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First Rank in State in Secondary School Examination
First Rank in University in Plus Two
First Rank in IIT Entrance Examination
First Rank in All India IIT Computer Science
First Rank in IAS Entrance Examination
First Rank in IAS Training Institute
On passing out from IIT Chennai Mr. Narayanaswamy was offered scholarship by the
prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA .. He who came from a
middle class family believed that he had a moral obligation to give something in return
for the lakhs of rupees the government spent on him as an IIT student. He had the
intelligence and conviction to realize that this money came also from the poorest of
the poor - who pay up the excise duty on textiles when they buy cloth, who pay up customs,
excise and sales tax on diesel when they travel in a bus, and in numerous other ways
indirectly pay the government. So he decided to join IAS hoping he could do something
for the people of this country. How many young men have the will power to resist such
an offer from USA ? Narayanaswamy did never look at IAS as a black money spinner as
his later life bears testimony to this fact.
After a decade of meritorious service in IAS, today, Narayanaswamy is being forced
out of the IAS profession. Do you know why?
A real estate agent wanted to fill up a paddy field which is banned under law.
An application came up before Narayanaswamy who was sub collector the,
for an exemption from this rule for this plot of land. Upon visiting the site he
found that the complaint from 60 poor families that they will face water logging
due to the waste water from a nearby Government Medical College if this paddy field
was filled up was correct. Narayanswamy came under intense political pressure but
he did what was right - refused permission for filling up the paddy field. That was his
first confrontation with politicians.
Soon after his marriage his father-in-law closed down a public road to build compound
wall for his plot of land. People approached Narayanaswamy with complaint.
When talking with his own father-in-law did not help, he removed the obstructing wall
with police help. The result, his marriage broke up.
As district Collector he raided the house of a liquor baron who had defaulted Rupees 11 crores
payment to government and carried out revenue recovery. A Minister directly telephoned him
and ordered to return the forfeited articles to the house of the liquor baron.
Narayanswamy politely replied that it is difficult. The minister replied that Narayanaswamy will suffer.
In his district it was a practice to collect crores of rupees for earthen bunds meant for poor farmers,
but which were never constructed. A bill for rupees 8 crores came up before Narayanaswamy.
He inspected the bund. He found it very weak and said that he will pass the bill after the rainy season
to ensure that the bund served the purpose. As expected the earthen bund was too weak to stand
the rain and it disappeared in the rain. But he created a lot of enemies for saving 8 crores public money.
The net result of all such unholy activities was that he was asked to go on leave by the government.
Later such an illustrious officer was posted as "State Co-Ordinator, Quality Improvement Programme for Schools".
This is what the politician will do to a honest officer with backbone - post him in the most
powerless position to teach him a lesson. Since he found that nothing can be achieved for the people
if he continued with the State Service he opted for central service. But that too was denied on some technical ground.
What will you do when you have a brilliant computer career anywhere in the world you choose with the backing
of several advanced technical papers too published in international journals to your credit?
When you are powerless to do anything for the people, why should you waste your life as the Co-Ordinator for a Schools Programme?
Mr. Narayanaswamy is on the verge of leaving IAS to go to Paris to take up a well paid United Nations assignment.
The politicians can laugh thinking another obstacle has been removed. But it is the helpless people of this
country who will lose - not Narayanaswamy. But you have the power to support capable and honest bureaucrats
like Narayaswamy, G.R.Khairnar and Alphons Kannamthanam who have suffered a lot under self seeking
politicians who rule us. You have even the power to replace such politicians with these kind of people dedicated
to the country. The question is will you do the little you can do NOW? At least a vote or word in support of
such personalities?
THINK ABOUT IT , Ladies and Gentlemen , and PLEASE DO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS !
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Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.It's about learning how to dance in the rain

Jinhe naaz hai hind par -kahan hain

The above line from Pyaasa in response to NEHRU's comment is valid even today.the song was banned from AIR till Nehru's death.the hypocrisy still survives. Am sharing apiece from BIKOO my classmate










Do you know who this guy is? No idea?

OK, let me introduce him...

