Thought for the day
”It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not
stop."
-
Confucius (Chinese,551-479BC)
Word for the day
Frisson (n)
A sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of
emotion; thrill
(Source:
Dictionary.com)
Teaser for the day
"57% of Mumbai citizens surveyed say our MLAs are
corrupt."
This reflects upon whom?
Some random thoughts
Nobel prize
"You don't need to wear a patch on your arm to have
honor", Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) told marine LC Harold Dawson (Wolfgang
Bodison) in the last sequence of popular 1992 Hollywood drama "A Few Good
Men".
Two gentlemen Kailash Satyarthi and K. Radhakrishnan have made
India and all Indians feel proud in past two weeks. These two have certainly
inspired millions of youth and children to pursue the path of justice and
excellence.
I have still not heard any voice asking Bharat Ratna for them. I
will indeed not be surprised if a large majority of our politicians and studio
experts, who had a rather cacophonous debate on the subject few months back,
had never heard about them before their recent accomplishments.
I am also confident that their exist thousands of more similar
silent achievers who do not need any medal in recognition of their services to
the society. It is the society which honors itself by recognizing their effort.
Looking back at the quality of people our government/society has recognized in
past couple of decades reflects poorly on us, in my view.
State elections
Many readers have asked why have I not written anything on the
two important state elections scheduled to be held this week. Perhaps my
extensive coverage of last general elections has conditioned their
expectations.
I feel that these two state elections are just a continuation of
the political trend that began to take shape four years ago and got firmly
established with the May 2014 general elections. I do not see any change in
that trend. I see a decisive mandate against agenda of crony socialism and
divisiveness.
I have not traveled to Maharashtra recently. But from my
discussion with people on the ground there I understand that Shiv Sena will be
the biggest loser in these elections and BJP will be a clear winner.
Insofar as Haryana is concerned, I did make couple of trips to
the state in past three weeks. I could see women and youth voters breaking away
from traditional caste and personality driven politics.
Contrary to most opinion polls, I feel INLD will only get
support of 50+yrs old Devi Lal loyalists and some stray youth. Kuldeep Bishnoi,
Vinod Sharma, Gopal Kanda etc. may be relevant only in 5-7 constituencies. It
is mostly between Congress and BJP, with BJP having an edge there also.
I am also not surprised to see Akali Dal and JDU putting their
weight behind Chautala's INLD. These relatively stronger regional parties need
to find some common ground to create a viable national alliance against Modi
led BJP.
However, I still feel (see
here) that most degenerated socialist would get extinct in next couple of
decade and all well meaning socialists would congregate under Congress umbrella
to make it a right vs. left politics in the country.
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