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Balachandran to be JS Shipping
G Balachandran is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Shipping. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Akhil Jain is Additional Secretary Defence
Akhil Kumar Jain is the new Additional Secretary Defence. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this in April)

Sarma to get assignment in AP ?
Grapevine has it that CEO of the Prasar Bharti, K S Sarma, is getting important assignment in the Andhra Pradesh Government after his superannuation in June .

Name of Ocean Development Ministry to be changed

Government of India has reportedly decided to change the name of Ocean Development Ministry as the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Sinha is JS Health
Amarjeet Sinha has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary Health and Family Welfare. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Half 1974 batch IPS empanelled as ADGs
As many as 26 IPS of 1974 batch have been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. This is a record which shows the calibre of this IPS batch .

Handsome couple make it again

With the landslide victory of the LEFT in the just concluded polls, the handsome couple, Prakash Karat and Vrinda Karat, are once again on top.

Suresh is SP CBI in Jodhpur
S Suresh has joined as SP CBI in Jodhpur. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Tenure of Bisht expires
Deputation tenure of S J Bisht, Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has expired on Thursday. He is 1989 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Arvind Kumar to be Director I & B
Arvind Kumar is taking over as the new Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Kackar is President MP IPS Association
Raman Kackar has been elected President of the Madhya Pradesh IPS Association. He is 1973 batch IPS officer.

IPS reshuffle in Orissa soon
IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa in a week or two.

Post of members in Prasar Bharati lying vacant
The posts of the Member (Personnel) and the member (Finance) in Prasar Bharati are lying vacant for long. Who bothers?

IT Commissioners transfer this month
Transfer of Income-Tax Commissioners are expected to take place in a couple of weeks.

1987 batch IPS promoted in J & K
1987 batch IPS officers in Jammu & Kashmir Mssrs V K Singh,S M Sahai,Dil Bag Singh,Raja Aizaz Ali,O A Seikh and Dr Ashok Gupta have been promoted to the rank of IG.

Kartar Singh goes to Beirut
Second Secretary in the US, Kartar Singh, is moving to Beirut on a vacant post.

Ashok Kumar posted in MEA
Second Secretary in Brussels, Ashok Kumar, has been shifted to the Ministry of External Affairs headquarters.

IAS -IPS reshuffle in J & K
Altogether 60 IAS and IPS officers have been reshuffled in Jammu & Kashmir.

Ex- IAS officer wins election in Kerala

Alphons Kannanthanam, independent candidate supported by the LDF has been elected to the Kerala Vidhan Sabha. 1979 batch IAS officer Alphons had resigned from the IAS to contest the poll last month.

FORUM

LET US TALK ABOUT THE REAL STAKES FOR IRS OFFICERS IN METROS.

"Talking about stakes for IRS officers to be "Metro-centric" in their
postings, let us talk of the real issue and not just the fringe
benefits.
The fact of the matter is that the "ponds/lakes/oceans of assessees"
in which the IRS officers fish in the metros are much bigger than in other
cities. Take a look at the cases booked by the CBI against IRS officers
in the last four to five years. The IRS officer who wanted to bribe the
P.S. to the Minister of State for Finance wanted a posting in the biggest Metro
after paying the money. Why? Almost eighty percent of the officers booked by the
CBI during this period including a former CBEC Chairman had "Metro-centric"
postings. Why? The CBI knows what these officers did during those Metro
city postings. The real attraction lies in the immense money generating
opportunities for these officers. All other stakes such as foreign
postings for CBEC officers from metros, as posted on this website are quite
secondary. Why are officers running after influential persons with bags
and suitcases full of money to get them postings in key positions in
Metros? Why should they resist being posted in smaller towns/cities including
Class 'B' stations. The resistance and the pattern seen from the CBI cases
should be all the more reason that the Transfer Policy approved by the FM
should be implemented in a fair and transparent manner without exceptions, fear
and favour."

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TAIL-PIECE

PARADOX OF OUR TIMES
We have bigger houses, but smaller families,
More conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less some;
more knowledge, but less judgements;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.
We have been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion;
tall men but short character;
steep profits, but shallow relationships,
It is a time
When there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.

(Source : Dalai Lama)

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IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH AAM ADMI

After suffering the heat for the entire day I decide to chill out by going to Nariman Point and cooling off with the cool breeze coming in from the sea and Narial Pani. I plonk myself on a bench and call out to a Narial Pani waala. Just then a haggard looking man comes and plonks himself next to me. I acknowledge his presence by asking him if he would like to have a Narial Pani too and he responds in the affirmative.

Me: I'm Bharat Kumar.
He: I'm Aam Aadmi!!!
Me: Is that your name!!!
He: Yes and no……. this is not my actually my name but I've taken it to represent a huge Constituency of Aam Aadmis like me!!!
Me: So you are Congress's mascot!!!
He: Mascots are spoilt rotten by the team or people they represent…. but in this case this mascot is taken for granted and hurt the most!!!

We've finished drinking the Narial Pani and now wait for the Narial Paani wala to take out the girri……. drinking Narial Pani is incomplete if you don't eat the girri!!!! My newly made friend seems to be hungry as he wolves down the girri!!!

Me: Seems you've not had your dinner… I have my dinner and come here as I take a walk too as I follow the Japanese saying ' After lunch rest a while and after dinner walk a mile'!!!!
He: I don't eat dinner…… I let me wife and kids have my share….. that is why I'm going home late!!!
Me: Why are you on a diet???
He: Yes…. self enforced diet…. if I eat there will be less for my wife and kids……the price of veggies has doubled, price of dal has trebled, oil has doubled, atta and rice are up by a quarter……. my salary is still the same as it used to be last year….. what should I do….. Aam Aadmi toh marr gaya!!!
Me: Did you vote for the Congress???
He: Yes…… because Congress was a hope …..now seems all the promises were mirages!!!!

