25 years later: Victims of Bhopal Gas Tragedyshout,
“We want justice! We want justice.”
Justice, eh! Dear Sirs, Ladies and Gentlemen,
please drop your pants and lie down prostrate
on the ground – justice will be delivered
right at this moment without delay.
Troops take your positions. Raise your batons …
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The Office of IBN or Indian Broken Network
living up to its name. Well done SS (Shiv Sena).
We really enjoyed that.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...One Billion dolts is a consciousness campaign dedicated to one billion dolts, (again) by 69 solutions whose slogan is realize a dolt in every dolt. The campaign aims to wake up and unleash the inner dolt (antaratma) that is present in each one of us. The self realization might take years or even centuries – hundreds of thousands of cycles of birth and rebirth. But we at One Billion dolts intend to speed up this process of self realization to a lifetime or may be even to a couple of hours spent on our website and help the individual achieve the perfect peace of mind – the higher state (the state of nirvana).
In Geeta Lord Krishna explains two ancient paths to freedom (moksha). One is Samkhya, the Yoga of Knowledge as Wisdom (jnana-yoga) and other is Akarma Yoga, the Yoga of Inaction. One Billion dolts focuses on the Yoga of Knowledge through self realization of the inner dolt present within every human being otherwise also known as a dolt. But we at 69 Solutions realise that knowledge and inaction both coalesce together to lead to higher states of self realisation of the inner dolt. That is why we have started inaction activities such as Sojaa Re! as well.
Lord Krishna
Lord Krishna said, “Only wisdom will save the world. And true wisdom (gyana) comes through the realisation of its absence in one’s own being.” Or in other words wisdom is the self-realisation of a being that he or she (and whatever pronoun we have for hermaphrodites) is a dolt. Thus One Billion dolts in its all sincerity is spreading the word of the Lord Krishna, not merely in words but in deeds.
Here are some golden words from Prabhu S. N. S. a renown devotee (bhakt) of Lord Krishna,
“In the Golder Age of times – in the Satya-Yuga, all dolts were self conscious of their own doltishness. However, in Kali-Yuga in his/her (again sorry hermaphrodites) desperate bid to win over nature (prikriti) and to evince triumph over his or her doltishness, a dolt tries to deny this realisation. As a consequence the dolts suffers greatly in this world (prithvi loka) and paves his path with thorns to heaven (swapana loka) as well. Note O Dolts, your pain is just a warning. Don’t keep delusions. Realise that you are a dolt. Drop the ego. Don’t think you are different from the God – the vast ocean of doltishness – realise the God-within – realise the dolt-within – embrace the true self.”
According to Buddha, this world (samsara) is full of suffering. And suffering is caused by craving, anger and other poisons (klesas). Craving comes out of the false belief that one is capable of doing something. As long is craving is present, being can not achieve nirvana – the perfect state of higher bliss – where being is no longer a subject of suffering (dukkha). An unconditioned mind (asankhata) is perfectly lucid and clear. Only a conditioned (sankhata) mind indulges itself in craving and thus causes great suffering.
Lord Buddha
One Billion dolts is all about restoring mind to the unconditioned (asankhata) state, through self realization of the inner dolt, so that man achieves highest spiritual attainment and in due course of time ceases to wander through realms of desire, form, and formlessness subjecting himself or herself to countless vicissitudes of life (samsara). Thus One Billion dolts carries forward Buddha’s vision.
For the record One Billion dolts is not connected with Geeta Basra. Though we would like to. Click to enlarge Geeta Basra.
Geeta Basra: sadly we have no connection with her.
Geeta Basra: Just so that you know which Geeta is being talked about.
Page is still not complete. The same page is available here.
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(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...[Questions are always asked about 69 Solutions. What it is? How it came into existence etc. Today we answer some of them. For the rest keep your fingers crossed. We have realised that we have been ignoring this aspect for far too long, we won't be keeping you waiting for long. By the way the same information is available here.]
In the year of the Ox (2009) a few enterprising ex-IITians came together and discussed (in Pune, India) what can now be termed as, the future of the country. Entrepreneurs at 69 Solutions realised that while there was no dearth of companies and organisations that tended to specialize in one field or another. There was an absolute lack of entrepreneurship when it came to giving a comprehensive solution to all the problems the world is facing. And thus an apolitical, asocial, and retrogressive organization called 69 Solutions was born.
