Why in the world should I resign?

Dear Cricket fans,
     
     It gives me immense pleasure in informing you all that I kept my promise of not resigning from the world's richest Cricket Board- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). I also know that by the time you have read the first sentence you all would have crushed this letter under your feet. However, that doesn't concerns me from expressing my happiness. 
     The very first thing that I would like to clarify is that the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested my son in law and not me. But as societal values spread its branches all political top brass including cricket fans and my predecessors have asked me to resign on moral grounds. Well if that is the case, then why doesn't Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh places his papers? After all he was in charge of the coal ministry when the Rs. 1.86 lakh crore scam took place. 
     You people don't even know what is the benefit of handling the operations of the richest cricket board. I didn't change the norms of BCCI purposely. I did it so that I can have a side income. Now can anyone tell me what's wrong in having a side income. In India almost every second person has a side income and I'm a citizen of this great country. Moreover, I didn't own Chennai Super Kings (CSK) illegally, I made a constitutional amendment in BCCI laws. 
     If you guys think that I have a conflict of interest between CSK and BCCI then you all have misunderstood me. I never thought the way you guys did because I always kept the interest of the board first which is why I never spoke anything about the controversy surrounding my son in law. I completely gave him the responsibility of managing the team affairs of CSK. Moreover, I even laid a condition- that I would continue to represent India at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings if I were to step down. Yet you people never understood my love for BCCI. 

                                                                      Your's Sincerely,
                                                                         N Srinivasan
                                                                     (BCCI President)                                                      

                                                                                                       

Indian Premiere League or Indian Paid League?

     What was introduced with much fanfare in 2008 as a professional cricket tournament to boost friendship among nations, to improve the face of cricket not forgetting Indian cricket, to find new talents and to entertain cricket fans all across the world is now surrounded by a never ending controversy. By the way this shouldn't be a controversy if I rename the tournament as Indian Paid League.
     The latest controversy that's surrounding the IPL tournament is huge as it has hurted the sentiments of the people supporting cricket from the bottom of their heart. Not much has to be said about the character of the players who were involved in spot fixing the matches. What came as a big jolt to the nation was the involvement of S Sreesanth in this spot fixing. A player of such a stature who has played many international matches in all three formats for the country is now merely a subject of criticism for his fans. The other two players Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila have ended their career even before it started. With criticisms coming from all sections of the society these newcomers will never be respected for they have gambled in a gentleman's game.
     This is not the first time that IPL is in controversy. Right from the IPL scam in 2010 when then IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and then Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor were sacked, to a match fixing by five Indian cricketers last year this tournament has always been in the headlines. Yet, as an old Indian saying asserts, "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi", means forget about the things which happened the previous night, our players seem to have acted in the very same way. It is very clear that all the three accused have taken no lessons from their predecessors- Mohd. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Salman Butt and Hansie Cronjie to name a few. 

     The objectives of this glamorous tournament has just been the opposite of what it was proposed to be. Since the tournament has many foreign players playing in it; some even captaining the teams, one of the objectives of the tournament was to promote friendship among the cricketing nations. However, this task has proven to be very costly for the BCCI. This novel effort of the board is challenged by the childish behavior of Indian cricketers on the field. For instance in 2008 Bhajji slapped our "Michael Jackson"; 
S Sreesanth currently trapped in this latest controversy. Similarly the latest edition has also shown signs of rift between cricketer Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir as both of them entered into an argument over Kohli's dismissal. The story doesn't stops here as the aggressive Virat Kohli even started abusing the audience when the latter bullied the cricketer. 
     Lastly, the most important aspect of this tournament is entertainment. By the way entertainment is the only consistent characteristic that Indian Premiere League has been up to. Right from cheer leaders, to the controversy between Bhajji and Sreesanth, to the IPL scam and the latest spot fixing case that has rocked the nation this tournament hasn't let down the aspirations of people's search for entertainment. 
     Well, there's no doubt that the sixth edition of this tournament will be remembered for its spot fixing case rather than Gayle's sixer and Gilly's Gangnam style. 

Just in Time

     If there is someone that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government should worry about, that someone is Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi who became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001; has since then transformed the face of Gujarat, making it one of the most popular industrial hub of India. His popularity as a Chief Minister grew after the Godhra riots in 2002. His critics say that he is the main accused behind the riots, though, the evidence provided by them couldn't make any difference. After winning the elections twice in Gujarat, he has become the most appropriate candidate in the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) for the Prime Minister's post. However, he has a long way to go.

