Allahabadi Worldview

                                         Ritwik, a 5 year old kid who lives next to my house, is selected to take part in the PT Team on the occasion of Independence Day. As a 5 year old kid he hardly knows meaning of Independence but his excitement rests with wearing bright white dress and lure of getting customary Laddoos. Probably this is the first occasion for him to see a Tri-colour unfurling with chant of Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Hind . As per PT dress code, he is given an Orange and a Green ribbon to be tied on the hands. Hardly has he known anything about the symbolism behind this but yes as a kid he is happy to have coloured bands in hand. I was watching him practising his PT drill from my balcony and his beaming face made me to think about what exactly he is going to learn tomorrow, when he grows up. After few years, when he will read about the theoretical representation of colours 1 , which were taught to us as well, whether he will understand the true meaning o

I am sad to see the line of action Modi's NDA govt is falling in.. Why your party is more concerned towards BEEF & EGG when there are lakhs starving...? Why your ministers are more concerned to up the tax bars when the tax paying middle class is suffering..? Why your members are barking free , e.g., Sakshi , Sadvi etc? Why there is no noose on black money and departmental corruptions? Why shying away from visiting Indian villages with absolutely no infrastructure and basic amenities? Remember, just 365 days ago, when Adani's wealth was $1.9 billion ( today it is $6 billion ) , when Advani-Joshi-Shourie were BJP leaders ( sidelined today) , when BJP was party of the workers ( not the Boardroom jokers) , when you had not made 19 foreign visits, . . . You were a HOPE .... You were the FUTURE .... You were the only OPTION ..... I don't want to loose the hope unless I have an option ! You cant take away my optimism with your naïve pol

SpectoonS I ntroduction While doing engineering, I started suffering from a disease called Impatience. Which means I hated prolonged classes of Machine Design. As it is said, necessity is mother of all inventions. Same way, alongside topography I started using cartooning of machine parts. Though this habit landed me trouble with a Back in machine design. But, this made me to take cartoons seriously, In particular, political cartoons.  Yes, this sleeping lazy is me.... I have compiled 25 best cartoons that I like from year 2013. Hope you all will like it and appreciate spectoons. www.facebook.com/spectoons Twitter : @spectoons ***************************************************************************************************************************** I. Mood of the Year 2013 India Against Corruption was the the buzz word around the country which brought entire Indian youth at one stage. IAC showed us the power of common man, power of democra