Revolutionary Socialist Party ( RSP, CPI, CPI(M), AIFB ) LDF Left Parties Dharna at Delhi Jantar Mandhir on 30.07.2012 to 03.08.2012

CPI National Secretary Comrade.Sudhakar Reddy, CPI(M) National Secretary Comrade.Prakash Karat, RSP National Secretary Comrade.Prof.T.J.Chandrachoodan, AIFB National Secretary Comrade.Debabrata Biswas and LDF National Leaders gave delegate speeches against the Central Government`s antipeople policies also, Tamilnadu State Committee Comrades Participated in that dharna with the State Secretary Comrade. Dr.A.Ravindranath Kennedy Photos and News…

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In western democracies most political parties are funded by big corporations apart from individual donors who donate as little as $5 to the party coffers. President Obama has been particularly successful in garnering resources for his campaign from common Americans. It was these small amounts from the citizens of his country that helped him raise enough to fight election. And American elections are an expensive affair. Another way is the funding dinners where price per plate runs in thousands of dollars. But it is corporate funding that is the bulk of money raised for political campaigns.

For political parties to run smoothly they need money in a systematic way. Donations are the only way, whether from individuals or from corporates. It is not as if corporate donations are not made here in India. Public Limited Companies make contributions on a regular basis. The need of the hour is that such donations be made by cheque and out in the open. I understand that Section 80GGC of 1961 Income Tax Act does provide for tax exemptions for the company making donations to political parties. Many big corporate houses like the Tatas, Birlas and Bharti have their own Electoral Funds. I understand that they make political contributions based on the strength of the political party in the Lok Sabha. However, they do not reveal as to which parties they gave money to and how much. This needs to change. That responsible corporate houses have already started such Electoral Funds is in itself a firm step in the right direction. That they pay by cheque is another good omen. What some of these Corporates are doing needs to be emulated. Other Corporate Houses must also be encouraged to establish such Electoral Funds so that they can fund political parties out in the open and do not have to give money on the sly or in cash as is the most prevalent norm as of today. I have heard top business honchos complain that they are pestered no ends at the time of elections which is a never ending exercise in a country like India. If all contributions are accepted by cheque only a lot of the muck in the system will go away automatically. Finance Bill No.2, 2009 is also an attempt at establishing a system where such Electoral Funds must disburse 95% of their funds annually. This is to avoid accumulation of funds which can then be used for business purposes, which they were not meant for in the first place.

I have heard that the bigger political parties like the Congress and the BJP have started filing Income Tax Returns on a regular basis. This is a welcome step.  Other smaller parties should follow suit. If political parties accept funds only through the bank then a lot of things will fall in line. Political parties need to show some resolve to keep things in order, a system in place. Politicians will realize that by and large running a political party is more or less like running a business organization. And if they do that as they should they will further understand that running a political party systematically will give them rich dividends electorally.

Each political party aspires for a committed cadre. I must mention here that ironically the Communist Parties are the more systematic as far as organization goes. The mass based parties like the Congress and the BJP are beginning to realize the importance of a party cadre but they are still not quite as systematic  as they can be. I must mention Rahul Gandhis efforts to build a systematic organization across India. They may not have borne fruit till now but any organized political outfit will always have a better chance of doing well in the polls as compared to those that are personality based.

If the political parties have members across their area of influence then they should not shy away from giving them membership cards. That is the grass root politics. Then there will be office bearers in each district and taluka who have members of the party that they can garner for any issue that comes into public domain. These office bearers must be paid regularly and through cheque. This is where the organization of any party starts. They then report to their district heads who maybe Sarpanchs or MLA and MP. While the MLA’s are given a salary by the government that may not be enough for party work. So the public representatives must also be distributed funds from time to time for various political activities. All this, if the head of the party finds resources from legitimate sources like corporate funding will then find that he does not need to use means unethical and foul to fund his party expenses. As I said earlier, a party is like any other corporate organization with a wide base and a pyramid that tapers off at the top. Responsible politics must ensure that legitimate money is used for political activity.

