We have to build a noble man- sion of a free India where all her children may dwell’: These are words from the famous Tryst with Destiny speech of Jawaharlal Nehru, delivered at the midnight hour when India attained independence.
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That Sivaji Ganesan’s statue has become sub-judice should be of little concern for his admirers. The actor non pareil stands tall in the hearts of the people.
As I write this, the Israeli military is relentlessly bombarding the airport of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The reason for the rain of hell fire is the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese terror outfit, Hezbollah. So, is Israel overreacting?
Undermined and overruled! The real executive head of India, the Prime Minister, has no clue what is happening in the country that he rules and the government that he runs. Rather, this ruler is ruled by many and run down by all and sundry!
It is perhaps a geographical ordainment by fate that Sri Lanka is shaped like a drop — of tear or blood or both. This idyllic pearl of an island in the Indian Ocean has seen more strife and death dances in a generation than probably have some other parts of the world since the dawn of history.
Crime against women seems passe. The in thing looks to be crime ‘by’ women, if the murder of two Chennai-based men by their own wives is any pointer. Of course, the likes of Sivakasi Jayalakshmi and Serina have been hogging the limelight for quite some time now
No doubt, petrol and diesel are politically inflammable issues too. But the hue and cry being raised by political parties of all hues over the latest rate hike is just a smoke screen to hide their own follies and foibles and not borne out of any concern for the people’s plight.
Corporation taps that spew air or at best, muddy water. Metrowater lorries that spill water and blood in equal measure on city streets. Government buses that display a marked aversion for bus stops, spouting foul emissions instead on would-be passengers running behind them.
‘Utterly Perverted Alliance’ would be a more apt description of the UPA dispensation running, or rather, ruining the nation for the last two years. That politicians cannot think beyond the next election …make it by-election …unlike statesmen whose vision spans generations has never been proven more emphatically.