To begin with I wil tell you guys something about ICL,then we ll see how BCCI stopped ICL from succeeding, then we ll see how BCCI copied the idea of ICL and launched IPL.
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India. Its two seasons included tournaments between four international teams (The World, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and nine domestic teams notionally located in major Indian cities. The matches were played in the Twenty20 format. While its establishment pre-dated the Indian Premier League, the ICL folded in 2009. Aside from commercial factors, the ICL lacked the support of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Zee Telefilms, part of the Essel group promoted by Subhash Chandra, had bid for the telecast rights to the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Although the highest bid, it was unsuccessful. In 2004, Subhash Chandra again bid for telecast rights and ended up in an inconclusive court battle. He made another bid for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy rights and once again lost. He responded by creating the ICL. “They denied us the cricket content,” said Himanshu Mody, business head of ICL and Zee’s sports,“so, we had to create our own content.” [1] Zee Telefilms announced that it would partner with major infrastructure group IL&FS to create a new, ambitious cricket organisation, the Indian Cricket League.[2] with prize money of one million US dollars in the initial edition for the winning team.
The ICL was set up with a billion dollar Indian Rupee corpus, and was to initially comprise six teams playing Twenty20 cricket, with plans to expand to sixteen teams within three years and to eventually move to 50-over matches. These plans, if they had been realised, would have made the ICL the richest professional league in India. On 24 July 2007, some famous international names were announced to have signed to play in the ICL, including highest innings record-holder Brian Lara.
BCCI was mainly responsible for the fall of ICL. After defeating the ICL the BCCI came up with IPL...The IPL(Indian Premiere League is nothing but a copy of ICL)
BCCI is the richest among the cricket boards world wide and they are highly influential.
Now lets assume the war between ICL and IPL was just a competition between 2 business firms. we don’t have to care about why the ICL could not survive or how the BCCI mad IPL succeed. But what bothers me is the financial mismanagement of the IPL and BCCI as our national and state governments have been cheated by the BCCI as they haven’t paid tax for the income through IPL matches. we do not know if the BCCI simply cheated by not paying the tax or the government didn’t levy any tax. both are unacceptable.
If the BCCI didn’t pay the tax, what was the government (income tax department in particular) doing? How can they let BCCI escape without paying tax?
If the government itself had given exemption, that is also not acceptable. how can the government give exemption, why they didn’t levy tax? BCCI is not a non-profit organization or a charity trust.
HOW MANY OF US KNOW THAT THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM DOESNT BELONG TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA? YES ITS TRUE,THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM BELONGS TO THE BCCI WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT BODY AND ITS INCOME DOESNT GO TO THE GOVERNMENT.
All other sports in India come under the ministry of youth affairs & sports, cricket alone is owned by BCCI(an independent body) which acts like a business firm.
If the income of BCCI is used for developing other sports, Indians would have achieved much more in the world of sports. so many great sportsmen who play other sports like hockey or football in India are helpless. They don’t get paid as high as cricketers.
The BCCI should be nationalized and its money should be taken by the government and can be used for developing other sports.
A few people have spoken about the financial mismanagement of BCCI and also called for the government to take over BCCI but that didn’t happen in the past and will not happen in future as well. It is because Our politicians hold important positions in the BCCI administration. They will save BCCI from being nationalized because they have interest in BCCI’ s wealth.
I call you guys to boycott IPL because if you spend money in any other way like going to a movie or buy any product, a part of your expense will go to the government as income or sales tax, But if you go to IPL match not a single paise from the IPL income goes to the government as tax...why should we spend our hard earned money to make people like SRK, Vijay Mallya, Preity Zinta or Ambani earn more without paying tax.
You guys just check how much tax you are paying for your income which could be jus a few lakhs per annum. Lets think about how much money the IPL teams should have paid as tax for their income. IPL is nothing but a group of businessmen using cricket to earn money. Other than IPL we have so many things to enjoy, so many entertainments are available so i request you guys to boycott IPL in the larger interest of our nation. please pass on this message to all your friends.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Prabhakaran : The terrorist
Who is a terrorist? There should be only one answer for this question,it should be like a description of the qualities which makes someone a terrorist. But each country is giving different answers depending on different geopolitical reasons.