There are critics of corporate funding who say that once the business houses have funded a party they will expect undue advantage in policy formulation and distribution of contracts. That may not necessarily be true. Because if the list of donors is made public and is on the website of every political party then it will be a fact out in the open. If a political party who happens to be in power gives undue advantage to a corporate house just because they had funded the party then that will come out in the open in no time.

Some idealists have conjured up a scenario where they expect the government to fund candidates in any election. I believe that this is a utopian at best and terribly idealistic and unrealistic at worse. If a few crores is given to every Lok Sabha candidate from all national parties recognized by the Election Commission then this could be a source of income for many candidates. Once they are sure they are loosing they will sit at home and make money from the public funds that they would have been allotted. Politics will become business. Political parties will invariably have to sell tickets at rates higher than the money that the government will give them as candidates. This will reduce the democratic process of elections into a circus. Besides why should the taxpayers money be used to fund candidates from various political outfits? This will be a travesty of the democratic process.

Political parties need to behave responsibly. Corporate India would love to have an above board system of funding and political activity. Today people are shy in telling their political leanings. Once political parties have a salaried cadre then they can indulge in political activity without any fear and with responsibility, because if they indulge in hooliganism they will be immediately identified with their political party. In today’s instant and social media it will mean bad press which no one wants. This will give a respectability to the party as well as their functionaries thereof. Politics is a means to societal change. Those with such onerous responsibilities cannot but remain overboard. Cleansing of politics will come about if the funds that they receive and use are out in the open. It should be mandatory for every political party to file Income Tax Returns as well as announce on their web site the name of the donors both big and small along with the amount that they received. Let it be mandatory that no political party shall accept funds in cash. Once the systems are in place the fountainhead of graft shall evaporate and politicians will not feel the need to indulge in crony-capitalism or indulge in activities that may ensure them uninterrupted income but with dubious means. Lets understand that politicians also need money to survive and they must receive salaries from their parties that are handsome enough so that they can lead a life of dignity. Political parties must be responsible enough to ensure that their party cadre is well looked after. Corporate India is ready to help out. They are fed up of demands for money any which way by political parties. This needs further debate and a more focused, well rounded discussion to formulate a system that is neither a burden on corporate houses nor is it vague such that political parties have to go around with a begging bowl from pillar to post. The system should be so well thought out and so clean and tidy that things happen as a matter of course. India is a responsible, respected democracy. Its time we thought out the details as to how the political system should work in a manner befitting a responsible nation such as India.

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Waning Indian Politics and Economy

-DR. ABDUL RUFF

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Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc.) Former university Teacher; website: abdulruff.wordpress.com/ abdulruff_jnu@yahoo.com.

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In India rich are born to enjoy and other to suffer. Hindus are born to rule and Muslims to take all blames of regime’s wrong politics, policies and inadequacies. 

Although there is no conclusive evidence about close relationship between politics and economics of a given country to show that positive politics contributes to better and healthy economics, in Indian context the hypothesis has been proven.

Poor quality of Indian politics determines and influences economics as well.

Politicians and their support bureaucrats have carved out nation only to cater for the cause of rich, multinationals and big business. Mischievous policies in India have driven the nation into abyss and as a result India now possesses more bad and dirty money than genuine one.

India is yet to produce a genuine sincere leader to protect and advance the genuine interests of common people. There is hardly nay leader at the top of the nation or states who has the trust of the people who elections after elections give them mandates to rule on their behalf.

A poor politician who has no rapport with masses is now the premier of the country.  There are more corrupt ministers than sincere ones both at the centre and state levels. The corrupt ministers enjoy to much of freedom to loot the nation’s resources and premier Manmohan shields them all. The judiciary plays hide and seek games just the batboys and bowlers in cricketism exercises do. Madam Sonia Gandhi pretends she is unaware of scams taking place under her nose.

