Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Icecream cows,beef and free tractors

Icecream cows,beef and free tractors



Its said inhibitions are due to our own apprehensions which often limits our understanding of a particular thing.I'm not sure of what that is but i have never understood the path of privatisation that was taken by the Nda govt.First I'm a fairly orthodox guy so i don't believe in selling of profit making Psu's.

Let me explain,lets imagine a small village and the village together owns a cow.This cow gives you an amazing quality of milk,icecream types.Why the hell would you wanna sell it?What has happened is some people who hate icecreams got together and sold off the cow,now wheres the money.Isn't the money supposed to be distributed back to the village,you don't need economists to figure that out.

What arun and co did was ,first sell off the cow and then put the money in the govt treasury.Capital is supposed to flow back in the market,lowering interest rates and giving investment another kickstart.That never happened.Privatisation.

Its agonizingly annoying that the Nda is now trying to corner Upa by coming up with a strategy that will see them accusing everyone in the cabinet of being a criminal instead of the Pm.Maybe if the Nda had come to power the congress would have slogged out the same strategy.Indian political think tanks are more like think tinks.

The CMP,that sounds very warm.The new govt is surely encouraging many people to take up farming again.Free electricity,tripling rural credit,easier rates..!How about free tractors and even a mall in every village with good discounts.Where is all the equity going to come from..?Ok,lets cut the last two out still wheres the money coming from.

The presence of the left means that the glory days for the workers will be back soon.Labour reforms will be only in the interest of the workers,how on earth is that going to bring about private participation in sick Psu's i do no know.

Another very heart warming gesture is ,reforms with a human face.I believe if theres anyone who'll be able to do it,its gonna be the Pm.But theres not sufficient fire power in his alliance to make it happen.I hope he works a way out because he has the capability to be one of India's most progress oriented Pm's ever.

Now I'm sure thats screaming out loud that i'm not biased towards anyone,except Manchester United.

I got his joke yesterday.A pessimist is a person who doesn't milk a cow because hes afraid the milks already sour.I'll add the Indian political optimists just go ahead and eat the cow.



Pleasure,Naviin.

"We must all hang together, or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Peace On the Borders Of Insanity

Peace On the Borders Of Insanity


Its a historic day,India will play Pakistan in what will hopefully the
first complete tour in 14 years.As i have always said,my generation
has always got the best of sport and it just keeps getting better.

I believe i've watched a bit of sports and the hue and cry about this
series being a peace initiative is generously naive.The Indo-Pak
conflict is primarily about Kashmir which we'll never get back the way
it was,and about cross border terrorism which is now far widespread
then Pakistan to just pull the wires and de-plug it.

Sports is a great ambassador but in this case,lets just focus on
having some great matches.Peace through cricket is just another cheap
BJP trick of garnering votes.I for one believe that India will win a
closely fought series,not as much as because of our cricketing talent
but due to the fact that elections are round the corner and the Indian
government cannot have the dumb India shining perspective lose any sheen.

If you go through the events that have resulted as a consequence of
the Indo-Pak conflict ,it'll hit you that all of it is just cheap
politics.False patriotism just like sex,sells a lot.Not a single
leader has yet been determined to bring peace in the valley and the
lives that have been lost ,have been fueling the dark fires of the
governments formed and vanquished.

A peaceful solution to Kashmir will be divinding it into 2
parts,another partition.Then it'll suddenly hit us that what we were
actually fighting for has been taken for us ,as for them they'll get
what they were playing for.But will it make the separatists happy,my
guess is no.Partitions never make anyone happy is what Humans should
have learned by now.

Lets watch this series as a good dose of cricketing adrenaline and
keep the filth of politics away from the sport which has been in a lot
of turmoil.Theres nothing which captures this country more then the
sound of the willow and lets succumb to the passion of the sport and
not of the underlying themes which have discrept as political ambitions.

Pleasure,Naviin.