India Matters

Congress decision to return to the hot seat of J & K has to be welcomed by one and all. The congress took three long decades to return to the government due to lack of political goodwill of the local congress leaders, the onslaught of regional political parties and the separatist movement by anti-national outfits supported from across the border. As a great national political party it should not shy away from running the state amid fears of increased terrorist activities in the state or for any other reason. Not staking claim for the CM post in its turn in the coalition government would turn against the party itself, it may alienate further away from the people who voted for the party in the last state election. The delay in the decision making is not warranted since the agreement between Congress and People Democratic Party due to the hung verdict in the 2002 election is clearly states that the first three years term for the PDP and the remaining three years for the Congress. The congress should have nominated its candidate for the post by this time anyway it is crystal clear that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is all set to become CM of the state. One should not expect that the relief operations would be affected due to the change of guard at the state.

Congress should utilize this golden opportunity to regain its lost glory in the state by implementing various pro-peace measures, creating employment and other socio-economic measures. It is said that all the past Chief Ministers were from Kashmir valley and Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad is the only person from Jammu region to take over the political mantle of the state. There should not be any political fall out because of this change of guard based on the region. There is nothing wrong if a person hailing from non-valley region to head the government. There is no such law stipulates that persons hailing only from Kashmir should head the government such notions detrimental to the very Constitution of the country.

Tonight at 9.30 PM a spotted deer has been attacked by a stray dog in the Krishna hostel campus. Reportedly the deer was tried to escape from the clutches of the dog and in the melee it was dashed off to the steel water pipe and felled onto the ground. Meantime inmates of the hostel moved away the dog and protected the deer from further dog bites but all the efforts went in vain since the spotted deer scuumbed to its injuries at 10 PM. Immediatly after the incident I rang up Cheif Security Officer (1/c) but of no use since his team arrived at 10.30 PM only. If the deer was given any first aid it might have saved its life and due to the negligence shown by the security people we lost on more deer. Every year 3-5 dears were killed by dogs alone. No effective remedial measures has been taken by the administration so for.

I was traveling in a auto to gunned from it's velachery gate. The auto driver and myself decided the fare (Rs. 20 to guindy station) and involved in smart talk on Economics! particularly petrol and oil. There, the drive put one embarrassing question is pakistan is in our country only, right? (Pakistani namma naatluthana irruku?)

He was pointing that the Petrol and Oil prices are less in Pakistan when compared to India. I politely mentioned that it is separate country. After a small research on OIL Economics on internet and other sources I found that few South-East Asian countries too enjoying OIL at very affordable cost, thats to say 50% less than Indian price. why is the difference since these two countires Malaysia and Indonesia sells at nearly 50% less thoug they are not having any oil reserves? mind you they are importing oil from same Middle East, from where we too importing oil. I concluded that it is just another OIL politics, then Bush is right in his oil policies?

The resent public outburst against the Actress Kushboo for her remarks on premarital sex and virginity of Tamil women is totally justifiable for two reasons. Mrs. Kushboo does not have a moral right to speak on Tamil culture. She should not have intruded in to the personal spheres of an individual. Further how can she express that all educated men of Tamil Nadu would not expect their bride to be virgin, is it all the guys who are going to marry expect that all the girls has the privilege to have pre-marital relationships out of the culture of the land?. This article is not going to analyze her personal life since we respect one individual’s privacy at the same time she should not influence the public order with her uncharacteristic, defamatory remarks on the Tamil people particularly women. She should not apply her personal life as a model to public. Her unsavory remarks are of bad taste and have to be condemned by all right thinking men and women. As a well recognized actress she should have acted responsibly keeping the sensitivity of the issue and culture of the land. There should not be a partisan approach when dealing with Actress Kushboo or film director Mr. Thangar Bachaan. He was forced by the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA) to tender an unconditional apology to the film fraternity for his alleged remarks on actresses. Why not the same yardstick can not be applicable to Kushboo? In this episode the SIFAA acted irresponsibly and adopted a partisan approach. One may think her forward looking views or opinions have to be respected and it’s for an individual to accept or to reject her view. Then what about public order? Are everyone is free to do anything, whatever and whenever they want. Any acts which damages the public goodwill has to be punished according to the law of the land. The government has to take stringent view on this issue and investigate are there any condom makers or pharma companies behind this issue to boost their sales.