Thoughts.. lies... and some honest rib: July 2008

System defeats woman. Ends her life

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Here is an example of the system making life impossible in the state. A poor woman committed suicide in a police officer's office in Baijnath. This woman was engaged as an Anganwari worker and was being paid a meagre salary of a few hundred rupees which was her lone source of income. With the change in govt. in the state, the new BJP govt. in its zeal to undo everything the previous govt had done, removed her from the job forcing her to end her life.

The govt of the day must be proud by having blood of an innocent poor woman on its hand. Equally proud must be the minister of social justice in our state who also happens to be a woman. It must be great to play god. Judge, Jury and Jallad all rolled into one. The 'system' must have brushed her death as another freak incident. Imagine the frustration to end one's life for 938 rupees per month. This is where the people who elects it govt. has been pushed to.

A new Governor- again

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Reports tickled in late evening that Himachal has a new Governor. Some politico from Maharahtra has been appointed a new governor. The office of the governor is a big drain on the state. The previous one was too fond of visiting every nook and corner of Himachal. I think he must have visited almost all temples in Himachal. Nothing wrong with that except all this sair spata is borne by the natives. The state has to support the entire staff associated with this post and being a governor of a state like Himachal, there is steady stream of relatives, friends, friends of friends dropping in. Of course all these are announced as state guests and they have a field day being guest of the state.

States like Himachal should not have a seprate Governor and a governor of Haryana or Punjab can share this responsibility. We natives won't mind that. For us a Governor means someone shooting off in a black Merc with black tainted wind screens and sirens ablaze. We never get to see him and he never walks up to the people.

Attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul

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Monday attack on Indian embassay in Kabul saw death snatching away the Defence Attache, a senior diplomat and 2 security persons. Two of the dead were from Himachal. Brig RD Mehta, Defence Attache was from Shimla while ITBP constable Mr. Roop Singh belonged to Mandi district. It was really tragic to hear such ghastly news. Brig Mehta had studied from St. Edwards School Shimla and was an authority on many languages besides Tibetian, Chinese and Pushto languages. His family resided in the Keleston area near Bharari.

Constable Roop Singh hailed from Dhaban village of Sadar tehsil in district Mandi and was a part of the ITBP responsible for security of the Indian mission in Kabul.

Makes me really sad such men of valour had to die in a far off land but also makes me proud that Himachalis are in fore front for laying there lives for the nation. I salute these two brave men and pray the govt. looks after their families well.

Do we really care

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There was a lot of hue and cry when the petrol prices were increased. It seemed that our world was coming to an end as we were supposed to pay 52/ for a liter of petrol. Few weeks down the line everything seems to be normal. I don't find any decrease in number of vehicles on road. There is no change in number of tourist vehicles coming into Shimla. Every morning during rush hour I see a mile long traffic jam. This brings to another interesting question, where does all the money is coming from. I suppose even if petrol was to be sold at 100/ per litre even then there will be no let up in number of vehicles.

Do we have deep pockets or the money is coming through unlawful means. I guess the going rate of getting things done in offices must have also gone up. Something to ponder but do we really care!

Fake Universities

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This is the admission time and students are looking for various avenues outside the state. Here is a list of fake universities as mentioned by the UGC for its 2007 notification

Bihar
1 . Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar
Delhi
2. Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) Jagatpuri, Delhi.
3. Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi
4. United Nations University, Delhi
5. Vocational University, Delhi
6.ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendera Place, New Delhi-110008/14, J.D.Road, Kolkata-700012.
Karnataka
7.Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum (Karnataka)Kerala
8.St. John's Univesity, Kishanattam, KeralaMadhya Pradesh
9.Kesarwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur (M.P)Maharashtra
10 .Raja Arabic University, NagpurTamil Nadu
11.D.D.B Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil NaduUtter Pradesh
12. Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Viswavkiyalaya, (Women's University) Prayag, Allahabad (UP)
13. Indian Education Council of U.P., Lucknow (UP)
14.Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad (UP)
15. National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur
16. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh (UP)
17. Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura (UP)
18. Maharana Partap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh (UP)
19.Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya, Vrindavan, UP.

Students are advised to refer to the websites of UGC (www.ugc.ac.in), the AICTE (www.aicte.emet.in) and DEC (www.dec.ac.in) to verify and satisfy themselves of the list of the recognized Indian Universities/Institutions before joining or taking admission in various courses.

Firing in Shoghi factory

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An unfortunate incident. One person was killed and several injured when a group of workers surrounded the offices of Supermax factory and the private guards opened fire, threatening the secuirty personel. The politicians have been showing rosy picture all these years of all the industries coming into the state. With industries there has to be discipline. There is no work culture in the state and the work force still believes strongly in Unions. There has been lot many cases in Baddi where strikes have happened because of the union problems. Himachalis are second best to the Bengalis in forming a union. No sooner 4 Himachalis meet, a union appears. Himachal must be having largest number of unions. You name it we have it.

High time we people realise days of Unions, Laal Jhanda are over. It is an extremely competitive market and unless we devote our energies in constructive actions, the industries would migrate else where and whatever little opportunities we are getting would be lost. Migrating for Himachalis is a big problem as we tend to have weather problems in case we go and work in plains. What would be the quality of life there. Unions and leaders are not going to feed us. They are here to raise passions.

The earlier we wake up to the reality, the better.

Are we happy with Shimla town?

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Having lived in Shimla for ages, I feel disheartened the way Shimla town has developed into. It looks like a ghost town. There are no civic amenities and whatever little amenities are available, are in the VIP areas where the IAS and the big boys of the state live. What to talk of parks and play grounds, there is no walking space in the city left to walk comfortably. One doesn't get any clean water through out the year. Clean water.. one doesn't get water through out the year. No sanitation worth its name in the city. The roads are clogged with all sort of vehicles. No parking space for cars. See the condition of roads in the city. They look pathetic. Even roads in Bihar are better than ours. No offence meant for Bihar though. While Laloo promised roads as smooth as Hema Malini's cheeks, Shimla roads look like Ompuri cheeks. The list is endless.. Even the clean air, of which we were proud once is now missing.

To make a start, Shimlaites have to reject the present set of people who govern the city. In every elections, people vote on regional lines and not on performance. Congress have been winning for so long but has done nothing for the city. Give new people a chance. New people have fresh ideas. After all what we have got to loose!!

August 2008

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