The media is abuzz with a lot of voices and counter voices on recent happenings. I thought I should chip in with my bytes to put things in their perspective as I see them and without much ado, here I go:-
(a) The demonetisation drive by the Modi government.
There has been a lot of criticism, especially among Prime Minister Modi's opponents saying that
the demonetisation drive was the unkindest cut meted out to the common man, citing long
queues, insufficient measures to provide assistance to the general public and except for the
common man, no wealthy businessman and other perceived wrongdoers were sighted dumping
their ill gotten wealth.
I'd call such opinions hare brained and the proponents, merely hoodwinking the others by their
baseless points of view. I shall explain my way of thinking by putting across a few questions/
facts for you to ponder, which are:-
(i) Will a government squander away the goodwill of its people by putting them through
enormous hardships for minimal returns?
(ii) Won't such a drastic step negate his party's fortunes in the forthcoming Assembly elections
in UP and Punjab if the opponents were to highlight the hardships and use them against him?
(iii) If anyone of us expected the known fraudsters, black marketeers and hoarders to join those
queues on the first day itself, aren't we way off the mark? They're the same people who'd
given the '30 Sep' deadline of the government the go by, remember?
Can't miss the paradox here. We've the President of the World Bank, opinions in other countries
especially, Pakistan, lauding Modi's courageous move but in India, it's been otherwise!
(b) Protests in the US over Trump's win.
We hear about gathering protests over Trump's win in the Presidential elections by a few of the
Democrats and mostly, the immigrants of different backgrounds. It's, again, a foolish thing to
do instead of accepting the verdict in the right spirit. I say this for the following reasons:-
(i) The '16 Presidential election was all about the ethnic whites exercising their franchise in no
uncertain terms.
(ii) The poor, the lower and the lower middle income groups have been struggling to eke out
a living as owning a house and enjoying a quality life had gone beyond their grasps.
(iii) They consider that successive governments have appeased the growing immigrant
population who're diluting the American dream and their culture. They feel that their
ingress needs to be checked, especially that of the Muslims, as they do not mingle with
anyone while insisting on maintaining their religious ideology!
What these protesters should bear in mind is that they should not antagonise the ethnic
population because their backlash can be hurtful and disastrous for them and the country.
Donald Trump has been the only person to give them the hope of reviving the 'Great American
dream' in no uncertain terms! And hence, he won hands down!!
And finally, a word of advice to politicians, across the world, "Do not use election rhetoric to
defame your opponents. It might help you to garner votes and win an election but you'll never
have his/her wholehearted support in your nation building activities which can prove to be
detrimental".
Tailpiece.
Spoke to Kurup kochachhan this morning on account of not calling him up on Sunday that was customary. He was cheerful and his attendant did not have any cause for complaints.
(a) The demonetisation drive by the Modi government.
There has been a lot of criticism, especially among Prime Minister Modi's opponents saying that
the demonetisation drive was the unkindest cut meted out to the common man, citing long
queues, insufficient measures to provide assistance to the general public and except for the
common man, no wealthy businessman and other perceived wrongdoers were sighted dumping
their ill gotten wealth.
I'd call such opinions hare brained and the proponents, merely hoodwinking the others by their
baseless points of view. I shall explain my way of thinking by putting across a few questions/
facts for you to ponder, which are:-
(i) Will a government squander away the goodwill of its people by putting them through
enormous hardships for minimal returns?
(ii) Won't such a drastic step negate his party's fortunes in the forthcoming Assembly elections
in UP and Punjab if the opponents were to highlight the hardships and use them against him?
(iii) If anyone of us expected the known fraudsters, black marketeers and hoarders to join those
queues on the first day itself, aren't we way off the mark? They're the same people who'd
given the '30 Sep' deadline of the government the go by, remember?
Can't miss the paradox here. We've the President of the World Bank, opinions in other countries
especially, Pakistan, lauding Modi's courageous move but in India, it's been otherwise!
(b) Protests in the US over Trump's win.
We hear about gathering protests over Trump's win in the Presidential elections by a few of the
Democrats and mostly, the immigrants of different backgrounds. It's, again, a foolish thing to
do instead of accepting the verdict in the right spirit. I say this for the following reasons:-
(i) The '16 Presidential election was all about the ethnic whites exercising their franchise in no
uncertain terms.
(ii) The poor, the lower and the lower middle income groups have been struggling to eke out
a living as owning a house and enjoying a quality life had gone beyond their grasps.
(iii) They consider that successive governments have appeased the growing immigrant
population who're diluting the American dream and their culture. They feel that their
ingress needs to be checked, especially that of the Muslims, as they do not mingle with
anyone while insisting on maintaining their religious ideology!
What these protesters should bear in mind is that they should not antagonise the ethnic
population because their backlash can be hurtful and disastrous for them and the country.
Donald Trump has been the only person to give them the hope of reviving the 'Great American
dream' in no uncertain terms! And hence, he won hands down!!
And finally, a word of advice to politicians, across the world, "Do not use election rhetoric to
defame your opponents. It might help you to garner votes and win an election but you'll never
have his/her wholehearted support in your nation building activities which can prove to be
detrimental".
Tailpiece.
Spoke to Kurup kochachhan this morning on account of not calling him up on Sunday that was customary. He was cheerful and his attendant did not have any cause for complaints.
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