Gujrat CM Mr. Narendra Modi is 1st time in court of law for Gujrat riots, 8 years after they happened.
It can be an easy debate topic at any news talk show but what we see in news is the average time taken by Modi to answer his question is around 6 min.
1st its our worthy politicians who make joke of our jurisdiction and they are well helped by people in media. Truly none of them knows the pain of loss those victims has faced.
Riots in itself are slap on our law, order and society. And when such shameful act has a political interest, it can only be termed as one of the most shameful and sinful act mankind can think. To get one of the main accused for questioning has taken 8 long years, 8 long years of wait of those 100's of victims who lost everything they had from their loved ones to their self respect. Though it is not surprising that even this case is taking all the ages to come to conclusion, as list of such cases seems non ending from 1993 bomb blasts, Babri Masjid, Mumbai train blasts to 26/11, its just non ending. All these cases wait for their destiny. And it seems that the wait is still a long one.
Why our jurisdiction not taking the responsibility to answer all those millions of Indians who want to see the culprits punished. Why and for what we are still waiting. If someone in us is culprit then why cant our court give a quicker decision or if it is an outsider then what is our government waiting for? Why cant they decide of what India has to do with its enemy. And if it can not take such decision then the government should tell us that if we want some justices then whom should we go to?
I guess that's what every Indian should ask our government before casting our vote. Actually this is the main reason that we are still called a developing nation and not developed because our very own countrymen are against its growth.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Woman's bill passed
9th March 2010 will be noted in the constitution of India and will be studied and remembered for time to come.
Woman's bill or Woman's reservation bill is passed by Rajya Sabha, a day after the entire world celebrated woman's day.
On this day I am a little confused, for I don't know whether to congratulate different political parties for achieving they promised to do long ago. Or to feel sorry for our country's woman who has to get a bill passed to get for there rights.
I am not able to digest the shame it brings in for our women who has to get reservation bill to get their own right. Its a slap on every woman's face and what surprises me most is that the most happy people after getting the bill passed were women and those who were against it was all men.
Well its political everywhere, you have a reservation or you don't, politics will be played in the name of events which can create issues, get votes and yes slows India's growth.
Woman's bill or Woman's reservation bill is passed by Rajya Sabha, a day after the entire world celebrated woman's day.
On this day I am a little confused, for I don't know whether to congratulate different political parties for achieving they promised to do long ago. Or to feel sorry for our country's woman who has to get a bill passed to get for there rights.
I am not able to digest the shame it brings in for our women who has to get reservation bill to get their own right. Its a slap on every woman's face and what surprises me most is that the most happy people after getting the bill passed were women and those who were against it was all men.
Well its political everywhere, you have a reservation or you don't, politics will be played in the name of events which can create issues, get votes and yes slows India's growth.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Ten Things I hate in India
Having completed 28 years in this country, I realise how much I love this incredible India, the following irritants notwithstanding:
1. Statues
Though it is difficult to decide an order in the list of irritants, if I had to list the first one, I would say, statues exasperate me most.
Today in India, what we witness is a statue-mania.
Parties, politicians and other self-styled leaders, all want to erect a statue of their own 'leader' (I will not speak of those who erect statues of themselves, the Supreme Court can deal with them).
Once a statue is erected, the departed (or living) statuefied leader has to be garlanded periodically; for the rest of the time, the statue is forgotten, except if, for any reason, the statue needs to be removed. Then you are sure to get a riot the next day. The 'erecter' group is always ready to give his/her life for his/her 'leader'. As a result, the number of statues will only increase in the already congested streets of India.
Another problem with the statues is that they are usually ugly. When you look at ancient statues of Buddha of the Gupta or Gandhara periods, or certain Greek statues or some of Michelangelo's works, you usually experience a deep aesthetic emotion. It is not the case with the present-day statues of political leaders.
A sage who was 'deified' by his disciples told them: 'Why do you like so much to deify me, why don't you emulate me instead'. He added that 'changing your nature is more important than worshipping me'.
But true, it is easier to garland a statue than to change oneself and become a better human being.
2. Lal battis
I deeply dislike the red light gyrating on the top of the cars of 'important' officials. Why is it so important to show that one is 'important'?
India must be the one country in the world with the highest percentage of 'important' people. I personally believe that someone's 'importance' should be calculated by the service that this individual offers to the country and to society, not by the lal batti (or the siren) on her/his vehicle.