The only similar thing between myself and prabhakaran is that we speak tamil,apart from that i am no way related to him or the LTTE. The reason for me to write about the srilankan tamils and prabakaran is just because i believe the world has done injustice to them.
To begin with, Prabakaran’s family members were not affected by the srilankan governments attrocities towards the tamils. Prabhakaran started to fight for the liberation of the tamils just because he could not digest the sufferings of the tamils. He didnt take weapons on the very first day. It is true that Prabhakaran admired both Mahatma Gandhi as well as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.
If someone fighting for the freedom of his people is called a terrorist, then Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru can also be called as terrorists. People argue that Gandhiji & Nehruji didnt take weapons and they took Non Violence to fight the British. We should also remember that the sufferings of tamils under the srilankan government is more intense than the sufferings of the indians under the british rule.We should also remember that the british rule was more dignified than the srilankan...Then we all know that Netaji Subash chandra Bose took weapons to fight the British. So do we call Netaji a terrorist? If India is still ruled by the british, then Netaji will be called a terrorist. History is always written by & always favours the winner.
NOW LETS SEE WHY PRABHAKARAN TOOK WEAPONS
Prabhakaran chose military means only after observing that non–violent means have been ineffectual and obsolete, especially after the Thileepan incident. Thileepan, a colonel rank officer adopted Gandhian means to protest against the IPKF killings by staging a fast unto death from September 15, 1987, and by abstaining from food or water till 26 September, he died in front of thousands of Tamils who had come there to fast along with him. This further strengthened Prabhakaran's resolve that peaceful protests would either be ignored or crushed but never heard.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & SRILANKA AND WHOLE WORLD WAS MERCILESS WATCHING THILEEPAN DIE.
During the final stages of war last year,the Indian government gave a lame excuse for not interfering and bringing a cease fire,They said India cannot interfere with srilanka’s internal affairs,they even said interfering will hurt the srilankan sovereignty. The younger generation may not know about the past.It was Indra Gandhi who gave money and training to LTTE to fight against the srilankan government.The LTTE cadres were given training in India. When Indra Gandhi gave funds and training for LTTE,it didnt affect srilanka’s sovereignty, may be it wasnt srilanka’s internal affair at that time.
The only valid reason for India to declare LTTE as a terrorist organization is that they assasinated our prime minister late. Rajiv Gandhi. For the LTTE to kill the Indian prime minister in India is a tough task. They should have thought many times before doing it.
Why did the Militants trained by Indra Gandhi kill her own son?we need to think about this question...It was because of the attrocities carried out by the IPKF(Indian Peace Keeping Force) against the tamils in srilanka. Rajiv Gandhi,as the prime minister of India was responsible for sending IPKF to srilanka.
WHY DID THE LTTE KILL RAJIV GANDHI? WHY THEY DIDNT KILL THE OTHER PRIME MISTERS OF INDIA LIKE NARASIMHA RAO, V.P.SINGH , I.K.GUJRAL,VAJPAYEE ...?
We need to think about this seriously....
How many people know that Prabhakaran and his aides were held as hostages in a hotel in New Delhi & threatened by the Indian officials to accept the so called peace agreement between India & srilanka signed by Rajiv Gandhi & Jeyawardene.
India & Srilanka had planned to enter into an agreement(Indo-srilanka peace accord).
The most important clause of that agreement was that both srilankan government and LTTE should declare cease fire and the LTTE should handover all the weapons to the IPKF. Prabhakaran was INVITED to india as Rajiv Gandhi wanted to discuss about this agreement with them. Prabhakaran was unaware of India's motive and he along with 2 of his aides came to Tamilnadu and then reached Delhi.
In Delhi Prabhakaran & his aides were taken to a hotel. An Indian official had given a copy of the agreement to them and asked them to sign it. After reading the agreement Prabhakaran refused to sign it as there wont be any security for the srilankan tamils and the LTTE if they surrender the weapons. But Prabhakaran didnt have any other option except to sign the deal or else he wont get out of the hotel.