     The 2012 Gujarat election is seen as a Semi-Final to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The election is important in many ways since it will highlight the fate of two major parties of the country- INC (Indian National Congress) and the BJP. While the ruling UPA-II government led by INC is experiencing set-back because of the exposed corruption in the recent times, the BJP led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) is facing internal grudges for the Prime Minister's post. 

     One of the main reason behind UPA's second term in the government was the fast economic growth at an average of 8.04% that it reported during its tenure between 2004-2009. Despite the great recession in September 2008, the growth rate of India was 7.4% in FY 2008 which was a very healthy figure comparatively to the situations prevailing during that time. And yes, who can forget the Indo-US nuclear deal? This was the second main reason for UPA's return to the centre. The deal was very crucial to the country since it will provide India with nuclear power necessary for power generation. This deal was also important because it displayed Congress's power to continue at the centre after Left parties withdrew its support from the government. All was going well in the government until the end of the decade, when the first expose came out as 2G spectrum scam resulting in the creation of a blot over UPA-II's governance. Thereafter, the expose continued and the UPA-II government's popularity gradually reduced. The 18 month long campaign against corruption led by Anna Hazare against the UPA-II government and the subsequent failure of the government in getting a strong Lokpal bill passed in the parliament further reduced its popularity. 

     On the other hand the BJP led NDA is just another side of the coin. If Congress is surrounded by corruption the BJP too is not spared by it. The recent expose by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal about BJP President Nitin Gadkari has shaken the party from within. Many senior leaders from the party are seen sidelining the BJP President for his alleged role in the Poorti scam. Another major issue that has troubled the party in recent times is regarding the right candidate for the Prime Minister's Office. While many in the party are viewing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the right candidate for the post, rumors are that Janata Dal United will withdraw its support from the NDA since it considers Narendra Modi a religious fundamentalist. Apart from this, many in the party also view L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari as a potential Prime Ministerial candidate resulting in a rift inside the party. As a major setback to BJP recently, two senior leaders of the party, Keshubhai Patel from Gujarat and B.S. Yedyurappa from Karnataka quit BJP and started their own party to counter the ruling BJP governments in these states. 

     Now, with both the Congress and BJP on the backfoot they have started appeasing the public with their movements. On one hand where the government has started introducing its reform measure to boost the economic growth in the country the main opposition party has also taken its stance well by attacking the government on various fronts. As part of the reform measures; the government has passed the most opposed bill of FDI in multi brand retail recently. Similarly, the introduction of the Cabinet Committee on Investment and amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill has received lauds from both the opposition as well as the business class. The Cabinet Committee on Investment will fast track the implementation of the infrastructure projects with a value of more than 1,000 crore rupees. On the other hand the Land Acquisition Bill will benefit the land owners where compensation will be double the market price in urban areas and four times in rural areas. 

     There is an old saying, "Strike when the iron is hot". This proverb goes very well with the strategies of the government. It is so because the government has passed the bill on FDI in multi brand retail "Just in Time" when the Gujarat elections are on head. Though FDI in retail was opposed by majority of parties in the country, the government managed to pass the act with the external support from SP (Samajwadi Party) and BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party). With the bill getting the nod of the parliamentarians the government has definitely attracted the business community of Gujarat as well as the nation. The second game that the government played was the implementation of the Direct Cash Transfer Scheme just before the Gujarat elections. With the implementation of this scheme, it has mainly attracted Gujarat's rural audiences. Of course, another benefit of the scheme would be reduction in the cases of corruption. The third move was raising the cap on LPG cylinders to 9 from the earlier announced 6. This move, however, is a flop show by the government since the audience is already affected by the pseudo environment created by our "Indian Media."
     More or less, the opposition can only wait and watch until 2014 elections because the UPA government has proved its might as and when required; be it the Nuclear Deal or FDI in multi brand retail.