Indian politicians have promoted a failed finance minister to the post of President. Indian intelligence wings, through the fanatic but their reliable media, skillfully hid the reverses in Indian economic development during the last many years and highlighted only some plus points, thereby fooling the people of India. India parliament where BJP led opposite parties playing joint political exercises with Congress party never cared to raise the issue. Parliament which has ignored the plight of people in the country has lost it mandate and relevance.

Freedom and independence of India only meant strengthen the networks of the rich to amass huge wealth and profits. The job of the regime is to promote the rich and protect their interests. In order to keep the common folk in perpetual distress and poverty, the regime and media whip up anti-Muslim communal passions. .

Common people bearing the brunt of reforms continue to suffer. Mounting popular anger over rising prices, chronic poverty, and deepening social inequality have not made any impact over regime’s policies and as noting could be expected from the government in supporting poor and reducing the levels of the rural poverty.

The ruling UPA regime is interested only in attract foreign capital so promote India’s big business to push the local traders to the brim. The representatives of domestic and international capital are focused on extra profits and consider measures to impose the burden of the global economic crisis on the general populations, working classes and urban have-nots and rural toilers..

India’s important overseas markets in manufactured goods and IT services have been increasingly crumbling .Inflation remains stubbornly in double digits, because of the combined impact of a shortage of goods, high energy prices, and a steep decline in the exchange value of the Indian rupee against the US dollar. Inflation at the consumer level has also remained in double digits over the past several years.

Experts reveal that the prospects for India’s economy have deteriorated dramatically in recent months. Indian government led by the Congress party has decided to slash its growth projection for the current fiscal year to 6 percent, far below its long-term target of 9 percent per annum growth. The tanking of the rupee has panicked the Indian big business (the mainstay of funds for political parties and elections), which now has a total loan exposure of about $220 billion to foreign banks and financial institutions.

The inherent weakness of the Indian economy, with its structural dependence upon foreign currency flows to finance its huge oil imports and current account deficit, and upon American and European markets for its exports, thus gets exposed. .

India, its rulers, elites and media lords are the known fanatics and it is not expected that they would change that easily.  Identifying failed institutions is not difficult; changing them is.

The ultimate consequence is that any Indian is deluded who believes that India can be changed substantively by using the electoral process.

Controlling the rulers is like catching or even buying fish—very slippery and unpredictable. .

Nevertheless, the process does continue. This process is justified by a doctrine referred to as “let the decision stand.” The choice of controlling rules is entirely subjective. In the end, the task comes down to finding one the rulers and cronies like. No more, no less.

The US Supreme Court, unlike its counterpart in India, completely controls the American government, including the electoral process.

India can take pride in saying that the Supreme Court of the USA is an institution that has failed in every possible way. It is notorious for having issued iniquitous opinions; it has not only failed to resolve but has exacerbated conflicts; and it has consistently negated the ideals the founding fathers wrote into the Preamble of the Constitution. The Court is infamous for its horrid decisions.

People of strong political and cultural biases who lack open minds are not necessarily intelligent. A person who lacks the ability to question his own beliefs is a bigot. That’s what Indian jurists and lawmakers who legislate their own beliefs into law are.

Any economy that ignores the genuine interests of common people, poor cannot be real economy; no matter it has reached the sky level in accumulation of wealth of all sorts- both legal and illegal.

Dirty politics, communal inclusive, has polluted the socio-economic scene of the nation and people suffer because of the bad leaders and mischievous policies.

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د. عبد راف 

Terrorism is caused by anti-Islamic forces. Fake democracies like USA and India have zero-tolerance to any criticism of their anti-Muslim and other aggressive practices. Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than ”terrorism” Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims.  Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA  & other anti-Islamic agencies. 

Indian Parliament Building Delhi India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Indian politics is not something that excites me. I am sure I wouldn’t be wrong if I call it the most disgusting shit that is still surviving in this country. I am sorry for my inappropriate use of words but that’s the only way I can describe myself. Politics in India is not at all like what it should be for a country to prosper and develop. There’s corruption, more corruption, and lots more. My outrage against the Indian politics wasn’t sudden but a gradual process. It peaked when I started hearing about the possibility of media being paid by the government to talk nice about them and then immediately seeing news reports which supported the congress instead of Anna Hazare. I mean how in the world is that even possible. I wouldn’t be surprised if I come to know that everything that’s happening in India was actually a big conspiracy plotted by the government.

I am particularly writing this blog to express my views on the political scene in India. Our country is the biggest democracy in India but I think it has hardly gained any benefits of democracy. No one gives a damn about human rights, there are illiterate ministers who have reached the parliament by the way of buying votes, judiciary and the legislative appear to be close buddies most of the times and then there is the government who refuses to pass laws which can help reduce corruption in the country. Moreover everything I just said is known to almost everyone in the country and still nothing seems to be affecting the state of affairs.

So yesterday I started to hear news of Anna Hazare planning to form a political party in order to stimulate his anti corruption movement. I was a big fan of Anna earlier but now it is just a big BLOb of confusion in my head. I now have second thoughts on whether everything Anna had been doing was a political propaganda. On the other hand it is also very believable that it could be a sincere attempt being made by him. It’s not a good feeling when devoting almost 1.5 years of life supplemented by successive hunger strikes doesn’t yield any results. Both the possibilities are equally likely and only time would be able to tell us the reality.

The reason why I wrote such a blog today was because such a political condition in India completely disrupts the economy. Today, India’s growth rates are sliding, foreign investors are reluctant on investing in India and unemployment is increasing. If we notice carefully most of these things are results of the political imbalance in the country. Moreover after Anna pointed out that the new Honorable President Pranav Mukherjee is also involved in corruption, our reputation in the foreign markets is no longer something that we can be proud of. A strong political ground is what encourages businesses, investors and promotes economic activities in India.

As we can see it becomes really important for legislative to be stable for a healthy economy. I wouldn’t be incorrect in saying that the Indian economy will remain doomed till the point we, in totality the citizens of India, do something about it. After all we are living in the worlds largest democracy.

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Hanish Agarwal

The only way to make glorious India is, to support the non corruptive and anti terrorism based real communist political party like RSP, Revolutionary Socialist Party that, originated from Murshidabad, West Bengal State formed by the best Indian parliamentarian comrade. Tridip Kumar Chowdury in the year of 1940. The party shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of India as by law established and to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy and would uphold the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

The only way to make glorious India is, to support the non corruptive and anti terrorism based real communist political party like RSP, Revolutionary Socialist Party that, originated from Murshidabad, West Bengal State formed by the best Indian parliamentarian comrade. Tridip Kumar Chowdury in the year of 1940. The party shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of India as by law established and to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy and would uphold the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

Indian politics is corrupt and dirty

Daily a new scam rises on its land

But Indians feel now

India will be safe in two bachelor’s hands

Because bachelors can be good politicians

Free birds of pure intentions

With free mind can bring revolutions

They can give towards country, full attentions

As they have no worries, no family tensions

A lot of time and little needs

Good images and virtuous deeds

No lust, no greed for prosperity

Noble values are their property

No wife to make them crazy

Always seem fresh and fit not lazy

No desire of big savings

All countrymen are their babies

To serve country, they get fun

After money like Laloo, they don’t run

How lucky my great India

Have Atal and Kalam

                                                  A strong union of Rahim and Ram

Namaskaram to Atal

Salam to Kalam

   Atal’s poetry, Kalam’s chemistry

Will certainly change Indian history

                                                               RAJNI VIJAY SINGLA

One of the many aspects of middle class feminism in India that is explored in Lakshmi and Me is the education of daughters. Not only is there immense privilege involved in a woman being able to make the choice to value her daughter’s education, this educational pursuit also has consequences for women outside of their family. For example, in order to pursue education of her daughter, a middle-class woman in India will need to hire other women, other people’s daughters or mothers, to do the housework that their daughter(s) would ordinarily do. Because men in India will absolutely not help out, the burden of household work must fall on a woman with less privilege when middle-class women make the choice to work outside of the home. The same phenomena occurs when middle-class Indian women choose to leave their domestic duties to lower class women to facilitate their feminist pursuits in the work force and beyond.