This is Mr Tukarama Omble...

Rings a Bell? Or you still can't place him?

Hmmm...

I guess you know who "Ajmal Kasab" is?

Great... Just imagine how well known Ajmal Kasab is... But as for Tukarama Omble, very few seem to know about him...

Well, that being so, let me give you some details about him...

"48 year old, Assistant Sub Inspector Tukaram Omble was on the Night Shift on the night of 26 – 27 November 2008 when 10 Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai. After the news of firings at the Leopold Cafe, Oberoi and Taj Hotels came in, ASI Omble was assigned to take up position on Marine Drive. At 12.30 AM on 27 November he had called up his family and spoken to them.

At around 12.45 am, Omble was alerted on his walkie-talkie that two terrorists had hijacked a Skoda car and were heading for Girgaum Chowpatty. Just minutes later, the Skoda whizzed past him.

Omble immediately jumped on to his motorcycle and chased the car. A team from DB Marg Police Station was hurriedly setting up a barricade at the Chowpatty Traffic Signal. As the Skoda approached the Signal, the terrorists opened fire on the Police, but had to slow down because of the barricades. ASI Omble overtook the Skoda and stopped in front of it, forcing the driver of the car to swerve right and hit the road-divider. With the terrorists momentarily distracted, Omble sprang toward one of them, Ajmal Kasab, and gripped the barrel of the AK47 rifle with both hands. With the barrel pointing towards Omble, Kasab pulled the trigger, hitting Omble in the abdomen. Omble collapsed, but held on to the gun till he lost consciousness. This is what prevented Ajmal Kasab from killing many more innocent Mumbaikars than he did…

Now you 'got' him!!! ASI Tukarama Omble: The Lionhearted Man who sacrificed himself to save many lives and was instrumental in Ajmal Kasab being captured alive...

Do you know where ASI Tukarama Omble's family is? Do you know what his family does?

Nobody wants to know, nobody wants to even find that out. Not even the Media!

Just try to compare what the Central & Maharashtra Governments have spent thus far to support Omble's family and what they have spent on the well-being of the Mighty Terrorist Ajmal Kasab...

Don't you think every Indian, especially the so-called "Proud Mumbaikars", should feel ashamed of all this?

ASI Tukarama Omble should be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously and his name should to be etched in Golden Letters in the annals of Indian History so that future generations may realize that it is the not the "Rich & Famous" Page-3 Politicians, Bureaucrats, Media Barons, Actors & Movie Moguls, but the "Ordinary Foot Soldier" who is ever ready to lay his life on the line so that the rest us may live in peace.

If you are a true Indian and love your Motherland, share this with others…

How to eliminate poverty in india?

An article in Economic Times today


Updating the poverty line cutoff figures, the Planning Commission said that those spending in excess of Rs 32 a day in urban areas or Rs 26 a day in villages would no longer be eligible to draw benefits for those living below the poverty line.

TOI broke down the overall monthly figure for urban areas and used the CPI for industrial workers along with the Tendulkar committie report figures to see what these numbers translate into and how much the Planning Commission believes is enough to spend on essential items so as not to be deemed poor. The Planning Commission suggests that spending Rs 5.5 on cereals per day is good enough to keep people healthy.

Similarly a daily spend of Rs 1.02 on pulses, Rs 2.33 on milk and Rs 1.55 on edible oil should be enough to provide adequate nutrition and keep people above the poverty line without the need of subsidized rations from the government.

It further suggests just Rs 1.95 on vegetables a day would be adequate. A bit more and one might end up outside the social security net. People should be spending less than 44 paisa on fruits, 70 paisa on sugar, 78 paisa on salt and spices and another Rs 1.51 on other foods per day to qualify for the BPL list and qualify for subsidy under various government schemes.

A person using more than Rs 3.75 per day on fuel to run the kitchen is doing well as per these figures. Forget about the price hike of fuel or sky-rocketing rents in the city. If anyone living in the city is spending over Rs 49.10 a month on rent and conveyance, he or she could miss out on the BPL category.

