Sunday, October 24, 2010
by Arun Mathew
The city of Trivandrum or Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala in Southern India has been facing severe road infrastructure problems for few years now.
In one of his recent tweets, Tharoor - Member of Parliament from Trivandrum tweeted "Marxists have ruled City Corporation for 40 yrs,whom else can we blame?". Blame is all they all can do. Is anyone doing anything about this mess that throws people off their vehicles into the gutters?
The commies are no better - every time the media picks on one of those bad roads or bridges, they are quick to stage a drama by tying a few elephants and red flags to a road-side pole, playing a live band and announcing the "inauguration of ABC four-lane bridge" when actually it is just a cover-up hoping to quieten the ordinary citizen and media.
Then there are also internet-based patriots and vandals like Ajay Puppy, Such-Shit Vijayan, Kappa-Sudheesh and so on, who continue to hide the fact that their city is more like Mars than Barcelona by posting pictures of Kowdiar Road (where despite being a 'model' road, quite a few have actually died) and spreading false propaganda on behalf of many other fanatics indulging in edit-wars on Wikipedia.
In one of his recent tweets, Tharoor - Member of Parliament from Trivandrum tweeted "Marxists have ruled City Corporation for 40 yrs,whom else can we blame?". Blame is all they all can do. Is anyone doing anything about this mess that throws people off their vehicles into the gutters?
The commies are no better - every time the media picks on one of those bad roads or bridges, they are quick to stage a drama by tying a few elephants and red flags to a road-side pole, playing a live band and announcing the "inauguration of ABC four-lane bridge" when actually it is just a cover-up hoping to quieten the ordinary citizen and media.
Then there are also internet-based patriots and vandals like Ajay Puppy, Such-Shit Vijayan, Kappa-Sudheesh and so on, who continue to hide the fact that their city is more like Mars than Barcelona by posting pictures of Kowdiar Road (where despite being a 'model' road, quite a few have actually died) and spreading false propaganda on behalf of many other fanatics indulging in edit-wars on Wikipedia.
Back in September 2007, a tiny bridge called Marapallam was razed down for road widening with an estimated completion time of March 2008. We told ourselves "Oh! 9 months, that would pass by very soon!". Sure, the 9 months did pass by swiftly. But, nothing has changed.
Tonight, as I write, I have just come back home after witnessing a young man, who was thrown off his motorbike because of the uneven terrain and now has a broken leg.
Tonight is a night in 2010. October 2010.
Nothing has changed. The 'crip'-pled Road Projects continue to cripple us in many ways.
Nothing has changed. The 'crip'-pled Road Projects continue to cripple us in many ways.
Some of this pathetic truth is here for you to see...a truth that reminds us more of Mars than Barcelona!
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(Marappalam, shots from 2008 and 2010)
Very soon, you will need to learn to swim, coz that is where our roads are heading ... God Bless!!!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
by Arun Mathew
What if you and I talked to a few friends over coffee and expressed our dislike for the government which rules your city, state or nation? Would you be arrested? We always thought this was a Democracy?
Check this latest incident ...
"The Cyber police yesterday arrested a 20 –year old youth on charges of sending SMS messages urging the people not to vote for the ruling party in the local body elections. "
"The Cyber police yesterday arrested a 20 –year old youth on charges of sending SMS messages urging the people not to vote for the ruling party in the local body elections. "
Cyber Cops in other countries are busy taking pro-active measures running campaigns to reduce internet crime. I thought Cyber Police are also supposed to help reduce crime against children on the Internet or collect statistics to identify problems young girls face on the Internet?
The big question here is, are they just a force to deal with citizens who do not support the government that employs them?
The big question here is, are they just a force to deal with citizens who do not support the government that employs them?
Appreciate your use of technology and "power", but how much of the power was put to use in saving young girls molestation or victimization or to help credit card users against fraud?
I would love to read a news article captioned "55-yr old arrested for possession of pre-teen porn" especially when porn is sold openly in road-side markets.
If our law enforcers were this swift and timely in action against "criminals" everywhere, I am sure this world would have been a much better place to live in. That is way better than misusing some stately-powers to trouble people who use the Internet to read the news and listen to some music.
Unfortunately, it seems, the law and law enforcers are here only to favor a certain section of society?
Even forwarding a funny mail can lead to cyber crime in the state of Kerala. And everyone who forwards the mail can end up in jail.
Building mega-jails is probably gonna become the next hot investment!
If our law enforcers were this swift and timely in action against "criminals" everywhere, I am sure this world would have been a much better place to live in. That is way better than misusing some stately-powers to trouble people who use the Internet to read the news and listen to some music.
Unfortunately, it seems, the law and law enforcers are here only to favor a certain section of society?
Even forwarding a funny mail can lead to cyber crime in the state of Kerala. And everyone who forwards the mail can end up in jail.
Building mega-jails is probably gonna become the next hot investment!
