An Open Letter to the Citizens of Japan...Adopt our PM....

My dear Citizens of Japan

We are told that you have a notorious record of having a new PM every year (almost)

Take the unusually long tenure of Junichiro Koizumi (2001-2006) out of the equation, and 14 Prime Ministers have lasted a total of 17 years.

And how many PM has Britain had in the last 30 years since 1980? And the answer is only 5.

We are told that the strength of Japan’s political dynasties is a major driver in the almost annual procession of weak, mostly forgettable figures in and out of the country’s highest office. Because many politicians inherit their positions, they are not forced to cultivate leadership skills or learn to win popular support.

That You refer to the sons of the rich as obo-chan – and it’s a phrase that’s been thrown at the most recent quartet of short-lived prime ministers, who many felt were out of touch with ordinary people

That the problem is that they don’t gather public support and then become leaders. They inherit their constituencies from their families,”

Going through the above it almost seems that when it comes to Politics ..It’s almost same …Be it India or Japan…

The Impression one gets is the Japanese society unstable? The answer is a Big No? There was never any Civil unrest..No political unrest or Assassinations (Unlike Us)

We are told that it is the “Powerful Press” and a vibrant and ever agile society who would take absolutely no nonsense lying low…Which means you have within your society an Anna Too many..

But the purpose of my letter today is not to find fault with Japan...The land of Rising Sun...

The purpose of this letter is to advise the People of Japan that Post Tsunami and other disastrous Nature’s fury that you face every year (or should I say every day) with religious regularity even we as Indians feel that your Resilience has stretched a bit too far…And changing Prime Minister every year or so is taking its toll too…

We in India have a Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh…The Economist Par Excellence ‘

Since you have an economy which once was “Shining “ and is now in Dumps and in Quagmire which possibly even the most diehard optimist won’t be able to pull it out.

Why not use the services of our PM? (Dr ManMohan Singh or MMS as we all fondly call him)

We the People of India have decided to “LEND” (Or For Forever keep sake if you may so Like) you Our Reverend Prime minister...He can really work wonders with your economy…He has Rendered Yeomen’s service to our Nation.

If You see India’s Growth story growing at 8 % and Shining and Clamoring its shoulders with your Irritant Neighbour China It is all because of this ONE MAN ARMY (Don’t ask about the Inflation and BPL card Holders) You as a country who have not seen Inflation since God Knows How Long (Being Recession/Deflation Infested) and BPL you won’t care since it is India Centric Semantics’ which I am sure You Japanese could do without..

His another greatest Trait is That He is Silent…and I am told the Japanese are a silent lot also...Years ago a friend of mine told me that it is difficult to read a Japanese’s Mind …I am sure he fits your bill Perfectly..

His Third Trait “Always in Submission to the Dynasty he Serves”Now since your Prime minister is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, I am sure he will be the most suitable Candidate. He can do wonders when It comes to serving under the Dynasty...No one can beat him in this game of ‘SERVITUDE”

His fourth Trait: He would not even once look back and see who the hell is shooting using his shoulders…he is Mr. Silent and shall remain ever faithful as always..

Now Iam sure there is nothing that should stop you from ADOPTING our PM and do away with changing your PMs as often as a newlywed mother changes the Nappies of her new born.

This is not all.

In these days of BUY ONE and get one FREE We the people of India are also ready to SWAP our PM with your “Tsunamis and floods”

We the People of India sincerely feel and hope that your Natural Disasters shall be less of a Disaster to all of us...And being a Resilient Lot we can always do with small dose of disasters...

You will appreciate that for a Young Nation Like ours (only 64 years Old) it is too much to handle an Overwhelming Manmade Disaster called Manmohan Singh.

Looking forward to a long and lasting relationship for Mutual Benefit…If you feel our offer is slightly less attractive please be free to call or contact us..We might even think of SUGAR COATING it a wee bit by adding a RAHUL GANDHI and a Digvijay Singh FREE with Manmohan Singh…

Hope you will consider our Proposal Favorably

Thanking you

We the People Of India

My Paa

My daughter Khyatee does it again on a Sunday Morning:

Should I call it a POETIC JUSTICE>>>>>



My Dad is a common Man,

Of BBC and News Channels he is a Fan.



His favorite subject is Mathematics.

