GOI is fighting too many battles on too many fronts. Some of these are internal within the Government and some within the party and allies.
If one analyses the situation, most of these battles have nothing to do with governance or its absence, or any matter of national importance.
Sadly, most of these revolve around massive and brazen acts of corruption. This is compounded by consistent refusal of the Government to come clear and be transparent. The whole emphasis is on covering tracks, fudging facts, not going after the guilty until it is too late or have been forced into some action.
It is amazing that at a time when we need to focus all our energies to take India to a new level, our political leaders, industrialists and privileged populace have begun looting as if there is no tomorrow.
It is a sad reflection on our national character.
New Delhi is a busy capital of late with different world leaders scheduling their visits.
Whether this speaks of India's importance on the world stage as our media would like us to believe or is it more likely, the lure of lucrative contracts to supply us "latest" and horrendously expensive stuff.
These leaders have found a way to flatter the Indian psyche, lower our guard and walk away with contracts exceeding one hundred thousands crore rupees.
Earlier, a visit to Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Rajghat was de riguer. Protocol has added two new items which seem mandated by the political leadership and media.
Every leader is expected to say that they strongly support India's entry to the UN Security Council as permanent member,
and
issue stern warning to Pakistan to punish those involved in 26/11.
Is our leadership really so gullible?
15 days of Parliament doing nothing has cost the nation 95 crore Rs. So habituated are the MPs across party lines to mopping up freebies for no work, that no one complains about the Centre dragging this wasteful session to its normal conclusion till Dec 13, 2010.
The crucial business of passing the supplementary demands of Finance Ministry and the Ministry of Railways got done on December 1 and 2 respectively. The final week of the sitting is going to be a mere formality.
Why? Sonia Gandhi's birthday on Dec 9. A session ended early will have most of the MP's of the ruling party back in their constituencies before that , and that cannot be allowed .
Izzat ka sawal hai...
Stay tuned for daily adjournments till Dec 13th.
We, the taxpayers , pay. For the party games .
We have been witnessing a huge controversy kicked up by the continuous flow of "behind the doors" information from Wikileaks.
Widespread interest has been generated and everybody is eager to get that juicy bit of diplomatic faux-pas.
What emerges from this episode is the identity of the true villain. It is the United States of America. It has long been known that USA has been the master of double-speak and always played India and Pakistan against each other.
Post 26/11, US help was forthcoming only because of American citizens killed. They had information on every previous terrorist strike but never shared.
What transpires now is India has been "back-stabbed" even here. Alas, one more time.
What's new?? We all can see it but our political masters do not want to....
Media hates Modi.Political parties hate Modi.
Why do we accept mediocre and not better governance?
let us CHANGE INDIA for INDIA OF TOMORROW.
Experts at the Foundation for Environment and Economic Development Services (FEEDS) are thinking out of the box,
to introduce new ways to increase the income of poultry farmers in Manipur.They have assisted the Krishi Vigyan Kendra near Imphal, to conduct training programmes for farmers (who have traditionally reared chicken and ducks) in rearing Australian Emus and Turkeys.
Turkeys are already fetching between Rs 200 and Rs 250 per kg in Imphal,” said N Muhindro Singh, veterinary specialist.
Poultry farmers in Manipur suffered huge losses three years ago, because of an outbreak of bird flu. Emu has a much higher disease-resistance capacity than other poultry, which renders Emu rearing a less risky proposition.
FEEDS itself is a success story in its own way,.....it today has a wide spectrum of activities including 70 hectares of tea plantation, 80 hectares under cardamom, and a sizeable area under medicinal and aromatic plants.
Some of the cartoons are so timely, aren't they?
let us CHANGE INDIA for INDIA OF TOMORROW.
picture courtesy mailtoday
Apparently, Indian honey manufacturers
sell contaminated honey domestically, while they export a cleaner variety. The Centre for Science and Environment has discovered different types of antibiotics in 12 brands of honey sold in India.
The Director of CSE, Sunita Narain explained "the beekeeping industry uses antibiotics to control and prevent outbreaks of diseases in honey bees, and as growth promoters to increase production." These antibiotics are present in the jars of honey that find their way to our homes.
Interestingly, the honey which is to be exported is checked strictly, since antibiotics in honey are banned in most countries. However, in India, there are no domestic standards that the manufacturers have to comply with.
Sunita Narain says,
"That stock which gets rejected for export since it is considered unsafe for consumption finds its way back to the domestic market."
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Some people
still say, the smoke and burning smell from Delhi don’t mean there is a fire up there.
That the hyper-sterile western attitude claiming the Games Village is filthy isn't serious.
That it is okay for a ceiling or bridge to collapse, after all India is known for finishing things at the last minute. Like the grand Indian wedding, everything will fall into place when the Games begin.
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If we take it on ourselves to invite a number of countries to participate in an event, we should ensure that our guests are comfortable. They aren’t mere tourists.
If the bridge collapsed five months before the event, we would probably have shrugged and said,
It happens only in India…
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Gokulashtami is celebrated in most parts of India with a lot of passion and more so in Mumbai. The Maximum City always overdoes itself and sets new benchmarks.
One does not mind raising the bar higher in productive matters. We Mumbaikars seem to have taken the first part of this literally and raised the bar, so to speak, for the "makhan chors".
Announcing rich cash prizes, the "matki" was tied much higher. This required taller human pyramids with higher possibility of them crashing down with serious consequences.
The number of injuries have gone up exponentially and there are atleast four participants who shall never walk again. When the dust settles, will these "generous" donors also look after those crippled. I doubt it.