Chandragupta Maurya's fans rewriting history like him

Around 323 BC when India was handcuffed at the hands of tyranny, divided into 16 kingdoms each fighting for power a mighty king named Alexander was racing with his large army towards India. During this time a teacher named Chanakya aka Vishnugupta aka Kautilya sensed this king as a potential threat to India and so he came up with an idea of “One united India” or “Akhanda Bharat”. So he went to seek help from the most powerful kingdom “Magadha” whose king Dhanananda insulted him and threw him out of his court. After bearing this insult Chanakya took oath of destroying Dhanananda and his kingdom and said that he will bring a king to this throne who will first think of the nation and will fulfil his dream of “Akhanda Bharat”.Soon Chanakya found a boy who was a born leader and had equivalent qualities to that of a king. Chanakya then trained this boy at Takshashila University and few years later with coordinated tactics of Chanakya the kingdom of Magadha was defeated and this boy became the first emperor of “Akhanda Bharat” who is none other than Chandragupta Maurya.2,335 years later i.e. 2012 A.D. a show named “Chandragupta Maurya” was been telecasted on the channel Imagine Tv which had to be shut down because it cannot gather the required GRP (Gross Rating Point). Soon after this channel was shut fans of this very popular show started their protest on social networking sites to bring back the show on other channels.It is very interesting to note that in those times Chanakya and Chandragupta created history and the scenario hasn’t changed since that time. Today followers of Chanakya and Chandragupta have already created history by showing support for this historical show. Never in television history has any show received so much support of fans. The facebook group titled “Save Chandragupta Maurya” has so far 77,290 members which is just a week’s effort. A twitter account has also been created: @JaiMaaBharati which also has more than 250 followers. A youtube video has also been created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NY-MVstPMIt seems that with so much support and enthusiasm of fans the producers and channel will have a tough time to decide on this historical show.

Support increases for Chandragupta Maurya

With the sudden shut down of Entertainment channel Imagine Tv on thursday for failing to gather the required TRP's (Television Rating Points) the actors and the crew members are in a complete shock.

But this shut down not only affected the actors or the employees of the channel, instead it affected a large viewer of this channel's most popular show Chandragupta Maurya which is telecasted every Saturday from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Within no time the fans of this popular show bursted in anger and rage and cursed Imagine Tv and Turner Broadcast. Turner Broadcast was the one who has cancelled the licence of Imagine Tv due to which it has shut down.

The fans of Chandragupta Maurya then created a facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/savecgm/. In no time the group was over flooded with many fans of this show. The group so far has 57,363 members. All the members of this group want their favourite show Chandragupta Maurya to be resumed on a different channel. For this the group members have mailed many Tv channels and requested them to resume the show once again. It is learnt that the group mails one channel at a time so that the channel receives united support of all the fans and ultimately gets convinced to resume the show. Many posts are seen throughout the day and the support is increasing day by day. A twitter account has also been started on Sunday to support this cause:  https://twitter.com/#!/JaiMaaBharati. So far this account has 171 followers. It seems that the increasing support of Chandragupta Maurya's fans will give a tough time for different channels to consider this show for telecasting it on their channel.

The group on facebook is flooded with messages from the show such as "Jai Ho" and "Jai Maa Bharati".

Why is voting necessary?

One may wonder about the degrading quality of this nation. Some may even say that this nation was always corrupt, is corrupt and it will remain corrupt. Some may blame the politicians for corruption, inflation, unemployment, terrorism and so on. But has anyone thought of changing the current system?

     The answer is no. This is the saddest part of our country. Some people say that for changing this system we have to enter in politics and for this reason no one likes to poke their nose on the issue of changing the system. But while saying this how can one forget that the same system has given us a "Brahmaastra". And this Brahmaastra is none other than voting.

     Saying proudly that we are a part of the largest democracy doesn't make any difference. Instead following the process of democracy is more important. Isn't it? Our system has given us the power to change the government if the government is not worth to carry out the process of nation building. Two months back there was a discussion on whether social networking sites should be censored or not. On hearing this people from all over the country started protesting and saying that,      “We live in a democracy; no one has the rights to suppress our voice." Now the very big question arises here. It is: How can people assault the government and start making nuisance over democracy when they don't follow the procedure of the so called democracy i.e. vote? Isn't it ridiculous? 

     When people are blaming the government on its mistake then why the same people remain silent on the voting days and not use their power to make a change. In India people only get one chance to show their participation and that is during elections. And people should make use of this opportunity to show their participation.

     If we talk about change then people understand it as entering politics. I think that for bringing change entering in politics is not necessary as this system has given us the power of electing our representatives. If you cannot use that power then there is no use in blaming the government.

