Heroes of IPL

On January 24, 2010, In Sports, By

In a symbolic act the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners did not bid for any of the Pakistani players. It was indeed a commendable act and deservers a round of applause from all citizens of India.

Unable to accept the growing reality of being citizens of a failed state the Pakistani government officials; cricketers & media launched a diatribe of insults against India.

Even though the Indian government made it clear that it had nothing to do with pakistani cricketers not finding favour with any Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, they are taking it as a national insult. The Indian government also wisely advised Islamabad to “introspect on the reasons which have put a strain on relations between India and Pakistan”.

Unfortunately the Pakistanis are unable to grasp the new reality. The federal sports minister is complaining about the “discriminatory treatment” meted out by the IPL. Some called the snub a “conspiracy” against Pakistani cricketers and said the “entire incident was pre-planned”. All blogs, forums and social networking sites are now full of anti India & anti hindu hate messages.

There is no cause whatsoever for the Pakistani government to question the workings of a private venture in India. They have to realize that IPL is a business venture and team owners were wary because the availability of Pakistani players could not be assured. One more terrorist attack like 22/11 and there will be severe visa restrictions on Pakistanis. Also the public mood will be against it.

To an average Indian citizen the reaction of Pakistani cricketers or fans is very surprising. The entire process of bidding involves a simple private purchasing decision taken in the best interest after evaluating all options. Tomorrow the Pakistanis will ask for representation in Bollywood filmfare award function, Delhi auto show and India International Trade Fair etc.

The solution for this imbroglio was that the PCB must its act together to launch a privatized franchise-model Twenty20 league within Pakistan too. Rather than behaving as glorified beggars and insisting in a share in neighbour’s property, it must get its act together.

However in the entire episode, the role of Indian media was utterly disgusting. They were plain stupid, irrational & anti-national. How can any Indian citizen forget the numerous attacks, bomb blasts & killings launched by terrorist based in Pakistan? Have the Pakistani government punished any of those involved in the heinous crimes committed by its citizens on India.

Or is it because a terrorist incident increases their TRP – that the Indian media is favouring Pakistan?

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The Gandhi’s & the Art of Keeping India Poor

On January 19, 2009, In Politics, By

Sarojini Naidu once remarked – “it costs India a great deal of money to keep Gandhiji in poverty. His consumption of fresh fruit, increasingly his staple diet, would have bankrupted many a middle class household”.

Similarly India has had to pay a very heavy economic price for twisted socialist policies of the Gandhi family.

Recently Rahul Gandhi indulged in slum tourism and was accompanied by Miliband the visiting foreign secretary of UK. According to the host, Shivkumari, “It was their sudden visit to my hut. The arrangements of mattress and pillow etc were made by the Trust (Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust) people. After their departure, a vehicle came and took those items”.

The entire exercise was a great experience in looking at Indian poor people as a museum exhibit. Doing anything to remove poverty is a separate subject . Reducing poverty in India would also reduce the vote bank of the Gandhi family. This practice of “breeding poverty” has been passed on from generations.

Under Indira Gandhi, economic policies were used as a powerful tool to increase control of government over trade, industrial production, and credit allocation. It expanded her power exponentially at the cost of nation.

It was only when P. V. Narasimha Rao became the Prime minister that we saw the dismantling of the license raj. The situation was so bad that economic reforms were adopted to avert impending international default in 1991.Rao’s finance minister was coincidentally Manmohan Singh, who played a central role in implementing these reforms.

The impact of those reforms was huge and it improved all sectors of our economy like foreign investment, manufacturing, banking, trade and the nascent software sector. All of them grew by leaps and bounds. India’s image also changed, from a beggar state to that of an IT hub.

There has been growth but their is a problem of inequity. The number of poor people in India is very large. In villages basic facilities such as drinking water, electricity, sanitation and medical facilities are lacking. But poverty cannot be removed by lip service or sloganeering like”Garibi Hatao”. It can be removed by generating wealth and that can only be done by rapid industrialization.

Lessons can be learnt from Gujrat, where even in times of global recession investors have promised to invest a phenomenal Rs 12,000 lakh crore. No wonder leading industrialists are praising the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and suggest that he could be the prime minister.

Today,India has been growing economically not because of but “inspite” of the Gandhis.

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