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C O V E R S T O Vol 20 I No 1 Jan 2012 l Rs 20 www.opinionexpress.in A MONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE COVER STORY ANNA FACTOR CORRUPTION IS EATING INTO THE COUNTRY... AND HERE SILENCE IS AS BAD AS COMPLICITY RNI UP-ENG70032/92, Vol 20, No 1 Time to introspect EDITOR PRASHANT TEWARI ASSOSIATE EDITOR Dr RAHUL MISRA about corruption POLITICAL EDITOR PRAKHAR MISRA orruption is a global phenomenon hence we BUREAU CHIEF cannot be critical about ourselves regarding GOPAL CHOPRA (DELHI),VEELAAS KEN- practicing corrupt practices yet India is suf- JALE (MUMBAI), SOUMEN ACHARYA fering because the corruption is affecting low- (KOLKATA), DIVYASH BAJPAI (USA), KAPIL C DUDAKIA (U.K.) RAJIV AGNIHOTRI est strata of our country badly. We must support per- (MAURITIUS), ROMIL RAJ (DUBAI), HERMAN son of conviction like Subramanium Swamy who has SILOCHAN (CANADA),YASHWANT AMIN single handily fought the most complicated 2G scam [AUS/NZ] of the present time. Fortunately, we have a large CONTENT PARTNER number of honest people living in India but with no Pratham Pravakta unity unlike dishonest people who tends to form a LEGAL ADVISOR close syndicate to protect respective interest. Raja & Radia duo investigation is ASHOKA KUMAR THAKUR,GAURAV likely to lead to many more surprises if the investigation is done honestly wherein BHATIA the trail of money split can led to many Cabinet ministers, bureaucrats, media per- MARKETING DIRECTOR sons. All the progress in the CWG, 2G scam, Food scam is having to common indi- DIWAKAR SHETTY cator that our honest Prime Minster is gradually loosing authority over governance ADMINITRATION DIRECTOR BAL MUKUND GAUR leading to formation of lobbyist both within and outside government that takes and CORPORATE COMMUNICATION influence crucial decisions for the government. Unfortunately it is proving a simple QUEENIE SINGH point that Dr Manmoham Singh honeymoon of UPA1 is over, secondly it reflects Sonia GRAPHICS & DESIGN Gandhi authority is diminishing fast within the party ( ref GREY CELLS Jaganmohan Reddy challenge, Digvijay Singh's conduct ) Politicians with ONLINE PRESENTATION and outside the party in the UPA II alliance ( conduct of access to unac- AMIT SONI DMK, NCP and TMC ). The cross connection of Raja & counted huge PHOTOGRAPHER Radia duo in the opposition parties and media and judicial K P SINGH domain in India do establish a point that money can influ- cash generated OVERSEAS MARKETING OEMCL(Mauritius), OEHCL (DUBAI) ence high and mighty with ease. The non ethical practices out of system have adopted by certain powerful families by forming political established ADVERTISEMENT / PR / CIRCULATION party to give official colour to the fudual proxy power is a tremendous VINAY GOYAL blot to the largest democracy in India. DHRUV JANAK & CO. R -51 BASEMENT, The politicians with access over huge unaccounted cash stronghold over RAMESH PARK,LAXMI NAGAR,DELHI-92 generated out of corrupt system have established tremen- bureaucracy, TELE: +919871232631FAX: 011-22056817 dous stronghold over bureaucracy, Judiciary and media - Judiciary and And the fallout is natural. The people with power are now in VIJAY KALANTRI - ADVISOR aposition to flex muscles blatantly without fearing of the media — the fall- NEW EXCELSIOR BUILDING, 6TH FLOOR, A.K. consequences. Ambanis, Vijay Mallya, Satyam Raju are the out is natural. NAYAK MARG, FORT, MUMBAI - 400 001 (INDIA). icon for new emerging India , uncensored ridiculous films PHONE : 91 - 22 - 2201 9265 / 2201 9160 and television shows are high on demand that is breeding moral corruption in our so- FAX : 91-22- 2201 9764 / 2201 9760 ciety, convicted stars like Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan are having the biggest fol- lowing amongst youth of the country and off course lobbyist Radia and cabinet min- ister A Raja are running our government, Suresh Kalamadi and Lalit Bhanot are as- The magazine is published and printed by Rajiv Agnihotri for Opinion Express signed by us to run the sporting arena of the country, surely even a man with limit- Communications & Entertainments Pvt Ltd, ed common sense can predict the fallout for the nation. It is a must for people of from 2 Ashok Nagar, Lucknow And printed India to think again, because people of the country have the ultimate power to elect at Kumpu Graphic Press. government. The democracy has matured a lot in India but the crucial question is that whether our citizens at large have understood the value of honest competent EDITORIAL & CORPORATE OFFICE governance. For me, we lack political options hence people are running out of op- OPINION EXPRESS HOUSE 24 - A Clyde Road, Lucknow-226001 (India) tion to identify a right cord. Ph: 91-522-4045728/4060880 Congress Party is grasping to breath, opposition parties are focused on immedi- Fax: 91-522-2208242 ate gains ignoring the long term national interest. Why BJP and left has deliberately 24x7 mobility +91 9984437000x Email: [email protected] ignored to raise CWG and Food grain scams earlier? 