Here are the few precious words (read gems) from the very mouth of our founding great great great forefather of the movement (who got beat-up regularly by Professors at IIT Kanpur and sadly died at a very young age due to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome caused by frequent bouts with masturbation):
“Giving up handsome pay packages, comforts of family and support of the friends wasn’t that easy. But then we realised that we never had jobs with handsome pay packages to start with. And the families and friends, were less about comfort and support, but were more about annoyance, and nuisance.”
“With these (above) initial hurdles gone, my inner voice told me – and that too in perfect falsetto – that I should invest in taking care of the bulge in my pants, instead of investing in the bright future for mankind that will last till eternity. Anyway, too much light is bad for the eyes – just as a side-note – I am not trying to teach anyone anything here.”
“People think we are crazy, but we are your normal-average-fucked-up ex-IITians. People don’t understand out motto, but we won’t give up, for we are filled with hope and we are certain that one day people will stand behind us as custodians and guardians of the legacy that we will leave behind some day.”
69 Solutions is an organisation that provides 69 solutions to every problem in the world. Why 69? Come on! One less or one more, i.e. either 68, or 70, isn’t quite 69. I suppose everyone will agree with that.
69 Solutions is dedicated towards providing 69 solutions to the problems that world is facing, especially India – for we are indebted to our motherland and how can we not be? Countless sacrifices, numerous exorcisms, and immeasurable quantities of loads of cum have brought us Indians, where we are now. We are indebted to those millions of billions of dolts of the past and the indeed the billion dolts of the present, and we must pay back to the yet to be born millions of billions of dolts of India. In the service of nation we give up ourselves – we the 69 Solutions.
What follows is a list of our work thus far. Do take part in this great endeavor and participate and promote our effort to bring peace and prosperity to the Billion dolts of India.
2. One Billion dolts is a campaign again by 69 solutions whose slogan is realize a dolt in every dolt. The campaign aims to wake up and unleash the inner dolt (antaratma) that is present in each one of us. The self realization might take years or even centuries – hundreds of thousands of cycles of birth and rebirth. But we at One Billion dolts intend to speed up this process of self realization to a lifetime or may be even to a couple of hours spent on our website. ... more ...
And the next question comes, as always, where do we go from here? And we say right now Nowhere. But we will keep you posted and this page updated. Keep turning your backs towards us.
With regards,
Slash Blog
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Fake Women protesting on the streets of Imphal in July 2004.
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9NN, Imphal: A former judge who presided over several inquiries into naked protests in Manipur says that fake women used for nude protests are a reality in the state.
India (the whole one billion of it) was shocked when a dozen “women” went “naked” on the streets of Imphal in July 2004 inciting Indian Army men to rape them.
Justice (retd.) D Rupwati Singh headed the inquiry that followed and her report found that fake women were being used for protests on the streets of Imphal. She felt frustrated but not shocked.
Justice Singh, who served as a district and sessions court judge, has headed 12 investigations into fake women protesters between 1996 and 2007.
“Fake women are being used in so-called nude woman protests. They hold large banners – asking Indian Army men to rape them, but, in reality what lies behind these banners are not women’s breasts and vaginas but very manly things – no wonder they are hiding behind the banners.”
“It is only the decency of India Army personnel that the lies and deceit of these bunch of fibbing so-called-women were not exposed at that time itself. If only, even one our soldiers had acted upon the provocation and went ahead to do what they asked for in the banners, this whole conspiracy to mislead people into believing that there are actual nude women behind the banners, would have been exposed. But the very fact that such an exposition never occurred bears testimony to the blemish-less conduct and immaculate character of Indian Army personnel.”
Rubbishing the so-called photographic evidence and the photographs taken by journalists of “women,” Singh added, “Why, when the faces, arms, legs, backs, and long hair of women can be seen so prominently, the distinguishing features of woman-hood – the very things that separate chaff from the flour – are patently missing from all the images. In this photograph, for example,” said Ms. Singh talking about the photograph below, “one can see women dangling there hinds in the most provocative manner – pretty much saying hit us if you can – although it has been blurred. If such a provocative photograph can be taken and printed a countless number of times, (and no I am not talking about the children books that portray women in a very bad taste - which fortunately I have never laid my hand upon all my life – but I am talking about mainstream media) why then can we not have some photographs which bear testimony to the womanhood of the said ‘quote’ women protesters ‘unquote’.”
