Has Arvind Kejriwal Said The Ugly Truth?

 Has Arvind Kejriwal Said The Ugly Truth?

Arvind Kejriwal spoke something that is hogging the limelight since yesterday.  Social media also is abuzz with what he said and the reactions of political parties after his comments.  Twitter is also adding a lot of spice to this

In his speech, he said parliament has become a problem rather than a solution.  After the last session of parliament, I feel there is so much truth in what Arvind is saying.  After all, parliament in toto failed to deliver what was promised by none other than our honorable prime minister to the people of this country.  An act which could deter people from doing corruption.  Since then, I have no doubts in my mind that parliament can easily be manipulated by people with vested interests.

Everybody saw how the parliament was completely rigged by someone as unknown and insignificant as Rajniti Prasad Yadav.  Nobody even knew about him before his dishourable act of bravery. (don't want to go into the debate who were his masters)

Those who believe it is a mistake to undermine our parliament should also explain what Rajniti Prasad Yadav did.  Rajniti Prasad tore and threw a bill in front of our prime minister and went scot-free.  Is this a democratic act?  Is he democratic?  Doesn’t it indirectly bring disgrace or disrepute to our parliament.  Therefore someone like me, an average Indian citizen by the way, feels the same like Arvind Kejriwal.  What democracy is this when a single person does not allow to pass the bill.  Why can’t we have a provision to punish these acts.  He and a few men behind him completely wished away the desire of billions to have an effective Lokpal.  This demonstrates lack of accountability from our MPs and indirectly from our parliament.

Massive corruption cases have come forward in the recent past.  The magnitude and frequency of these scams have shocked many like me.  They have brought to the fore the need for an effective body to tackle corruption like a Lokpal.  If we put to rest for a while the stupid argument of BJP Vs Congress’ betterness and think in totality, it is the parliament that has collectively failed to deliver.  Delivery is lacking because it is governed by people with lethargy or malevolence and that is the point Arvind is making.

Parliament represents our democracy.  Few people with power and money are taking advantage of the democratic setup and its loopholes for their own benefit.  In this process, they are manipulating everything including media and distort all the facts and findings that people of this country should know.  Political parties seem to have lost all their ideologies in the way and their sole objective is to gain or stay in power.

Arvind’s statement has many takers today.  In fact, the number has gone up especially after the last session of parliament.

Political parties should clean up their acts and should have some decorum both inside and outside parliament before criticizing Arvind.  They should not give people like Arvind an opportunity to criticize.  If they ignore his voice, then it will echo in large numbers and then what will suffer is our parliament as more and more people will lose faith in it.

Tips for Not Falling In Love

Tips for Not Falling In Love

Hello friends,  Happy Valentine’s day to those who already are screwed like me, but let me help in some way to those who have not yet suffered and haven’t fallen sick from this bug called “LOVE."

No, no, don’t just rule out this possibility and don’t say that this is not going to happen to me.  A very well-known gentleman, Samuel Richardson talks about this contagious disease and says, “love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.”  Therefore just imagine the odds.

Actually since I have seen, felt, and dealt with this horrible thing, I thought I shall give you some tips of not falling in love.

Falling in love is my thing.  Well then, you might say I should give advice on how to fall in love, and not otherwise.  Yes, initially I thought so, but then I felt since I have suffered a lot because of this “gale ki haddi,” it would be better to give some tips on not to fall in love.  After all, mein bhala kisi ka bura kyon karunga!

Okay, then let’s see who could possibly get this infection and what prevention one can take to avoid this “kamini cheez.”

1. People in the age group of 16 to 30 are more likely to be infected.  Prevention:  Apni umar ko chipao!
   
2. If you cry and still watch the movies like Titanic, Notebook, Serendipity, Dilwale, or Kuch Kuch Hota Hai again and again, then chances are you might be very susceptible to this disease.  Prevention:  Start watching Grudge, Die Hard or Resident Evil.
   
3. If you are hopelessly romantic, do not make eye contact while talking to the opposite sex.  Prevention:  Wear dark shades.  Nahi to ankhon ankhon mein ishara ho jayega!
   
4. If you are very good looking.  Prevention:  Then stay indoors, I repeat, do not go outside without any strong reason or you can cover your face while going out.  Pata nahi kis ki buri nazar aap par pad jaye!
   
5. If you are weird, then an expert, Dr. Seuss says, “We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”  Prevention:  Keep distance from all the weirdos out there!
   
6. Girls who like to stand brushing their hair for long time in the gallery!  Prevention:  Cut your hair short.  Recommended haircut “Boy Cut” or one can go bald also!

Others who do not fall in the categories mentioned above are either inconsequential or are already infected  and are carriers of this epidemic.  You need to stay away from those as well.  To identify them, here are a few tips. They listen to the same love song for ‘n’ number of times.  They sleep very less at night and still look fresh.  They keep smiling when alone and are preoccupied with thoughts and are delusional.  They love to get wet in rainy season. Now, if you do not want to have this menace, please be wary of these things or the crazy stupid thing called love might just catch you and then you might feel sorry for yourself. Some experts say love at first sight is also possible, but it pays to take a second look (especially if you have poor eyesight). You might wonder if this is curable or not.  Yes, of course, it is curable, but chances of relapse are very high. On the brighter side, some experts say LOVE can give meaning to your life and can make your life very fulfilling. So here is the mother of all tips, friends, you go out there and fall in love and get infected with “LOVE” and infect others too.

Disclaimer:  The information contained in this article is for fun only.  Please take advice of your Love Guru before taking any romantic decisions.

Indians are Hypocrites?

  Indians Are Hypocrites?