Lets leave all these arguments, lets accept the stand of the Indian & srilankan governments and also the international community. lets accept the LTTE is a terrorist organisation. lets accept Prabhakaran is a terrorist.but now the question is what do we call rajapakse brothers and fonseka who were responsible for merciless killing of innocent tamil civilians (women, elders and children as well) in the name of war against terror?
Why shouldnt we call them terrorists? What do we call the indian government which gave all kind of support to the srilankan army in killing the tamils...
People around the world are are calling for an enquiry into the war crimes committed by the rajapakse government, whereas india is trying to save rajapakse. Our generation was taught about the holocaust (Israel) so that such a thing should not happen in any part of the world again, but the next generation should be taught about the srilankan genocide...
The srilankan government celebrated the victory over the LTTE (tamils). Now they say that terrorism(LTTE) has been completely destroyed(or won),so whats the next step.
Kidnapping, killing and raping the tamils seems to be the next step for rajapakse...
The tamils remaining in srilanka are homeless and jobless...their homes have been destroyed by the srilankan army. Now the tamil areas have been slowly converted into sinhalese settlements...I dont believe the war is over, i think it will start again because the sufferings of tamils has not ended, the reasons which made the LTTE to fight the srilankan government still remain the same...tamils dont have freedom or equal rights,
They are still treated as slaves, as long as this situation prevails, the war will never end...
Thousand prabhakarans will rise, they wont care whether you call them terrorists, they will keep fighting for their rights....
Srilankan government may claim that they have destroyed the tigers,india(congress)may feel happy for they helped srilanka to fight the tigers but the funny thing is that the national animal of india is TIGER (which cannot be destroyed by the congress)
The only similar thing between myself and prabhakaran is that we speak tamil,apart from that i am no way related to him or the LTTE. The reason for me to write about the srilankan tamils and prabakaran is just because i believe the world has done injustice to them.
To begin with, Prabakaran’s family members were not affected by the srilankan governments attrocities towards the tamils. Prabhakaran started to fight for the liberation of the tamils just because he could not digest the sufferings of the tamils. He didnt take weapons on the very first day. It is true that Prabhakaran admired both Mahatma Gandhi as well as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.
If someone fighting for the freedom of his people is called a terrorist, then Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru can also be called as terrorists. People argue that Gandhiji & Nehruji didnt take weapons and they took Non Violence to fight the British. We should also remember that the sufferings of tamils under the srilankan government is more intense than the sufferings of the indians under the british rule.We should also remember that the british rule was more dignified than the srilankan...Then we all know that Netaji Subash chandra Bose took weapons to fight the British. So do we call Netaji a terrorist? If India is still ruled by the british, then Netaji will be called a terrorist. History is always written by & always favours the winner.
NOW LETS SEE WHY PRABHAKARAN TOOK WEAPONS
Prabhakaran chose military means only after observing that non–violent means have been ineffectual and obsolete, especially after the Thileepan incident. Thileepan, a colonel rank officer adopted Gandhian means to protest against the IPKF killings by staging a fast unto death from September 15, 1987, and by abstaining from food or water till 26 September, he died in front of thousands of Tamils who had come there to fast along with him. This further strengthened Prabhakaran's resolve that peaceful protests would either be ignored or crushed but never heard.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & SRILANKA AND WHOLE WORLD WAS MERCILESS WATCHING THILEEPAN DIE.
During the final stages of war last year,the Indian government gave a lame excuse for not interfering and bringing a cease fire,They said India cannot interfere with srilanka’s internal affairs,they even said interfering will hurt the srilankan sovereignty. The younger generation may not know about the past.It was Indra Gandhi who gave money and training to LTTE to fight against the srilankan government.The LTTE cadres were given training in India. When Indra Gandhi gave funds and training for LTTE,it didnt affect srilanka’s sovereignty, may be it wasnt srilanka’s internal affair at that time.
