About 10 yrs back, the day of election (or should I say days) was/were very exciting for me. Not only that my school, being a govt aided school and hence a polling and counting booth, we d get a truckload of holidays, but also I enjoyed the whole concept of people thronging for a long time in polling centers to make a fool of themselves by voting for an idiot time after time. Man, I used to say to myself, those days, “ I m gonna vote for an idiot one day too. “. So when I read abt the imminent election days , I was excited abt a possibility of my first vote.. But as it turns out, I m away 4m my home now and I guess, I will have to wait further to cast a vote.
Now that we r in this topic, It was a no-brainer to find out that the contesting candidates for the top chair are well past prime age. The NDA goes for Advani who I guess is 90 years old and the UPA (is it still an alliance???) backs Mr.Singh. Though highly capable and skilled, he is also in his 80’s. The third front is a comical one. So I am not even going to consider them here. I remember studying in Civics about the various party systems in d world and in some place it said that the bi-party system is the most effective one in democracy. I said 2 myself “ We have more options in our multiparty system? Then how come they say that the bi-party system is the better one?? “ . Only now do I get a clear picture. Man, Bi-party system is way better.
Another interesting aspect abt this election is that almost all the leaders have started talking abt Post-Poll ties.. I can’t do anything but laugh. “If ideological difference is why CPI left the UPA, how come post-poll ties are possible?” , will ask an intelligent man. But we, the common people of India know that these power longing idiots will do anything to get the chair.
During the last yr elections, there happened a mini-scale revolution. A group of IITians formed a party known as d LokParitran. As one would expect, they didn’t even win any constituency. But however, as manirathnam points out in Ayudaezhuthu, it’s the right step forward. This time, a young entrepreneur from d IIM A, Sarath Babu is contesting. I m curious to find out how many votes he d get.
Having said all this, I still feel quite sad to miss out on voting in this election. I personally feel, that it is one time, that I will ever matter to the nation or the society. So irrespective of which idiot, I vote for, I will always feel happy of doing it.
Rammy.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
What IPL brings to the table
Its been a long time since i wrote a post. Was busy with all the assignments, projects, research and ofcoz IPL. Last year it was considered a copycat move by the richest sporting board of the world to get out of the predicamen caused by the so called "rebel" ICL. But it turned out to be quite exciting and enthralling. I personally shelled out a lot of money to see some matches (and of coz the hot CHEERLEADERS) live in action at the Chepauk. It was a lot of fun.
But this year, its even more exciting for me,the reason being that I m now in US and not in chennai anymore. This means that no longer do i sit and watch the matches in my hostel TV hall, where the only team hailed is the Chennai Super Kings. (Except for some DADA fans and Sachin fans ofcoz). But here there are people from all sorts of regions. There r goluts, marattis, bengalis, kannadigas (sorry 4 soundin like a racist). So its like a totally different experience.
If Chennai defeats Hyderabad, When I take the bus to my college, I can mock the goluts and Vice-versa. Its so good. At the end of the day we know that its a friendly banter. But nevertheless, this year's IPL doesn't seem like dead rubber to me.
Sticking to the topic, many ppl find it annoying that IPL was shifted to SA. But its actually gud (@least in my perspective). The pitches are more lively. The chicks are far more HOT. We have Mark Nicholas as a commentator (though I miss Tony Greig and Geoffrey Boycott). What more do u want if u r going to watch it in the TV anyway.
The other factor that has made IPL all the more interesting to me is this blog
http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/
It is amazing. Its just not the quality of his language but his writing as a whole. It is sarcastic, witty, informative and sardonic. Do take a look at it guys.
The one thing and the only thing that bothers me in the IPL is the appearance of these celebrity bufoons who happen to be te Franchise owners of some teams. ( Since i like Preity Zinta, I consider her an asset to the IPL). The other 2- SRK and d Big Sister annoy me like anything. It may be a commercial extravaganza. It may have only business motives. But @ the end of the day one cannot say that IPL is not fun.
Rammy.
But this year, its even more exciting for me,the reason being that I m now in US and not in chennai anymore. This means that no longer do i sit and watch the matches in my hostel TV hall, where the only team hailed is the Chennai Super Kings. (Except for some DADA fans and Sachin fans ofcoz). But here there are people from all sorts of regions. There r goluts, marattis, bengalis, kannadigas (sorry 4 soundin like a racist). So its like a totally different experience.
If Chennai defeats Hyderabad, When I take the bus to my college, I can mock the goluts and Vice-versa. Its so good. At the end of the day we know that its a friendly banter. But nevertheless, this year's IPL doesn't seem like dead rubber to me.
Sticking to the topic, many ppl find it annoying that IPL was shifted to SA. But its actually gud (@least in my perspective). The pitches are more lively. The chicks are far more HOT. We have Mark Nicholas as a commentator (though I miss Tony Greig and Geoffrey Boycott). What more do u want if u r going to watch it in the TV anyway.
The other factor that has made IPL all the more interesting to me is this blog
http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/
It is amazing. Its just not the quality of his language but his writing as a whole. It is sarcastic, witty, informative and sardonic. Do take a look at it guys.
The one thing and the only thing that bothers me in the IPL is the appearance of these celebrity bufoons who happen to be te Franchise owners of some teams. ( Since i like Preity Zinta, I consider her an asset to the IPL). The other 2- SRK and d Big Sister annoy me like anything. It may be a commercial extravaganza. It may have only business motives. But @ the end of the day one cannot say that IPL is not fun.
Rammy.
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