I read a news item that the Jaya government in TN is contemplating to convert the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai inagurated by the DMK government towards the fag end of their regime in to a super speciality paediatric hospital and shift the library to the proposed knowledge park in the DPI complex.Any dispassionate person, would disapprove it.I also felt that way . I wondered if the Jaya government is yet again taking a wrong move out of political vengeance,because it was a dream project of former CM Karunanidhi.It is true Karunanidhi has a penchant for creating monumental buildings like this in his regime.It has to be admitted that the library was planned meticulously to be a world class one ,and is the biggest library in Asia.The library was constructed at a cost of 172 crores.Now to convert the library to an hospital and to build another library of this nature ,with all the facilities available at ACL would cost the state exchequer almost double the amount .Is it being done to please some one's whims ? Should Jaya ,supposedly a good administrator, behave the Mayawati way and squander government funds?.If she persists with the move ,I fear she would earn the displeasure of the apolitical common man.More over on the face of it, it appears as an unwarranted and politically motivated move,because it has already become a landmark building in the city.Above all the library is fully functional and is used by a host of people belonging to the cross section of the society like,scholars,students,writers and researchers.This move of the government would surely make it unpopular among the public.Already many sections including students and eminent writers have come out in the open against this decision of the government.A super specialty hospital for children is welcomed by all.But why should it be housed in a functional library with world class infrastructure facilities ? I am at a loss to understand why is the government so partiular to house the proposed hospital in the ACL library building ? Does it not smack political vendetta ?Karunanidhi stoically said that 'I would leave it to the wise Tamil people to react '.
It is nothing but one-upmanship by politicians over their rivals whenever they come to power.Unfortunately this is done at the expense of public money to satisfy their whims and to settle scores .During her previous regime Jaya wanted to build a new Assembly complex in the beach road ,where the Queen Mary's college is functioning.Then DMK was in the central ministry,the environmental clearance was not given by T.R.Balu ,who was a central minister then .When the DMK government constructed the new Assembly building, Jaya opposed it and in one of her election speeches said if she is returned to power she would shift assembly back to the 17th century St.George fort .Karunanidhi then made the heritage Assembly chamber, a reference library for Central Institute of Classical Tamil.The moment Jaya came to power the library with collection of 37,000 titles and 3,000 compact discs containing 41 classical works was shunted out and the Assembly was reverted back to its old place.She also said the new Assembly complex would be converted in to a Multi speciality hospital in the lines of Delhi's AIIMS.
It is high time our politicians mull over their politics of vendetta and realise that one can never get ahead of a person by trying to get even with him. When in opposition they are evaluators ,but when they sit in judgement they fail to distinguish the thin line between justice and vengeance.when justice leaves ,vengeance begins.Mulayam singh says when he returns to power he would raze down with bulldozers all monuments built by Mayawathi. What else is this other than vengeance ?They forget what Gandhiji said "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind ".They should realize revenge is a sword that wounds the one who wields it.Team Anna members are being subjected to vindictive politics and each member of the team is targetted.The Bhushans,Kiran Bedi and Kejriwal are not spared. Ramdev is accused of FEMA Violations . My surmise is why all this is being done after they voiced against the government ?Does it not smack vindictive politics ?I would like to remind them about what Churchill said about vengeance "Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance”.This is an appeal to our politicians , please introspect before you indulge in political vendetta. If you are still not convinced ,before you set out for revenge, be sure to dig two graves.
It is high time our politicians mull over their politics of vendetta and realise that one can never get ahead of a person by trying to get even with him. When in opposition they are evaluators ,but when they sit in judgement they fail to distinguish the thin line between justice and vengeance.when justice leaves ,vengeance begins.Mulayam singh says when he returns to power he would raze down with bulldozers all monuments built by Mayawathi. What else is this other than vengeance ?They forget what Gandhiji said "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind ".They should realize revenge is a sword that wounds the one who wields it.Team Anna members are being subjected to vindictive politics and each member of the team is targetted.The Bhushans,Kiran Bedi and Kejriwal are not spared. Ramdev is accused of FEMA Violations . My surmise is why all this is being done after they voiced against the government ?Does it not smack vindictive politics ?I would like to remind them about what Churchill said about vengeance "Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance”.This is an appeal to our politicians , please introspect before you indulge in political vendetta. If you are still not convinced ,before you set out for revenge, be sure to dig two graves.
