Monday, December 20, 2010

What's new?

What is new these days? I think there has been hell lot of corruption scams involving not only politicians and bureaucrats but also army and journalists. This is something new. Some army general is using his position to get whatever he wants, some journalists getting the ethics wrong (which incidentally they teach to others). I liked it. Even when I saw there is thousands of crore rupees wasted, first time I am seeing it is coming out.
We all know there is lot of black money in India. Corruption is unstoppable but at least I want to see corrupt people suffer. It is hard to punish A Raja for 2 G spectrum scam but he might become scapegoat of this scandal eventually. DMK and congress may loose next election. There image is not good anymore. Rahul Gandhi also has not helped them by saying Hindu extremism is dangerous than Islamic terrorism. He may be right or may be wrong but openly congress can not support him unequivocally. They will loose Hindu votes. They are still standing by him only because he is Rahul Gandhi. They distanced from Digvijay Singh when he said ATS police officer Karkare called him before he died in Mumbai attack and told him about threats from Hindu organizations. Why treat them differently? Digvijay is still in congress and congress has not chided him about his outburst. Which means congress is playing religion card quite well. Its quite possible that Digvijay got go ahead from congress hi-command about his comments on karkare. He and Rahul Gandhi seem to have very same views about lot of issues. He openly criticized our home minister for his policy against naxals. I think he forgot that inclusive progress of adivasis is not his (our home minister's) job. His job is to protect common man from naxals. Inclusive growth is the policy government should follow. Even after those actions he was not called by Sonia Gandhi to explain his actions. He must have had support of someone very powerful in congress. Its no coincidence that after some time Rahul Gandhi was in Orissa championing rights of adivasis. I do not understand. Why does Rahul Gandhi has to say that adivasis should have equal opportunities. He is the government he can get anything done. Even when he spoke at congress open meeting he repeated cliche about two Indias one poor and one rich. He talking more than doing something. He does hold a position in the cabinet. He not responsible for any major decisions that have been taken. If he is PM in waiting then first he should prove his worth by holding some responsibility and doing some efficient work. Instead he is running all over the country trying to attract people to congress sabhas. Why should I vote for congress when I do not know if Rahul Gandhi can perform or not.
Anyway my opinion does not matter. He might be PM by 2014 (which I really doubt because congress may not be able to get enough seats to form the government owing to their splendidly pathetic governance in last few months). So there might be some change something NEW by 2014. But its quite far.
So Indian cricket team again capitulated to South Africans but this is not new, its just old news with new team. Sometimes I wonder how did India become no 1 team in the world when India does not have bowlers capable of taking 20 wickets. I think MS Dhoni and Sachin really showed some character by counter attacking but it was too late. I think our team should take inspiration from MS who does not have technique to play that kind of fast bowling but still he doing better than others who have. I am really feeling sorry for Raina, I do not know if to criticize him or not. He has it in him to succeed at that level but there is something wrong. He looks low on confidence. I am hoping that captain can inspire our team in next match and India should make life tougher for africans. But that's not what no 1 team does. It wins. I want India not only to fight but to win. My good wishes with team India for next match.