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Aaj Ki Aawaz
What worries me is will Mohna barter for a 'UN Security Council Seat'?
And in lieu in the Valley a hasty retreat India will beat!!
 
Obama has made this as a pre condition for US support for the UN Seat!!!
And as we know Uncle Sam’s demands Mohna tries his best to meet!!
 
Maybe very soon we’ll get to hear ‘enough is enough’!!
Or some other ‘let Valley go’ kind of stuff!!
 
Obama is demanding this as he feels this will endear US with the Muslim lot!!
That is why in lieu of US’s support for the UN Seat giving Kashmiris azaadi Obama’s sought!!
 
For sure if Valley is allowed to go it’ll be like a gun start for India getting bisected!!
Already in Maharshtra Shiv Sena wants all non Marathis to be ejected!!
 
Or maybe India needs to go the US way!!!!
United States of India would not be a bad idea many would say!!
 
Its being said for CWG Rahul is being voted as ‘ for CWG the best face’!!!!
Don’t know on what this judgement public ne kiya base????
 
Because Rahul's kept away from CWG and rightly so!!!!!
Not even near any of the Stadiums or functions he chose to go!!!
 
You think Kalmadi would not have sent him invites for events to CWG run up!!
Or maybe this is a Kalmadi sponsored ‘gup’ (fib)!!!
 
Aunty Shiela blames OC and OC blames all …left, right and centre!!
Whereas I feel for all that has gone wrong Kalmadi and gang are the ‘epicentre’!!
 
The slugfest is now here to stay and let us see what happens post the Games!!!
Will this blatant chori be given a burial after all have called each other names???

Now Laloo is trying to show that he can change the fortunes of Bihar!!
So he's trying to emulate Nitish Kumar!!

Laloo now talks about Bihar's development!!
Even his ardent supporters are surprised at this development!!

Because in the past Laloo cared two hoots for Bihar's haalath that was indeed khasta!
Abracadabra and Laloo has taken the development card from his bastaa (bag)!!

Funnily Nitish is doing a Laloo and is into vote bank wooing!!!
All out vote bank wooing he is doing!!  

The report from ground zero!!
Nitish will again be the hero!!

And Laloo will be the villain and naturally Rabdi the vamp!!
Some improvement in Congress's standing and Rahul will be declared by Congress 'electioneering champ'!!
 
Biharis basically feel Bihar is safer under Nitish Kumar!!!
And if Laloo comes back it will be once again 'facing his goondas ki maar'!!

Confucius says.......15 years of Laloo's Jungle Raj and 5 years Nitish  Raj that people feel is sane!!!
And that is why Nitish will get to be the CM again!!

Bharat Kumar
Judgement gives again ray of hope to Advaniji
Judgement of Ayodhya has once again given a ray of hope to Advaniji for becoming the Prime Minister of this country. Advaniji is going to be more active.

