A MASSIVE SCAM IN THE GENTLEMAN'S GAME IN INDIA

Cricket is not a game in India. It is a religion : a secular religion followed by a billion-plus. Sachin Tendulkar is the God of  Cricket. It is true one hundred percent: a model of Professional excellence and Personal probity. A national icon : Perfect and Pure.

In contrast we have a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which in fact is a BAND OF CORRUPT AND COVERING -UP INDIVIDUALS : a group of opportunistic politicians , business honchos and other assorted personalities .  They are together for the lust of power and not for the love of cricket.

May 16 , three cricketers were arrested by Delhi Police for Spot-fixing. It was news waiting  to be exposed. Then Mumbai Police entered the scene and startling revelations started pouring in. Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief N Srinivasan-- CEO and Principal of Chennai Super Kings-- was arrested. With that many shocking information has come in the public domain .IPL is a great cocktail of  spot-fixing, match-fixing, passing insider information, betting,  Bollywood, underworld, money-laundering, sleaze ,and  mafia of all shady characters. N Srinivasan's office did a " smart " operation by changing the twitter profile of Son-in-law to give an impression that Gurunath has no official role in CSK team . Thank God  Twitter has limitations, otherwise son-in-law would have been made NONE-IN-LAW.

Despite all the criticisms against N Srinivasan's continuation as President of BCCI on grounds of  morality, ethics and public accountability, he refuses to quit. It is doubtful whether the enquiry commission of BCCI will be objective and fair. Millions of Indians are starving and yet our political parties have not united to get the Food Security Bill enacted in the Parliament. But Congress , BJP, NCP,National Conference, etc are hand in glove to keep the corrupt BCCI coterie in good shape. Millions of fans pour in billions of money , and this financial clout has made the BCCI bosses blind towards the feelings of the gullible fans who believe that the thrilling " last ball " wins and losses are real.

CRICKET ,CORRUPTION AND COVERING-UP

Cricket is not a game in India. It is a vibrant religion, secular in practice. Sachin Tendulkar is rightly the GOD of Indian Cricket. He deserves the honour--an icon and an unblemished personality. Such a person is born once in centuries.

A billion-plus population pours billions of rupees to the controlling authority called the Board of Control of  Cricket in India (BCCI). Controlled by unprincipled politicians belonging to different parties and powerful business men , BCCI  has virtually become a Band of Corrupt and Covering -up Individuals.The International Cricket Council ( ICC ) is a weak body which kneels before the might of the cash-rich BCCI.

A mercurial cricketer Sree Santh and two colleagues were arrested by Delhi Police for spot-fixing Indian Premier League matches.The news became sensational though the three are minor actors. Then the Mumbai Police entered the scene. It started exposing the deadly cocktail of Betting Mafia, Team Owners, Bollywood, Underworld, Intermediaries,Matchfixing/spot fixing, Sleaze, Honeytrap, and Money- laundering. The Chennai Super Kings, the team of  India Cements , and its CEO& Principal Gurunath Meiyappan,who was arrested, made headlines

THE UTERUS ROBBERY IN BIHAR AND RAJASTHAN

In India not only are the women unsafe but also their WOMBS

RSBY( Rashtiya Swasthya Bima Yojana ) or National Health Insurance Scheme is viewed as a " Path-breaking Scheme"by the World Bank.Under RSBY the BPl families are entitled to free medical treatment upto Rs 30,000 a year. It is a god-send benefit to the ailing poor. But in reality it is a devil-send opportunity to some doctors and hospitals.

The weekly THE WEEK's investigation in  Samastipur district of Bihar and Dausa district of Rajasthan reveal startling facts of large scale uterus robbery .Most of the victims are women in younger age -groups. A woman with stomach pain approaches a doctor and the advice is" This pain could lead to cancer and a life-saving surgery would help you " the doctor robs her uterus and a neat sum of Rs 16,000. In some cases hospitals would swipe the RSBY cards without doing any procedure. There were also names of men and dead persons in the RSBY registry. The hospitals  were in a hurry to collect quick money. A report of the Samastipur district magistrate shows that of the 14,851 procedures during 2010-2012,  5,503 ( about 37%) were hysterectomies.

A young man filed a case against a hospital  after his twenty-year old  wife was subjected to hysterectomy following failed Caesarian section (?). The crestfallen couple filed a case and they alleged that the police has threatened with criminal action if the affected couple pursued the case. Great policing.

PREDATORS OF THE POOR ARE ALL AROUND US LIKE WOLVES. SOME ARE DOCTORS.

MOTHER INDIA BLEEDS AS HER DAUGHTERS ARE. RAPED

The gruesome Delhi gangrape of Nirbhaya in December 2012, the massive protests across India, Justice Verma Committee's commitment, the amended anti-rape law and the tall promises of political leaders have not made any dent on those who continue to rape because of the lack of fear of law and the officials who are to enforce the law.

Now the child rapes are increasing exponentially. Delhi has witnessed two rapes of 5- year old children. The child who got a lot of media attention was kidnapped, kept in a room without food or water, repeatedly raped by two men for two or three days, and abandoned. The police investigation was indifferently done, and the shameful matter was the BRIBE OF Rs.2000 OFFERED TO THE FATHER OF THE CHILD BY THE POLICE NOT TO GO TO THE MEDIA. The protests that followed did not make any one accountable. The Police Chief refused to resign ; instead he gave a lecture on moral depravity of the rapists. During the same period another 5- year old was found in the premises of AIIMS ;she was also the victim of rape. The doctors attending on the first child said that they have not seen such brutality on the body of a child rape victim. Far away in Madhya Pradesh a4- year old was raped and her brain was injured. All these three kids are undergoing treatment.

