The Good, the Bad and the Unfortunate

There are so many things going on around us. A lot of things happening, both good and horrible. Some of those that come to my mind, I want to share it with you.

Meira Kumar became the first Woman speaker of the Lok Sabha. This I am certain is a good thing. A refreshing change that we welcome. The best part of it being there were no ugly altercations between the ruling and the opposition parties and that it was an unanimous decision. Things seems to have changed for the good, now a days its more of an understanding between the two parties on either side when it comes to the speaker. Until past Lok Sabha sessions, mostly the party that supported the Govt from outside (like the LEFT – Somnath Chaterjee, or TDP-GMC Balayogi) were  given speaker privileges. But since this elections saw the Congress dictate terms it kept this position for itself.

Andrew Symonds found himself in another controversy, ‘alcohol’ related this time. And he seems to have broken the code of conduct which he promised to uphold during counseling. Symo has hence been sent home from SA and will not be a part of the Oz T20 team. You decide if this is a good tihng or a bad thing. I have mixed feelings. Frankly, I admire the cricketer but I never like Symonds…..

Urban poverty seems to be on a rise. Must be wondering if I have gone nuts….no I am not. Urban poverty is not our typical poverty. The type of problems the Urban Poor people typically face is related to housing and employment. Though people might be able to find some jobs on a more day to day basis, they do not provide for substantial amenities in life. Bad thing for sure.

Pakistan could not withhold Saeed of the JuD fame in custody for long. Even after India and many other countries of the world expressed their strong concerns, the JuD chief, who is believed to have strong ties with the Lashkar E Taiba (LeT) had to be let free on technical ground. Yeah Right! First you house arrest the chap, do not tell him clearly the reason why so. Fake that the UN is concern over his involvement in terrorist activities, make provisional detention laws that aid the criminals, and finally release the person, even after India strongly suggested that it was the Let (and maybe the JuD) that caused the Mumbai Massacare in NOv 2008. Bad Bad Bad thing. Just as Pakistan would have hoped to resume talks with ‘the newly formed old Govt. ‘, Saeed’s release will absolutely close whatever small window existed.

And by far the most Unfortunate event to have happend lately is the tragic disappearance of the flight Air France 447. We live in an era where statistics prove that Air Travel is a lot lot lot safer than the road. Even as age old aircrafst are being replaced with the new fancy ones,  this tragic event has proven that mishaps are  bound to happen. Nothing is 100% safe. What happened to Flight 447 after it left Rio in Brazil for Paris is still a mystery, whatthe heck, it was not even over the Bermuda Triangle. Whether both its engine broke down, or having bieng stuck in a strom it was repeatedly beaten by lightning that could have caused a chain or series of failures……we do not know. While attempts of making air travel more safer might be given the highest priority, accidents like this should not shake off our faith. Untill those accident investigators find that ‘black box’ and tell the rest of the world the actual reason of the mishap, we all will be but keep guessing.