BUREAUCRACY

CBI Chief 1976 batch IPS and IB Chief 1976 batch IPS ?
Do not think this whisper is a fiction. If the new CBI Chief is appointed from 1976 batch of IPS on December 1, one should not rule out the possibility of taking over of an IPS officer belonging to 1976 batch as new IB Chief on January 1.It may be recalled over ten IFS officers had been superceded in the appointment of Foreign Secretary.
Vijay Kumar appointed DG CRPF
Director of the National Police Academy K Vijay Kumar has been appointed new DG of the CRPF. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.Formal orders are being issued on Monday.
( We said this on September 16)
Vikram Srivastava moves to BPR&D
DG CRPF Vikram Srivastava has been moved as DG BPR&D. He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Formal orders are being issued today.
(We said this on September 16 )
Rajiv Mathur to be Director NPA
In all probability, DG NCRB Rajiv Mathur is moving to Hyderabad as Director National Police Academy. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. Formal orders are expected this week.
N K Tripathi to be DG NCRB
Special DG CRPF in J&K, N K Tripathi, is all set to move to Delhi as DG NCRB in place of Rajiv Mathur. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Official list of 1978 batch IPS empanelment
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the empanelment of 30 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, of 1978 batch, for appointment to the posts of Additional Director General of Police/equivalent at the Centre. Rajiv Ranjan Verma (BH), Dilip Trivedi (UP), Vijay Raghav Pant ( UK), Jasbir Singh (SK), V V Thambi (WB), Bhaskar Chaterjee (RJ), Jayanto Narayan Choudhary (AM), Rajiv Kapoor (UP), Kuchanna Srinivasan (KTK), P M Nair (BH), K S Balasubramaniam (KL), Ramesh Sharma (MP), Goutam Mohan Chakraborty (WB), Shankar Mahadev Bidari (KTK), N Ramachandran (AM), Sanjay Sinha (MT), Ranjit Narayan (AGMU), Satish Chandra (AGMU), M Ratan (AP), K Saleem Ali (MT), Anil M Navaney (CH), Kashmir Singh (UP), Sant Kumar Paswan (CH), K S Jangpangi (KL), Vimla Mehra (AGMU), A C Negi (SK), Abhijit Dutta (SK) and T Norbu (SK).
Kaun Banega ONGC CMD ? (1) R K Tyagi
R K Tyagi is considered to be seniormost Internal candidate for the post of CMD ONGC.He is presently CMD of the Pawan Hans which is associate company of the ONGC.With his wide experience Tyagi is appearing for the interview scheduled to take place on October 19.
Dr Subba Rao is new Establishment Officer
Newly appointed Establishment Officer (EO) in the Department of Personnel Dr. I. V. Subba Rao has assumed charge on October 4, 2010. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Earlier, he was Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Principal Secretary to the Andhra Pradesh government.
IFS is Joint Secretary DEA
Indian Foreign Service officer Venu Rajamoni has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. This is for the first time that an IFS officer instead of IAS has been posted as JS in the DEA.
( We said this on October 1 )
File of GMs in Railway with Cabinet Secretary
As the grapevine has it, file relating to appointment of new General Managers (GMs) in Railways is pending with the Cabinet Secretary.
ACC yet to okay addition of 4 names in GM panel
As the grapevine has it, the ACC is yet to clear the proposal of DoPT regarding empanelment of four senior officers of Railways for empanelment as GMs. These officers are: Rajeev Bhargawa, Chandra Shekhar, Abhay K Khanna and W. K. Pradhan.
Who will be Coal India CMD ?
It is widely believed in the corridors of power that the new CMD of Coal India will be the choice of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and not Coal Minister Prakash Jaiswal. Reason is simple, ensuing West Bengal Vidhan Sabha elections.
Will Upadhyay be new CMD of BSNL ?
R.K. Upadhyaya Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) is reported to be ahead in the race for the post of CMD, BSNL.
Kuldeep Singh ahead in race for top post in MTNL
Kuldeep Singh Director (Technical) MTNL who is holding charge ad CMD
,MTNL is ahead in race for the top post in MTNL. His tenure is till
31.3.2014.
Final discussion for MTNL, BSNL chiefs today
For final discussion regarding CMD MTNL and CMD BSNL is expected to be
held in Delhi on October 4, 2010.
A K Mangotra is new DGS&D
A K Mangotra has assumed charge as new Director General of Supply &
Disposal (DGS&D) .He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur–Tripura cadre.
(We said this on September 23, 2010)
IA&AS officer Arabinda Das transferred to West Bengal
Arabinda Das, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E), Orissa, Bhubaneswar, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal, Kolkata. He will also hold the additional charge of the post of Deputy Accountant General (Coml) in the same office.
Ravi Venkatesan bags Chevening scholarship
Ravi Venkatesan Chairman, Microsoft India, Bangalore has bagged the Chevening scholarship. He will be going to the London School of Economics (LSE) for a 12 weeks course.
Lt Gen Marwaha to go Southern Command !
Lt Gen Naresh Marwaha of the 15 Core is going to succeed Lt Gen Khanna of the Southern Command in February. Lt Gen Khanna will retire in February.
S Y Qureshi’s concern on declining poll in Bihar
As the grapevine has it, Chief Election Commissioner of India (CECI) S Y Qureshi is quite concerned regarding continuously declining voters turn out in Bihar. As against national average of over 55 per cent, voter turn out in Bihar last time was 44 per cent.
Will wife of A R Sinha contest Bihar polls?
Will wife of Ashish Ranjan Sinha contest ensuing assembly polls in Bihar. Sinha is ex DGP of Bihar. As the grapevine has it, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder president Lalu Prasad Yadav is keen that Sinha’s wife contests from somewhere around Nalanda’s territory.
Ms. Alka Panda is ADG, BIS
Ms. Alka Panda has assumed charge as Additional Director General (ADG) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on October 1, 2010. She is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
Samar Jha becomes new FC
Samar Jha has taken over as new Financial Commissioner (FC) of Railways. Hitherto Jha was Additional Member Budget in the Railway Board. As it is Indian Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee was in favour of Jha for appointment as new Financial FC. He is an IRAS officer of the 1974 batch. He has succeeded Ms. Soumya Raghavan who
had taken voluntary retirement.
(We said this September 20, 2010)
Deadline to apply for foreign posts in CBEC ends
The deadline for those officers of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), who want to seek foreign postings, gets over on October 4, 2010.
Ms Shubha Thakur is now Director in Civil Aviation
CSS officer Ms Shubha Thakur has been promoted to the rank of Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Anurag Priyadarshee of Indian Postal Service transferred
Anurag Priyadarshee (1989) who was on study leave has been posted as Director (RB), Postal Directorate.
Counterparts of S. Kalmadi in Ashok Hotel
Foreign counterparts of Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of Common Wealth Games
(CWG) organizing committee, are lodged in the ITDC run Ashok Hotel, New
Delhi.
Delegation of IFS officers goes to Rome
A high powered delegation of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers has gone to Rome for attending a summit organized by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that commences in Rome on October 4, 2010. The delegation will bid for the World Forestry Congress slated to be held in the year 1015. It is being led by DG  P.J. Dilip Kumar.
Besides, ADG P.B. Gangopadhyaya and A.M. Singh DIF are accompanying
the DG.
18 IRS officers empanelled as Jt. Secretary
As many as 18 Indian Revenue  Service (IRS) officers belonging to 1981 batch have been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for posting as Joint Secretaries.
8 weeks Training for 105 IAS officers starts
As many as 105 IAS officers belonging to batches of 1991, 92, 93, 94 & 95 are attending eight week long  kid career training programme in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussoorie that commenced on October 4, 2010. This includes six weeks training in Korea.
Shakeel Ahmad is new DDG (Establishment) in DoT
GM(Staff Relations) in the BSNL Shakeel Ahmad has joined as Deputy Director General (Establishment) in the Department of Telecommunication Headquarters.
Deepak Das is Member(Finance) IWAI
Deepak Das, Indian Civil Accounts Service (1986) has been appointed as Member (Finance) in Inland Waterways Authority of India. Presently, he is Chief Controller of Accounts, Dept. of Commerce and Min. of Textiles.
CBEC officers' training in IIM ,Ahmedabad
A training on "best management practices" for over 22 officers of the
CBEC commenced in Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad on
October 4, 2010 which will conclude on October 9, 2010.
IAS postings in Uttar Pradesh
M V S Rami Reddy has been appointed new Divisional Commissioner of Barelley.Amrita Soni will be new DM of Rai Barelley.
Kaushal is new DC of Bokaro
Amitabh Kaushal has been appointed new DC of Bokaro.He is an IAS officer of 2001 batch.He will replace Nitin Kulkarni who is going on a training.
MPG participants on academic tour to Madhya Pradesh
The participants of the 6th batch of Master’s Program in Government (MPG – 06) will be undertaking an academic tour to the state of Madhya Pradesh from 10th to 16th of October 2010.  The aim of this tour is to familiarize the participants with the functioning of different organizations of the State Government and also to have academic interaction with important Political Leaders of the state. MIT-SOG, which is the first institute not only in India but also in Asia to start a One Year Full Time - Masters Program in Government (MPG), the first ever professional program for developing democratic leadership and a Career in Politics and Government, with T N Seshan as its first Chairman. MIT School of Government, Pune; (MIT-SOG) is a part of the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering And Educational Research's MIT Group of Institutions.

