Time’s short and the task daunting for UPA

Vinodji

Very well analysed. The following points are worth noting.

A) The BJP and other elements in the Opposition benches, especially the Akalis, will seek to stall policies and programmes that can resurrect the UPA’s failing image.

B) “The schemes on the radar of UPA’s adversaries might include FDI in retail, the food security bill, the direct tax code, the proposed land acquisition and compensation law and the national counter terrorism centre.

India is a Union of States and not a federation.

But the Opposition wouldn’t be shy of presenting an exaggerated picture of the State’s federal features to put a finger in every pie the Centre cooks”.

C) The BSP should be amenable to reason. After the drubbing she got in UP, Mayawati’s natural impulse will be to be in power or at least on the right side of it at the Centre. Likewise, it suits Mamata Banerjee to use her clout to get a good financial package for the bankrupt West Bengal rather than risk a mid-term poll when her popularity is a notch or two down after the thumping victory in the assembly elections.

Mamata also knows the Left parties do not want early polls. They will be too happy to lend the UPA the numbers if the Trinamool chooses to walk out.

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The fiscal situation calls for the food security bill to be put into the deep freeze and for the land acquisition bill to be reworked so that it becomes practical and affordable to industry.

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@ Vinod Sharma

Well we all k now that your loyalties lie with the Congress. Fine enough. But why get BJP into the picture when the Congress as wwell as the BJP are actually facing a challenge from the regional parties.

I think Rahul Amul baba has been ill served by Digviansh Singh and has ended up shouting BJP BJP in UP when the real fight was with the SP which it did not even acknowledge.

A good way of recovery for the Congress would be to adk Rahul to retire hurt and then get MMS out and remind all of us that this was the guy who rescued India. But to make this a success, Rahul and Digivinash should retire forever first.

Dynastic succession in the Congress is so boring now.. The people dont buy it anymore, except in fake Congress surveys

jo kewal… dil ko behelane ke liye khayal achche hai…

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The stage is set for disruption of the Parliament proceedings. The BJP wants to set the agenda and the sequence of the same to be followed or else ………

It will be no work, all pay once more for our MPs.

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Vijay

In the previous blog, you wrote

“third fronts have always been dangerous. VP Songh, Chandrashekhar, IK Gujral, Dev Gowda… well a line of disasters…”

Agree, but that does not prevent these small parties from dreaming up alliances, whenever the big parties have floundered.

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Another bouncer from Didi.

PWD objects to toll collection for six-lane projects in West Bengal

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PWD-objects-to-toll-collection-for-six-lane-projects-in-West-Bengal/articleshow/12237765.cms

Excerpt

“We are caught in a fix. The NHAI has allowed us to build the toll plaza. But with the state objecting to toll plaza and collection of toll fee from day one is making it impossible to convince lenders to finance the project,” said a spokesperson of DSC Ltd, which has bagged the project.

Land acquisition and people’s objection to pay toll have emerged as the two biggest stumbling blocks for highway development on public private partnership in West Bengal.

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ravi bhai , sanjay &mohan_t,

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities.
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets.
Heart is our Current Asset.
Soul is our Fixed Asset.
Brain is our Fixed Deposit.
Thinking is our Current Account.
Achievements are our Capital.
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade.
Friends are our General Reserves.
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill.
Love is our Dividend.
Children are our Bonus Issues..
Education is Brands / Patents.
Knowledge is our Investment.
Experience is our Premium Account.
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award

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rajeev s jee,

i hope azam khan will next be the premier of india.this is the only way to makeindia prosper and strong.

do u agree with me.

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americans arekilling children for sport in afghanistan,they laugh when children cry,

11 March 2012 murders in Kandahar. Back in 2010, four US soldiers killed unarmed civilians in this part of Kandahar. They were found gulty of forming a “kill team” that murdered Afghan civilians for sport.

On 11 March 2012, a GROUP of American soldiers murdered 16 civilians, including nine children, in southern Kandahar province in Afghanist
Witnesses said the American soldiers were laughing when they carried out the shootings.

Child murdered in Kandahar on 11 March 2012. A GROUP of Americans carried out the murders.

Witnesses told Reuters they saw a GROUP of U.S. soldiers arrive at their village in Kandahar’s Panjwayi district at around 2 am, enter homes and open fire.

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The Mai Lai massacre carried out by US troops as part of Operation Phoenix killed 100 villagers mostly children and women.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai described the Kandahar attack as “intentional murders”.

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Well, a country of retards….. Didn’t Rahul Gandhi advocate that they should be left alone to do fatwah or whatever?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-Deoband-issues-fatwa-on-body-scan/articleshow/12239669.cms

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Interesting article on income growth, “Gatsbys” in India — today’s NY Times

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/the-great-gatsby-comes-to-india/

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My posts are getting deleted especially when I reply to Congressi-Jihadis..

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Views of young liberal Pakistani on the conditions of hindus in pakistan..
http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/12/an-infected-conversion.html

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Post-U.P., Congress and BJP in conciliatory mood in Parliament

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2988812.ece?homepage=true

Chastened by their drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, both the Congress and the BJP appeared sombre and even conciliatory on the opening day of the budget session of Parliament.

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News Analysis: Why a Third Front is not possible

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2988626.ece

Excerpt

Barring the Trinamool Congress, a UPA ally with 19 MPs, and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), no party is keen to precipitate a mid-term election. For, if the Congress fared poorly in the recent round of Assembly elections, so did the 114-member strong BJP: its numbers fell both in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, and even if it lost Uttarakhand narrowly, it only won Goa.

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Power crisis: 60,000-MW plans run on empty

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/power-crisis-60-000mw-plans-run-on-empty/923045/0

Across the power sector, alarm bells are ringing, threatening to short-circuit the already unravelling growth story. Manufacturing has pulled down to its lowest in three years, export growth is petering out, while rising input costs and a significant fall in capacity utilisation across sectors have stymied hiring and investment outlook further.

At least five states have declared power holidays and another eight have load-shedding plans lined up.

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Deliver us from legislation

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/deliver-us-from-legislation/922495/0

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Once appointed, few government servants undergo any training. In fact, for the majority of government employees, there is simply no facility for any training anywhere. The government employees who undergo some form of training at the entry level seldom go through any other training program over the course of their long careers. All the learning takes place on the job, from seniors and from colleagues, and in this process, the status quo is reinforced.

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Every year, central and state governments enact several hundred laws, not because there is a need for all of those laws, but because it is easier to enact a law than to implement a program. Most often, laws are alibis for inaction. Of late, laws are being enacted at the prodding of civil society organisations with persistent backing from the media. We now have laws guaranteeing jobs, education and — soon — food, though everybody knows that an affected person would seldom go to court to demand his rights. But we continue to demand more laws on all possible subjects and hope that these will be implemented, however perfunctorily, by the same government servants.

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Aditya Sinha: Kaun banayega Rashtrapati?

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_aditya-sinha-kaun-banayega-rashtrapati_1660792

The best thing to come out of the recent state elections is that our next President won’t be someone useless, someone blind to corrupt family members and someone whose only qualification is her comfort level with the leader of the coalition running India. With all due respect to the Constitutional post, the person occupying it is a travesty, and certainly no patch on the person who occupied it before her.

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Read on

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I can’t believe Vinod Sharma worote this:
But the UPA’s real challenge will be to walk the tight rope while pushing reforms and pro-people programmes. Arrogance will have to be replaced with a sense of accommodation, riposte with reason and a lax, opaque administration with efficiency and transparency. Without these attributes, an honourable survival might elude the Congress-led political conglomerate. It must remember that there are battles to be fought in Delhi, Himachal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat before the 2014 war for the next Lok Sabha. Time’s short and the task daunting.

This is what I make of this, line by line:
1. All reforms are necessarily anti-people/ pro-people programmes are anti-reform.
2. UPA currently is arrogant and not accommodative.
3. Combative without purpose
4. UPA runs a lax and opaque administration which is not efficient.

If Vinod, who wears his love for Congress on his sleeve, can say this, what hope for Congress?
Also, it would not have escaped anyone’s notice that all the states that Vinod mentions are not likely to provide good atmospherics for Congress in the run up to the 2014 general elections.
By the way, Vinod, when you warn:”… an honourable survival might elude the Congress led political conglomerate..” I hope it is not taken as an invitation to plan for survival at any cost by Congress, dishonourable or not.

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Something interesting
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In Sabarmati jail for fake encounters, Vanzara turns Guru Cool

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-sabarmati-jail-for-fake-encounters-vanzara-turns-guru-cool/923094/0

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Both “Iron Man” Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and “Iron Lady” Indira Gandhi were “direct descendants of Chanakya”, former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was “Ajatshatru” with no enemies, Nehru was innocent.

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And this one transcends national boundaries. Rawalpindi must be freed from Pakistan and the Chinese must be shown their place, says Vanzara in his third book written during his long sojourn in jail, Ran Tankar (Battle Cry), a collection of 128 poems which was released on Saturday by former DGP Shabbir Khandwawala.

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Read on

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For the sake of India that is Bharat
Earlier you are proven Wrong Mr Vinod Sharma the better it is.
Any Govt is going to be better than this lame duck Govt lead by Arrogant, Insane, Communal and Corrupt party that has betrayed Democracy and its People time and again and is only striving to defend the undefendable and shield the corrupt and communalize rule the nation with devide and rule theory one way or the other.

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Does India provide healthy environment for conducting business ?

Mr. Jim Rogers who partnered with famous financial guru Mr. George Soros
and started a hedge fund in seventies and went on to make huge money.
Mr. Rogers who retired at 37 and now at the age of 69 has this to say about India.

” If you can only visit one country in the world, visit India,” Rogers advises.

“It is a complete assault on your senses. Amazing natural beauty, diverse peoples and cultures, wonderful buildings and temples. It is a complete sensory experience for sight, smells, tastes. But never, ever do business there. The Indians have taken British administration and red tape and moved it three levels higher. It is impossible to do business there because of the regulatory environment and protectionist rules.”

India rules

“Take agriculture for instance,” Rogers says, returning to his favourite topic. “In India, there are land ownership rules in place that limit land ownership to five hectares. If there are ten sons in a family and each have five hectares, how can 50 hectares of land be productive? That’s why India will never develop. The regulatory environment and protectionism needs to change.”

He also offers advise of making money in future. Very interesting interview.

http://gulfnews.com/business/features/the-world-according-to-investor-jim-rogers-1.993414

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~~~ NOW MANI SILENCER WILL SILENCE CHIDAMABRAM ~~~~~
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The Congress need not hunt for enemies. Its own son is determined to topple it totally. If we remember the CWG, it was Mani AIyar who failed as sports minister and then triggered the stories of ‘70,000 crores looted.”

