I was under the impression that the more educated one is, the more absorbent one becomes to other's taunts and criticisms. This quality is essential in everyone that aspires to be a leader and especially, a political leader. But today's happenings cast a long shadow on our ability to handle negative opinions.
(a) Blanking TV channels.
It was with sadness that I let the news of the blanking of the Times Now channel, all across the state of
of Uttar Pradesh, sink in. The reason for such an atrocious action? The channel has been covering the
extravaganza at Mulayam's hometown and the foreign junket being undertaken by the Samajwadi
legislators! And who's done this? Akhilesh Yadav, one of the comparatively young chief ministers ruling the
states of the country.
It's understood that verbal instructions have been passed on to the cable operators not to beam the news
channel to 'teach them a lesson'! Let's give the benefit of the doubt to Akhilesh that such an atrocious order
might have been given by his minions, wanting to curry favour with him but where the fellow gets thoroughly
exposed is that he should have ensured that it was rescinded forthwith. In a democratic environment there's
no place for dictatorial tendencies and I hope he's taught his lesson by the people! If he wants to
be a credible leader, he needs to listen to criticism and take corrective measures to rectify them.
(b) Erring judges.
The stories of retired judges involved in sexual harassment cases have been the staple diet of the media
over the past month or so. Since the individuals have been in exalted positions, the scrutiny into their
private lives has evoked a great amount of interest among the general public. I'm not going into the merits
and demerits of the case, because the guilty will be brought to book eventually.
My angst is, however, on whether such negative trends are restricted only to the legal profession. Since
we all come from the same society, I've a strong reason to believe that this malaise is universal and many
more juicy and colourful stories are waiting to tumble out featuring 'the high and the mighty' from other
professions! The affected juniors are, perhaps, in the process of steeling themselves to blurt out the truth!
(c) A belated gold medal!
Anju Bobby George has finally got herself and India, the first world athletics title in 'Long Jump', nine years after the event was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She, who'd won the silver medal at the World Athletics
Final in 2005, was elevated to the top spot by the Athletics Federation(IAAF) after the gold medal winner,
Russia's Tatyana Kotova had failed to clear the dope test!
Better late than never. Congratulations, Anju! You deserve it!!
Tailpiece.
Sad to note that Arvind Kejriwal, the CM of Delhi, has decided to scrap his much tom-tommed 'janta durbar' because of the stampede and chaos that prevented it from getting off last time. Once he'd announced his intention to hold such meetings, he should have ensured its smooth conduct with the judicious use of the government machinery at hand. By failing to carry out his promises, he's becoming a prey to the opposition's taunts of, 'See, we told you so. You can't run an effective government on sentiments alone'.
(a) Blanking TV channels.
It was with sadness that I let the news of the blanking of the Times Now channel, all across the state of
of Uttar Pradesh, sink in. The reason for such an atrocious action? The channel has been covering the
extravaganza at Mulayam's hometown and the foreign junket being undertaken by the Samajwadi
legislators! And who's done this? Akhilesh Yadav, one of the comparatively young chief ministers ruling the
states of the country.
It's understood that verbal instructions have been passed on to the cable operators not to beam the news
channel to 'teach them a lesson'! Let's give the benefit of the doubt to Akhilesh that such an atrocious order
might have been given by his minions, wanting to curry favour with him but where the fellow gets thoroughly
exposed is that he should have ensured that it was rescinded forthwith. In a democratic environment there's
no place for dictatorial tendencies and I hope he's taught his lesson by the people! If he wants to
be a credible leader, he needs to listen to criticism and take corrective measures to rectify them.
(b) Erring judges.
The stories of retired judges involved in sexual harassment cases have been the staple diet of the media
over the past month or so. Since the individuals have been in exalted positions, the scrutiny into their
private lives has evoked a great amount of interest among the general public. I'm not going into the merits
and demerits of the case, because the guilty will be brought to book eventually.
My angst is, however, on whether such negative trends are restricted only to the legal profession. Since
we all come from the same society, I've a strong reason to believe that this malaise is universal and many
more juicy and colourful stories are waiting to tumble out featuring 'the high and the mighty' from other
professions! The affected juniors are, perhaps, in the process of steeling themselves to blurt out the truth!
(c) A belated gold medal!
Anju Bobby George has finally got herself and India, the first world athletics title in 'Long Jump', nine years after the event was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She, who'd won the silver medal at the World Athletics
Final in 2005, was elevated to the top spot by the Athletics Federation(IAAF) after the gold medal winner,
Russia's Tatyana Kotova had failed to clear the dope test!
Better late than never. Congratulations, Anju! You deserve it!!
Tailpiece.
Sad to note that Arvind Kejriwal, the CM of Delhi, has decided to scrap his much tom-tommed 'janta durbar' because of the stampede and chaos that prevented it from getting off last time. Once he'd announced his intention to hold such meetings, he should have ensured its smooth conduct with the judicious use of the government machinery at hand. By failing to carry out his promises, he's becoming a prey to the opposition's taunts of, 'See, we told you so. You can't run an effective government on sentiments alone'.
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