CWWA reaches out to the poor
On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti,CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association distributed clothes, toys, footwear, utensils etc. in the 'Lepers Colony' at R.K. Puram, New Delhi. About 200 lepers and the poor had assembled on the occasion which included a number of women and children. Truckloads of these articles were distributed by Ms Sonii Srivastava, President, CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association ( CWWA ) and other CWWA members. The articles were collected from the families of CRPF personnel all over Delhi / NCR over a period of one week. Similar articles were distributed in other colonies of Delhi. This is the first time families of CRPF personnel actively participated in a mass donation programme, motivated by CWWA. On the occasion Ms. Sonii Srivastava said ”CWWA is very satisfied that it has been able to reach the deserving in extending a helping hand to the poor.It is a small gesture on our part but a satisfying one at that”
NTRO Chairman retires (UPDATED)
Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) K V S S Prasada Rao has retired.
Parida is Additional Secretary UPSC (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Parida has been appointed Additional Secretary,Union Public Service Commission,(UPSC).This post is equivalent to Joint Secretary. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Telecom sector:Much hinges on today's meeting (UPDATED)
Much hinges on meeting scheduled to take place on October 4, 2010 for selecting new chiefs of BSNL and MTNL because Cabinet Secretary K. M.
Chandrasekhar is likely to be present there in it. The exercise that carried out on October 3, 2010 in that only Communications SecretaryRentala Chandrasekhar was there.
CBDT and CBEC Members selected (UPDATED)
Meeting to select CBDT and CBEC Members has taken place on Monday.Minutes have been finalized.Secretary Revenue Sunil Mitra is reportedly leaving for Brazil tonight.

