Practical Solution

Abu Salem is in custody...finally...after years of 'effort'...
Its been one month now, since Portuguese authorities handed him over to the Indian Government...In the wake of all this, I went to the barber's shop this morning...And as usual, the FM Radio was on in full blast...93.5 Red FM to be specific...There is this segment called Angry Ganesan in between sponsored programmes, which is played time and again...
Angry Ganesan is someone like R.K. Laxman's Common Man. One vast difference is that Ganesan is really frustrated, when he brings up some hot current topic, while the Common man is just a silent observer...
Well, Ganesan talks in Hindi with a strong South Indian Accent...Today he talked about Abu Salem...
He says, that this bugger Salem has been caught n kept for questioning for such a long time...The Indian Government had set Rs. 7 crore for his capture. This money includes my income tax money...
A bullet costs just Rs. 15...Just use it to good effect and gimme back my money instead of wasting it more....
Me, my barber and all the people in the Saloon were pretty amused...
But when I think about the whole thing I realize that Mr. Ganesan has hit the nail exactly where it has to be hit... a maniac should be treated like a maniac...and for that the Government should become a maniac (temporarily).

Dunno why, but the movie 'Ab tak Chhappan' keeps coming to my mind as I blog this... ;)

Why o why

For the past few months its been raining cats n dogs in Chennai...All possible depressions in the Indian ocean, and Bay of Bengal are affecting Chennai...Everyone are aware of it...still why is Chennai a venue for an international Cricket test match?...The organizers say that the groundsmen are working hard on maintaining the pitch blah blah blah...why so much effort is put on something worthless as this?...News channels nowadays are at cut throat competition with each other, and they have a separate segment between advertisements (of course) for Cricket and anything related to it. They proudly announce that the day has been washed out due to rains, or due to the advent of a cyclone...A dozen talk shows are held regarding the form of each and every player in the team and out of the team...Former cricketers come and talk their hearts out regarding strategies and expert comments and what not...Not one of them have I heard ask this question as to why venues are chosen without considering the weather condition out there.If it is that venues are decided at the beginning of the calendar year, why cant it be modified according to the weather conditions, a few weeks before?..
I try not to believe that Cricket in India is a money making racket, but I am forced to do so....
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