PARADOXICAL

While a worker earning Rs 3000 PM in the unorganised sector is required to pay 12% Service tax on his mobile recharge( today it has become a need for him. helps him to get a daily job at a good rate) our super rich class earning more than rs 10 lacs per year is being given income tax relief.

Our march from socialism to capitalism which is creating awesome inequality is fraught with danger implications. Pranab mukherjee will go down in the history as a Finance Minister who worked for the cravings of super rich class ignoring the needs of poor. Naxal movement has its roots in burgeoning inequality and bad governance and unfortunately UPA's record has fueled both.

Media needs to introspect

Most newspapers have carried the news of Rahul Mahajan’s second time divorce in the front page.

Why the matters should related with the lives of nonentities like Rahul Mahajan whose only qualification is that he happens to be the son of Late Promod Mahajan be so prominently covered?



Our country is besieged with so many other important and pressing issues affecting the common man which merit attention of the government and need to be raked up by media to its conclusive end. For example so many railway accidents have taken place in last six months. Every time an accident takes place, for one or two days reasons will be discussed but then we forget until some new accident takes place to remind us of the preventive measures like “Anti collision device’ developed by one of the General Managers of the Indian railways but is not being implemented because of the indecision at the top. This is one example. Media needs to make a shift. Regarding Mahajans, what it should have highlighted it didn’t and chose to remain silent. For example it was worth knowing how Pramod Mahajan who started his career as RSS Prachark and had no gainful employment could amass wealth to the tune of Rs 2000 crores. And now it is highlighting what his spoilt son is doing with his ill-gotten wealth. Not long ago many reputed newspapers would not carry news items related with the personal lives. Print media is not right in presupposing that average reader is interested in knowing about the personal lives of even those who deserve to be left alone.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND MALE COACHES

It is wrong to think that our female players are holy cows. Lust, greed, craving for glamour is as much a weakness of females as of the males. After all both are human beings. Ours is open society, at least in Metros. Where females are not comfortable they bulldoze the males and when their hidden aspirations can be realized only by seeking favors they oblige also. But, to raise hue and cry after having been benefited is all nonsensical. What is really required that they raise the issue when they smell obsequious behavior of officials or coaches and if one has chosen to fawn then she should not project herself as a victim afterwards.

Let us accept that those who have talent are emerging at the top without the support of coaches. Sania and Sena and Kim( Boxing world Champion) are recent examples.

The wrist is history- Muttiah Muralidharan

All have craving to be associated with landmarks. I don’t think any other player would have opted to quit the game when he knew it well that he was good enough for another 100-200 wickets which is best evidenced by his haul of 8 wickets in the last appearance against the best batting line up in the world. That is Muttiah Murlidharn-he wanted the proverbial Moon not to be further beyond the reach of future generation.

Is it not the Violation of ‘Right to life?’-PM persisting with Mamta

More than 250 persons have died in rail accidents and our Prime Minister Manhohan Singh is still persisting with Mamta despite having known it well that to her state politics is more important than the ministerial duties and that also of an important portfolio like railways which is directly connected with the common man. Is it not the violation of much talked ‘Right to life?’



Will our Supreme Court entertain a Public Interest Litigation? Or do we need to write to International Human Writes Commission.

India too much obsessed with 26/11 incident

26/11 incident is not the only issue which India needs to take up with Pakistan. Let us accept that now it is a dead issue. Neither Pakistan will accept the active involvement of its nationals not India will accept that attack of such a gigantic scale by a few Nationals of other country can not be accomplished with out the active support of its own nationals. Last how does it affect Pakistan even if we are able to prove that Pak national’s involvement was there? Country is not always responsible for the activities of its nationals.



It is worth taking up more important issues during such meetings and one such issue is the worsening plight of minorities especially Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan. Let Pakistan understand that it is incumbent upon it to provide equal rights to minorities as per the international covenant on minority’s protection.

Guilty is Indian Govt.and not Anderson or Mohindra in Bhopal Gas Tragedy

It is the Indian state which is the main culprit in the union Carbide Bhopal Gas tragedy.



Every one is well aware, seventies was the period of license Raj and license to Union carbide for manufacturing pesticides in the city area was granted by the Dept. of Industries Govt of India who used to study the Project and its implications in detail before granting License.

Again such a project could see the light of the day only with the finance provided by the govt. institutions.



Therefore main guilty is Govt. of India and not Andeson or non executive chairman Keshav Mohindra.



Govt. by indulging in legalities avoided paying adequate compensation to the victims in time. If Govt. could spend Rs 60000 per annum on schemes like Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan and job guarantee schemes in which accepted pilferage is 50% then why Rs 5000 crores was not made available to victims which would have provided enough succor to the sufferers. Even now howls and clamour are for compensation and not for punishment to guilty.