> Alter Ego

Sorry Sir, I am a village boy. Kindly simplify me to understand.
 
> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:49:53 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> 
> Alter Ego
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka <[email protected]>
> To: assamnet org <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:56:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> 
> 
> >>Dear A.E.,
> Who?
> 
> 
> 
> > Why only Assam MPs? I heard that several other states would like to have 
> > autonomy as well. Why wouldn't they join the Assam MPs?
> 
> 
> Are we voting such MPs from our states? We did not vote Deben Dutta. We till 
> shout about Bhupen Hazarika, I tried to expose him thrice, but people are 
> against of it. We select dumbos like Kirip Chaliha, Golam Osmani(who till 
> enjoys 
> young girls even in train journey), Ramen Barua(most dumb) etc Mps.
> 
> 
> 
> What can we aspect from these kind of MPs?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:50:47 -0700
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> > 
> > Dear A.E.,
> > Why only Assam MPs? I heard that several other states would like to have 
> > autonomy as well. Why wouldn't they join the Assam MPs?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka <[email protected]>
> > To: assamnet org <[email protected]>; Chandan Mahanta <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 1:34:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> > 
> > 
> > Either Arms power or Third Country help.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > As Assam has limited seats in Parliament, the MP voice willn't work. This 
> >should 
> >
> > be notebale.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:30:58 -0500
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> > > 
> > > **** All you need to do is share YOUR notion of what the problems Assam 
> > > has 
> >and 
> >
> > >HOW your concept of that AUTONOMY may help.
> > > 
> > > That simple.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
> > > 
> > > > " Now then, how would one know what YOUR concept of AUTONOMY comes 
> > > > with, if 
> >
> > >or 
> > >
> > > > when it does? And how could
> > > > I or a SOVEREIGNTY partisan or anyone else could weigh, evaluate, the 
> > > > worth 
> >
> > >of 
> > >
> > > > os such autonomy UNLESS
> > > > you explain, clearly and unambiguously , what YOUR concept of the 
> > > > PROBLEMS 
> 
> > >are, 
> > >
> > > > for which your idea of
> > > > autonomy is going to be of any use or would be yet another piece of 
> > > > Indian 
> 
> > > > make-believe, appearances-sake, 
> > > > 
> > > > deception ( note The Day of Deception mourning reported by Uttam this 
> > >morning) ?
> > > > Again, the Devil is in the details." 
> > > > ---- This Autonomy thing has to be defined by the people who want it. 
> > > > It is 
> >
> > > > not for outsiders to prescribe it.
> > > > If you haven't, also see my email to Kamal today on a similar subject. 
> > > > The 
> 
> > >govt. 
> > >
> > > > definitely is not the one to define Autonomy.
> > > > 
> > > > I agree the devil is in the details. But to get to the details, one has 
> > > > to 
> 
> > >talk 
> > >
> > > > about the concept first. I feel strongly that the concept
> > > > must be brought to the parliament by the hens in stead of fearing the 
> > > > fox. 
> 
> > > > Where is the hound to keep the fox away? 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Chan Mahanta <[email protected]>
> > > > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world 
> > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 8:55:21 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >> "AUTONOMY, is the way for such redemption for some. And a true and 
> > >meaningful 
> > >
> > > >> FEDERAL arrangement
> > > >> could be for others.
> > > >> That is the bottom line."
> > > >> 
> > > >> ++++ I agree with your bottom line and I have been saying the same 
> > > >> thing 
> >in 
> >
> > >the 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> net for a long time.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > **** Isn't it sad, nobody seems to care :-)? But, *I* try to give 
> > > > credit 
> > >where 
> > >
> > > > credit is due'
> > > > when I can. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >> Now we can breathe easier, SOVEREIGNTY is not your slogan 
> > > >> anymore. :-)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > **** I thought I could slip my 'about-face', as some of our charitable 
> > >friends 
> > >
> > > > might characterize it,
> > > > on the subject. But you steel-trap minded, kharkhowas caught me 
> red-handed.
> > > > 
> > > > Iinasmuch as I wish not to drive terror into the hearts of my fellow 
> > > > men 
> >with 
> >
> > >my 
> > >
> > > > SLOGANS or incitements 
> > > > 
> > > > or incendiary rhetoric or even undisguised calls for armed rebellion, 
> > > > here 
> 
> > >you 
> > >
> > > > are, unfortunately, reading more
> > > > than you should be.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > **** WHY?
