I am Back

I am thankful to all my avid blog readers who in the past have graced my blog with their eyeballs, the good news is that I am back and in original.

I am still contributing my articles for Aam Aadmi Party and shall continue, but now I can be the face to you. I shall be posting my thoughts in Hindi and English as well. It is sometimes that I relate to a particular topic much better in Hindi and sometimes to topics which shall be in English.   


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Watch Arvind Kejriwal Explosive Conversation with Arnab Goswami

Under the aegis of Times of India Literary Carnival 2012, held in Mumbai recently, Times Now Editor-In-Chief Interviewed Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal. Watch the explosive Interview.

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416862.cms

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416863.cms

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416864.cms

Wait a Minute !!! IOC Ban on IOA

Wait a Minute ... If you don't like your country !!!! Don't waste your time reading it. It all happens in India

My Thumbs Up to IOC ban on IOA.

I know this is rather late to comment on an incident which, to many of us would really not quite bother to react on, but this post still needs some serious eye balls.

After all it takes the guts of an international body such as IOC, International Olympic Committee to remind Indian Government that they can’t have their whims and fancies overrule the International Sports charter all the time.

My sympathies with the sportsmen of this country, but I feel very ecstatic about the ban.

It’s time to churn the whole system, under which sports bodies are governed. Take a look around and you are ashamed of events that lead to the management of sport bodies.

Each and every sport body (to my knowledge) is administered by the people who are affiliated to political entities or corporate of stature.

It’s an opportunity to clean up the mess. A nation of 1 billion plus proud individuals and yet we muster a tally of only six medals and rank 55th in the recent London Olympics, behind countries like Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Belarus, Croatia, Romania etc. There are countless of such nations who have drubbed India. I am sure none of these countries are geographically bigger than any of our states, and probably in population too, but yet they score a respectable tally of medals, and mind it some of these countries were war torn and have a history of malnutrition.

But here in our country, what we could see is malnourished sportsmen in spirit, embroiled midst favoritism, biased selections by the overly nourished sports administrators. They all are the living memorabilia of being intoxicated in power.
Don’t believe me (In fact you don’t have to) look at these names: -

Abhishek Matoria – BJP MLA from Rajasthan is the president of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation.

Arun Jaitley – BJP MP is the president of DDCA (Delhi District Cricket Association) and a member of sub committee in BCCI.

Sharad Pawar has been the former BCCI chief, while being a minister, N Srinivasan the current BCCI president from Chennai owns India Cements, a company which manages Chennai Super Kings and has MS Dhoni captaining it. Can there not be any possible link or business interest linked to such deals and tie ups.

Vijay Kumar Malhotra of BJP is the president of Indian Archery Association; he is also the President of the General Association of National Sports Federations and the senior vice president of the IOA. This is his 10th term, 81-year-old Malhotra’s becoming the president of the AAI violates the age and tenure guidelines under the Sports Code.

Rajeev Shukla is the chairman of IPL and other sub committee of BCCI.

Anurag Thakur of BJP is Hon. Joint Secretary of BCCI.

Jyotiraditya Scindia is the chairman of Finance Committee in BCCI.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is the president of Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP from Kaiserganj, UP.

Political heavyweights including Natwar Singh, Satish Sharma and Yashwant Sinha have headed the All-India Tennis Association (AITA).

The recent elections in IOA (Indian Olympic Association) are eye opener; Abhay Chautala is elected as the President of IOA, although I do admit he was a sportsman and represented nation, but isn't it true that he has political ambitions too, and these posts are only chosen to be in limelight and throw your weight around, which is the foremost qualification to be an politician.

I just don’t understand why not a sports person from a particular sport is made the president of a federation or an association, why one should see politically motivated individuals grabbing the chair, why can’t the Indian government set us certain legislation to it, to understand this it’s beyond my intellect.

All that the government likes is to see, the retaining of CWG co-accused and jailed Lalit Bhanot becoming the Vice President of IOA, or Suresh Kalmadi holding such an important chair even after he was jailed for the alleged irregularities in the CWG Scam.

Do these people have the required expertise and experience regarding the concerned sports?

The answer is no. When the boss is ignorant what to do, the fate of the game is nothing but bleak. Hence, passion and professionalism need to replace politics for the betterment of Indian sports.

