First page of a leading daily... as it says.. ????

A day before while i was going through a newspaper ( a leading hindi daily......) I saw a very interesting article on its first page- rght at the bootom generally where the feature articles or the soft stories get their place.. There i found an article saying , Dps has slashed an additional cess of Rs. 100 for hygene and sanitation, (toilet cleaning..) Till now everything was ok. But then i turned the page and ... there came a shocker... another article... " no drinking water available in 3 of DU colleges"... Now i was astonished to see that an article which holds more importance than the DPS one, was on the second page..... i wonder wheather a cess of RS 100 was more important for the readers or the unavailabily of pure drinking water in prominent colleges.... the reasons for my surprise were : 1) the number of people affected would definetely be more in case of the du colleges. 2) RS. 100 surcharge will not affect much to the parents who are willingly, till now, are spending a handsome amt. on their child/ children's future. 3) if in a state's capital, drinking water is not available then where can we expect. 4)the school is relatively in the outer part of the NCR (faridabad), while the DU colleges are situated in the heart of the city. 5) Also, this would have reflect the organisations social obligation in continuosly providing the news in public interests These all reasons and many more came to me as a surprise, abt. the people involved in the newspaper setting... I felt the second story was of a more importance and hence should be on the first page. I also agree that a lot of other stories are there which must be accomodated but due to lack of space they dont find the reckoning ..... However, these two stories were from a comparitively same beat( field) and the second was in more public interest.. isn't it? ?????????????????????

The 15th loksabha belongs to congress

Hmmmmm..,.,. Primarily my best wishesh to congeress. you might be thinking why just congress and not UPA. thats bcoz its a smashaway result in favour of congress. the allies have performed well but the new ones(TMC) and the older ones (SP,RJD,LJP) have performed as expected. It was believed that the RJD $ LJP will be washedout and the results are in sync with that expectations. Do i need say more about the favourites. i hope i dont.... Without any second thought the 15th loksabha belongs to congress. But yes, what needs to be said is that it would be important for the congress and its allies to respect this mandate.. and work towards strengthening the public opinion. nothing more to say today. Just a very best wishes with the hope that congress will, now, be more cautious in choosing their allies. one thing i forget to mention... i hope BJP will sit in the opposition with a more sensibility this time... Mr. Advani... better luck next time ( if u dont retire).... now i would like to say sorry to all of u.. coz i wont be in touch for afew days from now ....coz i"ve to prepare for my papers ( my D-DAY) and i"ll make sure that i dont go the bjp way..

Politicians performs dismal as electorates boycott the elections.

The long awaited span of the democratic exercise is about to end and with it, the fate of many leaders and wannabe’s are going to be sealed in the electronic gadgets (voting machines)- the only thing that prompts us to think that we have developed or grown as a democracy. Earlier we use to hammer out choices with an election commissions seal and now we push a button feeling proud to be called an electronic/ IT giant- ripped apart by the economic slowdown. The voter turnout in this highly humid and unbearably hot weather is far less than expected. It was believed that after the invasion of Mumbai by our neighbours, Mumbai will come out to lodge its protest against the systematic failure of the machinery. But it appears as if they have figure out the other way of protest by boycotting the elections. Leave alone the star studded newspapers and electronic media showing the celebrities, inking their forefinger finger, Mumbai performed much below expectations. With just 44% or a bit less it doesn’t mach up to the never dying spirit of this millennium city. What has happened to those holding candle light vigil during the aftermath of 26/11, is a matter of concern. The 3 passed phases showed lack of enthusiasm among the electorates and the remaining two is not going to offer any surprise as it seems. Is it the lost faith of people in democracy or is it the lost trust in politicians that is hampering the people’s belief? The answer seems to lie in the second part of the question. No matter how low the voting percentages heads none of the political parties nor are the politicians themselves eager to ponder over the issue as far as they have their traditionally copyright, age old agendas to feed the empty stomachs of the electorates. The flag bearers of our democracy must understand that, it’s not the voting that shapes the democracy, it’s the counting. And unfortunately, it’s not even satisfactory. The low voter turn out is not just limited to Mumbai but with the whole country. People don’t want to cast their vote despite many NGOs endeavoring to pull them out to the polling booths. If the data’s are to be believed each and every province performed below their contribution in the 2004 elections. Now this is definitely not the reason why we call ourselves a great democracy. The one who is seating on the heaves of money don’t want to come of their air-conditioned closet to beat the scorching sun-blazing and the poor is apprehensive as they feel cheated after every election at the hand of their representatives. So the biggest question we face today is, what these statesman, who approaches every question with an open mouth have to offer? Are they worth voting or the electorates justified boycotting the elections in their respective capacities? The electorates don’t know who to vote for as they don’t know why they should vote. They have choices but they don’t have the parameters to judge or may be no one fits to their parameters. They might have known the secret that all of the contenders are the same applying different face-packs. The dismal performances of the electorates have put all the speculations on hold. It awaits another genius and another election to get to the bottom of the issue. But what is out in the open is that this election has divided the electorates into two sections of pro and against voting and unfortunately the latter one is in larger number. This will result in close fights not among the candidates but among the electorates. Whoever wins the battle, the truth is that the candidates shared just about 50% of the total electorates and the non participants have out numbered the participants by a huge margin which ultimately is a defeat in itself.