MORE, MORE ABOUT MODI

Of late, he's there everywhere - The Supreme Court said it was ok for the Gujarat state to investigate him first. Super entrepreneur that he is, he went into a P.R overdrive that read as - The Supreme Court finds no fault in the fact that I ordered the Police to protect all the crazy Hindu fanatics that killed any Muslim that came their way. He sarcastically declared that he would fast, and of course, that “God is great”! Both of us, I’m sure were stunned at the mass debates and headlines it brought on. A clear case of the media creating an un-heroic Hulk! If only a sarcastic comment could block prime time channels and have senior leaders debating on his every pause, he naturally zeroed in on the penultimate goal and tossed his ‘guru’ aside. Nothing personal, only business.

He's a thorough entrepreneur who has had enough of 'dole-outs'. He's the perform or perish type. No schemes for the backward, poor, the handicapped, sick etc, etc. He's had enough of ‘those’ type of people. All these un-necessary schemes, dont make the cash registers ring. Its all about profit. Not surprisingly, he wouldnt mind adding a touch of ‘private’ to ‘public’ sectors. Gujarat is one economic success story. Just dont ask why its got a hungry population even higher than that of U.P.

Just in case all this seems too materialistic (???!!!) he decided that he's a devout Hindu. Now thats a great combo - cash plus spirit. Throw in a pinch of patriotism, a dash of oratory skills, and he’s ready to be P.M.. Why, he even got himself a lot of Muslim votes too. Why bother with boring things like ‘Secularism’?? Such a waste of time. Those who claim to be secular have failed so many times. So he decided to be one up – Why be secular at all? Just cut it out. Mr.Smug believes in the “be like me, or live on the sidelines obediently while we allow you to, or get out policy.” He even thinks its macho. Hence the sparks between him and another macho man – Sanjay Bhatt. Only difference is that Mr.Bhatt took a ‘macho’ decision to do the right thing, while the other is regularly doing the ‘macho’ strut to flatten anyone who dares to disagree with the boss!

There’s just one tiny problem – I DONT BUY ANY OF IT ..................

Playing the violin while Rome burnt all around him is the ONLY thing people remember about Emperor Nero today. Someone’s going to be remembered just so, if at all.
Ordering the Police to protect murderers is worse than being a murderer. Its called being a cowardly murderer.
Thinking that he is superior to someone else because he was born into a certain religion that is numerically preponderous is absurd AND foolish.
Laughing at secularism only means that he’s laughing at tolerance and himself. Who hasn’t had to be tolerated?? So he mocks all those who tolerated him these many years, including his mother, poor educators, and of course, all of us who do so now. Clearly, He Who Must Not Be Named, thinks he epitomises the perfect human being!


................... & the best part is that I’m not alone. I guess, not a lot of people want to live a daily life where they would have to apologise and live hasty hesitant lives just because they are not Hindus, or laugh at people just because they were not smart enough to get ahead in life, or were dumb enough to be born handicapped!
Thank God for that and for sense.

TWO FACES

Kiran Bedi became famous because she was India's first woman IPS officer & because she towed away Indira Gandhi's car, which was parked in a no parking area. She famously spared no traffic offenders & started out (much like most other oficers in India) with a bang. She just happened to be attracting more attention because India had never seen a lady in khaki pants before!

Fame, they say is a difficult, if not tyrannical mistress. While, the impression that she gained as a tough, upright officer stuck, the lady didn't unfortunately, & she slowly but surely changed. The suave, media savvy Kiran Bedi you see today is a far cry from the gushing lady who first came face to face with the still nascent media in India.

Cut to the early 90s. Kiran Bedi was famous. Full stop. Everyone had heard of her & her honesty & the image stuck. Just as you think of Amjad Khan & Gabbar Singh, no matter what! Because Amjad Khan was always Gabbar Singh. She was however none too popular amongst her colleagues & since the Police force is a team & not a one man show or one woman show, she was rightly or wrongly shunted from Delhi to Mizoram.

She was certainly annoyed at the so called 'punishment posting', but put on a brave face & made all the right noises. Her only daughter came along & studied in the local school. However, after she cleared her 12th board exams, Kiran Bedi did the unthinkable. She claimed one of the medical seats meant ONLY for Mizos for her daughter, who I doubt very much, was interested, in the first place.

The Mizos, peaceful people in general, did not this like. As it is since Mizoram has no professional colleges to date, & all the Mizo students together had to compete for only 10 seats distributed all over India, they erupted in anger. They choked the streets & demanded justice. Kiran Bedi, who had taken the peaceful Mizos & her 'sterling' reputation for granted, was astonished & stunned at the riots & the chaos that ensued. So, in true survivor style, she RAN AWAY in the wee hours of one fine morning, without any information to, much less permission from, her superiors!

Kiran Bedi later changed her daughter's name & claimed that her daughter was entitled to the medical seat as she was a resident of Mizoram at that time - As in she was 'residing' in Mizoram at the time. Yay! Full marks to Bedi for her linguistic elasticity. She pushed the letter of the law around, & boxed the spirit of the law into submission!

However, none of the chaos and riots that broke out in Mizoram found a voice outside it, in those Doordarshan days. Hell, you have to fast for 10 years before people know you're alive, even in the days of 24x7 news right??

Kiran Bedi fled Mizoram, after stirring a hornets nest there & simply refused to go back! Delhi posted her in Tihar jail, which she did improve a lot, & which today, is a huge celebrity center! People don't change, however, & after a few natty skirmishes here & there, lo & behold, madam was demanding that she be made the Commissioner of Delhi because she was the senior most (?) officer & because she was a woman!!! Thank God, they didn't. So, she fled again - this time, by taking voluntary retirement.

Next thing I know, she's hugging Anna Hazare and shouting "Ye Dil Mange No More". Err.... madam, shouldn't WE be saying that?