Rahul Gandhi v/s Uddhav Thackeray

Rahul Gandhi had recently said that Mumbai belongs to all Indians.He also said that the NSG commandos that had fought during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai included men from not just North India but Maharashtra as well. He said that at that time the MNS and Shiv Sena did not ask the commandos from North India to be thrown out. Uddhav Thackeray retaliated by saying that Rahul Gandhi has disrespected the sacrifice and bravery of police officers like Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte etc.

I, for one, support Rahul Gandhi. If MNS and Shiv Sena care about Mumbai so much why were they sitting at home doing nothing while terrorists were tearing Mumbai apart. Why did they let NSG commandos hailing from North India do the dirty work of saving Mumbai? I am not doubting the courage of Mr. Karkare and the others but they were killed because of the poor quality of the bulletproof vests they wore. When an investigation pertaining to the quality of the bulletproof vests was taking place, the bulletproof  vest of Mr. Karkare vanished mysteriously. What did the Shiv Sena and MNS do then? NOTHING.You say Rahul Gandhi has disrespected the sacrifice of these officers yet in your own city your own people do not respect their sacrifice. To prevent the corruption in the police force from coming to the fore they resort to such tactics.And by the way Rahul Gandhi did not disrespect the sacrifice of the brave police officers in any way. 

Stop regionalism Mr Uddhav Thackeray. If you really want to do some good for Mumbai and your "Marathi Manoos" then stop the violence and help with the development of the city. Otherwise Mumbai will be destroyed by you and your men.

Tigers: An important part of our heritage

These days there are a lot of advertisements on TV  of movie stars asking us to support the tiger. Well to me this is not just an advertisement but a movement to save the tiger. There are only 1411 tigers left in India. This is a 60% decline from the number of 3500 in the 1990s. The sad part is the poachers are ignorant about all these facts and figures( they ought to be for all that matters to them is M-O-N-E-Y). The tigers are poached not just for their skins but also for their bones which are used to make medicinal balms. Project Tiger which was set up in 1973 tripled the number of these feline beauties from 1273 to 3500 but a lot has changed since then. We need to save our national animal from total extinction. Harsh laws will have to be implemented against the poachers who try to or kill the tigers.


The government is doing its bit by injecting 153 million US dollars into Project Tiger, setting up a poacher combat force and taking up relocation of 2 lac villagers to minimize tiger-human interaction. However we as responsible citizens of the country should do our bit to save the tiger. For that you can visit this link : http://www.saveourtigers.com/WhatCanIDoLeadtheChange.php


You can also show your support for the tiger by joining the save the tiger movement. For that you need to visit the following link:http://www.saveourtigers.com/


I have joined the movement. Now its your turn. We all need to show our support otherwise the day is not far when an important part of our national heritage will be lost forever.

Phir Mile Sur or Phir Mile Bollywood??????

This morning I watched the new version of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, the national integration jingle launched in 1988. The new version was launched on 25^th January and frankly speaking it failed to impress me.

As if it were necessary to inform us that the Indian film industry is the largest in the world churning out the most number of films (most of which are flops) the song overdosed on movie stars especially from Bollywood. I began wondering:’ What the hell were the makers of this song thinking? Do these film stars show our national integration? Why not concentrate on people who had made breakthroughs in other fields as well? What about our sports stars? Sachin, Sourav, Dhoni(basically the Indian cricket team as a whole),Leander Paes(tennis), Dhanraj Pillay(Hockey), Karnam Malleshwari (Weightlifting) , Pankaj Advani( Billiards) and many more from different disciplines deserve equal recognition. People from field of science and technology also deserve similar recognition. Why not concentrate on people who protect our borders so that we may sleep easily?

Thankfully I am not the only one to share this sentiment. To understand what I mean please follow this link.

All in all a disappointing new version of a song we grew up hearing.

Won't allow Australian players in IPL, says Uddhav Thackeray

The Shiv Sena on Saturday night threatened not to allow Australian cricketers to play in matches in Mumbai, of the third edition of Indian Premier League.” The IPL should be patriotic. We would not allow Australian players to play here in the wake of racist attacks on Indians there,” said Uddhav Thackeray.

