Some thoughts, Some feelings
Some thoughts, some feelings; all my own [in the Busybee way]:
– Like I look forward to Prannoy Roy’s analysis of the election results. He reads into numbers several messages from electorate and several consequences for the political leaders. It is amazing.
– Like I hate to watch the debates involving leaders from various political parties. It is a sad to see them keep discussion at such low level and noise at highest level.
– Like I shudder to think that they are going to be making decisions involving country’s future.
– Like I have always felt that political leaders substitute invectives for arguments in debates on issues concerning the country. And this election campaign has only strengthened my feeling.
– Like people wonder whether the strikes at M&M, Nestle and Hyundai is a warning sign that another wave of industrial strikes is coming. And that how often we take such a leap of generalisation.
– Like nobody was concerned about Tamil Nadu Government calling a State wide strike to support LTTE, and nobody denounced it. It happens only in India!
– Like the legendary singer Kumar Gandharva’s son Mukul has gone missing again. On the last occasion he was found living in dire conditions at a railway station. Life must be very punishing for the celebrities’ children.
– Like I am very unhappy with the performance of the Mumbai Indians in IPL. An example of how a team with the world’s best players can remain an average performer.
– And when I read about Swine Flu, Birds Flu, I wonder whether animals get ‘Human Flu’.
Vivek
My favourite Busybee articles were those in which he set out to confuse the reader. My favourite one is an article in which an Indian tries to explain the CL, SL & PL funda to an American!
Makes for good reading, your thought train a la Busybee aka Behram Contractor.
Regards,
Govindraj Umarji
Sir ! The last line is a power packed killer !
Animals getting human flu would mean the chicken and the chimpanzee would walk around with a mask of sorts !!
I read on twitter…that God seems to have Alzheimers. He’s forgotten we are here !
🙂 The swine will attest to that!
Isn’t it interesting that we look forward to the intelligent analyses of the elctions BUT NOT to the results of the elections – which we view with resignation rather than hope.
And like Kavi, I must say the last thought was thought-provoking. Reminded me of a novel by George Orwell : ANIMAL FARM.
With human flu, think about elections amongst animals. ‘ Swine flu ‘ – has it anything do with elections in India since most of them who are contesting are all swines.
The last one got me splitting… and thinking too…Indeed, that’s a direction research has never gone…Your excitement in Roy’s analysis of election numbers took me some years back when I’d be pinned to the TV…As for the politicians, they’re so amazingly disappointing.:(
nsiyers comment about elections amongst animals opens up so many possibilities….methinks the similarities between some folks in the animal and human world should be striking…….
Thought provoking stuff.
I’ll make it a point to stop in again.
DearRadgovin, Kavi, Sucharita, NS Iyer, Naperville mom, Ugich Konitari and 167 Dad:
Thaks a ton for your comments and encouragement.
Vivek