Friday, April 17, 2009

Who do you want to serve Mr. Vaiko?

Vaiko made this statement Yesterday.

‘My sole aim is to protect Lankan Tamils’

If you want to protect Lankan Tamils why are you contesting from India? Why don't you jump off into the sea, swim through, get across to Sri Lanka and serve them there. Why do you want to use Indian resources to save Sri Lankan tamils when India has enough problems for herself?

I always fail to understand the "Tamil Eelam" issue which is prevalent in Tamilnadu. All politicians are sympathetic towards SriLankan tamils who are dying. Why aren't they interested in the Indian tamils that are dying? Why are we being sympathetic? Just because they speak the same language as ours. Is that sound and rational?

I understand India has to be concerned because Sri Lanka is our sea neighbour. But we have to stop there. We should have our self interest first. Everything else comes next. Did Vaiko react so much to the 26/11 attacks? He is more concerned with Sri Lankans dying than with Indians dying.

Bottomline : Just have your self interest when you vote. Don't think about Lankan Tamils, Sri Lanka is not in India. Do we worry about dying Combodians? Just make sure you vote with the utmost selfish motive, which is India's self interest.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Mr Mulayam, can you draw the payoff diagram of a forward?

I've been trying to download Samajwadi Party manifesto for around 45 minutes yesterday, before I realized this fact. How can a party which wants computers banned put up its manifesto online? Shit

When I was googling, I found this SP website, I started wondering. Why does SP have a website? Their policy is that if a job can be done manually, then computers should not be allowed to do it. Why not put a 24 hr Phone line and employ a poor guy to answer calls from anxious people who would like better their lives by knowing about SP.

SP wants to ban machines that substitute human labour. So let's ban buses, trains and flights, people can walk/crawl/swim to their destinations right. Let's ban mixers and grinders, people can use the old fashioned "Aatu Kal"(I don't know how to call it in English, Its a 2 stone thingy used to grind things.)

I'm reiterating Arun Shourie here. Think of Mr. Mulayam representing India in a G-20 meet with bundles of paper(read without a Laptop , without a mobile , talking in Bhojpuri/Hindi)

I agree the majority of India doesn't have access to either computers or English. But that doesn't mean these should be banned for the welfare of the country. But a manifesto like this only shows immaturity and lack of vision of the SP leadership. Poor can't be made better by bringing the rich to them. Poor can only be made better by taking them towards the rich.

Friday, April 10, 2009

How should MK deal with Vaiko after his speech about Tamil Eelam Issue

What should be M Karunanidhi's Strategy after Vaiko's recent speech about Tamil Eelam Issue.

There are 3 options in front of MK.

1. Arrest Vaiko under NSA
2. Ignore him
3. File a complaint but don't arrest

If MK has to maximize his chances in Tamilnadu in the Lok Sabha Election 2009, what should he do?

1. If Vaiko is arrested, it can make Vaiko a war-hero. He'll become bigger than what he is now. He'll become a victim rather than a culprit in the eyes of Tamilnadu Voters. This can actually accelerate the turn in tide against MK and worsen his position in the LS Polls.

2. If Vaiko is ignored, he'll make couple more speeches on this issue and try to make use of this for political gains. But this can be interpreted as incapability on the state government to maintain law and order. Again not positive at all for MK, but definitely better than Option 1

3. File a complaint against Vaiko but don't arrest him. This will show that the state doesn't want these speeches but it doesn't want Vaiko to use the arrest to his advantage. Afterall, DMK doesn't want to convert Vaiko into another Varun Gandhi.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

What a Shame?

When the IPL, was shifted from India to South Africa, India gave this very famous reason. " In view of the upcoming elections, we don't have enough security cover for IPL."

I felt ashamed when I read this page. India's not able to provide security cover for IPL in spite of holding elections in 5 stages, whereas South Africa is able to provide cover though they hold elections in just one stage.

Shame on u India!