Diwali greetings to all.

Diwali greetings to all. We hope and pray that peace and prosperity will finally come to India after 400 years of Mogul barbarism, 200 years of British brutality and 66 years of the most corrupt feudal exploitation of the people by political gangs led by mafia style families. Of course, any change has to come through the ballot box. Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will hold assembly elections in stages till mid December, followed by the general elections in May 2014. The BJP was hoping to capture Delhi and Rajasthan from the Congress while keeping the other 2 in its control. While Rajasthan could indeed fall to the BJP in Delhi the outcome has been made very interesting by the new Aam Aadmi Party. Born just 11 months back AAP, as it is known, seems to have tapped into a deep well of anger at massive corruption, rising prices and a clueless police force unable to stop horrendous crimes against women. If elected the AAP promises an end to corruption, complete transparency in its functioning and an end to pretentious security, such as gun toting bodyguards and cars with flashing lights. In such a short period of time it has gained enormous support, especially among the poor, the traditional ' vote bank ' of the Congress. In an in-your-face insult to old parties the AAP has chosen a broom as its election symbol, promising to sweep away all the garbage. Every auto rickshaw in Delhi displayed the broom with the slogan " Now the broom will go to work " but the Congress government forced them to stop. Now the Congress has written to the Election Commission asking it to ban all opinion polls. Its legal department Secretary, KC Mittal thinks that such surveys " lack credibility " and can be " manipulated and manoeuvred " by " vested interests ". Being of the Congress Mr Mittal is naturally unaware of something as basic as Freedom of Speech. He also seems to be unaware of the Congress using the CBI to harass opponents with false charges while deliberately fluffing cases against supporters and friendly newspapers publishing blatant lies disguised as news. Probably only two politicians in India have not accumulated any personal wealth and they are Ms Mamata Banerjee and Mr Narendra Modi. They are considered dangerous and are hated by the Congress. It is going to be extremely interesting. Let us hope India can smile again.