Headlines in my mind

Have been thinking of writing since many days but could not find time to do so (busy playing dota and trying out many more games). Also so many topics were going on with elections around the corner that i was not able to decide which topic deserves my valuable time. So i came up with just headlines instead of a lengthy post. Now first of all am in a train and writing from mobile so dont know how to change paras. Tried html tags last time but they failed. Will try the newline char that is provided in mobiles this time :-).


Hope it works!


Recently went through Times of India editorial (web edition) and found it quite nice. Although I never liked the ones that got printed, web editorial page is definitely wort going again. One nice link is in my twitter updates.


Varun Gandhi got what he wanted (maybe a little more) with his name and pic being used all over and even getting his 'fan club' on orkut. Not a surprise as even Godse has one with over 10k members.


Another editorial talked about how considerate Maneka Gandhi is on topics related to animals but Homo sapiens are excluded. Dare you talk about killing any street dog without inviting her wrath. But its ok if her son wants to kill anyone but animals.


Forgetting the last post got news of positive action from Obama of closing down all secret prisons by CIA. Keeping good to his promises although its but obvious that Afghanistan will take lot of time to heal. Dont personally agree to his policy regarding Pakistan but I doubt he can do much. But still not joining the Rahul Gandhi for PM bandwagon.


Coming to Pakistan its just a matter of time when the country breaks up. I doubt whether at this stage even military in control could save it. Dont understand whether they even want to save themselves or not? But I have little hope that pumping lots of money will solve the problem.


With elections around the corner and situation in Pakistan deteriorating India indeed has strong threat to counter.


But besides terrorists even situation in Assam and in naxal areas is going out of hand. Its easy to counter terrorism but internal issues can easily be contained by sustained development. Whatever!


Nice shoe attack by the journalist but instead of shoe should have used a bullet and instead of Chidambaram could have targeted Tytler. Still dont understand why does congress seek to protect those two. Can never condone Rajiv Gandhi for this very act and hope to see those two serving some time behind bars (am against death sentence so cant say hanged :-().


Good to see some politicians and officers feeling the heat for Godhra riots. Though am sure Modi himself will never feel the same (brainy fellow) this should act as deterrent the next time.


Very strong and positive statements by our weak-looking prime minister. Very courageous of him to admit that minorities are harassed by the police and a very tact comment while rejecting offer of TV debate by Advani.


Similarly found nice comments of Nitish Kumar. Have forgotten what they were exactly but were related to communal ism. Am sure that Lalu and Paswan will be no match for him at least not on topics related to regional development.


Sri Lanka: LTTE needs to be uprooted no matter what. Have heard of policies followed there of 'white van kidnappings' and other atrocities on people of Tamil origin but the fact is that they still have democracy left. Taking up arms is no solution (and having two air forces is too dangerous). This is similar to that of naxals which is in no way legitimate. If their concerns are genuine and if they command such respect (not fear) in their region (which is growing by the day) then why dont they fight in elections. With the area affected by them they can easily get more than 20-30 seats which can make or break government. In Sri Lanka it is half the country.


North Korea: Tested America to the limit. Good or bad only time will tell. Should not in any way lead to any kind of was due to Americas prior engagement (read Afghanistan).


Now some light stuff!


Opinion poll about how much will online campaign affect polls found online. Did not bother to check the results.


Invasive ads of Tata Sky being used on Times of India website (yes i surf it every hour even from my mobile). You open a page and suddenly Aamir Khan starts shouting. Have been startled by it quite many times.


Why is swimming and other sports facilities closed on holidays? Thats the time we need it the most ;->.


Still havent got my voters card. Its another matter that I wont be able to vote anyhow as exam schedule in BHU usually ignore election schedule of Lucknow. Another time. Anyhow there is no one to vote for. I would anytime prefer Congress but my vote would be waste on them in Lucknow. Would prefer Lalji Tandon sans BJP.


Reaching Lucknow so gotta stop writing. Got a lot off my mind :-). And one more thing no comments on spelling mistakes (I made few of them up). Rest your mind if you have read till the end ;-). I need to rest mine after writing so much.


[UPDATE]: Came to know that in Lucknow poll prospects of Rita (Congress candidate) are good enough. Still exams come first :)

MP/MLA's for development or for parties?

Am still confused on this one. On what basis do we select our MP's or MLA's? On the basis of how they ersonally are or on the basis of which party they represent? Should I be voting for my constituency or should I be keeping national interests in mind? What to do with people who fit the title 'Right person in wrong party'. Should they suffer cause of their party or should party win cause of them? I know ideally it can be said that party is formed from them only so a right person will help form a right party. But this is not the case always.
So what exactly was the 'spirit of the constitution' when creating such a post? What i believe, it must have been for selecting the best people from all over India without any concept of parties or concept of abiding by party decision when you personally disagree. But its obvious that in such a system no leader can enjoy stability. But am sure it wasnt the purpose of constitution to elect puppets for the parties who are bound to it. Especially with Anti Defection Law in place you just cant afford to disagree with your party. But if they only wanted puppets then why have them even. Just ask people to vote for parties and they'll select some person for each constituency.
There was another issue I was thinking about and that was about how to ensure that a person can fight election with a limited amount of resources. It was more of ensuring that a person having more resources dont have so much advantage as a normal person. For guys in college it was like a government decision to make JEE paper such that difference between those going to coaching and those not able to access coaching have minimal difference while attempting the paper. Obviously there will always be a difference, coaching will give some advantage but the aim was to make it minimal. Similarly we need a way to ensure that more resources dont translate into much more votes in elections. Will write about this in another post.
For now still thinking what is the purpose of MP's/MLA's or whether I vote for the parties.
Anyone having any ideas??