30.12.10

Passing the buck ....


In olden days ,movies had separate comedy tracks and comedians ruled the roost .They usually accompanied heroes and the heroines as friends and had their own love tracks ,songs,etc.Then there were also item dancers who did scintillating numbers usually to entertain the villain's den .That was a long time ago ..Now we have heroes doing the comedy themselves and heroines doing what look like item numbers ...That is not what I wanted to write about ..


In olden days ,many politicians came to public life to serve,some to be famous and a few to earn money .There were a few corrupt ones at all times .Most might have been arrogant but had clean hands though their noses were up in the air.Look at now ...Politics is the only profession where you can be powerful ,arrogant ,corrupt ,criminal and to top it all get away with it ...

Going on to the top rated reality show that is the Central government and its head ,The honourable Prime Minister .. whose only interest is to serve USA (someone must check his nationality ),who tries to paint his image as not being political but who can trigger off the worst horse trading if he needs to survive (hardly apolitical ) ,who seems to aid and assist his ministers as they indulge in themselves but manages to keep himself clean and most dangerously ,a man whom the media does not wish to talk about .....


Yet whatever is happening in today's India is what Mr.Manmohan Singh scripted as finance Minister and Prime Minister .Opening up not only the market but also India's vast resources has been his singular achievement .It is he who is responsible for making the Ambanis and the Tatas so very powerful that they run the government de facto .Above all ,he chooses to keep silent when all around him are shamelessly looting the country and its people .And dangerously and surprisingly he keeps himself clean .....

The Bhopal tragedy continues to bleed afresh with the throw away compensation ,the PM remains silent.All those accused in the Bofors scam ,get away and the PM aids their escape.The inefficiency and blatant corruption in the Commonwealth administration keeps hitting headlines ,the PM chooses to ignore even till the last moment...The spectrum scam comes along ,he is silent .News about his pet Tharoor and the IPL spills out and he does nothing .He gets him to resign only to reinstate him in a parallel office with equal authority and power.And the list goes on .

India's natural resources have been handed out to MNCs on a platter ..the Maoists are striking with local support ....the ministry seems to consist of nobody but criminals ...train after train crashes killing people in hundreds and 2010 has been shown to be the year when the farmer suicides were highest .Yet the Prime Minister continues his foreign trips unabated and his silence unchecked ...




These are the evils of having a PM who is not a politician and therefore need not face elections .No elections -no need to fear - not even Sonia Almighty ....

Poongulali