Diary

 

Shashi Tharoor

So he went away with his cattle class remarks. His detractors must have been disappointed to see that he was spared the rod by the headmistress or in other words high command. Most of people may not agree with his comments of cattle class but many would agree with Tharoor that there shouldn’t be holiday on the great leaders’ birth anniversaries or death anniversaries. Instead, there should be more and more work on the days to push the nation to the path of speedy development. Has there been any legendary figure who we swear by ever exhorted people to enjoy leisure time and not work hard. And do the really people recall the leaders the entire day?

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Saif and Kareena

I don’t know why our media is so much obsessed with Saif and Kareena affairs trying to get as much juicy details as it could do from anywhere the media persons could lay their hands on and peep into. I often wonder if our country has ceased to be free of serious problems that we want to devote much time to reading of Saif and Kareena’s chemistry, talks and what not. But that sells media grab it for raise in TRP.

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Pipe

It was a fall of water pipe on a train which claimed two lives in a train recently. Does anybody need to hear what would follow? But I would still tell- inquiry, compensation, blame game, demand etc. My curiosity rather question is where was the ‘system’ sleeping? Certainly it was not any terrorist attack or fall of any heavy object on the pipe that it fell down. Regular and strict could have averted such mishaps. But who cares?

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Raj Thackrey and Bal Thackrey

I am mentioning Raj Thackrey’s name first, not in family’s hierarchical order, because it is the former who put the scanner in the Shiv Sena’s works as analysts suggest. Who formed the government and who couldn’t is not my concern. My concern rather fear is if Shiv Sena would aggressively adopt MNS’s policy to target the North Indians in Mumbai or it would continue to stick to the middle part which, I think, is in the interest of the state and the nation.

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Aggressive stance

The piece just above was written when Raj Thackeray’s MLAs had not slapped Samajvadi Party MLA Abu Azmi in the State Assembly. My fear that Raj Thackeray brigade would step up its aggressive tone came true but did not realize that this would be extended to violent means by the new right wing group. My belief is if Thackeray brigade continues to target North Indians and Hindi or indulge in any extreme activities they would alienate themselves from people. For in our country, people en mass don’t support such kind of dogmatic view and violent pages in the political book. May God grant wisdom to all for prosperity of nation.