Live from Chennai - Part 3
Mercury has really been climbing through the roof here at base camp in Chennai. Yesterday, it touched 42 degree celcius, with a good measure of humidity thrown in. Its only going to get worse with the dreaded 'Agni Natchatram' (a period in the tamil calender that signals the onset of thwe hottest month in TN) scheduled to start on May 4th. And by some sado-masochistic coincidence, the elections are scheduled for the 8th. Don't be surprised if the voter turnout is an all-time low.
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Some of you might have heard of the proposed 27% reservation in all public and private colleges for OBCs (Other Backward Castes) in India. The wily Arjun Singh announced this proposal days before the election, obviously aimed at the vote bank and without a care about the quality of professionals that this might produce. The last couple of days, students of the 5 major medical schools in Delhi have been protesting on the streets. Things got ugly when they were lathi-charged and female students were mis-treated. Finally, a delegation of 5 students met up with Arjun Singh who apparently was "pained" to find out that these students were not allowed into his home by his security and was also "pained" by the lathi charges. He would make Machiavelli proud and Indra Gandhi take notes form her grave.
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Meanwhile, in TN, Mr.Napolean, the movie actor who's running in my Mylapore constituency has given an interview lambasting other movie actors who campaign just for money (I had mentioned this in my last post) and without any understanding of what each party stands for. I would've appreciated his comments if it had come from someone else. But Mr.Napolean himself is a political greenhorn with no grassroots support or social work experience to speak of. I wonder what noble cause (other than power, money and a waning movie career) has brought him to serve the Tamil masses.
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Within a day of my blog getting mentioned on DesiPundit, visitor count on my site jumped by a hundred. Just goes to show the readership and following that some of these popular Indian blogs command. In the past, they've led me to some interesting blogs and posts that I continue to frequent.
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Am leaving for Tirunelveli tonight on a 3-day trip. Will be meeting up with my uncle Ravi and family, and hopefully get to see some cool places like Kanyakumari and Kutralam. Will write a tour round up blog when I get back. Since my return tickets got bungled, I had to book my return on Air Deccan. Would be a good opportunity to see how low cost airlines in India are run.
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Some of you might have heard of the proposed 27% reservation in all public and private colleges for OBCs (Other Backward Castes) in India. The wily Arjun Singh announced this proposal days before the election, obviously aimed at the vote bank and without a care about the quality of professionals that this might produce. The last couple of days, students of the 5 major medical schools in Delhi have been protesting on the streets. Things got ugly when they were lathi-charged and female students were mis-treated. Finally, a delegation of 5 students met up with Arjun Singh who apparently was "pained" to find out that these students were not allowed into his home by his security and was also "pained" by the lathi charges. He would make Machiavelli proud and Indra Gandhi take notes form her grave.
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Meanwhile, in TN, Mr.Napolean, the movie actor who's running in my Mylapore constituency has given an interview lambasting other movie actors who campaign just for money (I had mentioned this in my last post) and without any understanding of what each party stands for. I would've appreciated his comments if it had come from someone else. But Mr.Napolean himself is a political greenhorn with no grassroots support or social work experience to speak of. I wonder what noble cause (other than power, money and a waning movie career) has brought him to serve the Tamil masses.
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Within a day of my blog getting mentioned on DesiPundit, visitor count on my site jumped by a hundred. Just goes to show the readership and following that some of these popular Indian blogs command. In the past, they've led me to some interesting blogs and posts that I continue to frequent.
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Am leaving for Tirunelveli tonight on a 3-day trip. Will be meeting up with my uncle Ravi and family, and hopefully get to see some cool places like Kanyakumari and Kutralam. Will write a tour round up blog when I get back. Since my return tickets got bungled, I had to book my return on Air Deccan. Would be a good opportunity to see how low cost airlines in India are run.
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posted by c2c at Friday, April 28, 2006
2 Comments:
It is desipundit. Not Instapundit.
Naatamai link-a maathu :)
Scene thaanga mudiyala !
annae mannichikkonga... etho vaai thavari vandhuduchu! oru kaalathula instapundit-la en peru varum... appo "aathaa naan pass aitten"nu odi varuven paarunga...
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