Need to get attention?

What a waste of resources and time!
So now that the government has decreed that the pongal day that begins the month of “Thai” will be celebrated as the Tamil New Year, everyone will start doing so? Hardly!!
Only the “Kalaignar TV” channel’s news reporters will be able to find such celebrations. How? Anywhere people celebrate pongal, [...]

Sharif: PM… who? me? Nah!

Sharif’s nomination papers rejected
One day after I read this news, I find one more.
I don’t aspire to be PM again: Sharif
Sour Grapes?

Its official!

Deve Gowda pulls the plug on BJP
Deve Gowda has proved himself to be a politician who has given in to nepotism. So, he and his family can now join the elite club with so many veteran (read: shameless) ‘political families’.
Oh and shame on the BJP too, for falling in to this  crap. Its strange how [...]

Indian Politics’ Hall of shame

Deve Gowda has BJP on Tenterhooks in Karnataka

Politicians cause nuisance

“You should not let these men (politician) to come out”

Call it judicial activism or whatever… its extremely nice to see remarks like the one made by the Honorable Judge in the above link.
Problem is, or rather the fact is, our VIPs are mostly pachyderms who will never feel shamed by such comments. Want proof of [...]

Statues causing trouble

Ambedkar statue defiled. Tensions grip Bhopal
Hey, I have something to say to all those people who get angry because of their favorite leaders’ statue (not just Ambedkar’s) being defiled.
Please gather funds and build a watch tower near each statue. Appoint a watchman, a hunter with a gun and an umbrella holder. The watchman will be [...]

Kanimozhi and Periyarism

Kanimozhi rakes up the Dravidian-Aryan issue
I wonder if people like Kanimozhi will ever grow tired of the stale, putrid, overused anti-brahminical chants of ‘Periyarism’, a stupid brand of politics (read my other article related to this ‘ism’ and so-called reforms started over half a century ago. Its been so overused that one thinks if these [...]

One Family, One God - Karunanidhi

OMG! What a Somersault!!
Karunanidhi scores for the sheer display of political cunningness. So now, Ram, Jesus and Mohammed are all one and the same… that too because Rajinikanth had asked him to resolve the issue!
So, the rational chief minister will listen to only celebrities, but is deaf to voices of all others?

Homecoming and a hundred deaths

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.explosions/index.html
http://www.newsweek.com/id/56740
Could it be just that this bombing was an isolated incident, carried out by one senseless fundamentalist? If anything, it has just added to the drama of the former prime minister’s return, at the cost of a hundred lives.
Update 1:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/19pak2.htm
““This was a terrible act of terrorism perpetrated by Muslims on Muslims. We are [...]

Updated Score: Supreme Court - two; Karunanidhi - one

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070027752&ch=9/30/2007%204:45:00%20PM
Finally! Lets the games begin!
One question to Karuna though - Define “evil forces”.
Perspective is always a fascinating thing, isn’t it?
Update 1: Well, I guess even the SC’s order to ban the bandh is not enough. No buses, shops and many organizations closed… so I guess Karuna gets one.
Update 2:
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070027836&ch=10/1/2007%2012:00:00%20PM
Ouch! That gotta hurt!
But you know [...]

Where is the mud that was dug up?

http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/26slid1.htm
Good interview.

iProtest

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/220763.html
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200709242238.htm
For whatever its worth…
I strongly protest against this bandh that has been called for by the ruling party and its cronies in TamilNadu on Oct 01, 2007.
To me, this simply looks as an arrogant stunt to divert attention of people away from comments made by MK on Rama and the violence that ensued. And [...]

Exit Tax for IIT and IIM student?

Just saw this on rediff.
Edit: On second thoughts, I think this exit tax is a bad idea. It be much better if the politicians were subject to quarterly financial audits.
Routine whine: Whoever came up with the idea of offering free colour TVs when people don’t even have proper electricity connection and those who implemented this [...]

Tamil obsessed…

Tamil world, Tamilian esteem, Tamilian values… a language has become the campaigning slogan for many ‘dravidian’ parties in this state. Sure, I like tamil for its depth and antiquity… but, I can never understand how some of the tamil ‘leaders’ think that propagating tamil would add boost to people’s esteem or value to someone’s life.
It [...]

Reservation and self respect, social justice… whatever that means

The wordings used by the Supreme Court in slapping a stay on the reservation for OBCs are pretty strong. And they are right… it happens only in India… that communities line-up for being labeled as “backward”. So much for self-respect and sense of identity!
India’s hall of shame… the likes of V.P Singh, Arjun Singh, Ramadoss, [...]

Stupidity and Fame

I sometimes wonder why some people can be so famous as an intellectual and yet can be so stupid. I guess becoming famous makes them want to cling on to it no matter what, even if it means simply ceasing to think.
Mr. M. Karunanidhi is one. “Free color TVs for poor households”. Stupid. Enough said.

You do support terrorism or you don’t!

You cannot denounce one terrorist group for its attacks, saying you oppose terrorism… and support another group’s attack elsewhere, saying its a freedom struggle.Simple logic.