SRK was detained at Newark airport in United States and was question for over two hours. This hit the headlines in all national news channels in India, and upset the fans and government. But why I don't care, and why should I care for SRK. This happens with thousands of Muslims who enter the United States every year. Government and media don’t react then, so why so much hue and cry for SRK. It has happened with celebrities and politicians on number of occasions in past.
If United States believes that Muslims are threat to them and Indian government don’t protest for ordinary Indian Muslims who enter United States then why trust SRK and worry so much for him. He is a Bollywood Icon – so what? Prime Minister of Australia was accused of spying, this has happened with many leaders in past. So, if it is matter of security, no discounts, detain, question everyone, when common Muslims are harassed that way then please no discounts for SRK. If government believe this is the not the way to treat SRK then so is the case with hundreds of other Indians who enter United States. Detain, question and harass just because he / she belongs to a specific religious community has been a general practice at US airports.
9/11 was a failure of FBI and other security agencies (of USA), which they now are trying to cover-up with such indecent and unfriendly manner. This can be debated but the topic I am writing is on SRK detained on arrival at Newark. I hope incidents like this brings some sanity to governments across the world and they unit to protest against such discrimination, but for SRK, I really don’t care.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Mumbai tears flood Delhi
July 28th, post noon when Delhities were praying for monsoon they would not have realized that how painful the blessings of Indra (God of Rains) would be. Later that evening clouds pour and poured like hell. It rained cats and dogs, temperature went down by 10 degree within few hours, and before the capital city could realize the magnitude of pour all major roads were flooded with water, traffic started stacking up and Delhities experienced what Mumbikars have always been complaining off for ages. It took 4 hours to travel a distance that otherwise in normal circumstances would not have taken more than 40 minutes. Buses went off road, no shades for bikers & pedestrians and cars move inches. Welcome to the monsoon of Mumbai in Delhi. Not that my heart did not felt for Delhi, after all I too was a Delhitie and have praised it’s infrastructure for long.
However, there are definitely few points to understand. For the city that pay more tax than Delhi, Pune and Bangalore put together pays faces this grilling situation every monsoon. While monsoon brings smile for most part of the country, for Mumbaikars it is also a matter of twinge concern. The age old drainage system clutches within few hours of rain, and the city, which pay thousands of corer as tax comes to standstill. Schools are shut, offices have lowest productivity and business is at its nadir. And what city gets to manage this flood like situation are pea nuts. Sad, but its fact that the financial capital of India does not have appropriate funds to keep its gutters clean.
Delhi on the other hand enjoys zenith of infrastructure. Probably (my guess), Delhi has more flyovers than what rest of the metros put together has. Delhi metro received more attention, and higher priority than what Bandra-Worli sea link. While Delhi metro set new standards of quality and speed, Bandra-Worli sea link continued to be at mercy of filthy politics.
I understand that the national capital deserves the attention and priority it gets but I also protest against the lewd attitude our politicians and bureaucrats demonstrate when it comes to funding infrastructure projects in Mumbai and elsewhere in the country.
I hope that the experience of July 28th would make politicians at center little sensitive towards the situations elsewhere in the country and would understand the pain that Mumbai goes through each monsoon. If they earn sanity, Mumbaikers would definately enjoy next monsoon.
However, there are definitely few points to understand. For the city that pay more tax than Delhi, Pune and Bangalore put together pays faces this grilling situation every monsoon. While monsoon brings smile for most part of the country, for Mumbaikars it is also a matter of twinge concern. The age old drainage system clutches within few hours of rain, and the city, which pay thousands of corer as tax comes to standstill. Schools are shut, offices have lowest productivity and business is at its nadir. And what city gets to manage this flood like situation are pea nuts. Sad, but its fact that the financial capital of India does not have appropriate funds to keep its gutters clean.
Delhi on the other hand enjoys zenith of infrastructure. Probably (my guess), Delhi has more flyovers than what rest of the metros put together has. Delhi metro received more attention, and higher priority than what Bandra-Worli sea link. While Delhi metro set new standards of quality and speed, Bandra-Worli sea link continued to be at mercy of filthy politics.
I understand that the national capital deserves the attention and priority it gets but I also protest against the lewd attitude our politicians and bureaucrats demonstrate when it comes to funding infrastructure projects in Mumbai and elsewhere in the country.
I hope that the experience of July 28th would make politicians at center little sensitive towards the situations elsewhere in the country and would understand the pain that Mumbai goes through each monsoon. If they earn sanity, Mumbaikers would definately enjoy next monsoon.
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