05 November, 2008

Congratulations Poor Obama!

N Ramesh
Even as the whole world seem to congratulate Mr. Barack Obama for his convincing win over his main rival candidate, the seventy plus year old Republican Mr. John McCain, a sense of gloom and doom prevails all over the world, or atleast in most of the American sub-continent !

Yes, even as the people the world over are very happy that a Black skinned Man has ultimately become the President of the United States of America, there is an uneasy cum tumultuous activity that is going on in the economic realm of the world, but mainly below the surface !

Indeed, even as the good wishes to the First President of USA from the Black Community keeps pouring from all around the world, uncomfortable calm cum chillness descends in the global landscape affecting the various economies, and that there is nothing much to cheer about at all !

Truly, even as the initial euphoria goes to its crescendo and does its routine rounds as usual, most of the people in our world would have realized that the First Black President of the US of A has got into the really hot seat at the present moment and literally into an unenviable position !

Actually, to be very open and frank, if not plain and blunt, even before the ecstasy of many of us go through the roof only to finally come down sooner or later, many other people throughout our world would have realized that Mr. Obama has got the top job of the globe at the wrong time !

That is to say, Mr. Obama has got into the most Powerful post in the world of Politics at a very very inappropriate juncture, as he will be donning the mantle and inheriting a virtually bankrupt economy, and he has to unnecessarily own responsibility for it while trying to clean the same !

In other words, Mr. Obama has to take over the reigns of the so-called largest Economy of the World, which incidentally is also a failing Economy in the recent times, and which is practically poised to be in the verge of sliding, leave alone in the brink of collapse or dip into recession !

Ironically, America happens to be the Leader amongst the overall comity of Nations, and it is in the threshold of a clear economic disaster, unless a miracle occurs to save it from sure trouble, which cannot be ruled out in all probability, leave alone averted or avoided by human effort !

For; History shows that USA has often escaped from several problems and down turns, and has weathered disastrous and crippling economic conditions in the past and has in a way come out of many crisis and seemingly hopeless (Read : Messy and Gloomy effects !) situations as well !

It is to be repeated that US as a country has withstood several economic onslaughts of diverse kinds and got away from getting crumbled and crippled economically, especially during the last few decades of its faulty Management of its economy which impacts the other economies too !

But this time around, it is generally felt and believed by several right thinking persons that it cannot avoid or avert a slow down, leave alone skirting and skipping an economic backlash purely due to its erroneous economic policies by readily accepting the blame for the mess !

In short, America and Americans have to eat humble pie and bite the dust for their grossly wrong policy initiatives while steering their economic Management, which has resulted in not only running aground their economy but also dangerously tripping the global economy also !
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Ganga to be named National River, soon.

5 Nov 2008, Bhaskar Roy , ToI

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced that the Ganga would soon be declared India's national river.
Chairing a meeting of the ministers for water resources, environment, forest and urban development, Singh mentioned the "special place the Ganga has in the hearts and minds of all Indians" and said that the "emotional link needs to be recognized".
Incidentally, one of the first decisions Rajiv Gandhi had taken soon after his swearing-in as Prime Minister following his mother's assassination was to clean up the river under the Ganga Action Plan.
It was not clear how the announcement on Tuesday would play out considering that it comes at a time when BJP is trying to use the terror attacks to tap into the sensitivities of the majority community. The PM proposed to set up a Ganga River Basin Authority to plan, implement and monitor the efforts to revive the river.
To be headed by the Prime Minister, the authority will have the chief ministers belonging to the Gangetic plains as members. The PM said that the authority should become a model for cleaning up rivers through institutional mechanism.

The Global Financial Liquidity cum Economic Crisis and Bush Bashing

N Ramesh
The World Economic situation has never been so very bad and fragile as at present and even dangerously poised, thanks to the wrong Economic and Monetary Policies deliberately pursued by the US Administration during the last eight years, which has done more harm than good !

Yes, the world economic scenario has never been so discouraging and extremely delicate as it is now, thanks to the misrule cum maladministration of Mr. George Bush during his Presidency which has pushed the whole world to the brink and edge of a deep seated economic crisis !

Indeed, the whole world have never even been in a such a bad shape or rather in a messy and disastrous situation as it is turning out to be now, thanks to the faulty economic and political moves resorted to by the Bush Administration, for which we have to pay a heavy price in future !

Truly, the entire world is getting in a more murkier and dangerous economic condition than ever before which may even resulting in plunging our world into the Greatest Depression, thanks to the erroneous decisions taken during the last two terms of the erstwhile US President Bush !

Actually, the world has been forced to experience an uncalled for economic catastrophe and that too of unimaginable proportions from where it is absolutely very difficult for the comity of Nations the world over to retrieve and come out without major scratches or severe bruises !

In fact, it is going to be a lethal blow for a few economies the world over who are dependant on the Health and the well being of the US Economy to a very large extent, which alone will crush them to crumble and collapse, a moot point that is no doubt required to be emphasized here !

For it may practically egg several countries to literally buckle under pressure and get crippled in the process, and even go bankrupt any time from now besides pulling many others into a deep economic recession, leading to even a Global Depression which cannot be ruled out at all !

