As my fifth consecutive and final editorial related to the Mumbai terror attacks and to what we should be doing, this time I am going to write down four random thoughts that are coming to my mind... I hope by the end of the editorial, you can find some relation between all of them and some meaning out of it.
The first thought that drives me infuriatingly mad tonight, as I sit down to write this editorial, is that it will all happen again... and too soon, because we have learnt no lessons. Just today, as I boarded the flight from Kolkata to Delhi, I walked into the airport with my large handbag, and was – to my astonishment – not subjected to any security check of any kind. The sickeningly lax security guards standing at the main entrance did not even check anyone’s identity card, leave alone checking our bags using some metal detector, although a security screening gate is kept right outside the entrance. As I walked in, I felt like throwing shoes – the way the Iraqi journalist did recently – at one and all of our politicians for being such shamelessly unrepentant frauds. They just give crappy lip service even when the entire nation is fuming and hurt. Even at key risk areas like airports, they haven’t yet put any kind of real security. Three people like me could have walked into the Calcutta airport today without being checked, and then taken out guns and once more held hostage the entire airport filled with thousands of passengers, and created mayhem! (And probably, this might well be the reality soon at some airport or mall). So let me tell you all. Nothing, simply nothing has changed! These bloodsucking vampire bats who rule this country will do nothing but speak garbage and hope that as per the law of probability, another attack would not happen soon. That is all...
The second thought that comes to my mind is corruption. It feels sick to know that all the killed terrorists and the one caught alive (and probably the fifteen odd who escaped) were carrying 400 dollars with them. It is such a common joke for terrorists that they were indeed all carrying that sum since that was the exact amount of money that our marine inspectors take as bribe to let people off in the seas. So, to go back through the seas after the mayhem, the terrorists needed that money to bribe our coast guards. What a shame to know that our borders are so porous everywhere and our defence is so much on sale. And let me tell you it’s not just the coast guards, it’s everybody, just everybody who is up for shameless sale. What a pity! They buy faulty guns, faulty rockets, faulty bulletproof jackets, faulty everything… and don’t think twice before selling their souls and putting the entire nation on sale. Until these criminals and spineless swines – almost one and all politicians – rule this country, we will have just too many more Mumbais. And all our people will do is form useless human chains where a few actors will come deliberately looking like plain Janes and get a photo-op. Trust me, it’s time for more... as I have been writing nonstop in my past edits! It’s time to grab the power away from these slimy soul peddlers; they are not just corrupt, they are corrupt to an extent that is completely unimaginable. They aren’t swindling away simply a crore or so; they are swindling this nation out of hundreds and thousands of crores, and that too on an individual basis depending upon their portfolios. They have their venture funds and private equity funds in benami (undisclosed); and these politico-criminals are investing even in education, hospitals and everything. And the sad truth is that everybody knows which politician has what kind of fund size and is investing where, and who owns which company and how the markets are manipulated up and down. But no one dares to write all this because then the government will devastate them the way they taught Tehelka a lesson. Nehru had once said that every black marketer should be hanged from the nearest lamp-post. By his definition, all the lamp-posts around Parliament House should have been used to hang these very corrupt soul-sellers and nation betrayers. Sounds too strong? But that’s how it is!
The third thought that comes to my mind as our politicians irresponsibly speak of war, is that though we must avoid a war, the LETs, the Dawoods and all such negative forces have to be necessarily wiped off. And I don’t realise why our intelligence doesn’t think of a special suicidal patriotic task force, whose job will be to go to these terror funding countries unofficially and kill the dangerous individuals and come back the way, say, the Israeli Mossad can do (whenever required, openly), or the way CIA has been doing in a clandestine manner forever, by carrying out killings all over Latin America and its bordering countries to put in favourable governments from time to time. And to quote an alternate think for our pathetically characterless and charlatan politicians, this force can be made up of terminally ill patients who – despite knowing they might not have long to live – would love to make their life be of huge service to this nation. I say this radically because we have to avoid wars but we must destroy these negative forces as well. And for that, we must try out alternate sources before going for a war.
Finally, it’s unfortunate; but the truth in India is that if you need good roads, don’t give the contract to an Indian company... for an Indian company will cheat and make roads that break off in no time. If you need better airports, never give the contract to an Indian company... for it will cheat and swindle money. So the buzzword is, outsource the job to a foreign company. They will, in all probability (after giving the initial kickback to secure the contract) do the job honestly; and we will have better roads and airports and every other public service, as has been proven in the past. By the same logic now, our Defence Ministry is thinking of ‘outsourcing’ our coastguards to a foreign country / company to be sure they don’t take bribes (what a huge, huge, huge shame that our politicians have created such an environment of corruption in India that they can’t even trust their own people to guard the country honestly)... If this is indeed to be done, then why shouldn’t the people of India also think of outsourcing our country’s Parliament seats – including the Prime Minister’s job – to foreigners... To Barrack Obama and his team maybe! At least we would know that we are in safe end genuine hands, where no effort is farcical and no promise a mere, pathetic and shameless lip service!
This new year, take a simple pledge. Say no to lip service. Hope that conveys it all. Happy New Year!
