Cynic Speaks

Atlast government bowed to Team Anna's conditions and passed lokpal bill that Team Anna had wanted. Anna's Fast unto death which media hyped as Second freedom struggle of India comes to an end. All the TV news channels gave almost 12-14hours live coverage of so called Second Freedom struggle for last 14days. Any one thought why? In a country where  people think about own profit more than anything else and news channels, being corporate houses, have profit as their main motive than why would they give 13-14hr coverage to just one thing and ignore everything else? If your answer is that Anna was doing something good for country and media has got some morals than I would say Don't gimme that Shit. There are many activists who have raised voice against many  problems including corruption and lokpal and yet they haven't seen limelight in their whole life than why all of sudden media made Anna Hazare, a person whom 98% Indians didnt even know 6months back, second Gandhi?

Caution : I deeply respect Arvind Kejrival, Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, Manish Sisodiya and all other who are associated with this movement

After repetitive question about "how to remove lokpal?", "What if lokpal get corrupted?" etc... ,
Arvind Kejrival made statement that they will take up Right to Recall Lokpal as their next agenda but my question is why did not they include Right to Recall Lokpal in the bill that they drafted?

The lokpal bill draft of civil society keeps NGOs out of purview of Lokpal. Why?

Trivia: The NGO run by Arvind Kejrival and Manish Sisodiya got lots of funding from MNCs(mostly non-Indian) for this movement 

So far whatever I have written might look very much obscure and misplaced but think about this this scenario :
Reliance wants to open new Reliance fresh in some area.
Reliance contacts a negotiator who then goes to collector for permission, collector asks for 2L Rs. Negotiator tells Reliance that Collector is asking for 2.5L Rs. Reliance believes negotiator and Money is Paid. Next negotiator goes to MP, who asks for 5L and same happens and money is paid.
Now, Suppose Tesco wants to open a mall.
Tesco contacts lobbyist to help them. Lobbyist goes to same collector, now collector knows this is foreign party so he asks for 5L. Lobbyist tells Tesco that collector is asking for 20L. Tesco believes lobbyist and money is paid and same for MP.   and this will happen for every mall that Tesco will open in India
Now, We have lokpal.
So what Tesco will do is they will contact lokpal committee. Now they have just 10people to bribe. So they ll say I will give you all 1Cr but make sure my malls get no problem and now if some collector asks for 5L instead of 2L or some honest collector opposes illegal activities of Tesco than lokpal will come and frighten him to suspend or imprison him. So all the lobbyists will be removed and collectors',MPs'  price will be fixed and will be enforced to do what Lokpal wants.
So question arises , Who will guard the Guard?
which means how to remove lokpal if he gets corrupted? According to bill, that has been passed, any citizen can file a complain against Lokpal in supreme court. But A country where supreme court judges themeselves are  corrupted (I hope you have not forgotten languished proceeding of Hawala kand, harshad mehta scam, 2g Scam, Commonwealth scam and so on) how can you expect justice?
So what we need is right to remove lokpan in hand of ordinary citizen which is Right to Recall Lokpal.
But, if that comes than what will happen to plans of those MNCs ???? and we all know that News Channels run on the advertising money paid by all the MNCs, so you can very well guess vested interest.

I firmly believe Arcind Kejrival and whole team is totally honest and patriotic but I also believe that they are very much shrewd people. They knew lots of money will be needed for protest large scale and they wont be able to get large sum of money unless every one sees own benefit in the bill they are proposing .

Think Cynic;)

Independence Day! What Next ??

My mobile watch showed 00:01PM, the day has changed and it was 15th August. I was sitting on the sofa and thinking what to do after turning off television and I saw lifeless "Times Life" lying beside me and the first line I read was "We have only got the freedom to breathe. We can’t talk, we can’t demand. It is a very selective democracy" and I thought how true it is?
Today when government is facing so many scams, question of corruption, black money, nepotism, biased behavior and what we are doing? or what government is doing when we try to demand something?
Government proclaimed Anna Hazare to be "TOTALLY CORRUPT FROM HEAD TO TOE"(?), they kicked away Baba Ramdev and now Baba Ramdev is forgotten name. When BJP decided to attack it, government suddenly opened Karnatak Lokayukta Report" genie but BJP didn't take backseat and took some brave step( sacking CM Yeddyurappa) so government took hasty decision of jumping in the gujarat politics and backing IPS officers who has been suspended recently by Gujarat government and projected it as an injustice but no one even tried to know why he has been suspended. He has been suspended for not reporting on the job got 10month and as media says what government wants it to say, it also hyped the scene.
Today, Anna Hazare Team has been finally denied the permission for the venue for the fast and more over delhi police imposed section #144. And still government is defending itself and justifying the action.
I just wonder what kind of government is this?
Which tried to procrastinate preceding of 2G Scam, Adarsh Building Scam, Commonwealth Scam and many more and now when few aware citizens of country wants government to take precautions that similar scams don't happen, government is saying "We can't do what you want, we will do what we desire".
They labeled Anna and team with "Anarchists, Black mailers, hypocrites" etc but my simple question to government  is Why these people had to come and protest? Doesnt is show lack proper management? lack of law or lack of willingness to provide justice? and when someone tries to tell you what you are suppose to do you just try whatever you can to shut them up.