Time to call for celebrations with responsibility. Hope next year safety measures are adopted atleast voluntarily.
I was saddened to read this news report yesterday-
When Sitaram and Ramabai had their fourth child, a girl, they did not even want to think of a name for her and started calling her Nakoshi.That’s Marathi for the ‘unwanted one’.A random survey conducted by the Satara district health department showed 222 girls named Nakoshi in the 0-16 age group.Hearteningly, there have been efforts to change this distressing mindset of the parents of discriminating against daughters.
The district administration has a programme to educate the parents and to persuade them to rename the girls.
Dr Sudha Kankaria, who is associated with the project, says
,“We are also asking couples to take eighth pheras instead of the traditional seven pheras during their wedding ceremony. The eight phera will be an oath they will not discriminate between a boy and a girl.”
India is the birthplace of chaos. Anything that can go smoothly will get derailed and finish with a lot of chaos as an accompaniment.
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Our festivals are a chaos, our faith is chaotic, our life flow is a chaos. Infact, chaos has become an unique Indian trademark.
When chaos is our very nature then why do we pretend to prefer order. Why do we fear chaos or use every opportunity to bemoan chaos.
I believe that we should stop fighting chaos and dive headlong into it. Let us embrace chaos and allow it to permeate every cell in our earthly vehicles, our bodies.
For, life was born out of chaos, and it is a miracle that order of cosmic proportions is maintained as part of chaos.
The next time we see or read about chaos, move on with a smile and say...."That is Life".
CWG OC is facing a 'cash crunch' apparently. Yes, you read that right.
Minister Jaipal Reddy, who heads a GOM in charge of managing the Games has written to the Army on August 11, asking that it waive its 11 crore bill. Effectively the Army will have to dip into the Defence Fund. Even medical professionals about 400 of them will not be paid.
Reason?
They are serving the nation and therefore should not expect to be paid, say the members of the CWG OC. If they are serving the nation, what then, Mr Kalmadi, are those who are being paid -- those who are paying themselves – doing?
Veteran athletes like Milkha Singh are livid at the way things have panned out.
CWG. A once proud dream dreamt by every Indian that has been made a mockery of.
And you thought judges sat in judgement over crimes !
Seven judges of the Andhra Pradesh State Subordinate Judiciary, were suspended by the High Court for mass copying during their LL. M exams at the Kakatiya University at Warangal. These worthies were Senior Civil judges , district judges and a few advocates who were doing this course through the distance education facility.
The authorities were tipped off about this and caught them red handed.
The judges’ answer sheets and "printed notes" have been seized and won't be evaluated.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice, Mr Nisar Ahmad Kakru, needs to be applauded for immediate action.
Just curious. How many more ? And these guys sat in judgement over thieves and cheaters ?
Will they frame the suspension order and hang it in each courtroom to deter others ?
For the past 28 years,
Karsanbhai Patel has been teaching the children of his village to swim. There is no swimming pool in the village, just a lake. The water is not very clean, and there are no changing rooms.
But this doesn't stop the children, nor their dedicated teacher. The swimming lessons continue even in winter when the water is chilly.
Sometimes Karsanbhai gets small donations from well-wishers, and he uses the money to buy swimming equipment for the children.
Despite the hardships, over 200 children from the village have participated at the state level and 45 have made it to the nationals.Something to ponder on- particularly in the present times, when, with each passing day, the morning newspaper is filled with more and more controversies regarding the Commonwealth Games.
Sagar, MP: Over 300 tonnes of explosives sent from a govt-owned factory in Dholpur loaded in 61 trucks, have gone missing in Madhya Pradesh. Ganesh Explosives's licence, the company which was to receive the explosives, had expired in March itself.
How do they allow the Govt. Agency to send such a huge load of explosives without any sort of security? Why can't they send in 5 or ten trucks with a gap in-between?
In 2008, detonators used in the blasts in Surat were also made in the same Dholpur factory.
Where have they landed now, in the hands of Mao'ists or Kashmir terrorists?
This incident is happening inside India to hurt our own people.
Tomorrow is our Independence Day!
Mumbai has been in limelight for wrong reasons. First the malaria epidemic and now two large ships colliding and spilling oil and cargo in the seas around us. Apart from pollution, this has exposed a dangerous chink in our armour.
With MSC Chitra listing dangerously, containers could not defy gravity and they clogged a critical waterway for five days. The oil spill damaged beaches till about a 100kms away and destroyed large tracts of mangroves. All marine food will be viewed with suspicion for times to come.
It almost brought Mumbai to its knees. A lot of petroleum products come to Mumbai by the sea-route. Supplies were low and had the water channel remained blocked for a week more, we would have been in deep trouble. Officials deny this but surely we are exposed and vulnerable to devious forces and they now know this gap.
CWG corruption allegations are at it's peak.
Does any one need more backup?
pic courtesy times now service
The Commonwealth Games people defend their
outrageous expenditures, accuse media, and explain buying 100 roles of toilet paper for Rs 3750, @37.50 each. No explanation forthcoming for crores spent and immediate payments made by the Chairman's special order, , so someone running with a baton in front of Buckingham palace, does it in style.
In the meanwhile, NGO's entrusted with rounding up and housing the cows and bulls on Delhi's roads,
stopped doing that because the authorities stopped paying them, citing a money "crunch". Rs 25 per animal. MCD gives Rs 20, the state , 5.
Depends on who was crunching the money.
This is how "low" we have sunk.