Well now he has draggged Chimdambaran into the mess. Read from NDTV:

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Senior Congress leader and former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has stirred a fresh controversy by saying that it was then Finance Minister P Chidambaram who okayed the expenditure for the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi in October 2010. Speaking during the course of a debate with current Sports Minister Ajay Maken on NDTV’s Your Call, Mr Aiyar said that Mr Chidambaram sanctioned the release of the massive funds to Suresh Kalmadi, adding that the money was handed over sans an approved budget.

Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/chidambaram-cleared-spending-for-cwg-mani-shankar-aiyar/224824&cp

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Since Mani SIlencer is from the St Stephens college and so are the anchors of some channels, we can now expect him to release his silencers on these English CHannels to finally topple Chidambran. In the process the three legged COngress will be crippled further.

What fun !!

Vinod Sharmaji … did I not warn you about your friend… 3 years back !!

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Raat baaki, baat baaki
hona hai jo, ho jaaney do!

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Rift is emerging before even forming the government at Uttrakhand.

http://www.samachar.com/Harish-Rawats-supporters-protest-over-making-Vijay-Bahuguna-Uttarakhand-CM-mdnmKPbjghc.html

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@ Mohan

Sachin should retire now. This 100th century thing is becoming a joke and making people feel that he is playing for himslef. Go at the top… is the way to go…

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UPA should 1) prosecute the Mumbai diamond market and Delhi high court attacks within few months 2) put Afzal Guru to death (kasab, i m not sure – young man , was lured by money payment) 3)Work with Anna team to pass Lokpal 4) Start the river linkage project 5)Prosecute 2G on fasttrack 6)Prosecute Adarsh on fast track 7)Prosecute former Chief Justice Balkrishnan on fast track etcetc.. Although delays are parts of the system, common man considers it gaming of the system by the privileged. A few should be packed to jail for a long term.

BJP should stop opposing everything. They are not considered a significantly better party than congress; yes, they are less corrupt; that is mainly because the corruption opportunities for them are less than for Congress.Gujrat is a great example; but for whatever reason they do not want to tout it because of the misplaced fear of Modi backlash. BJP should deal with the Madhyapradesh mining mafia – couple of police officers (including the young IPS officer ) were murdered in broad daylight by the agents of these mafiosi. Also they have to get Yedurappa out (work with congress to give him a governorship in exchange of supporting a bill);

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Mayawati’s wealth doubled to Rs 111.64 crore during her term as chief minister

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mayawatis-wealth-doubled-to-Rs-111-64-crore-during-her-term-as-chief-minister/articleshow/12249319.cms

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati’s assets doubled to Rs. 111.64 crores (approx. $22 million) during her term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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Should we surprised? Just before elections, she expelled ‘corrupt’(?) members of her party.

Read on.

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Another “Kurian” breaks patent cronyism, paves the way for affordable cancer drugs for millions of Indians.

“Bullet Kurian” has done it again! But, he sure, has amassed lot of enemies.

It gives us some hope – that there are dedicated ‘country first” civil servants like Kurian.
I am particularly proud because he is a fellow Malayali (and Christian), although neither of those attributes have anything to do with his commitment and sense of service),

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Dear Shri Vinod,

(I Hope this is your real name, unlike some plants here who come with fake IDs)

You are right. Much of what Vinod Sharma writes is nothing earth-shaking.
Nobody breaks into sweat after reading these blogs. But, we carry on regardless, whatever the subject and from whichever angle he writes.

But we are grateful to him for tolerating some of us who pretend to be scribes.

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BREAKING NEWS——-BREAKING NEWS
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In keeping with the image of Didi as the friend of poor people, Dinesh Trivedi,

1.the Rail Minister is proposing serving of free food and snacks to people who travel on roofs.
The extra expenditure on this item is 1647crores.

2. He is also providing for free life insurance to all these roof-travellers upto 1.2lac.
The expenditure to be incurred is 1983 crores!

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deffenetely it is posted by rahul baba, now he has become an unwanted fellow for congress stooges, so he now took up ghost writer job posting these kind of articles, the disgusted attitude of mr.sharma come out when he used words bjp and elements, his remarks are utter disregard for popularly elected mp.s

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National Fight Championships
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Himachal MLAs turn Assembly into house of horrors

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Himachal-MLAs-turn-Assembly-into-house-of-horrors/923258/

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Congress members, continuing to raise slogans from the well, moved towards the treasury benches and Randhir Sharma (BJP) and Rakesh Kalia (Congress) traded blows and after sometime Balbir Chwdhary (BJP) and Mukesh Agnihotri (Congress) tried to hit each other.

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National Fight Championships
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Himachal MLAs turn Assembly into house of horrors

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Himachal-MLAs-turn-Assembly-into-house-of-horrors/923258/

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Congress members, continuing to raise slogans from the well, moved towards the treasury benches and Randhir Sharma (BJP) and Rakesh Kalia (Congress) traded blows and after sometime Balbir Chwdhary (BJP) and Mukesh Agnihotri (Congress) tried to hit each other.

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Interesting op ed article on population /indias benefits…see the fifth and sixth para from bottom ..also that the population growth in South India is below sustainable levels while in the North it is significantly higher…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/opinion/brooks-the-fertility-implosion.html

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Mamata Banerjee embarrasses Manmohan Singh, TMC leaders skip his dinner

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mamata-Banerjee-embarrasses-Manmohan-Singh-TMC-leaders-skip-his-dinner/articleshow/12251126.cms

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The dinner hosted by the Prime Minister was attended by party MP Ratna De Nag only, even though Trinamool has seven ministers and its total strength in Parliament is 25, including 19 in Lok Sabha.

Where is civility? Will O’Brien or anyone from TMC answer that?

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“Since we came to power in West Bengal, no financial assistance has been given to us by the Centre inspite of our demands. We have been demanding a moratorium for three years on the interest but to no effect as yet,” he said.

He forgets that it takes two to play tango.

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Myawati’s assets have been discussed here. let me inform you her sardar patel road house which is basically five plots of 600 yds joined together alonge must be about 300 crores in that area.

Other assets if actually stringed together would be…. about 20,000 crores …

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Why is nobody talking about murder of IPS officer in Morena MP?
One IPS officer committed suicide today in MP due to over interference by superiors.

What is happening in Madhya Pradesh? This Shivraj Chauhan seems to be a shady character.

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Ashish

How has Amit Mitra – the finance minister – kept himself busy until now or has he been sent on a long vacation?

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Given that is down my alley , would you care to elaborate in detail. so far I am aware , after the GATT and WTO , INDIA CANNOT FLOUT INTERNATIONAL PATENTS. .Previously India got round this by recognising THE PATENT FOR THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS PATHWAY, BUT DID NOT RECOGNISE PATENT ON MOLECULES.
It cannot do that anymore AND HAS FALLEN IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PATENT LAWS.So I do not know what you are talking about.Give me some detail , i will separate the water from milk.

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Interesting article on trade between Maynmar/India – NY times

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/in-indias-northeast-peace-and-foreign-ties-quietly-spread/

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A great article on why some countries are well off, why people are the root of wealth, values in sharing etc based on 2 MIT economists’ study
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/magazine/why-countries-go-bust.html

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The end of the high command

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-end-of-the-high-command/923455/0

Political scientist Francis Fukuyama, in his authoritative book The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, boils it down to three essential components that modern nation-states need for sustained success: a strong state; its subordination to a rule of law; and the government’s accountability to its citizens.

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RSVP dharma

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rsvp-dharma/923465/0

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is sending her state cabinet colleague to attend the swearing-in of Parkash Singh Badal as Punjab chief minister in Chandigarh. It is telling that that statement should be seen as a trigger of insecurities, fraught with political charge, almost scandalous. But why should the attendance of a CM or her representative in the ceremonials held to usher in a leader of another state be seen as the stuff of political intrigue — and so what if both belong to regional parties that are members of two opposing coalitions?

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Don’t work after 8pm, Gurgaon tells women

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Dont-work-after-8pm-Gurgaon-tells-women/articleshow/12254740.cms

A day after a 23-year-old woman was abducted and gangraped in the city, the Gurgaon administration on Monday passed an order virtually absolving its responsibility of ensuring women are safe. The administration has told all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners that they cannot have women employees working beyond 8pm.

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What an retrograde step.
Read on.

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An idiotic move if there was one.
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AMU blocks Facebook, says it ‘hurts religious sentiments’

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/amu-blocks-facebook-says-it-hurts-religious-sentiments/923486/

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration has blocked Facebook on the campus, claiming that the content posted on the social networking website could hurt religious sentiments.

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——————————————————————————————————————————~~~~ THREE MUSKETEERS ~~~ VS ~~~ THE THREE FAILURES !! ~~~
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The three musketeers was an entertaining story and has been picturised many a time by Hollywood.

The THREE FAILURES– amul baba, Digviansh Singha and Salman the communalist — is not such an entertaining story but more a case of a scoialogical study on how communalists try to divide India.

Where is the trio of the Three Failures hiding ?

Sanjayji/Prahladji/ Vinod ji… since u guys have an ear on the door of 10 Janpath, can you please guide us, the less informed?

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It looks like US military will accelerate its departure from Afghanistan following the killings of 16 people (may of them children) by the deranged American soldier.

India will have to thnik through what role to play/how to play

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Brookings Institution write-up on Jayalalitha’s comeback, governance…

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0224_tamil_nadu_antholis.aspx

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Just finishing watching the presentation of the Railway budget.

First impressions, a sensible, non-populist and impartial budget after more than 12/13 years. No pandering to one’s own home state and no Didi’s stamp.

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Mamta Di angry at increase in rail fares announced in this budget. Did Mr. Trivedi
not inform his boss before presenting the budget ? Will he have to resign ?

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Mohan, Vijay Kumar, Gopi, Ishwar,

Here is one for all of you:

Wife: Where the hell r u?

Hubby: Darling you remember that jewellery shop where u saw necklace & totally fell in love with it & i didn’t have money that time & said ” Baby it will be yours one day ”
Wife: Yeh i remember my love !!
Hubby: I am in the pub just next to that shop … :

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Here is a fine example of Indian secularism, practised by some of the most fundamentalist Muslims: speech by a MQM MLA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvjsgp8Mx-I&feature=share

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May be India should repatriate the Pakistani Hindus to India if there is a systematic killing/elimination of them

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Pakistan/Hindu-doctors-gunned-down-in-Pakistan/Article1-766292.aspx

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gopi,there is nothing like this in pakistan. pakistan has passed through worst period but there was no mass exodus.few cases here and there happens even in india.u are quoting old report to cange dicussion.triputi has biggest brothel of the world.brothel in cosmopolitan cities are spreade in .miles and miles employing lacs and lacs of innocent girls..first correct them.

hindus are kidnapped because they are rich.in india rich are kidnapped for same reason.

