What junior gandhi has but I don't...

I was just wondering about the junior Gandhi after I read almost all the news concerning him in the electronic media and the newspapers available. Looks like a sudden enlightment dawned on him which our larger than life politicians came to know only recently. How can a prime minister say that I want him in the cabinet when there are several others who are loyal to the party before he was even born. Looks like people have lost their balls too quickly. I was quite aware that the men in India won't be called men anymore.... But I didn't expect that change to be so swift.

Sadly another incident came to my knowledge base while reading some newspapers. A former chief minister of a state said that the cabinet berth was unexpected and will work on any ministry he is awarded. Followed by another read, which says that Manwoman Singh is not giving up the idea of requesting Junior Gandhi to join cabinet. Its one of the irony of the indian politics which is going on even after 60 years of independence.

I think I am deviating from the topic. For your information, I am guy who is always in the fantasy world. I fantasy myself being a leader standing on a open hooded jeep waving to the people and getting loads of flower in return. So my thoughts were how to achieve this. A bar tender can do that, a pilot did it in the past, now a enlightened fellow is doing that. But to my dismay my surname doesn't have a G leave alone Gandhi.

How many times does a person needs to prove

Its really a tough job watching a guy struggle so much only because he is from the wrong part of India. Yes I am speaking of Sourav Ganguly, the prince of Kolkata. Today he is in the brink of ending his career as the most successful Indian captain as well as the finest left hander India has ever produced. But still the story doesn't ends here.

The guy was given a chance to play in 1992 but failed miserably as he was thrown to the international stage without much of mental preparation. He was the most promising cricketer in the domestic circuit at that time. He was lost in the mass until Sambaran Banerjee, the national selector almost single handedly brought him back. Rest was history.

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was a character which the world cricket will surely miss. The passion which he generated was simply great. Sourav popularly known as Dada in the dressing room taught his guys to look into the eyes of the opponent and fight till the last ball. He was the first and may be the last Indian Captain who haunted the Aussies throughout the tour in 2003-2004. He adopted some tactics which many gentlemen of cricket didn't support but neither could they prove that cricket is being played only by gentlemen these days. Ganguly was the response which the subcontinent had for some of the ruthless characters of World Cricket.

Dada became the second Indian Captain to lead India in World Cup final but here is the irony for the great man. The team which showed great team work and put up a splendid performance in all the league and knockout matches couldnot live up to the reputation on that very day. Dada had all the feathers in his cap other than the World Cup which he narrowly missed. He may not have played T20 much. Today he maynot be considered as one of the greatest performers of one day cricket as history is easy to forget but next generation has failed to live up to the spirit which the trio Dada, Sachin and Dravid generated among the younger generation. Only Ads, changing hairstyles and a few slogans of Youngistan cannot produce a youth icon.

Dada is the defination of determination and self belief though he had to spend most of his positive energy to combat the stupid Indian regional politics. When Dada had the power none of this enemies can say he favoured regional politics. He picked up the people based on talent. He picked up Harbhajan when he was nowhere considered in the selection pool. Dada backed Sehwag and Yuvraj while they were going through their bad patches. They delivered when dada required them to deliver.

I, being a cricket lover will miss Dada in the coming days. But yet to make one more confession. When the trio retires the younger generation will surely loose interest in the most hyped game of India.

A state in limelight

Since I grew up I saw nothing as interesting as the current situation in West Bengal. I was observing the political situation through newspapers and electronic media. Its great to have such powerful leaders in the state with such a great foresight. Today I saw the news in rediff and since then I have read almost all the newspapers.

It was way back on 6th March 2007 when Mr. Ratan Tata declared that West Bengal is the best state in his eyes for future investment. Who knew he had such a thick cataract? He came to Kolkata with his team and held several meetings with our Honorable chief minister. But much to our dismay CM is also a political person who claimed some supporters to be his men and some to be other party's men. Added to the injury were some irrational leaders of our opposition who change colours more often than a chameleon.

West Bengal, the state of glory is now close to claiming the second highest literacy rate in the country where a large mass of literate people blindly support these chameleons. Its the dharnas and the bandhs which are the pride of this prospective state of India. The state was eager to play a pivotal role in the N deal, the much sort after topic of discussion over the last few months. But here comes the irony. A person from the state having highest number of literates led to the downfall. After all its India.

On 24th July 2008 Mr Ratan Tata declared to launch Nano within 3 months. He is the man who kept all his promises which included providing job to all the families whose land has been taken by Tata to construct the factory. He provided medical help to all the people in that area. He was visualizing a second Jamsedpur but the leaders of this state had some other foresight.

Our main opposition is now more famous than any other opposition in any other states. She is well known to all the corporates starting from the Infy chairman to the Satyam delegates to spent a night at the Dum Dum airport because of her warm reception.

Mr Tata indicated his move on 22nd August 2008 when he just made a statement which meant a lot. " Don't think we will not move out of Singur only because we invested 1500 crores". After 10 days we have come to know how much it meant. We were lucky because Tata choose this state for investment and pull West Bengal out of this dire state but we are not lucky enough to enjoy that. Its the sheer Bengali culture to have everything theoritical. Leading by example are the communists who dare not to step out of the principles set by Marx.