Originally Written/Mailed on 2nd Jan. 2012
For quite sometime now "those Madrasis" have been fighting among themselves. They're making a big damn nuisance about some stupid old dam called Mulla-something or the other. What rot, I say! Stupid fellows, all.
I mean, what the hell is this all about? First there was that doddering old chap, what's his name, some Maharaja or other of whatchacallit, Travancore. He signed an agreement with those devious goras allowing the construction of that earthern dam or a gravity dam or some such stuff. This was the Mullaperiyar dam, located in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore but supposed to be built for the benefit of the farmers of the erstwhile Madras presidency.
What's with all this erstwhile firstwhile stuff anyway? Travancore's gone and become Kerala (did you say Karela? Naa, that's different) while Madras Presidency has become Tamil Nadu (Tamizhnadu - c'mon, I dare you to pronounce that tongue twister correctly. If you can do that Mullaiperiyar is all yours!!) while Madras, itself, no longer goes by that name and has become Chennaied....
Anyway, without going too deeply into the pros and cons of which set of Madrasis are more worng than the other (trust the Brits to make sure they leave a mess whenever - and wherever - the leave) will someone please stand up and tell me EXACTLY WHERE IS THE LOGIC in:
taking a stand in the courts that a dam built in 1860 or so is safe and will withstand an earthquake measuring 7 or so on the Richter scale, but
Opposing the construction of a brand new nuclear plant in Koodankulam because they fear that a Fukushima like incidence will cause radiation leakage
At the risk of repetition, those so very apt lines from "Ishquiya" - "Tumhara ishq, ishq; aur humara ishq, sex?"
So, an earthquake in Kerala that can cause the dam to burst - Naah, it won't. The Keralite fears are unfounded. But an earthquake in Koodankulam - Oh Gosh!!! How terrible?!!
Unless, of course, we believe that the Brits built dams to last while the modern constructions have the "Kalmadi-Raja effect"?
Duh! Am I missing something?
For quite sometime now "those Madrasis" have been fighting among themselves. They're making a big damn nuisance about some stupid old dam called Mulla-something or the other. What rot, I say! Stupid fellows, all.
I mean, what the hell is this all about? First there was that doddering old chap, what's his name, some Maharaja or other of whatchacallit, Travancore. He signed an agreement with those devious goras allowing the construction of that earthern dam or a gravity dam or some such stuff. This was the Mullaperiyar dam, located in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore but supposed to be built for the benefit of the farmers of the erstwhile Madras presidency.
What's with all this erstwhile firstwhile stuff anyway? Travancore's gone and become Kerala (did you say Karela? Naa, that's different) while Madras Presidency has become Tamil Nadu (Tamizhnadu - c'mon, I dare you to pronounce that tongue twister correctly. If you can do that Mullaiperiyar is all yours!!) while Madras, itself, no longer goes by that name and has become Chennaied....
Anyway, without going too deeply into the pros and cons of which set of Madrasis are more worng than the other (trust the Brits to make sure they leave a mess whenever - and wherever - the leave) will someone please stand up and tell me EXACTLY WHERE IS THE LOGIC in:
taking a stand in the courts that a dam built in 1860 or so is safe and will withstand an earthquake measuring 7 or so on the Richter scale, but
Opposing the construction of a brand new nuclear plant in Koodankulam because they fear that a Fukushima like incidence will cause radiation leakage
At the risk of repetition, those so very apt lines from "Ishquiya" - "Tumhara ishq, ishq; aur humara ishq, sex?"
So, an earthquake in Kerala that can cause the dam to burst - Naah, it won't. The Keralite fears are unfounded. But an earthquake in Koodankulam - Oh Gosh!!! How terrible?!!
Unless, of course, we believe that the Brits built dams to last while the modern constructions have the "Kalmadi-Raja effect"?
Duh! Am I missing something?
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