Fake women with their backs turned towards camera.
“Note how everybody in this photograph manages to hide everything that will unequivocally quantify them as members of the fairer sex. Obviously this is not a mere coincidence.”
“At this moment one remembers the age old maxim, if you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. Why in the God’s name, some sane person, who is supposedly doing a nude protest, would hide behind banners or stand with his (I am using his deliberately – don’t doubt my grammar) back towards us? Give me one reason, other than that this is all part of a big conspiracy involving journalists and (probably) destitute, pitiable men who have been lured into posing as naked-women-protesters, to stir up the political milieu and to make good edible rotis out of raw wheat flour, from the heat thus generated.”
She further said, “These kinds of people have to be held accountable and need to be dealt with in the court of law. A severest blow in their most vital and private parts needs to be delivered (of course I am talking allegorically – we are not Taliban here!), so that men and women alike are reminded that they can’t play with the innocent feelings of the common people.”
Singh’s reports reiterates what many in Manipur suspect: (naked) protests are often staged but rarely do the guilty get punished.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) emblem
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o team excites more jovial commotion and excitement as the Kolkata Knight Riders. Arguably, the richest team of the DLF IPL. Its brand values exceeds that of any team. Owned by the King Khan himself, one couldn’t have asked for more. But the team is still languishing in the lowest rungs of IPL points table.
Here we analyse the possible causes of the misery facing Kolkata Knight Riders. Was it just another case of a team performing exceptionally bad over a protracted period of time or was there something more to it? Was there some deep, profound conspiracy against KKR, against Shahrukh Khan, against John Buchanan?
April 5th 2009, just before the start of DFL IPL, Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, a personality known to be restrained and measured, suddenly flares up and creates a controversy out of nowhere, a controversy that is unparalleled and unseen in the history of cricket. Is was not just a matter of coincidence that the victim was none other than John Buchanan and KKR. Not only that, even his ‘Queensland pals,’ assistant coaches and his son were not spared a drubbing. In fact, things got so bad that KKR owner Shahrukh Khan himself had to intervene. Was this outburst just an unrestrained eruption of emotion or was their at work some deep rooted conspiracy to dethrone and deny the Queensland coach John Buchanan and KKR of their rightful place in world cricket? Let’s analyze the case further.
Everybody knows, that when IPL 2 was in its formative stage, the ever infamous Bowlout was discarded as an option for IPL 2 and instead ‘Super Over’ was opted as a ‘tie-breaker.’
However, what most people do not know is that, originally the concept of ‘Super Test Match’ was the choice of IPLCC. One of the main criticisms for Bowlout method was that it was unjust and in closely fought matches favoured team with good wicket hitting skills. As a consequence, the method of ‘Super Test Match’ was conceived and passed by the IPLCC. Not only was it ‘fair’ to both teams, it also gave back at least some of the lost glory back to test cricket.
It is inconceivable and saddening to think that somebody should ask this question given that ‘Super Test Match’ was supposed to be one of the cornerstones of IPL 2. It was supposed to revolutionize the way T20 is played the world over. Regardless, to answer this question: In the event of two teams being locked with equal runs on board at the end of their stipulated 20 overs (or less if there was some interruption in game), i.e. in a tied game, instead of equally dividing the points between the two participating teams, a test match will be played between the two teams and the winner of the test match takes away all the points. This mode of resolving tied matches, apart from restoring the lost glory of test cricket, was supposed to replace the bowlout method and induct much needed ‘fairness’ in the system.
However, as it stands ‘Super Test Match,’ despite being passed by the IPLCC was scrapped at the last moment and ‘Super Over’ was instead given a preferential treatment. Considering the fact that KKR lost to RR in nail biting encounter courtesy ‘Super Over,’ this mid-night hour change assumes significance. Not only have KKR struggled to win a match ever since they received this psychological blow, thanks to ‘Super Over,’ who knows how the fate of KKR might have changed if ‘Super Test Match’ was used as a tiebreaker instead of ‘Super Over’ in that game with RR. Because, on paper at least, all experts agree that, KKR stand out firm favorites to win in a ‘Super Test Match’ against any T20 team in the world because their team is better suited for the longest form of cricket, viz. Test Cricket, than any other team.
