kurian's New Age Blog

Nigeria's  president, Goodluck  Jonathan  and his  country  are going through  extremely   difficult  times, with daily bombings, massacres and attacks on  schools  devastating  the North East  of the country. Due to the  unfortunate  situation in Nigeria, it would be  worthwhile to delete ' Goodluck' from the president's  name, and  take it and  add it to where it fits most-Narendra   Modi, the new  Prime Minister of India. Good luck is shining  over  him, and  praises  are  showered on him. Even his detractors, stunned by his landslide victory, acknowledge  Modi's  immense  popularity. Modi's  election victory  is the result of  hard work, with a relentless  campaign  that took him to every nook and corner of the country. Apart from this, good luck favoured him. First, his party, the BJP  won a majority on its own. Otherwise  things would have been very different. Two  regional parties, the   AIADMK led  by Jayalalitha, and  the  Thrinamool  Congress 

May  16th  marks the end of an era in Indian  history, ie the end of the rule by  the Nehru- Gandhi  family. The results were  shocking, freezing, emphatic, decisive, conclusive  and final. The ripples of the results will extend for a long time to come. In the post- results days , the political  rhetoric  and mudslinging  in Kerala  has intensified  after  a  month  of  lull, to such an extent that the people are already  fed up. So it's time to shelve  politics  till the next elections, when Narendra Modi  will  return to power  with a  reduced majority or return to Gujarat  empty-handed. The general  trend is to heap all your  anger and frustrations on the incumbent. *                     *                      *                        *             * By  a strange  coincidence, the end of the UPA  era coincided with the end of  the 50- day  siege of  our house by my three  grandchildren, namely  Alyssa (6), the twins Marissa (3)  and  Chrissa (3). While  the resul

 May  16th  will be  a day to be remembered in India, like June 16th in S. Africa. Whatever  be the outcome of the elections in India, the people of India  have  already won. The  victory is in terms of the  peaceful manner in which  millions  and millions of people throughout the country exercised their  democratic right without fear or  undue pressure. It was the most amazing  democratic  process in  human history. Despite the flaws in  the system in India, it's the only option available to the people. They  have the power to unseat those in power, using the ballot  box. May  16th  is the day of the counting of votes. All  kinds of exit polls have already been  done. All  scenarios  have been  exhausted. Tomorrow's headlines  can run like this : National '' NDA   clinches  victory. " '' BJP  35  seats  short of  majority.'' '' Congress  routed  in many  states.'' ''  Modi   to be the new P.M. "