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My posts are again getting deleted..Where is Dhawan? In Ravi’s manhole or Sharma’s.

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Rajeev;
A friendly request. please avoid use of these words, it vitiates the atmosphere of blog. You sometime bring refreshing ideas and facts about which I am unaware. You are also combatative in your unique way but you may avoid direct or indirect use of vulgar words. Request only.

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Engrich;
Agian a friendly advise. Do you hear Quawwalis? yesterday, while sipping bear, I was hearing ” Jhoom barabar Jhoom” of Aziz nazan, and “Hamain to loot liya” of Habib Painter. try this therapy for some time, I will tell you next step. By the way I am more Muslim than you and More Dalit friendly than you and your friend. We can discuss any aspect of these two observations any time of your choice. Very busy but you are again getting very toxic.

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Shocking video .

I think we should raise this in the United nations. Instead our FM is a wimp who will pretend this has not happened.

Engrich and his lover will probably justify this saying that the girl has been rescued from Brhmns /zionism

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Hi Everyone!

Been busy with exams. Feels funy to be in text books when whole HIndustan is debating the probable collapse of this government.

The resolt of the UP polls seems to have srprised everyone, though not too much to me. However I fervently pray– to allah and ram –that SP does not go back to its goonda past of the mifd ninties when criminals manned policestations and people were routinely shot for 100 bucks or just becasue he stared at your sister. Akhilesh does seem more sensible than his father and I hope he will not auction policestations or ban English. The Gandhi factor is waning in charisma and UPiites think Australia returned Alhiesh is as charismatic, The bad un for me was Khurshid, who had reduced his campaign to communal stunts.

Muslims and all of UP need a national agenda which iis pure 21st century. No party– Cngress, BSP, BJP or SP had it. They have voted fo9r the best among the worst.

Quite frankly the divide between Muslims and others has only grown after this election. Will the parties go further on this road in the next?

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Parvez,

Nobaody takes this dunce seriously except his partner-in-his-arms. Neither do we take his views to reflect that of Indian Muslims.

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Manohar/ Gopi:
On Mamata: I wrote in July 2009; posting excerpts

Many have celebrated Mamata’s ascendancy and indeed have watched with glee over the last few years how political opportunism mixed with total irresponsibility has become respectable, even mainstream in the state of West Bengal and have not blinked, because, the fire was burning elsewhere.

As Mamata free-wheeled through alliance-making; frst the BJP, then the SUCI and Naxals and then with Congress, our political commentators were silent. It was all kosher; everything was fair game, we were told, if the Marxists can be removed from power in West Bengal.

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My fellow Indians, now our time has come. Now, we will pay the price for Mamata, as a nation. And, it will no longer be possible to ignore her.

I refer to the “Land Bill”, which was being brought in to replace a century old Colonial law which recognised only the role of the State in acquiring land for “public purpose”.

Mamata does not want this bill; every other political party is okay with it. Why? Because, this will be against the emotive, nihilistic and yet, electorally expedient stance she took in Singur and Nandigram.

So, what is the solution? After all, as Nirad Chaudhuri never tired of pointing out, Bengal loves going against the tide in the rest of the country; so what if such a stance is detrimental to progress.

There is a precedence. The Industrial Disputes Act of 1955 has specific sections which apply only to West Bengal. Perhaps, we can have the Land-Bill in the rest of the country, and have a “Mamata section” in the bill for West Bengal?

After all, why should the rest of India pay for the inability of the West Bengal voters to know what is good for them?

Will it stop at the Land Bill? My fear is, it will not.

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what he is saying is right.u people kept india paralysed for 10 years.all ur claims were based on lies and fraud.

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Well my last posting…

Just finished three strong ones of RC and plan to crash into bed…

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN CASE A CHANDRABABU NAIDU or a MODI get power in paschim Banga and get in corporate culture??????????????/

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@ Mohan and rajeev

Well u may wonder what keeps me an optimist. Let me throw a mysterious one. Like I said I am part of a research program– apart form my regular work in construction.

The question we are asking is “Is it possible to have a mechanism or a machine… jo aadmi ki khopdi tune kar de… that he does not develop heart blockages, vision problems (spectacles), hypertension, sugar, diabetes, cancer … etc etc.

Now u need to be a f_ _ _ _ _ _ to beleive that it can be done….

Mohan I hope u have a joke ready for me 2 moro… !

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How authentic is this ? ”””””””””””””””

SONIA GANDHI IS WORTH £ 2 BILLION PLUS
http://www.worlds-luxury-guide.com/Luxury-News/433294/Worlds-Richest-Politicians

anyone know, thought Indian MPs had to declare their assets and income

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Parvez welcome back”””””””””’

Akhilesh will be better than Mulayam- yes- that is a given, but then anyone will be better tahn Mulayam !!
Dont know if you read my post last week- our extended family back in UP which was in political wilderness after the passing of Brahm Dutt, has seen the sudden emergence of a distant nephew ABHISHEKH MISHRA.
He is very close to Akhilesh Y and is actually ex IIM. If allowed to, he can get SP moving in right direction. But you know what Parvez, I am so pessimistic about UP- so much dirt and poverty, even in Agra which – being a world calss tourist destination- desrves to be clean but is such an eyesore.
Only Kolkata depresses me more

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All;
Felt so bad. Writing many a times wrong spelling of words. believe it is hurry/ pressure and no time to recheck. No excuse. Industry has taught me to own mistake. HIDING MISTAKE IS SERIOUS, ADMITTING MISTAKE IS OK. HOPE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE ALSO FOLLOW THIS.

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If a 36 year old sub collector can amass Rs 115 crores…..
I want Sharia…
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/234409/maha-dy-collector-allegedly-worth.html

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Ashish

Mamta’s Land Bill is terrible; it will freeze the state..

Regarding your observation about whether the WB problem is due to Marxists or the inherent nihilistic nature of the populace — I tend to agree with your conclusion. The Marxists ruled Kerala for a long time, although not continuous like West Bengal; however, it was not a totally regressive one, and there were several developmental initiatives all along, especially in the last Achuthanandan minstry. So, it may not be reasonable to categorize the problem there in WB strictly as a Marxist related problem.

Mamta should be packed off, otherwise the state is going to end up worse. I thought Mitra would do some magic; may be Mamta’s bleeding heart must be pulling him back.

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All;
Trivedi resigns.
Tail is ferociously wagging the dog.
Not funny but pathetic.

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Vijay,
your post to Rajeev:
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i think it is best to be transparent and blunt to the people. mamta or someone stand on stage and announces to the people

Revenue collection = X
Expenses = 2X

People of bengal, tell me what to do?
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People of Bengal: “Didi, please do this:
1. Ask the centre for a bailout.
2. Give us doles
3. Paint the city blue
4. Rename metro stations
5. Kill some CPM “harmaads”
6. Appoint some “intellectuals” to the cultural committee of Indian Railways.
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and, if all fails, do a padyatra thru central calcutta in peak office hour- all will be well.

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Another feather in the cap of Mr. Nitish Kumar.

World record in potato production.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/indian-farmer-eyes-record-with-potato-crop-1.994750

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Ek fakir tha. Bheek manganae ke liye wah ek masjid ke samne baitha tha. Namaz hone ke baad log bahar aane lage aur chale gaye . Lekin kisine bhi usko beek nahin dali. Nirash hoker wah ek mandir ke saamne baitha. Udher bhi kiseene usko bheek nahin dali.

Wah utkar church, aur uske baad gurudwara ke bahar baitke bheek mangne laga. Kahin bhi usko logone kuch nahi diya.

Akhir wah ek baar ke saamne baita. Udhar har aadmi usko dekh ke paise dalne lage. Uski katori noton se bhar gayi.

Wah uper dekh ke bola, “hey malik, Rehte kahin ho, aur patha kahin ka dete ho”

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Derail Budget

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/derail-budget/923760/0

Such Railway budgets happen rarely. Once in 10 years, literally. For Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamool Congress, to muster courage and hike aam admi fares by up to 20 per cent, must have been a leap of faith. Because in India, general class passengers account for 95 per cent of total traffic. The balance 5 per cent is made up by those travelling in air conditioned coaches. The expert group for modernisation of Railways chaired by the prime minister’s adviser Sam Pitroda had recommended a one-time 25 per cent increase in fares to raise Rs 37,500 crore. Trivedi did not exactly do that but with an across-the-board passenger fare hike and a modest 5 per cent growth in traffic, the Railways projected earnings to go up by about Rs 7,000 crore in next year, 25 per cent more than the expected earnings in 2011-12.

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Read on.

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ONLY INTELLIGENT MEN SHOULD READ THIS.
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Whenever an intelligent man has to make any important decision, he closes his eyes,
thinks a lot, listens to his heart, uses his head and finally does what his wife says.

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I am pretty optimistic for UP with Akhilesh as its leader. He has handled himself well so far. I get the impression that he has a sense of destiny, and is motivated beyond the norm of greed and power.

With Nitin next door and Akhilesh in Lucknow, may be the two perennial laggards of Indian State will finally usher into the new era.

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~~~ ANOTHER CONGRESS CORRUPTION ~ under the garb of women’s rights ~~
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When, some months back I had compared the intellectual capacity of APJ Abdul kalam with Pratibha Patil, whose only claim to fame had been cleaning utensils for Indira Gandhi, Prahlad ji had howled in protest claiming that I was insulting women in general and Pratibha in particular by denying them “rights”

Well India today had revealed another scandal from the Pratibha cupboard. After the implication of her husband then son in the cash seized, it is land grab now !

Wah re Congress !! Kahan gaye woh Mahatma Gandhi aur Sardar Patel wale asool….

Excerpts:
—————————————————————- Son exploits President Pratibha’s name

President Pratibha Patil’s son used his status to further his business and political interests

Rajendra Shekhawat, the MLA son of President Pratibha Patil from Amravati, courted controversy on February 15 when local police seized unaccounted cash of Rs.1 crore from a car headed for his home, two days before the city voted for the municipal corporation. This is not the first time his name has cropped up for the wrong reasons. The high-profile Shekhawat, 45, allegedly used his status as President’s son to acquire a 532 sq m plot of land worth Rs.1.50 crore and in possession of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), for a college run by Vidya Bharati Education Society (VBES), a charitable body, while he was the organisation’s chairman. VBES runs 21 educational institutes including colleges and schools in Amravati. India Today is in possession of documents which show that land, which was previously with the NCC, was transferred to VBES.