The first thought that drives me infuriatingly mad tonight, as I sit down to write this editorial, is that it will all happen again... and too soon, because we have learnt no lessons. Just today, as I boarded the flight from Kolkata to Delhi, I walked into the airport with my large handbag, and was – to my astonishment – not subjected to any security check of any kind. The sickeningly lax security guards standing at the main entrance did not even check anyone’s identity card, leave alone checking our bags using some metal detector, although a security screening gate is kept right outside the entrance. As I walked in, I felt like throwing shoes – the way the Iraqi journalist did recently – at one and all of our politicians for being such shamelessly unrepentant frauds. They just give crappy lip service even when the entire nation is fuming and hurt. Even at key risk areas like airports, they haven’t yet put any kind of real security. Three people like me could have walked into the Calcutta airport today without being checked, and then taken out guns and once more held hostage the entire airport filled with thousands of passengers, and created mayhem! (And probably, this might well be the reality soon at some airport or mall). So let me tell you all. Nothing, simply nothing has changed! These bloodsucking vampire bats who rule this country will do nothing but speak garbage and hope that as per the law of probability, another attack would not happen soon. That is all...
The second thought that comes to my mind is corruption. It feels sick to know that all the killed terrorists and the one caught alive (and probably the fifteen odd who escaped) were carrying 400 dollars with them. It is such a common joke for terrorists that they were indeed all carrying that sum since that was the exact amount of money that our marine inspectors take as bribe to let people off in the seas. So, to go back through the seas after the mayhem, the terrorists needed that money to bribe our coast guards. What a shame to know that our borders are so porous everywhere and our defence is so much on sale. And let me tell you it’s not just the coast guards, it’s everybody, just everybody who is up for shameless sale. What a pity! They buy faulty guns, faulty rockets, faulty bulletproof jackets, faulty everything… and don’t think twice before selling their souls and putting the entire nation on sale. Until these criminals and spineless swines – almost one and all politicians – rule this country, we will have just too many more Mumbais. And all our people will do is form useless human chains where a few actors will come deliberately looking like plain Janes and get a photo-op. Trust me, it’s time for more... as I have been writing nonstop in my past edits! It’s time to grab the power away from these slimy soul peddlers; they are not just corrupt, they are corrupt to an extent that is completely unimaginable. They aren’t swindling away simply a crore or so; they are swindling this nation out of hundreds and thousands of crores, and that too on an individual basis depending upon their portfolios. They have their venture funds and private equity funds in benami (undisclosed); and these politico-criminals are investing even in education, hospitals and everything. And the sad truth is that everybody knows which politician has what kind of fund size and is investing where, and who owns which company and how the markets are manipulated up and down. But no one dares to write all this because then the government will devastate them the way they taught Tehelka a lesson. Nehru had once said that every black marketer should be hanged from the nearest lamp-post. By his definition, all the lamp-posts around Parliament House should have been used to hang these very corrupt soul-sellers and nation betrayers. Sounds too strong? But that’s how it is!
The third thought that comes to my mind as our politicians irresponsibly speak of war, is that though we must avoid a war, the LETs, the Dawoods and all such negative forces have to be necessarily wiped off. And I don’t realise why our intelligence doesn’t think of a special suicidal patriotic task force, whose job will be to go to these terror funding countries unofficially and kill the dangerous individuals and come back the way, say, the Israeli Mossad can do (whenever required, openly), or the way CIA has been doing in a clandestine manner forever, by carrying out killings all over Latin America and its bordering countries to put in favourable governments from time to time. And to quote an alternate think for our pathetically characterless and charlatan politicians, this force can be made up of terminally ill patients who – despite knowing they might not have long to live – would love to make their life be of huge service to this nation. I say this radically because we have to avoid wars but we must destroy these negative forces as well. And for that, we must try out alternate sources before going for a war.
Finally, it’s unfortunate; but the truth in India is that if you need good roads, don’t give the contract to an Indian company... for an Indian company will cheat and make roads that break off in no time. If you need better airports, never give the contract to an Indian company... for it will cheat and swindle money. So the buzzword is, outsource the job to a foreign company. They will, in all probability (after giving the initial kickback to secure the contract) do the job honestly; and we will have better roads and airports and every other public service, as has been proven in the past. By the same logic now, our Defence Ministry is thinking of ‘outsourcing’ our coastguards to a foreign country / company to be sure they don’t take bribes (what a huge, huge, huge shame that our politicians have created such an environment of corruption in India that they can’t even trust their own people to guard the country honestly)... If this is indeed to be done, then why shouldn’t the people of India also think of outsourcing our country’s Parliament seats – including the Prime Minister’s job – to foreigners... To Barrack Obama and his team maybe! At least we would know that we are in safe end genuine hands, where no effort is farcical and no promise a mere, pathetic and shameless lip service!
This new year, take a simple pledge. Say no to lip service. Hope that conveys it all. Happy New Year!
Comments
We are sick of corruption. Please keep writing! You're doing a sincere job of reminding people and making them aware of the need to change our country.
We need change at every level, not just Parliament. As you pointed out, our Mumbai's security was sold for US$400 by a corrupt coastguard. The personal wealth of the businessmen and industrialists at Taj might have been billions, but they're eventually worth just a coast guard's bribe! Nothing else underlines the need for grassroots change. As for outsourcing the Parliament, I say instead of providing them with security guards that point guns away from them, the Parliamentarians should be provided with "national interest security guards" which hold a gun to their brain and threaten to blow them out if even one paisa is accepted as bribe!
rofl...!! If wishes were horses...
bad politics
dear arindam ji,
aapke sampadakiye lekh me adhiktar baaton par dhyan diya gaya hai,
aur is ghatna par gussa karna jayaz bhi hai, kyonki ham us america ki,
baat mankar 'shanti ki chadar' odhkar kuchh nahi karna chahte jo apne,
upar huye hamle ka jawab militry atteck dwara dekar ek desh par apna,
prabhutwa jamakar dena jaanta hai, to indian govt. pichhle 60 years se,
is terriosm ko sahan karne ke baad bhi p.o.k ke aatankwadi camps par,
sidhi karyawahi kyon nahi karti hai.