There is a parallel to be drawn here between the events in Lakshmi and Me and the women’s movement in the United States. The most recent women’s movement in the late 20th century was characterized by involvement of mostly middle or upper-class white women, who focused on shirking their gender-normative child-rearing and household duties in order to pursue equality with men in the workplace. However, as their husband were also still working, these women often subsidized their feminism by hiring black “mammies” to raise their children and take care of the domestic work in their homes. I would posit that the separation between middle and lower class women, seen in both the Indian and American examples, actually works to further devalue women’s work by creating a divide between women of higher and lower classes. When higher-class women use their class privilege to uplift themselves out of patriarchal conditions at the detriment of lower-class women, they are doing little more than placing themselves (individually) into the male-dominated workplace occupations, while leaving domestic work still in the hands of women. If true equality is to exist between men and women, as feminism posits, then it should work both ways: men should be as equal to women in the domestic sphere as women are equal to men in the occupational sphere. Why would middle-class white women leaving their household duties to poorer, less educated women make their partners value domestic work any more? It wouldn’t.

An illustration of this can be seen in Lakshmi and Me, when Indian women discuss their label, “woman,” that often comes from female employers. This label would be degrading if it came from a man, but coming from a woman it is perplexing. It is as if the female employer, by calling her domestic employee “woman,” is trying to further distance herself from the “degrading” work of household labor. How can the value of domestic work ever be elevated in the public consciousness if so-called feminists are devaluing their fellow women’s work? It seems that middle-class feminists in India, the United States, and elsewhere, are primarily interested in only in their own uplift into the male-dominated workforce, and not much interested at all in elevating the value of domestic labor itself. To me, this is even more dangerous and detrimental to women and “women’s work” than if they had never left the house at all.

Politics pays really well, much more than any other profession as our parliament and state assemblies have become hubs of crorepatis, just as all but three members of the new Goa assembly are millionaires. Politics works as an asylum for criminals that half of the newly elected MLAs in UP have declared criminal cases against them. Politics is a profession of high pay and absolute job security where education is not the primary criterion of eligibility and so, 45 percent of the newly-elected in Punjab Vidhan Sabha are non-graduates.

The new crorepati list from the recently held assembly elections in 5 states shows the fact that the not-so-rich are getting marginalized in Indian politics and in the electoral process. While 101 out of 117 MLAs in the Punjab Assembly are crorepatis, 37 out of 40 elected candidates in the Goan assembly have declared assets worth more than 1 Core. According to the data published by Association for Democratic Reforms, an NGO working towards strengthening governance and democracy in the country; narrates a story quite different than we are used to. Contrary to the popular belief, it’s not people with genuine social conscience, but with deep pockets the political parties prefer to give the tickets to contest. And as a matter of fact, it’s these financially well off candidates stand a good chance to win the constituencies than people with real political zeal but less economical backup.

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I hardly remember learning about history (“Social Studies”) in Kindergarten through third grade, though I know most of the curriculum was focused on learning about American institutions, symbols, and “heroes” such as Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. (I do, however, remember dressing up and pilgrims and Indians on Thanksgiving in Kindergarten and being excited that I got to be a pilgrim because I thought they were “better.”) I’m going to skip to fourth grade, during which my class learned about the state of California. Although I’m sure there were other elements involved in our study of our home state, I can really only recall two activities: panning for gold to learn about the Gold Rush, and my “mission project.” For the mission project, every student was required to pick a specific California mission, reconstruct it out of craft supplies, and give a presentation on it. I chose to do the San Francisco mission, because my parents were planning a trip to the Bay Area to visit my grandparents and told me I could visit it in person. I remember being enthralled by the mission, taking way too many pictures on multiple disposable cameras and buying a souvenir at the gift shop. This same rosy picture of the missions was consistently presented to me throughout my years in the public school system. I only found out about the brutal, bloody history of the California missions years later, on my own.

