Alabandical
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Let’s Castigate the Caste System!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
My Stand!
Friday, December 20, 2013
The Khobrgade aftermath
While condemning the nature of arrest of Indian Diplomat might be acceptable, engaging in similar (if not more) indecent acts is not.
“If the revolutionaries did not assassinate the British, then the British Raj’s ideology of moral superiority and their counter-violence would not be justifiable.
Anti-imperialist terrorists gave the British, ideological and military legitimacy, in the eyes of many”
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Why give Anna all the credit?
Newspapers and the media are screaming- the victory is Anna's. but is it?
the act of fasting could have been done by anybody.
For a massive agitation of any kind, a representative is essential. The opposite party (in this case, the govt) or any other third party would find it easier to communicate with or refer to the selected leader/representative rather than to the whole mob. A man, preferably old, with a little history in social service in his resume could conveniently fit the role and perform it effectively. And that's what Anna Hazare did.
Of course, the initiative taken by him needs to be applauded. Not denying that at all. But the applauds must be equally divided between Anna Hazare, Team Anna (Kiran bedi, Arvind K and others), The Sponsors for the campaign ( they apparently paid huge amounts) The people, and The Media.
How could one forget the media?! Honestly, fasting is being done by several people at several parts of the country for various reasons.. compared to them, Anna doesnt stand out as anybody greater. But if anna's fasting gained such massive support, it's because the media helped. My kudos to media. Be it the common wealth games, the IPL match scandal, the 2G scam or the Adarsh housing scam, it was the media which made them big issues and helped the problem at hand seep into people's minds and bring their tolerance levels to the brinks.
so come on, lets not call it Anna's victory. It's India's victory!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
PHINEAS AND FERB! Everybody's cartoon!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
VIVA LA ESPANA
The one month is over! The FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 has finally come to an end. The world would now move on to another event to quench its ever burgeoning hunger for excitement.
THE GAME
The world cup final between SPAIN and THE NETHERLANDS was a war, indeed. The game saw scores of yellow cards, disappointing free kicks, roughness, referees and first-aid people butting in every few minutes, and finally, a spectacular and a dramatic goal by ANDRES INIESTA, taking Spain to its first ever world cup victory in history!
The remarkable thing was that the goal kept eluding itself, only to be scored in the 116th minute of the game, when everybody thought it was going towards a penalty shootout.
LOST OPPORTUNITY
Holland would have won the game, had the incredible shot at the goal by ARJEN ROBBEN during the 61st minute, not impeded by goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who clearly got lucky!
The ill-luck of the Dutch was evident right from the time THE OCTOPUS picked Spain for the win, which would have no doubt dipped the Dutch's confidence at least by an inch.
SOME OBSERVATIONS
Ø The din of VUVUZELAS was not as pronounced as they were in previous matches. People seemed deeply engrossed in the drama unfolding before them that was the match. ;)
Ø And as my friend and ardent football enthusiast, Kannan noticed (and I later conceded), the Spain coach did resemble SNOOPY, the dog. (No offence intended) J
Ø Finally, the world cup proved (just like in the IPL 2010) that fair play always triumphs!
Neither David Villa nor 'little' Wesley Sneidjer, the close contenders of the GOLDEN BOOT received the award. But it was young Mueller of Germany, who stole the spotlight and the BEST PLAYER title, being the youngest, yet the brightest player of FIFA WORLD CUP 2010.
Bidding adios to the world cup related excitement until the next one in Brazil in 2014,
Yesh J
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Foot-follower writes...
The round of 16 and the quarterfinals saw some shocking exits. England, under Wayne Rooney, couldn't make it to out of the first 16. The France team, after an embarrassing spat between the coach and themselves, walked back home. Brazil and Argentina, the two undisputed South American favourites were defeated by Netherlands and Germany respectively in the quarter finals.
Right now, I'm waiting to watch the first semi final match between Uruguay, (for whom this is the first time into semi finals since The 1970 World cup) and Netherlands. The match starts at 11:30 pm (Indian time) and I've even decided to bunk college tomorrow on account of pre-final-excitement symptoms, for Germany and Spain are all set to take on each other in the other semi-final round at 20:30 hrs tomorrow.
And finally, Thanks Africa, for hosting such an awesome game... and I kind of like those vuvuzelas :)
Cheers,
Yesh