And yes,he has his own way with figure Tactics



In all his deeds he is very Truthful

His methods in Life are very Human &Tactful.....



He loves Economics

And is also interested in Politics...



Can rattle facts and figures Extempore

And makes me feel a MORON..!!!!!



He is very kind and sweet

And every one likes his FB updates and Tweets



And that is why I say

East or West

My Dad is the best.........



Hurray.............



Khyatee Thakkar

Stnd 1X

Akola

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The Last Few Days of Std Vlll with my FAVOURITE TEACHER

My Daughter Khyatee's First Post

Well.this sort of title must sound simple to Everyone.But this title has everything that a student wishing that the year in his/her favorite teacher's class should never end.


This is my story,last few days of my Class Vlll spend with my favorite Teacher 'Mrs Shreeja Nair"



The month of March was coming near,

And all the students were filled with fear,

"Coz the exams were approaching us,

And all the students were in a fuss.

We all wished April to come soon,

As we all thought 'Vacations"were a boon,

I thought during Vacations my Mom to me would tend,

But in my heart I wished that my FAVORITE TEACHER'S YEAR SHOULD NEVER END.



I still very vividly remember the day when she first entered our class on the first day of our new session

We were all very happy.Boys soon got bored with her.But we girls could never forget our favorite teacher.

In our standard Vlll she was like a mother to all of us,always wishing that we study and work hard and make our professional life successful. She almost became a Dear Friend of ours...I wish her class periods never end....



Dear Mrs Nair ...V Shall All Miss U a LOT.......



Khyatee Thakkar

St Ann's English Medium School,

Akola

Standard Vlll

My Daughter KHYATEE"S Second POST


INDIA _A HOME TO THE BIG CAT.The Jungles of India are home to the largest Tiger Population in the world with 29 Tiger Reserves in the subcontinent,except for the Kashmir Valley and the deserts of Rajasthan and Kutch,they ROAR across the forests of India from Hiimalayan Foothills to Kerela.

The Tiger is our National Animal,

Agile ,Graceful,and Strong,

We all should protect this magnificent creature,

As it may not live LONG,

They Don't have natural predators,

Rather than Men,

On Poaching and Hunting ,

We should put a BAN,

It is in our hands to ensure,

That they stay wild and FREE,

So that this magnificent Animal,

The Future Generations be able to see,

There are eight sub- species,all in danger,

And three are already extinct,

And the remaining are ENDANGERED..

HABITAT destruction increases the man-tiger interaction.As the tiger turns agressive in trying to look for food and defend its territory it comes into conflict with HUMANS.This has led to tigers seen as dangerous animals--another factor that contributes to the incident of Tiger poaching and killing,To SAVE the Tiger we must spread the awareness of the need to protect this magnificent creature and help preserve its habitat and environment

Khyatee Thakkar

St Ann's English School

Stn V111

Akola

Corruption.....Parliament Limping.....

“Parliament”oblivious of its French Coinage to discuss, parley and conference has degenerated from the debates and planning on the legislation to the bunch of uncouth civilized criminals , filibustering and defaming the opposition , thereby paralysing the Chariot of the Democratic functioning to the Elite vilification and slander.
The Winter session , for an instance , both the Lok Sabha and apparently more matured Upper house worked, if at all for 4.5 hours in twelve days , from the scheduled 125 odd hours and still vouching to be paid in a more justified manner, without any guilt that they were consuming up the tax payers money . No doubt, U.S. and Europe gives more privileges to their legislators, fair enough because they still do not have to fight the staggering poverty and malnutrition. At best, they don’t vouch for “AAM AADMI”.
The log jams regarding the Joint Parliamentary committee was a stumbling block the last session and continues to rock the floors of the Parliament even in this meet. it just takes different names: Scams, opposition, Women Reservation, Scandals, the shutter boxes highlighting the negatives or simple long and immortal debates … which has lost its marked significance. Gone are the days of the “TRYST WITH DESTINY” speeches. It is just a tryst between the Politicians, Media, and Bureaucracy. The Oath of secrecy and allegiance to the Constitution stands true till you are swindled by CBI. The Media has all the legal right to rise above the Law of Libel and the Civil Service very impartially toes and collaborate with the ruffians and the literate Netas.
This is Democracy and its Dance to the tunes of Public- the Ministers and the majorities. Whatever you say of Democarcy in India is true and the opposite is also equally true. The inherent feature of the Parliamentary Government , the principle of Collective Responsibilty is molested recurrently. The Ministers may commit follies, but their Boss can still manage to have a Clean chit. It is no more swim and sink together. What stands true is , they swim together, but they make individuals drown to save the image of the party. Tunisia and Egypt can not be repeated in India. One, the Government still Does NREGA … hundred hours of employment in a year and some poverty alleviation measures or subsidies. Two, India Can not stand unified , thanks to all religious fanaticism and perverse ramifications. Three, we have and will continue to have the tolerant attitude… the piece de resistance of the Indian Culture.
To sum up, everything changes, except change itself. Miracles doesn’t happen. We cant be buffoons even expecting it . taking all the things given, which definitely may not be in our favour, we need to again adjust and get maximum and minimising the losses.

