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Sunday 18 November 2012

Dear all

Bala Saheb Thackeray , the 86 year old veteran of Marathee Manoos is no more . Praying for the departed soul.

Started as a cartoonist, Balasab got into the political scene by galvanising Marathi sentiments particularly on the job less youth by proclaiming that Jobs are taken away by immigrant South Indians and sought for regional quota among factory workers. During the Mumbai riots and the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation he became a strong proponent of the Hindutva campaign with his fiery speeches. Sri Krishna Commission indicted him in communal conspiracy and the state government saved him. His party joined hand with BJP giving him a national colour where he spoke more on Hindu pride and nationalism.

At the same time when there was choice between Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil he chooses the congress candidate because of her being Marathi. When his more capable nephew Raj challenged his authority, he chooses his Son and grandson as his political heir and then criticised Congress for family legacy. He asked Muslims to be first Indians then Muslims but when it came to Maharashtrians , he was first a Maharashtrian then an Indian. When his cadres started chasing Bihari workers the patriarch was silent on the Pan India Hindutva.

It is left for the readers to judge him either as xenophobic and Hippocratic or whether as a Nationalist or regionalist , but he leaves behind a legacy of political conviction , clarity of thought and the ability to behold the Regional Asmita (pride)of his State .

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crying babies have milk

Dear all, The prime minister''s independence day speech was disappointing to most of the ex service men . According to them the PM did not deliver what he had promised to them during the elections. Yes, I mean the one rank one pension scheme (OROP) . The TV channels showed flocks of ex service men predominantly people from Punjab, Himachal and Haryana cursing the PM as a traitor. We all know that it is easy to make election promises but when it comes to implementation , reality strikes. The same is the case with OROP . This is a great idea in principle , but the cost to exchequer is said to be nearly Rs 10000 Crore . Who will bill this ? Lets now go to Bihar. Our PM has now gone and pledged around Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore for Bihar's development. Well, I do not know whether the learned people from Bihar will bite the bait or whether they too will have to go for a Dharna later. Time and the election results will speak. The larger point here is about the culture of freebies and rent seeking by interest groups. This has been part of India's body- politic since long and have made large Vote banks . Is nt this at the cost of others ? . Guys I am not being parochial. You go to a railway station , airport and any Central Government office , don''t you get a larger taste of Hindi, Bihar and the stench from the cow belt. I am afraid I don't see any diversity here. ( except the occasional face of some dark coloured Southees or marathees in the CISF security team at Mumbai airport). I don't have numbers to throw and prove statistics but the point is that there seems to be a collective bargaining and a reciprocal political blessing based on election needs, be it from UPA or NDA. ( In fact both seems to be two parts of the same coin). If Bihar can claim Rs 1.3 Lakh crore (if at all it happens ) why not Orissa , Bengal and Telengana. Are'nt they also underdeveloped. The resource pledging seems to skew unequally over the geography of India particularly away from the South and East; Well that is for you to think , but what worries me is on the tax that I pay. I don''t mind that the tax taken from me is given to the right people or if the government comes up with some schemes which percolates my income down the pyramid, but what annoys me is that I don't want my tax to be pledged for votes . Anyway as somebody said crying babies always have milk. That is what democracy is for. Jai Hind: