The demise of one of the most loved 'UNCLE' viz.Anant Pai at the age of 81,the person who pioneered the book revolution in India saddened the hearts of many avid book lovers.A Chemical engineer by profession who took to editing and publishing mythological Stories by Chance.It is said that on a Quiz show in the early 1960's he was aghast on learning that Young Indian kids during that time had access to Greek History but couldn't remember the name of King Rama's mother.
In 1965 after introducing the kids to INDRAJAL COMICS featuring Mandrake, Luthar & Phantom which he merely published after obtaining rights from abroad he started publishing ''Amar Chitra Katha'' books in 1967 featuring both mythological characters like Rama,Krishna ,Hanuman and Shivaji,Rana Pratap etc.The books were featured in a lucid style with pictures used as a backup which was a instant hit amongst Parents and kids alike.The rich and varied culture of Indian History /Mythology was depicted and expressed in a magazine that was cheap,vibrant and devoid of any gross misrepresentation or distortion of facts.The phenomenal success can be gauged from the fact that the comics were published in 38 Languages and featured nearly 500 stories.
The number of readers have dwindled considerably with the advent of technologies like the Internet and Cable TV boom since the early 1990's.
The credit of conveying the message in a simple lucid manner will always go to Uncle Pai who along with his band of technicians weaved magic amongst the readers and carried them into a different magical world where truth always prevailed and high morals were maintained and presented with a deft and loving touch.
Uncle Pai,you have not only immortalised the Amar Chitra Katha but unknowingly been framed together within it till eternity for all of us who have been lucky enough to have been born in an era which saw an eminent Story Teller like You!
There's no Denying that your Humble and noble Soul will rest in Peace.
Thank You For being a leading light and for enriching and enlighting our Knowledge!!
While the Mortal world down below craves for Your Wit,Style and wisdom God would be Proud to have a Story Teller amongst His Kingdom who can ease his tiredness from Controlling this Self Centred and Money Centric Human Race.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Gods Own Messenger-Narayanan Krishnan
Narayanan Krishnan –the name would sound Alien to many people in the Metros who go through their daily grind like a ROBOT fighting for morsels of Cash, fame and fortune.
Making and Raking in the moolah is the motto. We have Scores of Engineering Colleges and B-Schools churning out techies and MBA’s who study or rather lap up subjects rarely deviating from the rationally accepted scientific principles and mugging time tested mundane formulas.
Narayanan Krishnan brash and young but a bright student completed his hotel management and on the verge of a lucrative Career had landed a job in Switzerland and scheduled to fly in a week.
Fate willed otherwise. While visiting a temple along with his mother he came across a gruesome and disgusting sight of a mentally deranged man consuming faeces.
Taken aback and repulsed by the sight, Narayanan immediately left the place and prepared a wholesome nutritious meal of hot sumptuous idlis and fed /bathed the person who scarcely said a word but the stream of tears waltzing down his face said it all.
The young Krishnan chucked up his Coveted and famed trip to Switzerland and instead planned to serve the ill, impoverished and starving People on the streets of Madurai.
The Parents who were drooling over their son’s achievement only a day earlier were stunned to hear the news but reluctantly gave in to his new found commitment and passion.
The news spread like wild fire amongst his friends and relatives who pitched in with finance for his new Venture.
In the initial stages it was very difficult as the income -from donations barely met the spiralling costs /expenditure. A philanthropist donated a Van to carry the food to various destinations in the city.
It was a herculean task as the Young lad used all his energy, finance and wit in accomplishing this.
The ancestral house bequeathed to him by his grandfather was also hypothecated to raise finance for this endeavour leaving him potentially bankrupt.
Donations from like- minded people though continued to pour and with help from close acquaintances kept him going. A trust was formed -aptly named Akshaya just like the mythological Akshay Patra which churned out food and did not go empty even after satisfying infinite number of hungry people.
This trust is managed efficiently and professionally, upto date accounts are maintained, tax returns with annual audited balance sheets are clearly mentioned on its web site with the means of procuring the finance and utilisation of the same. In short, there is total administration/fiscal transparency for people who are sceptical to donate as there are several unscrupulous people who misappropriate funds in the name of charity.
The Passion to serve the scores of hungry people with eyes craving for food, the determination to overcome the financial aspects ,the odd rude comments from the people did not deter Krishnan from continuing with his noble task of Caring for the People on the Streets and giving them a life of dignity.
The likes of Narayan Krishnan Whom I see as messengers of GOD and have been sent on a mission to eradicate or rather emancipate the sufferings of the countless number of poor, the hungry and the impoverished lot of the society.
Let us admit we Indians lag behind the western countries in philanthropic purposes.
We need to be coaxed, prodded, nudged and in some cases even coerced to donate to worthy causes which is disgusting.
There is a need of paying back to the Society (however miniscule the percentage may be) what we have earned in our lifetimes. There is a need that the Cash -flow filters down from the ‘Haves’ to the ‘Havenots’.
The address of Akshaya Trust is given below:
Alshaya ‘s helping in H.E.L.P.Trust
9, West 1st Main Street,
Doaknagar Extension, Madurai 625016
The readers are welcome to Visit the Website by typing Akshaya Trust in Google for more details.
In all fairness this blog is intended to help the Akshaya Trust in mobilising funds for a noble cause. Let’s together make this a monumental success by spreading the message around through e- mails or by word of mouth.
Making and Raking in the moolah is the motto. We have Scores of Engineering Colleges and B-Schools churning out techies and MBA’s who study or rather lap up subjects rarely deviating from the rationally accepted scientific principles and mugging time tested mundane formulas.
Narayanan Krishnan brash and young but a bright student completed his hotel management and on the verge of a lucrative Career had landed a job in Switzerland and scheduled to fly in a week.
Fate willed otherwise. While visiting a temple along with his mother he came across a gruesome and disgusting sight of a mentally deranged man consuming faeces.
Taken aback and repulsed by the sight, Narayanan immediately left the place and prepared a wholesome nutritious meal of hot sumptuous idlis and fed /bathed the person who scarcely said a word but the stream of tears waltzing down his face said it all.
The young Krishnan chucked up his Coveted and famed trip to Switzerland and instead planned to serve the ill, impoverished and starving People on the streets of Madurai.
The Parents who were drooling over their son’s achievement only a day earlier were stunned to hear the news but reluctantly gave in to his new found commitment and passion.
The news spread like wild fire amongst his friends and relatives who pitched in with finance for his new Venture.
In the initial stages it was very difficult as the income -from donations barely met the spiralling costs /expenditure. A philanthropist donated a Van to carry the food to various destinations in the city.
It was a herculean task as the Young lad used all his energy, finance and wit in accomplishing this.
The ancestral house bequeathed to him by his grandfather was also hypothecated to raise finance for this endeavour leaving him potentially bankrupt.
Donations from like- minded people though continued to pour and with help from close acquaintances kept him going. A trust was formed -aptly named Akshaya just like the mythological Akshay Patra which churned out food and did not go empty even after satisfying infinite number of hungry people.
This trust is managed efficiently and professionally, upto date accounts are maintained, tax returns with annual audited balance sheets are clearly mentioned on its web site with the means of procuring the finance and utilisation of the same. In short, there is total administration/fiscal transparency for people who are sceptical to donate as there are several unscrupulous people who misappropriate funds in the name of charity.
The Passion to serve the scores of hungry people with eyes craving for food, the determination to overcome the financial aspects ,the odd rude comments from the people did not deter Krishnan from continuing with his noble task of Caring for the People on the Streets and giving them a life of dignity.
The likes of Narayan Krishnan Whom I see as messengers of GOD and have been sent on a mission to eradicate or rather emancipate the sufferings of the countless number of poor, the hungry and the impoverished lot of the society.
Let us admit we Indians lag behind the western countries in philanthropic purposes.
We need to be coaxed, prodded, nudged and in some cases even coerced to donate to worthy causes which is disgusting.
There is a need of paying back to the Society (however miniscule the percentage may be) what we have earned in our lifetimes. There is a need that the Cash -flow filters down from the ‘Haves’ to the ‘Havenots’.
The address of Akshaya Trust is given below:
Alshaya ‘s helping in H.E.L.P.Trust
9, West 1st Main Street,
Doaknagar Extension, Madurai 625016
The readers are welcome to Visit the Website by typing Akshaya Trust in Google for more details.
In all fairness this blog is intended to help the Akshaya Trust in mobilising funds for a noble cause. Let’s together make this a monumental success by spreading the message around through e- mails or by word of mouth.
Friday, February 18, 2011
We didn't Start the Fire !!!
The Spate of uprisings has spread across the Middle- east Countries after the rousing success of the Egyptian Revolution about People who defied the tyrannical rule of Mubarak in the African State of Egypt and literally forced him into a self imposed exile has woken up the MEN IN POWER from a deep slumber in such prospective countries.
Countries In Africa like Yemen, Sudan,Libya and some of the middle- east Countries of Saudi and Bahrain have realised that it will be difficult to cling to POWER in the wake of sustained Public pressure and ire which can easily tilt the throne of the Self Imposed Rulers who till now thought they can run their Country at their will mercy and who even in their wildest dreams never imagined that the perennial sword of Damocles would dangle over their Crown.
The rulers or the dictators as the World prefers to call them have been Suppressing or clamping down laws often defying common sense on their subjects for decades.
The rebellion was always on the cards and it was a matter of time before the raging fire surged in unison across the globe taking along with it the suppressed anger, boiling disenchantment coupled with unemployment, corruption and the perpetual north ward bound inflation.
Perhaps the dictators have forgotten the Economics Maxim: ‘’Power Corrupts .... Absolute Power corrupts absolutely..
The uprising that usurped Mubarak from Power within a span of 18 days has given a new lease of life to the power struggle in Various parts of the world and is giving sleepless nights to all those in Control who have taken things for Granted and exploited the timidity and helplessness of the People .
Time is fast catching up be it with Col. Muammer Gaddafi in Libya or the Bahraini King because of the rapidly changing equation and more ever people have lost both faith and patience to tolerate the trash dished out by the autocrats.
The World is watching this latest development with a lot of skepticism as there is an outright chance of Islamic radicals taking charge and threatening the economy and security of the region with their now familiar terror Agenda.
The winds of Change Could even over run India –the largest democracy in the world where the Govt has permitted Corruption to grow beyond the level of tolerance ,failed miserably to stop the menace of inflation, fanned the nexus between Politicians/Builders/ Mafia and allowed to grow the black money to unimaginable proportions. The Media too has played its part within its means to unearth the vices prevalent in the System which has stumped the scamsters to rethinking their objectives and motives.
The People of Egypt have literally set the stage on Fire with many more Countries ready to usher in this raging Bon-fire of ‘’CHANGE’’ in their backyard for a fresh beginning.
It reminds me of the Hit English single ’’ We didn’t start the Fire ''by Billy Joel which Conveys the same meaning as to what the Egyptians unwittingly have done by ringing in a revolution amongst the Oppressed masses in different nationalities.
Countries In Africa like Yemen, Sudan,Libya and some of the middle- east Countries of Saudi and Bahrain have realised that it will be difficult to cling to POWER in the wake of sustained Public pressure and ire which can easily tilt the throne of the Self Imposed Rulers who till now thought they can run their Country at their will mercy and who even in their wildest dreams never imagined that the perennial sword of Damocles would dangle over their Crown.
The rulers or the dictators as the World prefers to call them have been Suppressing or clamping down laws often defying common sense on their subjects for decades.
The rebellion was always on the cards and it was a matter of time before the raging fire surged in unison across the globe taking along with it the suppressed anger, boiling disenchantment coupled with unemployment, corruption and the perpetual north ward bound inflation.
Perhaps the dictators have forgotten the Economics Maxim: ‘’Power Corrupts .... Absolute Power corrupts absolutely..
The uprising that usurped Mubarak from Power within a span of 18 days has given a new lease of life to the power struggle in Various parts of the world and is giving sleepless nights to all those in Control who have taken things for Granted and exploited the timidity and helplessness of the People .
Time is fast catching up be it with Col. Muammer Gaddafi in Libya or the Bahraini King because of the rapidly changing equation and more ever people have lost both faith and patience to tolerate the trash dished out by the autocrats.
The World is watching this latest development with a lot of skepticism as there is an outright chance of Islamic radicals taking charge and threatening the economy and security of the region with their now familiar terror Agenda.
The winds of Change Could even over run India –the largest democracy in the world where the Govt has permitted Corruption to grow beyond the level of tolerance ,failed miserably to stop the menace of inflation, fanned the nexus between Politicians/Builders/ Mafia and allowed to grow the black money to unimaginable proportions. The Media too has played its part within its means to unearth the vices prevalent in the System which has stumped the scamsters to rethinking their objectives and motives.
The People of Egypt have literally set the stage on Fire with many more Countries ready to usher in this raging Bon-fire of ‘’CHANGE’’ in their backyard for a fresh beginning.
It reminds me of the Hit English single ’’ We didn’t start the Fire ''by Billy Joel which Conveys the same meaning as to what the Egyptians unwittingly have done by ringing in a revolution amongst the Oppressed masses in different nationalities.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Make Hay while the Sun shines
The abnormal spurt in the prices of veggies has propelled the Budget of the Indian households into a disarray. The Common man on the street is struggling to make his ends meet by trying all sorts of Permutation and Combination before deciding the menu on his plate. The lower middle Class which forms a substantial part of the Population has found that their disposable Income has dwindled by a huge margin akin to a Cut in salary, as their monthly budget has gone for a toss .
The Sub continent has witnessed a huge turnaround in the Climatic conditions in the past year when rains simply refused to relent even in the month of November. Some Crops like Onion and Grapes were badly affected because of the Prolonged deluge.
The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat which account for almost 20% of the total Onion's Produced in the Country bore the brunt of the Nature’s fury but certainly the Price rise doesn’t match the fall in Production which certainly is the handiwork of the middlemen involved and the Agriculture Minister who time and again puts his foot in his mouth by blurting out some illogical and misleading comments.
Even today the Lasalgaon market is flooded with Onions where the farmer makes only Rs.4/- Per KG which is later on sold for Rs.80/- Per KG after the same is ‘‘mishandled’’ by the growing bunch of scrupulous middlemen in the guise of traders.
The bureaucrats relaxing in their plush Govt suites cum offices got a rude jolt when the Citizens along with some of the reliable vigilant media in tow went hammer and tongs at their inaction against the hoarding of essential commodities which is the root cause of this fiasco.
The CAG should take stock of the situation and raid the govt controlled FCI Godowns which is stocked with agricultural products with hardly any honest steps being attempted to release them in times of hoarding which gives ample time to the perpetrators to wriggle out of such situations.
The PMO (Prime Minister’s office) too awakened from its slumber after the huge public outcry and initiated steps to arrest the abnormal price rise. The result was evident and the whole sale prices have started to slide South ward.
The retail prices though would take its own sweet time as many fruit sellers and routine road side pedlars have resorted to this new- found TRADE ( being a vegetable vendor) which is giving huge returns – as high as 500% on their investment in the shortest possible time.
The comments of our astrologer cum agriculture minister cum ICC Chief too fuelled the Price rise as he predicted that the Prices will stay till March 2010.
The common man is happy that his prediction turned out to be as accurate as that of our Weather bureaus churning out their routine forecast.
The fund collected during the Lok sabha Elections have to be refunded to these Mafia and this is one way of repaying them without raising any suspicion blaming the unseasonal rains and the unpredictable weather.
