The political drama

When Orissa was going through all the turmoil in Phulbani after Sri Lakshamananand Saraswati's murder, BJP was probably seeing the golden opportunity to spread its wings in the state. So called communal feelings were at a high and the Hindu population was on a boil.

No wonder, that the BJD and BJP have parted ways in Orissa. The political drama that unfolded this week was expected. BJP would have asked for more seats and BJD can't be expected to agree after such good response in local elections.

Navin Patnaik has some guts, I must say, whether misplaced or not only time will tell. But he did the right thing for his party in Orissa by parting ways with BJP. He has been called the 'Betrayer' by some and 'a masterstroke player' by some. He is both, but he can play intelligent political games. There is no benefit to BJD from the partnership at this time, so why not break it! Nobody expects moral commitment from political leaders, not in India! BJP should have been more accommodating as it is the one who would have benefited from the partnership, they could have waited for a better opportunity to demand much more....

I get this feeling that BJP has lost its charm, Congress has the momentum and the so called 'third front' is definitely not going to get majority to form a government at the centre. So, looks like we will again have a hung parliament with Congress forming 'yet another' alliance to form a government... whatsoever, it is sad to see no single party being able to convince the population about its credibility.

In my opinion, all regional parties should be asked to contest at least from 5 or 10 states, to qualify for the parliament seat elections. That will discourage the regional sentiments and more and more political parties will be forced to look at the benefit of the country and not just for their own state or constituency. It is ridiculous to see regional agendas taking higher priority for the parliament elections.

May the citizens rise to the occasion and vote for people who have the right election agendas and not for the ones who go on distributing 100 rupee notes ...

Change in co-ordinates

Changed co-ordinates from 18°37'50"N 73°47'20"E to 40°34'59"N 74°15'52"W.

What I have immediately started missing is, as Dipti once said, the live telecast of cricket matches. I would have loved to watch - no rewards for guessing :) - the 3rd ODI between India and New Zealand.

Weather is cold in this part of the world, air is dry, roads are excellent and humans are rare to find :)

Anyway, after listening to 'highest number of jobless people in USA this month' news for almost two days, I am a bit cheerful about the other bit of news 'About 2 million jobs exist even in this market'.

One can always choose to see the glass half full, and feel good even while contributing to one bit of the empty air in the other half :)