So Mr. Advani, our former Home Minister says he knew nothing about the release of the terrorists till he found out from the newspapers? I'll need all the salt in the world to gulp that down. Does he think that all the 108 crore Indians are asses? That we have no commonsense? For God's sake, he was the Home Minister then - a minister who was the second-in-command in the Cabinet! How could anyone release the terrorists without his consent? This shows him in very bad light. Either he should confess that he has lied or consult a physician for curing his amnesia.
It is not Mr. Advani alone who is making really confusing statements. Mr. Santaram, a nuclear scientist stated that our Pokhran experiment was not so successful; a statement that has since been rubbished by the rest of the nuke establishment. Now it would be interesting to see who is right. However, I doubt if they will release the documents regarding the experiment.
The next story that made the most amusing reading was the one about a 'love-affair' between late Benazir Bhutto and Imran Khan. Vehemently denied by all sides, this story still captured my imagination. Both look dashing, are brave and beautiful/handsome and life would have been more interesting if they had married. I personally have no great opinion of Sardari or the 'Government' of Pakistan. Everyone knows that it is actually the military that holds the reigns there. Who is bothered whether it is a Bhutto or a Sardari or a Khan or anyone who wears the puppet crown there?
The 'Khan frisk' issue refuses to die out with the actor threatening to frisk a particular lady when she comes to India. My dear fellow, the fellows at the airport authority only wanted some revenge for the over-emotional acting you do. At times I have really wanted to kill the directors who made these movies - which break into a song-and-dance sequence in the most inexplicable situations. I demand that all the actors of these movies be frisked at all the airports - foreign and Indian; and that all the directors who make such movies be handed over to the Salwa Judum till they start making sensible movies.
A better move might be banning the songs, now that we are planning to ban reality-shows, books and all the stuff you can possibly ban. After that you can ban the elections, ask women to wear veils and stay at home. Then you can pass laws to whiplash anyone who doesn't subscribe to your view of morality. You can also ban appeals - so that we end up like some of the nations in the Middle East.
Of all the people I do not like, the worst are those who think that great infrastructure can make up for the loss of individual freedom. I don't care whether I live in a jungle - as long as I am free to do what I want.
There is nothing more glorious than a free bird soaring high.
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