AMAR SINGH DAYS ARE OVER

Vir Sanhgvi got it wrong again on Amar Singh. (Do not write Amar off yet, he will be back HT 10-01-10). Firstly, Amar Singh is either a mass or a class or a charismatic leader like Indira Gandhi to make a spectacular come back, in Indian politics. His influence is restricted to some pockets, in Uttar Pradesh. The days winning the election solely on the support of caste, religion, which was the trump card of Yadav trios, are over. The recent election results in UP and other states are a clear indication in this regard. The young, educated, informed and matured voters of our country cannot be taken for a ride, as were done in the earlier periods. Rahul Gandhi’s down to earth approach is doing wonders for the Congress in UP as well as in other states. He knows how to connect himself with young urban voters. Come 2014 parliament election, these regional parties and leaders will become irrelevant in Indian politics.

PAK WILL QUIT ONE DAY

The rate at which the guns and the suicide bombers are out in the streets of PAK, will soon get the coveted title - as failed state - number one in the world. The monoester the Establishment created to wage proxy war against India is fighting against the establishment itself. The day is not far off, PAK will not able to defend its own land and the thought of annexing J and K will be out of their brain. The Kashmiris surely would not want have any kind of relationship with the country ridden with innumerable problems. The USA will reduce its massive financial assistance to PAK in the coming years. That will make PAK bleed. It will turn to other countries for help, including India. One day it will say we have no issue with India on J and K. That will happen in the near future.

PERFECT IDIOTS

The producer, director and the lead actor of the recently released film 3 - IDIOTS, behaved in a manner befitting the film’s title at the press conference organized for the promotion of the film. When a journalist remarked whether the script is 70% based on the novel, the producer lost his cool and shouted at the journalist like an idiot. The question is not 70 percent or 5 percent derived from the novel. It is about giving due credit to the author. The producer should have gracefully accepted the mistake and made necessary correction to give credit in the beginning, prominently, along with other credits. While making a film based on the novel, story line has to be changed keeping in mind the audience preferences and the box-office. The fact remains that the film script is based on the novel and the author is entitled to the credit. It appears, because of the box-office success of the film the trios were talking in a different tone. However, much to the disliking of the producer, Chetan Bhagat, through this controversy got more credit and publicity.