It is a week of celebrations on the one hand. The Madras High Court completed 150 years yesterday and with the president and law minister and justices of the supreme and high courts coming in it was no small fete, as the size of the invitation card would have you believe...
Today ISRO is going to have its 100th launch... after the recent furor over the Antrix deal and so on this is a welcome celebration for them. Apparently the chairman of ISRO went to tirupati and placed the model of the vehicle that is going to be launched at the feet of the deity for good luck. Anyway, it is clear that the ISRO is very nervous about the launch and wants it to go off successfully... There aren't even any telecasts of the launch from any of the hundreds of TV stations...
But at Idinthakarai it is a totally different story. the people of the village plan to lay siege to the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant and stop the fuel reloading that is planning to take place there today. Police have warned that they will even resort to force to get the thing done...
Shall I fly to Tirupati to pray that all will be well?
But the Lord there is over busy... individual pilgrims get no chance to even get a glimpse of the deity leave alone stand and pray extensively. The occasional ISRO chairman is who will get some time at the sanctum...
Will He have time to turn and glance at the protestors and avert any disaster from taking place?
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