Democracy....you must be joking

Its a shame that politicians like Shibu Soren candidly blackmail the government to get critical post like Chief Minister....which effectively means that people of that state get a CM who is accused of murder and other charges of stirring arson and violence...and all this without choice

People with money and vested interests can blackmail and take advantage of our political system and come to power. How can a person who is not even fully cleared by the judicial system become a CM? First, he successfully negotiated with the government for coal ministry in return for his vote (and that of several of his MP’s) and now he comes up with such an atrocious demand.

One would blame Congress here but there is no point because even BJP secretly promised him CM post if he ditched the UPA during the vote. It is not funny to sit here in a foreign country and argue but the point I am trying to make here is that we take pride in being the biggest democracy in the world but the fact is democracy is now become a joke of few political parties in India. They openly manipulate and misuse our political system and its flaws using hard cash (which is again people’s money) and make unacceptable promises. What about people of Jharkhand? Do they want a CM who is a kidnapper? blackmailer? someone who was found guilty of murdering his secretry.

Surely people are being taken for ride. What is actually needed is a bold new initiative to clean up the entire relationship between cash and politicians.... Surely, we should be proud of our democracy but such viscous moves should be curbed otherwise democracy will soon become a joke in this multi party alliances who turn by turn are raping the system.

Gutted

As we know, there are pros and cons living abroad. You get an opportunity to see the world, travel, learn, experience, make quick buck or two etc etc. but when you weigh them against what you lose living abroad...you see a different picture. Believe me living far off from your loved ones and missing those rare moments with your family and friends is disheartening.

Although I am happy for my brother who is now entering into a new phase of life, I am feeling terrible and gutted that I will not be part of that moment. Surely missing such things in life are very expensive.

I promised myself that I will do everything possible to make up for this lost moment. I don’t want to miss his 'D' day (wedding off course) at any fucking cost.

Doping

In recent years, doping charges being framed and then dropping them has become a very common act. I thought Pakistan cricket had this disease but last week doping news in weightlifting confirmed that Indian sports is no different.

I saw weightlifter Monika Devi from Manipur crying and pleading with the sporting officials to investigate the doping allegations on her. She was absolutely sure that they were framed by some influential person for some dirty interests...and guess what…just after three days; all the doping charges were dropped. Point is at the end of the day, what does all this mean to Indian sports? why were they framed in first case? and why were they dropped later? what was the procedure used? who did those tests? did they follow the right guidelines? how were they validated? ....many questions have yet again gone unanswered.

I am sure this is not the first and the last time it has happened, couple of years ago, discuss thrower Seema Antil was framed with similar charges right in the middle of “Doha games”. Various federations and authorities like Sports Authority of India, Athletic Federation of India and Indian Olympic Association were all blaming each other. Later the charges were dropped ...answer given was shocking...they said there were some procedural lapses. FUCK !!!....Do they have any clue about how much physiological damage was caused on that sportsman?

What hurts me most is when I see our neighbour China, who is so focussed on their planning and execution. They worry about how they can come first in the medal tally, and here we are fighting for something else...SICK