I firmly believe this is just a starting of the big dirty game that will unfold it tomorrow(oops day changed "today"). or as Srivatsa Krishna just tweeted it will be "Rebirth of emergency of 1975, 36 yrs later"
what we can do it just speculate and do what is right for our country or atleast help those are trying to do what is right for the country.

"Let the Game Begin"
(Song for the moment: State of my Nation (By: Damm It) )

Mr. Band Manager

Yesterday was fun, it was different, there was something new and something that I had never expected. I was with my band Ecstasy but in a new role, in a new position and that is called Band Manager. I had always dreamed of being a guitarist and blowing every one's head off but now I am person who instigate few psychos to do that for me. 

I am not disappointed but it is not a thing that I have always wanted but on other hand it really feels great to be associated with the band after a long sabbath of more than a year. Before a year I was with the same guys but on stage and playing my guitar and now things have totally changed.

There are always pros and cons of everything and so with being a band manager. If I list pros than it will be more money [:P] as ours will be 7guys band (if I were in band as musician) and so my part in money would be 14.28% but now as I am band manager my part will be 15% [0.72% more :D ], as manager my role is - making connection, keeping peace, finalizing gigs, marketing and promotion- and that will be all new experience and will help me being little extrovert( fingers crossed ) and the best thing that I really love being a band manager is more influence on band which means song selection, styling and position and some original music for which I can say “This is my band’s OC”. There are cons too but I don’t want to discuss it as right now I am pretty excited on being a Band manager and ready to rock the world in my new role. 

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"Lokpal" Bill

 So, candles have been lit slogans have been shouted, Anna Hazare Ji has started eating (and will gain weight, he has lost). In last few days u might had been part of  crowd to support Anna Hazare, you might have lit candles, tweeted a lot of messages, posted hell lot of links on facebook, forwarded messages, send mails to every one in your network to support "Satyagrah" that AnnaJI has started.

So what now???
How about few questions???

1) Who is anna hazare?
2) For what he is famous for? (don't tell me for his work for Ralegan Sidhi village, I want detailed answer)
3) What is Lok Pal Bill?
4) How Lokpal will be selected?(or will he/she be elected or selected?)
5) Have you read lokpal bill?
6) How lokpal bill will bring reform (read revolution)?

Take 5 minutes to think and construct your answers,

Now, if you fumbled while answering most the questions and you are clueless and don't know anything worth answering then please don't curse yourself. You need to neither call yourself outright dumb or total moron because you are just like other >70% of the mass who didn't know anything about Anna Hazare or Lokpal bill but still went on road with banners, burnt candles and did all the things I mentioned before.

No, I don't want to call your emotions or thing you did, total dumb and sense less but I am just wondering how can you support something if you don't know what it is ? Now you will argue that you want corruption free India and I appreciate your feelings but without knowing how lokpal will remove corruption or how it will function how can you know that it will work towards corruption free India? Just because news channels are giving exaggerating coverage or you heard few celebrities supporting it, you started supporting it?  I don't want to hurt your feelings but what I want to convey is that how can you fight for something about which you don't know?

On a closing note, ask yourself was it really your love for country or love for money which you have to spend every time you have to get some work done. You supported Anna Hazare for public good or just to save your money when you get some work do be done?

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P.S :
1) Any one thought about the Perfect timing of this whole movement and dramatic coverage and publicity it got?
2) Any one gave any thought to "India Against Corruption" title ???
3) Any one still waiting for Poonam Pandey's Show or am I the only one? :P

Afridi -> Respect | Not Anymore

In my last blog post I talked about how good Shahid afridi was on field and how he manged to behave like a good human and how he made me respect him but after watching this video,   I take all my words back. Whatever good I had said about shahid afridi, I take it back. Once again he proved he can't be global human. Again he proved that he was, he is and he will remain orthodox pakistani

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After Afridi's first interview(Click Here), Many people not only in India but around the whole globe developed sudden liking for him, they appreciated his "brave heart"(?) answers and afridi got exponential increase in number of his fans but it didn last more days. After another interview that number decreased more rapidly then it had increased.