Jab ek aadmi kisi ka katl kar deta hai to use faansi ki saja di jaati hai,
fir itna lahu bahane ke baad bhi in aatankwadiyon ko arrest kar unhe
jail me band karke kyon rakha jata hai, unhe faansi ki saja kyon nahi
di jaati.
kya ek rajneta ke istife dene aur dusre rajneta ko us pad par baitha,
dena hi in ghatnao ka uttardayitwa hai " yeh to jokaro ka khel lagta hai"
mujhe sochkar afsos hota hai ki election me jo politicion ghar ghar jaakar
janta se vote maangte hain, election jeetne ke baad usi janta se unhe
safety ki jarurat padti hai, aur desh ki raksha ke liye gathith commondo
forse ko apni suraksha me lagakar uska durupyog karte hain.
Arindam ji me to yahi kahna chahunga ki "in apang bhartiya politicions ke
bharose hum apne desh ki suraksha ko nahi chhod sakte, ab to desh ke yuwa varg
ko sangthit hokar in correpted, unable, criminal, aur anetratwa ki chhamta rakhne wale
politicions ke against ekjut hokar kranti karni padegi" aur ye sankalp lena padega ki
jo bhi neta correption karta hai, ya desh droh ke apradh me pakda jaata hai, ya desh ki
suraksha ke uttardayitwa ko pura nahi karta unhe faansi par latka dena chahiya,
taaki koi MERE BHARAT DESH KI TARAF AANKH UTHAKHAR BHI NA DEKH SAKE.
Arindam ji BADA DUKH HOTA HAI ! " JAB DEKHATA HUN KI IN DEEMAK RUPI BHARASTACHARI NETAON NE IS BHARAT RUPI BARGAD KE PED KO PICHHLE
60 YEARS ME ITNA KHOKHLA KAR DIYA HAI KI AGAR SURAKSHA AUR ISKI 'SANSKRITI'
RUPI BHARI TANE KE AWARAN KO HATA DIYA JAAYE TO ISE GIRTE DER NA LAGEGI, AUR
AB YAH DEEMAK (POLITICION) ISE BHI KHANE LAG GAYI HAI."
Arindam ji, Hamare desh me guptchar agencion aur jaanch agencion par jitna paisa karch karke aatnkwadi hamle ke saboot jutane and khojbeen karne me lagaya jaata hai itna paisa yadi guptchar agencion ko in hamo ko rokne me tatparta dikhane me karch kiya jaaye to shayad ye hamle hoye hi nahi.
Mujhe to eisa lagta hai mera bharat aur bharat wasi 15 august 1947 ko firangiyon se to aazad ho
gaye lekin in netaon ne jo bharat ko apna gulam bana rakha hai uske liye ek rakthpurn kranti karni
padegi.
Arindam ji, to ant me jeetu yahi kahega ki me aapki pahal me aapke sath hoon jo deshhit me
hai.
JAI HIND
JAI BHARAT
Regards
Jitendra singhal
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mahesh nagar phatak
Jaipur-302015 (Raj.)
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Posted by jitendra singhal at 9:28 PM
Look at the criticism in US for Bush's invasion, and now the Israeli bombings in Gaza....
We are all the same, people betrayed by the sick minds that rule over us.
THIS is what I call DELIBERATELY making things difficult.
Similarly, try to get an FIR registered, try to get the SIMPLEST of things done, we are HUMILIATED, we get the message that our time, effort does not matter, that WE DO NOT MATTER at all!
The result is our de-sensitized, chalta-hai attitude. It is programmed into us, because the only other way to get things done is to bribe or to hold a gun to the suckers' heads!
Unless we learn to fight back over these issues, nothing will change!
Frankly, I have decided one thing. I want to get out of this frickin country and I will. I can't change it. Till I live here, I will abide by the law and fantasize about not abiding by the law.
But I really don't want to be humiliated any more for small things. No matter where I speak out for my rights, I am treated like an alien, an overly aggressive person.
My dad feels the same way about pursuing an FIR against an under-age truck driver who ripped through the door of my sister's brand new car and missed injuring her by a hair's breadth. Nobody does anything, unless you have hours and hours to follow up with the a.h.s
I say, Indians, quit India!
Any sensible, SELFISH Indian should get the hell out of here, or resign themselves to become a "Mahatma" - who dedicates their whole life to crusading against the ills OR...suffers in silence.
I say...I want out of this shyt place.
Voice & Vote.
In a very small but effective way, voice raised will help.
Great Post. Claps !!!
But cant we really come up with choices??
Being a middle class indian,I am well aware of the frustation uma was talking about...But Is leaving our country the sole choice we are left with??
I differ...Lets see the other perspective of all dis..In the present scenario,we the youths of india have an opportunity to be a part of revolution like renaissance...
I know my views reflect height of optimism..
But Believe me guys,there are many indians who feel for the d country n want 2 contribute...We just need to assemble once on a single platform n then we wil witness the biggest ever revolution in history of mankind!!