I vaguely remember the poem learnt during my childhood- Make Hay while the Sun Shines by Stewart Gideon which emphasises that you have to make optimum use of resources available at your disposal in the current scenario so as to avoid the disadvantages that might set in at a latter stage.
Here the middlemen are hell bent to extract the maximum out of the current situation which might fizzle out once the Govt steps in to stem the rot that has set in.
The Sub continent has witnessed a huge turnaround in the Climatic conditions in the past year when rains simply refused to relent even in the month of November. Some Crops like Onion and Grapes were badly affected because of the Prolonged deluge.
The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat which account for almost 20% of the total Onion's Produced in the Country bore the brunt of the Nature’s fury but certainly the Price rise doesn’t match the fall in Production which certainly is the handiwork of the middlemen involved and the Agriculture Minister who time and again puts his foot in his mouth by blurting out some illogical and misleading comments.
Even today the Lasalgaon market is flooded with Onions where the farmer makes only Rs.4/- Per KG which is later on sold for Rs.80/- Per KG after the same is ‘‘mishandled’’ by the growing bunch of scrupulous middlemen in the guise of traders.
The bureaucrats relaxing in their plush Govt suites cum offices got a rude jolt when the Citizens along with some of the reliable vigilant media in tow went hammer and tongs at their inaction against the hoarding of essential commodities which is the root cause of this fiasco.
The CAG should take stock of the situation and raid the govt controlled FCI Godowns which is stocked with agricultural products with hardly any honest steps being attempted to release them in times of hoarding which gives ample time to the perpetrators to wriggle out of such situations.
The PMO (Prime Minister’s office) too awakened from its slumber after the huge public outcry and initiated steps to arrest the abnormal price rise. The result was evident and the whole sale prices have started to slide South ward.
The retail prices though would take its own sweet time as many fruit sellers and routine road side pedlars have resorted to this new- found TRADE ( being a vegetable vendor) which is giving huge returns – as high as 500% on their investment in the shortest possible time.
The comments of our astrologer cum agriculture minister cum ICC Chief too fuelled the Price rise as he predicted that the Prices will stay till March 2010.
The common man is happy that his prediction turned out to be as accurate as that of our Weather bureaus churning out their routine forecast.
The fund collected during the Lok sabha Elections have to be refunded to these Mafia and this is one way of repaying them without raising any suspicion blaming the unseasonal rains and the unpredictable weather.
I vaguely remember the poem learnt during my childhood- Make Hay while the Sun Shines by Stewart Gideon which emphasises that you have to make optimum use of resources available at your disposal in the current scenario so as to avoid the disadvantages that might set in at a latter stage.
Here the middlemen are hell bent to extract the maximum out of the current situation which might fizzle out once the Govt steps in to stem the rot that has set in.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Measuring Inflation- A Step most foul
The ritual comes as a soothing effect to a disturbed and uncanny mind when it is announced diabolically that the Inflation has dropped to single digit and testing the 11 month low mark.
Time and again the Govt has tried to ward off the people’s wrath against the ever rising prices by implementing this fraud of measuring Inflation.
The Wholesale Price Index or the more popular abbreviation – (WPI) has been in use since a long time and is used primarily to measure the changes in the prices of goods on an average in the wholesale market.
The WPI has about 676 items on its list and includes manufactured articles lke machinery, transport equipment, base metal and alloys, Rubber and plastic Products, Chemicals, fuels, consumer durables like washing machines, TV’s, Dish-antenna’s and food products etc.
The articles in the prescribed list includes those Products which the Common man does not necessarily need them for everyday use or rather deferment in the usage/purchase won’t trigger any issues.
All the Products mentioned above are assigned weights and the average of all the items are taken into consideration to measure the relative impact on inflation.
Hence if the prices of manufactured goods tumble due to competition or adoption of new technology, availability of cheaper substitutes as raw materials etc the inflation rate comes down despite an adverse rise in food products as the weightage of the food products has a negligible impact on the weekly or fortnightly inflation rate.
