealth nations could be seen around for about 12-13 days.
Sorry. Another happy news, that too quite important, even epoch-making. Our Olympics Committee Chariman Suresh Kalmadi reportedly is on the look out for bidding for 2020 Olympics(?) in India. Howzaat?
While crediting our Fourth Estate with showers of praises an undesirable even deplorable trend of 'paid-news syndrome' is very much talked about and debated around the media world and the said trend is here to stay and spread out. We will have to stand witness to the erosion of ethics, morals and widely acclaimed credentials in the days to come. Free Market policies should not be allowed to circumvent the very essence of our long-cherished media heritage.
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