> > > > 
> > > > For a very simple reason. All of you far-sighted ones who have waved 
> > > > around 
> >
> > > > 'AUTONOMY' in this forum
> > > > as A or THE solution for Assam, never, even with repeated challenges 
> > > > from 
> > >yours 
> > >
> > > > truly, would come out
> > > > and tell us WHAT the PROBLEM is, in your view, for which you proffer 
> >AUTONOMY 
> >
> > >as 
> > >
> > > > the solution.
> > > > 
> > > > Why does that matter?
> > > > 
> > > > As I explained a number of times before, it matters immensely, because 
> > > > WHAT 
> >
> > >IF 
> > >
> > > > this amazing AUTONOMY 
> > > > 
> > > > solution of your desires, does NOT include what it must , to deal with 
> > >Assam's 
> > >
> > > > PROBLEMS ? 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Then what?
> > > > 
> > > > Now then, how would one know what YOUR concept of AUTONOMY comes with, 
> > > > if 
> >or 
> >
> > 
> > > > when it does? And how could
> > > > I or a SOVEREIGNTY partisan or anyone else could weigh, evaluate, the 
> > > > worth 
> >
> > >of 
> > >
> > > > os such autonomy UNLESS
> > > > you explain, clearly and unambiguously , what YOUR concept of the 
> > > > PROBLEMS 
> 
> > >are, 
> > >
> > > > for which your idea of
> > > > autonomy is going to be of any use or would be yet another piece of 
> > > > Indian 
> 
> > > > make-believe, appearances-sake, 
> > > > 
> > > > deception ( note The Day of Deception mourning reported by Uttam this 
> > >morning) ?
> > > > 
> > > > Again, the Devil is in the details.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >> I totally support if some parliamentarians make the demand for 
> >incorporation 
> >
> > >of 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> Autonomy into the Indian constitution. Is there someone who will risk 
> >that?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > **** That is akin to asking the proverbial fox, if he should be the 
> > > > right 
> >one 
> >
> > >to 
> > >
> > > > guard the
> > > > hen-house, wouldn't it?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >> Someone from Assam or J&K to make some noise in Loksabha? If it fails 
> >first 
> >
> > 
> > > >> time, try another time, then another .............? As far as I know 
> > > >> no 
> >one 
> >
> > >has 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> tried it yet.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > **** Since the fox will never disqualify himself from hen-house 
> > > > guarding 
> > >duties, 
> > >
> > > > should the wise-ones who 
> > > > 
> > > > have taken upon themselves to be keepers and masters of the restive 
> > >populations 
> > >
> > > > , with the fox as their proxy,
> > > > not propose it themselves, instead of continuing to conduct the world's 
> > >longest 
> > >
> > > > running low-intensity warfare on its
> > > > own population ? 
> > > > 
> > > > Does it give you any clues? Should it?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > :-)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> ________________________________
> > > >> From: Chan Mahanta <[email protected]>
> > > >> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the 
> > > >> world 
> > > >> <[email protected]>
> > > >> Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 11:38:21 AM
> > > >> Subject: Re: [Assam] I Loved This One---from ToI
> > > >> 
> > > >>> I completely agree. But you aren't trying to paint with a broad brush 
> are
> > > >>> you ? :-). 
> > > >> 
> > > >> **** It is not a broad-brushing based on small or isolated examples. 
> > > >> It is 
> >
> > >the 
> > >
> > > > 
> > > >> NORM, the
> > > >> prevailing condition. Do you disagree?
> > > >> 
> > > >>> In fact, when people demand a correction
> > > >>> (as in CWG, or Hemanta Sarma) - things often fall in line. Such
> > > >>> participation is paramount for a healthy democracy.
> > > >> 
> > > >> *** So, is it something NEW? That has not been tried or done before? 
> > > >> But what has changed?
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Participation YES, but that is an all encompassing truism. Like the 
> > > >> truth 
> 
> > >shall 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> prevail.
> > > >> Or honesty is the best policy. Question is HOW, WHEn, WHO? The Devil 
> > > >> here 
> >is 
> >
> > >
> > > >> in 
> > > >> 
> > > >> the details.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> What is OBVIOUS is that India does not have, it cannot muster the 
> >POLITICAL 
> >
> > 
> > > >> will
> > > >> to CHANGE things. It cannot if it tried. It is TOO fRACTURED, it is 
> > > >> TOO 
> > > >> disparate.
