Bandh- What does it serve?

In this era of development and progress, the factor which puts brakes is the Bandh called by various political parties to air their ire against the ruling government and its policies.  Kerala and W Bengal stand out in this aspect  without realising that the image of the state is going down and beaten in terms of Foreign investments and capital inflows which form the basic foundation for the economy to grow and in- turn create employment.

Kerala and W Bengal wakes up in suspense everyday wondering if there will be milk supply, electricity, bus and train services to keep up the  normal life style!  I was once caught in such a situation in Trivandrm, Kerala.  I had gone there with my wife to attend a wedding.  Everything was quiet the day prior to the wedding and suddenly the wedding day started with a Trade Union Bandh protesting against some fuel hike and the entire system was in a disarray putting every one in serious inconvenience and trouble.  I could not go to the wedding avenue on time since there was no transportation available.  I had to necessarily attend the function as there was no other way we could fill our stomach as all the hotels and restaurants were also closed! With great difficulty, We managed to reach the venue and darted to the hall where food was being served to break our fasting mode!  We were made to wait at the avenue till evening when the transport resumed ending the 12 hour bandh!

It is not understood as to why the political parties resort to such tactics which put great hardship on the common man.  All those visiting the God's own country should make sure that they bring in some kind of "flying chariots" or those "horses with wings" to fend for themselves lest they start cursing both the God and their own country!!

Gambling in Indian Premier League -T20 cricket

The Government of India is quick to say that there exists gambling in cricket and have also made some arrests.Today's Newspapers claim something like Rs  850 crores were at stake on each and every day during the IPL saga. The media hypes of gambling in cricket, only makes more attraction towards betting!  Tell me how it is different than a stock market investment specially for intra-day dealings?  The movement of stock prices and the market fluctuations are totally irrelevant to the health of the company or its financial status.  The fresh IPOs come with an escalated price band.  How the price band is determined is something which no one knows?  Why an increased price band for a company which has not even started the production, leave alone making profits?  This stock market game can be easily compared to that of  Gambling and its always the innocent lower and middle class who get entangled in these positions as they are unable to sustain for a longer duration by staying invested and wait for the opportunity.  It is time that the government makes it legal for betting in cricket and other related games as it would help the government to raise enormous amounts of money through entertainment tax, service tax etc..  Either way, whether its stock market or cricket betting, the person without the inside knowledge of the game will stand to loose!! If you have to make money on these counts, better look for friends in the friends of cricket administrators or the kins of politicians who are at the helm of affairs so that you can have the cake and eat it too!!??

ek aise gagan ke tale jahan gham bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho

Welcome China in Cricket League

The only way to counter the current on-going cricket fever in the form of IPL is to lure the Chinese to enter the fray and promote an identical league in a cheaper way for which the Chinese people are famous for!  Imagine, if the Chinese enter this arena, the entire format will become cheaper and competitive enough to drive our IPL masters and politicians out of the field!!  The tickets may cost not more than Rs 300/- in comparison to Rs 3000/- that we are paying now, the accessories such as T-shirts may cost just Rs99/-, the cricket bat-made in China @Rs150/- and so on which will bring smiles on the facees of millions of cricket lovers all over our great country!  The so called Foreign players could be well replaced by some  identical Lee or Chung from China and hired at a much lower remuneration!  There would be thrilling singles taken by the Chinese players as they will be very swift and fast running across the wickets.  The entire format of the game could become more interesting at a lower expense!  I wonder if any sports body or Kapil Dev and company have ever thought of this?  This entry could be called Chinese Premier League and to pacify the opposition parties such as BJP and others, each ticket could entitle the person or the holder for a Visa-free entry to Kailash Mansarovar, the ultimate abode of Lord Shiva!!  The Indians and specially the Hindus will be delighted with this idea?  The popular cheer-leaders will be drawn from young Chinese athletes and Gymnasts who could perform to the pre-set tunes from Chinese MP4 players which will be more attractive and worth watching?  The Chinese team management can also ask the spectators to behave while watching the game or else they will face transportation by road to places beyond Tibet- a point of no return!!!

There will be no Tharoor or Modi or even Pawar to corner all the wealth  and it will be Cricket- la- Chinese style @ rates that will be atleast 1/10th of the present pricing??

I hope some one will take this idea and also give me royalty for this unique suggestion to transform the much popular Cricket in India which is followed more as a Religion??

Naxal attack on CRPF men killing atleast 73 Security Personnel

The attack on CRPF jawans and killing several of them  by the Naxals in Chattisgarh early this morning comes as a rude shock to all  the citiizens.  There were at least 1000 Naxals prepared to launch this offensive against a small contingent of  100 odd CRPF Jawans who were ambushed and killed mercilessly.  These men in uniform were on duty helping the state to eliminate Terrorism caused by the Naxal movement.  It is quite clear and  surprising to note that the Naxals have thrown an open challenge to the Government of India and dared them. 

If the government does not treat this as a War on the State and still invite and expect  these anti-national forces to lay their arms and come to the negotiating table, they are sadly mistaken and will stand a mute witness to this cowardly attack and killings of innocent people.  At the first instance, knowing pretty well that the area of attack was vulnerable, who authorised the dispatch of a small contingent  of jawans to fight a mighty force of Naxals who outnumbered the Jawans many fold?  There is a conspiracy attached to this incident and the strategy of the security force would have leaked and information passed on to the Naxals who were waiting for this contingent of CRPF jawans to walk into their trap like sitting ducks!  There are certain military procedures which are to be adopted while sending forces to counter terrorists which, I think were ignored. There should be intelligence report about the safety of the area etc. Before moving a contingent to a known sensitive area, the way that the convoy would take and follow will have to be sanitised and cleared.  There could have been some aerial survey of the area or satellite imaging done for any doubtful movements.  Apparently, all the pre-requisites were ignored and  a whole contingent of precious and valuable lives have been sacrificed.  The Government should immediately declare an emergency and treat this gruesome  incident as a War on the State and take effective steps including sending Army and Air Force to eliminate these Naxal forces who are a stumbling block for any development.  Any common citizen would dread to go these places or even visit fearing death warrant! The Home Minister and other leaders can only express grief and shock and probably order some  compensation for the families.  The government will find it difficult to recruit persons for serving the Security force in the coming days if this kind of simple sacrifice is made by the government instead of dealing the situation with an iron hand!

Raju
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