VOX POPULI

Or

OPinionatED

by

 Aam Admi

Issue: 160                                      Date:  18.07.2016

Contents:

1.       The Nice Attack

2.       The Judiciary Gives Modi Government A Bloody Nose

3.       Attacks on Blacks In The US

4.       Tying Modi Down To 7, RCR

The Nice Attack

The two terror attacks in France in the space of a few months with  the recent one in Nice is something that at least that country does not deserve. More so the horrifying nature of the Nice attack in mowing down people who were celebrating a national holiday shows up the callous and twisted mind of the perpetrator. In the early 80's France from among its EU partners of Germany and the U.K. was the country which had seamlessly integrated people of other nationalities mostly coloured people from their earlier colonies in Africa and people of Asian origin like from Vietnam into its society. They were just like the French for all practical purposes and no one queried them on their religion. The situation thereafter is somewhat unknown since France had its share of controversies in recent years like with wearing the hijab, race riots in some of the areas near Paris and then the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine. As said earlier France does not deserve such attacks since these will only be detrimental to the interests of the immigrants and the generous heart of the French will be slowly becoming closed to immigrants. Thus those planning such attacks and the IS by connection is engaging in a program which is self-defeating. The increased number of such attacks and the varied instruments used as also the method of execution will lead to other terrorists and IS sympathisers to use these methods and experiment with newer ways to maximise the impact of such terror attacks which is an unfortunate thing for civil society around the world.

The Judiciary Gives Modi Government A Bloody Nose

The rebuffs that the Central government led by the BJP, first in toppling the duly elected Uttarakhand government and now the Nagaland government are like giving Narendra Modi a bloody nose. Where he should have concentrated in delivering governance and in projecting a tolerant Centre when dealing with State governments led by other parties, he and Amit Shah in their over-arching ambitious and grandiose style got carried away in believing that the 'king' can do no wrong. The lessons taught by the judiciary in these two matters will surely go a long away in Modi's continuing political education. Maybe if Modi had been more in the country then he would have possibly been able to apply his mind to such and many other situations to save embarrassment to himself and his government. The Uttarakhand and the Nagaland matters in boxing parlance are the two consecutive straight lefts to the face to rock this Modi government on its heels waiting for the right hook in the form of the UP Assembly election results for a knockout that will see it operating as a lame duck government until the end of its term.

Attacks on Blacks In The US

The number of incidents where black people are being intercepted and pulled up by the police and more often than not shot has been on the rise in recent times in the US. The two recent attacks where a black died in each culminated in the Dallas sniper shootings of policemen by the black US Army reservist. The attacks on the blacks are across the US spanning both coasts and show the deep bias that US law enforcement people have against the black people. On the one hand you see the black people bringing laurels to the country in sport while on on the other hand in the streets they are shot as lowly criminals. In spite of having a black President in Barrack Obama there has been no respite in the number of such fatal attacks against blacks. In fact Barrack Obama has done precious little to raise the banner of black people in the US and get them accepted in the society as equals by white middle class America. Just like we have a caste bias in our society, there is a clear colour bias in the  US. So if you analyse deeply, every country around the world is having its own bias, each to his own.

Tying Modi Down To 7, RCR

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is off again on a 4 nation, 5 day trip to Africa after his recent 5 nation trip that included the US. It must be a record anywhere in the world for the head of government to be away from his country in the short span that Modi has been in office. This has led to levity wherein he is called a 'visiting' Prime Minister or when he arrives in Parliament and looks to fasten his seat belt before settling down into his seat. Affairs of governance do not seem to keep him in the country where his presence is much needed. Maybe we need to find a way by which one can domesticate Modi and tie him down to 7, Racecourse Road longer.

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