It was and continues to be an interesting week. A virtual feast for the media.
The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is expected to come home with some positive results, though expecting the boundary issues to be settled would be asking for utopia. But for trade and business, the relationship between the two countries might see a upswing and that is good for us. Though a different set of lobby will try to curtail Chinese cheap imports.
Mahasankranthi came with its controversies. The Courts banned Jallikattu - a highly popular traditional bull fight - though in some places it is actually a race -- only to reverse the order a day before the festival and in Tamil Nadu many celebrated the event with gusto. There was blood and gore and injuries and the bulls had their fun and ...oh well, what's a few broken bones in the face of over all fun! Somewhere else the kites - oh yes, it is also a festival when kite flying marks the day - the long thin threads managed to kill and maim many pigeons and doves. So next year, we might see a ban on kite flying? No, it may not be so. In the pursuit of happiness - the comfort and pleasure of mankind makes a harsh demand on the environment and its co-existents on this planet. Good sense has to prevail upon the humans...
The Bharat Ratna is being shorn of its dignity and decorum. Political parties should stop using it as a price.
It's nice to be in power and celebrate your Birthday. Mayawati, the CM of UP has done it again. She celebrated her birthday where literally everybody was invited. The media really can do all it wants but it cannot curtail popular leaders, elected by popular mandate and revered so highly by the common folk and their activities. One has to give due credit Mayawati for what she has achieved and a small brithday party is not to be held against her. Many more to you Madam