The only valid reason for India to declare LTTE as a terrorist organization is that they assasinated our prime minister late. Rajiv Gandhi. For the LTTE to kill the Indian prime minister in India is a tough task. They should have thought many times before doing it.
Why did the Militants trained by Indra Gandhi kill her own son?we need to think about this question...It was because of the attrocities carried out by the IPKF(Indian Peace Keeping Force) against the tamils in srilanka. Rajiv Gandhi,as the prime minister of India was responsible for sending IPKF to srilanka.
WHY DID THE LTTE KILL RAJIV GANDHI? WHY THEY DIDNT KILL THE OTHER PRIME MISTERS OF INDIA LIKE NARASIMHA RAO, V.P.SINGH , I.K.GUJRAL,VAJPAYEE ...?
We need to think about this seriously....
How many people know that Prabhakaran and his aides were held as hostages in a hotel in New Delhi & threatened by the Indian officials to accept the so called peace agreement between India & srilanka signed by Rajiv Gandhi & Jeyawardene.
India & Srilanka had planned to enter into an agreement(Indo-srilanka peace accord).
The most important clause of that agreement was that both srilankan government and LTTE should declare cease fire and the LTTE should handover all the weapons to the IPKF. Prabhakaran was INVITED to india as Rajiv Gandhi wanted to discuss about this agreement with them. Prabhakaran was unaware of India's motive and he along with 2 of his aides came to Tamilnadu and then reached Delhi.
In Delhi Prabhakaran & his aides were taken to a hotel. An Indian official had given a copy of the agreement to them and asked them to sign it. After reading the agreement Prabhakaran refused to sign it as there wont be any security for the srilankan tamils and the LTTE if they surrender the weapons. But Prabhakaran didnt have any other option except to sign the deal or else he wont get out of the hotel.
Lets leave all these arguments, lets accept the stand of the Indian & srilankan governments and also the international community. lets accept the LTTE is a terrorist organisation. lets accept Prabhakaran is a terrorist.but now the question is what do we call rajapakse brothers and fonseka who were responsible for merciless killing of innocent tamil civilians (women, elders and children as well) in the name of war against terror?
Why shouldnt we call them terrorists? What do we call the indian government which gave all kind of support to the srilankan army in killing the tamils...
People around the world are are calling for an enquiry into the war crimes committed by the rajapakse government, whereas india is trying to save rajapakse. Our generation was taught about the holocaust (Israel) so that such a thing should not happen in any part of the world again, but the next generation should be taught about the srilankan genocide...
The srilankan government celebrated the victory over the LTTE (tamils). Now they say that terrorism(LTTE) has been completely destroyed(or won),so whats the next step.
Kidnapping, killing and raping the tamils seems to be the next step for rajapakse...
The tamils remaining in srilanka are homeless and jobless...their homes have been destroyed by the srilankan army. Now the tamil areas have been slowly converted into sinhalese settlements...I dont believe the war is over, i think it will start again because the sufferings of tamils has not ended, the reasons which made the LTTE to fight the srilankan government still remain the same...tamils dont have freedom or equal rights,
They are still treated as slaves, as long as this situation prevails, the war will never end...
Thousand prabhakarans will rise, they wont care whether you call them terrorists, they will keep fighting for their rights....
Srilankan government may claim that they have destroyed the tigers,india(congress)may feel happy for they helped srilanka to fight the tigers but the funny thing is that the national animal of india is TIGER (which cannot be destroyed by the congress)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Nithyanandha... Naan Kadavul… Aham Bramhasmi
When I wanted to write about this guy I told myself, ”Do I really need to write about him? It is a waste of time,it is not worth writing…”Then I thought I should definitely write because he is not going to be the last, there will be many more nithyanandhas to come…I wont blame Nithyanandha, I will blame the people(the fools) who followed him.
