I haven't posted anything since 30th June because I was defeated by the freezing cold weather in South Africa. Apart from the cold, the departure of colourful birds, and the drying of beautiful flowers augmented the sense of loss and defeat.
Yes, 2014 is a year of defeat, no matter whether one has achieved personal successes. This is because most of us are shareholders of the victory or defeat of political parties or sports teams , of which we are supporters. Nobody can be a 'nota'
or ' asadhu' in these turbulent times when the channels bombard us with in-depth analysis of everything ' live', no matter how trivial the matter may be.
First came the shock defeat of the Congress ( UPA?) at the parliamentary elections
in India. That defeat was most pathetic, tragic and one-sided. It was crushing, demolishing, decisive , unquestionable and final. The defeat was not on the basis of any ideological differences between the BJP and the Congress. It was simply boredom that antagonised the people against the Congress. The people became extremely bored with the faces of Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi
etc and with their empty rhetoric, especially with the 'secularist ' agenda. The
people wanted new faces.
I don't know the full form of the acronym UPA. Is it Useless Parties' Alliance or
Underdog Parties Alliance ? Whatever be the expansion, the DMK got 0.
Ironically, in Kerala, both the UDF and the LDF tasted bitter defeat, even though
there was no third party who won seats. Even though the UDF won 12 seats out of 20,
the victory was dampened by the defeat at the Centre, whereby many Central Ministers became ' sadha' ( ordinary ) MPs. The UDF lost at least two seats by self-goals, in Chalakkudy and Trichur, and the LDF one seat in Kollam, by the 'paranari'
self-goal.
In South Africa, the ANC won the elections, but its victory was marred by the
emergence of the EFF ( Economic freedom Fighters) under the leadership of firebrand youth leader, Julius Malema, as a militant opposition party, with 25 MPs
in the Parliament. The new party has become a thorn in the flesh of the ANC.In the
past, the DA, the main opposition party, was maligned as the running dogs of whites.
Now, the ANC is facing a new enemy in the form of the EFF, a party whose support
base is the disgruntled, unemployed black youth.
To add insult to injury, most Malayalees are now experiencing the defeat of
Brazil in the World Cup. Most Malayalees support South American teams,
not only because of the South Americans' legendary track record of victories in the World Cup , but also because of Malayalees' ' leftist leanings'. Today, the majority
of Malayalees are looking forward to Argentina's victory. When you support a team, you have all sorts of arguments in support of your team, like a lawyer presenting his /her arguments in a court of law. But the outcome is determined the
players in the field. All the evidence in the previous matches point to a victory by Germany. This is because the Germans played well and scored well. The Argentinians played well, but didn't score well. That makes the difference.
Regardless of the outcome of today's final, millions of people would remember 2014 as the year of defeats.
Yes, 2014 is a year of defeat, no matter whether one has achieved personal successes. This is because most of us are shareholders of the victory or defeat of political parties or sports teams , of which we are supporters. Nobody can be a 'nota'
or ' asadhu' in these turbulent times when the channels bombard us with in-depth analysis of everything ' live', no matter how trivial the matter may be.
First came the shock defeat of the Congress ( UPA?) at the parliamentary elections
in India. That defeat was most pathetic, tragic and one-sided. It was crushing, demolishing, decisive , unquestionable and final. The defeat was not on the basis of any ideological differences between the BJP and the Congress. It was simply boredom that antagonised the people against the Congress. The people became extremely bored with the faces of Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi
etc and with their empty rhetoric, especially with the 'secularist ' agenda. The
people wanted new faces.
I don't know the full form of the acronym UPA. Is it Useless Parties' Alliance or
Underdog Parties Alliance ? Whatever be the expansion, the DMK got 0.
Ironically, in Kerala, both the UDF and the LDF tasted bitter defeat, even though
there was no third party who won seats. Even though the UDF won 12 seats out of 20,
the victory was dampened by the defeat at the Centre, whereby many Central Ministers became ' sadha' ( ordinary ) MPs. The UDF lost at least two seats by self-goals, in Chalakkudy and Trichur, and the LDF one seat in Kollam, by the 'paranari'
self-goal.
In South Africa, the ANC won the elections, but its victory was marred by the
emergence of the EFF ( Economic freedom Fighters) under the leadership of firebrand youth leader, Julius Malema, as a militant opposition party, with 25 MPs
in the Parliament. The new party has become a thorn in the flesh of the ANC.In the
past, the DA, the main opposition party, was maligned as the running dogs of whites.
Now, the ANC is facing a new enemy in the form of the EFF, a party whose support
base is the disgruntled, unemployed black youth.
To add insult to injury, most Malayalees are now experiencing the defeat of
Brazil in the World Cup. Most Malayalees support South American teams,
not only because of the South Americans' legendary track record of victories in the World Cup , but also because of Malayalees' ' leftist leanings'. Today, the majority
of Malayalees are looking forward to Argentina's victory. When you support a team, you have all sorts of arguments in support of your team, like a lawyer presenting his /her arguments in a court of law. But the outcome is determined the
players in the field. All the evidence in the previous matches point to a victory by Germany. This is because the Germans played well and scored well. The Argentinians played well, but didn't score well. That makes the difference.
Regardless of the outcome of today's final, millions of people would remember 2014 as the year of defeats.
Correction : determined by the players....
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