Saturday, February 11, 2006
Rang de.. rocks!
Just saw the most brilliant Amir Khan movie Rang De Basanti. Its really an awakening movie. The current situation in India is indeed disheartening and pathetic. The worst part is that the public has become used to this situation. Kudos to films like RDB that try to awaken their sleeping souls. When walking out of the theatre, I got the feeling of "what have I done for my country". I am sure most others did too. The movie has shown us the young generation a mission: to clean up the corruption in our system. How do we start on this great mission? From where do we start on it? From our own selves...
Friday, February 10, 2006
The great Democracy of India!!
Here's what I got in a mail f/w recently, which must be no doubt true to a large extent:
"Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP):
Monthly Salary: 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month: 10,000
Office expenditure per month: 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km): 48,000 (For a visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during parliament meets: 500
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times)(All over India)
Charge for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year(With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi: Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MP per year : 32,00,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)
And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, by the largest democratic process in the world, not intruded into the parliament on their own or by any qualification.
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities.......Think of the great democracy we have............. "
Well, these people look to it that they get their rights fulfilled. Who will take care of their duties? Who is responsible for the bad state of infrastructure we are in today? The bad roads leading to number of road accidents per day, corruption in bureaucracy, pollution, etc etc.. who will clean all this? Think of where our tax money is going instead of being used in this!
"Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP):
Monthly Salary: 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month: 10,000
Office expenditure per month: 14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km): 48,000 (For a visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)
Daily BETA during parliament meets: 500
Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times)(All over India)
Charge for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year(With wife or P.A.)
Rent for MP hostel at Delhi: Free
Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units
Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.
TOTAL expense for a MP per year : 32,00,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000
For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)
And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, by the largest democratic process in the world, not intruded into the parliament on their own or by any qualification.
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities.......Think of the great democracy we have............. "
Well, these people look to it that they get their rights fulfilled. Who will take care of their duties? Who is responsible for the bad state of infrastructure we are in today? The bad roads leading to number of road accidents per day, corruption in bureaucracy, pollution, etc etc.. who will clean all this? Think of where our tax money is going instead of being used in this!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
An Indian does leg-pulling again!!
It was shocking to watch the recent news about the adultration of medicines prepared in Swami Ramdevji Maharaj's DivyaYoga trust with animal products, flashed on most major news channels. Before pointing finger at a person like Swamiji, I think the general public should also look at the following aspects of this fishy story:
1) Because of Swamiji's selfless efforts of teaching Yoga free to the millions and curing so many of them from their chronic illnesses, the fan following of Swamiji has risen manyfolds. He has created a mass feeling of Indianism (patriotism towards our own tradition and Ayurveda) instead of concentrating on any particular religion. This could have possibly alarmed people who have vested interests in Divide and Rule policy ( to retain their vote banks? ). And this could be just another plan to nip this wave of patriotism in its bud. Well, no wonder Indians are known to pull the legs of people who are reaching the top.
2) The people who have raised this question might be true; then there is also a possibility of another nexus of false drug manufacturers running, who might be using the brandname of DivyaYoga trust and amassing wealth at the cost of Swamiji's reputation. The police and the government should try to do research on this aspect too and nab the defaulters.
Whatever the case maybe, millions of people who have benefitted vastly from Swamiji's teachings can never trust this story and its just that, just another false story! Swamiji, all those people are with you and we pray to God that you come out of these false allegations at the earliest.
1) Because of Swamiji's selfless efforts of teaching Yoga free to the millions and curing so many of them from their chronic illnesses, the fan following of Swamiji has risen manyfolds. He has created a mass feeling of Indianism (patriotism towards our own tradition and Ayurveda) instead of concentrating on any particular religion. This could have possibly alarmed people who have vested interests in Divide and Rule policy ( to retain their vote banks? ). And this could be just another plan to nip this wave of patriotism in its bud. Well, no wonder Indians are known to pull the legs of people who are reaching the top.
2) The people who have raised this question might be true; then there is also a possibility of another nexus of false drug manufacturers running, who might be using the brandname of DivyaYoga trust and amassing wealth at the cost of Swamiji's reputation. The police and the government should try to do research on this aspect too and nab the defaulters.
Whatever the case maybe, millions of people who have benefitted vastly from Swamiji's teachings can never trust this story and its just that, just another false story! Swamiji, all those people are with you and we pray to God that you come out of these false allegations at the earliest.
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