Nithyanandha is just another culprit who is clever enough to exploit the people’s weakness, superstition, ignorance & stupidity. He is free to open an ashram but who asked our foolish people to go to his ashram. He didn’t kidnap anyone, all the people went to his ashram on their own will because they had the freedom to become fools…
I remember a dialogue from the movie vasool raja m.b.b.s. “Kadavul irukkarnu solravana nambalam, kadavul illanu sollravanayum nambalam ana naandhan kadavulnu solravana mattum nambadhe” It means “Believe the one who says god exists, believe the one who says god doesn’t exists, but don’t believe the one who says I am god.
We have seen so many frauds in disguise, in the name of premananda, nithyananda, Xanandha, Yanandha etc…we have seen in the tv news, we have read in the newspapers but still we are always ready to believe the next anandha. All the awareness created by the media is of no use to educate our people.
Almost all the ashrams hit the headlines due to sex scandals, I wonder why the hell females go to these ashrams? Why do husbands send their wifes to these ashrams, is it because they want to get rid of their wives or because they cannot satisfy their wives and so they send to these godmen.
I have heard some people saying Nithyanandha has got some magical power and he cured their disease…Let me ask them,if a doctor cures your disease,will you donate your wealth to the doctor? will you sleep with the doctor? you will pay only the fee, right?
People go to these godmen for different reasons. each one will have a problem and they seek a solution from these godmen. I would suggest if you have a health related problem, go to a doctor. When you have a wealth related problem, go to a bank or a money lender. When you have a personal problem, speak to your relatives or friends or your well wishers. If your problem is too big or too personal or too complicated and you think no one can help you, in that case the last option would be to pray, speak to god.
If you believe in god, I need not say, you should know that you can speak to god, he will listen to you. Then why do you people need a mediator(a broker) in between yourself and god. I can say for sure certain things like pain, disease, misfortune & accidents come across everyone’s life. we don’t have any choice and we have to accept things and we have to undergo the pain. If god can answer all the prayers, there wont be any disease or pain or sorrow in this world. But that’s the magic of creation, All the negative things will exist along with the good things. As we enjoy the good things we have to accept the pain as well. When god himself cannot cure the diseases, remove the pain, save from sorrows then doesn’t it sound foolish to expect the so called godmen to save us.
After writing al these I don’t think I can create enough awareness and make all the people wise. I am sure people are ready, waiting for the next anandha. In a few years another ashram and godman will hit the headlines, again with a sex scandal, we will come to know that lot of people have been cheated and betrayed…We will see the flash news in all the tv channels, followed by absconding, search operations, arrest and finally the culprit getting bail. The same story will go on & on & on…like a never ending mega serial… I just hope some of the people who follow my writing can educate others…
Nithyanandha is just another culprit who is clever enough to exploit the people’s weakness, superstition, ignorance & stupidity. He is free to open an ashram but who asked our foolish people to go to his ashram. He didn’t kidnap anyone, all the people went to his ashram on their own will because they had the freedom to become fools…
I remember a dialogue from the movie vasool raja m.b.b.s. “Kadavul irukkarnu solravana nambalam, kadavul illanu sollravanayum nambalam ana naandhan kadavulnu solravana mattum nambadhe” It means “Believe the one who says god exists, believe the one who says god doesn’t exists, but don’t believe the one who says I am god.
We have seen so many frauds in disguise, in the name of premananda, nithyananda, Xanandha, Yanandha etc…we have seen in the tv news, we have read in the newspapers but still we are always ready to believe the next anandha. All the awareness created by the media is of no use to educate our people.
Almost all the ashrams hit the headlines due to sex scandals, I wonder why the hell females go to these ashrams? Why do husbands send their wifes to these ashrams, is it because they want to get rid of their wives or because they cannot satisfy their wives and so they send to these godmen.
I have heard some people saying Nithyanandha has got some magical power and he cured their disease…Let me ask them,if a doctor cures your disease,will you donate your wealth to the doctor? will you sleep with the doctor? you will pay only the fee, right?
People go to these godmen for different reasons. each one will have a problem and they seek a solution from these godmen. I would suggest if you have a health related problem, go to a doctor. When you have a wealth related problem, go to a bank or a money lender. When you have a personal problem, speak to your relatives or friends or your well wishers. If your problem is too big or too personal or too complicated and you think no one can help you, in that case the last option would be to pray, speak to god.
