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Finally, there are more voices joining into the assertion India has had all along – Pakistan harbors and even promotes terrorism. Just yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in no uncertain terms that “Osama Bin Laden is in Pakistan and someone high up in the Pakistani government knows where he is“. Someone in her position cannot make a loose statement, especially after the Dubya mess-up with Iraq and WMDs . There has to be concrete and credible evidence that supports such a public assertion.

Additionally, the accused of the India 26/11 conspiracy, David Headley has admitted under oath in the US courts that Pakistan Navy has trained the 26/11 attackers.

If there was any damning conviction of Pakistan’s role in global terrorism, this was it. Pakistan needs to awaken to the problems it faces with its unchecked non governmental militia and out of control provinces like South Waziristan. There is rampant talibanism in thse places and there are too may unchecked agents in the country. It is time Pakistan woke up from its denial and took strong, affirmative action to root out terrorism in the country.

just read this great news piece in the TOI. Finally, I can see some politicians with vision. Jitin Prasada is one such politician.

His vision of pushing state owned petroleum companies to improve services is a welcome boon for consumers. Thats what a proper education and experience in the corporate world can do for you. I really hope he does not get dragged down the the quagmire of mediocrity that is Indian politics.

Give us more such people!

Can we eliminate the politicians from India? I do not know who they are claiming to help. They claim to speak for the common man, but I am yet to see affirmative action from anyone which benefits the common man.

Take the recent Bharat Bandh for instance. A conservative estimate from FICCI is that the cost to the nation may have been close to Rs 130 Billion. Thats for ONE day.

Forget MNCs and IT companies. They are not for the so called “common man”. Let us talk about this common man for a bit, whose cause these politicians seem to espouse to vehemently and forcefully.

The common man in India works in small companies, in firms, in shops and showrooms, in warehouses, factories. He is the rickshaw driver, the auto driver, taxi driver, the small variety store owner, the helper in the grocery store, the truck driver, the class four employee in goverment jobs. The grass roots and below poverty line daily wage earner is the one whose case is always cited by the parties.

All of these people were inconvenienced by the bandh. The decision of the fuel price hike is not repealed, so basically we lost Rs 130 billion for nothing but a show of how a small number of politicians can hold a nation to ransom.

We need intellectuals in government, who are really interested in resolving issues. Instead, we get showboats and selfish demons who are only interested in doing nothing and ensuring the rest of the nation also does nothing. I call them economic terrorists.

We do not need these people to govern our country. Can we please get rid of them?