A politician with a vision - Kapil Sibal

Now, that's my kind of a minister - who has a vision, who wants a change and who will implement change !

The new HRD minister (what a welcome change from Pranab da) is a man of action and pleasantly in a hurry. The series of sweeping education reforms being suggested by Mr.Kapil Sibal is filled with promise and excitement. The reforms like making 10th.boards optional, having a single national board, free elementary education for all,etc.are great steps for our country.

Unfortunately, there is opposition for this as well. Not surprisingly, the opposition is mainly from the Left parties - who else. Only thing this time round they can't hold the Govt.ransom :) I truly hope that Mr.Sibal is able to implement these reforms successfully. He surely has tread on the right path. Great going minister !

Promises are meant to be borken...at least in Indian Politics !

The tamasha has begun.

Every time the elections are announced each party tries to make bigger promises than the other with the sole objective to come to power. None really care of the consequence of such promises if they are actually elected. Unfortunately, it is the largely uneducated electorate that fall prey to such promises and elect such parties to power.

The last elections in our state had the Congress party offer free power to the agriculture sector. After coming to power the first thing the Chief Minister did was sign the free power scheme into affect. However, gradually the Govt.realised that this was a blunder and made amendments. Now its election time again and with it comes the promises galore. This time the main opposition to the Congress in the state, the TDP has promised cash compensation to all poor families, subsidised food grains, free electricity and hold your breath - color TVs ! Yes, you got that right - color TVs. Cheap food, money and TV (that too no charge for electricity) - the poor have nothing to work for!

From where will the Govt.get the money to offer such extravagant deals? It is obviously going to be from the tax collected off the people who work hard to feed themselves and their families with their own money. This is just one of the many unbelievable promises that are made by all political parties these days. The educated understand this and surely would not like to vote for such people. However, when one looks around, no one is different. Whom to vote for?

This election has brought a new face in the politics of our state in the form of actor Chiranjeevi. The actor has had a fabulous career in movies and shows potential to be a leader with a difference. Will he actually be any different, only time will tell.

Screw the bandh !

Diesel prices is increased by the Govt.and the good old left parties call for a nationwide strike.
Shrine board in J & K gives up some forest land allotted to it and BJP calls for a Bharat bandh.

What is the meaning of 'Bharat Bandh'? Why does India have to shut down ? Who has the right to shut India down ?

Doesn't the ordinary man want to work every day to make a living. How then can a bandh call be forcefully implemented. Why doesn't the Govt.or courts issue an order against this or better still arrest the goons who indulge in such forceful implementation of such bandhs. In fact they are the guys who get paid to work on such days. So, technically they are not following the bandh call that they are actually implementing !

Man.....the fuel prices are already hurting everyone of us, don't make things worse for the companies and individual businessmen by not allowing them to work and earn their livelyhood. While it may sound like a nice holiday for a few employees what they do not realise is that if such stupid breaks are not there their company would probably have better profits which would in some measure be passed on to them as well.

Why should I not work if some guy decides to give up land in J & K ? I mean I'll probably work even if my land is taken away. Although, sadly I have none due to rising land/home prices. Now I guess I should give a Bharat bandh call ! Is the left or right or anybody in between listening.

Stop fleecing the common man and do something about the genuine problems being faced. If you can't do anything please don't screw things further.

Politics Vs Nuclear energy

The last couple of days has proved yet again how the country is held ransom to the whims of a few politicians. It is a well known fact that India needs alternate energy sources, nuclear surely being one of them, to keep growing in the years ahead. The coal resources are depleting and might not cater to the growing needs of a resurgent India. What on earth do the left parties mean by saying NO for every bloody thing that the government tries to move ahead with. How on earth does India become the United States' slave if the Nuclear deal goes thru ?
Why then would the left want to block a deal that is essential in meeting the energy demands in our country ? Dr.Singh has finally learnt that the LEFT should never be at the CENTRE and should really be just LEFT alone.
Now, one can expect the left to say no for everything but how about the other political parties -
RJD - believed to support the congress now as they do not want an early election in which they might not perform very well.
DMK - cut off ties with one of their allies (PMK) recently and therefore need the congress to support them to retain their position in Tamil Nadu. Now they too support the deal.
BJP - wanted the cooperation when they were in power. Now they oppose it coz they are the opposition and feel that their job is to oppose anything the government does.
SP - they dont have a clear stand and want to see how thing move - if congress helps them to come back to power in UP they support the deal, otherwise they remain good friends with the left parties and reject the deal.

All this really shows the sorry state of our country. The people whom we bring to power thinking they are the best for the country's developement, clearly put their personal goals, greeds before the nation. Why dont we every hear a left leader criticise the Chinese for their incrusions into sikkim ? In fact what bugs them if India gets to have better relations with America. The communist countries like China are creating records with the amount of business they do with the US. Then whats wrong with our communists ? Mr.Karat, Mr.Yechuri, Mr.Raja and the likes would have to answer the public sooner than later.