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Imran Khan has pulled out of speaking at India Today conclave because of
Salman Rushdie. Mushraff had rightly said ” Imran Khan is a Taliban without beard.”

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@ Gopi

Akhilesh may seem a well intetioned guy. But his cabinet has Shivpal yadav as PWD Minister which takes care of all contracts and also land for builders.

Raja Bhaiyya his Minister was running his own private state with his army.

I dnot think he will break away easily from the past.

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~~~~~ UNITED IN PORN ~~~~~~~~~~
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It is coming out that 10 MLA’s watched porn in the Karnataka assembly including three for the JD and 3 from the COngress.

I hope all the morally outraged will now throw barbs at all the 3 parties.

Hindustan TImes which was leading the charge by naming BJP and NDTV too, in main news… should balance everything.

Or will they now pretend that the MLA’s were following practivals of family planning classes?

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As of now, it seems, the Congress/UPA is set to call Mamta’s bluff, but then no one knows what will happen in the next one hour/day/week or so.

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Team Anna behaving like Naxalites: Swamy

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Team-Anna-behaving-like-Naxalites-Swamy/924121/

Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today said Team Anna was behaving like “Naxalites” as they were “not keen on solutions” and instead bent on dragging the issue of corruption.

“Though Anna Hazare is spreading the anti-corruption movement and wants a strong Jan Lok Pal bill to tackle the menace, his team members are behaving like Naxalites,” Swamy told newsmen, here today.

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Read on.

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Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya alias ‘KUNDA KA GUNDA’ is now a minister in Akhilesh’s Cabinet.

Read the profile of Kunda ka Gunda…
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?218953

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Sushama Swaraj and co are totally clueless and in some other planet if they believe they can win next elections by clamouring about the lack of sufficient numbers for UPA in Lok Sabha or by criticizing the railway budget as anti-people.

UP elections have shown that these types of arguments are yesterday’s.

BJP better have a complete overhaul of its leadership positions sooner if they want to garner a majority in the next election.

At least do not yak when karnataka is upside down, HP assembly retention is uncertain etc..

Get the house in order and attack from a position of strength, and attack only on items that need to be dissected – such as religious reservation, priority of FDI in retail or should it be in some other sector etc

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How Congress can come back

a) Compulsory retierement to Chotta ababa, Slaman and Digvinash

b) joining hands with Anna for removing corrpution

c) getting some humour into life by appointinting Mohan as joke Minister.

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Breaking News

2 year Falak ( the battered baby) has died. Very sad indeed.

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Mamata govt receives Rs 80,000 cr investment proposals

http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Mamata-govt-receives-Rs-80-000-cr-investment-proposals/Article1-825953.aspx

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal government has received investment proposals of around Rs 80,000 crore in the first nine months of its tenure, Governor MK Narayanan told the state assembly on Thursday.

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????????????

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1) Trinamool state minister dubs Dinesh Trivedi a ‘traitor’

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_trinamool-state-minister-dubs-dinesh-trivedi-a-traitor_1662869

Now read this statement

“Hakim said that by saying he had taken the Railways out of ICU, Trivedi had insulted party chief Mamata Banerjee”.

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Insulted? Phew!

2) Dinesh Trivedi finds support in Trinamool MP Kabir Suman

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_dinesh-trivedi-finds-support-in-trinamool-mp-kabir-suman_1662857

As the Trinamool Congress leadership seemed to be inching toward putting a full stop to Dinesh Trivedi’s stint as railway minister, he found a supporter in party MP Kabir Suman, who not only supported the rail fare hikes but also asserted that the railway minister was not the party’s property.

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Interesting. How true – Railway ministry was not the party’s property.
Read on.

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Here is an interesting comment from the net.

One thing to learn… UP was ruled by Mayawati… trouble… TN ruled by Jayalalita.. more trouble… WB rules by Mamata … further trouble.. this Government ruled by Sonia.. also trouble.. guess its time to give rest to the ladies and let some real men rule the country… let trivedi be the railway minister.. let him hike the prices.. atleast its direct hike and will go to railways.. not indirect income.. i support the railway budget..

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Is the commentator a MCP or telling the truth?

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Congress said that decision on Trivedi will be taken only after March break. At least some straigtening of spine by congress. Glad for it.

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Friday, March 09, 2012
MULTI MILLIONAIRE GENERALS AND POLITICIANS& POOR PAKISTANIS

It is often said ‘Other countries have armies. In Pakistan’s case, it is an army that has a country.’

The Pakistani army has become the largest land owner and the biggest corporate entity in Pakistan.

In cities, they own the prime real estate (they simply ‘conquer’ it) and you will have trouble finding an officer (Major and above) who is not also into real estate

According to the book Military, Inc., a brigadier on average is worth a cool $50 Million.

But that book came out in 2007 and today the armies assets have more than doubled/quadrupled

They are also busy conquering territory in the North West, claiming civilians invited them for security.

Of course Kayani has the nerve to claim “No military operation is going on in Balochistan”.

On the civilian front, the economic warfare is in full swing, with the crooks at the top are busy destroying every public asset.

Some Big examples:

1. The national airline has been destroyed financially

2. Pakistan Railways has been destroyed

3. Pakistan Steel has been robbed completely

4. Other major profitable assets like Pakistan Telecom has been sold off for a SINGLE DOLLAR (no kidding)

5. In the last four years, more loans have been taken out under this “democratic” government than in the 60 years previous.

6. REAL Rate of inflation is close to about 25% and increasing…Remember too that the rupee has lost 50 percent of it’s value in the same four year period.

7. Electricity production has been turned off intentionally for up to 12 hours a day to destroy the industry (in rural areas, it is off for up to 22 hours a day)

8. Banks are almost bankrupt

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Railway budget, MORE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE.
I know dinesh Trivedi , more than what BV shenoy knows about MohanR.
Trivedi has a MASSIVE FLAT just next to automobile association of eastern india(AAEI) head officeThe name of that complex is VIVEK VIHAR.In fact the entire TOP FLOOR of a multistoried apartment , floor space of about 3000 sq ft.belongs to him.
A flat in that coveted area will fetch ONE CRORE.
He graduated from HARTLEY SCHOOL , which is feeder school to St Xavier;s school.
His father had a TRAVEL AGENCY BUSINESS which did not do a great deal of business. His METEORIC rise came when VP Singh got him elected from Gujrat(he is Gujrati but born at calcutta , probably so was his dad.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS BUDGET IS TO INDUCT THIS RAILWAY SAFETY TECHNOLOGY,now this WONT BE IN HOUSE , IT WILL BE ON A GLOBAL TENDER.
Apparently it will surpass the RAFALE deal,
Now draw your own conclusions.
He while being a member (all parents are) of Calcutta international School society , TOOK OVER the management by sheer canvassing and entering into understanding with”like minded” parents. Once he got control of the management , SOLD OF THE SCHOOL building and land to a property devoloper and moved the school into the hinterland of salt lake. The School is situated at the canaught circus of calcutta.
AGAIN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS
As they say Morning shows the day ………

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GOPI, PL U EXPLAIN
Just read that while u want Afzal Guru hanged you wanted leniency on Kasab cos of his age and brainwashing etc.
I am totally shoked, it is precisely this woolly thinking that has our country in deep doodoo. That is why Raja Bhayia kills and gets away with it , cos he can.
Justice should be swift and mercyless for big crime. Gopi you started speaking like Ravi here, pl dont mind.
btw where is Ravi. Which manhole he hides under reading WendyZaidHamid? Blog misses its favourite spanking ***

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US threatens sanctions against India over Iran oil

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Akhilesh’s cabinet, but Mulayam’s men

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Akhileshs-cabinet-but-Mulayams-men/articleshow/12283102.cms

Excerpt

Doubts were being raised on the Samajwadi Party’s intentions to check crime and criminals as 28 out of 47 ministers have criminal cases against them, even though a number of these cases could be political in nature.

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28 out of 47 . (59.57%)

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Say no to the bully

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/say-no-to-the-bully/924335/0

Prime Minister should have the courage to tell Mamata there’s a door out of the coalition

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Read on.

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UPA-2: With allies like these, who needs an Opposition?
Minhaz Merchant

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/headon/entry/upa-2-with-allies-like-these-who-needs-an-opposition

Excerpt

As for the high command itself, it cares for little else but staying on in power which keeps the financial pipeline of corporate donations flowing. Any self-respecting political party that heads a coalition government should have dissolved parliament and sought a fresh mandate from the people rather than cravenly accept bullying by a 19-MP party like the Trinamool Congress which constitutes barely 3.5% of the Lok Sabha’s total strength.

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A telling comment, but then self-respect, what is that, as far politicians are concerned?

Read on.

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mera bharat mahan,

एक सुबह 6 बजे माँ ने जोर से आवाज लगायी , बेटा जल्दी ऊपर आ जल्दी , मै डर गया की आखिर हुआ क्या ? इतनी सुबह वो क्यों मुझे बुला रही है , मै भाग के ऊपर उनके कमरे में पहुंचा , टीवी चल रहा था , माँ ने कहा बेटा बाबा के दर्शन कर ले , और बाबा कृपा बाँट रहे है , तू भी अपने लिए कुछ मांग ले , मेरा दिमाग चकरा गया , आखिर ये कौन सा खेल चल रहा है ? क्या टीवी पर देख कर अपना पर्स खोलने से पैसों की बरसात होने लगेगी ? क्या बिना कुछ किए सिर्फ बाबा के आशीर्वाद से सब काम हो जायेंगे ?