In light of these facts we find it a little hard to digest (even with hajmola) that the disgrace of KKR in IPL is just a matter of bad fortune and protracted below par performance. It is quite clearly evident that there is more to it than meets the eye. Certainly the coming days will unravel more mysteries regarding the conspiracy against KKR or that is what we at least hope. Amen!
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Anil Ambani: Victim of A Conspiracy to kill by Medieval Methods
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9NN, Mumbai: Three days after Anil Ambani’s helicopter was found to have been tampered with, Reliance Communications on Sunday came up with further elaborations about the plan to kill the billionaire industrialist by rival gangs.
Earlier, last Thursday evening, something more than mere gears was found in the seven-seater VT-RCL Bell 412 helicopter’s gear box that Anil had bought in the year 2007. The gear box of the chopper was loaded with an “unusual” amount of mud and pebbles.
In a written complaint to Santa Cruz police station, the complainant claimed that mud and pebbles were to be used to take the life of Anil Ambani. Mud, a semi-liquid mixture of water and some combination of soil, silt and/or clay, a well known blinding agent, was to be used to render Mr. Ambani sightless. In this state of diminished eyesight, Mr. Ambani was to be subjected to an unceasing array of pebble stones. The whole act is quite akin to stoning in the medieval times.
One observer (who doesn’t want to be named) notes, indeed this was a well thought out plan, as all this would have happened in mid air with little or no possibility of a safe landing for the little Ambani had he tried to escape the pebble onslaught by jumping out of the chopper window. According to MAPDA, an independent body, 99.99% of people who dive without parachute are likely to be killed on landing. Further, it is to be noted that with his trammeled vision (due to mud) Mr. Ambani would have been unable to use a parachute.
Also, the complaint mentions that use of medieval methods to kill Mr. Ambani, a man of technology and science and the Youth Icon of India, is highly deplorable and condemnable act. The least the conspirators could have done is used some non-archaic method to kill this billionaire and chairman of vast business empire. Surely, Mr. Ambani has earned it.
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[Read English translation of the same article here.]
[69 Solutions में हम भारत और भारतीय संस्कृति, खासकर हमारी मातृभाषा हिन्दी पर अत्यधिक गर्व करते हैं| अपनी आज़ादी के ६० वर्ष पुरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में हम लेखों की एक श्रंखला प्रकाशित करने जा रहे हैं जिसका लक्ष्य है हिन्दी को उसका खोया मान-सम्मान पुनः अर्जित कराना| इस श्रंखला में यह प्रथम और बंद नेत्र खोलने वाला वाला एक ऐसा लेख है जो ये दर्शायेगा के किस प्रकार पिछली शताब्दी में हिन्दी ने विज्ञान को सहायता प्रदान की है|]