The Govt tries to pat its own back by declaring/flashing a rigged inflation rate and is often heralded as an achievement in the media which in turn publishes it without reasoning or verifying the suppressed facts.
It’s time that the learned economists with Support from the Govt. take a more realistic measuring tool like the RPI- retail Price Index giving appropriate weightage to basic necessities like foodgrains, vegetables and edibles which can effectively churn out a near perfect way to measure inflation which nowadays has become the butt of ridicule due to utter failure to detect the abnormal price rise in the recent months.
Time and again the Govt has tried to ward off the people’s wrath against the ever rising prices by implementing this fraud of measuring Inflation.
The Wholesale Price Index or the more popular abbreviation – (WPI) has been in use since a long time and is used primarily to measure the changes in the prices of goods on an average in the wholesale market.
The WPI has about 676 items on its list and includes manufactured articles lke machinery, transport equipment, base metal and alloys, Rubber and plastic Products, Chemicals, fuels, consumer durables like washing machines, TV’s, Dish-antenna’s and food products etc.
The articles in the prescribed list includes those Products which the Common man does not necessarily need them for everyday use or rather deferment in the usage/purchase won’t trigger any issues.
All the Products mentioned above are assigned weights and the average of all the items are taken into consideration to measure the relative impact on inflation.
Hence if the prices of manufactured goods tumble due to competition or adoption of new technology, availability of cheaper substitutes as raw materials etc the inflation rate comes down despite an adverse rise in food products as the weightage of the food products has a negligible impact on the weekly or fortnightly inflation rate.
The Govt tries to pat its own back by declaring/flashing a rigged inflation rate and is often heralded as an achievement in the media which in turn publishes it without reasoning or verifying the suppressed facts.
It’s time that the learned economists with Support from the Govt. take a more realistic measuring tool like the RPI- retail Price Index giving appropriate weightage to basic necessities like foodgrains, vegetables and edibles which can effectively churn out a near perfect way to measure inflation which nowadays has become the butt of ridicule due to utter failure to detect the abnormal price rise in the recent months.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Sex,Lies & Radia tape
We all agree that the growth of Journalism has been tremendous over the past century particularly in India. The fact that democracy which has existed since the Country’s inception helped it to nurture & nourish through its most turbulent and trying circumstances.
Barring the emergency period in 1975 when the Indira Govt. had gagged them the Indian Journalism has always acted as a feeder between the intelligent thinkers, the policy makers, the economists & the common People.
Circa 2010 the media has made significant progress and is always on the move to seek and expose wily politicians, evil mongers in the society, even hailing any significant efforts or acheivements of individuals who have outperformed and outdone all tangible barriers etc.
The Wikileaks and the corresponding repercussions it had on the USA and its allies made the news very amusing. The USA was embarrassed by the startling revelations as it clearly showed the hollowness and its wily and mala fide intentions by asking its diplomats to spy on certain countries.Leaked cables have suggested that the US clearly laughed and opposed at the Indian Claims to the United Nations Security Council seat.However on his recent Visit to India Obama cleverly feigned ignorance and backed his support for the Permanent seat at the United Nations revealed the double standards.
The US admn and its stooges like Britain and France tried their very best to break the back of Wikileaks by charging the Co’s CEO with some outrageous charges like sexual assault etc plus succeeding in blocking the donations receivable through internet options like PAYPAL.
Last reports have mentioned that wikileaks is alive and kicking in a safe heaven at an undisclosed destination somewhere in Switzerland.
The whole world knows the true colours of this Chameleon called USA which has time and again poked its head in the internal affairs of other Countries ranging from Vietnam in 1968 to Afghanistan in 2007.
Similar disclosures were leaked by Nira Radia which has raised a question mark over the dubious roles portrayed by esteemed journalists like Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi.
It is a Catch-22 situation.There should be some decency over the right to privacy as rightly pointed out by an equally indignant Mr.Ratan Tata who was unnecessarily dragged into this Controversy who unlike the Journalists did not fall to the bait of Radia.