     In recent times social networking sites have become the nerve of most of the individuals all over the world. Many use social networking sites to socialize, promote their pages and to stay updated with the current scenario. Some people even post hatred status on these sites about our country, celebrity or any brand for that matter. But I want to say that posting hatred status on these sites is very easy but actually handling the situation is very difficult in real life. I see people abusing politicians on these sites and when I visit their profile and check their political views I get shocked as most of the profile says "Not Interested." My dear friend when you are not interested then what makes you abuse those politicians is the thought that pinches me. 

     In such times I just feel there are only two options. One is vote and change the current system and await a new beginning or get into that system and make your contribution to clean it up.

My India

India!!! A country where even non-living things are worshipped such as instruments of a craftsmen, weapons of a soldier, where a new computer when bought home is welcomed by performing rituals, where we borrow and lend things in times of need, where teachers are considered second parents of students, where a guest is given the position of a god. Yes this represents us. We are Indians.

From centuries India has been a favourite place of everyone be it invaders, learners, artisans, travellers and so on. This clearly states that India has always been a country where every single person would like to visit. What makes India so special? Is it we people? Or is it our tradition or culture? Well, all of these contribute to make India a special nation. It is a country where mothers will not eat unless they feed their children, where wives will not eat unless their husbands do not return from work, where there are fights between brothers and sisters but we still celebrate Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj. What makes us so different?

Our nation is considered as Cradle of Civilization. It is the birthplace of many religions of the world. We have also accepted other religions and many religions have flourished in India. It shows that we respect other religions and will always continue to do so. Many things in this world are given by an Indian. The numbers 0 to 9 has been given by an Indian. The master of politics “Chanakya” gave the world his thought and today many of his thoughts are used in military and management systems throughout the world. On 11^th September, 1893 during a session held on World religion in America, Chicago Swami Vivekananda started his speech with “Sisters and Brothers of America” after which there were claps for 2 minutes and thus he made the world bow to his knowledge of religion. Our very own Mahatma Gandhi the universal leader for peace is followed by world’s strongest man. Most importantly we have a great potential to sustain in any situation. Throughout the history we have witnessed this. Many invaders starting from the Greeks, Ghaznavids, Mughals and finally British have invaded India throughout the times but we all have shown them a great sustainability. We are a peace loving nation; we have never tried to invade other’s independence. We are always contended with what we have. We have always avoided violence and still we are doing so. We try to maintain friendly relations with our neighbours and we are very eager to help anyone who needs us in their times of difficulty. We have always refrained from doing violence even in our hard times. Our independence is one such example.

Today India is emerging as a global leader in the world in the field of science and technology, economics, education, human development and so on. The world is seeing India as a key to success in many fields. Many Indians today are working in world renowned companies and institutes. NASA has a majority of Indians working in their research centre. IBM and Microsoft are the largest employers of Indians.

To be frank about India’s way of living I can say that we are a nation where a Sikh Prime Minister belonging to Congress government led by an Italian woman was sworn in by a Muslim President and he was given over the responsibility of office by a Hindu man. 

FDI: Necessary or a new way to avert Janlokpal or a sure defeat?

     Since the commencement of the winter session of Parliament on 22nd of November, 2011 the Parliament was debating on the FDI in India. In the midst of rising inflation the government has seen FDI as a lender of its last resort. The concept of FDI though very simple has a very big advantage and also a disadvantage of its own. The government has proposed 51% investment in retail sector claiming that this is the only option to bring inflation under control.
     With "Walmart" the megastore entering the market, retailers from all over the country started opposing it saying that this will lead to shut down of their business. And the retailers are right at their place. If the history of the megastore is seen we can see that in whichever country Walmart has opened its store they have attracted a lot of consumers and the retailers in those countries had to forcefully shut down their business to avoid losses. The concept behind Walmart is so that it purchases the goods directly to avoid transportation and other costs. True that through this inflation will come under control. On questioning Finance Minister about Walmart after the protests started he said that this will bring down the inflation rate and will provide employment opportunities to people across the country. Now has anyone thought how much employees will work in a particular mall of Walmart? It is only 272. Yes, only 272 workers will work in a particular mall of Walmart creating hundreds and thousands of jobless people around the country. Though this concept of Walmart will benefit a larger group of buyers but what about those people who have business or who are likely to start a business very soon. Soon there will be a huge group of educated unemployed but this group won't be more than the larger group of buyers in the market who are likely to benefit from this megastore. Since the buyer group is larger than the business group they are in a condition to get attracted by this concept of Walmart and they can even vote for UPA government in the upcoming election of 2014.

