I can't resist getting amazed at what I see around me. To use a cliche, 'it happens only in India!'
1. A hero's homecoming.
Former telecom minister, A Raja, has finally been granted bail with riders. There's nothing unusual about it and it just goes to prove the fairness of our judiciary and the justice system. But what's mind boggling is the hero's welcome that the blighter got on coming out of jail. What does it show or what is being proved? Let me try to answer my own queries:-
(a) Are he and his cohorts trying to show his(?) popularity among the masses and thereby suggesting that
he should be handled with care?
(b) Is he making a statement that if his followers have accepted him with his warts and the moles, as to
why the law can't also see his misdemeanour in a lighter vein and allow him to walk free?
(c) What prevents him from tampering the records that incriminate him, by proxy?
Having said all that, his family's jubilation in having him back in their fold is discernible. But he needs to understand that a mere grant of bail does not absolve him of his wrongs!
2. The taint in cricket.
The media has come up with yet another expose that accentuates the rot in the game. The garishness of the IPL version of the game is an eye sore and the play of money was always there for everyone to see. But to catch youngsters indulging in malpractice - in camera - has given a further body blow to the game. Saddened by the turn of events, I've been asking the following questions:-
(a) Aren't the youngsters inducted, to represent various teams, happy with the remuneration that they
have been assured?
(b) If they aren't, how much more would satisfy them? And what's the value system that they've
imbibed if they have embarked on wrong practices which can only bring about their ultimate ruin?
(c) Or is there something more sinister?
1. A hero's homecoming.
Former telecom minister, A Raja, has finally been granted bail with riders. There's nothing unusual about it and it just goes to prove the fairness of our judiciary and the justice system. But what's mind boggling is the hero's welcome that the blighter got on coming out of jail. What does it show or what is being proved? Let me try to answer my own queries:-
(a) Are he and his cohorts trying to show his(?) popularity among the masses and thereby suggesting that
he should be handled with care?
(b) Is he making a statement that if his followers have accepted him with his warts and the moles, as to
why the law can't also see his misdemeanour in a lighter vein and allow him to walk free?
(c) What prevents him from tampering the records that incriminate him, by proxy?
Having said all that, his family's jubilation in having him back in their fold is discernible. But he needs to understand that a mere grant of bail does not absolve him of his wrongs!
2. The taint in cricket.
The media has come up with yet another expose that accentuates the rot in the game. The garishness of the IPL version of the game is an eye sore and the play of money was always there for everyone to see. But to catch youngsters indulging in malpractice - in camera - has given a further body blow to the game. Saddened by the turn of events, I've been asking the following questions:-
(a) Aren't the youngsters inducted, to represent various teams, happy with the remuneration that they
have been assured?
(b) If they aren't, how much more would satisfy them? And what's the value system that they've
imbibed if they have embarked on wrong practices which can only bring about their ultimate ruin?
(c) Or is there something more sinister?
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