Is It Real?

The largest democracy exercise in the world has just ended. While Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi put their heads together and decide who gets to be the top brass, we can do nothing but put forward a simple request to them: NO CORRUPT MINISTERS! The strongest signal that Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi can send out the netas  and their babus is to pave the cabinet with honest and elegant men and women. Let us not continue with ministers who have so brazenly bled the system. the clean-up needs to start at the top. How can we blame the pitiably paid traffic constable or the lowly government clerk for trying to make a buck on the side when their big bosses- be it politicians or bureaucrats- are making a million times more? Corruption has become endemic. Worse, and this is the really sad part, we have come to accept it as a way of life. The fact is corruption penalizes the honest, distorts important decisions and policies, weakens the moral fibre of a society, and, most grievous of all, ro

In today's world being honest is the biggest mistake anyone would do! People look down upon you if you happen to tell the truth.  Why is it such a big crime to tell the truth? We are taught at school and at other places that ' honesty is the best policy '. It was definitely true when we learnt it in school but now we wish it is much better if we just lie. In any case, why should we tell the truth? Why is the human mentality such that we are forced to believe that speaking the truth is the only way we are blessed? If that was true why are we not rewarded for being honest? I don't think Thomas Jefferson's words are relevant today... Think about it... In today's world, honesty is losing its meaning.

Well! My first blog! I'm thoroughly excited! Blogging today provides me with an opportunity to express my feelings about today's happenings. I wanted a platform to express my views and here it is!  Today Kasab's trail starts... He finally managed to get himself a lawyer! Well, that's a relief! At least he wont be acquitted for not having a defence counsel... oh! The IPL starts tomorrow ! I'm all excited and charged up! I'm rooting for the Chennai Super Kings! :)