Water wars- TDP and the uncalled for Bandh?

The Andhra Bandh called by the Telugu Desam Party on the 19th July, 2010 created lots of hardship to the common man.  There were no public transport available for the common man to commute, no shops opened, no petrol bunks and to top it all, all the private cars plying on the roads were stopped by young hooligans who wielded sticks in their hands and threatened the motorists and hammered some of the cars who refused to switch off the engine, with their sticks.  The youngsters were in the age group of 18 and 24 and chose this ideology of the Telugu Desam Party to bring a grinding halt to any movement in the economy.  Instead of going to their colleges or place of work, these youngsters were seen at all main roads and intersections of roads connecting Chennai.  I guess it would have been the same all over the State.  One really shudders to think of the future that holds for these youngsters and more terrified to understand that these hooligans are going to be  the future leaders of the party and get elected to represent the party whose principles and ideologies are thrown to the wind to create a sense of terror in the minds of a common man.

I was returning to Chennai with my family after a satisfying darshan of the Lord sri Venkateshwara by road and I and my family were terrified to see the open goondaism exhibited by these youngsters who represented the Telugu Desam Party in Tirupathi area.  The police officers who came in Jeeps crowned with Red lights quietly slipped away paving way for the youngsters to flex their muscles!  We were held up with our engines turned off for more than an hour in our car.  I mustered courage to walk up to the leader who had the TDP flag around his neck and presented a pathetic position  and convinced him to let us go.  After a few minutes of pleading, he allowed us to go towards Tada/Kalahastri town knowing pretty well that we can not move any further from that place. Hundreds of trucks, cars and buses were held up for no reason. If the TDP chief Naidu was arrested in Maharashtra for some water dispute between the two states, the commoners were forced to suffer both emotionally and financially. This situation can not be accepted or tolerated any more.   Finally, we were offered help by a villager who took us through some very narrow lanes in between paddy fields, slushy and water logged roads and guided us to Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu which brought back life into all of us.  This kind of protest and Bandh disrupting life and troubling the common man should be condemned by one and all.  The Election commission and the Judiciary must combine together to bring in some strict legislation to prevent political parties from holding the public life to ransom.  I and my family have become natural opponents to this political party and have vowed never to favour.  The political party in TDP have lost mandate with the people in the state well enough to understand that this kind of politics will not lead them anywhere?

Kashmir Simmers

Whenever there is an initiative by India and Pakistan to begin peace talks, there seems to be unrest in Srinagar which starts from stone pelting and ends up in arson, setting  public properties on fire and eventually death of some civilians compelling New Delhi  to send in fresh contingents of armed forces and this exercises does not seem to end at all? What is the solution to end this never ending saga of Kashmir?  who are the forces not liking dialogues to  take place between the two countries? Should the Indian Government be more stern and wipe out the valley of militants once for all? why is that an elected government in the valley is not allowed to govern and complete its full term? Will there be a solution to this issue ever?

India is spending billions of rupees every day just to keep its forces maintained in the valley to thwart any intrusion attempt by the terrorists to create unrest in the state.  This money could be spent on development of the state and its tourism potentials.  Kashmir is undoubtedly the Switzerland of India and given its potential, it can attract tourists from all corners of the world and out beat any European destination in terms of value for money.

Something needs to be done by the India Government to bring in peace in this valley which has been burning ever since independence to make way for the state of Jammu & Kashmir and the entire country to benefit in terms of inflow of foreign exchange through promotion of Tourism and also save considerable foreign exchange as the fellow countrymen will have a better destination within India and would not prefer to travel abroad for tourism.

May the people of Kashmir realise  its potential to earn a major chunk of foreign exchange and put themselves in the top of the order and elevate themselves to be worthy of this great change in attitude.

Sharad Pawar-The agriculture minister- overburdened!

 Sharad Pawar got himself elected as the President of International Cricket council sidelining even the former Australian Prime Minister John Howard in the race that has political colors!  The agriculture minister who is heading the ministry independently obviously evinces interest in being the President of ICC than holding the ministry which has come under fire in recent times due to sharp inflationary trends and rising prices of commodities of consumption. At a time when the country needs seasoned politicians to steer the country in the path of economic prosperity, Sharad Pawar has chosen to be relieved and prefers the cash rich ICC.  Soon, we may find many of the counties and cricket grounds across the world bought over by sharad Pawar and his fellow comrades in the BCCI.  We can find his daughter MP Supriya sule denying the allegations or find a scape goat to accept the guilt and say that everything was done without the knowledge of  Pawar!!!
Indians can be proud as the entire cricket fraternity  will become a puppet under Pawar and he will have the say as to which team should win or loose!  For once, India will be sought after by all the sportsmen in the  world and everyone will compete to be a part of this money spinning module called T20 which will be rewarding in terms of riches, name and fame besides giving them an opportunity to be amidst beauties and glamour from the Bollywood!  surprisingly, Pawar has never held a cricket Bat in his life and for that matter none from the BCCI office bearers, I suppose. Probably, the money in the ministry has evaporated pushing the ideals of this great leader to take a changed stance!  Pawar is already 70 years old with health problems and over weighing himself by any means!  How much more and when is it going to be enough?