irony

Two instances of news caught my attention.

The first being that we have been granted access by the NSG(Nuclear Material Supply Group) to fissile material. This material would be used to meet civilian energy needs vide nuclear power generation.

The irony is the the NSG was formed in 1974, when India detonated a nuclear device sounding off to the world that India is nuclear capable. To join the NSG you ought to be a signatory of the CTBT(comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) and NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)

India is not a signatory to either treaties but has been granted access to Nuclear Fissile Material.

The irony is that the NSG, the clique formed to keep India at bay in 1974, is the very same clique we have been granted entry to.

The second instance of news is the Tata NANO project; work at the site has been stalled by the opposing party (TC - Tinamool Congress) of the state (West Bengal) on the pretext that the ruling party in the state (CPI-Communist party of India) had granted about 800 acres of land owned by farmers to the Tata to put up the NANO project much against farmer's wishes and rights.

The communist party (CPI) is known to have shut down a lot of private enterprises in that state with their strikes in private enterprises. The very same CPI had a change of heart and had invited private enterprises back into the state.

The irony here is a communist state government had invited a private capitalist company for investments in the state, but the private company (TATA) shelved their project in the state by the opposing party on account of strikes and blockades, methods used by the opposing party that were once used by the communists party of India driving away private enterprises from the state.

I guess politics is all about conveniences at the whim and whit of politicians.