Friday, January 29, 2010

Mayawati, statues and Special Task Force

The Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Madam Mayawati hits news once again by her unusual move, having Special Task Force (STF) of 1000 policemen to guard 10 memorials in UP - 9 in Lucknow and 1 in Noida featuring Mayawait's statues along with those of Ambedkar and Kansi Ram.

UP, having lowest ratio of a policemen to every 100000 people, is now has the reason to cheer because UP is having world's best ratio for cops protecting statues.

Do we have democracy in real terms?
Does democracy implies that people has no role to play for five years after electing the govt once?
If we still can play our role then why we let the people elected govt to take such a meaningless decisions.

Do you think Indian govt prompted the boycott of Pak players in IPL3?

Pakistan are the current T20 world champions. Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Mohammed Aamer, Saeed Ajmal and company played some enthralling cricket to claim the trophy last year. But nobody wanted to buy any of the 11 Pakistani players in the IPL 3 auction on Tuesday. Why? There are many theories. Some team owners have said that the Pakistani players had a problem of availability. However, a look at Pakistan’s international cricket calendar suggests otherwise. Another view goes that Pakistanis missed out because this was a short auction and only a few players were bought. Yet another reasoning being offered is that the franchisees felt that there was uncertainty involving the participation of Pakistani players since the relationship between the two countries was already edgy and could always get worse. In that case, the Pakistani players might go back. So why take the trouble? It is also being suggested that Indian authorities had hinted that it would be prudent for franchisees to keep Pakistani players out. Do you think the Indian government prompted the boycott of Pakistani players in IPL3?