> > > >> It tries the one size fits all approach, and gets nowhere. It will get 
> > > > nowhere.
> > > >> 
> > > >> That is why it is paramount that the disparate peoples organize into 
> >smaller 
> >
> > >
> > > >> entities and 
> > > >> 
> > > >> devise ways to manage their destinies , to be RESPONSIVE to their 
> > > >> unique 
> > >needs, 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> WITHOUT
> > > >> being held to ransom by far-flung forces that have NO DESIRE or 
> > > >> ABILITY to 
> >
> > >deal 
> > >
> > > >> 
> > > >> with THEIR
> > > >> specific needs.
> > > >> 
> > > >> AUTONOMY, is the way for such redemption for some. And a true and 
> >meaningful 
> >
> > >
> > > >> FEDERAL arrangement
> > > >> could be for others.
> > > >> 
> > > >> That is the bottom line.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> On Aug 14, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
> > > >> 
> > > >>> C'da,
> > > >>> 
> > > >>>> What you always seem to miss, is this problem of ENFORCEMENT, of
> > > >>> investigating, adjudicating
> > > >>>> and punishing the corrupt, of punishing bad behavior and rewarding 
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>> good.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> Actually, I didn't miss it, just thought it is a given.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> Just enforcement too is not enough - the court systems are over 
> burdened,
> > > >>> and so are the good cops.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>>> Generations of Indian now have not seen anything different. Many 
> > > >>>> think 
> > >that
> > > >>> is how it IS, others think
> > > >>>> "they are like that only", yet others who know that it ought not be 
> > > >>>> so, 
> 
> > >but
> > > >>> have no faith at all that things
> > > >>>> could ever be changed. Also, generations of Indians have grown up 
> > thinking
> > > >>> and believing that
> > > >>>> they have democracy, the best, and things will take care of itself 
> after
> > > >>> they performed the
> > > >>>> rituals of elekshuns.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> I completely agree. But you aren't trying to paint with a broad brush 
> are
> > > >>> you ? :-). In fact, when people demand a correction
> > > >>> (as in CWG, or Hemanta Sarma) - things often fall in line. Such
> > > >>> participation is paramount for a healthy democracy.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> --Ram
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> > > >>> 
> > > >>>> What you always seem to miss, is this problem of ENFORCEMENT, of
> > > >>>> investigating, adjudicating
> > > >>>> and punishing the corrupt, of punishing bad behavior and rewarding 
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>> good.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> Generations of Indian now have not seen anything different. Many 
> > > >>>> think 
> > >that
> > > >>>> is how it IS, others think
> > > >>>> "they are like that only", yet others who know that it ought not be 
> > > >>>> so, 
> 
> > >but
> > > >>>> have no faith at all that things
> > > >>>> could ever be changed. Also, generations of Indians have grown up 
> > thinking
> > > >>>> and believing that
> > > >>>> they have democracy, the best, and things will take care of itself 
> after
> > > >>>> they performed the
> > > >>>> rituals of elekshuns. When it does not, they whine and moan. But 
> > > >>>> they 
> > also
> > > >>>> need to LIVE, make a living.
> > > >>>> And they know ALL too well, that it is only ONE life to live.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> So what is your magic bullet for fixing thins. Is there ant y?
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> Or could it be that a whole slew of things have to be done, over 
> > > >>>> time, 
> >to
> > > >>>> turn things around.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> And WHO will do that? WHEN? Has it started. Will it ever?
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> If it has not even started, how could it be started? If it has, 
> > > >>>> where,
> > > >>>> what, how?
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> On Aug 14, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>>> C'da,
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> Thanks for fwding this. Really good - just loved it.
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Only one complaint: Tiwari shoud have addressed it to the WORST of 
> >them
> > > >>>>> all, not ALL of India. Ain't right to paint everyone with the same 
> > brush.
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> But let's look at it from Tiwari's angle: Everywhere he looks, 
> > > >>>>> there 
> is
> > > >>>>> corruption - it's only a matter of degrees. While one might argue 
> > > >>>>> that 
> >a
> > > >>>>> whole set of corrupt leaders are leading (and forcing) an easily
> > > >>>> corruptible
> > > >>>>> mass, such that corruption has become a way of life, and no longer 
> > > >>>>> an
> > > >>>>> exception, but the rule - it must only be the fault of these 
> >leaders....