If you believe in god, I need not say, you should know that you can speak to god, he will listen to you. Then why do you people need a mediator(a broker) in between yourself and god. I can say for sure certain things like pain, disease, misfortune & accidents come across everyone’s life. we don’t have any choice and we have to accept things and we have to undergo the pain. If god can answer all the prayers, there wont be any disease or pain or sorrow in this world. But that’s the magic of creation, All the negative things will exist along with the good things. As we enjoy the good things we have to accept the pain as well. When god himself cannot cure the diseases, remove the pain, save from sorrows then doesn’t it sound foolish to expect the so called godmen to save us.
After writing al these I don’t think I can create enough awareness and make all the people wise. I am sure people are ready, waiting for the next anandha. In a few years another ashram and godman will hit the headlines, again with a sex scandal, we will come to know that lot of people have been cheated and betrayed…We will see the flash news in all the tv channels, followed by absconding, search operations, arrest and finally the culprit getting bail. The same story will go on & on & on…like a never ending mega serial… I just hope some of the people who follow my writing can educate others…
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Another feather in the indian judiciary's cap...Jai Ho...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy which occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India is the world's worst industrial catastrophe. At that time, UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of the U.S. company Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), which is now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company.
Around midnight on December 2–3, 1984, there was a leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins from the plant, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Other government agencies estimate 15,000 deaths. Others estimate that 8,000 died within the first weeks and that another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.Some 25 years after the gas leak, 390 tonnes of toxic chemicals abandoned at the UCIL plant continue to leak and pollute the groundwater in the region and affect thousands of Bhopal residents who depend on it,
Over two decades since the tragedy, certain civil and criminal cases remain pending in the United States District Court, Manhattan and the District Court of Bhopal, India, against Union Carbide with an Indian arrest warrant also pending against Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide at the time of the disaster.
Greenpeace asserts that as the Union Carbide CEO, Anderson knew about a 1982 safety audit of the Bhopal plant, which identified 30 major hazards and that they were not fixed in Bhopal but were fixed at the company's identical plant in the US. In June 2010, seven ex-employees, including the former chairman of UCIL, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by law. An eighth former employee was also convicted but had died before judgment was passed.
Even worse than the 40 tonnes of poisonous gas that descended onto Bhopal and the 25,000 deaths it caused, is the judgement that was passed earlier today, 26 years hence. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P. Tiwari at Bhopal convicted 8 individuals and sentenced them to imprisonment of 2 years and released them on bail later the same afternoon.Union Carbide’s Warren Anderson, who is absconding on the files of the court, continues residing in the Hamptons in New York. Meanwhile, a non-bailable warrant issued in 1989 remains pending against Anderson, who fled India earlier in 1984 after posting bail of Rs. 25,000.
A former prime ministerial aide P C Alexander reportedly stated that Gandhi and then Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh were directly in touch with each other over the escape of Anderson from the country barely days after the world's biggest industrial disaster in Bhopal Dec 2-3, 1984.
The Government of India as well as the CBI did everything they could to extradite Anderson from the US. Chief minister Arjun Singh had apparently not consulted the caretaker Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi before ordering the arrest of Anderson on December 7. It is alleged that After the arrest, Rajiv Gandhi's powerful aide and cousin, Arun Nehru, telephoned Arjun Singh and told him that US President Ronald Regan had called up the Indian PM and 'requested' him to release Anderson immediately. Now, Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian Airlines pilot, accustomed to taking only orders from air traffic control. The job of prime minister was thrust upon him because of his mother's assassination just one month before the gas disaster. He couldn't have resisted the top man in the White House.
In Simple words,The allegation is that the American government wanted to rescue Anderson and they had spoken to Rajiv Gandhi who instructed Arjun Singh to kindly do the needful and hence Anderson was sent to usa safely in a separate flight.So the Indian government was not bothered about punishing the accused Anderson who was responsible for the Bhopal tragedy,instead they gave him a safe passage to reach the usa.