I walk up to a sandwichwaala and even though I've had my dinner I order two sandwiches. I return to the bench and offer Aam Aadmi one and he takes it obligingly. He wolves down the sandwich and I push the other one politely towards him and he picks it and starts eating it.

He: (enjoying the sandwich) Muddat ke baad sandwich khaaya hai……. I used to enjoy having a sandwich off and on but now I can't do this as every paisa counts!!!
Me: Even I love sandwiches…… just love the pumpkin sauce!!!!
He: For me toh it is majboori ka doosra naam Mahatma Gandhi…. I love tomato sauce…but now its just a dream…… now I have another worry the Petrol and cooking gas prices are going up and then my transport bill will go up….. my scooter fuel bill, kids bus charges and gas cylinder are going to shoot up!!!
Me: Yes fuel increase is worrying a lot of people!!
He: Wish someone comes up with a CNG conversion kit for scooters, like they've done for three wheelers!!!
Me: Where will they keep the cylinder!!!
He: Arre Boss let them make one I'll be willing to carry it on my head as I drive!!!

Seems my friend is still hungry as he is staring at a person seated on the neighbouring bench devouring noodles. I go up to the Van which is dispensing the noodles and get him a plate filled with noodles and top the noodles with tomato sauce!!! He takes the plate form me and delves into it!!!

He: Now the Government wants to introduce reservation in Private jobs…… merri toh naukri ki vaat lagh jaye gii!!!
Me: No no that is still far away!!
He: And now the kids school says that as OBC kids have to be given free education the fee is going to go up….. I wish I was born as a OBC…….. I'm worse off than OBCs…. I think all people drawing a salary of Rs. 7000 per month should be given the OBC stamp….. Office clerks should be given OBC status!!!!
Me: Benefits to OBC are because they are considered disadvantaged and vide benefits they get a level playing field with the advantaged.
He: My kids will be going to college and with this OBC quote where will they get admission…… ….. let them come to my house and see for themselves how disadvantaged my family is????

Someone is listening to the FM radio and the song playing is from Roti Kapda and Makaan….. baaki joh bachaa mehengayi maar gayi!!!

He: How true……. by the mid of the month I am tann tann Gopal……. I borrowed money from a Pathan and every morning I have to hide and go to work and this fellow is always on the look out for me.... especially on pay day!!!!!!
Me: Yes I've heard these guys can be very aggressive money lenders…… just like the Agents appointed by Banks to repossess defaulters cars!!!
He: Arre their cars go but at least their kids do not have to go hungry….. here if the Pathan takes my salary my family will go hungry…. sometimes I'm so desperate that turning to crime crosses my mind….. but then something within me stops me… sometimes I feel like breaking the windows of all the fancy cars parked in the parking lot near my Office…… here I can't afford meals for my kids and there they have cars that can literally clothe and feed my family for ever!!!
Me: Yes please do not turn to crime….. because if you are caught your family will really suffer…..at least now they are getting some food on their table !!! I wouldn't advise you to break car windows …. but then I know how you feel so if you do vent your anger please try not to get caught… because if you are caught one window can put you back by anything between 7000 to 40,000!!!!
He: My Boss's wife has a credit card and because she's a spendthrift and my Boss is always discussing repayment packages with the Credit Card Company….. and the interest rate is paltry compared to what I have to pay when I take loans to feed my kids…… Pathans take 5% a month….. do you see the irony???

An Malai Kulfi waala passes buy and I order two mango kulfis. My friend's eyes light up and I tell the kulfi waala to double the serving!!!!

He: Congress has really let Aam Aadmi down…… I had so many hopes pinned on Congress….. the MP from my locality is a film star and he promised us the sky and today he refuses to even meet us!!!
Me: One must always be prepared for shocks from political Parties…… why blame Congress only???
He: BJP does not position itself as a poor man's or Aam Aadmi's Party…. so this is like a stab in the back by Congress!!!
Me: Why don't you write to Sonia Gandhi???
He: I wrote a letter recently …… I addressed it to Chairman NAC and the letter came back….. then I wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Member of Parliament and this letter too has come back!!!
Me: If you want to write to Sonia Gandhi , with her being in a Tyaag frame of mind it is safest to address letters to Sonia Gandhi ,President Congress Party…. this is one post she's not going to resign!!!

Time had flown and it was really late.

Me: Nice meeting you and I feel your pain. This is my card and if push comes to shove come and meet me!!!
He: You've been too kind ….. you must be thinking I'm a hog!!!
Me: Not at all….. I too have gone through the grind and know what you feel…. by the way how are you going back home???
He: I'm going to walk to Churchgate Station and take the last train to Virar.... I had come for some work and I stayed back so that I returned home late..... everyday I have to think of some excuse to give to my family for me not eating dinner!!
Me: I'll drop you in my car to the station……a couple of decades back my friend I used to walk from Churchgate to Nariman Point in the blazing sun…… people in ac cars used to wizz past and I used to hope someone would give me a lift….. well today I thumb my nose to all those who never gave me a lift …… my freind its a pleasure and honour to give you a lift in my car!!! I thank God for being kind to me and doubly thank him for leaving me an Aam Aadmi at heart!!!!
Bharat Kumar