और कल अचानक ही मैंने फेसबुक पर बाबा को लेकर बड़े आप्पत्तिजनक लेख पढ़े , तो सोचा बाबा और इस श्रद्धा / अन्धविश्वास पर आप लोगो की राय भी ली जाए

फेसबुक पर युवराज सिंह की बीमारी को लेकर टिपण्णी की गयी थी , उसमे बताया गया था की कैसे बाबा ने युवराज की माँ शबनम सिंह से बीस लाख ठग लिए , युवराज की बीमारी को दूर करने के नाम पर , और अंत में युवराज के पापा ने बाबा का साथ छोड़ कर युवराज को डॉक्टर को दिखाया और उस का इलाज कराया , युवराज के पापा ने बताया की ढोंगी बाबा ने इलाज के नाम पर हर बार २० हजार रुपये फीस ली| और अंत तक रुपये बीस लाख उड़ गये उनके , जब उन्हें इस बात का पता चला तब तक बड़ी देर हो चुकी थी |

युवराज सिंह के लुटते ही , हजारों जबान बाबा के विरूद्ध बोलने लगी , लेकिन इससे पहले बाबा ने ना जाने, कितने भक्तों को लूटा है , क्यूंकि बाबा का ये दरबार कई सालों से चलता आ रहा है , और आज निर्मल बाबा का “कारोबार” देश के हर हिस्से में अपना जाल बिछा चुका है , लोग झोली फैला कर खडें है , और अपनी मेहनत की कमाई बाबा की झोली में ड़ाल रहें है, लेकिन किसी ने बाबा का सच जान ने की कोशिश नहीं की |

ये इस देश की परम्परा रही है , यहाँ लोग जल्दी से बाबाओं की बातों में आ जाते है , और बड़ी से बड़ी अपनी समस्या का इलाज वो उनसे करना चाहतें है , इस देश के लोगो को मुर्ख बनाना बेहद ही आसन है , और जब से मिडिया का दखल बड़ा है, इनके झांसे में बड़े बड़े विद्वान , पढ़े लिखे लोग भी आने लगे है | आज कल लगभग हर चेनल पर बाबाओं का दौर चल रहा है , हर चेनल अन्धविश्वास को बढ़ावा दे रहा है , कहने को तो हम विकसित देश बनने की और कदम बढ़ा रहें है , लेकिन आज भी हम उसी रुढ़िवादी मानसिकता में जी रहें है , जहां आज भी कैंसर , एड्स का इलाज झाडे फूकें से होता है , आज भी लड़के लड़की की शादी कुंडली , गुण मिला कर की जाती है , और फिर भी शादियाँ कितनी सफल होती है वो भगवान या बाबा ही जाने

लोग अपना भविष्य जाने के लिए , अपना हाथ लिए खड़े रहेते है , घंटों लाइनों में , कुछ हमारी मानसिकता ऐसी हो गयी है , की हमे सब कुछ चाहिये , लेकिन हम करना कुछ नहीं चाहते | ना जाने इस देश में कितने बाबा आयें लोगो की आस्था से खेलें और चलें गयें , कुछ दिन भक्त उदास होतें है , और फिर कोई बाबा आता है उन्हें पुचकारता है और छल कर चला जाता है , और ये आस्था अन्धविश्वास का दौर चलता रहता है |

मुझे निर्मल बाबा से कोई ऐतराज नहीं है , लेकिन मै चाहता हूँ की बाबा अपनी कमाई का ब्यौरा सार्वजानिक करें , यदि वो जनता की भलाई का कार्य कर रहें है , तो गरीबों को सही दिशा दिखाएँ , और अपने कमाए गये रुपयों से जनता का भला करें ना की उस पैसों को अपने ऐशो आराम पर या अपने भक्तों की भोग विलासिता पर खर्च करें | आप यदि जन सेवा की भावना ले कर चल पड़े है तो फिर आप को पैसों की इतनी लालसा क्यूँ है?

यदि आप किसी का भला कर सकतें है , ऐसी को दिव्यशक्ति आप के पास है तो क्यूँ ना खुले दिल से और खुले मन से खुले प्रागण में और एक दम परिदार्श्किता के साथ काम करें ? ना की अपने भक्तों को टोपी पहनाने का काम |

मुझे गीता का शलोक याद आता है “कर्म करे जा फल की इच्छा ना कर रे इंसान” , और “जो भी होता है अच्छे के लिए होता है , तो यदि आप लोगो के साथ कुछ बुरा भी हो रहा है तो उसके पीछे कुछ कारण होगा , किसी बाबा के कहने या करने से आप के दिन बदल नहीं जायेंगे , जो लिखा है वो भोगना ही होगा | सो कृपया आँखें खुली रखें और अपने आप को ठगने ना दें | श्रद्धा को अन्धविश्वास का रूप ना लेने दे |

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Budget is a bit confusing and boring today. Nothings gone down in prices…

Big quesiton. Will Sachin get it today?

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NY Times coverage of the budget:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/business/global/india-to-tackle-deficit-but-no-fix-offered-for-

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Raghuraj Pratap Singh ‘Raja Bhaiyya’ is no ordinary criminal. He is comparable to Syed Shahbuddin (currently jailed) of Sivan, Bihar.

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It’s official, the UPA is all at sea
Siddharth Varadarajan

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/siddharth-varadarajan/article2999595.ece?homepage=true

Remember the old Ajit joke in which the greatest Bollywood villain of all time asks his henchmen to use “liquid oxygen” against the hero? “The liquid won’t let him live and the oxygen won’t let him die,” he explains. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can be forgiven for feeling a bit like he’s caught in the middle of a forgettable 1970s movie. The United Progressive Alliance government he runs is all at sea and each week seems to push him further away from the shoreline. But even as ill winds buffet him from all sides — the latest tempest emanating from somewhere in West Bengal — none of the political forces ranged against him really wants to see his rickety boat capsize. Just when he is about to be swallowed up by all the liquid around him, he gets a tiny bit of oxygen.

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Read on.

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~~~ HOW THE SELFISH & dynastic CONGRESS ~~ killed the UPA ~~~~
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MOst of us on this blog have done or doing jobs. And most of us know that a weak, insecure boss, plays the policy of divide and rule to undermine you, especially when he feels that your shine is greater than his.

That is what Sonia, Rahul, Digivinash and co did to MMS and Chidambaran– and in the end the tattered UPA 2 is a joke tottering on the brink

Yeh hai India ki Kahani… Vijay Kumar ki zubaani.. .. Here it goes.
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The year 2009. India was shining. The economy was booming and Indians were moving all over the world. New ideas were being talked about, the media only had success stories. Rural India too was joining the fun… and even our courts were delivering justice !

We had a PM called Manmohan Singh, who was a professor by style– yet he delivered through his silence. Most of us believed that he was like Rahul Dravid, not spectacular, but the spine of a team, the hard working boy…

Even when the evil ISI attacked India on 26/11, the whole country stood together, Except of course Congressis like Antulay — whom we anyway knew to be corrupt and communal.

And then one fine day Sonia, Digvijay and the Congress probably atarted feeling insecure.

WHAT IF MANMOHAN SINGH GETS ALL THE CREDIT ALL THE TIME?

He was supposed to keep the seat warm for Rahul. What if he becomes independent? What if he puts up his hand for 2014? How can Rahul ever compete with a towering figure like MMS.

From that day Digivjay SIngh , who was Rahul’s mentor, started undercutting, undermining and ridiculing Manmohan SIngh and Chidmabaran — who too could pose problems for Rahul or the Congress in case they became too “independent.”

From that day… it has been a downward spiral each day.. each hour… each second..

The supplicant media which survives on handouts from the Gandy’s is a major player in this game…

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Sachin has done us, all Indians, proud.

He has silenced all the nay-sayers, doubting Thomases and antsy aunties.

A VITAL QUESTION: WHY HE TOOK SO LONG TO REACH THERE?

SEE THE IMAGE
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One more century by Sachin and one more loss by India. Our bowlers some how
make sure to lose the match whenever Sachin score a century. No matter who
are the opponents.

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Narendra Modi on Time’s cover page

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Narendra-Modi-on-Times-cover-page/articleshow/12296366.cms

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi figures on the cover of the forthcoming issue of Time magazine which praises him in an article for development of the state he has been ruling for over a decade but wonders if he can become the Prime Minister.

The cover of the Time magazine’s March 26 issue features Modi, with the caption: “Modi means business but can he lead India”.

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Will support govt even if TMC quits: SP

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/will-support-govt-even-if-tmc-quits-sp/924638/

Excerpt

“If Trinamool pulls out, our outside support will continue to the government,” Samajwadi Party MP Shailendra Kumar said.

He dismissed speculation that the Samajwadi Party will be part of the Union Cabinet, saying, “There is no such thing.”

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Is this a message to tell Mamta that it is the end of her Didigiri?

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Akhilesh sacks his people for vandalism.

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/akhilesh-sacks-ten-for-vandalism-at-swearing-in-ceremony/20120316.htm

This man may make a difference.

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~~~~ TRUE COMEDY FOR THE NIGHT ~~~ why UP can’t change easily ~~~~
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@ Mohan and Rajeev

here is true comedy of real life.

UP has had a SP and BSP government like Ying and Yang. Now I wont name when it happened.

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Some years back I was travelling inside UP and had to meet a person in the engineering division, Now when I went there, there were a row of gypises and white Ambassadors outside his office. Apparently there was a CID raid on…

Is this the right time to meet him ? I wondered and decided against.

But his peon saw me and said, : No problem… sahab is waiting…”

I went inside his room. The CID was waiting there. Now I had only come to meet him to deliver to him a gift packet my brother had been given by his son in London. Still I felt uneasy seeing the CID…

Ang now beigns the comedy.

My apprehension and the CID! I have seen CID in films… Dev Anand to Akshay Kumar. But UP CID was a class apart. Pot bellied, smoking bidi and cigarettes pointing at the cieling and repeating BC and MC in each sentence… ( BC not being before Christ but… behen… and MC u can guess ! )

On the officer’s tabnle were zonal plans of the devekpoment of the city and account balance sheets…

Funnier was their mission. A real hoot. They had come to check out the corruption in the office…

Not to root it…

But to ensure that at least 70% of the money collected reached the CM !!!

Wah WAh Wah !!!