I dont want to talk about answers afridi gave in this second interview because i believe as a Pakistani he is suffering from inferiority complex(no offense!) and things he told about media and hearts of Indians shows why Pakistan is being hated.

The only thing that i am wondering about is how come a statement of a guy can change so drastically in this much short span of time. What could be the factors that made afridi utter such preposterous things. Is it a political pressure or pressure from orthodox Muslims because as it has been famous that to be captain of Pakistan's cricket team you have to be an orthodox n India hating muslim.

But I think whatever it was, it was what people of pakistan wanted to hear. Every one knows (Indians as well as Pakistanis) that it was really wrong to say whatever afridi said. He is a leading figure and as a leading figure and to stay in public eye he had to say something that every one hears and many wants. I dont have many words to explain this but i guess this video tells it all

Afridi -> Respect

First of all "Best of Luck" team India for today's match (though none of the cricketer gonna read this but this is what I can do :P )

Couple of days back India played against Pakistan in the world cup semi final.
What were the expectations from the game??? In my Last Post i described Cricket as religion and followers as peaceful followers who loves game but when it comes to India-Pakistan match, there are no rules and its all like a war. Most of the fans(Indians as well as Pakistanis) wanted it to happen like a war, wanted some exaggerated hatred and emotions, wanted some offensive actions ,in one sentence they wanted players to fight on field like it is a War but not a Game.

Even I was also expecting some high voltage, nerve numbing drama as whole Pakistani team is famous for their aggression(No Offense) and from Indian side it is lead by Harbhajan Sing and Yuvaraj Singh, but I must say ... What a Game! Team Pakistan and especially Shahid Afridi.

The way afridi controlled himself and his emotions, it is really worth many cheers. He didnt win match but he won many hearts. When his team mates dropped catch of The God-Sachin Tendulkar, we can see unhappiness on his face but it was natural but except that there was no scream not he shouted on the players. Even when Umar Gul was literally being THRASHED by Virendra Sehwag, Afridi did what captain was suppose to do, talk with him n cheer him up. When Pakistan was loosing match my cousin commented "Look, he is crying", Afridi was not crying literally but he was extremely sad and who would not ??? When Your team has shown extra ordinary performance, they did what no one, before the world cup, has predicted, they lived upto the phrase "From ashes we rose" and when you loose in the semi final of the world cup and you know this will break miliions of hearts, doesnt it make someone feel extremely sad ??? but still Afridi controlled his emotions and was the first one to come out on ground to congratulate Team India when India won. A True sportsman and on that moment I realized its only Team Australia who are shithead.

I though to write this the day after the match only but i though it will be too early to say something but after i watched this video

Just one word "Respect"

Cricket - The Religion

"Cricket is Religion and Sachin is God"
"Cricket is the only Religion that more than 95% Indians follow"

By now you must have started thinking that this is just another article on how popular cricket is in India, but i feel very happy to let you know that this is not about popularity of cricket in India but article trying to give idea about Religion called cricket.

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THE country of 1Billion and one Religion, no difference of opinions, no different paths, no different belief ...

I don't think it is possible to have, as the thing we are talking about is Religion.

Different Path:

Hinduism has many path Brahmin, Vaishnav etc as Christianity, Isalm etc and cricket is no different.

We have so many path to follow in cricket

1) Test Cricket 2) One Day Cricket 3) T-20s 

or

1) Batsmen 2) Bowlers

or Country you are from

Different Believers:

We have Theists(who practice religion), Pantheists (believe in every thing), atheists (believe in nothing)

Theists are those who follow particular religion,  they are the FANATICS. You can find many of this category, they will be on streets shouting n screaming with a Flag of religion they follow in hand.

Pantheists are those who watch cricket for fun, they are the critics. It doesnt matter to them who wins or who loose, they just want good cricket and good competition and enjoy the game

Atheists are those who proclaim they hate cricket or they dont watch BS game of cricket, they are the one whom you will find in every office, at every corner of street who knows nothing about cricket and cant understand game of cricket and keep on ridiculing it. 

God:

Ah! This is most important part.