Well Uddhav, you had better get your own house in order first before you accuse the Australians of being racists. For the past few years you and your party have been among the most racist political parties in India with you slogan of Mumbai is for Marathis only. You have till date continued your attacks on North Indians residing there saying that they take away job opportunities for the Marathis. You and your party think they are above the constitution of India directly violating the fundamental rights (equality and freedom) of Indian citizens. You have only been trying to promote your Marathi Manoos agenda which has found few takers. You couldn't care less about the Marathi Manoos. For people like you your vote bank is more important than anything else.

So my suggestion to you is: either stop your own racist bias towards North Indians or SHUT UP.

p.s.: for details of this topic follow the following link:

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/23/wont-allow-aussies-in-ipl-uddhav-thackeray.htm

USA: The ultimate hypocrite

A few days ago the US Secretary of defence, Robert Gates said that India would not have unlimited patience if there was another 26/11 style attack on the country.Today the US has decided to supply 12 Shadow Drones( UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to Pakistan. These UAVs will be supplied as unarmed vehicles to Pakistan.


A UAV is specifically used for reconnaissance missions and it can considerably improve a country's surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.Gates did not respond to a question whether the US would impose a condition that the drones could not be used along the Indo-Pak Border.


The US has in the past supplied weapons and weapon technology to Pakistan in the name of fighting terror. However as Pervez Musharraf revealed last year, these weapons were used mostly for the Pakistani army posted on the Indo-Pak Border.


The US should now make its stand clear. While it is supporting India by saying we will not tolerate another 26/11 style attack, it is supporting Pakistan by supplying it technology which will most likely be used to spy on India. The Shadow drones have a range of about 110 Km which means defence establishments can be spied on in the border region very easily.And add to that we have a leader who is like a puppet of the Americans.

'India won't have unlimited patience if 26/11 is repeated' says US

The US made it clear on Wednesday that India's patience would be "limited" if it faces a Mumbai-type attack again, as it warned that Lashkar-e-Toiba was working in league with the Al Qaeda to destabilise the region and provoke an Indo-Pak military confrontation.Defence Secretary Robert Gates emphasised the need for "high level of cooperation" from all countries to defeat the "syndicate" of terror, including the LeT, the Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban under the command of the Al Qaeda.

Mr Secretary of Defence, don't worry about patience of the Indian leaders. Even after so many terrorist attacks on our country we have been patient and we will continue to be patient. The reason is simple: our leaders do not have the courage to make bold decisions. When the 9/11 attacks took place what did America do? They bombed Afghanistan to weed out the Taliban. And what did our leaders do after the 26/11 attacks? They warned Pakistan that this would be the last time they would tolerate this sort of incident. We could have attacked Pakistan and destroyed their terror camps. But to keep some other countries happy we did not do any such thing.

That is not all we are continuing to be patient as terrorists across the border keep on attempting to infiltrate into India.India won't have unlimited patience to tolerate another 26/11 attack if and only if we have a leader who does not cower from taking bold decisions. Someone like our late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi.

PCB to take up IPL snub with BCCI

The Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) accused IPL commissioner Lalit Modi of betraying the PCB after nine of its players were bought in the auction of IPL 3 and is planning to take up the issue with the BCCI. Apparently the reason the franchisees had given for not buying the Pakistani players was that there would be problems for getting visas for them.

Eijaz Butt,the PCB chairman said that Lalit Modi had assured him that all the Pakistani players would be given chance to play in the tournament. Well,they would have been given chance to play in the tournament if they had got any buyers. Now tell me Mr.Butt how is it Lalit Modi's fault if your players are not purchased in the IPL auction????

And also after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks you had deemed it unsafe for your players to play in India. Well none of the other players from other countries had that problem. The IPL was shifted to South Africa because its timing coincided with the 2009 General Elections. So why did you even bother to enter your players for the IPL this time round??Your players are much safer in India than in your own country.

So Mr.Butt, I tell you this:All the best for next time.