DO AWAY WITH WISHY- WASHY APPROACH

Far from being swayed away by the hullabaloo  of  organizing 19^th. Commonwealth Games in Delhi , I am very much concerned  about the fate of the indepth enquiry as  announced by PMO to dig out the massive corruption involved in it.and to see that the culprits must not get away with impunity. Despite the great achievement made by our sportsmen and women who have excelled immensely in thisCWG the huge corruption involved into it has marred  the sporting event of this nature. That too, `744 Crore ( allotted )money for the welfare of SCs has been  diverted to conduct such a sporting extravaganza( out of a cumulative spending of  `.70,000 crores from the state exchequer).

This apart, India has been elected as a non permanent member of  UN Security Council for a period of 2 years after 1992,of course, without a voting power. In the economic front there has been a massive hike in SENSEX touching 20K mark, Gold price also rose to  `.20K in addition to it there is `1 Trillion FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT (FII) with the GDP is standing at 8-9%.These are the Shining India’s part which are being glorified by the Govt. By Contrast, the suffering India’s story has outweighed abysmally the much publicized Economic Achievement made thus far.

India stands at 62 in the GLOBAL HUMAN INDEX  where as China is at 6, The food inflation  has risen to 16.37% thereby further pushing the impoverished 836 million people to remain hungry since as per Arjun Sengupta’s report 77% people  earn   `.20/- a day. This is the state of affair today with the much vaunted and touted about LPG (Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization) adopted by the govt. since 1991

Thus the inclusive growth of our economy has become a myth . By allowing to increase the number of middle class in our country which is 35 million (the total population of USA & AUSTRALIA) and along with a handful of super-rich people who are holding 25% of the national wealth ,the govt of the day are simply duping the vast majority of the toiling and most suffering masses.. The mere lip service and rhetoric will not suffice. There needs to have a paradigm shift in declared policy implementation formulated by a few selfless honest eminent experts in their respective fields. The need of the hour is to put the best foot forward by the govt  and implement the different welfare programme to the mal/undernourished children, provide food, shelter and employment to the vast majority of  our country. In absence of giving the top priority to such programmes the power that be would simply pave the way to the violent protest by suffering masses in a befitting manner in  more often than not. This does not at all augur well for a country who is aspiring to be global Economic power to match our neighbour.

When judiciary confronts religion

Eventualy, the court of law gets to be the one and only authority to decide upon any thing from criminal act to title suit of a mythological character's birthplace.

As a citizen of India , I feel extreme pain and agony when  I find a nation aspiring to be a global power in economy  engaged with as trivial and archaic issue as Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi ownership dispute. For the past few days, there had been a tremendous build -up of tension and excitement in both communities across the length and breadth of India over the verdict to be delivered by the Allahabad High Court..Now the judgement is out, and we see that the verdict is a climax-buster to please both the communities with the provision to appeal before the apex court within three months if any of the litigants feel dissatisfied with the judgement. And it's just plain dumb thing to think that the fuss is over. Just wait, and one of the parties, if not the both, would be rushing to the Supreme court soon. That takes you back to square one. So what gives? 

I am aghast that bigotry, even in this 21st. century, has such a pervasive following. What a pity the scientists of the world are now trying hard to discover the birth of the universe while we Indians, like jackals in the jungle, are fighting the battle of the cave ages! This is height of utter stupidity.

When this issue, or rather non-issue comes up next time, shoot it down with your millenium insight and don't behave like an  immature sod.