In the past, it used to be the bashing of Valentine’s Day or any objectionable content from a book or a movie that could pop up this debate.  Some current issues have raised this debate once again. One of them was the “porngate” controversy of Karnataka that is well known as it has been highly publicized by the media.  Television personalities described watching porn as an act performed by mentally unstable people who need treatment. We completely squashed that pornography has arrived and stopping it may not be possible. This is, in fact, hypocritical.

Wikipedia defines hypocrisy as a state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually have.  Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie.

Earlier when I was young, I had firm belief in our culture.  My heart used to overflow with patriotism after watching movies like Purab Aur Paschim, but then the faith started to shake a bit, and today the big idea of cultural superiority has completely vanished.  Today, I feel that more often we try to hide behind the word “culture” and practice cultural jingoism to cover facts, which we conveniently want to hide or protect for our own interest.

Let me share with you a few experiences of my life, which have shaken my faith in our culture. These are true stories that have taken place in very recent past and do deserve mentioning.  They might choke you a little.  One of my neighbor’s son had an accident.  The boy rammed head on directly into a standing truck while he was riding his bike.  He fell on the road and was fatally injured.  Here comes the sad part, the locals who were present at the scene started robbing him. They took his gold chain and mobile phone, and threw his sim card.  The boy was “brought in dead” in a hospital just 100 meters away.  The kid was in his 20s. Same thing happened with one of my friend when he had a car accident.  All four people from the car were seriously injured, but were robbed off cash and jewelry by the people.  They were lucky…. they all survived.  If we are so culturally great people, then how come we do such horrible things?  These people made money on someone’s misery.  Which culture teaches you that?  Sadly, we belong to the same culture.

If we go back in the past, I distinctly remember that in early 80s, AIDS had just started to make some noise around the world.  In India, one subject that started huge debate was that of sex education in schools and colleges, but the culturally blind people were not ready to accept this reality.  The WHO predictions about the spread of HIV in India were very disturbing.  The warnings were pretty clear, but the hypocrites argued that polygamy and homosexuality were not in our culture and therefore there is no threat to us.  Today, India has cases of full blown AIDS, possibly second only to Africa.

Coming back to the “porngate” scandal from Karnataka, whether we like it or not, let’s accept that porn is a reality.  Though, I strongly feel that there is a time and place for everything and watching porn should be a very private affair.  What the ministers did was disgraceful, and they deserve to be out of the state assembly.  Having said that, the fact remains that many people love to watch porn and that is a reality, and we must accept it.

Treating women has also exposed our hypocritical nature to a large extent.  Throughout my life, I have heard and read a lot about how we in India treat women, and they are like goddesses and we should respect them, but here is the truth, we do not like to have a girl child, our sex ratios are horribly messed up; we tease girls on the streets; rape them in record numbers; and abuse them and burn them at home for easy money (dowry).  Thomson Reuters' Trustlaw Women, a hub of legal information and legal support for women's rights conducted a survey, which lists India fourth primarily, due to female foeticide, infanticide, and human trafficking.

Secularism is one such farce.  We sing Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isai, aapas mein hain bhai bhai, but we are far, far away from the idea of sarva darma samabhav.  Today, there is huge trust deficit between communities.  We are together, but we lack fondness or emotional bonding.  We merely get along, but do not share anything.  It is a fact that people try to live in pockets or clusters just to feel safe and that is what is left about secularism in India today.

I hate to say this, but today, I do feel that most Indians are hypocrites and/or unrealistic.  Both possibilities are equally bad for us. Running away from reality would keep our problems where they are.

Hypocrisy takes us away from reality.  The more realistic we become, the sooner we will find solutions to our problems, so let’s stop being hypocrites and face our problems........... Jai Hind.

Why Can't The Judges Brief The Media?

Why Can’t the Judges brief the Media

Supreme Court today gave the final judgment on the 2G issue and canceled all the 122 licenses issued by the then telecom minister, A Raja that were issued with great controversy in 2008.

The judgment was interpreted in different ways. The honorable court canceled licenses of these companies that were issued licenses by the UPA government in 2008, but Mr. Zero Loss, Kapil Sibal claimed that it was NDA policy of issuing licenses that has been indicted and squarely blamed the BJP and their first-come-first-serve telecom policy. This has raised serious questions and doubts in people's mind. After all, who is to be blamed for the monumental loss that came to light after the CAG report.

This has happened many times earlier as well that whenever a judgment on a much publicized issue comes out, it is interpreted by various concerned parties with an obvious bias and the layman is left in a dilemma that after all who is at the fault here, just to name a few is the case of Maria Susairaj.

We have seen several post-judgment press conferences and debates on television and read about them in the newspapers, but they always create confusion in our mind and we are left with doubts, which never go away. We see eminent lawyers fighting on television defending how their client is not at fault by twisting and turning the judgment.

I believe there is a ambiguity here and needs clarity from our judicial system. An unfavorable judgment can be easily concocted with effective media management.

To stop this, firstly, the honorable Supreme Court should not allow any concerned party to express their interpretation of the judgment to media without studying the judgment, especially the final judgments. Any concerned party should express their interpretation only after studying the judgment and should be held accountable for any misinterpretation.

Now my question is why can't the honorable judges themselves brief the media and explain what their judgment exactly means? After all, they are ones who have done all the hard work on it by listening to arguments of lawyers and by studying the issue with full sincerity and honesty. I believe at least the final judgment of the cases of public and national interest should be briefed by the judges as they are final and their correct interpretation is necessary. This way even the judges can explain the rationale and circumstances that led to their judgment and will leave no room for any debate.

Most people do not understand the legal terms and their implications. Therefore, I feel it is necessary that the judges brief the media or appoint someone on their behalf to interpret the judgment, and explain in simplest possible way what the judgment exactly says.

This will make our democracy and more than that our judiciary more simpler, sensible, transparent, effective, and that is what we all want.... right?