What a shame!

[varunlss12]

இந்தியர்கள் நாம பலரும் சொரணை அத்துப்போய் எதையும் கண்ணுக்குரதிள்ள, இதிர்ப்பும் தெரிவிப்பதில்லை. அப்படியே யாராவது எதிர்த்தாலும் அவரின் குளம் கோத்திரம் அறிந்து அவரையே திட்டுவது, அதையும் மீறி கடுமையாக திட்டினாலும், அரசியல்வாதிகள் அதை கட்டுப்பதேயில்லை.

இப்படி பல அசிங்கங்கள் நடந்து வெள்ளைக்காரனும் திட்டினாலாவது அரசியல்வாதிகளுக்கு சுரணை வருகிறதா பார்ப்போம்.

என்னை கேட்டால் இதைவிட பல மோசமான அசிங்கங்கள் நடந்து மத்திய அரசின் பேர் நாரவேண்டும் என்சு சொல்வேன்

splendid central govt. Superb state govt n smiling face people.... No problem its sure india gonna b a developed nation in 2020 in corruption n terror incidents

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More damage - some roof breaks down

பயங்கரக்காமெடியா இருக்கே இந்தக்காமன்வெல்த்து?

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சுத்தம் பத்தியெல்லாம் வெளிநாட்டுக்காரன் கொற சொல்லத்தான் செய்வான், வெக்கப்படக்கூடாது

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Detailed commentary on the kEvalams of commonwealth games

A sample :

விளையாட்டுப் போட்டியில் கலந்துகொள்ளும் வீரர்கள் அடுத்த இரண்டு நாட்களில் டெல்லிக்கு வரவுள்ள நிலையில், அவர்கள் தங்க வேண்டிய அறைகளில் தெரு நாய்கள் படுத்திருக்கும் காட்சி காமன்வெல்த் போட்டிகள் கூட்டமைப்புக் குழுவினரை பெரிதும் பாதித்துள்ளது. ஆனால் இந்தக் கடிதம் குறித்து கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ள இந்திய ஒலிம்பிக் சங்கத்தின் செயலரும், காமன்வெல்த் போட்டிகளின் ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளருமான லலித் பானட், தூய்மை குறித்து காமன்வெல்த் குழுத் தலைவர் கூறிய கருத்திற்காக நாம் வெட்கப்படத் தேவையில்லை என்று கூறியுள்ளது தன்னை இந்தியன் என்று நினைக்கும் இந்த நாட்டின் குடிமகன் ஒவ்வொருவரையும் தலை குனியச் செய்யக் கூடியதாகும்

[19thmay]

Is your MP underpaid?

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes...r-mp-underpaid

I was a MP not very long ago. I loved those six years. Everyone called me sir, not because of my age but because I was a MP. And even though I never travelled anywhere by train during those years, I revelled in the fact that I could have gone anywhere I liked, on any train, first class with a bogey reserved for my family. Whenever I flew, there were always people around to pick up my baggage, not because I was travelling business class but because I was a MP. And yes, whenever I wrote to any Government officer to help someone in need, it was done. No, not because I was a journalist but because I was a MP.

The job had many perquisites, apart from the tax free wage of Rs 4,000. Then the wages were suddenly quadrupled to Rs 16,000, with office expenses of Rs 20,000 and a constituency allowance of Rs 20,000 thrown in. I could borrow interest free money to buy a car, get my petrol paid, make as many free phone calls as I wanted. My home came free. So did the furniture, the electricity, the water, the gardeners, the plants. There were also allowances to wash curtains and sofa covers and a rather funny allowance of Rs 1,000 per day to attend Parliament, which I always thought was a MP's job in the first place! And, O yes, we also got Rs 1 crore a year (now enhanced to Rs 2 crore) to spend on our constituencies. More enterprising MPs enjoyed many more perquisites best left to your imagination. While I was embarrassed being vastly overpaid for the job I was doing, they kept demanding more.

Today, out of 543 MPs in Lok Sabha, 315 are crorepatis. That's 60%. 43 out of the 54 newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs are also millionaires. Their average declared assets are over Rs 25 crore each. That's an awfully wealthy lot of people in whose hands we have vested out destiny. The assets of your average Lok Sabha MP have grown from Rs 1.86 crore in the last house to Rs 5.33 crore. That's 200% more. And, as we all know, not all our MPs are known to always declare all their assets. Much of these exist in a colour not recognised by our tax laws. That's fine, I guess. Being a MP gives you certain immunities, not all of them meant to be discussed in a public forum.