Lot of people who had held Barkha Dutt in high esteem suddenly got wind of this over-ambitious lady who went a wee bit over the top by hobnobbing with the bespectacled crook Karunanidhi in the allotment of Cabinet berths for his Party MP’s during his alignment with the Present Congress big wigs.
The Public should be grateful to some extent to Ms.Nira Radia and other close associates for letting us know the truth about this over ambitious Ms.Dutt & Vir Sanghvi.
It is easy to see the nexus between the Congress Govt which awarded the Padma Bhushan to this wily Journalist cum agent of the age old Political Party.
In their over eagerness to have the best talent amongst their clan,TV Channels Promote these Star rated(over rated???) journalists by producing Programmes to boost the TRP’s and give impression to the gullible people following them that these guys work in the National Interest.
The moral of the story is every one wants to make big bucks at all costs in the minimum possible time frame shedding all sense of shame and morality.
Readers are welcome to go and search for bit of the News on Google and You Tube well before they are siphoned off/distorted/doctored by the Govt Authorities and find out the truth for themselves.
Barring the emergency period in 1975 when the Indira Govt. had gagged them the Indian Journalism has always acted as a feeder between the intelligent thinkers, the policy makers, the economists & the common People.
Circa 2010 the media has made significant progress and is always on the move to seek and expose wily politicians, evil mongers in the society, even hailing any significant efforts or acheivements of individuals who have outperformed and outdone all tangible barriers etc.
The Wikileaks and the corresponding repercussions it had on the USA and its allies made the news very amusing. The USA was embarrassed by the startling revelations as it clearly showed the hollowness and its wily and mala fide intentions by asking its diplomats to spy on certain countries.Leaked cables have suggested that the US clearly laughed and opposed at the Indian Claims to the United Nations Security Council seat.However on his recent Visit to India Obama cleverly feigned ignorance and backed his support for the Permanent seat at the United Nations revealed the double standards.
The US admn and its stooges like Britain and France tried their very best to break the back of Wikileaks by charging the Co’s CEO with some outrageous charges like sexual assault etc plus succeeding in blocking the donations receivable through internet options like PAYPAL.
Last reports have mentioned that wikileaks is alive and kicking in a safe heaven at an undisclosed destination somewhere in Switzerland.
The whole world knows the true colours of this Chameleon called USA which has time and again poked its head in the internal affairs of other Countries ranging from Vietnam in 1968 to Afghanistan in 2007.
Similar disclosures were leaked by Nira Radia which has raised a question mark over the dubious roles portrayed by esteemed journalists like Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi.
It is a Catch-22 situation.There should be some decency over the right to privacy as rightly pointed out by an equally indignant Mr.Ratan Tata who was unnecessarily dragged into this Controversy who unlike the Journalists did not fall to the bait of Radia.
Lot of people who had held Barkha Dutt in high esteem suddenly got wind of this over-ambitious lady who went a wee bit over the top by hobnobbing with the bespectacled crook Karunanidhi in the allotment of Cabinet berths for his Party MP’s during his alignment with the Present Congress big wigs.
The Public should be grateful to some extent to Ms.Nira Radia and other close associates for letting us know the truth about this over ambitious Ms.Dutt & Vir Sanghvi.
It is easy to see the nexus between the Congress Govt which awarded the Padma Bhushan to this wily Journalist cum agent of the age old Political Party.
In their over eagerness to have the best talent amongst their clan,TV Channels Promote these Star rated(over rated???) journalists by producing Programmes to boost the TRP’s and give impression to the gullible people following them that these guys work in the National Interest.
The moral of the story is every one wants to make big bucks at all costs in the minimum possible time frame shedding all sense of shame and morality.