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> It does take two to tango.
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> In the end, it all boils down to : do you pay Rs. 500 extra, and 
> > > >>>>> catch
> > > >>>> your
> > > >>>>> flight back to the US, or do you stand your ground, and hold on to 
> >those
> > > >>>>> ideals, and maybe miss that flight.
> > > >>>>> I would catch that flight :-),
> > > >>>>> and still use the broad brush & blame all - bribers, and the 
> > > >>>>> bribees 
> >:-)
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> --Ram
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]>
> > > >>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> I loved this one. Only one complaint: Tiwari shoud have addressed 
> > > >>>>>> it 
> >to
> > > >>>>>> the WORST of them all, not ALL of India. Ain't right to paint 
> everyone
> > > >>>> with
> > > >>>>>> the same brush.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> cm :-)
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>> 
> >>http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bugs-eye-view/entry/mr-kalmadi-s-fake-statement
> >t
> > >
> > > >>>> t
> > > >>>> t
> > > >>>>>> Mr Kalmadi's (fake) statementAlok Tiwari, 14 August 2010, 02:53 PM 
> IST
> > > >>>>>> Last night I dreamt I was appointed the speechwriter and 
> > > >>>>>> propagandist
> > > >>>> for
> > > >>>>>> Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi. The
> > > >>>>>> appointment happened through a dubious process the details of 
> > > >>>>>> which I
> > > >>>> shall
> > > >>>>>> not bore you with. It was for an obscene amount of money paid into 
> > > >>>>>> my
> > > >>>>>> numbered Swiss bank account. As one of my first assignments, I 
> > > >>>>>> wrote 
> > the
> > > >>>>>> following statement for Mr Kalmadi:
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> My fellow citizens,
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Over the last few weeks, I have read and watched a series of 
> > > >>>>>> reports
> > > >>>> about
> > > >>>>>> corruption in the organizing of Commonwealth Games. It has pained 
> > > >>>>>> me 
> >no
> > > >>>> end.
> > > >>>>>> Some of those things I have tried to explain but what has shocked 
> > > >>>>>> me 
> >is
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>>>> demand for my exit. Each day there is a new disclosure and the 
> > > >>>>>> chorus
> > > >>>> begins
> > > >>>>>> again. Therefore, I decided to confront the question head on.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Yes, corruption has taken place in holding of the games. Trails of 
> > quite
> > > >>>> a
> > > >>>>>> few scandals lead right up to my door. So I will not deny it. But 
> what
> > > >>>> is so
> > > >>>>>> surprising about it? What did I do that had not been done before? 
> > > >>>>>> To 
> > see
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>>>> outpourings of outrage everywhere, it would appear Indians are 
> > > >>>>>> seeing
> > > >>>>>> corruption happen for the first time. Come on, let us shed that 
> > > >>>>>> garb 
> >of
> > > >>>>>> innocence.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Please come with me to the collectorate of any of our nearly 450
> > > >>>> districts.
> > > >>>>>> Each one presided over by an IAS officer, the best and the 
> > > >>>>>> brightest
> > > >>>> among
> > > >>>>>> us. Here you find people in their thousands waiting for such 
> > commonplace
> > > >>>>>> things as domicile and caste certificates. There are contractors 
> > waiting
> > > >>>> for
> > > >>>>>> permits to mine materials such as boulders and gravel. My 
> > > >>>>>> contractor
> > > >>>> friend
> > > >>>>>> tells me it takes 18 approvals to get one permit. Please try to 
> > > >>>>>> get 
> > just
> > > >>>> one
> > > >>>>>> of them without giving a bribe or using a big name. The same goes 
> > > >>>>>> for
> > > >>>> each
> > > >>>>>> certificate.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> I could take you to the secretariat of each of our 30-odd states. 
