A New Nation Awaits... Are we ready?

Stop Complaining. 

Wipe your tears, wash your face and stand up. Look into the mirror.

No!

Don't take me wrong. I am not asking you to just forget what had happened to us in the past or to neglect what these bunches of shitheads are going to do in the future or not minding the political verses coming out from Delhi, Washington or Islamabad. 

Just Stop Complaining.

You say the political system of India sucks.

Check your options.

Is there any plan B?

NO!

So who made the plan A anyways?

We did!

If we ourselves made a plan which seemed okay half a century ago, don't you think we either fix the loopholes or prepare and practice plan B for the time being and see if it works?

Wondering? Curious? Thinking of me as a lunatic who is suffering from insomnia due to the recession period? 

I am not the one if you think.

Here!

As everyone says, we need to fix the current internal political structure; here we have a master example waiting for us to be adopted. Read on...

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As President-elect Barack Obama prepares for inauguration day, his closest advisors and appointees are being put into place. The most recent announcements include Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense and Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security. 

The decision to keep Gates in the Secretary of Defense position was likely the most controversial, but it spoke volumes to those looking for balance and bipartisan cooperation in the new administration. Gates was appointed by current President George W. Bush, and while he is a registered independent, his service in government has been predominantly conservative. He inherited three wars – war on terror, war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan – but is now charged with “responsibly ending the war in Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control,” according to Obama. 

Obama’s vision for an Abraham Lincoln-like “team of rivals” cabinet is well underway, but many point out not to look for many more rivals in key positions.

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Hey! What was that? 

Can we buy the copyrights for the same trick and try it at home?

It is like if Congress comes into majority in India, the main opposition, BJP will handle one key department in the government or vice versa.

Let’s see it by example: IF BJP and allies win the next election, they will let Manmohan Sing or P Chidambaram handle the Finance Ministry!

OR IF Congress and allies win, they will name L.K. Adwani as their Home minister or Defense minister or Foreign Minister or IT or Infrastructure or Food minister! 

(Railways should always be remain with Lalu, at least for 10 years, one guy who made some decent profit, run extra trains and laid new tracks.... work in progress!....... Come on don't be prejudiced!) 

This way, the opposition parties together will work on putting their full efforts in making the one department in government they got the best in the nation so to seek majority in next elections!

This way, they will waste less time on walkouts and opposing and criticizing the majority all the time.

This way, they at least get to do something for what they are sent to the parliament.

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Ah! Another beautiful clause that I can think of now is that, if there is any party comes up with allies and supporting MPs (MLAs if it is a state level thing), and gets the majority, all the supporting parties and MPs/MLAs must sign on an agreement that they will not withdraw their support or held the government hostage threatening to pull the support causing the government fall or re-elections.

THIS clause, my friends must be introduced.

Re-Elections or instable government causes the nation dearly in terms of economics. (Education too... As government school teachers go on election duty in different villages leaving their pupils behind! They count the votes too!)

The money of poor which is supposed to be used for the betterment of lives of millions of people is wasted in a momentary decision of a fool, who has decided to withdraw the support.

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Like the idea?

Think will work?

I know! you are as confused as John McCain was when he thought about whom did Bush really vote for!?! LOL!

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Plan B: ADOPT THE US POLITICAL STRUCTURE!

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For India's first elections under the new constitution, the candidates for the Rashtrapati Bhavan are:

- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - Independent people's choice nomination

- Ratan Tata - Independent Candidate

- L. K. Advani - BJP Candidate

- Rahul Gandhi - Congress Candidate

- Mayawati - Justtocheckifthereareanymorefoolsremaininthiscountry

- Uma Bharti - ??? Some kind of elections right? I participate!

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You know guys, this way we can show the actual acceptance and weight of these politicians to themselves!

So whom are you voting for in the listed candidates for the President of India?

