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Imaginary telecon between Obama and Manmohan
After a long wait Manmohan or Mohna got a call from Obama.
Mohna: Hullo ji
Obama: A very good morning to you
Mohna: What…… no howdy pardner….. what's this?
Obama: Well my friend this is my style and that was his (Dubiya's)….. he'll be history soon and I've created some history and will be creating more history soon!
Mohna: Well then my style is …. Kee haal hai?
Obama: What did you say….. key hole or something!
Mohna: No no I asked you in Punjabi 'how are you'!!!
Obama: How's it hanging…..¿Cómo está usted?......Come sta ?…….Nî hâo ma?....... Annyong hashimnikka?...... O genki desu ka?..... Kaise ho aap…….
Mohna: What……
Obama: I'm asking you the same question in the languages of the people who voted me to power.
Mohna: Okay enough of this….. what took you so long to call me…. I understand you called the Pakistan PM a few days back???
Obama: Well I called your Boss before calling the Pakistani PM…. are you and your Boss not on talking terms???
Mohna: Kee keh rahe ho……
Obama: What….
Mohna: Sorry I was just lamenting 'what did you say'!!!
Obama: In fact I told her to convey my regards to you
Mohna: Well you wouldn't expect a Boss to do this….. but then why are you calling me now?
Obama: Well my Advisors tell me that my not calling you has become an issue in India. Does this mean that equations are changing in India?
Mohna: Please I was and remain a faithful and obedient follower of my Leader!
Obama: You sound like a Commie!
Mohna: Not at all…… here there is a saying ' praan jaye parr vachan na jaye' or life can be sacrificed for one's promise.
Obama: Wow…… seems next year you will have time on your hands…. can you come to USA and drill this sentiment into the White House Staff and my Administration?
Mohna: Time on my hands is a diplomatic way of saying that I will no longer be the PM......let's take a wager…. if Congress looses then I'll travel at my own expense and train your people free of cost…. and if Congress wins then in the Oval Office you will hang a picture of Sonia ji.
Obama: What about the option that Congress wins but dumps you and appoints someone else as PM????
Mohna: Well if my Leader tells me to go I will do so……
Obama: Boy do people like to still exist ?????
Mohna: I hear you like Indian food and very soon in White House 'Maa di Dal' will be cooked……
Obama: Yep once a week... now that I have the cooks to do the needful
Mohna: A word of advise ….. try some other Dal as Maa di Dal is heavy and Dubiya had this Dal when he was in Delhi and he practically nuked me when we were discussing the Deal one to one behind closed doors!!!! I think the yellow Dal will be easier on the American tummy!!!
Obama: Thanks for the advice …….. you are an economist so can you give me some advice on how to handle this economic crisis?
Mohna: Well if your prophecy that I'll be jobless next year comes true then you can outsource your Finance Administration to me….
Obama: And what if you become the PM again……
Mohna: Well we'll cross that bridge when it comes….
Obama: Give me some insight!
Mohna: Introduce red- tapism in a big way..... do you think American Banks would have been so reckless in disbursing loans had there been red tape? Take the 'spending money' that Bush announced. Had there been red tape it would have taken years for Americans to get this money and in the meantime knowing the freaky spendthrift nature of Americans they would have used plastic money to spend the spending money before it reached their pockets. Imagine having the luxury of making grandiose stimulus packages without spending a penny! Just with empty promises you could lift the economy..... you could have stimulated the economy many times more without spending a penny or printing more money!!!
Obama: Wow……. have you tried this in India????
Mohna: All the time…..
Obama: My guys were telling me that you people have a novel way of calculating inflation!!!
Mohna: Yeah….. people are still burdened with inflation and we give them a weekly lollipop that inflation is falling……. but I'll only be able to elaborate after you outsource US's financial work to me!!!!
Obama: Got to hang-up now…….. tell me one thing how did you get Bush to be such a huge fan of yours?????
Mohna: Well I did not ask him to sum anything up and did not ask him to spell anything out….. because I knew he would take it literally and would be in a tizzy!!!
Obama: See Ya, Adios, Arrividerci, Zai jian, Sayonara, Annyong-hi kashipshio, Namaste, Khuda Hafiz……. bye in the languages of the people who elected me!!!
Mohna: Bye Bye. (after putting the phone down) and in the language of the person who selected me arrividerci (bye in Italian)!!!!
Bharat Kumar
Dr.Anup K.Pujari is Secy.in PM's Economic Advisory Council
Dr.Anup K.Pujari has now been posted as Secretary in the Economic Advisory Council of the Indian Prime Minister.Dr.Pujari who is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch,was so far Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs(DEA).He belongs to the Karnataka cadre.
IAS changes in Karnataka
In a bureaucratic reshuffle Karnataka Government has posted Ravi Kumar (1984 batch,IAS)Secretary Agriculture as Secretary Rural Development.He will succeed A.P.Joshi who on Central deputation will be going as Additional Secretary Atomic Energy.Venkaiah (1985 batch,IAS )Managing Director Mysore Paper Mills will go as Secretary Agriculture while Sudhir Kumar Resident Commissioner to Karnataka Government in Delhi will be new MD of Mysore Paper Mills.