Where there is no economical & Least Social Security;
Where corruption is deep-rooted in all spheres of citizen administration;
Where fake medicine trades are booming;
Where poverty level has risen to 55%;
Where farmers do die of Hunger;
Where dowry deaths are unabated;
Where there is no security against terror attacks;
Where majority of the children in the country are without education;
Where religion, caste and money rule the mandate in democracy;
Where there is no protection from floods & droughts each year;
Where discriminate policies lead millions of citizens to unemployment;
Where justice gets diluted due to indefinite delay;
Where Judges comment “Even God cannot save this Country”!
Where major population is deprived of equal opportunities starting from education;
Where taxes are whimsically hiked due to mismanagement of tax payer money;
Where taxes are paid whole through life but no old age security is being provided;
Where there is no housing, food, healthcare, and Clothing for Millions;
Where politically motivated groups kill other citizens in the name of Religion;
Where thousands of Girls & Women are raped daily;
Where lakhs of children die due to water born diseases & malnutrition;
Where food adulteration is maximum in comparison to other countries;
Where lakhs of females are thrown to flesh trade & exploitation;
Where thousands are killed on roads due to inadequate roads & traffic management;
Where lakhs of young generation fall prey to drug abuse;
Where People remain Divided, Subdivided, micro divided in the cycles created by state.
Where huge percentage of political leaders have criminal records;
Where only 10 %– 20% of total subsidies from central government reach poor citizens;
Where there are 100 – 1000 schemes of rural upliftment but none achieve the objective;
Where most of the citizens of disturbed states suffer for years due to lack of proper solution;
Where largest number of violent organizations in a country operates in India;
Where uninterrupted electricity, pure drinking water, healthy food, sanitation & other basic
amenities are still a distant dream
Do we think that India is our own country? If we think yes, then we need to protect our country India like we protect our house & valuables as a fundamental duty. We earn & pay taxes within a ratio upto 50% of our income in Direct & Indirect taxes (To earn 50% for the country or government, Half Life of each tax payer citizen exists for the country). That Tax Money runs the government machinery & the social upliftment programmes. Whenever that tax money fall short to run the government machinery, more taxes are levied to each citizen. This happens only when the taxpayer money is diluted in corruption. All Citizen feel burdened sooner or later.
We are getting looted by few corrupt individuals due to our negligence. We vote for change but the outcome of these democratic right results only in change of politicians rather than the change in system for fair governance. This is because, most of the existing corruption pattern, selfish political parties cannot give results of Social & Economic Justice to People of India.
The criticism to the existing Social & Political Structure is possible to a certain extent only. After that, Strength of Mankind should be applied to bring positive change.
We believe in ideology of truth & courage to take this Country on a Prosperous Path.
We will strengthen each and every citizen to be “a Leader & a Soldier” towards this endeavour
More I read of your write-ups I must say that you too sound more of an "arm-chair" advocate of change. In fact, you are fortunate to be weilding no. of powerful tools, i.e. running a number of useful magazines and some professional/educational institutaions, and hence, you should be showing us how to bring about this change in our society's mind-set and are able to see us as one nation one people and with one common destiny. As a starter, how about adapting one elementary school in each district, and encourage teching children on human values. We have enough people telling what is wrong with this country, but we are short of those who are truly passionate to practise what they preach.
Jai Hind!!
V.Muthuswami/Chennai
But wont it better to come up with few initial practical suggestions for bringing about a change?
I suggest we sud enhance communications between ourselves and formulate ways to enter the political arena..
Ofcourse,its not possible for everyone to join active politics..But everyone can surely help persons who are willing...Working for the change can only bring a change..Ideas n criticisms merely sound impressive on paper!!.
and about the Indian commandos being used for reconnaissance suicide missions to the terror zones it would only fuel a war.
right now the let mujaheddin combined with the Pakistan army are waiting to wage war against India India is doing all we can to prevent a war. war is not just a 3 letter word the main sufferers of war are the young soldiers and civilians but the decision makers who mostly are in the prime of their lives barely suffer
the bottom line is that corruption is predominant in our country and we must do everything we can to eradicate and prevent corruption and terrorism which almost every superpower in the world is a victim of.
We met in Mumbai on the marriage ceremony of Mr. Abbas, your student. I am Pandit Mustafa residing in Delhi and uncle of Mrs. Abbas, presently I am engaged in writing longest sufi song objecting to unite humanity on one common platform of God, to eliminate hatred and violence from the earth, the theme is - EK HAI TU EK HAI.
Times music has given consent to market audio CD of the same and one bolywood has taken few verse in the title song too, you can see preview of film in www.mirsabarts.com/projects.html.
I request you to give me time to present this song in your institutuion and in front of your stuedents and followers.
Let us pledge to unite humanity for brotherhood, so that the target of LIVE AND LET LIVE CAN BE ACHIEVED. My email is panditmustafa@hotmail.com and for details of my project you can visit my blog at -www.panditmustafa.blogspot.com
We are so much after money and have surrendered everything for money that until the day comes when everyone is corrupt and the system virtually collapses things will not improve.
So we have to wait for things to get a lot worse before there is a sort of a revolution against corruption.
What War !
In case of war, in probably 1,000 crores Pakistan can purchase radar operators, key staff at frontal bases, signal codes etc and win the war in 2 days flat !
And why not. What wrong would they do to take money if politicans, income tax officers, sales tax offices, excise inspectors, MCD staff, purchase officers all take bribes and give whatever they have to offer to get the money - which is what everyone else is doing.