The central government should clarify this so that the people can know exactly what happened and how Anderson went back to the usa.I suspect the congress government is trying to cover up the entire issue in order to save Rajiv Gandhi’s name.Now after 26 years our great prime minister manmohan singh is offering a relief package for the affected people. Lets leave the number of people who died in that tragic night,can we count how many people would have died in the past 25 years. I wonder who is going to receive the relief from the prime minister...
Around midnight on December 2–3, 1984, there was a leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins from the plant, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Other government agencies estimate 15,000 deaths. Others estimate that 8,000 died within the first weeks and that another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases.Some 25 years after the gas leak, 390 tonnes of toxic chemicals abandoned at the UCIL plant continue to leak and pollute the groundwater in the region and affect thousands of Bhopal residents who depend on it,
Over two decades since the tragedy, certain civil and criminal cases remain pending in the United States District Court, Manhattan and the District Court of Bhopal, India, against Union Carbide with an Indian arrest warrant also pending against Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide at the time of the disaster.
Greenpeace asserts that as the Union Carbide CEO, Anderson knew about a 1982 safety audit of the Bhopal plant, which identified 30 major hazards and that they were not fixed in Bhopal but were fixed at the company's identical plant in the US. In June 2010, seven ex-employees, including the former chairman of UCIL, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by law. An eighth former employee was also convicted but had died before judgment was passed.
Even worse than the 40 tonnes of poisonous gas that descended onto Bhopal and the 25,000 deaths it caused, is the judgement that was passed earlier today, 26 years hence. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P. Tiwari at Bhopal convicted 8 individuals and sentenced them to imprisonment of 2 years and released them on bail later the same afternoon.Union Carbide’s Warren Anderson, who is absconding on the files of the court, continues residing in the Hamptons in New York. Meanwhile, a non-bailable warrant issued in 1989 remains pending against Anderson, who fled India earlier in 1984 after posting bail of Rs. 25,000.
A former prime ministerial aide P C Alexander reportedly stated that Gandhi and then Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh were directly in touch with each other over the escape of Anderson from the country barely days after the world's biggest industrial disaster in Bhopal Dec 2-3, 1984.
The Government of India as well as the CBI did everything they could to extradite Anderson from the US. Chief minister Arjun Singh had apparently not consulted the caretaker Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi before ordering the arrest of Anderson on December 7. It is alleged that After the arrest, Rajiv Gandhi's powerful aide and cousin, Arun Nehru, telephoned Arjun Singh and told him that US President Ronald Regan had called up the Indian PM and 'requested' him to release Anderson immediately. Now, Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian Airlines pilot, accustomed to taking only orders from air traffic control. The job of prime minister was thrust upon him because of his mother's assassination just one month before the gas disaster. He couldn't have resisted the top man in the White House.
In Simple words,The allegation is that the American government wanted to rescue Anderson and they had spoken to Rajiv Gandhi who instructed Arjun Singh to kindly do the needful and hence Anderson was sent to usa safely in a separate flight.So the Indian government was not bothered about punishing the accused Anderson who was responsible for the Bhopal tragedy,instead they gave him a safe passage to reach the usa.
The central government should clarify this so that the people can know exactly what happened and how Anderson went back to the usa.I suspect the congress government is trying to cover up the entire issue in order to save Rajiv Gandhi’s name.Now after 26 years our great prime minister manmohan singh is offering a relief package for the affected people. Lets leave the number of people who died in that tragic night,can we count how many people would have died in the past 25 years. I wonder who is going to receive the relief from the prime minister...