     There is still time for the 2014 General Elections which is seeing the NDA government as the ruling party in the centre. So making complete use of the available time the UPA government has come up with the idea of 51% investment of FDI in retail business so that they can lure voters during the time of elections in 2014. However, there is no guarantee whether they will be able to lure voters or not, but if the concept of FDI is successful in the coming the years there is a chance of UPA remaining at the centre.

     After the FDI entered India all the opposition parties started opposing it including UPA's alliance parties as well. Due to this the parliament has not functioned properly and has seen back to back 9 days adjournment with the adjournment motion now extending till 7th December, 2011. It is to be noted that 7/12/2011 is the proposed day for the introduction of the much awaited "Janlokpal Bill". Now question here arises that after resuming of the Parliament whether there will be discussion on Janlokpal Bill or whether a debate will go on the current FDI issue. If the debate continues on FDI one can't expect Janlokpal Bill to be passed before 22nd of December, 2011 which is the last functioning day of the winter session of the Parliament. If the bill doesn't gets passed in the winter session of the Parliament the country will again see the same situation which it has seen a few months ago. If the bill is not passed the whole country will blame the UPA government for not passing the bill within the prescribed time and during that time the UPA government will start blaming the opposition for not letting them introduce the bill in the house.

     What next??? Well, the same blame game will start again between the opposition and the government blaming each other for the failure of the Janlokpal Bill. To think on it one can say that the UPA government is the sole benefiter of this FDI with taking the right step to lure voters, averting a sure defeat in the upcoming elections, hiding its incapability in framing a strong Janlokpal bill and taking a right step to bring down inflation.

Divide and rule

     In the wake of Rahul Gandhi's start of political campaign in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for the upcoming assembly elections in the state; Mayawati the current chief minister of UP on tuesday introduced a new resolution to divide the state into four parts. She said that such division of the state will result in effective administration. Currently the state has 70 districts and Mayawati government is unable to control administration of such huge number of districts.

     Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the UP government is unable to run the state and that is the reason people from here go to Maharashtra and Punjab and start begging for jobs. In response to the statement made by Rahul Gandhi, ShivSena executive president Uddhav Thakrey quoted, "When we say it hurts and when they say it is fine". MNS chief Raj Thakrey also added, "Gandhi family is responsible behind such condition of UP and that Rahul Gandhi needs a tution". 

     The next day Mayawati government which has so far been unable to handle the administration in the state has proposed the division of UP into four parts with new states namely Paschim Pradesh, Awadh Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal. With the introduction of this resolution some parties opposed the resolution while some parties were in favor of the new decision. The resolution is yet to receive a green signal from the Central government. 

     The divide and rule policy is not a new thing in India. It has been followed since the British times. The British unable to stop the rising movement in Bengal against them decided to divide Bengal with two provinces with the eastern part known as East Bengal (now Bangladesh) and the western part known as West Bengal. It was not the only divide and rule policy applied by the British. They even created a rift between Hindus and Muslims; the effect of which can still be seen today. It had cost us the divide of India creating a new nation state Pakistan.

    Now that time has changed, this decision taken by Mayawati is very intelligent.Firstly intelligent in terms of the forthcoming assembly elections gaining support of few parties for this decision who are currently against the Mayawati government. Secondly intelligent in terms of an effective administrator which she hasn't been so far. The division of Uttar Pradesh in real sense is a step towards welfare and development of the people living in that constituency. With this there can be individual attention on the states after division which will see more 

urbanization; which in turn will benefit the people by providing them more employment opportunities. Not only this smaller areas to rule will help the people gain confidence in their government which is not possible with bigger areas. For example: currently Uttar Pradesh is the second largest state of India. But if we talk about the  developed cities of Uttar Pradesh we see hardly 2 to 3 names in the list with Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur. In contradiction if we consider Maharashtra we can find many developed cities like Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Pune and Nagpur.

