Olympic Gold Medal, a life time dream of any Athlete. For an Indian it has been a dream which has eluded us for over a century but only till now. Abhinav Bindra is only the man of the moment for others but for us Indians he is the man of century. He has achieved something which many promising talents have failed to achieve in 112 years of Modern Olympics history.
This is a moment when even we Indians can hold our head in pride. A lot of people would argue that it is just one Gold but lets remind ourselves that This is not just another gold. This is THE GOLD which over 1 billion people have been waiting for so many years. This is Gold which has wait period of more than a century, longer than the life span of any of us.
Its very easy to be critical about anything. But there are moments which you have to rise above everything else and applaud. We all need to applaud for Abhinav Bindra for what he has achieved is no rare feat. It is not just a medal, It is out national pride. I strongly believe what he has achieved is much much bigger than any of our sporting wins in history of Indian Sports. This win would be remembered forever. First of any kind is always remembered. No matter how many gold medals we win in future, First will always be First.
It takes a lot of determination to be the best in whole world and Abhinav has proved he is nothing short of BEST. Winning world championship was not enough for him. He decided to give us most treasured Independence Day Gift.
All I can say is he is the Biggest Star of Indian Sports and We hope there are more like to come. But for now, Lets celebrate and heave all praises on Abhinav, the man who made dreams of billion people come true.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Is India capable of fighting Terrorism?
After reading the piece of news that Delhi High Court has lifted 7 year old ban on Student Islamic Movement of India (known as SIMI), I was forced to think hard. What exactly is going on? In last seven years, Both BJP and Congress have ruled the country and they made most Indians believe that SIMI was a terrorist organization, providing logistic supports to Lashkar and Al-Qaeda. But After renewing the ban 3 times in last so many years, Government is not able to convince court of its own beliefs. How did that happen?
According to court, Government do not have enough proof to get SIMI declared as a terrorist outfit. What a shame? On what basis, did Government ban the organization in first place. Is it just another political stunt by congress to gain loosing Muslim vote? I would love to think otherwise. But having said that what is the answer to the question? Honestly, I don't know.
My idea here is not to defend or oppose the ban on SIMI. My real concern is Terrorism against India and how are we handling it? I am sure everyone will agree that we are soft on terror. But its easy to blame government for everything non-functioning. The real question is why is Government soft on terror? Why can't we go ahead and nuke the countries (I Hope you understand whom am I talking about!!) supporting terrorists inside our country. The answer is its not so simple. Lets discuss reasons behind it.
1. First Reason is We are not America. We definitely have the muscle power to do such an act. But unfortunately, we do not have enough friends in world to support our actions. Lack of proper foreign policies indeed.
2. It has taken ages for us to build some good relations with some powerful countries in the world. The last thing we would want now is to do something stupid and get immunized by the international community.
So, the question is what do we do to curb the terror? We can't sit back and watch hundreds of our countrymen die for nothing. It can be us or our family next. This truly is an alarming situation and something needs to be done and done real fast. Having said that, if the solution was so simple then it would have been implemented long back and we would not have been in such a situation. In my opinion, the answer lies in Judicial System of India. And not only solution of this problem but it is answer to most of our major problems.
We need to tighten the Judicial System in India. The court cases run longer than the age of the suspects. There are over 2.5 crore criminal cases pending in India. whew... that's a huge number. With population of 100 crore... that means 1 criminal case against every 4th man. Very shocking number indeed. And this is all due to our ever corrupt system and non-working judicial system. People who commit crime have no fear of getting the punishment. And this is what leads to fundamentals of terrorism.
People in India are willing to do anything for a few hundred bucks. I have heard of reports where officials at the border let terrorist in country for some sum of money. I hope this is just an allegation and not true at all. But looking at the current scenario in India, I can expect anything to happen.
We need higher punishment ratios. We need some fast tracked court, to handle sensitive cases of terrorism. Death penalty for Terrorists is not enough. They need to be kept alive and die everyday. If they can do barbaric acts, we need to show them that we can match them. Any one with even slightest of links with these masterminds or executioners need to be treated in same way. We can't let them off, just cause they actually did not pull the trigger, they only helped in putting the support together. they are equally responsible.
And when we start getting fast and hard results, people will start fearing before doing or even helping out in such heinous acts. I am sure the rates of such incidents will go down and peace will dawn on our nation.
What do you guys think we should do to curb terror. Do share your opinions. til next time.. ADIOS..
According to court, Government do not have enough proof to get SIMI declared as a terrorist outfit. What a shame? On what basis, did Government ban the organization in first place. Is it just another political stunt by congress to gain loosing Muslim vote? I would love to think otherwise. But having said that what is the answer to the question? Honestly, I don't know.
