In today's world of Breaking news, peoples attention span on a particulary story is as little as one week. The perpetrators of the crime know this. And they get away with, well literally, murder.
Here is the progress card on some of the recent events;
Mumbai Terror Attack : 82 days since the attack, NOTHING has happened. We have not arrested anyone other than the lone terrorist, the local angle has not been inquired into and no follow up action made. True, the home minister lost his job, PC took over and rushed through some laws. But the ground reality is that nothing has changed. We went to the international community to help us out. Today, there is not a peep from US, the UK foreign secretary came to our country and snubbed us, Pakistan has used the media to make brazen statements and funnily we are now whining saying that Pakistan is not taking action against the perpetrators. This is akin to asking the thief to pronounce himself guilty. And trust me, this is the last we will hear of it.
Satyam Saga: Raju, on advice from his crony the CM of AP Rajasekhara Reddy, got himself arrested and is happy enjoying privileged treatement in the Jails. The government has tried every trick in the books to prevent investigations. First, they allowed all documents to be spirited away, then blocked SEBI from coming anywhere near Raju. Congress rule both the Centre and the State. But there is absolutely no co ordination between the two and no one seems to be too keen to bring out the truth. Government was quick to make arrangements to see that Satyam functions normally, but the same zeal was not noticed in arriving at the truth as to how the money was siphoned off. My take on this is that Raju will come out of bail in a month or so and the whole case will be buried under a web of legal tangle for decades.
Indian Hockey Federation: The ex President KPS Gill and his secretary Jyothikumarans autocratic rule was cited as the reason for all the ills plaguing Indian Hockey. But almost a year since their ouster, being replaced by government nominated worthies, nothing has changed. We are blundering along, and when the team started doing well in the Punjab Gold Cup against opponents like Germany and Holland, Aslam Sher Khan has virtually made the senior coach cry with his negative remarks on the selection policies. And no one is bothered.
And we can add the following to the list,
- The Cash for votes scam during the last Confidence motion,
- The poor lady weightlifter who was falsely accused of doping so that someone else goes to olympics in her place,
- The Malegon blasts and all the other blasts before that
- The charges against the husband of our President, which was such a big issue during her election
- ........................... and many many more.
Why are we like this?
