When Dinosaurs Fought, the Grass suffered the most

I want to visit Kerala during the Indian Elections, however according to Indian Government I will have to arrange for 4 NSG commandoes myself because the police cannot protect me during Indian elections – since the whole security apparatus in the country is busy in protecting its “most coveted” assets – The Great Indian Politician.

Also – tourists beware. All embassies of the world – Please issue a travel notification to your respective citizens travelling to India during April/May 2009 – "Travel with your own bodyguards. If you have a pet dog, then bring your dog along with you who can help being more loyal to you than anyone else"

Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2009 will now be staged outside India. Why? - Because Indian Government chose to protect its campaigning politicians over the cricket. And how? – By saying that all this is for the protection of their voters. And you expect the people to believe this?

So this is a signal for all Indians to not venture into anything else during the elections. Just sit back and plan the safest possible route, on how you can make your way to the polling booth so that you can cast your vote and then come back home safely.

Now for the real reasons…..

If IPL is ON in its present schedule – then government fears lack of attendance at the campaign rallies, the media will cover more of cricket than the political action. It will be more of cricketer’s faces on TV, newspapers than the politicians. And it could be the worst that the politicians would have asked for at the time of elections.

However in the fight between IPL and Government – it’s the cricket loving nation that will now suffer and miss the action. People of India eat/drink and enjoy cricket.

As someone has said before, When Dinosaurs Fought – the Grass suffered the most.