Congress speaker Abhishek Singhvi termed Slumdog Millionaire "a film of India, for India, by India" and talked about the "conducive atmosphere with emphasis on good governance contributing to an achieving India". And, while all countries and government try to shun the poor tag (except of course while asking for aid) Mr. Singhvi said such laurels had not gone to every other poor country. "Half the world is poor, there are countries poorer than India; but the film is a celebration of creativity," he said. Winners among the poor, yeah!!!
Well here is the promotional ad by Congress, there might have been some other releases but I could only find this..
I have no idea what they wanted to show but in my view it was a history lesson. Except Delhi Metro, and Chandrayaan no other recent achievement was shown. Otherwise there were only some happy people going about their work or attending Congress's functions. Just as a reminder the concept of a metro for Delhi was first formalized in the Delhi Master Plan of 1960, and the legal framework for the metro was laid out in the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act of 1978. Actual work towards building the metro, however, only started in March 5, 1995, when the DMRC was established.
And, the idea of undertaking an Indian scientific mission to Moon was initially mooted in a meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1999 that was followed up by discussions in the Astronautical Society of India in 2000, and publicly announced by former Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayeeon on Indian Independence Day, August 15, 2003.. I also happen to remember his speech "Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am pleased to announce that India will send her own space craft to the moon by 2008. It is being named Chandrayaan I"
Except these i only saw Nehru, Shastri, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. Manmohan Singh also made an appearance but no achievements were highlighted (or could be highlighted) during his appearance of under a second. Talk about a weak prime minister, Rubbish!! It was as if they just managed to sqeeze Mr. Singh in after someone reminded that they forgot to add the current prime minister.
While rummaging through youtube I found these videos
1. A satirical by some "zarahatke"
2. Paresh Rawal's comment on Jai Ho. These comments were later attributed to Mr. Modi as he used the same lines in many other election meetings.
3. And last but not the least BJP's bhay ho..
I hope these politicians stop these petty wars and concentrate more on topics that actually affect us.
