Re: [IAC#RG] LODHA Committee report on cricket

Dear Respected Sri Sarbajit Roy saheb,

You said it, the way it is. Tragically, no one is prepared to learn or provide a solid solution, based on some pragmatic experience if not in India, then from elsewhere in a world we live in.  

Legalising betting even in cricket (or any other sport), drinking in bars and public spaces (as has been happening in Haryana -- the system keeps an eye closed, for the sake of more-revenue !); dealing with a build-up of massive pollution in the last decade, yet off-the-cuff propositions with an even-odd formula for a fortnight (despite anticipated, potential extensions) is not going to get us "out of the woods" so to say.  

To top of it all, mesmerising us all through the involvement of respected but retired Justices or ex- ITO-Officers-now-in-politics run the show to provide "democratic governance" seems to be part of the Indian rope trick !

And the world knows, except us in India, it does NOT work.

A clean and a sanitised India is not going to emerge via the videos, 1-hour broom - related exercises or fortnightly radio talks. For centuries, we have gone downhill on garbage collection or processing, polluting our rivers and waking up to visit the West or the East to learn the methods and import the machines but not getting into it all to implement or apply any course correctives ... with some effective supervision.

One is saddened in the unique kind of a "circus" we have made our day-to-day life in our Independent India !

With regards and Peace

dev chopra in gurgaon

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On 5 January 2016 at 09:17, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sanjay

Justice Lodha's report speaks for itself. It whitewashes the actual
controversies and rot in the Indian cricket, lets the culprits scoot
off scotfree and its prescriptions are the usual eyewash designed to
get temporary publicity to deceive the public (now with very short
memories due to "breaking news" Twitter/Facebook culture) that
"somebody" is taking care of the problem.

Like ODD-EVEN-SCHEME, Lodha's proposal to legalise cricket betting is
a knee-jerk reaction / simplistic "solution" to deep systemic problems
which have accumulated over time. Tough decisions are being avoided in
favour of symbolic tokenisms.

Mr.Ajit Doval's presence in government, is only a symbol of the deep
corruption and family based lobbying for rampant crony capitalism
which runs throughout Mr. Narendra Modi's  Govt. and actually powers
it with their Saturday clubs and Wednesday salons etc. which is
causing heartburn in rank-and-file of their cadres. Ranjan
Bhattacharya etc. may have gone but Shaurya Doval etc.have replace
them in NDA-II (BJP-I).

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-03/news/65165615_1_ajit-doval-ram-madhav-modi-sarkar/2

Sarbajit

On 1/4/16, Dr. Sanjay Sharma, QBTPL. <qbtpl1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mr Roy,
>
> I agree with Justice Lodha that betting should be legalized. It is better
> legalized than illegal.
>
> And your blanket statements on narcotics is also quite pompous, and analogy
> quite sick (diseased). Americans led Indians to ban traditional drugs like
> ganja. Now the Americans are making it legal again, while puffed up (sorry)
> duffers like you are making blanket statements without an iota of
> understanding of what caused the ban in the first place.
>
> Of a choice between you and Justice Lodha, I would decide in favour of
> Justice Lodha. Of a choice between you and Mr Doval, I would feel safer in
> the hands of Mr Doval.
>
> Sorry for the puns, and little harsh language. I was just playing with the
> words sprinkled in your juicy message.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sanjay

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