Winash Times

Even in this hard hitting times, If there are two things, where the moolah gushes, it should be IPL and our own elections .

The former is a yearly affair, whereas the later is once in 5 years, and is anterior to every citizen

After period of 5 weeks, we would know who would occupy the hot seat leading biggest democracy in the world .

Indian election commission is a great body, when it comes to conducting national elections, and other countries can certainly take a leaf out of its book

Even though the manifestos are just a gimmick , coalition government seems to be the answer for last decade or so.

This intelligibly shows we are short of confidence in one national party ,mainly due to lack of choice .

India needs a Obama, but unfortunately we are short of visionary leaders.Even one who aspires to be , will be mulled down by our old foxes .

The PM candidate from ruling party is 78 and the opposition is 81, and if they get selected , their cabinet ministers average age is around 65

Now Do we have a choice ..? more drama is yet to unfold in next 5 weeks , as regional parties,claim to be kingmakers ( jokers!!)

But Indian elections still holds all charisma and majo , to be free and fair one , as largest democratic exercise .

Hoping for terror free polls and great leader to lead our young nation in paths of glory .

Moving on to IPL, It has become more of Indian political league, having moved away from India .

The Buzz we had last year would be missing, as Eden gardens is no Bull Ring or Newlands,

The Home minister has very right to reject paramilitary forces,rightly so, during election time,but Lalit modi is too pragmatic a man to waste such a feast not to happen .

Good to see Shane warne, Mcrath back on action , My money is on Daredevils to win this edition , even though heart goes for Chennai .

Albeit Juvenile IPL is no F1 or EPl in $$$ terms, It is still a maiden exemplar for merging Entertainment with sport ,a Win -Win situation .

Lately, There has been too much negativity in media about this recession and credit crunch that,I feel that Ignorance is certainly bliss ,for some stages in Life .

Certainly It is apparent that We are in middle of Fizzy financial future ,but Life in itself is a Obscure journey .

And to add fuel to the fire ,Big Money czars like Madoff (They call Mad at madoff now) , Standford ,Satyam Raju ,and more to follow in coming days .

But there is always dawn after dark, The governments across world are taking up stimulus packages , cutting interest rates , making sure money reaches banks, markets, industries, Educational Institutions,health care ,creating jobs to thrust economy

Singapore , an active IMF member, has for first time in history has tapped its reserves .

As Financial pundits say, Stock markets might not always reflect country's economy on whole, it does give grave graph .In other hand GDP,Inflation and Consumer spending census by far is right tool to judge .

With Today's Economy so intertwined ,Media can help actually third world countries' reflecting whats the shrinkage level happening elsewhere across globe .

But we seldom see Media reporting Recuperating ways or measures for common man , to encounter till it gets better.

In India, Media has come off age, with so many news channels fighting for TRP ratings, any soul-stirring news is always RSS feed for them .

Print Media is always and will always be better than E-media, coz it is not instant news but a thought induced and verified information .

Page3, Sports and Healthcare news will more or less be soothing or boosting, coz they are always money spinners.

As we all know, AP,Reuters,AFP are premium providers of day today news , I read somewhere in a Reuters' Employer blog that there is a lot of tweak and pinch , from what they provide and what it is actually ,and underlying factor is the $$$ which flows in it .

The E- media (TV & Net) gets it from them (less officially and mostly unofficially) .

The Positive Vibe has to start from here ,but I guess there is no Single Boss(editor desk) to gauge what is correct and what isn't and it all boils down to Collective Loyal Journalism .