As for healthcare, Rs 39.70 per month is felt to be sufficient to stay healthy, believes the Planning Commission . On education, the plan panel feels those spending 99 paisa a day or Rs 29.60 a month in cities are doing well enough not to need any help.

Similarly, one could be considered to not be poor if he or she spends more than Rs 61.30 a month on clothing, Rs 9.6 on footwear and Rs 28.80 on other personal items. The monthly cut-off given by the Planning Commission before the apex court was broken down using the Consumer Price Index of Industrial Workers for 2010-11 and the break down given in Annexure E of the Tendulkar Report of expenditure calculated at 2004-05 prices.

The new tentative BPL criteria was worked out by the Planning Commission and approved by the Prime Minister's office before the government's affidavit was submitted before the Supreme Court. The plan panel said the final poverty line criteria would be available after the completion of the NSSO survey of 2011-12.

ONCE YOU ADOPT THIS LINE OF REASONING THERE WILL BE NO POOR IN INDIA. SOON WE WILL PROVE THAT A FAMILY OF FIVE CAN LIVE ON LOVE AND FRESH AIR

Mera Bharat Mahaan

UNKNOWN UNSUNG HEROES

This was an email forwarded to me -definitely a must read --
An ode to the Indian soldier
March 09, 2011 7:57:38 PM

Manvendra Singh

While India has chosen to forget the sacrifices of its soldiers in
foreign land, Sri Lanka has erected a memorial in honour of the IPKF’s
fallen heroes.

I was on the lookout for Harpal’s name. Like all those who knew him I
too had been devastated by the loss of the Ropar Khalsa. He had that
infectious persona. I had last seen him at his unit mess, during the
1987 cricket world cup. Even as the country partook in its cricket
craze, there were those who didn’t have that luxury, as they were at
war for India.

Harpal didn’t want to remain in the rear, looking after his unit,
ladies and children. An officer of 1 Para Commando, Harpal lost his
life during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. His battalion, like
countless others, had been part of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force that
ended up fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam when they had
gone to keep the calm in the island.

Nothing captured the irony and the idiocy of the situation more than
an officer injured early in the fighting telling me later, “I was
injured by the LTTE who were using arms and ammunition supplied by
India, and saved by the Sri Lankan Army who had been supplied by the
Pakistanis.” But it is not for the soldier to question political
decisions, however bizarrely they may turn on their head.

A dear friend, Harpal had been the subject of the first article I had
written about the IPKF in my early days as a journalist. It was on ode
to Harpal, by name, and through him to all the others of the Indian
Army who had fallen in a battle they had hardly prepared for.

So when I learnt of the memorial to soldiers of the IPKF, a visit
there became inevitable. To bow my head, say a prayer, pay respect,
and search for names that carried memories of fondness. And there it
said — Capt H Singh PARA. Touching, and I was grateful.

Standing at the foot of the memorial I gazed in awe at its beauty and
solemnity. Officers and jawans etched in perpetuity, white on black,
and from across the country. There are Kashmiri names, just as there
are Naga names. All casualties of a political decision to battle those
they had gone to protect.

Every infantry regiment, and more, was recorded there. Tank men who
volunteered for infantry duties, and didn’t come back to India are
remembered for their valour. I saw the name of Col Chabra, whose son
now dons the same uniform of the same battalion as he did while
fighting for his country. It was humbling to stand before them, all
together in memory, for posterity.

When the awe and pain of going through the names subsided, I couldn’t
believe myself that there was, finally, a state inspired and funded
war memorial to Indian soldiers. The fact that a Government-created
memorial could be so beautifully made was as hard to believe as seeing
one constructed in the first place. It is not a citizen’s initiative
like, for example, the memorials in Chandigarh and Bangalore. It has
been inspired by a national Government, funded and constructed by its
agencies.

But, alas, in this case the state is not the Government of India, and
the agencies that created it are not its PWD or MES. The credit is
owed only to the Government of Sri Lanka, and the construction has
been done entirely by the Sri Lankan Navy. And it has been done
strikingly well.