Can UP really change ????/

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Mamata Banerjee AN APRAISAL
First the BACKDROP.
Luck , fate , chance plays a role sometimes big in an individuals life. It similarly plays even bigger role in a nation’s life.
If CPM rule was like Plague, the worst part was bengal instead of getting antibiotics or rat killing poison, was saddled withCONgress , aptly named the B team of CPM.
So BENGAL DID NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION FOR 35 YRS , till the advent of Mamata banerjee. That congress was in cahoots with CPM was loudly and unhesitantly stated by no other than Jyoti Basu.
When CONgress MLA’s were goading Jyoti Basu for his BLIND SPOT regarding the shenanigans of his IMBECILE son Chandan Basu , he retorted”You people I am told go and party with him all through the night with loud music ”
So support for Mamta Banerjee was like A DROWNING MAN CATCHING TO A STRAW.
Now MAMTA’S BACKGOUND
She is from a RURAL PEASANT BACKGROUND BUT FROM WEST BENGAL , most of the leaders of CPM are refugees from East Bengal(Bangladesh)
Her parents left RURAL BIRBHUM for calcutta , and his dad ran VERY SMALL kinara shop , in bengal known as mudir dokan. These shops are equivalent to SUBSISTANCE FARMING.She graduated from a NON DESCRIPT girl’s college , a measure of its stature can be ascertained from the fact that it operates only from the hours 0800 to 1200 hrs OUT OF A PROPER DAY COLLEGE.
She did BA in History , but knowing Indian education , this was ROTE , also most likely answers written in bengali , thus the vista limited. She also did MA in ISLAMIC HISTORY , again this is ROTE .I have read the answer paper of a relative who got FIRST CLASS FIRST from an University in Bihar.It was COPY AND PASTE from a couple of textbooks.Mamata most probably just scraped through.
SO THE SUM TOTAL IS , SHE IS INTELLECTUALLY very limited.
As to her STREET POLITICS and HISTRIONICS one has to keep in mind SHE HAS TO CONTEND WITH THE VERMIN PARTY, thus a highly intellectual guy will commit
Suicide, if he sticks to his taste and manners.A POLICEMAN DEALING WITH RAPISTS WILL SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF RAPISTS.
And there is another thing about her being a SPINSTER, woman with ZERO SEX APPEAL.Woman have limitation NOT JUST FIVE DAYS IN A MONTH, if it very difficult for them to be RATIONAL AND ADMIT MISTAKE.
Yet if she wanted she could have had Economic advisers that will give WHITE HOUSE run for its money , here are some names Prof Pranab Bardhan of Berkley, Prof amartya sen , Kaushik Basu of Columbia , Debraj Roy (now lapped up as prof in Newyork university) .In fact out of ten members in Govt of Indis’s Economic Advisory Committe five are bengalees. ARJUN SENGUPTA , and AMITABH something , and HOST OF INTELLECTUALS STILL LOCKED IN INDIAN INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS and other institutions in calcutta.
YET SHE CHOSE FADED stars of Tollywood.
Actually i am not sure if she has a council of advisors.
HER EVERY ACTION IS A KNEE JERK REACTION, hope she learns fast HOW TO SPEAK LIKE A TRUE POLITICIAN , where you essentially dont give way anything and just waffle your way through , rather than taking BLACK AND WHITE PSITIONS.
Rajiv Gandhi is an example of how not to speak while in politics

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All;
One way to remove tag of being communal party, BJP may induct as many as 10% members from Muslim community. But they should be people of high caliber and impeccable credentials. They must not admit rabble rouser and people with hidden communal agenda. All the progressives amongst them should have a chance to join any party of their choice.
I remember, Najma Hepatullah had joined BJP. Bashir Badar from Meeruth, a highly respected Urdu poet had supported BJP and scores others I know and do not know. This step may galvanize party, remove the tag of of being communal and only people like Shoeb, Rizwan and their ilk should be admitted. Not Taslimuddin or Shahabuddin variety.

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DID AZIM PREMJI REALLY SAY THIS ””””””””””””””

this came to me in an email- dont know if it is true-

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Wipro chairman Mr. Azim prem ji’s comment on reservation:

* I think we should have job reservations in all the fields.
I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this.
Let’s start the reservation with our cricket team.
We should have 10 percent reservation for Muslims.
30 percent for OBC, SC /ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly.
The four hit by an SC/ST/OBC player should be considered
as a six and a six …

Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an SC/ST/OBC
player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal.
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Let’s recruit SC/ST and OBC pilots for aircrafts which are
carrying the ministers and politicians (that can really help the country)
Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the ministers
and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)…

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Gnight everyne.. Its almost 3 India time. I am not sure whether the human brain can read gravity and light as a single signal.

Worth exploring 2 moro..

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An Advice to Mamata (for whatever it’s worth)
Next time a woman in raped in plague ravaged west bengal , dont get riled .Just say it is a shameful day for west bengal , my govt will do everything to nab the rapist ,we are a govt only 9 months in office, but our resolve should not be underestimated.
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THOSE DAYS WHEN THE RAPIST DUE TO THEIR CONNECTION WITH CPM LEADERS USED TO MOCK THE POLICE ARE OVER.
Similarly EVERY little incidents , just say we are WITH THE PEOPLE , WE ARE WITH THE VICTIM , give us time we will turn it around . 35yrs pent up garbage will take time .
FORM A COUNCIL OF ADVISORS, from ACADEMICS , and their words should guide the future policy.
On a small note , please refer to an Email sent to trinamool’s office by yours truly, which is packed with ideas to transform bengal

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My 3 posts were deleted today.

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Another must read.

National interest: The Trivedi Tutorial
Shekhar Gupta

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/national-interest-the-trivedi-tutorial/924740/0

Excerpts

His (Dinesh Trivedi) fate will also be a black mark on the CVs of the reformers of 1991 who continue to lead this government. There is no alibi in compulsions of coalition politics. The rail budget was a collective, cabinet decision. And having “bitten the bullet”, the cabinet should have collectively risen to defend a minister who only followed its agenda. So, why did they not do it in 2012, when the very same people had put their heads on the line in 1991? Why does the UPA think its risks are higher today? Or that it has more to lose, than even in 1991 when it was a minority government? Has the reformers’ will weakened? Has the economic success of these two heady decades made us lazy, and smug? Or, most worrying of all, have we become cowardly?

What Dinesh Trivedi’s fate tells you is not about the Indian Railways, about how such a crucial — and once marvellous — element in our national infrastructure has been destroyed under serial populists. Or about the fate of one man who tried to pull it back, literally from its excreta-laden tracks, to some kind of dignity.

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Dinesh Trivedi is merely a pawn. He got caught in this chaotic retreat from reform economics by the champions of 1991. He has blundered in taking them at their word, and in relying on their reputations. But if he is martyred now, he will be hailed as the first Indian who sacrificed his job for his commitment to reform so virtuous even his unions are backing it. He is a political lightweight for sure.

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The most pathetic thing now is the way the leaders of the UPA are running from the issue.

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Now this is interesting
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I will resign in a day or 2: Dinesh Trivedi

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_i-will-resign-in-a-day-or-2-dinesh-trivedi_1663555

Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday said that he will resign in a day or two from the post of railway minister.

Mentioning that Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee has asked him to quit, he said that he wanted Mamata Banerjee to give him in writing that she wanted him to resign.

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With SP playing footsie with the UPA, will Mamta bite the bullet and put in writing.

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SHAN BASHING
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I try to stay away from this blog but sometime the cheeky posts just make me smile-

cingulated shan Dr- “On a small note , please refer to an Email sent to trinamool’s office by yours truly, which is packed with ideas to transform bengal”

Ashish- “blind leading the blind?”

ouchhhhhhhhh

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A priest can be a paedophile , but a paedophile cannot be a priest.
An engineering graduate spends his life in MARKETING is hardly an engineer,
I am talking about anyone who has DELVED into the mystery of his creation and not a technician

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Here is something for the new found admirers of Akhilesh Yadav

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New UP govt’s first embarrassment: Bid to extend Lokayukta term fails

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/new-up-govts-first-embarrassment-bid-to-extend-lokayukta-term-fails/924949/

An ordinance, extending the tenure of the Lokayukta from six to eight years by amending the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act 1975, was approved at the very first meeting of the new cabinet Thursday evening. Later, it was sent to the Raj Bhavan, well after office hours.

By then, Governor B L Joshi had left for Delhi and Mehrotra’s term had officially ended. Also, the ordinance, drafted in unseemly haste, suffered from serious legal lacunae, sources said.

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One must they are trying to extend the Lokayukt’s term.

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~~~ INDIANS DONT KNOW WHEN TO RETIRE….. ~~~ is’nt it ? ~~~~~
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Now this post is not about all the fine bloggers out here who have retired from their company but are actively involved in a higher work– Blogging !

I am talking about some people in public life and sport who need to retire to maintain the public respect for their legacy :

a) Saurav ganguly: Was a gr8888888 captain. But should now stop dreaming of playing bengal or IPL as his failures now, smudge his cricketing glories.

b) Sachin : NDTV reports that he is NOT considering retirement. Well we all know that he was the greatest name in the world once. Our pride. Maybe he should learn from Sunil Gavaskar that it is important to walk out when people ask, “Why?” rather then people snidely commenting “why not?”

These were the successfull people. Now let us talk about the failures.

c) Digvijay Singh: A total failure as a CM, he is now hanging on ruining the COngress’ chances everywhere as well as reducing the standard of ur thinking to that of selfishness, communalism and cheapness

d) Rahulji : Well Rahulji is not really cut for politics and adminstration. In case he retires and announces that from now on he would work against the princples of synastic succession which have no place in a democracy, he would win widesprad respect. he can also do some actual job to learn what life is all about, rather than living of the royalites of books gr8gr8 grandpop wrote.

I better rush now… !!

To a construction site and do actual work… before my partners retire me off…

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Sorry Guys ! I have been travelling. I promised myself not to use my Tablet for the blog. Then there will be no time for the work !

I had my first interaction with an IIM Prof – politician in UP. Yes, he is good. Come to think of it, he has his fingers on the real politic ! Why else he would join a party like SP ? But then who else had a chance in UP ? Imagine he beat Lalji Tandon’s son in Lucknow North. Infact, Dr Neeraj Bora of the Congress was too a good cadidate. Guess, it would make Dr Mishra proud.

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THE REAL INTENTION OF TRIVEDI FOR INVITING GLOBAL TENDERS FOR ANTI COLLISION DEVICE(draw your own conclusions)
However SORRY TO SPOIL THE PARTY
Mamata nod to introduce ACD in 8 railway zones
Kumod Verma, TNN Mar 14, 2011, 03.05am IST

PATNA: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has approved an ambitious safety plan to introduce anti-collision device (ACD) across the country in 2011. Out of 17 zones of the railways, it would be introduced in eight zones including East Central Railway (ECR).

According to a Railway Board official, the railway ministry has taken the decision to introduce ACD after its successful trial conducted under Southern Railway in Tamil Nadu recently. It was the second trial of the ACD which proved successful. Though the Konkan Railway has designed and developed the ACD, railways has made slight modifications in its design and structure for its implementation, the official said.
SOME MORE SPANNER IN THE WORKS
speaking about railway accidents, she said that human error was responsible for some of them, but they were less in comparison to road accidents.

“Road accidents take a toll of 1.40 lakh lives in India each year, while 1,000 persons die in rail accidents,” she said.
Sanjay Dhawan , wishing you a SAFE travel

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Trivedi digs his heels, says ‘duty to pilot Rail Budget debate’

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/trivedi-digs-his-heels-says-duty-to-pilot-rail-budget-debate/925042/

Trivedi’s defiance puts the Prime Minister and the Congress leadership in a bind in which they have to decide on the removal of the Railway Minister or allow his continuance at the risk of possible threat of withdrawal of support by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.

