Is this all neccessary?

I was just wathicng one of the CNN IBNs video about the road blocks in Delhi and other NCR region over the Amarnath land issue. In the midst of the chakka jam, 70 Year old Gendaram died in the ambulance simply because the ambulance was caught in the jam. We should ask his family about the worthiness of this chakka-jaam.

Democracy gives the right to everybody to express his views / opinions, not neccessarily at the cost of other's lives. We should not forget that authority comes with the responsibility. There should be strict laws that restrict any political party/ organization/union to organize any chakka jams on National Highways, during office hours and the safe passage to the emergency vehicles should be guaranteed by the authorities.

I think now its time for us to introspect, is there any issue bigger than saving a person's life?

Shameful new year eve !!

Once again, the news of women molestation on the new year's eve shocked the country. It happened all across the landscape of India, from kochi to mumbai to patna. The most shocking news to me was in mumbai, a crowd of 60 hoodlums molested 2 young women. This was the time when we were supposed to make the resolution in order to be a more just, fair and strong society. On the contrary, few thugs tried to harass 2 helpless young women. To my surprise, on the same day some so called "moral police" guys smashed a video parlour in Mumbai accusing them of running the prostitution business. I have a very simple question- Where the hell this moral police disappears when the shameful incidents like the molestation of 2 women by 60 men happens? When this "moral police" can smash an archies card shop for selling the valentine day card, why don't they come up for the help of young women like those who have been harassed? What an extreme of hypocracy !!!!!
Incidents like this not only shows the drastic degradation in our moral values, they also pin points that as a society, where are we heading. If few guys were molesting these women, what were other people doing? Why didn't they come for their help? I don't buy the argument that Police didn't do anything. Police is forced to enforce the law, but common people plays a vital role in enforcing the law. We need to rethink on this and try to act on our intuition so as to stop the incidents like this.

Remembering bhagat singh

Today is the 100th birthday of one of the super heroes of our freedom, Shaheed Bhagat singh. I was trying to find some thing to read in the newspapers but apparently I came to know that Indian newspapers have much more important issues than to remembe a freedom fighter. For example, times of India mentioned about the dilemma of karnataka's chief minister upon the issue of resigning whereas Indian express was more concerned about the welcome of Australian pace bowler Brett lee. Only Hindustan times covered a ceremony in ahmedabad.
I am astonished to see the level of Indian media now a days. They have everything to cover up starting from the wedding of bollywood stars to the inaugration of a new boutique by a politician, but they can't even spend a few lines on one of the martyrs of India.