 

Is Baar Nahin

A poem by Prasoon Joshi on Mumbai Attacks:

Is baar nahin 

Is baar jab woh choti si bachchi mere paas apni kharonch le kar aayegi

Main usey phoo phoo kar nahin behlaoonga

Panapney doonga uski tees ko 

 

Is baar nahin 

 

Is baar jab main chehron par dard likha dekhoonga

Nahin gaoonga geet peeda bhula dene wale

Dard ko risney doonga,utarney doonga andar gehrey

  

Is baar nahin

  

Is baar main na marham lagaoonga

Na hi uthaoonga rui ke phahey

Aur na hi kahoonga ki tum aankein band karlo,gardan udhar kar lo main dawa lagata hoon

Dekhney doonga sabko hum sabko khuley nangey ghaav

  

Is baar nahin

  

Is baar jab uljhaney dekhoonga,chatpatahat dekhoonga

Nahin daudoonga uljhee door lapetney

Uljhaney doonga jab tak ulajh sake

 

 Is baar nahin

  

Is baar karm ka hawala de kar nahin uthaoonga auzaar

Nahin karoonga phir se ek nayee shuruaat

Nahin banoonga misaal ek karmyogi ki

Nahin aaney doonga zindagi ko aasani se patri par

Utarney doonga usey keechad main,tedhey medhey raston pe

Nahin sookhney doonga deewaron par laga khoon

Halka nahin padney doonga uska rang

Is baar nahin banney doonga usey itna laachaar

Ki paan ki peek aur khoon ka fark hi khatm ho jaye 

 

Is baar nahin

 

 Is baar ghawon ko dekhna hai

Gaur se

Thoda  lambe  wakt  tak

Kuch  faisley

Aur uskey baad hausley

Kahin toh shuruat karni hi hogi

 

 Is baar yahi tay kiya hai

 

 ... Prasoon Joshi

How a Soilder Dies and a Politician laughs...

A nightmare has come to an end. Or is it?

 Mumbai attacks have shaken the whole world.

 Politicians are throwing resignations all around. Some are giving unnecessary statements.

 Maharashrta CM has taken his actor son Reitesh Deshmuck and director Ram Gopal Verma with him to his first briefing by NSG commandos in the TAJ Hotel. 

Sanjay Nirupam gave an interview to Al Jazira's English Channel and came out laughing to the media waiting for him. 

Abbas Naqavu from BJP said the women in lipstick who lit candles are protesting against the government and are no different from the separatist working in Kashmir.

 Ex. Home minister, Shivraj Patil regarded these attacks as normal incident paid with his post at home ministry with the statement.

 Kerela CM who visited the NSG Martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's house was shown the door by the brave soldier’s father.

 Pakistan says we are not responsible. Zardari asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "resist striking out at his (Pakistan's) government should investigations show that Pakistani militant groups were responsible for the attacks". The most noticeable point here is the words: Pakistani militant groups were responsible!

 

Not the government, mind you!

 So don't you think one should go in and eliminate all the terrorist camps around Pakistan? AND this must be done with the support of Pakistan Army. A joint force must take over and show the terror groups the hell.

 US is sending Rice to cool off India. Government is taken over by Sonia Gandhi, who is deciding who remains and who leaves. L K Advani and Modi are singing the tunes of a mass intelligence failure, as if they were very successful in Kargil in their times. 

People of Mumbai and India have this habit of returning to their day-to-day life after any terrorist incident and politician calls it the spirit of the city.

 How long this spirit will be the display of strength or rather the shameful display of our forgetfulness?

 This is not done guys.

 We know it all... people are not be fooled anymore.

 On this very occasion, just please let me know of this missing person called the 'Mumbaikar' and 'Marathi Manoos', the great one and only 'MNS Chief' Mr. Raj Thakare. Please post his whereabouts in the comments section here.

 The only thing visible through these events is evident. People have refused to buy the tactics of the politicians to play this incident down. All the action which is taken is nothing but a drama from the government.