In fact anyone who does not take a bribe and make money is probably an IDIOT !
Happy New Year.
Even the foreign contractors are now tired and complacent of meeting their own quality and standards when it comes to projects in India. They surely have learnt the exact tricks their desi counterparts do.
The scathing criticism of Indian politicians talked about in your articles albeit warranted,is not exactly breaking news, with all due respect. Having long been listed amongst the world's most corrupt nations for a long time by practically all political watchdogs left wing and conservative alike, India as you have painstakingly revealed is rife with it's government's officials milking the country of it's income. I just wanted to provide you an alternative point of view, based on my study of yoga and meditation in India over the past 2 decades. I suppose at this point you may dismiss my letter as written by some kind of religious nut and anything such a person may say would be practically useless to you and anyone else who may be considered as "thinking" people. However, I humbly ask you hear me out, and if nothing else perhaps an alternative perspective may increase your own resolve to your aggenda, and maybe even open up new ways of viewing old problems, and conversely, old ways of viewing new problems!
Isn't our original enigma overriding all else and one that has beleaguered man since time immemorial the fundamental question on the nature of existence? Extrapolated this foundational truth unfurls the gamut of philosophical quandries which explore such notions of one's nature of being, God, the world, and death, with an almost unlimited number of threads unravelling from these core axioms. From where can we get the answers to these questions, which if considered objectively, must surely take precedence over the daily machinations of this ephemeral world complete with it's constant state of flux which includes the corruption of politicians, world wars and any other known event and phenomena related by our reasoning and processed by our mind and it's corollaries the senses? The ancients realised early on that commonly accepted methods of acquiring knowledge such as direct perception, inference based on generalised experience and circumstance, analogy, speculation and the logic of understanding something by it's non perception (if not x then y) etc. had limitations which prevented anything other than relative assertations and verbal posturing on these seminal issues. How then can we ascertain just what consitutes the nature of reality? The ancients thus took the Veda as the sole authority on matters which lay beyond the above mentioned fallible methods of acquiring knowledge. Once the pramana (Sanskrit meaning "evidence") is accepted then one can rapidly progress and can actually realise a purpose in life beyond the carnal activities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending which sadly today takes precedence over such willy nilly notions such as wondering who am I, what am I doing here and where am I going! The topic of politics, corrupt and otherwise, neatly fits into one of these primal needs albeit with some interpolation, under the category of "defending". This now leads me to the perfect system of socialism as devised by God and revealed in the Veda.
The socialism espoused of in that ancient treatise was termed varnashram, a Sanskrit word classifying a person's occupation coupled with spiritual realisation. Of course the demise of this system is evident, such that it's practicality today is highly questionable. However, there is a variation to this system termed daivi varnasrama which simply adds the element of an internal cleansing process of yoga, meditation and self discovery beyond the apparent material notion of self thus ensuring each member of any social class within the system can progress beyond the limiting factors of birth, social class and occupation and thus also eliminates the tendency for other members of superficially higher classes to exploit lower ones. It is this system that I have chosen as a paradigm for the communal living I've written about and lived since enthusiastically embracing the concepts a number of years back.
Your suggestions as to how best to clean up Indian politics and politicians are definitely interesting and novel, though untenable. For example, your idea to employ terminally ill people to eliminate unwanted elements to India's security and well being, whilst certainly an entertaining concept and one which as I write some budding Bollywood director would have aspirations to direct a blockbuster about, would fail unquestionably. The Dawood Ibrahims et al you have mentioned, whilst no doubt dangerous elements, are figureheads to an ideology, one that has ensconced practically every Muslim in the modern world. Eliminating Mr Big would simply result in 10 more Mr Bigs, whom in turn would spawn 10 more Mr Bigs exponentially, such that I'd doubt that India would have enough terminally ill assasins even if they were willing, to eliminate all of them! My point here being that there are no material solutions to material problems!
In summation, I would welcome any exchange with you re any of the above, and wish you well in your progressive march to immortality, your real life's mission!
Sincerely,
sakredkow
We can go on and on whining about the corrupt and criminals in governance and public offices. But lets' ask ourselves - as an educated citizen, why haven't WE taken action to FORCE things right.
ARE WE ALL waiting for uneducated people to take the first step, who don't even KNOW or BOTHER about the seriousness of this situation?
WAKE UP INDIA! Every day we 'allow' corruption to continue - we are making it spread roots that far more.
Last month, I joined a brilliant new movement called "INDIA LIGHTNING" started by a few who 'cared'. IndiaLight.ning.com wants to create a mass movement to force the corrupt and criminals COMPLETELY OUT OF GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC OFFICES.
I know it seems impossible, but I strongly think the TIME HAS COME to join forces to give it a push. So, what's stopping this?
YOU - Yes, if YOU haven't joined this movement, we are ONE SHORT in achieving this goal of a corruption-free India.
Arindam, I highly appreciate your widely publicised blog and most opinions on issues of national importance. Please use your reach to create a "mass movement" to root out the corruption menace. We have already lost years!!
This is a debatable topic in Parliament.
Read This
[Don't Vote If Not Interested. Reduce Frankeinstein Creations(Political Leaders). Show System, it's time to Change. Let them know, it's because of them]
http://livingwastedbloodsofindia.blogspot.com/2008/12/dont-vote-if-not-interested-reduce.html
Read This ... (Shows Leaders with Bad Vision because of Bad Education)
[Are Indians Learning Something with U.S Recession?