Like in many domains, these things have a tendency to become worse. At the time of Independence, the bureaucracy used to be called the Indian Civil Service. Though Jawaharlal Nehru [ Images ] in his book Discovery of India said that the service was 'neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service', at least it carried the word 'civil'. Then it became the Indian Administrative Service, an institution whose job was only to serve the administration and the government. The 'civil servants' became 'government servants'. It may seem a mere detail, but it is truly symptomatic of what has happened during the past 60 years.
For someone educated in the spirit of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, it is difficult to accept the gap (symbolised by the lal batti) between the rulers (mostly politicians or bureaucrats) and the ruled (alias the 'common man').
3. Plastic bags
I really hate plastic bags and garbage littering the streets of India. One still remembers that a few years ago during an official visit, the British queen [ Images ] remarked that India was very dirty compared to Pakistan.
Since then, things have worsened terribly. One can't blame the government for everything, though if a strict discipline with heavy fines were imposed on the public, in a short span of time, India could certainly look like a Scandinavian country. The local authorities should start installing dustbins and garbage cans in all public places and organise a speedy collection of their content.
Recently after the Pongal festival, more than 100 tonnes of garbage were left on the sands of the beaches of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Hindu reported: 'People continued their celebrations till midnight and continued to throw plastic bottles, spoons and polythene bags'. Ironically, the reporter says: 'Most people seemed to have forgotten the ban on plastics on Marina and more than three tonnes of plastic waste was collected'.
Should this not be entered in the Guinness Book of Records?
4. Environment
It irritates me when I see so little concern for the environment in India. Let us take the rivers. Last week, a group of US green activists went to Agra [ Images ] to inspect the Yamuna behind the Taj Mahal [ Images ]; most belonged to the river cleaning foundations in the US. One of them, Ginny Harris of the Alice Ferguson Foundation involved in the preservation of the Potomac river exclaimed: 'Oh my god, you call this a river!' A number of NGOs and local activists were present. Who uses India's holy rivers as sewage outlets?
The government does not really care to find out who is using the rivers as sewage (though the present environment minister seems a bit different from his predecessors).
The soil of India is supposed to be sacred. Early January, scientists attached to the Punjab [ Images ] Agriculture University identified the reason behind the rapid spread of cancer in Punjab. Their verdict is clear: arsenic in the water is the main cause for abnormal cell growth in the human body.
The university analysed 168 ground water samples over a period of 36 months. The sampling originating from different parts of North India contained an unacceptably high quantity of arsenic.
For years, the government spoke of its Green Revolution as a miracle India should be proud of, but this type of miracle unfortunately has serious collaterals.
What saddens me more is that India has decided to align itself with the worse State on the planet in this field: China.
Why can't India discover a Middle Path between development and environment conservation? India ranks 123rd in the last Environmental Performance Index just published by a team of experts at Yale University and Columbia University; India is not shining in this domain.
5. Lavish marriages
I have nothing again marriages, having successfully gone through one myself (with an Indian), but it hurts my sentiments to see so much money and energy wasted for a ceremony which should be 'sacred'. Further, the 'outcome' of the marriage is not always proportionate with the money invested.
What shocks me is the lavishness, verging on indecency of some Indian weddings, usually in the large metros. I don't appreciate the ostentatious side of these ceremonies which is often more a showing of wealth (often borrowed), than the celebration of the union between two individuals.
Though considered a 'seasonal' industry, the Indian wedding industry has an estimated turnover of over Rs 150,000 crores; and it is growing by the year. One could argue that it creates employment, but too many people are indebted the day after; this is not healthy.
6. Reservations
Reservations were introduced in the Constitution as a temporary measure at the time of Independence to remove disparities between different 'weaker' sections of the population. It was a genuine problem, with no easy solution. Over the years, it has been politicised (especially during and after V P Singh's [ Images ] rule) and it has now become a tool for political parties to gain power.
Why should a Dalit or OBC crorepati get more support from the government in terms of quota in a university or financial incentives than a poor Brahmin? It is just unfair.
While more attention should be paid to the poorest communities in India, the only criteria to receive financial support should be strictly economic.
For this, I admire the Indian Army [ Images ] which has managed for the past six decades to remain free from the poison of 'caste' quota.
7. Nouveau riche
The nouveau riche tribe is a despicable species whether in India or elsewhere on the planet. They behave particularly badly in this country. They speak loudly and they like to show-off their newly-acquired wealth.
One understands that they had no time to invest to educate themselves, being too busy making money, but life, whether of an individual or a nation should be balanced. Culture is an essential part of any human being.