हिन्दी संस्कृत के बाद सबसे वैज्ञानिक भाषा है| उसके वैज्ञानिक स्वरुप का ही ये परिणाम है की भारतीयों को विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में कभी कुछ करने की आवश्यकता नहीं पड़ती| उधर जबकि पश्चिम के वैज्ञानिको को अवलोकन और प्रयोग में समय बर्बाद करना पड़ता है, भारतीय वैज्ञानिको को, विशाल और शक्तिशाली हिन्दी की सहायता से, केवल हिन्दी को सीखना मात्र पड़ता है और सारा ज्ञान कोहरे भरी ठंडी सुबह में सूर्य की किरणों की तरह उनके सामने अवतरित हो जाता है| (हालाँकि वास्तविक रूप से महान वैज्ञानिको को संस्कृत को भी सीखना पड़ता है|)
“हिन्दी ही केवल एक ऐसी भाषा है जिससे मैंने कुछ सीखा|”
यह वक्तव्य नीचे लेख में जो भी कहा गया है उसका एक संक्षिप्त विवरण प्रदान करता है, इसलिए इस क्षण आप लेख को स्वतंत्रतापूर्वक छोड़ सकते हैं|
लेकिन अब जब आपने और पढने का निश्चय किया है, तो पढना जरूर जारी रखें|
अलबर्ट आइंस्टाइन के जीवन पर इतना कुछ लिखा गया है के जितना शायद भगवान् के अलावा किसी पर नहीं लिखा गया| आइंस्टाइन का पूरा जीवन अनगिनत पत्रिकाओं, उपन्यासों, ग्राफित्तियो, सिडियो, पुबिक बाल के नमूनों – जो उनकी नासिका से एकत्रित किये गए थे, मुकुस के नमूनों – जो यू आकर की नलिकाओं में रखे हैं, पसीने-मल-मूत्र के नमूनों और दुनिया भर की प्रयोगशालाओं में ध्यानपूर्वक सहेजे गए उनके मष्तिष्क और खोपडी के टुकडो – जो की उनके सर की कठोरता का मान लेने के लिए विस्फोटित किये गए थे, में अच्छी तरह से प्रलेखित और संरक्षित है| लेकिन एक महत्वपूर्ण कड़ी, एक महत्वपूर्ण सुराग गायब है| ये सब खुबसूरत मनगढ़ंत कहानियां, ये सब निराधार तथ्यों और कल्पनाओं की ऊँची-ऊँची मीनारें, ये सभी अफवाहें और असंतुलित/असंतुष्ट दिमागों की बकवास, एक छोटे सा विचलन, एक अत्यधिक दृश्य सी विषमता, असत्य के कवच में एक मामूली सी दरार, की व्याख्या करने में विफल है| और वो तथ्य यह है की कैसे, एक गंदा, गंवार, कुंठित छोटा सा बालक, जो की चार वर्ष की उम्र तक बोल नहीं पाता था, जो सात वर्ष की उम्र तक पढ़ नहीं पाता था और जो बहुत कठिनाई से किसी तरह अपने आपको विद्यार्थी जीवन के दौरान घसीट पाया, एकदा विज्ञान की ऊँचाईयों को छूने में कामयाब रहा|
आज पूरी दुनिया आइंस्टाइन की जीवनी जानती है| किसी प्रकार के विवरण में जाये बिना, जो की आइंस्टाइन पर एक विस्तृत लेख के लिए ज्यादा अनुकूल होगा, इतना कहना काफी होगा के १८९६ (1896) में उन्होंने ई.टी.एच. (ETH) में दाखिला लिया| लेकिन जो बात दुनिया नहीं जानती, वह यह है की, आइंस्टाइन के पिता, श्री हेर्में आइंस्टाइन, ने अपने पुत्र की निराशाजनक परिस्तिथि को देखते हुए, ये निर्णय लिया की आइंस्टाइन को समान्तर में, हिन्दी अध्ययन के जर्मन संसथान में भी दाखिला ले लेना चाहिए (German: Deutsch-Institut für Studien Hindi, दी.आई.अस.एच. (DISH))| आइंस्टाइन के पिता द्वारा आइंस्टाइन को लिखे गए १२ फ़रवरी १८९६ (12th February 1896) के पत्र से लिए गए निम्नलिखित उद्धरण से, अपने पुत्र को दी.आई.अस.एच. में हिन्दी पढ़ते हुए देखने की हेर्में की इच्छा स्पष्ट हो जाती है|
“über vergessen Durchschnittliche Theorie der absoluteness. Ich wünsche mir, dass Sie sich auf DISH.”
