sonia Gandhi

Why is the media here so negative?

Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?

We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them.
Why do we ignore them?

We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan; he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.




In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T.Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is.
She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.

YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke. The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - 'YOURS'. Give him a face - 'YOURS'. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are.. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity… In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?
YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.

YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.’
YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.'
YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ?
Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston???
We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan.

Will the Indian citizen do that here?'
He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.

We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative.
We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.
We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.

This applies even to the staffs who are known not to pass on the service to the public.
When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?

'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system?

What does a system consist of?
Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too…. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Let us do what India needs from us.
Thank you,
Dr.. Abdul Kalam

Mayawati has shown the mirror to opponents

I congratulate Mayawati for her courageous and straight forward reply to people and parties who were raising hue and cry over the matter of garlanding. Her colleagues have shown how other political leaders in the past were also garlanded by his or her supporters. It is also to be kept in mind that supporter offer money laden garland or any precious gift to any political party member or any officers in government office only after he or she gets assurance or get much more benefits in his business, he gets tax rebate or he evades tax payment and gets protection, he gets various subsidies or tax concession or allotment of contract work, gets supply order or government land at cheap rate or any other ill-legal advantage from person who is worshipped by garland .

Politicians in general are corrupt and sitting in glass house. As such it is better for them not to throw stone on others. She has rightly said that almost all politicians are getting money this way or that way. It is true that political leaders in general (like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Yadav and congressmen in general ) have accumulated huge wealth either in their name or in the name of their family members or family trust. All Political parties are getting donation from rich businessmen and in turn these politicians are extending tax benefits or subsidy benefits or sanction contractual work to these businessmen. Without the support of businessmen political parties cannot afford election expenses involving hundreds of crores of rupees. It will not be an exaggeration to say that politicians are even doing own business in the name of family members or friends and using their ill earned money as capital. But who will bell the cat? Even IT officials or CBI or CVC (Vigilance department) or anti corruption bureau have got no courage to touch, assess, punish, and impose tax penalty on these politicians in fear of repercussions because these officers ( in general )are also birds of same feather and sitting in glass house.

Most of the big colleges of higher eduction, big schools, great shopping malls, and residential apartments belong to the family of politicians, old or new. Every person who is associated with government offices know very well that without getting money politicians or officers do not release government fund or sanction bill of contract work done by any contractor all over the country. At least fifty percent of contract value is eaten away by greedy politicians, government officers and other middlemen or musclemen who bring these two class together and put stamp on MOU regarding hidden money on each big project involving crores and crores of rupees.

Mayawati is really bold enough to face even her misdeeds. She has not only accepted the garland once or twice but asserted her stand. She has rightly retorted her opponents and silenced them all and only such dare devil politician can expose the reality of Indian politics and Indian administration. I praise her who boldly told that when Sonia was garlanded by her supporters by similar money laden garland, none opposed and criticized. When a dalit woman is garlanded, everyone has started shouting.

It is desirable to mention here the other aspect of the Mayawati episode which is true and an open secret and which cannot by denied by any administrators, social activist or economist or advocate or judge in the country. This excuse is very common in India. If any person of dalit community or Muslim community is punished or exposed in private or public office or anywhere in the society, the victim guilty person will take the shelter of his or her caste or community and ultimately the system surrenders and the guilty is acquitted or exonerated from punishment.. This may be called as sentimental atyachar. Even police department fears taking action against a person of SC or ST or Muslim community because of political reaction. This is another dark side of Indian politics.

Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani
Agartala
26th March 2010
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Economics of IPL

IPL Kochi team and Pune team sold at Rs3200/crores.

Can you imagine total value of IPL team and total turnover involved?

Can you imagine the total loss government has to incur in organization of game?

Can Government stop this and ask the team buyers to invest the same amount for poor?

Can our government motivate sponsors of IPL to invest their money in public investment to create more and more job opportunities?

Why doesn’t government stop expenses in providing security and other infrastructure maintenance?

In a country where majority of population is unable to earn even bread and butter for survival, it is justified to spoil so many amounts on IPL and allow dirty politicians to focus on such avoidable costly game at the cost of poor Indians?

Can we not learn lessons from other developed countries like USA, UK, France, China, Japan, and Germany who are not participating in such costly games and concentrating on the development of their country?

Can a poor country like India afford expenses on such game or common wealth game where poverty is spreading like cancer?

Can you imagine the indirect loss caused to nation by those who spoil his precious time in watching game on TV?

Is present UPA government serving the interest of Common men through IPL?

Pleast let me know the economic and politics of IPL, if you know
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