8. National Security
The concept of National Security is constantly misused by government babus to avoid transparency. Though the situation in India is far better than in China where you can be sent to concentration camps (known as laogais) for any real or fictitious breach of 'national security,' Indian bureaucrats however take refuge behind the veil of this undefined concept to escape scrutiny.
To take an example, under the RTI Act, section 8A allows exemption of information, disclosure of 'which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence.'
Tons of important documents, having nothing to do with 'national security' are withheld under this pretext. Courts will one day have to define the concept more precisely.
9. Chaotic traffic
I had listed 'traffic' in my earlier article, but things have got much worse. I wish India would learn from China how to develop proper infrastructure (without, of course, having to import the workforce from the Middle Kingdom).
The ideal State would probably be the Middle Path between Switzerland [ Images ], boringly over disciplined and chaotic free-for-all India.
10. Bt Brinjal
But again India is incredible and lovable, despite these small hitches.
1. Statues
Though it is difficult to decide an order in the list of irritants, if I had to list the first one, I would say, statues exasperate me most.
Today in India, what we witness is a statue-mania.
Parties, politicians and other self-styled leaders, all want to erect a statue of their own 'leader' (I will not speak of those who erect statues of themselves, the Supreme Court can deal with them).
Once a statue is erected, the departed (or living) statuefied leader has to be garlanded periodically; for the rest of the time, the statue is forgotten, except if, for any reason, the statue needs to be removed. Then you are sure to get a riot the next day. The 'erecter' group is always ready to give his/her life for his/her 'leader'. As a result, the number of statues will only increase in the already congested streets of India.
Another problem with the statues is that they are usually ugly. When you look at ancient statues of Buddha of the Gupta or Gandhara periods, or certain Greek statues or some of Michelangelo's works, you usually experience a deep aesthetic emotion. It is not the case with the present-day statues of political leaders.
A sage who was 'deified' by his disciples told them: 'Why do you like so much to deify me, why don't you emulate me instead'. He added that 'changing your nature is more important than worshipping me'.
But true, it is easier to garland a statue than to change oneself and become a better human being.
2. Lal battis
I deeply dislike the red light gyrating on the top of the cars of 'important' officials. Why is it so important to show that one is 'important'?
India must be the one country in the world with the highest percentage of 'important' people. I personally believe that someone's 'importance' should be calculated by the service that this individual offers to the country and to society, not by the lal batti (or the siren) on her/his vehicle.
Like in many domains, these things have a tendency to become worse. At the time of Independence, the bureaucracy used to be called the Indian Civil Service. Though Jawaharlal Nehru [ Images ] in his book Discovery of India said that the service was 'neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service', at least it carried the word 'civil'. Then it became the Indian Administrative Service, an institution whose job was only to serve the administration and the government. The 'civil servants' became 'government servants'. It may seem a mere detail, but it is truly symptomatic of what has happened during the past 60 years.
For someone educated in the spirit of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, it is difficult to accept the gap (symbolised by the lal batti) between the rulers (mostly politicians or bureaucrats) and the ruled (alias the 'common man').
3. Plastic bags
I really hate plastic bags and garbage littering the streets of India. One still remembers that a few years ago during an official visit, the British queen [ Images ] remarked that India was very dirty compared to Pakistan.
Since then, things have worsened terribly. One can't blame the government for everything, though if a strict discipline with heavy fines were imposed on the public, in a short span of time, India could certainly look like a Scandinavian country. The local authorities should start installing dustbins and garbage cans in all public places and organise a speedy collection of their content.
Recently after the Pongal festival, more than 100 tonnes of garbage were left on the sands of the beaches of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Hindu reported: 'People continued their celebrations till midnight and continued to throw plastic bottles, spoons and polythene bags'. Ironically, the reporter says: 'Most people seemed to have forgotten the ban on plastics on Marina and more than three tonnes of plastic waste was collected'.
Should this not be entered in the Guinness Book of Records?
4. Environment
It irritates me when I see so little concern for the environment in India. Let us take the rivers. Last week, a group of US green activists went to Agra [ Images ] to inspect the Yamuna behind the Taj Mahal [ Images ]; most belonged to the river cleaning foundations in the US. One of them, Ginny Harris of the Alice Ferguson Foundation involved in the preservation of the Potomac river exclaimed: 'Oh my god, you call this a river!' A number of NGOs and local activists were present. Who uses India's holy rivers as sewage outlets?
The government does not really care to find out who is using the rivers as sewage (though the present environment minister seems a bit different from his predecessors).
