That files relating to a serious multi-crores scam can go missing from that ministry’s archives is itself sinister. But the lost files point to a larger loss: Missing character of the rulers, as a consequence of which people’s trust in public individuals and institutions have also gone missing. The nation indeed has lost something more valuable than money. The depletion in values and confidence levels beats the depreciating rupee hands down!
A free ride
I Day had long ago ceased to be an occasion to display patriotism. At best it is one more national holiday, and when in the company of a weekend, it offers a great op to engage in man’s favourite pastime of doing nothing, at home or any tourist destination that beckons. The worst manifestation can be seen on the TV screens where patriotism is a sponsored show brought to you by anyone wanting to peddle anything under the sun. So why should I be any different?
The same, stale peace-masala!
All’s well that ends well. So what if five more dead jawans have been added to the long list of martyrs being sacrificed to Pakis in uniform or mufti or in whatever attire? Now that Defence Minister Antony has arrived at the correct statement, after a few typo trials and errors, is it not wise on the part of political ‘stall’-’warts’ cutting across parties to call a ceasefire and get back to disrupting Parli and governance on some other pretext?
As States wither away
Telangana has been conceived many times in the past and aborted as many times. The arguments, for and against it, are as valid today as they were all through these years, despite the changing shades and shenanigans of the protagonists and antagonists at every point in history.