To My Valentine.......My Wife....My Best Friend.....

Well there’s lot2 rite abt my best friend….I mean 1024 words is seriously tooo few to describe her (ahaha I know ye ik ghisa pita sa dialogue he) BRIEFLY.isspe to book chap sakte hai woh novel type ki.hehe

Ahemm

Kheir .

Shes a gr8 woman who luvs her Pani Puri vry much and yes before I forget,Veg Chowmein gravy type..

Innocent an xited most of de times..

Shez like a kiddo,but yaar capable of being a gud frend, and sometime thinks like an 80yr old granny also.n takes matured decisions.she has a sharp brain .n has sometimes mood swing prob..lolzz

Gud sense of humour..never minds the crap I do with her

Teasing her is like a habit of all of me..hehe

But she never minds it..being  very gud, helpful,frank,n frendly r not the only qualities she's got.

Da greatest of her qualities is her non-stop advice to me She's my biggest critic..(She is also convinced about my idiocy,one area where she's never been able to do much)

As regards compatability quotient between us,dont even dare to ask...there's nothing on this earth where our opinions/tastes/likes match.Be it food ,movies,books,TV serials(She a die hard fan of Ekta Kapoor) or bringing up a child.She's more of a Moral Science Teacher and I am a Cool Dad!!!!

But then as they say Opposites Attract....and rightly so... Or As George Levinger says,"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility"

Uff and da real best thing bout her is shez water clear by heart...and trust me its fun being with her and can never afford 2 lose her in life..

Chal Dipti abhi hawa main na uud.

Mera matha khati  hain aur apne aap ko VEGETARIAN kehti hain....

Be Mine Valentine,"You and Me.Together Forever."To the woman I'd marry all over again"

I am reminded of Yash Raj Film song from Fanaa.....Mere haath me tera haath hon ..Sari janatein mere saath hon...

Tu jo pass ho phir kya ye jahan Tere pyar mai hon jau Fanaa

Happy Valentine Day....



Inputs of the above piece of musing of mine came to some extent my daughter Khyatee......specially the lingo I used...I am Grammar nazi,using the language as above was definitely not my cup of Tea... Tried, Nevertheless..

Saving Tigers

The dwindling population of tigers are cause of concern to all of us ,but sometimes I wonder (1411 to be exact, I know off by heart by now) how does the Ad by Aircel going to help save the tigers, with MS Dhoni and Baichung Bhutia ‘roaring ‘ to save the tigers. How? If writing blogs or posting statuses on the face books or tweets were to save the tigers the Tigers themselves would be very glad, but let’s cut the crap, Its all very easy to say sitting in the comforts of our drawing room and sermonizing on Save Tiger campaign. At the end of it nothing of sort will happen at least not in the foreseeable future.
We in India have a pathetic emotion for everything but when it comes to real action we tamely go back to our cocoons.
Aircel who is spending millions on the Advertisement should instead spend the kind of money in improving the conditions of the forest guards and other equipments really required to save the tigers.
The poacher sitting there is laughing his ass off seeing the Ads in the TV.
The Ad gives definitely the impression that we are saving the tigers but in fact we are taking the lazy way out and doing what we have been doing all these years…that is doing nothing really..
When sometimes in the future our grandchildren will ask about the Tigers and we’ll say, Yes the Tigers did become ‘extinct’ during our lifetime, we protested, wrote lots of statuses on Face book and tweeted, but couldn’t help …Amen.