Confusion prevails in Rly Ministry (UPDATED)
Confusion prevails in Railway Ministry regarding new appointments in Railways.
Delhi HC reserves cooling in Rajiv Bhargava’s case (UPDATED)
Delhi HC has reserved its judgement on a petition by Rajiv Bhargava, Additional Member Works) Railway Board. Bhargava has challenged his supercession.

RTI
Disciplinary action against the applicant
An employee asked for information relating to various activities of the
respondent. When the hearing was fixed before the Commission, the appellant,
through a written communication, informed the CIC that he was unwell and
therefore unable to attend. The CPIO informed the CIC that the
information asked
for are accessible to the appellant, who is internal to the respondent’s system
of functioning. An enquiry made by the CPIO revealed that the
appellant was very
much in office on the date and time of hearing. The CPIO stated that the
appellant was trying to prolong the matter with the Commission with a view to
harass the respondent. The Commission dismissed the appeal holding it a misuse
of the provisions of the RTI Act by a public servant. The Commission
advised the
respondent to consider initiating appropriate disciplinary action against the
appellant for misleading the Commission by communicating that he was unwell
while it was not so.

CORPORATE
Retired IAS on the Board of RINL
1974 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre A. P. V. N. Sarma has been appointed Director on the Board of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) for three years.
Raghu Pillai to rejoin Future Group?
Retail sector veteren Raghu Pillai is set to rejoin Kishore Biyani's Future Group soon.
Upadhyay is first Director (Technical) of MRPL
P P Upadhyay has taken over as the first director (Technical) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) .
NHAI to have one dozen new CGMs
The NHAI is going to appoint about one dozen new Chief General Managers in a couple of months.
HCL Infosystems appoints Harsh Chitale as CEO
Harsh Chitale has joined HCL Infosystems as Chief Executive Officer. Chitale takes over from Ajai Chowdhry, who will continue as Chairman of the company.
Sai Industries appoints director
SAI Industries has appointed Juhi Singh as Non-executive Director of the company.
Beckons Industries appoints directors
Beckons Industries has appointed Rana Watts and Deepak Kumar as whole-time directors of the company.
Jubilant Organosys changes its name
Jubilant Organosys has changed its name from Jubilant Organosys to Jubilant Life Sciences with effect from October 1,  2010.
Ortin Laboratories appoints additional directors
Ortin Laboratories has appointed G. Venkata Ramana, Datla Jagannadha Raju, Satyanaravana Raju and Polisetty Krishna Rao as additional directors of the company with effect from September 30, 2010.
Directors appointed 
 K. Subrahmanya Sarma, V. Krishnamurthy and  Bobby Jose were unanimously elected directors of the Catholic Syrian Bank at the 89th annual general meeting of the shareholders held at Thrissur recently. 
Prathapachandran elected President
 P. Prathapachandran of J N Freight Forwarders Pvt Ltd, Kochi, has been unanimously elected as the President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 2010-11.
Kiran to quit Starcom MediaVest Group?
Ravi Kiran, Chief Executive Officer, South East & South Asia, Starcom MediaVest Group and Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Specialist Services, Starcom MediaVest Group has decided to quit the company. 