Top 10 cos incur Rs 62,000-cr loss
The elite club of country's top 10 firms have witnessed a combined loss of over Rs 62,000 crore in the market valuation recently.
Ms Vas is Additional Secretary DEA
Ms Loretta Mary Vas is new Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. She is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
IAS officer quits in TamilNadu
Ms P.Sivakami has reportedly resigned from the IAS. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
File of extension to Bhatia moved
File of the extension to Ambassador WTO in Geneva, Ujal Singh Bhatia has been moved. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Ranjit Sinha takes over as DG,RPF
Ranjit Sinha has taken over as Director General, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India. Sinha belongs to 1974 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) of Bihar cadre. After having served in Bihar for about 18 years in various capacities, he joined on deputation to Government of India and worked as DIG/CBI/Patna. In course of his tenure in the CBI, he has investigated a number of important cases in India and abroad and also served as Joint Director/Delhi in-charge of anti-corruption in the CBI.He also served in the CRPF and was posted as IG/Operations in Srinagar and in-charge of administration of CRPF Directorate General. Before taking over as DG/RPF on November 12,2008, he was serving as Addl.DG/ITBP Headquarters in Delhi.Ranjit Sinha has been awarded Police Medal for meritorious service and President's Medal for distinguished services apart from Commendation discs rom Director General/CRPF and ITBP.
IRS officer appointed Director Footwear Design Institute
Deepak Kumar (IRS) Joint Commissioner Income Tax Delhi has been appointed as Director (A &F) Footwear Design and Development Institute, Rae Bareilly. His services have been transferred to the Ministry of Commerce for four years.
Ms.Gitanjali to be Dy.Dir.FSI,Bangalore
Ms.Ms.Gitanjali on Central deputation is going to be a Deputy Director in the Forest Survey of India(FSI),Bangalore.She is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1999 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.
Rajesh Gopal, IFS bags Jawaharlal Nehru fellowship
Dr Rajesh Gopal (IFS-1978), Member Secretary and Inspector General of Forests, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forests has been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund. This Fellowship has been awarded for his project, "Evaluation and Developing a mitigation strategy for maintaining meta-population structure of tigers in priority landscapes".
Lt Gen Mathews to retire
Adj Gen in the Indian Army Lt Gen Thomas Mathews is retiring on November 30.
Harsh Bardhan given adl charge of CIT-V Delhi
Harsh Bardhan (IRS) has been given the additional charge of CIT-V, Delhi.
Intelligent surveillance on in Ambala range
A slew of steps for intelligent surveillance have been mooted by K.K.Sindhu IG of Ambala Range.This includes a vigil over people in crowded public places on the pattern of Gurgaon.It has been introduced in places like :Kaithal,Kurukshetra,Panchkulla, Ambala & Yamuna Nagar.
Three IRPS officers required in Rly Board
Hunt is reportedly on for three IRPS Director level officers for posting in the Railway Board.A number of people have been approached but none seem to be willing.
Search is on in AP
Andhra Pradesh Government is sending a panel of names of IAS officers to the Election Commission for being posted as additional chief electoral officer in place of 1994 batch officer Narendra Rajendra Nimje.
Pawan Kumar Chamling to lead a high level team to US & UK
Pawan Kumar Chamling ,Chief Minister of Silkkim is going to lead a high level team to California for a global summit.Chamling who is going at the invitation of Arnold Schwarzernegger Governor of California will be attending two day Global Climate summit at Beverly Hills on November 18 & 19,2008.He will also tour London.He will be accompanied by R.S.Basnet Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,Arvind Kumar (Indian Forest Service)Resident Commissioner to Sikkim Government in Delhi & B.P.Rai PS to CM.
Kumar elected for IIPA
Former IRS officer B. V. Krishna Kumar has been elected to the Executive Council of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.
ICAI,chief Ved Jain is a Member ,IFAC
In this landmark year when The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee year, Ved Jain, President, ICAI has been appointed as a Member on the Board of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). His term will be for 3 years.This was announced during the IFAC Council meeting held in Rome, Italy.Ved Jain took over as the President of ICAI in February this year. ICAI is a statutory body established under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 for the regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India. During its nearly six decades of existence, ICAI has achieved recognition as a premier accounting body not only in the country but also globally, for its contribution in the fields of education, professional development, maintenance of high accounting, auditing and ethical standards. ICAI now is the second largest accounting body in the world.IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession. It works with its 138 members and 20 associates in 123 countries and jurisdictions to protect the public interest by encouraging high quality practices by the world's accountants. ICAI is one of the members of IFAC. IFAC members and associates, which are primarily national professional accountancy bodies, represent 2.5 million accountants employed in public practice, industry, commerce, government, and academia.
Dr.Vishwas Tiwari to head MP unit of Red Cross
Dr Balram Jakhar Governor Madhya Pradesh has appointed Dr.Vishwas Tiwari as Chairman of the MP Red Cross.He is Director of well known Hindi daily titled "Dainik Naidunia".
Vijay Raman bereaved
Vijay Raman ADG ,SAF to Madhya Pradesh Government lost his father Major (Retd.)P.V.Raman.He was 90.
