Instant Justice and Anarchy

The behaviour of AAP MLAs in Burari police station shows the mindset of instant justice has not changed among these people.

A member of legislative assembly is not a part of the 'Executive' and has no right to give directions to police. Then what was the reason for these MLAs to go to a police station at first place for a kidnapping case?

It reminds me of the incident last year involving the law minister Somnath Bharti where he was on the spot directing the police without understanding the role demarcation between a Political Executive and Permanent Executive(the bueraucracy)

There is a procedure('Rule of Law') by which the police or for that matter anyone in Bureaucracy has to act. 

The mentality of this crowd to deliver instant justice has not changed at all. During the Anti-corruption movement Mr. Anna hazare , touting himself as a Gandhian asked for death penalty for the corrupt, and poked his nose into the legislature by demanding his nominees be present in the committee drafting lokpal bill. That was the first instance in Indian political history where persons not elected by the voters got involved in legislating business, thereby disrespecting the established procedures.
There is no doubt that the descendants of such a movement too have this same mentality.

It is high time that we realise subverting democratic institutions and established procedures will bring more harm than good to the society. Agreed, that the existing institutions and procedures have drawbacks. The way ahead is to reform them and not to subvert them. 

Two auctions

Two auctions
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One is for the coal blocks. The allocation done by the then UPA government was cancelled last year and SC ordered to auction them. The auction is going on and the bidding amounts proves that the coal blocks were indeed allocated at under rates. So the revenue loss for the exchequer is about to get compensated after the auctions are over.

The next auction is for designer coat suit with name printed worth 10 lakhs. The fund collected through auction is going to be invested to clean ganga. 
Does the ends justify the means?? With 75% of countrymen barely sustaining themselves with $2 per day, was it necessary for the executive head of such a country to wear such an expensive suit at first place. 

If auctioning the suit and investing the amount to clean ganga will purify the sins, then auctioning the coal blocks and compensating the exchequer too must absolve one of the crime committed. Can a theft or corruption be undone just by recovering the assets without any other punishment?? Doesn't make any sense at all.

Apollo mission and Interstellar movie

The Apollo mission(landing on the moon) was one of the glorious one in the scientific history of USA.

In the movie Interstellar, a school teacher says that "it was a brilliant piece of propaganda which made soviets pour money into useless rockets and machines". A high-profile movie taken in USA  comes with such a scene ridiculing one the historical achievements of USA, based on the conspiracy theories surrounding Apollo mission. Yet there were no  protests or fatwa against the movie,

Besides theory of relativity, gravitational time dilation and other scientific aspects, one thing which the Indians must learn from this movie is how the American society respects freedom of speech.

In India every popular personality, every event, every society and way of living that existed in the past is converted as 'sacred' that any criticism of these is attacked and suppressed. Instead of bragging about our ability to reproduce at faster rates by terming India as 'biggest' democracy, let us realise soon that democracy is not only about 'free and fair' conduct of elections but also about freedom of speech.