Eighth grade is another year of history lessons that I will always remember because it was the year we learned about United States history and geography. This was the year that I memorized all the states in alphabetical order, and also the year that I didn’t learn about slavery. Instead, I learned about the Mayflower, and the Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere’s ride, and the Declaration of Independence. I learned about James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, George Washington, and a bunch of other glorified white men whose names currently escape me. I remember feeling that the phrase “All men are created equal” was not as all encompassing as my teachers were telling me it was. I remember noticing that women were not represented in my history books, but not accrediting it to historians as much as to the justification that was a symptom of “the time.” At the same time as I was feeling underrepresented, I was also learning to gloss over any small section of my history books that shared the experiences of women or minority groups, because I knew I wouldn’t be tested on that information.

After years of cycling through history, (I’m pretty sure the state standards have students swap back and forth between “American history” and “World history” every year between Sixth and Twelfth grade) I came out of the school system with the knowledge that there was one true history of America and the World (or, more accurately, “Western civilization,” because we didn’t really learn about anything else). The two things that interest me most about my experience are (1) I didn’t challenge this notion, even though I was hurt by it and (2) I accepted the “fact” that not only did women and minorities play no role in shaping our nation, but that their histories were “secondary” to white man’s history and not worth studying. I carried this sentiment over to college. To be honest, during my freshman year at the University of San Francisco I never would have thought about enrolling in a class titled “The Politics of India,” because I would have thought it to be non-pertinent and a waste of time. It’s scary that our school system so effectively teaches young women and youth of color to reject their own histories and instead find value in the history of white men. I still struggle with these notions today, as I sometimes catch myself glossing over material about anyone who isn’t a white male elite. It is in these moments that I start to get glimpses of understanding about how pervasive the politics of knowledge production can be.

In many ways, this strategy mirrors that employed by the powerful American upper class post-Bacon’s Rebellion in 1675. Bacon’s Rebellion demonstrated that poor whites and poor blacks could be united for a cause. This realization sparked much fear among the white ruling class, who were greatly outnumbered by poor Americans. The result of this anxiety was a hastened transition toward racial slavery. Denouncing all black people as less than human, or, in the words of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott, “subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race,” (Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857) made poor whites feel closer to the white ruling class than black slaves by nature of their shared skin tone. Poor whites were able to feel that they were superior to black Americans, despite the undeniable fact of their awful living conditions and they were unlikely to ever enter the ranks of the white ruling class. This same strategy took on another name in the late 1960s, when the American Republican Party employed its “Southern Strategy” in order to exploit Anti-African American racism among Southern white voters in order to secure the votes of people who would have (in terms of their economic self-interest) been better served by the Democratic Party.

In the same way that poor blacks and poor whites had more in common in the 17^th century than did elite whites and poor whites, poor Hindus and poor Muslims seem to have more in common in Some Trouble with Cows than either have with their upper-caste or upper-class counterparts. In fact, Roy spends considerable time contemplating the class divides within both the Hindu and Muslim communities. For example, although Scheduled Caste Hindus often converted to Islam in order to escape oppression from the Hindu caste system, they were still “held in contempt” and “practiced despised occupations.” (Roy, 27) Despite their shared condition of oppression, poor Muslims and poor Hindus are nevertheless drawn to riotous behavior along religious lines.

The most striking distinction to me between Indian Hindu/Muslim and American black/white antagonism is that, in comparison to blacks and whites in America, Hindus and Muslims in India are practically indistinguishable. As Roy recounts from her conversation with a “religious man,” “I cannot find a Muslim or a Hindu out by what they wear. Now they are all alike. They are not wearing beards now. They are not wearing caps.” (Roy, 29) In fact, Roy states that most Indians “‘feel’ their identities on a noncognitive level.” (Roy, 31) This is one of the key differences between Hindu/Muslim relations in India and black/white relations in America. In the United States, it is easy to look at someone and classify them by race. In India, divisions are much more complex. However, despite their dissimilarities, both systems were devised by the ruling class to “divide and rule,” in order to avoid being greatly outnumbered by the massive bloc of poor people they were continuously oppressing.

