tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post5170839660999056829..comments2023-11-02T06:50:42.385-07:00Comments on Hope Springs Eternal...: World Political Roundup...Jibyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324353796946088382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-30900388539492802762007-05-15T01:16:00.000-07:002007-05-15T01:16:00.000-07:00UP Elections - All the criminals won. Man do you b...UP Elections - All the criminals won. Man do you believe that, all the big fishes.yet, I'm happy for Mayawati despite the taj corridor..a dalit and that too a women. a mandal full circle, it means a lot, despite the cruel hand and that too in the heartland.<BR/><BR/>Smart City - no one talks about the fifty odd industries LDF has reopened in malabar, the kannur airport, the support price for rice and the roads in trivandrum *they look sexy*. In old soviet union there used be this joke that you might not know about developments in yr village even if you live there - but you have to read Pravda for that :=). For us development is what the media syndicate says it is.<BR/><BR/>Bush - is he still there ?...that idiot<BR/><BR/>N-deal - red tape man...politics...deal making is such a knot :(...how hard it is to get hold of a good N-device.<BR/><BR/>Africa - now the Asian's burden as well...China gets cheap bauxite..the warlords gets money for weapons..US gets cheap goods...everyone is happy except the children who lost their limbs<BR/><BR/>Judiciary, cute little judges,hypocrites<BR/><BR/>Tony, kinda Nehruvian....new labour has brought in revolutionary changes in UK...a job well done and Iraqily messed up..then he didnt have much of a choice.<BR/><BR/>Pakistan, one thing pakistan teaches us is that never get excited about Pakistan :) Mushy will survive I guess...but neways he will be arguably the greatest south asian of this decade..what guts!<BR/><BR/>this is a nice idea...this news round up...keep this coming...we can disagree a lot too :)<BR/><BR/>- rgds<BR/><BR/>BVNb v nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766548210985676148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-14461230767500205682007-05-07T18:48:00.000-07:002007-05-07T18:48:00.000-07:00Jiby, excellent post!!Jiby, excellent post!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-56085834440883726132007-05-06T01:32:00.000-07:002007-05-06T01:32:00.000-07:00anon, thanks for commenting, i take it in good spi...anon, thanks for commenting, i take it in good spirit and no worries on comments here making me strut with pride. but you have been a little too harsh on my friends here...some of them, like silverine have been my earliest readers and have seen my evolution and fluctuations as a writer here...so they must be having their reasons for praise. besides they have given me constructive criticism whenever i have solicited for suggestions. <BR/><BR/>other than them, the reason you see so much praise on blogs is that most blog readers are people who don't know each other or the blogger personally...so being a critic on blogs is uncomfortable to most as it can get misunderstood.<BR/><BR/>yeah i guess u cud call it a trite and lazy post...but for me every post here is an attempt to keep the habit of writing and my love for writing going.Jibyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324353796946088382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-59369166055484044302007-05-05T19:36:00.000-07:002007-05-05T19:36:00.000-07:00This is a trite and lazy post, with little insight...This is a trite and lazy post, with little insight or analysis. To be fair, Jiby's headline spoke only of a "roundup". But some regular commenters, with a penchant for posting two lines of praise on every blog, go overboard. I wish you guys would help Jiby improve his blog and writing by being as unpretentious as Jiby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-28186387139975638332007-05-05T04:13:00.000-07:002007-05-05T04:13:00.000-07:00Jiby, you have a future in such writings. Do consi...Jiby, you have a future in such writings. Do consider it. In the meatime please make this a regular affair here. Great insights. Great analysis!silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-51360099573551506422007-05-04T06:31:00.000-07:002007-05-04T06:31:00.000-07:00actually too big shots in europe are retiring..bla...actually too big shots in europe are retiring..blair..and Chirac..Infact a new set of world leaders for next year..from US,UK and France..sounds like a generation of leaders are gonna change..mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-91447915861750357032007-05-02T10:16:00.000-07:002007-05-02T10:16:00.000-07:00Hey JibyAre you in the US or back in India?Was jus...Hey Jiby<BR/><BR/>Are you in the US or back in India?<BR/>Was just wondering based on this post.<BR/>My news sources are restricted to Rediff and nytimes.com <BR/>And from your post, I have a feeling that you are reading Indian newspapers.<BR/>I get disillusioned nowadays reading about the things that are newsworthy now (Gere-Shilpa, another court case against Rakhi Sawanth, the Bacchan family saga, The nonchalant way in which politicians speak in election rallies almost as if they know that they are speaking bullshit, everybody who hears them knows the same but its just fine for all concerned)<BR/>I wish fervently for a leader/politician who speaks what really is on his mind and the truth at least most of the time. But I wonder whether that itself is a paradox.<BR/>Do we live in times where expecting something so basic is asking for too muchRajeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745197139074100362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700519.post-12129752500913525142007-05-02T07:33:00.000-07:002007-05-02T07:33:00.000-07:00Very precisely summarised. Hope the Indian investo...Very precisely summarised. <BR/><BR/>Hope the Indian investors in Uganda treat it as their home n dont over exploit.<BR/><BR/>What you pointed in Tony Blair's speech was interesting. Hope the man had used a little of his wisdom and saved face in his country rather than follow Bush to be doomed.<BR/><BR/>I regularly follow ur blogs...first time in the comments section.<BR/><BR/>Your writing seems very sincere, no pretenses at all. Like it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com