Readers are welcome to go and search for bit of the News on Google and You Tube well before they are siphoned off/distorted/doctored by the Govt Authorities and find out the truth for themselves.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Life of a Trucker- Never Ending Journey of Misery
The Qualifications are not very rosy - Illiterate, Low self- esteem, addicted to drugs, struggling to cope up with deprived sleep, Long hours of labour coupled with a thankless Job and confined to a 4 feet x 2 feet Cubicle aptly describes the job of a trucker.
The truck driver has his job well defined and cut out to carry the cargo safely to its pre-determined location always vying with the limited time frame that has been allocated to him.
The Trucker has very little say in arguing with his bosses while determining the load to be carried in
his dilapidated ,outdated and un-serviced vehicle which often results in accidents most of which are fatal. The irony is further deepened with the fact that though the merchandise is insured to the hilt the trucker and his family are left at large to fend for themselves and seldom get any compensation.
The trucker is subject to the mercy of the portly cops who mercilessly beat them at the earliest available opportunity at secluded corners if they refuse bribes at check-posts.
The quality of roads available in the country is mediocre at most places which is one of the prime reasons for delays in goods reaching the final destination and on most occasions it is the trucker who has to bear the brunt of ire for no fault of his.
Driving on long monotonous routes these drivers have no one for company except for his obsolete Radio blaring on songs at full volume to keep him awake from the potential danger of any collisions Many of them are also addicted to cocaine as it prevents them from falling asleep and in the long run due to the prolonged use it causes multiple ailments often culminating in death.Further hobnobbing in red light areas to ease their tension and release the pent up sexual urges thrusts them into the fangs of HIV/STD's shortening their already reduced life span.
The Truckers dilemma and their plight was well highlighted and shown on Discovery Channel a few days back and made me change the age old perception rooted in my mind.
I wish to thank the DISCOVERY CHANNEL for opening my eyes to the grim reality of the truckers.
We seldom recognise the efforts of these unsung truckers and often use cuss words when they cross our paths on the roads especially when we are in a hurry.
What we don’t understand is that they too have a job on their hands which is very energy sapping and thankless and they are the life-line or distributors of the products we need to run everyday life in a smooth manner.
Despite the odds heavily staked against him the sheer resilience and the will to survive amidst all the misery and the penury stands out and my heart beats out to this fella.
The truck driver has his job well defined and cut out to carry the cargo safely to its pre-determined location always vying with the limited time frame that has been allocated to him.
The Trucker has very little say in arguing with his bosses while determining the load to be carried in
his dilapidated ,outdated and un-serviced vehicle which often results in accidents most of which are fatal. The irony is further deepened with the fact that though the merchandise is insured to the hilt the trucker and his family are left at large to fend for themselves and seldom get any compensation.
The trucker is subject to the mercy of the portly cops who mercilessly beat them at the earliest available opportunity at secluded corners if they refuse bribes at check-posts.
The quality of roads available in the country is mediocre at most places which is one of the prime reasons for delays in goods reaching the final destination and on most occasions it is the trucker who has to bear the brunt of ire for no fault of his.
Driving on long monotonous routes these drivers have no one for company except for his obsolete Radio blaring on songs at full volume to keep him awake from the potential danger of any collisions Many of them are also addicted to cocaine as it prevents them from falling asleep and in the long run due to the prolonged use it causes multiple ailments often culminating in death.Further hobnobbing in red light areas to ease their tension and release the pent up sexual urges thrusts them into the fangs of HIV/STD's shortening their already reduced life span.
The Truckers dilemma and their plight was well highlighted and shown on Discovery Channel a few days back and made me change the age old perception rooted in my mind.
I wish to thank the DISCOVERY CHANNEL for opening my eyes to the grim reality of the truckers.
We seldom recognise the efforts of these unsung truckers and often use cuss words when they cross our paths on the roads especially when we are in a hurry.
What we don’t understand is that they too have a job on their hands which is very energy sapping and thankless and they are the life-line or distributors of the products we need to run everyday life in a smooth manner.
Despite the odds heavily staked against him the sheer resilience and the will to survive amidst all the misery and the penury stands out and my heart beats out to this fella.
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