Is it social service or self-service!

When Prahlada was asked by his father,where is your Hari?,He replies”He is every where, in the sky, soil, rocks, trees within you and me every where better to say where he is not there. wherever you search then and there you can see him”. likewise corruption is every where.Look at Obulapuram soils, ask Banjara/Jubillee hills rocks, ask sky for s-band spectrum, ask forests’ sandalwood trees and ask pillars of commonwealth games stadiums’. So it is is everywhere. Many of us are victims of corruption, It could be either directly or indirectly. I’ll narrate it with my own experience.

We had some land in my native village. My father didn’t take pass-book for land by thinking it is safe forever. Few years back Ultratech cement people came to our village to purchase our village’s land for their industrial needs. All people started to sell their lands for surprising rate. My dad too tried. But, he did not have pass books. Without pass-book concern people are not purchasing. Dad everyday used to move around officials and politicians to get the problem solved. At night he used to come  home and puts all assets proofs surrounding him to realign them. Still I didn’t forget those days. I used to feel sad and used to think how can I help  dad. I decided to do something. I left Hyderabad for two months and moved around MRO office and spoke them in english, with little angry. I ask them why are you(MRO) not giving pass books, then MRO replied”Your father comes, uses abusive words then how can we give?”.Then I , “If you make people to move around your office. everyone does so”, “even i too”. At last, He signed on passbook for three acres which was on my mother’s name. I asked for remaining land he said “its your father’s you’ve to apply separately on your father’s name”. Then I went to RI for seal. There VAO of our Village, who was sitting next to him said, Give some money to sir as he did your work, then I thought Is it not his duty to hit a seal on the book.I didn’t  give any penny. Like wise after many difficulties and problems we got another pass-book for remaining land. But still we have some pending land in the village.

Another side we’ve to talk something about our Village’s VAO. He is such a person, most people of our village seek evil to him. Many people have attacked him. But he didn’t learn any lessons for what has happened to him. Within three years he has owned shopping complex in Proddatur(Renowned town in Kadapa Dist.AP ), Massive gold and cash.When I  approached ACB people they said, only red-handed  they can catch him.But they don’t know that he is too smart.  Leaders and polices have got their part from him. For a settlement itself polices have taken literally seventy thousand from ……Then where are the leaders who have to solve the problems and where are the police to protect them. Their job is worth less. In corruption, top ranking departments are revenue and law and order.People are paying money for what they have right to get. There are laws to protect the rights, those only on papers. Still in the country 25 crore  people are under BPL. Leaders who brought up from grass-roots are forgetting their traces after their well-being.

Dad arguing with MRO and his crew (Paper cuting from Eenadu News daily )

]]> http://latestnewsmedia.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/rahul-gandhi-warned-u-s-of-growth-of-extremist-hindu-groups-wikileaks/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:27:40 +0000 latestnewsmedia http://latestnewsmedia.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/rahul-gandhi-warned-u-s-of-growth-of-extremist-hindu-groups-wikileaks/ Rahul Gandhi, the “crown prince” of Indian politics, told the American ambassador last year that Hindu extremist groups could pose a greater threat to his country than Muslim militants.

In comments likely to cause a storm in India, Gandhi, who is considered a likely prime ministerial candidate, warned Timothy Roemer that though “there was evidence of some support for [Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba] among certain elements in India’s indigenous Muslim community, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalised Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community”.

The 40-year-old son of the Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi, said that “the risk of a ‘home-grown’ extremist front, reacting to terror attacks coming from Pakistan or from Islamist groups in India, was a growing concern and one that demanded constant attention”….  read more