~ Ihr Vater
जिसका अनुवाद है
निरपेक्ष के औसत सिद्धांत के बारे में भूल जाओ| मैं चाहता हूँ तुम दी.आई.अस.एच. में दाखिला लो|
~ तुम्हारा पिता
इसके परिणामस्वरूप आइंस्टाइन ने चुपके से दी.आई.अस.एच. में पंजीकरण करवा लिया| हिन्दी एक वैज्ञानिक भाषा होने के नाते, सीखने में बहुत ही सरल है| अक्ल से पैदल किशोर आइंस्टाइन के लिए भी, सिखने की प्रक्रिया काफी सरल थी| हिन्दी भाषा वैज्ञानिकों (जिनको ब्राह्मण शब्द से ज्यादा जाना जाता है) के लिए, वैज्ञानिकों के द्वारा और वैज्ञानिकों के बारे में बनी है| आइंस्टाइन को लाभ लगभग तत्काल ही मिल गया| १८९८ (1898) में ही, आइंस्टाइन को निम्नलिखित सूत्र मिल गया था
ई = ऍम सी स्क्वायर
बहरहाल, यह फार्मूले 1915 तक प्रकाशित नहीं किया जा सका, क्योंकि दोनों भाषाएँ, जर्मन और अंग्रेजी, ऐसी कठिन वैज्ञानिक अवधारणाओं को व्यक्त करने के लिए अपर्याप्त थी, जो की हालाँकि संस्कृत अभाषी लोगो के लिए क्रन्तिकारी हैं, वेदों में दर्जनों जगह उल्लिखित हैं और दो साल के ब्राह्मण बालको को भी अनगिनत वर्षो से ज्ञात हैं| सापेक्षता के सामान्य सिद्धांत के हिन्दी से अनुवाद ने आइंस्टीन के सत्रह परिश्रमी वर्ष ले लिए| फिर भी इस सिद्धांत का काफी हिस्सा अनुवाद में ही खो गया| अंत में आइंस्टाइन ने ये समीकरण प्रस्तुत किया,
English: E = mc2
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“१०.१९१.४डी: यथा वह सुसहासति”
~ ऋग्वेद
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Here we enumerate a list of questions that indicate the severity and magnitude of the problem. Go through them as we tear down inch by inch this fabric of lies created by the high and mighty, living both in India and abroad, from both past and present.
We can see that we can go on and on. The “coincidences” are too recurrent and the “accidents” occur with too much harmony, for us to ignore either of them. Be it resignation of I.K. Gujral or Narshimha Rao’s minority Government lasting its whole term (who can forget the JMM bribery case). Be it killing of Rajeev Gandhi or 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Be it imposition of Emergency or split in the Janta Party. Everything seems so perfect, everything falls into place, everything that is to an untrained eye so chaotic, chimes in magnificently with everything else, so that dates of 2009 General Elections should clash with IPL 2009. This is some conspiracy!!!
As we can see the number of questions that we can ask is infinite. On a deeper analysis the seemingly unrelated chaotic coincidences appear to be the will of high and mighty, all over the world, exercised over the innocent common people of India to further their heinous agenda.
For those who would like us to state this explicitly, yes, on a deeper analysis it can be seen, clear as one can see daylight shine through an orifice in the roof of your post-existentialist home, that all the major world powers of past or present have worked in tandem to bring about this shame to our country. And just to make the matters absolutely clear, if we consider the world to be a tree, it is blighted from the very roots. The very idea, that Adam and Eve should be created and made to eat the apple has its origins in this deep rooted conspiracy to dislodge IPL from its worthy and just home India.
Well for a start, right now, we can demand in as greater numbers as possible, and by whatever means available to us, to move Elections out of India instead of IPL. Start up campaigns, hold candle night vigils, move the youth of the nation, create awareness websites, write newspaper articles, run full length television and radio advertisements, etc. Basically involve every Tom, Dick and Harry into the campaign and pressurise GOI and ECI to move elections out of India to a location of their own liking.
On a more grander time scale, as this malady seems to stem from the very root of the tree, it is only but right to start fixing the root itself. Thus, we call upon all people to rally behind us in asking God to step down from his autocratic, dictatorial throne and give way to democracy. Yes, we demand a democratic God, who is more sympathetic and understanding of our needs of IPL and doesn’t hatch political or otherwise conspiracies to take our beloved IPL away from us. Yes, we want to elect our own God.
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So, finally after much dilly-dallying and deliberation, a liturgical drama that unfolded in front of our TV screens, IPL has been moved out of India. In this article we analyse the various aspects of this whole episode, that affects all Indians from Shahrukh Khan in Mumbai to Panchrangi Halwai living next door. We will first analyse if moving IPL out of India was the only option available and subsequently we will analyse why IPL was moved out India. Was there a conspiracy to move it out of India? If it was a conspiracy, who all were involved? Who all are to blame? When was it actually hatched? What should be done now?
Importance of IPL for India
Importance of IPL for India can not be emphasized in mere words (but let’s just give it a try). If in our billion people strong nation, cricket is religion and Sachin Tendulkar is God, then IPL is our biggest festival. It is a time when enemies shake hands, kiss (strictly on the cheeks) and make up. It is a time when people from all religions and all walks of life, convive together at this banquet – at this feast, of the greatest magnitude – and display harmony and accordance unseen anywhere else in the world, be it on the playground or off it. It is a time when we celebrate the great revival of India at the world stage.
