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Education only can drive poverty permanently
The solution to the problem of poverty lies in making the people more skilled with investment in primary and secondary education with a slant to a vocational training and not through jobs for 100 daysPoliticians and social organizations wail in every forum about Indias 35% of its population living in poverty with little hope of their early redemption. There is the general notion that the only cause for prevalence of poverty is lack of jobs and that poverty can be removed once jobs are created in...
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Why Bharat Ratna is deferred this year too?
This year too, the decision on conferring Bharat Ratna has been deferred. Its indeed a good and praiseworthy decision on the part of the government. The way the highest award of the land has been politicised, deferment is the ideal solution.THIS YEAR too, Bharat Ratna has not been conferred on anybody. Its indeed a good and praiseworthy decision on the part of the government. The award has lost its glory and become an object of mockery with every political party desiring that it be conferred on ...
| Ashwini A |
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Arrest of UP Don & Gurgaon Kidney Racket
Uttar Pradesh: Arrest of Brijesh Singh is a breakthrough or a shame?Brijesh Singh, a hardcore criminal and fugitive is arrested after two decades in Bhuvneshvar. Is it really a breakthrough even when he had been spending his life in luxury? Does a criminal take twenty years in his arrest if we sincerely make efforts in nabbing him?Uttar Pradesh Police is jubilant cheeringly. Why not? It has the every right to show off its breakthrough in arresting hardcore criminal of Brijesh Singh type. But, is...
| Ashwini A |
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Do we need Bharat Ratna, Padma awards?
When I saw that a TV media had started a preposterous debate whether Bharat Ratna award should be conferred on youngsters like Sachin Tendulkar instead of going for the obvious (I do not know what they meant by the obvious- do they say oldies?) a thought came to my mind whether these civilian awards fashioned after the system in UK can be dispensed with once and for all.. Janata government under Morarji Desai had very wisely suspended this during late Seventies for three years. The grant of awar...
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Tata Nano: Big Talk about a Tiny Car
“The father was driving a scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, wife seated behind him holding a little baby. It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family. Tata Motors engineers and designers gave their all for about four years to realize this goal”Exactly these were the words, Mr. Rattan Tata, the chairman of Tata Motors had uttered at Indias biggest car show at 9th Auto Expo in New Delhis Pragati Madan at the t...
| Ashwini A |
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Housewife or A Home Relationship Officer
One over heard answer for the question what you do is - I do a lot of things ya. It is just that I do it at home. It is one of the most thankless jobs. But yes, I still have to do it. I never get paid, I dont get the Sundays off, I dont get a bonus based on my performance, My appraisal is done by almost everyone and I never top. Yes, the one thing I do feel happy about this job is when my son hugs me and kisses me with all his love, it just makes all the work worth it.As an after thought why don...
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Gujarat: Corruption-free governance pays
The thumping victory of Narendra Modi against the very strong campaign mounted by Congress in particular and UPA in general set me thinking whether the voters were influenced largely by the integrity and honesty of the Chief Minister and the consequent good governance with the benefits flowing to the people unhindered. Judged by the results they have obviously relegated the shrill cries of religion based issues to the back ground. The people know that a clean administration without corruption wo...
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Pseudo secularism - Cong, Commie style
Playing the cheap and crude Congress politics of anti-national secularism three days ago, he said that “Taslima Nasreen should apologise for hurting the sentiments of the Muslims. Ours is a pluralistic country, where every religion is given equal respect. I have nothing against her writing but that does not mean that she can use her pen to insult and offend the religious beliefs of Muslims or any other community for that matter. If Nasreen wanted to stay in India or any country, she had to respe...
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Sikh martyrs and 1984 Congress riots
In what can be viewed as a highly controversial decision and action, the highest Sikh temporal seat has declared the assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as Martyrs of the Community. At a special religious function, organised at the Akal Takht in Amritsar that was attended and headed by its Jathedar Gyani Joginder Singh Vedanti, two men Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh were hailed for targeting Indira for “sending the Indian Army to the Golden Temple for Operation Blue Star in 1984”. Sa...
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Christian fundamentalism & Orissa clashes
The recent Hindu-Christian clashes in Orissa during Christmas where many churches were burnt again shed light on the complexity of religious conditions in India. As usual Hindus and Hindu Organizations are being blamed. But, before getting into these blame games, its important to state the facts.Orissa has been a favorite destination of Christian Missionaries for proselytization. The illegal conversions are being carried out by missionaries in tribal areas. In Kandhamal District alone the Christ...
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Unholy ways of Holy Missionaries
On December 25th when the whole world was celebrating the birth of the Jesus Christ, churches were burning in Gujarat. As per confirmed estimates 11 churches had been burnt. On December 27th Religious leaders in the national capital expressed their anguish over the continuing attacks on the churches in Orissa, saying violence in any form in unacceptable. But something that which really bothered me was one of the statements, by Swami Shantatmanand – Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi –...
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Why Gandhi is deprived of Nobel yet
oesnt a common question sometimes haunt you- why Mahatma Gandhi- an apostle of non-violence has not been considered for a Nobel Peace Award so far? Did he not deserve the accolade for his contribution in making India an independent country through his agitation of non-violence? Even after the fifty nine years of his death, he is still deprived of the worldwide credit of Nobel which he deserved even in his life time.Recently, the UNO has commemorated his birthday as a non-violence day. No doubt, ...
| Ashwini A |
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GDP Growth – No index to prosperity for all
It was with some dismay that I read about the contemplated move by the Finance Minister to reduce the rates of direct taxes in respect of individuals and corporate sector. Perhaps such a generous thought came from the increased collection of taxes which only reflects better compliance and less leakage. There is however no case for rewarding the tax payers as FM is envisaging. It is not that there is a surfeit of revenues with the government that it can indulge in such munificence. The country ne...
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Facts: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, Jihad & India
Benazir Bhutto has helped Mujahideens to occupy Afghanistan and destroy cities after cities, killing millions and ultimately turn it into a province of Pakistan. Ben Laden was trained in Afghanistan by the Pakistani army. Ben Laden was entertained by both Mrs.Thatcher and President Reagan as the Freedom Fighter of Afghanistans. Then she has sent thousands of killers to Kashmir to mass murder the Hindus and drive all non-Muslims out of Kashmir since 1988-89. She has also created Taliban, when the...
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India needs army of human rights activists
The extent of various human right violations across the entire country is mind boggling. There is a need for every individual to become an active HRA.Being a human rights activist (HRA) may appear to be a trendy thing these days. Everyone naturally wants to be seen as concerned about the violations of human rights anywhere and everywhere. Some of these activists occupy the centre page of the dailies and gobble prime time in the visual media. Not a day passes without our witnessing persons like a...
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