Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

The Latin phrase written as the title of this post means "Who will guard the guards?". Who will guard the guards of Indian people? Who will guard the army? Who will guard the government? But the creators and guards of the Indian government are the people themselves. So, who will guard the people from the government?

The government lapses are too glaring to miss. Recently the workers dug up the side of the road in Khar, Mumbai and the residents are in danger of falling down those pits during the heavy traffic peak hours added to the flooded monsoons that Mumbai receives annually. In Chennai the digging up of roadside has created havoc as nearly 700 households lost their telephone lines for hours and God only knows what bribe the line man would have asked these house holds to repair their connections. The roads all over India are laid in a precise planning. The roads have a 10 month warranty. After that they will clearly break up and pothole completely; so much that you would think the area was an old river that dried up recently. The neat mud path would be the traversal route for all residents. India has the largest number of people in the world who can claim that they regularly disco dance every time they are out on the road in their vehicle. The vehicle would move over the pothole-filled, gutter-ridden, loose sheets of stones as if the suspension would break any moment.

The government services efficiently get your work done in a year, in case your work was registering a new phone connection. The efficiency increases at the rate of amount of money you can spare for the government employee at the counter. The people who go for the courts find the government efficiency in full force. Bribes don't work there. If your case is the media's hot news your case will be solved in a month with an exemplary judgment that would naturally be appealed against and the media circus would go on till a 100 appeals have been filed by each party in the case. Then a new case would be the medias hot news. The governments exclusive telephone and internet service provider BSNL regularly charges inter-state charges for in-state calls made by people near the border of every state, because the one in Punjab would get a signal from a tower in Rajasthan and the one in Rajasthan would get a signal from Punjab.

The armed forces near the border regularly complain of taunts from Chinese camps across the border and the Pakistani firings from across the border for no rhyme or reason. The Tamil fishermen complain of Sri-Lankan navy shooting at them when they are out to fish. The government couldn't care less. The government is busy trying to seal the Indo-US nuclear deal by fighting a war in the Parliament. The government is busy making peace with neighbors who seem to respond well. The government is busy trying to control inflation which is more accelerated by some government policies as many economic experts say. That's a nice answer isn't it? Maybe its because the government judiciary motto is - Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum. Not many Indians understand it. It is in Latin, it says let justice be done even if heaven is falling. Heaven is falling, but no justice is being done.

Olympics : Pictures of war

Olympics carries a message of peace and harmony. That is exactly what does not happen when you think of Olympics in India.

Sandeep Kumar is a champion wrestler. He won gold at the Russian wrestling championships. He was a champion at the age of 15. He joined the Punjab police force(Punjab is a state in India). He would have got a berth in the Indian squad for Olympics. He was the complete Indian national. His parents and even their parents were Indian. He did not get a berth in the Indian squad to Beijing. He might not get us even a Bronze but still he could have got a berth. No, he didn't and I'll tell you why. Four years ago he migrated to Australia. He loved wrestling, so he couldn't ignore the invitation from United wrestling in Melbourne. He drove a taxi and spent a part of his income for his wrestling training there. He got selected into the Australian squad to Beijing Olympics. He created history by being the first foreign national to get a place in the Australian Wrestling squad to Olympics. Click here. If this Indian wins gold there, the Australian national anthem will be played. Many believe this could not have happened had the officials been less corrupted. The cynic opinion is that some less deserving person bought off this place which should surely have been Sandeep's.
Countries spend millions to get their athletes the best possible conditions to bring out the best possible results, India doesn't look as if it cares. I don't want to dig deep. The pictures of war to get into Olympics can be very smelly. I'll stop here.

Master Class

The best jobs in the world when perfectly executed are called Master class; like the master class of Tiger Woods in golf. The greatest master class the world must have seen is the constitutional assembly headed by Dr. Ambedkar. The assembly created a rule and like all other rules it is long and winding, so I'll cut it short - no Member of Parliament can be arrested in case of suspicion based on any kind of proof. The master class act of this assembly by creating that particular rule had its repercussions more than half a century later.

The media of India broadcasted the results of the hottest debate in India. Many MP's (Members of Parliament) came down the sacred steps of the nerve center of the worlds largest democracy waving wads of currency notes. Many thought the bundles to contain up to 10 lakh Rs/- (1000000 rupees). It was the result of the trust vote. A trust vote is conducted when the opposition alleges that the ruling coalition doesn't have enough majority to rule the country. The country watched as the opposing parties asked for a trust vote, due to the fights and debates that had come as a result of the Indo-US nuclear deal. The speaker of the Parliament was basically from the Communist party, but when you become a speaker you are supposed to be impartial and above all party limitations and obligations. He was virtually dismissed from his party because he didn't share his party's view on the nuclear deal. The ruling government supported the speaker, even I support him he is a great man - he did his job perfectly. The trust vote neared and the tension came on the faces of every single person in the government. Many who got into the parliament as independent candidates were in huge demand, every vote counts. Out of 540 seats, 271 had to be won by the government to show the ruling majority. Many MP's who were in jail came out of jail on remand, God knows how but everybody knows why. The trust vote was conducted, government got 275 votes and the opposition got a whopping 256 votes. The drama just ended, many thought. MP's came down the steps waving wads of currency notes given to them so that they would vote for the government.


No MP can be questioned on the basis of that video clip showing them waving wads of currency notes, because they are truly above the law. The law made by the master class of a great man named Dr. B.R.Ambedkar to protect the sanctity of the parliament was used by the MP's to destroy that exact facade of sanctity. Only God can judge them - if you read my other blogs then you will remeber that I am saying this again.