Why is it always that
United States of America sells Defence/Offence Fighter Machines
Whereas, India sells BPO human slaves and Services?]
http://livingwastedbloodsofindia.blogspot.com/2008/12/are-indians-learning-something-with-us.html
What is the Answer to so many jobless unhappy Students of IT industry?
Do the Visionary leaders have some realtime plan?
Because, they have failed to keep a fair balance that needs to be maintained when it comes towards achieving National Self-Reliance (instead of dependence) and Indegenous hi-end cutting research & development issues on which Indian Youth's Energy is spent based on the vision of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (often regardlessly shamelessly) in the name of Globalization which is a partial solution for National Development.
And This
[Why "Lockheed Martin EveryWhere"? Why not "DRDO"?]
Why DRDO recently had to oppose but in vain the idea of Joint development with Israel,
because its own indegeneous project was being crushed.
Such a thing had happened related to tanks too ...
Who took such decisions?
It was our ignorant leaders with zero integration, no statistics at hand and maximum communication gap with foolish ignorance and a simpleton fools high ego with which, they take decisions.
That is why ...
DRDO today is nowhhere equivalent to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumannm and Rosobaron Military Component Manufacturing Companies
http://armageddonsaviour.blogspot.com/2008/09/fw-why-lockheed-martin-everywhere-why.html
Had the Visionaries understood their responsibilities,
Indian Citizens were not expected to take headache related to:
[What is DRDO's researching status on Passive Surveillance Radars and Carpet Bombing Technologies to protect Indian Interests & acheive self reliance]
http://armageddonsaviour.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-is-drdos-researching-status-on.html
http://gati-blog.blogspot.com/2008/08/logic-bomb.html
There seems to be Zero Integration with no Feedback Processing Mechanism of e-Governance initiative from Citizens of India
Even the RTI System has not evolved to become Web Based user friendly system with Online Credit Card Payment Modes etc ...
With an integrated Privilege based Identity Management System linked to Security Agencies.
What category of leaders could get these done?
IITians, M.Techs,MCAs,IIMians,MBAs etc
Solution Architects of Indian IT companies etc
But they are nowhere to be found in Politics ...
If it is about getting proactive & spreading technology Awareness & threats after getting education,
Read This
[What can one do to Stop Jehadis from Defacing Website of Directorate of Technical Education India (If it really stands for it)]
Why does a student need to point this out? We had Leaders na ... The best men and machines that money can buy?
http://armageddonsaviour.blogspot.com/2008/12/has-anybody-cared-to-inform-dte.html
Here is some scope for improvement on Online Quality of Service, if there is something defined ...
Correct this! Image problem on Welcome Page Nagpur Passport Office Page
http://armageddonsaviour.blogspot.com/2008/12/correct-this-image-problem-on-welcome.html
How about an Agenda Management System implemented in the Loksabha Rajyasabha?
Indian Citizens want Agenda Management System implemented in LokSabha+RajyaSabha by April-2009.
Since India unfortunately has a history of frequent inefficient+ineffective disruptions, indiscipline and corruption having MPs who are sellable and have tainted Criminal Backgrounds
Now the Down to Earth, Tax Paying, highly literate and technically sound and tech-savvy Democratic Citizens of India
Would like to know:
From Indian Interests point of View,
For How long,
with How much Authority,
Can you ignore the priority of implementing
Agenda Management System for the Nation's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha?
Many Agenda Mgmt Systems that are ready to be deployed are available,
Indian IT companies as well as others have such expertise and technology know how to get things done.
Examples include:
Sire Technologies
http://www.siretechnologies.com/dotnetnuke/AgendaMgmt/tabid/59/Default.aspx
It is just one of the Agenda Mgmt Systems in the market
Many more low cost Open Source Solutions can be found on sites like:
http://sourceforge.net
http://freshmeat.net
Even Govt. Institutes like C-DAC can be helpful in developing such sophisticated software within 2-3 months.
And getting these implemented and fully operatinal within a week.
That is the Nation's capability.
Dont you think, it's being wasted?
Or rather Underutilized?
What are your implementation plans? with realtime timebound statistical plan?
The Down to Earth, Tax Paying, highly literate and technically sound and tech-savvy Democratic Citizens of India who have the Right to get such so called highly classified peanut like basic Information, would like to know.
If you have Regards for the people of the nation
The People of the Nation would be watching it in your actions
If it is true and Transparent Democracy the Obama way round, that Indians would love to have here, you can learn from:
http://ideas.obamacto.org/
Then implementing such state of the art Information Management Systems and accepting technology should not be any problem
Or is it that silly old orthodox psychology which is affecting such system's acceptance?
For what is the Nation's time being wasted?
Who should be held accountable for the trillions of picoseconds of parallel hyperthreading lives of living Citizens of India that will get wasted, if you delete this email?
And such systems that eventually are bound to be implemented in the future are unnecessarily delayed, for no valid justifiable point? Or rather personal opinion bias?
Hoping to see LokSabha+RajyaSabha bucked with state of the art Agenda Management System to boost operational efficiency of house.
Everywhere in govt sectors the virus called - bribe is squeezing the nations pride.who will control? who will do the work properly? it can be done only by outsourcing-because our system is corrupted that much.
I would like to mention, Respected Arindam sir - first time i have read your article which impressed me a lot. Even the movie 'Wednesday'- should create a sense of inspiration for every Indian(comman man).