Thursday, June 24, 2010
An Open Letter to Salman Khan,Vivek Oberoi and others who went to srilanka to attend the Indian Film Festival
Hi
Hope you guys are educated,hope you know whats happening in srilanka since 2009(even if you dont know about the past few decades).what happened in srilanka is called genocide(pls check the meaning of the word genocide in a dictionary if you didnt know),if you were not aware of it until last month thats ok.But you should have bothered to know what happened and whats happening in srilanka by the time people started protesting against indian film stars going to srilanka.Respectable gentlemen like Amitabhji,Shahrukh Khan,Aamir Khan from your own hindi film industry and the entire south indian film industry(tamil,telugu,malayalam & kannada) boycotted the festival.For you guys it may have been just another film festival in srilanka,but for the tamil people its much much more,its a matter of life and death.I dont know why you guys went there,is it just for fun or for money?if it was for money,we(the tamils) could have paid you guys more money to boycott the festival.The festival itself was proposed to be held in korea and all of a sudden it was shifted to srilanka jus because the indian government wanted to help srilanka which was trying to build its image as a peaceful nation with a lot of scope for tourism.The international community is accusing srilanka and rajapakse as war criminals but the indian government wants to save them because indian government was part of the war(on srilanka's side).All i want to ask you guys is just one question.Imagine hindi speaking people in the place of tamils in srilanka,if hindi speaking people were killed in the name of war against terror,if the genocide was against hindi speaking people,i want to know if you guys would have gone to srilanka?if you say you would have gone to srilanka,then im sorry for wasting a few minutes in writing this letter...If you say you would not have gone to srilanka,then may i ask you,is hindi speaking people's life more precious than tamils' life?tamils are humans too...think about it guys...after reading this letter you guys still have the freedom of being yourself...
Cheers with tears...
Hope you guys are educated,hope you know whats happening in srilanka since 2009(even if you dont know about the past few decades).what happened in srilanka is called genocide(pls check the meaning of the word genocide in a dictionary if you didnt know),if you were not aware of it until last month thats ok.But you should have bothered to know what happened and whats happening in srilanka by the time people started protesting against indian film stars going to srilanka.Respectable gentlemen like Amitabhji,Shahrukh Khan,Aamir Khan from your own hindi film industry and the entire south indian film industry(tamil,telugu,malayalam & kannada) boycotted the festival.For you guys it may have been just another film festival in srilanka,but for the tamil people its much much more,its a matter of life and death.I dont know why you guys went there,is it just for fun or for money?if it was for money,we(the tamils) could have paid you guys more money to boycott the festival.The festival itself was proposed to be held in korea and all of a sudden it was shifted to srilanka jus because the indian government wanted to help srilanka which was trying to build its image as a peaceful nation with a lot of scope for tourism.The international community is accusing srilanka and rajapakse as war criminals but the indian government wants to save them because indian government was part of the war(on srilanka's side).All i want to ask you guys is just one question.Imagine hindi speaking people in the place of tamils in srilanka,if hindi speaking people were killed in the name of war against terror,if the genocide was against hindi speaking people,i want to know if you guys would have gone to srilanka?if you say you would have gone to srilanka,then im sorry for wasting a few minutes in writing this letter...If you say you would not have gone to srilanka,then may i ask you,is hindi speaking people's life more precious than tamils' life?tamils are humans too...think about it guys...after reading this letter you guys still have the freedom of being yourself...
Cheers with tears...
Wake Up Guys
We have been sleeping for a long long time,since independence,its time for us to wake up...
Better late than never...The north indians,the successive central governments and the congress party have been against the tamilian interests till date.The state government here,run by our own dravidian leaders are inefficient in addressing our needs and grievances.Last year when the srilankan goverment was killing innocent tamil civilians in the name of war against terror,all we could do was hold human chain rallies,protests and hunger strikes,above all these we had the option of sending telegrams to our prime minister.we,as common men couldnt do anything more.
It was our mistake expecting the central goverment and the congress party to bring a cease fire, because it was the indian government which helped the srilankan army in every possible aspect.But the politicians of Tamil nadu(Our own dravidian leaders) could have made a difference if they were really bothered about the lives of innocent civilians in srilanka.It was no wonder our leaders were more bothered about the parliamentary election at that time.The international community also betrayed us.srilanka made fun of all the international norms and the uno.(we all know uno is fit for nothing).srilankan army used cluster bombs(which is banned by the international community).They bombarded even hospitals and schools.the international media was denied access which confirms srilanka was indulged in war crime.I started to write about the srilankan tamils but that is not the only issue im going to keep writing...
for more reasons for this wake up call pls keep following guys...
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