Even as the Government of India resists the pressures of its soldiers
and citizens to make a post-independence war memorial, Sri Lanka has
recognised the significance of the Indian soldiers and sailors who
died for its integrity from 1987 to 1990. The memorial has been made
entirely from Sri Lankan funds, architectural consultants, and the
contracting agency is the Sri Lanka Navy. Creditable when one
considers the absence of any Government-made war memorial in India.

A plaque reads in English and Hindi: “This monument is dedicated to
the members of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force who made the supreme
sacrifice during the peace-keeping mission from 1987 to 1990 in Sri
Lanka.” Another plaque says: “Indian Peace-Keeping Force — Valiant
were their deeds; Undying be their memories.”

The IPKF memorial resides in the new capital of the country near
Colombo, Sri Jayawardanepura Kotte. Past the Sri Lankan Parliament,
the IPKF memorial is but a stone’s throw from the Sri Lankan national
memorial for their own war heroes, rows upon rows of names etched in
eternity. They fought to the bitter end with the LTTE, losing hundreds
of brave soldiers in the process. And it is touching the level at
which Sri Lanka values the contribution of the IPKF, for such is the
pride of place which they have given to, and erected a memorial for,
the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers.

I recall vividly the coincidence of dates in 1995. In the space of a
few weeks there would be the 50th anniversary of the end of World War
II and the 30th anniversary of the 1965 India-Pakistan war. I remember
formally asking the Ministry of Defence as to how India was going to
mark the events, both of which cost precious Indian lives. A
bureaucrat replied, without any trace of irony or humility for the
dead, that India was a peaceful country and did not believe in marking
events like wars. The classic ahimsa line.

I was aghast, especially since the British Government was taking all
Indian Victoria Cross and George Cross winners to London for the big
celebrations. And India was silent on its own contributions. That
attitude persists even today.

India’s attitude towards its soldiers, sailors and airmen can be
gauged from the fact that a black plaque bolted on the IPKF memorial
remains unlettered, blank. The Prime Minister of India was meant to
inaugurate the memorial and have his name etched on this plaque. The
inauguration was put off on account of political sensitivities within
India, so the plaque remains bare and black.

Votes and political alliances are more important in India than
respecting the memories of those 1,200 soldiers and sailors who lost
their lives on account of the follies of their rulers. The bare black
plaque stares back at visitors, conveying a message of ingratitude,
insensitivity, and disrespect. As true a reflection of Indian
attitudes to fallen soldiers as there can be.

In the meantime, Sri Lanka honours Indian soldiers and sailors just as
well as they honour their own.

PUBLIC SECTOR BASHING - A counterpoint

It has become a fashion in India to bash the Public Sector. You start with any topic and suddenly you find reference to a non performing PSU. If you look at the history of PSUs the worst performing are/were the ones which were nationalized after the private sector milked them dry. a sick company was taken over and got more sick. I agree with the general maxim that the job of any government is to govern and not run businessBut this class distinction gets blurred when politics and big money interfere. Look at Wall Street - they trumped on free economy and no controls. when they burst due to greed and poor judgement they were the first to ask for aid and the great free market capitalistic country of the world jumped to save the ones who created all this mess at the cost of honest tax payers.

in India,the BSNL bashing has started.When will our experts ever read between the lines.

First they murdered Air India - (now Nira Radia tapes prove it). They have not allowed the airline to purchase a single new aircraft for over twenty years and expect the airline to make money. Whenever the airline went thro a procedure and recommended an aircraft the opposite lobby (BOEING VERSUS AIRBUS) scuttled the deal. They pointed out how the smaller airlines (private) are making money. INDIAN AIRLINES had to increase fares to accommodate the geniuses i private sector and run on unprofitable routes (like Chennai to Pondicherry with one passenger). The only time when the minister allowed Indian Airlines to wet lease aircraft the company outperformed all competitors miles ahead.