     A simple point to explain whether this division is justified or not is peeping in your own lives. Nowadays, most of the families prefer to stay in nuclear family rather than joint family. The reason is very simple: If you stay in nuclear family you will have less expenses and you'll concentrate only on you, your partner's and your heir's expenditure rather than contributing on the expenses which is not related with your family. Moreover you will have a peaceful life and not have the tensions of a joint family.

Revolution needed in thinking

     Its an irony for our country that we are headed towards a new milestone and yet majority of government schools do not even have a proper education infrastructure. While the government is set to provide the emerging students of this country a new revolution of technology, the question arises whether the new Aakash tablet will be beneficial to them or not? The Aakash in its launch was initially posed a challenge to the existing tablets in the maket; with its extremely low price as compared to other tablets priced above Rs 25,000. Aakash tablets come at a very affordable price of Rs 3,500 in the market and the government has set its price at Rs 1,600 for college and school students. The government isn't seeking to challenge any private firm with its launch but is in the view of revolutionizing education in  India.

     The so called India's version of tablet has been very popular since its launch. But the question arises that whether students will be in benefit after getting this tablet or not? Launched as an educational device by the government this device has the complete potential to divert student's mind from education to fun activities. For instance the mobile phone initially was launched to fulfill the purpose of communication. But now it has become a device that is used for listening music, video calling, internet surfing, sharing videos which has its own positive and negative points. 

     The tablet which is the next generation of mobile phone also has the same features but it has additional feature of computers which makes it a little different product from mobiles. Today's youth is already loaded with lots of technical items; be it computer, laptop, mobile phones, I-pod and so on. With so much technical items all around a new product is yet to find its place in youth despite few of the people have already purchased the tablets paying a higher price for it even before the launch of Aakash. 

     No matter the government is focused towards revolutionizing education in India but the question is whether the students from backward sections of the society will be able to use this new technology as the people of India lack in technology or we can say that they are technically illiterate. Students from rural areas are mostly deprived of technology and professors of government school though not everyone are technically illiterate. Since the condition of government run schools is the worst in our country with more than half of the staff speaking a slang language; what can you expect from a batch of such professors to teach students? The government instead should have first focused on improving the education situation in the country by providing government run schools a good batch of professors. Only then can we expect our youth to become technically literate. Since we the youth are the future of our country we should be technically advanced and for that we need a special batch of trained professors.

     Contradictory to this, the condition in urban area is exactly the opposite with students being far more advanced than the professors and this creates a communication gap between the students and the professors. In such cases students start disrespecting their professors because they are not well advanced which is again not correct.Being technically advanced means the students can even misuse the device which is meant for educational purpose. Nowadays, majority of youth are also disrespecting their parents because they think that they are more advanced than them. For instance, when parents warn their children about the bad consequences of their activities they simply turn a blind ear to their words and continue doing the same things for which their parents get upset. Also being technically advanced can even lead them to cause crimes for which they can be punished. Nowadys, social networking sites have a majority of youth visiting them and spending hours on these sites and doing nothing. These leads their degradation of knowledge and they are not ready to acquire new knowledge. In fact problem with today's youth is that first they waste their time doing nothing and when exams approach they panic and thus their stress level increases and some of them in regard to this even commit suicide. The youth then blame their syllabus stating that it is loaded and they cannot tackle it and start blaming the syllabus instead of looking at their own mistakes.

     In both the cases professors, parents and students are equally responsible for this scenario today. Firstly the professors and parents cannot cope up with the modern technology that is coming their way. Secondly, the parents are responsible for not nurturing their children in the right manner. If they had done so their children would have listened to them when they warn them of bad consequences. Thirdly, it is the students who consider themselves the king of technology users in urban areas and start wasting their time proudly. Every youth should remember that time is the biggest power on this earth. When nothing existed on this earth time was there and when nothing will exist time will be there. So the only thing that everyone should remember is time for it does not wait for anyone. If parents nurture their children on time they will turn out to be good human beings and if students utilise their time they will succeed in every respective field. 

Is it justified?