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Is this all scripted by the Congress to call Mamta’s bluff or ….?

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@ Sanjay Dhawan

Welcome back ot the blog. A fortnight is a long time in pollitcs and you would have seen that Congress with its hate agenda of dividing Hindus and Muslims has been trounced

If you are moving around UP to check out why Digvinashji could spread his communal ‘vish’ and still not win and why Rahul despite the fawning media giving him all publicity, lost, here are a few facts:

a) Somebody noted here that rahul ji sounded more like Mulayam SIngh yadav and Lalu Yadav with his casteist and communal agenda while Akhilesh sounded like the early Rajiv Gandhi– sincere, simple, promising a bright future

b) Create all the spin to propel a non performing machine.. well … it wont fly. Only the spin doctors will make a living.

c) The Congress should honestly worry that the Priyanka factor too failed. The politics of charisma is over.

Frankly with the advent of the electronic media, the days of dark Indians in tattered clothes beding before fairer kings and queens is over. There are a thousand heroes and heroines around now.

Priyanka sounda like a nice sensible girl, She should immerse herself in social work — like children;s nutrition or education. She should be careful that her husband does not use her name to popel himself further. As we know, from rickshaw travelling in Moradabad in 1998 to owning the Aman Hotel and partnering DLF to buy Taj and other boutique hotels, he is the epitome of a starry rise…

d) I asked the parking Lot guy inNoida sec 18, two hrs back, on which party he voted. SP was his answer. Reason– the mayawati supporters have had a good time for five years, now we got to give it back to them.

So Akhilesh better watch out as his voters have a different take….

He did not have any connect with Rahul and … Priyanaka….

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@ shan cingulate, I called your thoughts infantile, most do. In return you called me Pakistani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf, r u confirming yr infantile status?

@gopi, she was never my gf. Just met her last year when I went to see the match in Chandigarh, we skyped for a while but it fizzled out. Ammi was very troubled about my dating a girl from Lahore. to be brutally honest, our roots are in MP and my family is anti-punjabis. sorry viju and Balwinder uncle- just saying it as it is lolzz

@ viju you ducked the main thrust of my post dude- the underbelly of India. My comment that working parents try not to leave their young girls at home because they could be raped. This blog never addresses the terrible crime situation in India, everyone here just bangs on about GROWTH as if mentioning the 9 % figure again and again will somehow mask the hunger, disease and violence

and the fact that mrs Sharma on being widowed had to contend with all the male predators, she once told Abbu that the first pass was made on her the day after her husbands funeral!!!!!!!!! mera bhaarat mahaan

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More and more citizens are exercising their voting franchise..

We had a by-election here today in “Piravom” constituency..

86.3% of the voters voted! (the polling percentage in that constituency in the last year’s election was 79.1%)

UPA will maintain the statusquo (2 seat majority) if their guy wins; CPM will gain one seat if their man wins. Both contestants have the same name – Jacob (so also the deceased MLA).. so it is quite possible votes meant for one goes to the other…

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Congress MP Sajjan Singh has served a privilege notice against kejerwall for calling the MPs “rapists, looters, and murderers”..

Sajjan Singh must be thinking he is an MP in Luxomburg or US Congress!

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The following was sent to me by a friend. Can anyone authenticate it.
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HMV Company had once published a pamphlet giving the history of
gramophone record. Gramophone was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the
19th century. Edison, who had invented many other gadgets like electric
light and the motion picture camera, had become a legend even in his
own time.

When He invented the gramophone record, which could record human voice
for posterity, he wanted to record the voice of an eminent scholar
on his first piece. For that he chose Prof. Max Muller of Germany,
another great personality of the 19th century. He wrote to Max Muller
saying, “I want to meet you and record your voice. When should I come?”
Max Muller who had great respect for Edison asked him to come on a
suitable time when most of the scholars of the Europe would be
gathering in England.

Accordingly, Edison took a ship and went to England. He was introduced
to the audience. All cheered Edison’s presence. Later at the request of
Edison, Max Muller came on the stage and spoke in front of the
instrument. Then Edison went back to his laboratory and by afternoon
came back with a disc. He played the gramophone disc from his
instrument. The audience was thrilled to hear the voice of Max Muller
from the instrument. They were glad that voices of great persons like
Max Muller could be stored for the benefit of posterity.

After several rounds of applause and congratulations to Thomas
Alva Edison, Max Muller came to the stage and addressed the scholars
and asked them, “You heard my original voice in the morning. Then
you heard the same voice coming out from this instrument in
the afternoon. Did you understand what I said in the morning or what
you heard this afternoon?”

The audience fell silent because they could not understand the language
in which Max Muller had spoken. It was `Greek and Latin’ to them as
they say. But had it been Greek or Latin, they would have definitely
understood because they were from various parts of Europe. It was in a
language which the European scholars had never heard.

Max Muller then explained what he had spoken. He said that the language
he spoke was Sanskrit and it was the first sloka of Rig Veda, which
says “Agni Meele Purohitam.” This was the first recorded public version
on the gramophone plate.

Why did Max Muller choose this? Addressing the audience he said, “Vedas
are the oldest text of the human race. And Agni Meele Purohitam is the
first verse of Rig Veda. In the most primordial time, when the people
did not know how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and
housed in caves, Indians had attained high civilization and they gave
the world universal philosophies in the form of the Vedas.”

Such is the illustrious legacy of our country!

When “Agni Meele Purohitam” was replayed the entire audience stood up
in silence as a mark of respect for the ancient Hindu sages.

This verse means:

“Oh Agni, You who gleam in the darkness, To You we come day by day,
with devotion and bearing homage. So be of easy access to us, Agni, as
a father to his son, abide with us for our well being.”

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That may well be true.
But to equate dancers and prostitutes is depravity. I do not wish to debate this anymore.

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That may well be true.
But to equate dancers and prostitutes is depravity. I do not wish to debate this anymore.

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SHENOYBV
Because Mamta di can’t write saala!
12 hours ago in reply to mohanrr
Shenoy,
you are simply wrong. How dare you?
I mean, wtphuck?
Do you know, after BC Roy we are so proud to have our first doctor Chief Min?
Only BC Roy was a medicine man, and our dear Mamata di is a doctorate from an Amrikaan univ called East Georgia?
Heard of it?
She can write, she can read … she can talk.. mind it! She even printed a doctorate as proof.

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All;
In my humble opinion, Aryans migrated from North – near caucasus region and moving through middle east, Iran, Afghanistan settled in India. Apart from genetic studies, which shows similarity of Brahmins and european genetic has as much similarity, upto 98%, as Brahmins had least intercaste or mixed marriages. Apart from this, if Aryans were indigenous, then what about our tribals, their body structure, facials, colour etc is so different from Aryans. Even now, apart from white skin, many Brahmins have blue or green eyes.

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All;
had a nice round of : The Strip: in Las Vegas, where all the big Casinos are located. Circus de sole, arguably, best circus/ Gymnastic troup, is permanently located here on the payment of $ 500 million. This is an institution it self, originatinfg from Montreal, where, this art is practiced by practically every young girl and boy. Amazing.

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Artists and performers in PAksitan!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Faith-fear-silence-Pakistans-singers/articleshow/12310080.cms

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Rushdie speech–

I felt Rushdie took a cheap shot at Rahul Gandhi….

I am not a fan of Rahul, but Rushdie crossed the mark..

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In one of my earlier posts here, I had said that Dinesh Trivedi is being used as a Shikhandi by the congress to break Mamta Didi’s Trinamool.

I am glad that I have been proved right.

I read in today’s papers that Sam Pitroda is a house guest of Trivedi for the last three months and that he and Montek Singh Ahluwalia together drafted the entire rail budget!

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Mulayam’s cousin set to become RS dy chairman

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mulayams-cousin-set-to-become-rs-dy-chairman/925127/

Amid the changed power equations at the Centre, the Samajwadi Party (SP) is all set to get the post of deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s cousin Ramgopal Yadav is likely to succeed K Rehman Khan, who retires in April.

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@ Gopi

I think you are pinning too much hope in Akhilesh. The party and the past wont let him too much beyond a point. The selection of ministeras has already indicated that corruption, casteism and freeing criminals on basis of caste and minority status will be the hallmark of Samajwadi rule.

Today’s Indian Express reports that the board exams in UP have now since yesterday de- activated the control room which moniotrs cheating and condict of examinations. Examiners have given up as they fear a bullet in case they object.

Two groups helping students cheat had a gunfight in which one person died.

This is of course in tune with Mulayam’s early pollicy in which he wooed students with a “right to cheat’ policy .

This has been discnitued immediately after Kalyan Singh took over.

Maywati for all her corruption, had a school teacher background and at hindight, was pretty strict on student discipline and created schools and colleges.

Mulayam will of course be Mulyam in all aspects of law breaking as long as he gets votes.

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also a brahminist…

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@ Ashish and Vijay

These are very very retrograde steps by the SP. UP has to move forward. Being from the state, my heart cries when I see the quality of adminstation and political debate

SP in its earlier avatar was an assembly lines of goondas, crooks and at times, murderers. Extortionists and kidnappers like Mafan Bhaiyya and DP Yadav were its fund collectors.

It would be indeed astonishing and shameful incase the SP takes us back to those days.

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Vijay/Ashish/Vinoo

The problem is whenever such schemes or policies of free distribution of money
are launched, human nature is not taken into account. All such schemes will never
bring any benefit to nation or its people. Such schemes put dent on the
government coffers, make people lazy and also create inflation.
There should be some to law to stop this. How can any political party be allowed
to distribute heard earned tax paid by honest citizens to be distributed freely just
to get into/remain in power.

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All (Shenoy/ Vijay/ Manohar): on the subject of Hindus being beef-eaters and the more subtle point::
I wanted to just add a bit more academic rigour to the discussion on beef eating among Hindus.
A few points of fact first:
1. Beef eating, drinking alcohol, polygamy etc were all repvalent social customs in the vedic times. The priest class- brahmins definitely ate beef.
2. Over a period of time- and there are disputes about what caused it- eating of beef became taboo among the higher castes of Hindus, especially brahmins. In fact barring a few notable exceptions (including Bengali brahmins ) vegetarianism itself became the norm and violation was taboo.
A prominest sociologist- perhaps the greatest India has produced- MN Srinivas, introduced the concept of Brahminization, Westernization and Sanskritization to explain Indian society in flux.
The essential points are:
1. A society and its mores are not static- technology, industrialization, urbanization, mobility- they all impact the way a society evolves.
2. In any modern and rule bound and hierarchial society, those at the top of the hierarchy define the accepted societal mores. Over a period of time, there develop accepted social mores for all castes- with the aspirational ones being those practiced by the brahmins.
3. So, even though beef-eating was not taboo for non-brahmins, it was aspirational and thus became taboo for a large number of Hindus. This process was described by Srinivas as Braminization and later Sanskritization.
4. This is not to suggest a one way process- there is an inverse process called de-sanskritization – which happens among modern brahmins- who neither wear the janeu, nor do they observe any taboo related to food or drinks.
5. Finally, all of us- and perhaps most if not all we meet- are products of “westernization” a later term also introduced by Srinivas- our mores have changed as well- we are de-sanskritized, inspired by western humanist ideals and so on. And, yes, many of us do eat beef. I certainly do- though avoid it these days, as I do red meat generally.

