My 2 cents on Exit Polls

Yesterday, I was looking at the Exit poll results of 2009 Elections on CNN-IBN and NDTV. They were giving all sorts of projections based on their survey.

In the CNN IBN survey, I had a look at the Bihar numbers(any state would do, I took Bihar since they had a round 40 seats which can easily divide any number). There were 1960 respondents from Bihar, which means 49 respondents per constituency. I assume each constituency as a few lac voters. How can 49 people represent these few lac voters?

I don't believe NDTV either, who have not even mentioned their sample size.

Hence I don't like to believe these numbers but would like to watch out for Saturday the 16th.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Manmohan Singh - Spineless?

Yesterday Congress party announced their manifesto and Manmohan Singh announced that he will not be contesting the Lok Sabha Polls.

I can understand he getting nominated to Rajya Sabha in 2004 post the elections because he was not in contention before the Polls, and hence was not given a party ticket.

But the situation is different now. He is Congress' PM Candidate. Doesn't that mean he has to contest Lok Sabha polls and win his way to Prime Ministership? The reason he gave was really funny. He cited health reasons for not contesting. But he doesn't mind being PM in spite of his health concerns.

Do we want a PM who's just a puppet and doesn't even have the guts to contests Polls?

Who's spreading more cummunal hatred?

Media space in the last few days have been dominated by Varun Gandhi who's accused of spreading communal hatred. He is accused of talking in front of hundreds of hindus against hindus. While this article in no way tries to support Varun, I'd like to question the media.

What the hell is the media doing? CNN-IBN and NDTV are abuzz with the videos being shown hundreds of times which the entire country is watching. How are these TV channels spreading communal harmony by showing these videos throughout the day?

Apparently Varun Gandhi's hate speech happened on 6th March 2009 whereas the videos were submited to the Election Commission and were shown on TV only on 17th March 2009. Does it take 11 days to make a CD?