Republic Day Special

Whenever I think of something to talk about on the blog, my hands freeze. The reason could be many but i always end up guessing, what about me is so interesting that someone will spend time reading my blog. But then again my hands write as it knows that I am writing only about my thoughts and opinions. So here goes...

There is this website which my friends asked me to check out. It is somekind of Online game. I ended up by getting hooked to it, but it is a simple game of clicking and little thinking. Anyone should give it a try, you will be amazed. The main makers of this game (more like puzzles) were Notpron (138 levels). With the same idea IIM, Indore made Klueless of 30 levels during there fest called IRIS. Also heard that IIM, Ahmedabad is having one. Have to check out that one also. The requirements are simple, you should have time to sit on the Internet and ofcourse the next thing is good internet connection, as you have to be online to solve the puzzles. I suggest to those who have time to check it out. The main idea of the game is to explore the internet and in the process you will learn something. By the way, one thing is common to all, they have an affinity to Google.

The Republic Day of India went by on 26th January 2006. It should be a proud day next to Independence Day or on par with it. On this day, the Tri-colour Indian flag was raised and also the constitution of India was presented. This constitution laid down the main points for making this country one of the most Democratic and Secular country in the world. But then again only the book was laid down. The people to implement it became corrupt over time and they won't even leave the seat until they are forcefully put six feet under. All the politican in India are Senior citizens who should be taking rest but end up in scams or are chased by the IT (Income Tax) department or CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation). What do they think, they can take there money to the grave, or build a Mausoleum for themselves like Taj Mahal. The only thing I could lest consider is that they might have experience but the only experience I can see is fighting, hiding money and have cat fights for power seats. Worst is we loose all that the constitution states. We should be Democratic, but ultimately some corrupt leader comes in power by manipulating. We should be Secular, but after so many riots that India has seen which always led to the bloodshed of innocent lives. The worst of all the open boasting by some parties of being secular and performing Non-secular acts doesn't make India Secular.

If anyone ever goes out of India and see how the Expatriates (NRIs/PIOs) live, then you will understand that they have more respect of being an Indian and are proud of it. In India the respect for Republic Day, 50% discount at Big Bazaar from 8am to 12 midnight on 26th Jan only. So where do you find the public, I guess you can find all the people with savings money at the Big Bazaar standing in long queues which go way out of the compound recking havoc and creating traffic problems. So No parades for these people as they are busy buying things which they might not need, but ofcourse the prices are awesome, Can't help taking them.

I am not trying to offend anybody but then look at what we have become and how much respect do we give to freedom which our forefathers fought for. Someone once told that to feel happiness, one should feel pain, then only you will value happiness. I think this saying goes for Freedom also. We should know what Slavery and being suppressed is all about then only we will understand Freedom. If by chance you ask anyone, if they wish to stand in elections so that they can make some changes for the benefit of the people, then the answer 99.99% is "Why me, I am not interested in Politics and this whole politics is corrupted and dirty." But they will never stop criticising about how bad something is or how worse the politicans are. I think everyone gets the point.

Does anyone really understand how important India is? 1 in 6 people in the world is an Indian. But even after all the statistics given out, we cannot help but get 2 bronze or Silver medals in Olympics whereas USA, Russia and China end up wiping it out. Look at the publicity made for Indian Cricket matches by BCCI, lakhs of rupees are spend for ADs, sponsors etc but still we don't give the same respect to Hockey which is our National game. The only time I heard people talk about Hockey is when the team somehow was in the finals that also against Pakistan. Right.... Let's talk about Football, here the meaning is Soccer, not much media coverage is given and forget about the turn out for the match. Even if 5% of public show up they mostly comprise of friends and family of the players.

That's about it. I can keep talking about this without stopping. We are screwed at so many levels that we have to seriously think about fixing or reordering ourselves first before even commenting on others.