 Worldwide communities are loathing the nation with anger and regarding it as the country which has covered it political and leadership cowardice as a forgetful and peaceful nation.

 We, the people of this nation, are not going to forgive anyone who ever thinks us weak and tries to torn it down.

 We stand united.

 India stands united in the faces of Kirkire, Unnikrishnan, Kamte or the other 20 faceless Myrtier we know or do not; we are standing tall and know how to reply.

 Not anymore.

 Enemy... Be warned!

Destiny of People and Power of Silance

Yesterday, all the drum beating of the political candidates came to a halt as the Election Day is now less then 24 hours away in Madhya Pradesh in one phase straight. 

No exit poll surveys this time.

 No tall claims by any political party for favorable good winds this time.

 No one is clearly stating victory or defeat.

 The reason is simple. 

Voters, who matter the most in a constitutional process, are silent. They are not uttering a word. This silence is deafening.

 Voices of the voters or the people who choose the government were very vocal in the last elections. It was a storm which blew away the Dig Vijay Singh led Congress government. But this time the subtlety of people is a matter of jokes among a few guys I met with. 

One friend told me that it is a matter of national laughter that how the most corrupt state government ever led by Dig Vijay, when came into opposition, is calling the BJP a bluff and starting a debate on the issues of corruption only since last year.

 No one in the state has forgotten the horrid times he gave to the common man. Be one from the MSEB, MSRTC, Semi-Government Organizations and even students.

 

Congress has such weak memory. OR better, Rahul has no idea what he is promoting here! This makes me wonder that if I ever get to meet him, what he will say after hearing my remarks. He is dude without a doubt.

 Now, let’s talk about the people who are not saying anything.

The reasons are many and the biggest as follows:

 1. The Global Recession period has hit hard to everyone. People all around want stability. Trying to figure out what exactly is happening around. 

2. The fear of change has seeped in each individual. As the pink slip mayhem continues, people in government jobs fear forced VRS and alteration in temporary jobs offered by the government in the rural areas.

 3. People are now thinking over the main issue raised by the Congress - Corruption. Everyone is unable to figure out how it hit them. It is unlike the last time when it was the motto of the government to suck every drop of blood of the people.

 4. Fear! What if they said something for one party and the other came to power as no one is certain.

 BUT the common man will speak.

 He will speak loud enough to be echoed till Delhi.

 The day is tomorrow.

 Go Vote.

 It's Karma.

 It's Destiny.

A tale of greed and hungry child...

The prime job for any government is betterment of life for all the nationals. Be it of countrymen or the noble royalties.

 In India the major challenge for governments is to get the tribes to education. If this happens, some bigger challenges such as the child labor will be solved automatically. Needless to say that, all the big think-tanks know about it and are working on it with many means. 

Let's see the depth to it. Any child, who goes to work is mainly does so for the basic means as earning bread for the day. 

Bang on the spot: Government offered food. The mid-day meal scheme in India is actually a success. Thought the Wheat, Dalia and Rice promised for them from the government is already sold to the neighboring state which declines any support from the northern states. So what an ironically sweet way of revenge from the both sides, they eat all the food intended from the mother state, and here we smile for our cleverness of how we sold them the wheat for Rs. 6/- per KG which was intended for Rs. 1.50/- per KG for poor and will be sold to the common man in that state for Rs. 12/- Per KG.

 Ha Ha Ha! 

No food at school on some days! It’s okay as they at least get food 18-20 days a month, one time.

 Government is so great. They do so many things for us. Like see... They even introduced this Employment Guarantee Scheme.

 All we have to do is to go to the local contractor, who has got the contract for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna after bribing who's who at the capital, and make rode to connect our village to the main road.

 This guy will give job to ten people; the registers will note attendance of 20 people. Approval will be given by the Sarpanch of the village, and the contractor will get the money in 7 days. The money will then be distributed. The Contractor will have his share of 7 workers; Sarpanch will get his share in next 7 days for 3 workers, after keeping the money for 10 days in the bank account for the interest, the contractor then give the money to the workers.