The soil of India is supposed to be sacred. Early January, scientists attached to the Punjab [ Images ] Agriculture University identified the reason behind the rapid spread of cancer in Punjab. Their verdict is clear: arsenic in the water is the main cause for abnormal cell growth in the human body.
The university analysed 168 ground water samples over a period of 36 months. The sampling originating from different parts of North India contained an unacceptably high quantity of arsenic.
For years, the government spoke of its Green Revolution as a miracle India should be proud of, but this type of miracle unfortunately has serious collaterals.
What saddens me more is that India has decided to align itself with the worse State on the planet in this field: China.
Why can't India discover a Middle Path between development and environment conservation? India ranks 123rd in the last Environmental Performance Index just published by a team of experts at Yale University and Columbia University; India is not shining in this domain.
5. Lavish marriages
I have nothing again marriages, having successfully gone through one myself (with an Indian), but it hurts my sentiments to see so much money and energy wasted for a ceremony which should be 'sacred'. Further, the 'outcome' of the marriage is not always proportionate with the money invested.
What shocks me is the lavishness, verging on indecency of some Indian weddings, usually in the large metros. I don't appreciate the ostentatious side of these ceremonies which is often more a showing of wealth (often borrowed), than the celebration of the union between two individuals.
Though considered a 'seasonal' industry, the Indian wedding industry has an estimated turnover of over Rs 150,000 crores; and it is growing by the year. One could argue that it creates employment, but too many people are indebted the day after; this is not healthy.
6. Reservations
Reservations were introduced in the Constitution as a temporary measure at the time of Independence to remove disparities between different 'weaker' sections of the population. It was a genuine problem, with no easy solution. Over the years, it has been politicised (especially during and after V P Singh's [ Images ] rule) and it has now become a tool for political parties to gain power.
Why should a Dalit or OBC crorepati get more support from the government in terms of quota in a university or financial incentives than a poor Brahmin? It is just unfair.
While more attention should be paid to the poorest communities in India, the only criteria to receive financial support should be strictly economic.
For this, I admire the Indian Army [ Images ] which has managed for the past six decades to remain free from the poison of 'caste' quota.
7. Nouveau riche
The nouveau riche tribe is a despicable species whether in India or elsewhere on the planet. They behave particularly badly in this country. They speak loudly and they like to show-off their newly-acquired wealth.
One understands that they had no time to invest to educate themselves, being too busy making money, but life, whether of an individual or a nation should be balanced. Culture is an essential part of any human being.
8. National Security
The concept of National Security is constantly misused by government babus to avoid transparency. Though the situation in India is far better than in China where you can be sent to concentration camps (known as laogais) for any real or fictitious breach of 'national security,' Indian bureaucrats however take refuge behind the veil of this undefined concept to escape scrutiny.
To take an example, under the RTI Act, section 8A allows exemption of information, disclosure of 'which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence.'
Tons of important documents, having nothing to do with 'national security' are withheld under this pretext. Courts will one day have to define the concept more precisely.
9. Chaotic traffic
I had listed 'traffic' in my earlier article, but things have got much worse. I wish India would learn from China how to develop proper infrastructure (without, of course, having to import the workforce from the Middle Kingdom).
The ideal State would probably be the Middle Path between Switzerland [ Images ], boringly over disciplined and chaotic free-for-all India.
10. Bt Brinjal
But again India is incredible and lovable, despite these small hitches.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year 2010
Wish you a VERY-VERY Happy, Prosperous and Memorable New Year -2010.
We can Make coming years Happier for all human beings by helping us to reduce Global Warming Effects.
We Can Make Our Contribution in the same by practicing the following Small-Small Things:
* Get Educated About Global Warming. Educate yourself about global warming. The more facts that you have as to what mainstream science says about it, the more you can persuade others to make simple yet effective changes in daily behavior.
* Recycle More by using recycling bins, composting, etc. Encourage neighbors, supervisors, colleagues, and businesses to do likewise (15-25% of people do not recycle).
* Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs. Replace three frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs and save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide.
* Buy minimally packaged goods. Less packaging could reduce your garbage significantly, saving 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide
* Unplug Unused Electronics. Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide
* Grow Fast Growing Plants. Plants like bamboo grow faster and produce 35% more oxygen than trees like oak or birch, and require fewer chemicals and care.
* Use Public Transportation. Taking the bus, the train, the subway or other forms of public transportation lessens the load on the roads and reduces one's individual
Greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 1600 pounds per year.