Unless our system changes and attitude towards work force changes - these events will still continue. We should work as a team for better India.
"Implementation is lacking in india, many people can give sensible suggestions but who is listening and implementing"
I too wish all the members here at this blog spot a happy new year 2009.
Proud to be an Indian.
Krishna Manohar V
--
Tanay Mathpal
III Yr, Computer Engineering
College of Technology
Pantnagar
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I am not aware, are you doing / moving towards this direction. Or is the article is another form of lip service (like the politicians do). No offence meant - I feel shame of myself and the public at large being helpless to fight the corruption.
Anoop Agrawal
anoopagrawal@in.com
Wishing you a Very Happy New Year!!
Sir,You said it all!
Politician's are termites that are eating our country in the name of false promises,security lapses resulting in a blame game and off course the "Show game" that happened after the Mumbai attacks.
Politicians were busy showing that they really cared for the people in name of compensation. A state decided to give 50 lacs the other state decided to give a crore.
At times i sit and wonder is it because of media pressure that makes politicians react to such situations.
New departments are formed to combat these situations which would further result to a blame game.
There are two main outcomes after any of such attacks.
1) Intelligence failure or
2)If intelligence had informed the authorities but there was no action taken.
Politicians compensate the martyrs but its never seen that they compensate the nation by giving us a corruption free govt or for that matter even a pair good gear to Soldier who is willing to die for our country.
Mumbai attacks issue would soon die down once our politicians feel that they have earned enough political mileage.
Best Regds,
Pranav Trivedi (IIPM AHMD)
pranav-trivedi@in.com
I am not in favour of war and know a war at this time with pakistan will be a dent in our economy, but if we avoid the war today there will be a bigger war tomorrow, and that war can lead us to chaos. I know there is a lot of corruption and flaws in our own country and some people might say that we need to get our security tight and should overthrow the corrupt politicians, that is true aswell, but it is a bitter truth that terrorism is a far bigger threat than corruption now and should be the priority at this time.
The more bitter truth is that a war with pakistan is inevitable, because the fact is that the pakistan government is also involved with the terrorists.
Thank you for reading so patiently, and if you think that I am wrong somewhere or I have missed something important, then please give a feedback.
Arindam sir has taken a wonderfull step, but how many of us are there to support him?? Sir i must tell u, u are the right person to start this, because u have the power in hand. And the power is "youth". Lets just show the world what India is all about.
Girish Goel
IIPM-Delhi
To armageddonsurvivor: nice compilation of data, but what's the solution??
YOU ARE MY IDEAL PERSON AND BECAUSE OF YOU I HAD JOINED IIPM.
BUT THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAD WRITTEN
IN THIS ARTICAL I AM AGREE WITH YOU
EVEN I ALSO THOUGHT LIKE YOU BUT I AM NOT AGREE WITH YOUR LAST (IVth)STATEMENT . ACCORDING TO ME INDIANS
HAVE GREAT MIND, WE HAVE EVERY THING BUT WE NEED YOUNG POLITICIONS NOT OLD ONE WHO CAN NOT TAKE CARE THEIR SELF WHO, HOW CAN PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. AS U SAID WE NEED FOREIGNERS WHO RULE INDIANS
IF IT WILL HAPPEN THEN IT WILL AGAIN COME THE SITUATION BEFORE 1947. AND NOW A DAYS, SONIA GANDHI IS OUR P.M. AND SHE IS A FOREINER. AND SEE WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY.
SIR I WANT TO SHARE MY FEW VIEWS WHICH CAN MAKE OUR COUNTRY SUPER POWER:-
1. WE NEED EDUCATED AND YOUNG
POLITICIONS ATLEAST WHO CAN PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
2. WE NEED HONEST GOVERMENT OFFICERS NOT DESH BECHNE WALA JO APNI BHARAT MATA KO BECH DE.
3. WE NEED A LEADERS LIKE BHAGAT SINGH,SUBHASH CHAND BOSS,AND MANY MORE JINHE DUSRO KI (AMERICA) CHAPLUSI NA KARNI PARE KUCH KARNE SE PAHLE.
4. WE NEED HONEST POOLICE NOT FOOLISH JO SIRF PAISE KE LIYE KAAM KARE.
5. AND ONE LAST THING YE HAMARA DESH HAI HAM KISI OR KO SHASAN NAHI KARNE DENGE, WARNA PHIR SE HAM GULAMI KE CHUNGAL MAIN PHASH JAYENGE.
6. I ALSO WANT TO DO SOME THING FOR OUR "BHARAT MATA", FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SORRY I WRITE ANY THING WRONG.
YOU ARE MY IDEAL PERSON AND BECAUSE OF YOU I HAD JOINED IIPM.
BUT THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAD WRITTEN
IN THIS ARTICAL I AM AGREE WITH YOU
EVEN I ALSO THOUGHT LIKE YOU BUT AS I AM NOT AGREE WITH YOUR LAST (IVth)VIEW . ACCORDING TO ME INDIANS
HAVE GREAT MIND, WE HAVE EVERY THING BUT WE NEED YOUNG POLITICIONS NOT OLD ONE WHO CAN TAKE CARE THEIR SELF WHO HOW CAN PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. AS U SAID WE NEED FOREIGNERS WHO RULE INDIANS
IF IT WILL HAPPEN THEN IT WILL AGAIN COME THE SITUATION BEFORE 1947. AND NOW A DAYS, SONIA GANDHI IS OUR P.M. AND SHE IS A FOREINER. AND SEE WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY.