 So, in principal, the work which is done on day one will be redeemed to the worker after almost 20 days or even more.

 To make ends meet during this period, the worker will go to Sarpanch or the Contractor who will give them money as loan with 3-5% interest.

 They are the nice guys. They take care of the people who work under them.

 And yeah, government is doing its part.

 You know, the country is so big that it is so hard for the government to keep a check on every Sarpanch or Contractor.

 And roads?... If we make them permanent, they won't need any repairs every six months, and the people won't get more work. 

See...

Vote from a common man!

Elections time again. 

I am going to cast my vote to a party I would consider lesser corrupt than the other. 

Nobody is clean here... isn't it? 

So I thought why not make an assessment paper on Indian Politics from the views of a common man. 

Okay, so state government of Madhya Pradesh is ruled by BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) for last five years. They won in the last elections because the Digvijay Sing led Congress-I government did the following thins: (Or why I voted for BJP in the last elections)

 1. The semi government institutions were told to look else where for findings and salaries. My Mother is a teacher in a semi government school; her colleagues are the people who got affected by this decision the most. Imagine a person with a monthly take home salary of Rs. 5500/- to 7500/- is suddenly changed to mere Rs. 1500/- to 2500/-. The whole economics of a small town with as many as 4 semi government institutions would have been after this decision from the government!

 We all, who religiously voted for congress in earlier elections giving Digvijay a 10 Year term at Bhopal, chose BJP.

2. When Chattisgarh came into existence, no division plan formed by Digvijay Singh. The power plants which generated electricity for the entire state were now in another state. Digvijay failed to convince his party member and Chattisgarh CM Jogi to give electricity on affordable rates. This led to a dark age when small towns and villages got electricity as much as 2-4 Hours a day. This was a disaster. Many MSEB workers got beaten up by angry mob of farmers and students.

Result: After Semi-government employee families, it was time for farmers, students and MSEB employees to vote against Congress.

3. Once there was MP State Road Travel Corporation. It was in big trouble with heavy loan. Again, CH got the share of buses and refused to take the loan burden percentage over it. In following months, the whole department came to a halt. A major government public transport corporation sank without a trace. SRTC was preceded by small crampy buses, which overload commuters like cattle and had no respect for them whatsoever. In MP 4 districts, Khergone, Dhar, Jhabua and Barwani have no rail network. The only way to travel is by road.

As the SRTC closed and employees were denied any compensation, they also voted against Congress.

If here we excuse the rest of the political issues such as corruption, roads, water and poverty, we had enough reasons to fight back.

Dear oh dear... did that bet worked?

Yeah... kind of!

People from Semi government organizations got airier.. part payment of their salary deducted by Diggi... got full salaried status back and will get the reaming amount if chosen for another term.

We have some more electricity time now as some dams have come up with electricity which was sold outside the state by Congress government.

No Buses YET... but will have a railway line soon inside.. I know it is a central government job but initiatives are important.

One can see the infrastructure boom in the city of Indore. Now we have four-lane roads, city transport buses, less polluting city vans, many flyovers and better facilities.

Here... My vote goes to BJP in hopes for another good innings to finish what they have started.

Of renaming Indore to Indur (in Marathi)

Ah... Started reading today's newspaper. Indore's Marathi's which are about 10% in population of the city, want that the name of the city must be changed to 'Indur' on the lines of Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangaluru (Bombay, Poona, Calcutta, Madras and Banglore previously).  

What an idiotic suggestion.  

Indore is where I was born... Indore is where I live and Indore is what my identity. 

 Dear Marathi Manus of Indore,

 Please mind your own business. Do not cross the line. Do you know, when you people go to Maharashrta for looking for new opportunities, you are also considered as outsiders and bhaiya log. 

 I have met many such people who left Maharashtra after going there for job from Indore, even though they were Marathis...

 So better shut the fuck up and live in peace.