> > > >>>>>> Or 
> >to
> > > >>>>>> ministries in New Delhi where even bigger deals are made. The 
> > > >>>>>> story 
> > will
> > > >>>> be
> > > >>>>>> repeated on a progressively larger scale. Let us travel to any of 
> > > >>>>>> the
> > > >>>> RTO
> > > >>>>>> offices. I dare you to have a vehicle registered or transferred, 
> > > >>>>>> or 
> > just
> > > >>>> pay
> > > >>>>>> your tax without going through a tout or paying someone. Why, most 
> > > >>>>>> of 
> 
> > us
> > > >>>>>> have driving licences. I ask each one of you to keep your hand on 
> your
> > > >>>> heart
> > > >>>>>> and ask whether you got it by honestly appearing for a test or 
> > > >>>>>> gave a
> > > >>>> small
> > > >>>>>> fee to someone to get it for you.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> I also want you remember the last time you were booked for jumping 
> > > >>>>>> a
> > > >>>>>> traffic signal or wrongly parking your car. Did you quietly pay 
> > > >>>>>> your
> > > >>>> fine or
> > > >>>>>> tried to settle the matter with the cop for a lower amount? Please 
> get
> > > >>>> me a
> > > >>>>>> birth certificate from your local municipal office in a 
> >straightforward
> > > >>>>>> manner. I could say the same about courts but for the risk of being
> > > >>>> hauled
> > > >>>>>> up for contempt. I shall still suggest that you spend a day in the 
> > court
> > > >>>>>> complex of any district and check out the exemplary honesty and
> > > >>>> integrity
> > > >>>>>> with which everybody from peon to lawyers to judges work there. 
> > > >>>>>> Let 
> us
> > > >>>> then
> > > >>>>>> go to a PWD or an irrigation department office of your choice and 
> > > >>>>>> try 
> 
> > to
> > > >>>>>> find a road or a dam built with complete honesty. I could go on. 
> > > >>>>>> But 
> > you
> > > >>>> get
> > > >>>>>> the drift, right?
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Somebody has thrown a CAG report on my face. Poor CAG has been 
> writing
> > > >>>> such
> > > >>>>>> reports by the dozens about every department of every government at
> > > >>>> every
> > > >>>>>> level. I am yet to discover their utility other than providing
> > > >>>> particularly
> > > >>>>>> untalented reporters a means to live another day. The toilet paper 
> > > >>>>>> in 
> 
> > my
> > > >>>>>> bathroom finds better use than those reports. It is the same with 
> CVC.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> And, ah, the media… How can I forget my friends there? Please ask 
> them
> > > >>>>>> about the increasingly blurred line between advertising and 
> >commercials
> > > >>>> so
> > > >>>>>> that readers do not know what is paid for and what is not. What
> > > >>>> editorial
> > > >>>>>> integrity do we see when interviews and features on movies appear
> > > >>>> sweetly
> > > >>>>>> timed with their release? We had the scandal of paid political news
> > > >>>> during
> > > >>>>>> elections. I am yet to see an editor or an owner hauled over the 
> coals
> > > >>>> for
> > > >>>>>> that or being asked to demit office.
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> No, my compatriots, it is not corruption in CWG that bothers you. 
> > > >>>>>> If
> > > >>>> that
> > > >>>>>> were the case, you would have lynched every district collector and 
> > every
> > > >>>> RTO
> > > >>>>>> in the country by now. You have long made peace with corruption. 
> > > >>>>>> You
> > > >>>> have
> > > >>>>>> become part of it when you could. It is brazenness and scale of my
> > > >>>>>> corruption that concerns you. That is the novelty element. If my 
> > > >>>>>> team
> > > >>>> had
> > > >>>>>> kept itself limited to taking 10 or 20 per cent cut, you would be
> > > >>>> looking
> > > >>>>>> the other way. The media would find it boring to report that. What
> > > >>>> shocks
> > > >>>>>> you is that I paid Rs 9 lakh for hiring a treadmill that could be 
> > > >>>>>> had
> > > >>>> for Rs
> > > >>>>>> 45,000. If I had done the deal at Rs 50,000 you would be OK with 
> > > >>>>>> it. 
> > You
> > > >>>> do
> > > >>>>>> not mind people crossing the line. You mind them crossing it too 
> > openly.
> > > >>>> But
> > > >>>>>> you forget, friends, that once you allow crossing of lines you 
> > > >>>>>> cannot
> > > >>>> set
> > > >>>>>> the rules for it. Also, I have only raised the bar here. Citius, 
> > Altius,
> > > >>>>>> Fortius. Isn't that what having games is all about? Give me credit 
> for
> > > >>>> at
> > > >>>>>> least that (though I'd prefer cash!).
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> With all sincerity (or what is left of it amongst us),
> > > >>>>>> Suresh Kalmadi
> > > >>>>>> 
> > > >>>>>> Now, if only I could get Mr Kalmadi to sign it…
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