        Last week Team Anna's member Prashant Bhusan was attacked by members of Bhagat singh Kranti Sena which led the whole nation to a political tension. The attack was made after Prashant Bhusan's remarks on Kashmir that he made in an interview. According to Mr. Bhushan; Kashmir should be separated from India and be given to Pakistan because he feels that people of Kashmir don't feel that they are a part of India. In the interview he said following this statement that this was only a personal view of his. Later Mr. Anna Hazare said that such statements will obviously create political tension and this will hamper the anti corruption movement.
        Now it is hardly a week and Arvind Kejriwal a core committe member of team Anna was attacked by a person while Kejriwal was on his way to attend a program dedicated to enlight students of Uttar Pradesh against corruption. The attacker threw a slipper on Mr. Kejriwal who was caught later. It was later revealed that the attacker was former member of Congress and was disturbed by Team Anna's campaign against Congress government in Hisar, Haryana. He later said that he was an active supporter of the anti corruption movement which was led by team Anna, but now he points that the same team Anna has turned political asking the people not to vote for Congress government in Hisar; Haryana for the upcoming elections. The next day saw a big problem for team Anna as Rajendra singh and PB Rajgopal quitted from the post of core committe member of team Anna leaving behind only 20 members saying that team Anna's movemnet has turned political and that they will not support their movement anymore.
        The next day was a bad day for another team member of team Anna and this time the member was no other than former IPS officer Kiran Bedi. A report published in "The Indian Express" says that: Kiran Bedi is the next one who is caught in corruption. The report gives an account of Kiran Bedi's travel by air where she has taken more money from institutes to travel to their progaram. It says that the institutes gives her money to travel by business class but Kiran travels by economy class and uses her privilege of 75% discount in air travel for further discounts in economy class and the money which is saved by Kiran Bedia in this process is used by her for her personal expenses. Later on this matter Kiran Bedi called a press conference where she said that the money which is saved by her goes to the account of an NGO where Kiran Bedi works. The saved money is used when some institutes cannot pay me (Ms. Bedi) my travel money to attend their program.
       Personally even I feel that yes the movement is now having a political turn as team Anna is now more focused on blaming the government. I personally have attended the rallies held in Mumbai's Azad Maidan from 16th of August to 28th of August. During that time when my rally team was shouting slogans against the Congress government we were asked not to give any anti government slogans by members of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION as our fight is not against the government instead it is a fight against the corrupt system. So that time I found them correct. So now why is team Anna focused on hampering the image of Congress. The whole nation saw the list of scams in the year 2010 done by the Congress government.
      I am saying so because the government has said that a strong Lokpal Bill will be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament to which even team Anna has agreed. The winter session is supposed to begin on November 9, 2011. But team Anna has started its campaign against the government before November. So now the question is pointed towards team Anna. Now I feel that team Anna has broken its promise though it hasn't made any. Mr. Anna Hazare broke his fast on the condition that the bill would be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. So, it is a general understanding that team Anna should have atleast waited till the winter session of Parliament.
     Firstly, above all such happenings now I see that even Mr. Anna Hazare has started behaving like politicians. For eg: recently he has announced that he is going on an indefinite silent fast (Maun Vrat) giving account of his degrading health like every politicians do for publicity. Now those who are followers of Mr. Anna Hazare they clearly know that Mr. Anna Hazare goes on silent fast for two days every month for self purification (Aatma Shudhi). So why is he now announcing that he is going on silent fast for indefinite period of time?
     Secondly, I feel that the recent attacks on team Anna whether it is Arvind Kejriwal or Kiran Bedi except Prashant Bhushan are the aftermaths of the election campaign against Congress government in Hisar, Haryana. I feel the attacks on Prashant Bhushan were not a gameplan of the Congress government. The statement which he made though personal has hurted the sentiments of the citizens of India and I feel the attack on him is justified. But the attack on the other two members is not justified as both team Anna and the government has made mistakes; with the government trying to redirect people's attention from corruption and team Anna getting more into politics and here both of them stand out to be guilty.
     Personally, I am always against everything that is wrong. Few months back when the whole nation was fighting against corruption I had extended my full support to it. But now I feel that team Anna's going against the government before the government could introduce the bill in the winter session of the Parliament is not correct on team Anna's part.

GAME

A big deed always has a big result. You study for your examination and you will score good marks. You practice for a match and you can perform well.

          Same is the case with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. After the 2001 earthquakes in Gujarat when he became the Chief Minister; Gujarat was in financial crisis. But when Modi came to power he started working hard to bring Gujarat back to track. He started rehabilitation work for those people whose home and family were destroyed because of the earthquake. And within three years Gujarat was back on track. But before coming back to track Modi had to pay a huge cost.