My idea here is not to defend or oppose the ban on SIMI. My real concern is Terrorism against India and how are we handling it? I am sure everyone will agree that we are soft on terror. But its easy to blame government for everything non-functioning. The real question is why is Government soft on terror? Why can't we go ahead and nuke the countries (I Hope you understand whom am I talking about!!) supporting terrorists inside our country. The answer is its not so simple. Lets discuss reasons behind it.
1. First Reason is We are not America. We definitely have the muscle power to do such an act. But unfortunately, we do not have enough friends in world to support our actions. Lack of proper foreign policies indeed.
2. It has taken ages for us to build some good relations with some powerful countries in the world. The last thing we would want now is to do something stupid and get immunized by the international community.
So, the question is what do we do to curb the terror? We can't sit back and watch hundreds of our countrymen die for nothing. It can be us or our family next. This truly is an alarming situation and something needs to be done and done real fast. Having said that, if the solution was so simple then it would have been implemented long back and we would not have been in such a situation. In my opinion, the answer lies in Judicial System of India. And not only solution of this problem but it is answer to most of our major problems.
We need to tighten the Judicial System in India. The court cases run longer than the age of the suspects. There are over 2.5 crore criminal cases pending in India. whew... that's a huge number. With population of 100 crore... that means 1 criminal case against every 4th man. Very shocking number indeed. And this is all due to our ever corrupt system and non-working judicial system. People who commit crime have no fear of getting the punishment. And this is what leads to fundamentals of terrorism.
People in India are willing to do anything for a few hundred bucks. I have heard of reports where officials at the border let terrorist in country for some sum of money. I hope this is just an allegation and not true at all. But looking at the current scenario in India, I can expect anything to happen.
We need higher punishment ratios. We need some fast tracked court, to handle sensitive cases of terrorism. Death penalty for Terrorists is not enough. They need to be kept alive and die everyday. If they can do barbaric acts, we need to show them that we can match them. Any one with even slightest of links with these masterminds or executioners need to be treated in same way. We can't let them off, just cause they actually did not pull the trigger, they only helped in putting the support together. they are equally responsible.
And when we start getting fast and hard results, people will start fearing before doing or even helping out in such heinous acts. I am sure the rates of such incidents will go down and peace will dawn on our nation.
What do you guys think we should do to curb terror. Do share your opinions. til next time.. ADIOS..
Take your chances.
I ended my last post with "But for nothing on this earth I am going to miss Finale on August 2nd". But unfortunately that's exactly what happened. I missed it and that too for very stupid reason which I cannot even mention out here.. The moral of the story is "Don't take anything for sure".
No matter how many plans you make.. no matter how perfect you think it out. But life always has its own plans and leaves you no choice but to follow it. Anyways, what is done is done and no use in frowning over it. I also believe in When life closes one door, it opens another. So, I used this miss chance of watching Fireworks to watch a a critically acclaimed and also commercially very successful movie "The Dark Knight".
Having heard praises from all around, I went in with very very high expectations from this movie. And trust me, It exceeded all my expectations. Even after exhaustive 2:30 hrs, you are left with pleading for more. What a performance!!! No No, I am not talking about the "Batman" Christian Bale, he was good too like every other actor in movie.. I am talking about "The Joker" played by Heath Ledger who simply stood out of so many good performances. Man, every single appearance of his on screen, every time he said "Why so serious??" were just mesmerizing. Such an effortless act. I believe this performance of his is much much better than his Academy Award nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. Its so unfortunate that the actor is no more between us. We are so fateful that we will not be able to watch any other masterpiece from such a prodigy.
That's what I mean by Life always has its own plans. Such a genius actor, just acted in 20 movies and at an age of 28, died of prescription drug overdose. What a waste of such a genius. I close this post with all my tributes to Heath Ledger. A genius who could have been a Master. A short but well lived life.
No matter how many plans you make.. no matter how perfect you think it out. But life always has its own plans and leaves you no choice but to follow it. Anyways, what is done is done and no use in frowning over it. I also believe in When life closes one door, it opens another. So, I used this miss chance of watching Fireworks to watch a a critically acclaimed and also commercially very successful movie "The Dark Knight".
Having heard praises from all around, I went in with very very high expectations from this movie. And trust me, It exceeded all my expectations. Even after exhaustive 2:30 hrs, you are left with pleading for more. What a performance!!! No No, I am not talking about the "Batman" Christian Bale, he was good too like every other actor in movie.. I am talking about "The Joker" played by Heath Ledger who simply stood out of so many good performances. Man, every single appearance of his on screen, every time he said "Why so serious??" were just mesmerizing. Such an effortless act. I believe this performance of his is much much better than his Academy Award nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. Its so unfortunate that the actor is no more between us. We are so fateful that we will not be able to watch any other masterpiece from such a prodigy.
That's what I mean by Life always has its own plans. Such a genius actor, just acted in 20 movies and at an age of 28, died of prescription drug overdose. What a waste of such a genius. I close this post with all my tributes to Heath Ledger. A genius who could have been a Master. A short but well lived life.
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