Now it is turn of BSNL. they have not been allowed to upgrade their equipments. Everytime a tender is floated the vultures (politicians, media and private sector) come in and screw the decision. Even with outmoded equipments BSNL mobile was a runaway success. Here too ,look at irony - BSNL and MTNL do not share towers which they share with run of mill new operators. When there was a craze for optical fibre lines the main players bribed the employees of BSNL to an extent of almost eliminating them.Then they found that laying the network was an expert affair and too costly for them. they withdrew with dug up roads allover .relaid with public money and taxes. BSNL is still the only functioning landline in country.

Look at power distribution in Delhi. We gave the distribution to TATA and RELIANCE and the only increase is in power tariff not service.

why India / Even in USA wherever they have tinkered with public utility services like power and water the private sector has miserably failed. At & T was a monopoly and had to keep services at high level with threat of breakup under MRTP

Optical fibre scam ??

Please go back in history when our didi was the first time railways minister.She made an interesting speech - she gave hints at how the rail ministry can cut down passenger fares substantially by alternate sources of revenue. Within a few fortnights she was conveniently shunted out of her portfolio. Mr.Pramod Mahajan was brought in through the backdoor as It minister and the first thing that he did was to scuttle the Rail Board initiative on a optical fibre network. As usual the media played dumb. Two large telecom giants came into lime light promising their own network.A few states obliged by giving them a free reign. both the companies -Reliance and Airtel - gave up.In between you found BSNL functioning deteriorate. Lines were cut and repairs did not take place. Somehow after a a year the giants realized that their idea was not that bright.BSNL came back with a bang with their low tech mobile and surprised everybody.

the missing link is what I term as the optical fibre scam. the Indian railways have perhaps the longest network in the world today.It covers most of the country. If we had the optical fibre run below the tracks ,it could have been done by trench less digging (ike Hong Kong tube).The lines would have been laid within a fraction of time and all that all service providers needed was the last mile connection from nearest railway station. cities like Mumbai would have become a broadband (i mean 54mb level) a decade earlier .The railways could have generated millions of dollars by leasing out and the moneys would have provided enough moneys for addition, upkeep and maintenance of rail stock leave alone reducing fares.

Corporate greed and manipulative politics played a big hand and our media was acting as usual. As the corporates were giants all political parties kept silent - maybe no one understood anything of the subject

Political Journalism -the new name

It all started with 2G scam. Nira Radia's tapes were leaked.

Instead of throwing light on 2G the leaked tapes demonstrated how a corporate lobbyist was trying to influence media to report on her lines, get a minister of her choice inducted into the ministry for a definite post of telecommunication. The calls showed how the journalists appeared to be more than willing to act as intermediaries between political bosses.

The first reaction was total blackout.None of the mainstream media reported on this scandal. But for twitter and internet it would have been buried. then came the defense. political journalists are a class apart and they have to deal with rogues and therefore the quid pro quo must be proved before allegations are made. The same media was finding bureaucrats and politicians guilty till proved innocent and the news was splashed all over 24x7.They wanted different rules .

Next they claimed that they must be judged on what they wrote and spoke and not on whom they spoke to.This is specious. How can you be certain that Barkha did not guide the discussion to a quid pro quo ? It is not every time that a corporate body want something anti national.How can one prove that what she did was in national interest or personal interest When one moves in company of thieves,you must be prepared to face the questions of integrity.

All that they had to do was claim mea culpa and the whole thing would have died a natural death. On the other hand a defense was built up using the same media and suddenly everyone is talking about this. They talk about a need for consensus as if something peculiar and unique to political journalism has taken place.They talk about how it has been happening in the past.

Four important questions raised have been unanswered-

1. What is the ownership pattern of the mainstream media ? Why is the shareholding kept a secret ? No one expects an impartial assessment of 2G from say SUN TV

2. Why can't the channels and papers be politically straight in their support for any party.All they need to do is not to distort news of the opposition

3. Editors must be made accountable for action of the journalists. they must be named and shamed for the lapses in ethics and standards

4 Corporate owned channels must be labeled as such and any news on the corporate body or related to it must be termed as paid news

Instead we are fed with nonsense and the real scamsters - Raja and Radia are laughing their way to the bank. The jokers are defending their stupidity and the junta are fed s***