This is the most controversial and debated part of the religion, Who is the God?

but i think most of the Indians will agree Sachin is God of Cricket,

as we(Indians) have Sachin Tendulkar, Aussies have Donald Bradman, Windies has Brian Lara, Pakistanis have Wasim Akram .

When it comes to batting there is a big debate about "Great". Who is the God? Sachin or Bradman or Lara??? but most of the modern cricketers as well as fans do agree that Sachin is the God.

In balling, therse hasnt been any clear result abuot being God. There are many good contestants like Muthaiya Murlidharan, Shane Warne, Glen McGrath, Wasim Akram, being an Indian i can put Kapil Dev , Dennis Lillee but there is no a clear winner 

Followers:

What you need to do or know to be a follower???

The answer is just NOTHING.

What you need to do is get infront of the Tv(or computer or projector) and start watching Cricket, start talking about cricket, start commenting about cricket though you dont know a shit about it. Scream when team you are supporting wins, jump when your favorite batsman hits century or bowler takes wicket. Scream when your team looses, your favorite player doesnt play well. Worship the God of cricket, make wishes for your team or player. 

I think this is enough .... i ll tell u more in next blog ... 

till then keep reading and dont forget to klik some ads ;)

15 minutes before the Start

So, here I was at Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT-Bombay(not Mumbai :P ) waiting for my Gd/PI process for Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT-Kharagpur to start. The time printed in call letter was 2:00PM so i reached at 1:35 n was waiting for clock to hit 2:00.

To my surprise when i entered there was pin drop silence, no1 was talking(including girls :-O ) n there was no student coordinator (later i came to know it was handled by faculties only). I sat there for a while n searching for some familiar face or someone with whom i can break the ice and as expected there was no1 i found with whom i could talk. While i was searching for some1 to talk with n looking around the room a thought hit me "What others might be thinking right now?" n then i looked around at every1's face tried to figure out what he/she might be thinking ... here are few ..

So here we go ....

1) A guy sitting near to entry (third row-First Sit)
White Shirt, no Tie, clean shaved, rectangular while pale face n looking around with WTF expression on the face

"Damm why there is so much silence, it seems like someone has died or is this "तुफान के पेहले की खमोशी". (lookin at guy who was reading news paper) That faggot thinks that he can get all the knowledge about current affairs by reading news paper just one day , screw him ... "

(n den the guy went out)

2) A Sardarji (third row-second seat)
White shirt with blue stripes, blue tie, dark blue turban, big beard n exasperatedly looking at the guy who was reading news paper

"साल्ला चु** , इसे लगता है कि ये साला अखबार पढ के GD मे फाड देगा ....
बेटा आजा तु GD मे , तेरी तो मे मार के रख दुन्गा"

3) A Guy (most probably south Indian) (third row-third seat)
Again while shirt with grey stripes, light blue tie, neatly combed hair, dark skin n intensely looking into the news paper that the guy beside him was reading

"Oh let me read this, who knows they might ask me important news . Oh ... that a**hole is reading so quickly i couldnt read it completely .dammm this a**hole .. "

4) Guy reading news paper (third row-fourth seat)
I coudnt see his face, he was too lost in reading news paper :P

5) A Gal (Miracle) (second row-first seat)
Fatso, big spectacles, dark skin complexion, a gal with whom u ll never fight :P
Her face was too complex for a naive like me to read so i didn try to read her face :D

6) A Gal n that also so prettty (Super Miracle) (first Row-first seat)
Light Blue Shirt, Fair skin, very slander body, hair falling on shoulder, frameless spectacles, white pale face

"ohh this guys, they are all starting me n that guy in dark blue shirt(me) he has been starting at me so badly, ****. It seems i am the most beautiful gal in the room beside that gal in last row (third row-17th seat), she looks kinda bi**hy, look at her , she is wearing so much makeup ... lovely lipstick n bla bla bla (there must b many things but i dont know much about gals' makeup :P) "

7) A Suit (third row-13th seat)
Dark Blues suit, clean shaved face, good height(must be more than 6"2') ..overall smarty ...

"Oh, look at these bunch of faggots sitting in silence, it seems like some1 has died at this shitty place, let GD/PI start soon, this silence is killin me ..."

You must be wondering what i was thinking at that time ... so lemme tell u
i was thinkin to write this whole experience on my blog coz as i dont pots much on my blog this thing i thought ll b fresh n kool ... :P

there were few other interesting observations too but i forgot em ...
n i couldnt face read that "bi**hy" gal as she was sitting just behind me :P