| Why not outsource our Parliament itself?! | | | | portfolios. They have their venture funds and private |
| As my fifth consecutive and final editorial related to | | | | equity funds in benami (undisclosed); and these |
| the Mumbai terror attacks and to what we should be | | | | politico-criminals are investing even in education, |
| doing, this time I am going to write down four | | | | hospitals and everything. And the sad truth is that |
| random thoughts that are coming to my mind... I | | | | everybody knows which politician has what kind of |
| hope by the end of the editorial, you can find some | | | | fund size and is investing where, and who owns |
| relation between all of them and some meaning out | | | | which company and how the markets are |
| of it. | | | | manipulated up and down. But no one dares to write |
| The first thought that drives me infuriatingly mad | | | | all this because then the government will devastate |
| tonight, as I sit down to write this editorial, is that it | | | | them the way they taught Tehelka a lesson. Nehru |
| will all happen again... and too soon, because we have | | | | had once said that every black marketer should be |
| learnt no lessons. Just today, as I boarded the flight | | | | hanged from the nearest lamp-post. By his definition, |
| from Kolkata to Delhi, I walked into the airport with | | | | all the lamp-posts around Parliament House should |
| my large handbag, and was – to my | | | | have been used to hang these very corrupt |
| astonishment – not subjected to any security | | | | soul-sellers and nation betrayers. Sounds too strong? |
| check of any kind. The sickeningly lax security guards | | | | But that’s how it is! |
| standing at the main entrance did not even check | | | | The third thought that comes to my mind as our |
| anyone’s identity card, leave alone checking our | | | | politicians irresponsibly speak of war, is that though |
| bags using some metal detector, although a security | | | | we must avoid a war, the LETs, the Dawoods and all |
| screening gate is kept right outside the entrance. As | | | | such negative forces have to be necessarily wiped |
| I walked in, I felt like throwing shoes – the way | | | | off. And I don’t realise why our intelligence |
| the Iraqi journalist did recently – at one and all of | | | | doesn’t think of a special suicidal patriotic task |
| our politicians for being such shamelessly unrepentant | | | | force, whose job will be to go to these terror |
| frauds. They just give crappy lip service even when | | | | funding countries unofficially and kill the dangerous |
| the entire nation is fuming and hurt. Even at key risk | | | | individuals and come back the way, say, the Israeli |
| areas like airports, they haven’t yet put any kind | | | | Mossad can do (whenever required, openly), or the |
| of real security. Three people like me could have | | | | way CIA has been doing in a clandestine manner |
| walked into the Calcutta airport today without being | | | | forever, by carrying out killings all over Latin America |
| checked, and then taken out guns and once more | | | | and its bordering countries to put in favourable |
| held hostage the entire airport filled with thousands | | | | governments from time to time. And to quote an |
| of passengers, and created mayhem! (And probably, | | | | alternate think for our pathetically characterless and |
| this might well be the reality soon at some airport or | | | | charlatan politicians, this force can be made up of |
| mall). So let me tell you all. Nothing, simply nothing has | | | | terminally ill patients who – despite knowing they |
| changed! These bloodsucking vampire bats who rule | | | | might not have long to live – would love to make |
| this country will do nothing but speak garbage and | | | | their life be of huge service to this nation. I say this |
| hope that as per the law of probability, another | | | | radically because we have to avoid wars but we |
| attack would not happen soon. That is all... | | | | must destroy these negative forces as well. And for |
| The second thought that comes to my mind is | | | | that, we must try out alternate sources before going |
| corruption. It feels sick to know that all the killed | | | | for a war. |
| terrorists and the one caught alive (and probably the | | | | Finally, it’s unfortunate; but the truth in India is |
| fifteen odd who escaped) were carrying 400 dollars | | | | that if you need good roads, don’t give the |
| with them. It is such a common joke for terrorists | | | | contract to an Indian company... for an Indian |
| that they were indeed all carrying that sum since that | | | | company will cheat and make roads that break off in |
| was the exact amount of money that our marine | | | | no time. If you need better airports, never give the |
| inspectors take as bribe to let people off in the seas. | | | | contract to an Indian company... for it will cheat and |
| So, to go back through the seas after the mayhem, | | | | swindle money. So the buzzword is, outsource the |
| the terrorists needed that money to bribe our coast | | | | job to a foreign company. They will, in all probability |
| guards. What a shame to know that our borders are | | | | (after giving the initial kickback to secure the |
| so porous everywhere and our defence is so much | | | | contract) do the job honestly; and we will have |
| on sale. And let me tell you it’s not just the | | | | better roads and airports and every other public |
| coast guards, it’s everybody, just everybody | | | | service, as has been proven in the past. By the same |
| who is up for shameless sale. What a pity! They buy | | | | logic now, our Defence Ministry is thinking of |
| faulty guns, faulty rockets, faulty bulletproof jackets, | | | | ‘outsourcing’ our coastguards to a foreign |
| faulty everything… and don’t think twice | | | | country / company to be sure they don’t take |
| before selling their souls and putting the entire nation | | | | bribes (what a huge, huge, huge shame that our |
| on sale. Until these criminals and spineless swines | | | | politicians have created such an environment of |
| – almost one and all politicians – rule this | | | | corruption in India that they can’t even trust |
| country, we will have just too many more Mumbais. | | | | their own people to guard the country honestly)... If |
| And all our people will do is form useless human | | | | this is indeed to be done, then why shouldn’t the |
| chains where a few actors will come deliberately | | | | people of India also think of outsourcing our |
| looking like plain Janes and get a photo-op. Trust me, | | | | country’s Parliament seats – including the |
| it’s time for more... as I have been writing | | | | Prime Minister’s job – to foreigners... To |
| nonstop in my past edits! It’s time to grab the | | | | Barrack Obama and his team maybe! At least we |
| power away from these slimy soul peddlers; they are | | | | would know that we are in safe end genuine hands, |
| not just corrupt, they are corrupt to an extent that | | | | where no effort is farcical and no promise a mere, |
| is completely unimaginable. They aren’t swindling | | | | pathetic and shameless lip service! |
| away simply a crore or so; they are swindling this | | | | This new year, take a simple pledge. Say no to lip |
| nation out of hundreds and thousands of crores, and | | | | service. Hope that conveys it all. Happy New Year! |
| that too on an individual basis depending upon their | | | | |