Now, to Manohar: (and I have now read thru the background posts)
Vijay’s point was simple- food habits can’t define your liberal views or otherwise.
I mean Hitler was a vegetarian.
Vijay’s supporting point was about taboos being practiced by communities in general. I know Muslims who eat pork too. His main point was well made.
In the context of your overall interaction with him, I understand your reaction but, his point- made to Shan (was it??) was unexceptionable.

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Where is Ravi? Seems to be away.
Is this vacation time in UK?

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In historic speech, Zardari portrays a Pakistan few recognise

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3006417.ece

Excerpt

Amid slogan shouting by the opposition parties, the President — who has been the target of a ‘go Zardari go’ campaign — sought to paint a picture of Pakistan that is in contrast with the general perception of the state of the nation, drawing ridicule from Leader of the Opposition Nisar Ali Khan who pondered aloud as to “which Pakistan is he talking about”.

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BEEF eating”””””””””’

Engerich, I am never far away, i am reading this blog quietly. Now and then I get fired up and come and fire a salvo. Like when I bored you all with my treatise on Hindu civilisations greatness, its interaction with Greeks, Arabs and most imp- Chinese- two of the most advanced civilisations saying hello to each other across the himalayas.

It proved too much for our India hater Ravi who is in a hosp somewhere getting treatment for a nervous breakdown haha.

Agree with Ashish’s observations on Sanskritization in general. Only 2 points-

1. Just because my ancestors did something 2000 years ago, does not mean I have to do it now. Ref- beef eating, rampant sexuality a la Kamasutra style. Individuals evolve, societies evolve.

2. I was non veg for a few years, but ultimately my love for animals could not get over the cruelty of slaughter- PERIOD. And I am very proud that the hindu civilisation way back in 300 BC was perhaps the first in the world to look at the moral aspect of this slaughter.

I do belive that in the next 200-500 years the whole world will be vegetarian.

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Mamta’s time…. over?

With the SP set to join the UPA, it is goodbye for mamta. Suddenly you will see a toned down version of her.

Danger zone: Mulayam will find it easier to putch for the PM’s seat in case UPA collapses or a third front type becomes the government in 2014.

Time to say bye to all the goodwork done since 1991

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Riswan puttar, pl u ignore cingular shrill dr shan, when he calls you pakistani he is like Gali ka nikamma who finds his own abuse exhilrating. I liked your HARD HITTING points about Indian underbelly.
Your story about Mrs Sharma being lechered by male relatives had a very sad touch to it. Bet you her molester would have been a Dr.shan type charaterless man. Your family will get your reward in this life and next, you bring tears to my eyes.
And even in Punjab I have seen myself farm labour eomen carying even 5 yest old girls to work otherwise some lecher can do unforgivable act. And that is fact puttar. Mera bhaarat mahaan , not now.
ps Gopi one of best posts on rigvedas. It took me 5 months to finish Ed Luce In spite of Gods and now I shall buy vedas book. Any suggestion on small book anyone, I read slowly

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Gambir is not playing with gambhirta.

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EC gives green signal to new auditing norms for political parties

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ec-gives-green-signal-to-new-auditing-norms-for-political-parties_1664016

In a step that will bring in transparency and help curb black money in the poll process, the Election Commission has given its nod to new auditing and accounting norms for political parties in the country.

The norms and guidelines, prepared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), will soon be notified to the political parties by the EC and financial enforcement agencies like the Income Tax department and the RBI.

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Read on.

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Saina reaches finals of Swiss Open

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3009275.ece

Defending champion Saina Nehwal reached her second consecutive final of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold with a straight—game victory over Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the semifinals in Basel, Switzerland.

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Now railway unions threaten agitation if fare hike is rolled back.
How will Mamta di react ?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Railway-unions-threaten-agitation-against-any-rollback-in-fares/articleshow/12315214.cms

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A good win by India. Congrats.

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Surprisingly no one is commenting about VDIS – Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme- proposed in this budget.

Unexplained money, credits and investments would attract the highest tax rate of 30 per cent irrespective of the income slab of the person possessing these assets.

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Alsistar MacAuley’s review of Indian/Odissi dance/Nrityagram in today’s NY Times. He is NYT’s main art critic – some amazing observations about movement, rhythm, sound..

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/arts/dance/nrityagram-dance-ensemble-at-joyce-theater.html

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here are two roads which different groups of nations are following

Road no 1 followed by

1) Australia– New zealand — USA — Canada — UK — Japan — CHina — France
Russia — Turkey — Malaysia — Italy — Mexico — Brazil — Sweden — Switzerland — Sri Lanlka — Norway — South Korea —

Road no 2 followed by

Pakistan- Bangladesh – Cuba – North Korea — erstwhile Libya — Erstwhile Iraq — Syria — Saudi Arabia– somalia– ethopia

Which road should we follow ??????

By the way Road no 1 is of democracies where dynasitc succession does not matter.

Road no 2 is followed by countries where warped democracy or dictatorships based on family and dynasty succession rulers grab power.

Choice is ours. We should have been leading the world. Now we have to folllow the world and choose a road…

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Who killed Baby Falak?

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3009764.ece?homepage=true

Excerpts

A child died and we collectively mourn. She was just two years old. And she fought bravely, but the tubes and wires connecting her to life support in the AIIMS Trauma Centre were no match for the systemic failures that carried this baby to her death. For the truth is that Falak never really stood a chance.

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And what of the young 15-year-old teenager who first battered and then tried to save Falak? A run-away from the slums of Sangam Vihar, right in the heart of the capital. Her mother died and her father abused her, and so she ran for security to her would-be pimps. They prostituted and raped her, again and again. And yet this frightened young girl did not reach out to any system for help.

Should she have gone to the police? Could she have? Rape, it seems now, is such an everyday occurrence, and justice so elusive, it may have made little sense. For where would she go from the police station after lodging her FIR, with no family backing, no one to take her in? Where does she stay, how does she live as she fights a rape case? No support before, during or after. We offered her nothing but rape laws and a gender blind criminal justice system.

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Falak’s mother Munni was apparently sold and trafficked across two State borders from Bihar to Delhi to Rajasthan.

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And as for Baby Falak — child abuse remains among the most rampant and hidden forms of everyday violence in Indian homes. Systematic data, information and services on child protection are still not easily available. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights set up in March 2007 is a beginning.

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A) Govt milks its PSUs to fund metro rail project

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-milks-its-psus-to-fund-metro-rail-project/925245/0

To fund its ambitious metro rail project to link Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, the state government has asked the already cash-strapped public sector undertakings (PSUs) owned by it to shell out Rs 500 crore by purchasing equity shares in the MEGA (Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad), the special purpose vehicle that is executing the project.

B) State PSUs lost Rs 4,200 cr in 3 yrs: CAG

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/state-psus-lost-rs-4-200-cr-in-3-yrs-cag/925246/0

“Lack of professionalism and accountability” and deficiencies in functioning seem to be taking a toll on the 60-odd public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Gujarat, which have suffered a loss of over Rs 4,200 crore in the last three years, the CAG has observed in its report.

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Jim Yardley’s article about Akhilesh Yadav in yesterday’s NY Times

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/surprise-at-indias-polls-reveals-a-new-kind-of-leader/

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@ MOhan

My last posting and I need a smile to crash into bed. What better than your hearthrob, Sonam Kapoor?

She’s is dancing on my TV— is she dancing to mashankali on your TV on SOny Mix?

By the way there is a pigeon sitting on her head.

All the pigeons I had as pets… would shit at odd moments– including a grey pigeon I resuced from the lift pit of my office building..

Now how come SOnam is safe??????????

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Folks , I woke up to an experience called CHINA. Just as you know their language is unique , they do not have ALPHABETS , like rest of the world .They have characters.Also they write in vertical columns rather than transversely.The fact that they dont have a democracy may seem as alien to rest of world , just like their language which HAS 700000 CHARACTERS, but for chinese it is natural FOR THEY VALUE CONFUCIANISM , WHICH PUTS ORDER (which chinese like to call SOCIAL HARMONY) above everything else.Thus Prof Niall Ferguson commented “It is a bit like coming from Moon with zero gravity and then experiencing gravity. To we mortals at earth tthat is quite normal , but some body from zero gravity must feel odd.
Also CORRUPTION IN CHINA is as old as china itself.One of the first MANDARIN in emperor Chin’s court amassed so much wealth , reckoned to be around 1.2 billion in current value.According to Official chinese version , HE WAS VERY HANDSOME SO WOMEN SHOWERED HIM WITH GIFTS.
Prof Fergusson quotes China Daily which says 280 CHINESE BUREAUCRAT AND CEO’S OF COMPANY SIMPLY VANISHED FROM CHINA TAKING WITH THEM A STAGGERING 780 BILLION(Yes you are reading it correct) yuan , that 120 billion dollar.
A small price to pay for a CLOSED SOCIETY RULED BY NINE PEOPLE

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@Pankaj#1, Vijay Khanna , and Ravi.
Punjabi folks , I watched a pakistani film called BOL.The setting of the film is a house in Lahore, previously owned by Lala Ram chander, now occupied by some khan from Delhi.
What struck me was the decoration inside the house. The entire walls were covered with filigree and painting showing Lord Krishna and Radha .
Please confirm are hindu punjabi houses always had this kind of decoration

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Vinoo;
Would have loved to get lost in Vagas, temptation was great. But this was possible only 20 years back and I had little money. Ha.

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Crisis in Karnataka BJP, Yeddyurappa whisks away 55 MLAs to resort

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Crisis-in-Karnataka-BJP-Yeddyurappa-whisks-away-55-MLAs-to-resort/articleshow/12321078.cms

The DV Sadananda Gowda-led BJP government in Karnataka was on the brink of a crisis with BS Yeddyurappa shepherding 55 loyalist-MLAs to a resort in the outskirts of the city late on Sunday, setting a 48-hour deadline for the party high command to reinstate him as chief minister.

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