Illeberal law of the Haranana govenment

The statistics presented in the editorial, “Illiberal law” in the Hindu Editirial (12.12.15) proves that all the governments which have ruled the state  of Hariyana so far, have failed to achieve  better social status of the SCs . Denying them the right to contest in the local election on the basis of their educational qualification and other conditions  amounts to a slap on their face in the form of denial of political a participation and will leave them under represented in the political arena . It will further deteriorate their social status. What justice is there in punishing the victims for the failure of the various governments ?  Has the Haryana and Rajastan governments run by the BJP  taken any special effort to improve the educational enrollment and retention of SC children whenever they were governing those states/  It is very unwise to introduce political reforms in an unequal society .

Tamil Nadu flood

When will our administrators learn through their mistakes and take corrective steps at least to prevent  large scale losses of materials   and human lives in future, when nature attack man kind with intensive  fury? Why  do party men waste the viewer’s time by engaging in blame game during the channels debates on Tamil Nadu flood? Why can’t the Tamil Nadu government invite representatives of the major political parties,  experts on  natural disasters , central government and the  local governments of Tamil Nadu and the secretaries of the various departments connected with flood management to arrive at a clear picture regarding the road map for disaster management of this magnitude, resettling of those who have lost everything and to plan for coordinated efforts by central, state and local agencies  to normalise life in Tamil  Nadu. Is this a time for prestige and decide about future course of action without involving all the stake holders? Is it not time for swift action than engaging in postmortem of who did  what and when? Is not time to concentrate on getting central aid quickly by finishing the evaluation of damages in time?

Flood in Tamil Nadu and the lessons learnt

The flood in Tamil Nadu taught a humbling experience to many . The nature treated every one equally and hence, in spite of the differences in economic, social and political status every one suffered in different ways and degrees. For the first time people would have realised that , it is not the financial strength that would come to their rescue  during crises of this magnitude  but , it is the humanness of fellow citizens that would give them the required solace and relief .The unbearable sufferings experienced   taught many lessons to the citizens. But the political class alone seems like not learning any lessons since they were continuing to exercise the  arrogance of power , malpractices and sycophancy acts , even, in the middle of a human tragedy of this magnitude. They have forgotten that India is a democracy and they will soon be taught a lesson .Otherwise their spokes persons of the ruling part will not appear in TV channels and attack the youth of Tamil Nadu  and of the neighboring states who rose to the crisis and lent all their resources like money, time ,energy, intelligence and social networking facility  to render devoted service with  admirable social responsibility? What justice is there in attacking them for the  the adverse comments the government received in the media for it's various failures in   coping  up  withe the crisis

A mindless act exposed by the media

When the media was engaged in covering extensively about the impact of unprecedented rain in Tamil Nadu and its impact on different parts of the state ,particularly, in the Chennai city and was covering the extent of assistance from the central government through cash assistance and through sending the army, navy , inspection squads and the disaster management groups, the extraordinary assistance rendered by the NGOs and other social media groups, college students and other political parties and also the neighboring states and other states  and of the heart moving scenes on the human sufferings  one particular news coverage of an event  irritated the civil society. It is on the attempt by a group of people ( who are instructed to do so)to paste the Chief Minister’s pictures on the relief materials sent from different corners of the nation  , thereby exposing  their lack of   sensitivity even over human crisis. The flood in Chennai is a humbling experience to many sections of the population especially to  the well off sections that ,money will  not come to their rescue under all the circumstances. This natural calamity taught us a lesson i.e., when nature plays a major role humans  are powerless however  big they are politically, socially or financially. But the political class alone is not in the habit of   learning  any lesson  even during a worst crisis This point  is proved by the attempt to paste CMs picture in the middle of critical  operations related to  relief work . Whose brain has ordered them to be engaged in that work when we are facing manpower shortage for relief work and when every minute and energy of manpower is required for mitigating peoples sufferings?  Thank God the  CM has noticed that and has ordered the stoppage of  such mindless tasks. Otherwise this act would have continued and irritated every body and  spoiled the reputation of the ruling party

Women's employment growth rate

Every one will agree fully with the IMF chief’s statement that, “girls education is probably the single best investment a country can make” . As far as India is concerned , economic contribution of women is not in proportion to their number or skills acquired through higher education or  professional training . It is for such  women of India to realise and convince their family members about the need to equip themselves with economic security through high or medium profile jobs .The benefit to the nation through their entry into job market in great number is accelerated growth of GNP. Then the history will record their economic contribution with gratitude.  The additional  benefits are , improve in the standard of their families , dignified treatment , confidence to face the challenges of life and removal of the description of women  as “ unproductive, wasteful or idle resource.”

control of BJP by RSS

The control of RSS over BJP was proved already when the  PM candidate for the 1014 election and the BJP president candidate were as per RSS wishes .Their control over BJP is not “remote control” any more . Like  octopus  RSS is exercising it’s  influence in many matters such as the policy and programme changes at least in BJP rules states as per the Hindutva agenda ,  They seem to have a say  in the key appointments in educational cultural,  historical and even  in the  choice of Central  Ministers and bureaucrats.

India's present and future

When we think of India we can come only to one conclusion , ie., it is the most mismanaged country, What is lacking in this country? Why we have to be branded as a nation  with rich resources and poor people ? Why does poverty continues to this level even after 68 years of Independence? How is that  we have so many billionaires  with global level ranking in richness ? How could all the governments in power since Independence allowed this atrocious income inequalities ? Why does India ranks very low in health indicators, gender equity,  ease of doing business, educational quality, women’s safety , child abuse and ranks very high in corruption?  Is India in a democratic mess ? 

The answer to these questions we can get from the number of corruption cases running into several crores of rupees happening under every government . Corruption has become a national disease in India . When  politicians  are elected to become members of local bodies or  State Assemblies or the Parliament or ministers ,their aim seems to be to accumulate ill-gotten money to a maximum extent within  the term of their office. Only few are caught  and brought under the legal system . There are thousands of politicians with black money and income disproportionate to their  known sources of income . Even the bureaucrats and police officials are highly corrupt  . Corruption is paralysing good governance . The archaic laws give escape routes to these law breakers .  The police , administrative, education, election   and judicial reforms are long pending . The youth who are disappointed with the performance of  all the governments which had ruled  India so far, including the present government which came to power with tall promises are seeking greener pastures and migrating to other nation.s Only those who can not migrate are left behind. We are so proud of youth power and what are we going to do for them with this type of parliamentarian who are so proud of paralysing parliament and consider it as an act achievement and the top leadership shielding cabinet ministers and chief  ministers who have indulged in acts  of corruption and illegal activities? . questions and questions with no answer about future India . The shining India remains a permanent vote catching slogan without any practical value attached to it. We do not see any symptom towards it even if we want to have positive hope. The PM talks about clean India campaign . who is going to clean the corrupt  India? Can we see such an  India in the near or in the distant future at least?