FORUM
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Tendency to get intimidated and insulted

Our ambassadors in China have a tendency to get intimidated and insulted. Some function as Chinese Ambassadors, like our first Ambassador K M Panikker who along with Nehru was responsible for giving Tibet in a platter to China. The present Foreign Secretary, it appears, has not got over the insult and intimidation she got when she was our Ambassador in China. She was woken up at midnight and called to their foreign ministry to receive a protest on a minor issue and gulped it without any protest. It appears she has not got over her jitters even now.

N Krishna

Commonwealth Games

My prediction for Commonwealth Games are coming true. First we were told that our national pride is in danger so what should government do to protect it? Spend money right left and center. Now government has rightfully protected your national pride. The city looks swankier than it ever was. Its citizens are excited that they have arrived at the world stage and have become citizens of a truly 'world class' city with world class infrastructure. Now forget all about your poverty or poor. Remember you are citizens of a all mighty powerful nation. Now forget all about corruption or corrupt because if such a huge spend is made then there is bound to be some corruption. Now forget all the pain, all the wastages, all the mismanagement, which is a routine in organizing such mega events. Remember that our national pride has been protected, remember we have hosted better games then Melbourne or Beijing, remember we have got world class stadiums, remember the city has got world class infrastructure. Forget everything else and enjoy life in the state of inertia.
Jai Hind

MB

How do 'democrats' fools the commoners?

They keep them in a state of utopia and enjoy the fruits of 'democracy' themselves. My recent experience has consolidated my impressions and if anyone want to check the facts then he/she is most welcome. As a retired officer I have very little to do at home so the newspapers are scrutinized a little too closely. Suddenly I found them to be flushed with a lots of advertisements on the cultural events to be organized by Delhi Government. I for one was quite happy as I felt at last government has woken up to our cultural prowess and we would have something positive to show up to the world. Though there was a bit concern for the kind of expense that must have gone into issue of these advertisements. Then I found the whole city flooded with billboards of these programmes and my concern of the kind of expenditure being incurred on these high levels of publicity really grew but I was still very keen to watch some of my favorite artistes perform. The advertisements issued by Delhi Government mentioned quite a number of locations where the passes of these events were supposed to be available. Since I am a retired man so had a plenty of time at my disposal to go and fetch the passes and was therefore first to reach these venues for my passes. However to my amazement I found that none of these places had any passes available and everywhere I was told the same story that only a limited number of passes were issued for this venue and the same have been taken by others who reached earlier than me. Since my curiosity had mounted by now so I did a little research on the topic and found out that actually most of the passes were made available to senior bureaucrats and powerful leaders and only a trifle number of the same were kept for general public that too were siphoned off by the lower staff. Now see the irony of democracy, it is public money with which these programmes are going to be organized. It is the public money which is being spent on huge publicity of these programmes. Public at large is being given the impression that there government is promoting the art and culture in a big way. But who is enjoying at the cost of this huge public expense? Well the answer is too obvious, those who hold the reins of power enjoy its fruits and the public at large is kept in good humor with a trifle and that is what defines democracy for you and me the so called 'commoners'.

