• more than 60 yrs after liberation the concept of white skin = superiority continues to rule us. sad but true.. #
• There are 3 kinds of people: Those who can count & those who can't.. #

A copy of the complaint written to the Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon, through www.gurgaonpolice.net

Dear Sir,

I would like to make you aware of a car snatching gang which is in operation, and I just about managed to escape today morning. Here are the details and the modus operandi.

It has been with a lot of fascination that i have been watching and reading the Modigate/IPLgate that has grabbed the collective imagination of the nation. The sweet li’l tweetings and everything that followed has been immensely more fascinating than the spectacle of IPL itself. Without getting into any of the murky dealings that Modi has been accused of, ranging from fabricated bidding, granting rights to friends and relatives, match-fixing, betting, parties, money laundering, ownership in teams and other such stories, i would only want to say that Modi has managed to create, during a time-frame which goes into mere planning at a number of corporate and government bodies, an entity which is worth a few billion dollars, and a body which throws a nation out of gear for close to 2 months every year. To bring about a somewhat alien concept of commercial club league to India, and succeeding in creating something so brilliant, that each and every critic got silenced, is a mark of genius. And in Lalit Modi’s defense, his perspective needs to be listened to. I am more than 100% sure that there are some murky secrets and vested interests of BCCI officials, UPA ministers, NCP ministers and a few others, who have all collaborated to ensure BCCI puts the entire blame on one individual, in the hope that other more powerful people do not get exposed. But if my judgment of Modi is correct, he will not remain silent. He has so far lost more than anyone else, and when drowning, he will ensure he takes a few others down. I hope he does. As that will perhaps help people realize how politicians have been sleeping with sports in this country for way too long, and the same set who are crying illegality and immorality in all of Modi’s dealings, have been doing the same, and much more, through their lives. And if the nexus does not get exposed now, it will perhaps continue the same way for a few more years to come. Until a Modi-like chap comes again, and manages to do the unthinkable. A man so supremely confident of his vision and his ability, that nothing can stop him from beating all odds, and achieving the vision he set out for. I wish there were more such administrators in India, or at least in Indian sports. Perhaps not be as flamboyant and as counter-establishment as Modi was, but those who have the balls to stay by their vision, and go out and make it happen.

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I was was spending close to three hours in traffic everyday, commuting from New Delhi to Gurgaon for work. The usual tension related to excessive driving and spending less time with my wife and child, prompted me to shift to rental accommodation in Gurgaon.