Tweeting Gone Sour
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, gave up his job at the UN and jumped into the sleazy jamboree called Indian politics, without knowing what he was getting into. As soon as his name was released by the Congress Party as their candidate, a lot of us became optimistic about the future of Indian politics, here was a gentleman worthy of the top-notch job in Indian politics, well educated, well bred, intelligent, carried himself with grace and poise, most of all a person with a clean chit and without any blemish, a sight for sore eyes compared to the, illiterate, egoistic, bulging out of shape, dumb with no ethics, corrupt politicians that we have been used to seeing around. Tharoor became an over night celebrity, the poster boy of the elite Indian fraternity, his accented English and his dexterity with words and a perfect body language, made him stand out by a good distance from the teeming millions, a diamond in the muck or the coal mines of Indian politics, if I may say so, but oh boy ! Were we wrong ? Mr. Shashi Tharoor, had contested for the top UN job but lost and all his experience at the UN did not do him any good in Indian politics, although highly regarded at the UN, was made only a secondary minister in the Indian cabinet. Ever since his advent into Indian politics, call it over confidence or lack of experience in the brutal Indian politics, he often suffered from the "foot in the mouth disease" and was becoming more of an embarrassment rather than an asset to the ruling Congress Party on a regular basis, now to top it all, he got himself tangled in the IPL imbroglio. A pretty face or a damsel has not only been the cause of the fall of many empires and governments but has brought down powerful men to their knees as well, history has been a witness to all these ever so callous intricacies. Today, yet again we have seen the fall of an affluent because of the "Sundara Sunanda effect", it's not just cigarette smoking and tobacco chewing that is injurious to health, I am sure Tharoor and Modi by now know, just how dangerous, if not altogether lethal or fatal tweeting is, as the two emperors have fallen form grace, victims of their own "tweeting". The resignation of Shashi Tharoor is just an act of relatively poor symbolism, is Tharoor the only politician in the Parliament with a cross-connection ? His entry into Indian politics has been a baptism by fire. In the Indian Parliament more than 40% of our politicians have criminal records and all the Parties are harboring criminals so asking tweeter Tharoor to resign doesn't help the cause in any way, inorder to clean our Parliament of the undesirables, it has to be fully fumigated and sterilized and the infected quarantined permanently in cells. Mr. Lalit Modi on the other hand has been articulate and arrogant, in his quest for supremacy in the bureaucracy of Indian cricket, there is absolutely no doubt he is the man behind the successful vertical graph of the fortune, of the BCCI, on this path he has been ruthless, crushed many ambitions and aspirations not to mention egos and made a success for himself and for Indian Cricket. IPL his own creation and brain child has already had three successful seasons and is become the most sought after entertainment. The whole world is reeling in recession but IPL is booming, values have gone up more than fourfold, but as it is said, a shining object always draws attention, so too the IPL. At the moment who is right and who is wrong, is not the most important issue, what is important is our National Security, why did the investigative authorities stay dormant for three years, even after knowing the amount of money that was being channeled into the IPL ? Or is it just because some feathers have been ruffled in the ruling Congress Party, that this all out war against IPL and it's agencies is being carried out ? If infact wrong organizations were involved in financial aspects of IPL, aren't we three years too late ? How many more lessons do we have to learn before we tighten our belts and set filters to all the possible conduits open for aggression ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. 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