In UP, the jungle Raj of India, a6-year old was abducted, raped, killed and dumped in a pit . The police thrashed the protesters. A police officer's savage attack on an elderly protester is stomach-turning; she was a frail woman.At Bulandshahr a 10- year old girl was kept in the lock-up in a women's police station for complaining about a person who raped her in a field..the Supreme Court issued notices suo motu. Barely after a week after this incident, at Afzelgarh the father of a 16- year old girl was beaten by the police for asking the police to register a case against two men who raped her.

Police force is the biggest threat to the safety and security of our girls and women. Well the police does not spare any one . The protectors are in fact the predators. The police personnel generally ( NOT ALL, BUT MOST ) are corrupt and criminalised. In Kerala the media reported of police officers hiring quotation (killer ) groups to settle scores with their opponents. In this scenario what is the HOPE for Bharath Mata's children?

JUSTICE (? ) OF PEACE

Magistrate: Dictionary defines as Public Officer responsible to administer law and justice.          : United Kingdom : Magistrate is known as JUSTICE OF PEACE.

Magistrates in India are criticised for being mechanically remanding persons brought before them to police custody or judicial custody for two weeks.The Supreme Court has passed strictures on this tendency more than once.. Instead of administering law most of the Magistrates simply function as extensions of Police.

Gunavati means a woman possessing good qualities as a person. In Tamilnadu Judicial Service there is an officer called Gunavati (source :newspapers ).In 2000 she remanded one woman to custody for two weeks..the woman was cheated by her lover once he learnt that she was pregnant.. She complained to the police. When taken to the Magistrate , Gunavati remanded her without any enquiry. The complainant became the accused , who did not know why the Magistrate sent her to custody.  DNA test showed that the person who cheated her was responsible for her pregnancy.

It took more than twelve years for the case to be decided upon, Gunavati filed false affidavit before the High Court denying any wrong-doing. The High Court ordered that Gunavati should compensate the complainant with Rs 100,000 with costs amounting to Rs. 10,000. The court passed severe stricture on the conduct of Gunavati and recommended the state government to initiate disciplinary action against her.

A great judgement, no doubt. But it took more than ten years to get justice for the woman whose right  of free movement and liberty was deprived by a judicial authority arbitrarily., thanks to a determined lawyer and the majesty of higher judiciary.

DEATH TRAPS CALLED HOUSES IN MAHARASHTRA

A seven-storey building in two months. Unapproved structure with low quality construction materials. One unsuspecting day the building collapsed like a pack of cards in a matter of minutes. More than seventy people were killed, and many more were injured. IT WAS IN MUMBRA in Thane District. The Maharashtra government was generous enough in announcing a paltry compensation of INR 200,000 per life lost.

It is reported that 90% of the buildings in MUMBRA  are structures without approval. The Maharashtra government admitted in 2010 that 5,00,000 buildings in Thane district were illegal. Building mafia grab public land and construct unauthorised buildings. The nexus of politicians,bureaucrats ,police officials and builders manages everything smoothly. EVERY HAND IS BRIBED. A national TV channel exposed through a secret operation the bribes taken by 36 police officials. The exposure forced the government to suspend the concerned officials without going deeper into the corrupt network. As regards the suspension it normally is a temporary change of environment.

The MUMBRA structures are death traps. Human tragedies are waiting to happen to those who live in such houses.

We have Ministers, MPs, MLAs, Local Body Representatives , and officials . BUT THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT. The people are duty bound to elect their representatives to LOOT public money.

PEOPLE WANT WATER, MINISTER OFFERS HIS URINE

Many districts in India are drought-hit. Maharashtra's most districts face acute water crisis. Desperate people requested Deputy Chief Minister ( who is also Irrigation and Power Minister ) to arrange water. At a public function Minister Ajit Pawar said that the only way is FOR HIM TO  URINATE IN THE DAM. He then had a hearty laugh and his cronies shared his laughter. Minister could not control his glee and laughter.

Minister Ajit Pawar had a shock waiting for him when the media , political parties , and civil society turned their guns towards him baying for his political blood. Minister first offered excuse that what he said was a jovial comment. But even his party NCP found it impossible to defend him. So he apologised. But that is not satisfying his critics who are in the majority.

Minister Ajit Pawar's remarks are atrociously insensitive . It is inconceivable that a Minister, instead of offering help to the suffering people , dared to insult them and the dignity of the electorate. Yet he is still allowed to continue as Minister because of the clout of his political formation,  and the coalition Compulsions of the Govt leadership .The least Ajit Pawar Could do is to RESIGN . But his uncle and NCP chief Sharad Pawar asks why his nephew should resign as he has already offered his apology.. Senior Pawar is CORRECT because he and his Party are aware that the voters are fickle and they will vote for the URINE FOR WATER Minister. And that too with  a massive mandate .

Marie Antoinette , French Queen till 1792, is still quoted for her infamous remarks "LET THEM EAT CAKE " when her hungry people were begging for bread.Though she was executed by Guillotine in 1793 after the French Revolution, human memory is still fresh all over the world. The appalling apathy of our ruling elites manages to continue because of our democratic system with all the weaknesses. Otherwise how we, the people of India, could absorb mind-boggling scams , scandals, corruption and atrocities calmly?