Strikes and Deals – India this week

This is the summary of the events of last week. India saw strikes and we also were involved in some “deals”.

Strike 1 –
The citizens participated in a strike against the taxi and autowallas. We called it MeterJam. This media\internet hyped event saw little success but if you are on social network sites, your views may differ. Some also compared this as a David vs Goliath war….I am not sure who is David and who is Goliath.

Strike 2 –
A small strike by the Indian cricket team captain, MS Dhoni. Mr Cool, lost his cool about a bad practice pitch offered by Lankan cricket board. The practice pitch was bouncy and good length deliveries turned out to be bouncers. Karthik got hit on the elbow during practice. The already unfit Indian outfit were in for another blow. Dhoni lost his cool and walked away in protest, from practice. The team followed and observed the strike.

Strike 3 –
Our dear Parliamentarians did a mini-strike. They stalled the Parliament session for a day to ask for hikes. The “poor” MPs wanted a 400% increase. As the cabinet surprisingly put this on hold, the united MPs decided not to work for a (yet another) day. Though there is still no decision made on this, it’s hardly a  tough guess to predict the outcome.

Deal 1 –
In a Times Now expose, we got to know the deal between India and US. India wanted some favor from the US in a world bank issue. Montek Singh wrote to a top official in the US govt requesting for help. In the quick reply, the US official asked Montek to handle the ‘noise’ created by the Dow Chemicals judgment.  We all know how we got silent on the entire issue of Bhopal gas tragedy.

Deal 2 –
After Randiv shamelessly bowled a no-ball to Sehwag and denied him a well deserved century, the media lambasted the Lankans. Technically, Lanka had not committed a crime. But audio\video recordings, bowlers apology, twitter messages forced the Lankans to take some action. Captain Sangakkara was to be blamed. Seeing SL’s precarious position in the tri-series, a deal was set and a bakra was caught. Dilshan was fined and Randiv was suspended for a game – effectively both lost a match fee.

Deal 3 –
Govt was looking for a support for the nuclear bill to be passed (pending since a long time). And they got support from the most unexpected party – BJP. A separate headlines came on the same day. CBI announced that Gujarat’s BJP CM, Narendra Modi is not involved in the Shorabuddin encounter\murder. Though some call it co-incidence\truth, I think it was a bloody good deal.

Amidst all these, we also celebrated our 64th Independence day.

Penalty miss

Ranjit was sad. He had missed a penalty. And a 5 yr dream of his college had gone bust. His teammates were very supportive. They consoled him. They decided to hide their sadness with the help of vodka. 

Bar kaka was used to their order. Ranjit’s fingers indicated that the order was regular. Kaka got the fried rice and vodka. As the evening extended into night, 3 bottles had gone down. Kaka knew that the boys need to be warned. 

Kaka was aware of Ranjit’s last birthday gift. It was a 350cc Ninja monster. During the birthday party, kaka also came to know of Ranjit’s rich dad. After the party, Ranjit and friends were regular to the shady bar. Kaka had won the trust of Ranjit. Kaka would never disclose Ranjit’s drinking antics to the rich dad. 

Kaka told the boys to stop for the day. Ranjit explained that he was sad because of the match and wanted more. Kaka did not persuade much.

As the clock struck 11, the boys left. Ranjit drove the monster. As the canal road approached Ranjit knew nothing. Drowsy and shaky, the monster leaped in air, breaking the canal bridge sidewalls. A loud splash drowned the monster with Ranjit.

Kaka got up in the morning and read the local newspaper. “Football loss drives youth to suicide - Ranjit commits suicide after missing penalty”