Exit-poll results Vs Results

As I write this blog, the Indian Parliament election result is being announced. The trend shows that the election pundits are once again proved to be inefficient in predicting the results. They predicted that JMM would be deciding the next government. For the uninitiated, JMM is Ms. Jayalalitha, Ms. Mamata and Ms. Mayavathi! The pundits predicted that NDA would form the next government with the support of JMM. They predicted UPA may get only as many if not less number of seats as NDA. The results speak a different story!

The media and the pundits used scientific methods and proper sampling for the survey. They partnered professional consumer survey companies to increase the accuracy of their predictions. In spite of such measures, they were caught unaware by the actual results. I wonder if their prediction mechanisms took voter's psych into consideration. It has been rumored that, this year more than any other years in the past, voters were paid to vote for a particular candidate. If that's true, what would the voters say when they were approached by the surveyors? Of course, they would say they voted for the party that paid them money even if they have voted for some other party. They have no reason to believe that the surveyor is actually from a post-poll surveying company and not someone from the party that paid them money. I don't know if the surveying companies considered this possibility!

If this reason is true or even partially true, then it can skew the results. If that's the case, can we then assume those parties that were predicted to win during the post-poll but lost when the actual results were announced, were actually that parties that paid the voters! Ineteresting!!

What do they mean by don't politicize?

I really dont understand! What do they mean by don't politicize the issue. I'm referring to the recent shoe throwing incident.

The leader who was assassinated was a politician. The person(s) who were accused of spearheading the massacre of a community are politicians. It is a political party that is accused of being insensitive. The shoe was thrown at a politician, that too, a minister. The person who threw the shoe was a political analyst!

I really dont understand! What do they mean by don't politicize the issue!

A skinny boy with a funny name who became the President

I heard a quote which was attributed to have been said by President Barack Obama himself, 'I was a skinny boy with a funny name. Only in America my dream could have come true'.

Well, at last his presidency has been inaugurated today. The whole world is going gaga over this. In India, we are rejoicing the historic moment and the media is praising how justice has prevailed. You see, in India we had got rid off caste; social inequalities have been leveled; and women's rightful place has been restored. The only issue that has been bothering us was the racial problems in America! The problem is solved now. The media can rest peacefully!

Operation Cyclone - Did the media spoil PAK support?

While Tamil Nadu was reeling under the pangs of cyclone Nisha and killing in hundreds, the west coast, Mumbai, tasted the stabs of terror, again.

Operation Cyclone stormed the terrorists and brought relief after 70 hours of courageous fight. While all of this was happening, it was sad to see the media go berserk. While they all had the same scenes to telecast, just for the sake differentiation, the dramas that they played was pathetic.

Starting from bothering the security personnel and the fire brigade for sensational news for their channels, they have gone to the extent of cursing the Pakistanis who appeared on their channels. Those Pakistanis, who in spite of their country's dismal record in freedom of speech, for the first time appeared to have shown real concern and sympathy to what's happening to India. And what did our media do? Crucify them, as if the were the sole representatives of Pakistan. What were they expecting? Beg for mercy and punishment? The media have gone to the extent of projecting the impending arrival of the ISI chief as a summon by the Indian government. Whats India, a super power to summon the neighbour's Intelligent chief? Now, that appears to be impossible and a chance of lost opportunity for the countries to work together against the cancer.

Lets understand that Pakistan is screwed beyond a easy recovery from the mistakes of its past leaders. If India wants a peaceful boarder, let us better help that country's young civilian govt to fight terrorism. We must strive to utilize every opportunity for the betterment of the situation.