Noggyisms

The Janlokpal Bill is the one that is being debated. It envisages a body (called the Lokpal) which would try and judge cases related to corruption et al. My issues with this are: 1. We have a judicial system in place, bringing that under the Lokpal ambit would make the Lokpal too powerful without checks. There is no guarantee that the Lokpal will be above corruption, is there? If the judicial system is not under the ambit of Lokpal, then we are lengthening the already long judicial process. Any pronouncements by the Lokpal would be challenged in the courts. This would be just a waste of money in setting up and continuing with a Lokpal body. 2. In any democracy, the investigative body and the judicial body have to be separate. As an example, I mean, the police can investigate but not pronounce judgement. The Lokpal does not have this important seclusion of the two. So they would be the people investigating and the same ones passing judgement even though fundamentally they would be d...

Of all the dealers I went to, Bimal was offering me the best deal in terms of freebies (sunfilm, teflon coating, underbody coating and a 10% discount on seat covers). I also liked dealing with the salesman even though his every second word was "Sir". I really wanted to tell him the Queen had not knighted me busy as she was with the grandson's wedding. But I held my tongue! The booking amount paid, now the only thing to do was wait. I was told that June 1st week would be when I would be getting the car and I was by now almost salivating at the thought of driving an Sx4. There is something that I had left out when I was choosing the car - ever since the SX4 was unveiled in India, I wanted one. There was no analytical spreadsheet behind it, there was no logical reasoning behind it. It just had to be something that I would drive one day. I guess, that did bias my choice in vehicles to a great extent. Anyway as the calendar inched closer to turn of the month, my good, sm...