Further, IPL is huge money spinner. (On the other hand, elections are just a loss of crores of rupees.) No advanced (or even basic for that matter) degree in economics is required to understand the fact that a shift of venue for the IPL matches will result in an enormous loss of revenue. Therefore, the importance of IPL for India can not be emphasized enough.
Are Elections more important than IPL?
Let’s ask the most basic question first, are elections more important or IPL in our cricket-krazy India?
If it had to come to this, that a choice was to be made between elections and IPL, who should have got a preferential treatment. In this cricket-krazy nation, denying us of our beloved IPL, is like denying, Sacaea to the Babylonians, Dionysia to the Greeks, Saturnalia to the Romans. When IPL holds so much value to the Indians, should the elections not have taken the back seat in India, instead of it being the other way around?
What would have Babylonians, Greeks and Romans have done if they were denied Sacaea, Dionysia and Saturnalia, respectively? They would have shook everything between heaven and hell. Babylonians would have taken out every brick from Mesopotamia. Greeks would have taken flame-thrower through every street of Alexandria. The Romans would have destroyed all the arches and domes in Rome, the very hallmarks of Roman Architecture. And what are we doing, sitting on our hinds, tuning up that TV set so that we can watch IPL matches telecast from South Africa instead of India.
Alternatives before the Government and Political Fraternity in general
We ask the question, why no other alternatives were given any serious thought other than postponing/cancelling IPL or to move IPL out of country?
The UPA Government had ample opportunity at its hands to resign six months before its tenure. This would have given ECI (Election Commission of India) ample opportunity to organize elections before IPL. Further, why didn’t the BJP and Left front bring the Government down in the no-confidence motion and call for fresh mandate to be taken from the people of India, last July? Is this all part of some big conspiracy to deprive us Indians of our IPL? We will answer this and many other questions later in part 2 of this article. For now we keep focus on the alternatives and analyse all that has happened before us.
One “obvious” solution that people provided was to induct security personnel from participating countries in the IPL. The first thing to note is that IPL and elections can’t be held simultaneously as most candidates contesting in the elections will lose their security deposits, if elections were to be held during the IPL season. Further, getting security personal from abroad obviously has logistical implications. Also, correspondence and consonance between security people of different nationalities would have been a limiting factor even if we were to overcome the logistical difficulties somehow and ignore concerns regarding voter turnout during IPL. Thus, we can discard this as possible alternative.
But other alternatives that were silently ignored were rescheduling or cancelling elections or moving them out of India (if security was such a concern). Now the question that remains is, why were the elections not rescheduled or cancelled or moved out of India when their dates clashed with IPL (instead of moving IPL out of India)? The Government along with all the opposition could have declared Internal Emergency and rescheduled elections easily. But the Government refused to even consider this as a viable option (which again provides evidence in favour of conspiracy theory, discussed later in part 2 of this article). And when we consider that this is the same Congress which imposed Internal Emergency for a 21 month period under the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, our bitterness at this display of complete disregard for popular opinion is only intensified.
Further, another option that Government, and even ECI is the guilty party here, didn’t even consider was moving the elections out of India instead of IPL. If South Africa is such a favoured and trouble free destination, to hold big events such as IPL which carries a billion hopes and aspirations, why were the elections not moved to South Africa. After all a country which can provide security for a Mega Event such as IPL, can certainly provide security for Indian Elections. The very fact that this very viable option wasn’t even discussed anywhere in the mainstream media, is indicative of the scope of this conspiracy to dislodge IPL from India and to bring disgrace and disrepute to our great country.
Questions that we ask
Why didn’t GOI and ECI ask BCCI and Lalit Modi for their expertise in conducting an incident free IPL, so that they could have moved elections out of India?
We are asking some very serious questions here. Whom does the GOI and ECI represent? Is it Indian public or some vested interests, which want to see the whole of India disgraced and discredited?
Wait for the hard hitting part 2 of this article which will provide answers to these and many other questions.
[This is Part 1 of this article. Read Part 2 here.]
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