I am sure India though little, but in abundance have produced sportsmen like Zafar Iqbal, Dhanraj Pillay, Mohd. Shahid, Gagan Ajit Singh (Hockey), Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat (Badminton), Dingko Singh, Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing), Limba Ram (Archery) Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Mahesh Bhupati (Tennis) Kamlesh Mehta, Chetan Baboor (TT) Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, etc (Cricket).

Why can’t they be elected as the President’s and Chairman of respective sport bodies, federations and associations. Why an eminent sportsman can’t be elected the IOA President, why these politicians who are deep rooted in one or the other controversy?

The answer lies in the minds of these people who besides satisfying their political aspirations, are playing with the esteem of country’s honor, and making us we the citizens of India a laughing stock.

Corruption in Shackles

A very interesting article appeared in the regional hindi newspaper Rajasthan Patrika.

The article talks about how science is put to use to curb cases of corruption. Chemical Test, Narco Test, Poly-graphic Test, Bugging & CCTV surveillance, Finger Printing, Phone Tapping, Forensic, Sting Operations etc all act as saviors for various investigative agencies to arm themselves and act against perpetrators.

The articles also throws light on various departments of the government prone to corruption and also talks about how this grave problem can be controlled.

To read full article click here

‘Why I’m Joining the Aam Aadmi Party’

Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal took the official plunge into electoral politics on Monday, launching his Aam Aadmi Party, the party of the “common man.”

Addressing a crowd of roughly 10,000 people gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar monument for the launch, Mr. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party would follow the principle of “swaraj,” the Gandhian concept of self-rule, or rule of the people, and focus on issues that concern common people, like “social inequality, health, education, farmer’s rights and price rise.”

Describing the event as “history in the making,” on Twitter Mr. Kejriwal earlier said his party’s aim was also to “throw out” India’s “corrupt political system.”

Mr. Kejriwal, who announced his anti-corruption movement would turn political in September, added that those present at the public rally “will be treated as founding members” of his party.

The Aam Aadmi Party has two kinds of members: general and active. General members have to work for the party for four months before becoming active members, which would allow them to vote on all important party decisions. The party already has 23 active members, including several of Mr. Kejriwal’s closest associates, like social activist Manish Sisodia and lawyer-turned-activist Prashant Bhushan.

We asked several people at the rally why they decided to join Mr. Kejriwal’s newborn Aam Aadmi Party as “general” members.

Adarsh Kumar, a 38-year-old businessman, came to Delhi all the way from Kotdwara, a town in the northern state of Uttarakhand to show his support for the party. “This party has given us a chance to vote for something we believe in. There is no rhetoric or false promises. It is formed for a cause,” Mr. Kumar said, with reference to Mr. Kejriwal’s anti-corruption crusade. “So far, the fight was through rallies and sit-in-strike. Now, the voice will be heard in Parliament,” added Mr. Kumar.

Like most people at the rally, Mr. Kumar was wearing a Gandhi cap, which Mr. Kejriwal turned into a symbol of his political initiative. The caps, also known as “topis,” were printed with the phrase, “Main Hoon Aam Aadmi,” Hindi for “I am common man.”

 
Surinder Maini, a farmer from Delhi’s neighboring state of Haryana, described the creation of the party as “possibly a step in the right direction to ward off corruption.”

He said he was joining the party despite having “no expectations” Mr. Kejriwal could challenge established parties like Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party to become a leading political force in the country. “I’m here to lend my support to the movement, which I feel is the need of the hour,” said Mr. Maini. 

 
Rajiv Malhotra, a student at Delhi University, said he wanted the party to make its stand clear on issues of development. “I like the idea of forming this people’s party. But it should focus on development. When development happens, corruption will automatically end,” he argued.  

Tauseef Khan, a trader from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, said he was “proud to be part of AAP”.

Mr. Khan said he had joined the Congress party last year after its general secretary, Rahul Gandhi, visited his village. At the time, “that was the only party committed to serving the interests of the common man,” said Mr. Khan, who has since changed his mind. “I have been following Kejriwal and his activities and it has finally dawned on me that most of these major political parties are corrupt and exist for their leaders’ existence. So, I have made a shift,” he added.

Anju Rani, a 32-year-old primary school teacher from New Delhi, said she joined the party in the hope that it would give equal representation to women in its ranks, unlike established parties. “This is the right time to join and be part of it,” said Ms. Rani.

Mr. Kejriwal said his party was likely to contest its first election late next year, when New Delhi is set to hold state polls.


Article Courtesy : The Wall Street Journal - India