A.P.Joshi bereaved
A.P. Joshi Principal Secretary Rural Development to the Karnataka Government lost his father Shankar Datt Joshi. He was 92.Joshi is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch.
IPS changes in UP
In a minor IPS reshuffle Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed Sujanbeer Singh as new IG of Gorakhpur Zone while Harsh Chandra Kasyap has been transferred as IG railway Lucknow.
A.K.Sarkar poised to be Director in CIL
A.K.Sarkar is poised to be Director in Coal India Ltd(CIL).At present Sarkar is Director ,Marketing with Central Coalfields Ltd(CCL).
Minor IAS changes in Rajasthan
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Rajasthan Government shifted Arjun Meghwal (IAS,1999 batch)Collector Churu as Managing Director(MD) of the Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation(RIICO).He has been succeeded by Ajitabh Sharma (IAS,1996 batch).

CORPORATE
SCI observes Vigilance Awareness Week
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Mumbai and its regional offices organized the Vigilance Awareness Week 2008 (VAW 2008) from Nov 3. Inaugurating the week at Mumbai, Chairman and Managing Director(CMD) of the Corporation S. Hajara lauded the efforts of the M.B.Sagar Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) SCI M.B.Sagar IPS in giving vigilance a friendly face. M.B. Sagar, administered the pledge to the staff and emphasized about his vision for zero corruption. The inaugural issue of the Vigilance Division's newsletter SCI Voyager was also released by CMD on the occasion.Various competitions such as essay writing, speech, slogan, cartoon poster competitions were conducted by the SCI in order to create awareness about the vigilance in the minds of the employees. The winners of these competitions were honoured by the Chairman and MD and CVO at the valedictory function. A poets symposium relating to satirical poems was also organized on the occasion.
Ram Vilas Paswan presenting an award
Indian Minister Ram Vilas Paswan presenting an award at the 46th NMD celebration function, in presence of P.K.Rastogi, Secretary, Steel, GOI, S.K.Roongta, Chairman, SAIL and other dignitaries in Delhi on November 14,2008.
Mandal elevated in IFCI
S.K. Mandal has been elevated from Executive Director to Whole Time Director of the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd., the first financial Institution of India:-
25 claimants for the post of NSC's,MD
As many as 25 claimants are there for the post of National Seeds Corporation(NSC), for which applications were sought by PESB till October 20,2008.

Forum
Please convey this feeling
Jyoti Basu Ex Chief Minister,West Bengal and his cabinet colleauges used to travel by economy class.Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Chief Minnister,West Bengal follows the same practice. Please convey this to your readers.
Amol Ghosh
A Poem by Mother Theresa
(engraved on the wall of her home for children in Calcutta)
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
A k Singh
Look before leap
Ak should look before he leaps. In case he wants to raise the general bogey of corruption, he should not name one particular service and single it out for slander. Such character assassination does not behove any one. Physician, heal thyself. Glass houses, anyone?
Uday Pratap
Revolutionary ruling
Today's on line issue of Times of India carries a news item that the Supreme Court has ruled that right to life includes the right to reputation and has called upon the enforcement agencies that they should be sure of their facts before sending a person to jail. This is a revolutionary ruling and has not come too early. The enforcement agencies, in the last 60 years of Independence have ruled the roost and have smeared and destroyed many reputations. The modus operandi was either personal vendetta or political pressure or even enthusiasm to seek political favour by being more loyal than the king. A case where reputation was sought to be destroyed comes to my mind. In 1977-78 I was posted as Deputy Secretary in the Punjab Government and one of my charges was department of Vigilance. One day I received a request from the state's Vigilance Bureau asking for permission for the registration of FIR against a PCS officer, on the basis of " source information" received by an inspector of the bureau. I had known this officer for over 20 years as a person of impeccable integrity. I proposed to the Chief Secretary ( who is also the Vigilance Secretary ) that the Bureau be asked to reveal the source.
My reason was that the outcome of the investigation of a case is not as material as the first act of the investigating officer knocking at the door of the officer sought to be proceeded against because it is at that stage that his reputation is destroyed and he falls in his own estimation. The Chief Secretary' s point was that "source information" is confidential and can not be disclosed. My argument was that the Administrative Department is Government of the bureau and no source information can be secret for and from the government. Moreover, I said that if the government did not have the right to ask for this information and ascertain its veracity, granting of permission was a mere formality and only a rubber-stamp action and it could not have been the intention of the government to act merely as a rubber stamp The chief secretary agreed with me. The bureau was asked to disclose the source of information. As expected, there was no response from the bureau.
In course of time the concerned PCS officer came to know of the case and met me to express his gratitude. I asked him the reason for the complaint against him. He told me that he had been, at one stage, posted as a Magistrate and the inspector who had generated the complaint had been posted as an SHO of a police station of which the said officer was the Ilaqa Magistrate. The SHO earned the displeasure of the Magistrate and on being posted to the bureau, he saw his opportunity to settle the score. Blind faith in the impartiality of the investigating agencies can, therefore, be dangerous.
Satya Singal