The object of a New Year is not that we are entering New Year. It is that we Must have a New Spirit.
We can Make coming years Happier for all human beings by helping us to reduce Global Warming Effects.
We Can Make Our Contribution in the same by practicing the following Small-Small Things:
* Get Educated About Global Warming. Educate yourself about global warming. The more facts that you have as to what mainstream science says about it, the more you can persuade others to make simple yet effective changes in daily behavior.
* Recycle More by using recycling bins, composting, etc. Encourage neighbors, supervisors, colleagues, and businesses to do likewise (15-25% of people do not recycle).
* Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs. Replace three frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs and save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide.
* Buy minimally packaged goods. Less packaging could reduce your garbage significantly, saving 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide
* Unplug Unused Electronics. Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide
* Grow Fast Growing Plants. Plants like bamboo grow faster and produce 35% more oxygen than trees like oak or birch, and require fewer chemicals and care.
* Use Public Transportation. Taking the bus, the train, the subway or other forms of public transportation lessens the load on the roads and reduces one's individual
Greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 1600 pounds per year.
The object of a New Year is not that we are entering New Year. It is that we Must have a New Spirit.
Monday, December 7, 2009
A simple mathematics
A simple mathematics
Population 122,000,000
Students (56%) 68,32,00,000
Working (30%) 36,60,00,000
Retired (14%) 17,08,00,000
% of working people taking Black money (9.00%) 20,49,60,000
(30% of total working people)
% of retired taking Black money (1.40%) 3,66,00,000
(10% of total retired people)
Avg Black money per working person (INR)(500,000) 10,24,80,00,00,00,000
Avg Black money per Retried person (INR)(100,000) 36,60,00,00,00,000
Total Black Money(INR) 10,61,40,00,00,00,000
In Crores 1,06,14,000
Min Tax (INR)(In Crores) (10%) 10,61,400
Rs. 1,06,14,00,00,00,000/-
I just don't understand, when a simple person like me can imagine this mathematics then why the hell all these politicians and administrators cant think of it.
Where are YOU in this grid, Generation Today?
Population 122,000,000
Students (56%) 68,32,00,000
Working (30%) 36,60,00,000
Retired (14%) 17,08,00,000
% of working people taking Black money (9.00%) 20,49,60,000
(30% of total working people)
% of retired taking Black money (1.40%) 3,66,00,000
(10% of total retired people)
Avg Black money per working person (INR)(500,000) 10,24,80,00,00,00,000
Avg Black money per Retried person (INR)(100,000) 36,60,00,00,00,000
Total Black Money(INR) 10,61,40,00,00,00,000
In Crores 1,06,14,000
Min Tax (INR)(In Crores) (10%) 10,61,400
Rs. 1,06,14,00,00,00,000/-
I just don't understand, when a simple person like me can imagine this mathematics then why the hell all these politicians and administrators cant think of it.
Where are YOU in this grid, Generation Today?
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataadenge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
Oh re Bismil kaash aate aaj tum Hindustaan
Dekhte ki mulk saara kya tashan, kya thrill mein hai
Aaj ka launda yeh kehta hum to bismil thak gaye
Apni aazaadi to bhaiya laundiya ke til mein hai.
Aaj ke jalson me Bismil ek gunga gaa raha.
Aur behron ka wo rela naachta mehfil mein hai
Haath ki khadi banaane ka zamaana lag gaya
Aaj to chaddi bhi silti englison ki mill mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataadenge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataadenge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
Oh re Bismil kaash aate aaj tum Hindustaan
Dekhte ki mulk saara kya tashan, kya thrill mein hai
Aaj ka launda yeh kehta hum to bismil thak gaye
Apni aazaadi to bhaiya laundiya ke til mein hai.
Aaj ke jalson me Bismil ek gunga gaa raha.
Aur behron ka wo rela naachta mehfil mein hai
Haath ki khadi banaane ka zamaana lag gaya
Aaj to chaddi bhi silti englison ki mill mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataadenge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Introduction
Hi All,
I have created this blog to share my views on how fedup I am on looking at people working against India's growth. Be it an always problematic Pakistan or some internal politician, naxals or we ourselves, its only our country which has suffered the wounds. Even after so many years of independence, we still fight our cast, culture, .... and the latest to add states.
I have a thought that what ever India will be in the next 25 - 30 years, it will be because of us, the generation today, not because of what our father's/ grandfather's did. It is our responsibility to think of what we want India to be in next 25 years and act to make it possible.
Where do you think India can reach in next 25 years?
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