          The Godhra riots where more than 1000 people died leaving widows and orphans back post riots is the biggest spot on Modi's character. Main accused Modi post events said that "Every action has a reaction". This clearly states that he was behind the riots. 

           Moving ahead Modi still was people's favorite as he promoted developments in the state. He allowed foreign investors to come and expand their business in Gujarat. The Tata Nano which faced many controversies in West Bengal saw its first factory in Gujarat because of Narendra Modi.

           Then came the most awaited state elections in Gujarat which was feared to be Modi's end because of his involvement in 2002 Godhra riot case. But this time again he gave the oppositions a big defeat and held his seat again for the second time. So far Narendra Modi is the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat. 

            And why should he not be the Chief Minister of Gujarat? After all, Gujarat cannot forget what Modi has done done for them. He became the Chief Minister when Gujarat was in the most terrible times, from there he brought Gujarat to such a position in India that it is now the fastest developing state of India. It has left behind big cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and now is considered to be the most profitable place to invest in with large no. of investors from India and abroad investing in Gujarat. Reliance and Tata two major companies of India selected Gujarat for their business to prosper. So just one mark is not enough to spoil ones image is correctly proved by Modi.

         Now again came the general elections, this time a big challenge for Modi to keep the image of his party  and Gujarat positive at the national level. The elections saw a win for the United Progresive Alliance (UPA) by defeating National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for two times in a row. Modi's government BJP was the major party of the NDA government. Though NDA lost at the centre Modi was still able to keep his power stable in the state.

        However, Modi's problem didn't end even after bringing his state to a respectable position. He was internationally criticised for his involvement in the Godhra riot case. His visit to the USA got cancelled because he is considered as a “Danger to humanity" by America and so they didn’t grant him the visa.

        Currently Mr. Modi is on his Sadbhaavna Mission that he ended yesterday.This was done to end vote banks. But even here he has to face a challenge from the opposition who also did a fast for 3 days just like Mr. Narendra Modi.

Now the actual Game starts:

        Mr. Modi who was continously saying that his government doesn’t support communalism got a break yesterday morning when he refused to wear a cap presented to him by an IMAM of the mosque. Despite having worn all kind of caps during the Sadbhaavna Mission presented to him he didn’t wear the Islam religion’s cap showing his disrespect towards the religion.

          Mr. Modi is mainly accused in the Godhra case of killing Muslims brutally but here he didn’t bother to wear the caps. Now what will this indicate? Will this not be an insult to Islam? He did wear other caps but he opposed it? So here a big question mark arises on his identity. What he did was not just an insult to their religion but was also a remembrance of the black day where both Hindu and Muslims died. This can again give rise to a big riot which will be in the favour of neither Hindus nor Muslims and not even Narendra Modi. Because after American reports came a day before Narendra Modi started his fast his race for the post of Prime Minister has increased. The reports said that, “Mr. Narendra Modi has worked towards the development of Gujarat and is the right candidate for the Prime Minister of the country.”

          Now Mr. Modi on one side is saying that they support all religions in their state but on the other side he is playing GAME with the sentiments of the people which can have bad consequences. On the other hand America which was initially neglecting Modi and not granting him the visa has started appreciating Mr. Modi because they knew it very well that it is next to impossible for the UPA government to win the forthcoming elections as their image is very much disturbed these days in India because of the scams coming out.

          As America knew it very well that Modi is a man of development who allows foreign investors to invest in his state, they thought that if he becomes the Prime Minister of the country he will prove as a gateway for them to interfere in India’s economy and politics. The only main reason behind supporting Modi is the own interest of USA. Otherwise they wouldn’t have even said a word about Mr. Modi. They waited for the right opportunity to comment on Modi and use him as they are 100% sure that NDA is going to win the next election. Modi is now seen to compete against Lal Krishna Adavani for the Prime Ministers’s post who also is a part of the same NDA government and was the right candidate for PM post as per NDA government till the American’s poked their nose in.

          Few know that when Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan it was America who used Osama Bin Laden to fight against Soviet Union as Laden knew local languages and was expert in guerrilla warfare. And when the Soviets retreated from Afghanistan, America went after Laden to kill him and that was the main reason why the 9/11 attacks took place.

          Now this GAME can even be fatal for India if the NDA government doesn’t realise the main motive behind this conspiracy of USA.