In other words, the various erroneous decisions of leveraging the economics of America has not only put itself into trouble but also pushing others into much deeper trouble, and which alone (the American Economic Mismanagement) has plunged the entire world into a problem zone !

That is to say, the American Economists and Policy makers have done injustice to the world around and ensured the breaking down of many economies and even crushing them or rather hurting them intensely, if not plunging them to the level of going through a bout of Recession !

In short, the world of economics is going through a spin as the whole of America as a Nation is in a mess which puts the rest of the world in deeper peril of sinking alongwith the America, the country which is ironically even now referred to as the ‘Land of Opportunities’ for many people !

And this is all the more true and important and significant when there is a change of guard at the helm of affairs in this Great Democracy wherein the people are rejoicing over the triumph of a young looking Black human being trouncing a White Man in the race towards its Presidency !

That is, even as the whole world celebrate the victory of a Black man as the President of USA the economy of that Nation is all set to skid and fall into a bout of Economic, if not pulling all other countries also along with it into a phase of Economic Depression which is long overdue !
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04 November, 2008

Bound by Culture and not by Boundaries

A person does not leave behind his culture when he goes places or settles somewhere in the world. A Punjabi will never forget his Makki ki Roti or Sarson ka Saag, A Tamilian will always search for the Idlis and the Dosas and would always celebrate Pongal and a Keralite will always unite on Onam, Dandiya runs in the blood of a Gujarati and, so on for each and every person belonging to a state and the culture in which he was brought up.

India is land of multiple cultures and one is free to practise and follow it where ever he goes in India and may be whole world. India is called the largest democracy and largest secular country in the world since the people of India with innumerable differences in opinions, religions, states, castes, etc., remain united as a country.

There are many people who are in other states from birth since the ancestors had settled outside their natives for reasons like employment, business etc., but these people not only followed their cultures but also united with the localites and adopted many of the local systems thus integrating themselves with the society.

This is the foundation which has kept India strong and people like Raj Thackeray are trying to root out this core basis on which India stands tall. If one does good deeds he is likely to become popular after say few years but what if someone wants to be instantly on headlines? Raj is just doing that. After breaking away from Shiv Sena his popularity slipped and he had sensed that more nationalistic Shiv Sena was better placed than it, if the Congress+NCP Govt in Maharashtra was to be rooted out in next elections, hence emerging as the most talked about anti social element in the country today. There are reports that NRI’s in US are asking the administration to include MNS in the list of Terror Organisations.

This menace has to be stopped, if such thought spreads in other parts of the country India would be in trouble as each state may start behaving like independent country by itself. The Govt of MH has failed miserably in containing Raj which was evident when he was able to get released second time on bail. Is the state government fearing Marathi voters bash in elections is another thought and if it is then Raj’s plans are on track as he has poisoned the minds of local people.

The Central UPA led Govt is facing pressure from its allies as each one of them wants to prove themselves to the local region as the elections are approaching fast. There were advisories sent to Orrisa by UPA on account of attacks on Christians, there’s nothing this sort happening to Maharashtra Govt.

RJD has found a hero in itself out of the situation. Laloo Prasad Yadav is batting in Bihar and also keeping in the chair of Rail Ministry looting the passengers silently like a slow poison and yeah also taking away the credit of bringing railways into profit, at who’s cost? Definitely ours! Sitting on the Rail Ministers chair he has no moral ground to seek resignation from other ministers.
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03 November, 2008

Civilized Bull Dozing and Organised Arm Twisting

N Ramesh
nramesh8@hotmail.com

Should the Fate of this World be decided and sealed by a Group of a few seemingly Big and Powerful Nations ?

Should the Future of nearly 7 Billion People be determined by a Group of mere 7 (G7) Economically Powerful Countries ?

Should the overall Destiny of about 200 Countries be fixed by even an expanded Group of just 20 Nations ?

It is a shame to human beings as a race and that too in a civilized environment to have such a predicament !

It is really pathetic that the Modern Civil Societies is actually run by the dictates of only a few fortunate ones !

And it is all the more deploring to observe that world economics is managed by some narrow minded Politicians !

And it is truly a pitiable situation when one finds that the pack of 7 Nations is led by the US of A, to say the least !

And it is sheer irony that the world of ours is headed by USA, which is practically a bankrupt Nation now !

Yes, the Economy of US is a failed one, more so as it pursues an economic model which cannot work forever !

Indeed, the US as the largest Economy of the world as such is a failure in recent times, vis-à-vis many other Nations !

And when that be the case, what right does it (United States of America) has to dictate terms to others, worldwide ?

Truly, what moral right does it has to interfere in the affairs of other Nations, leave alone arm twisting them ?

What are the compelling reasons that makes them keep away certain others in the decision making process ?

What makes them a cut above the rest when there are several populous Countries who have not been included ?

What makes them feel that they are Superior who are a self centred lot especially when they are actually not ?


And lastly why should the Honour and Dignity of all other countries be pledged to a thoroughly failed Nation ?
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