Saturday, April 11, 2009

Mr. Indobama

The Dream Party is releasing its manifesto. Highlights:
1. Projecting Mr. Indobama as their prime-ministerial candidate.
2. A road-map for making India a just and equal society where castes will vanish, thus negating the necessity of reservations. Encouraging NGOs like Marriages for Equality.
3. Police Reforms ...
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And then Pyaare wakes up. Pyaare is frustrated his dream is broken. He checks out the real news which is reporting the red hot election issues:

#1: Which word is more insulting Gudiya or Budhiya? Indeed!

# 2: Should Indian PrimeMinisterial candidates be wrestlers?

# 3: Who will be the next shoe target?

# 4: Should we throw Advani and Vajpayee to Arabic sea?
(Now, we understand why one would need a wrestler as a P.M.)

#5: Whose hands should be cut? And who should be flattened by a roller?

Hmmmm...Where can Pyaare find a no non-sense sincere debate? Ah-yes....A reputed TV channel is holding the ultimate debate between Arun Jaitley vs Kapil Sibal.
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The question is how will BJP ensure security, and Jaitley's answer is not what BJP will do but what UPA didn't do --- number of terrorist attacks during UPA rule, 26/11.....
And Sibal's answer is symmetrical --- Khandahar, parliament attack...
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Phew! Pyaare goes searching for Indobama.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Confused Desi Voter

Pyareylal doesn't take this decision lightly. 26/11 woke him up. He wants to make a informed decision before voting.


But Pyaare is confused. Pyaare read the manifestoes of both the BJP and the Congress. Both have promised 'increased security and tackling terror'. Both have promised 'economic prosperity'. Both have promised tapping into the potential of 'Pravasi Desis'. Blah Blah Blah........
Not helpful! All looks same to Pyaare.

Hmmmm. Poor Pyaare is confused. The Congress gives ticket to Mani Kumar Subba who is not an Indian citizen! And the BJP has MLAs like Maya Kodnani.

Things were easier at the last elections. A love or hate relation with the Gandhi name used to make the decision a no-brainer. Love them and vote for Congress OR hate them and vote for BJP. But today, Gandhis are everywhere, from BJP to Congress, from Jnanpath to Jail.
Pyaare feels we have tried enough of Gandhi DNAs. The country needs a genetic makeover.

Mayawati? Mulayam Singh? Laloo Yadav? Ram Vilas Paswan?
Pyaare can't imagine one of them going to G-20 meeting and being world leaders.

Pyaare is dejected, and despaired.

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Pyaare searches a lot in internet and sees a glimmer of HOPE. And the hope is not about importing Obama. Its about ...

1. Parties like Lok Satta. Lok Satta is doing what the Congress and BJP would never do. It is giving tickets to candidates who first win internal elections. Finally a party with true democracy! India is on path to shed its tag of pseudo-democracy! Pyaare is happy.
2. Pyaare is encouraged by NGOs ..... like Janaagraha
3. .... like ADR
4. .... Google's cool initiatives
5. and who else but Amir Khan!

Pyaare is dozing off dreaming about Indian politics which is non-dynastic, non-communal, non-divisive....
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