Subroto Bhattacharya

Creditable achievement

Samar Jha, an IRAS officer of the 1973 batch took over as the Financial Commissioner of Railways on 30th September 2010.  A creditable achievement for a person having missed the GM's panel. 
 
Jagmohan

God save this country !

Ms Mamta Banerjee has done nothing appreciable as Railway Minister. Her sole aim is to become CM of West Bengal. Nothing wrong in that; but she is so desperate that she is aligning with and encouraging anti social and anti state movements and people. God save this country from such politicians.

B Sharma

Take suitable action

I fully agree with the views on India's weak foreign policy on China and Pakistan. A times has come to take suitable action and it is better to be late than never.

Harish Kumar

How much space for religion?

The viewers, who have felt irritated at inane and mischievous coverage on endless TV shows with the same vintage panelists and questions, are joined by many others like me. The anchors and the panelists have split open the gap between the panelists & erudition of the learned judges and lawyers on the one hand , and the sagacious Indians and the debaters on the other. How dangerous it is for public peace to discuss complex issues like the Ayodhya judgement, has been proved by these ill informed/ ignorant talkers! Fortunately for the people of the country technology has come to the rescue. But for the information technology(IT), they would have thrown the entire country into the fires of communal riots everywhere, but information technology provided them first hand information directly delivered, without the mischief of selective quotes or out of context interpretation, tilts, twists, stretches. The people are wise enough to understand things for themselves. They don't need interpreters of Netas or panelists or embedded media. Added to it is the pool of highly educated youth across all sections of the society. More than that, the number of educated women has grown very much(some asides even call it too much! I don't know). They are educated and trained in law and politics also. The Netas have not opened even a single book after getting power--power has occupied all the space in their brain leaving nothing for new knowledge. But the youth is up to date. They constitute more than 38% of the population. They also have first hand knowledge of merit being ridiculed at every step by corruption, be it initial appointment or promotion or posting or anything else thereafter. Obviously, more space of their mind has been occupied by modern knowledge. They truly belong to the global village. They are spiritual, more than all the religionists put together, but are not susceptible to religious incitement. And there lies all the frustration of the panelists, media and Netas! This round they have lost to sanity. Better they accept the new era. Now all the space in the brain can not be monopolized by the religion. It need not. Life might have been organized initially around religion, but now there are several more things to do in life than religion 24x7. Spirituality, Yes. It can 24x7 and fits perfectly with the modern age. Let the youth try to follow and assimilate the wisdom of the words of the Allahabad HC/Lucknow Bench judgement. It will be quite educative. Please read the entire judgement as any ordinary student of law would do. Such judgements add to the legacy of jurisprudence. Read a few more judgements of the Privy Council and see the wisdom of the courts even in matters religious. Best, learn and decide for yourself.

M L Gupta

Strict law to control visual media required

We should say that India remained calm on the eve of Ayodhya verdict inspite of the provocative news and panel discussions meted out day in and day out by visual channels like NDTV, Headlines Today and Times Now. They were trying to build up euphoria days before the event and as a run up just like they were doing for a World Cup finals. Even after the verdict, NDTV allowed communal elements like Owaisi participate in a panel discussion and to say that Islamic Law does not permit surrender of Mosque lands. This clearly shows that there should be a strict law controlling visual media so that these channels should not use anti-nationals to get more popularity.

N Krishnan

Horrible and shameful act

Rape and murder of lady police constable by none other than policemen of the same police thana in Kota Rajasthan is yet another proof of total depravity on the part of those who are supposed to protect the people. It is no wonder our country has largest number of private security guards. It is a common knowledge that money plays a huge role in police recruitment and joining police force is highly attractive proposition for those having criminal tendencies as police uniform provides automatic protection. Therefore to instill confidence among people large scale weeding out of policemen with doubtful antecedents should be undertaken immediately. Total silence on police related brutalities on the part of those retired and serving cops and political leaders who never miss an opportunity to lash out at Naxalites and others is also inriguing.

Sudhir Chopra

TAIL=PIECE

Next edition of CWG will be called KWG, Kalmadi Wealth Games