2G scam is focused on DMK and putting pressure on Congress party to take action that shall lead to DMK exit hence fall of government is their primary motive, but the corruption must be raised All content published may be subject to without party affiliation to punish the guilty. Supreme Court intervention in the 2G copyright, seek written permission to re-pro- duce. Opinion Express is trade mark brand of scam to monitor the investigation is a welcome step and country must seek an ex- Opinion Express Communications & planation from the ruling elites to come out clean or perish. Entertainment Private Limited. — Prashant Tewari JANUARY 2012 COVER STORY TIME TO SPEAK OUT P6-22 IN NEWS THE CENTURIAN P5 DIPLOMACY THE DRAGON AND ELEPHANT STORY P36 P23 FASHION STARRY DREAMS Development: Japan to make India Nan wonder: Tata’s Nano, the car that P28green; 24 cities planned P42few want to buy Tieup: Sarkozy bats for India’s civil Trophy talk: Asian American cultures & P33nuclear programme, UNSC seat P46hall of fame awards for 2010 Rev it up: 2011 BMW 5 Series is a Postscript: ‘Health summit’ raises P38smooth operator P50 awareness of diseases IN NEWS THE CENTURIAN ents was evident even before, brought to Tendulkar had recently acknowledged bear during the ICC Cricket World Cup his father’s value system when he turned 1999 when he lost his father but fought down a liquor endorsement that would back the tragedy to play for India. Once have catapulted him in terms of money for more Tendulkar pays ode to his father sports endorsements. through his bat. Agencies THE COMPLETE LIST OF SACHIN’S TONS 1 119 England Manchester Old Trafford 14 August 1990 2 148 Australia SCG, Sydney 6 Jan 1992 3 114 Australia WACA,Perth 3 Feb 1992 4 111 South Africa Wanderers, Johannesburg 28 Nov 1992 5 165 England MA Chidambaram Stadium , Chennai 12 Feb1993 6 104 Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 31 July 1993 7 142 Sri Lanka KD Singh Babu Stadium , Lucknow 19 Jan1994 8 179 West Indies VCA ,Nagpur 2 Dec 1994 9 122 England Edgbaston, Birmingham 8 June 1996 10 177 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham 5 Jul 1996 11 169 South Africa Newlands, Cape Town 4 Jan 1997 12 143 Sri Lanka Premadasa, Colombo 3 Aug 1997 13 139 Sri Lanka SSC, Colombo 11 Aug 1997 14 148 Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 4 Dec1997 15 155 Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 9 Mar 1998 16 177 Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium,Banglore 26 Mar 1998 17 113 New Zeeland Basin Reserve, Wellington 29 Dec1998 18 136 Pakistan MA Chidambaram Stadium(2), Chennai 31 Jan 1999 19 124 Sri Lanka SSC Colombo 28 Feb1999 20 126 New Zeeland PCA, Mohali 13 Oct 1999 21 217 New Zeeland Motera, Ahmedabad 30 Oct 1999 22 116 Australia MCG, Melbourne 28 Dec 1999 23 122 Zimbabwe Feroze Shah Kotla, New Delhi 21 Nov 2000 24 201 Zimbabwe VCA, Nagpur 26 Nov 2000 25 126 Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium , Chennai 20 Mar 2001 ven as Sachin Tendulkar reached 26 155 South Africa Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein 3 Nov 2001 one of the most significant mile- 27 103 England Motera, Ahmedabad 13 Dec 2001 Estones of his career, he did not fail 28 176 Zimbabwe VCA Nagpur 24 Feb 2002 to acknowledge the efforts of the man 29 117 West Indies Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain 20 April2002 who helped him there. 30 193 England Headingley, Leeds 23 Aug 2002 Sachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth Test 31 176 West Indies Eden Gardens,Kolkata 3 Nov 2002 century in trying circumstances in the first 32 241 Australia SCG Sydney 4 Jan2004 Test of the India South Africa series at the 33 194 Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 29 Mar 2004 Super sport Park in Centurion. While the 34 248 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 12 Dec 2004 match situation demanded that he keep 35 109 Sri Lanka Feroze Shah Kotla New Delhi 22 Dec 2005 his composure, the thoughts of his late fa- 36 101 Bangladesh Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong 19 may 2007 ther were not far from his mind. 37 122 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Mirpur 26 May 2007 Tendulkar later acknowledged that he 38 154 Australia SCG , Sydney 4 Jan 2008 wanted to dedicate his 50th Test century 39 153 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 25 Jan2008 to his father because in his own words, 40 109 Australia VCA Nagpur 6 Nov 2008 It was his birthday yesterday and he 41 103 England MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 15 Dec 2008 would have been 82. I wanted to do it for 42 160 New Zeeland Seddon Park, Hamilton 20Mar2009 him. 43 100 Sri Lanka Motera, Ahmedabad 20 Nov 2009 Those who had been anxiously or ea- 44 105 Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Choudhury Stadium Chittagong 18 Jan 2010 gerly awaited the big milestone moment 45 143 Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 25 Jan 2010 for the maestro, even he could not have 46 100 South Africa VCA Nagpur 9 Feb 2010 timed it better in keeping with the senti- 47 106 South Africa Eden Gardens, Kolkata 15 Feb 2010 ment of the moment.
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