SIR WANT TO SHARE MY FEW VIEWS
1. WE NEED EDUCATED AND YOUNG
POLITICIONS ATLEAST WHO CAN PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
2. WE NEED HONEST GOVERMENT OFFICERS NOT DESH BECHNE WALA JO APNI BHARAT MATA KO BECH DE.
3. WE NEED A LEADERS LIKE BHAGAT SINGH,SUBHASH CHAND BOSS,AND MANY MORE JINHE DUSRO KI (AMERICA) CHAPLUSI NA KARNI PARE KUCH KARNE SE PAHLE.
4. WE NEED HONEST POOLICE NOT FOOLISH JO SIRF PAISE KE LIYE KAAM KARE.
5. AND ONE LAST THING YE HAMARA DESH HAI HAM KISI OR KO SHASAN NAHI KARNE DENGE WARNA PHIR SE HAM GULAMI KE CHUNGAL MAIN PHASH JAYENGE.
6. I ALSO WANT TO DO SOME THING FOR OUR "BHARAT MATA", FOR OUR COUNTRY
"BHARAT MAT KI JAI"
Hey Have you noticed?
How intelligently
Sir has united Indians and lots of followers?
Does anyone even now thinks ... that selling/outsourcing nation was the real objective
I dont think so ...
Also a golden rule of globalization is:
Outsource only the lowermost Zero IQ tasks/components of a global business (like Customer Call Answering) to sitting ducks in third world nations (Unfortunately India was ... Maybe no more ... Thanks to Obama ...)
While retaining the strategic decision making corporate planning + policy making business components
Now I guess you all know
What was meant ...
by
Outsourcing Parliament ...
I agree with Amit saying ...
lets do something... we r with u... show us path, tracing it is our job.
Roxett too
ABout SONI
It's a good proposition
But Easier said than done
We need monitoring components
And as we all know
this has come to light that
Experts believe that,
Our NIA would be just a showpiece
The nation has read it in newspapers
Because, technically speaking ...
India and Indians dont have it in them to simulate U.S FBI model in India
The same age old Budget Resource allocation problem comes up
And past experience shows, US models are not performing as per expectations in Indian field operational conditions
Experts are saying this ...
Not me or you
And on an average, about 1 explosion every 30 months is the hit rate.
Like Financial Accountants,
They had published operational costs for FBI network in US with US arms expenditure
India's budget and integrity & corruption busting low priorities are peanuts before this initiative
Frankeinstein Political System is not listening to us for change requests
How about Focussing on Solutions rather than shouting on the problem?
like this one:
Lots of Homework left to be done:
http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/2008/12/education-next-thing-to-lobby-for-if.html?showComment=1230835440000#c7498025942200629727
How about starting a brainstorm session with Identification of Management Information Systems that would be helpful to Nation
These case studies should be:
Cost effective
May be Open Source Solutions
Should have realtime implementation time estimate
Common transparent Contact Pool Resources (People) to whom requests forwarded & responses received tracked publicly etc ...
Professional Solutions already available in Market with their budget, comparisons and pros and cons ...
Does that look like a solution Sir?
Could this be a solution?
I completely agree with your anger and view on the the current situation and state of our country.With a heavy and depressed heart i have started a blog www.healthywealthywiseindia.blog.co.in with the hope of atleast starting an iniative with a good and noble intention to connect with like minded people to start a revolution against corruption,crime,illiteracy,hatred,communalism,fanaticism,mad,greedy and unhealthy consumerism and capitalism.
Dear countrymen……salaam/namaste/hello!
सारे जहन से अच्हा हिन्दुस्तआन हमारा…..”SAARE JAHAN SE ACHAA HINDUSTAN HAMARA”…… Lets make this saying a reality! lets unite and make our country a symbol of truth,prosperity,wisdom, knowledge,peace and happiness.Lets show the world what is truth,what is love,what is religion, what is brotherhood,what is equality………lets show the world what is equal distribution of wealth, what is true caring and sharing……… lets show the world our concern for all living creatures and living beings which includes the plant kindom,the animal kingdom,mother earth and its resources. Lets device a mechanism,exercise or system to cleanse our society,our minds,our thinking,our behaviour from negativity,from hatred,from corruption,from selfishness and from impurities.Lets activate and access our higher dimension our spiritual aspect which is our true nature and source to bring about unimaginable changes, betterment and benefit to our society.
I call upon all the intellectuals,educated and concerned people of my country to join me in my effort and dream to make the saying”SAARE JAHAN SE ACHHAA HINDUSTAN HAMARA” a truth and reality.
RISE INDIA.
Omar Sultan.
For one, can you please name a foreign company which has secured a contract to build a road or airport in India? I know of a few Indian companies who have done an awesome job doing these (GMR, Greater Noida...). The "buzz" word (sic!). Or were you referring to the "buzz" you were feeling post meth when you wrote this?
And your next post is about why India is immune to the current slowdown. How do you reconcile the two thoughts?
While I was going through this blog blood was boiling out in my veins and i was feeling ashamed on our politicians of country.But i think we need to do more as being a responsible citizen of INDIA.For time being i have got an idea, let us send this blog to as many people as possible so that at least a lot of people come to know about what is happening around the country and some of us will take initiative to take up this issue.
Very happy new year sir and to all the readers.
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