If you think it pays to be in the ruling party, you are dead right: 7 out of 10 MPs from the Congress are crorepatis. The BJP have 5. MPs from some of the smaller parties like SAD, TRS and JD (Secular) are all crorepatis while the NCP, DMK, RLD, BSP, Shiv Sena, National Conference and Samajwadi Party have more crorepatis than the 60% average. Only the CPM and the Trinamool, the two Bengal based parties, don't field crorepatis. The CPM has 1crorepati out of 16 MPs; the Trinamool has 7 out of 19. This shows in the state-wise average. West Bengal and Kerala have few crorepati MPs while Punjab and Delhi have only crorepati MPs and Haryana narrowly misses out on this distinction with one MP, poor guy, who's not a crorepati.

Do MPs become richer in office? Sure they do. Statistics show that the average assets of 304 MPs who contested in 2004 and then re-contested last year grew 300%. And, yes, we're only talking about declared assets here. But then, we can't complain. We are the ones who vote for the rich. Over 33% of those with assets above Rs 5 crore won the last elections while 99.5% of those with assets below Rs 10 lakhs lost! Apart from West Bengal and the North East, every other state voted for crorepati MPs. Haryana grabbed first place with its average MP worth Rs 18 crore. Andhra is not far behind at 16.

But no, this is not enough for our MPs. It's not enough that they are rich, infinitely richer than those who they represent, and every term makes them even richer. It's not enough that they openly perpetuate their families in power. It's not enough that all their vulgar indulgences and more are paid for by you and me through back breaking taxes. It's not enough that the number of days they actually work in Parliament are barely 60 in a year. The rest of the time goes in squabbling and ranting. Now they want a 500% pay hike and perquisites quadrupled. The Government, to buy peace, has already agreed to a 300% raise but that's not good enough for our MPs. They want more, much more.

And no, I'm not even mentioning that 150 MPs elected last year have criminal cases against them, with 73 serious, very serious cases ranging from rape to murder. Do you really think these people deserve to earn 104 times what the average Indian earns?

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

India bribed 72 nations to get Delhi CWG: Report
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/6619019.cms

காமன்வெல்த் விளையாட்டை நடத்த அனுமதி வாங்க 72 நாட்களுக்கு லஞ்சம் கொடுத்த இந்தியா
http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2...dia-bribe.html

India offered $10m in 'bribes' to host Games
http://www.bigpondsport.com/india-of...0/default.aspx

லஞ்சம் கொடுத்தது இந்தியாவின் பிரதமர். ஆனால் அவப்பெயர் ஒட்டுபோத்த இந்தியர்களுக்கும். என்ன கொடுமை இது

[aanaa]

Boxer's bed collapses at India games village

[sathya_1979]

innaikku news abt CWG - Snake found in SA Athlete's room

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Though a lot of shame news is generated around CWG (well, some typical media sensationalism too), one cannot deny that there are lot of hilarious stuff too.

Some samples are here in the pictorial series by MSN :
http://sports.in.msn.com/othersports...mentid=4423969

Manishankar : ‘I am getting the hell out of India during CWG’

நீர் இங்க இல்லைன்னு யார் அழுதது?

"The money being spent on the games could have been utilised for developing infrastructure in rural areas and for training sports persons in various disciplines to make India a strong sporting nation"

நீர் மந்திரியா இருந்த பெட்ரோலியும் துறையை விடப்பெரிய திருட்டுத்துறை நாட்டில் இல்லை என்பதும் உண்மை அல்லவா?

Kalmadi : "People are now happy with whatever they have got."

அதாவது, "கெடச்ச வரய்க்கும் லாபம்"

"80 per cent of the flats are fine. The sun is out and everything will be fine. All the athletes are happy"

நம்ப முடியலையே, பொதுவா 80% அடிச்சுத்தானே நமக்குப்பளக்கம்?

"We have done whatever that had to be done. Whatever problems were there earlier have been sorted out. I don't think they have seen a Games Village like this anywhere else.

There is no more scope for improvement," Kalmadi said. Asked why the cleaning up of the Village was left to just a week before the Games, Kalmadi said this was not OC's responsibility.

"Cleaning is not my job, it should have come clean to us when it was handed over. But everyone is happy now and there would be no further problems. We have some small issues but they will be sorted out," he said.

இவரு எப்போ கவுண்டமணி கிட்ட ட்ரெயினிங் எடுத்தாரு?

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More CWG kEvalams :

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=93546