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AAJ KI AAWAZ
 
AN IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH PM MANMOHAN SINGH

I have an interview appointment with Manmohan Singh who I lovingly refer to as Mohna. I’m ushered into his Office after going through the security drill. He greets me warmly and I sit down and take out my voice recorder and place it on the table.
 
Mohna: No …. no……. I’ve decided not to give any interviews so you’ll have to excuse me. Didn't my Office inform you??? I thought you were from an NGO Madam has ordered me to meet! 

Me: No they did not......well Sir I'm here......can we just talk off the record.
Mohna: I'd allotted 30 minutes for this interview in my schedule ......so I've time to spare .......why not?? But if you quote me I’ll deny saying anything.
 
Mohan buzzes and an aide comes in and he orders tea. He tells me he has a simple cup of chai. The tea comes in and though it’s a simple cup of chai it is served in the best Chinaware. 
 
Me: Sir why did you have to say you have no plans to retire?

Mohna: To be true recently I’ve been noticing Pranab and Shivraj and quite a few others eyeing the chair I sit on. I’ve noticed the same look in each one’s eyes. And all of them drip saliva as they look at my chair and talk to me!! And then each one of them has been a bit too concerned about my health. In fact recently whenever I’ve met Pranab he’s shown undue concern about my health.
 
Me: Why did you have to say that your Government is more cohesive than Nehru’s???

Mohna: The Nation’s average age is around 30. And so most Indians do not know what happened during Nehru’s rule! So if I say my Cabinet is as cohesive as Nehru's Cabinet I'm giving them nothing to compare and I'm selling them my Cabinet's cohesiveness! Advertizers do this all the time!
Me: You underestimate us! In fact what needs to be evaluated is the ‘give and take’ behind the scenes for the cohesiveness you claim!
 
Me: Why did you attack the SC????

Mohna: Why should SC dictate policy? That’s the job of the Executive and not the Judiciary!
Me: SC’s order was full of common sense! The Government showed it lacked it! Why not distribute rotting food grains?

Mohna: And tomorrow SC would have damned us for distributing food grains not fit for human consumption!
 
Me: Why did you support Sharad Pawar?

Mohna: Despite health problems Sharad Ji is working for the people! See how honest he is….. he does not even own a car! You can verify this from his declaration to EC! 
Me: But he roams about in the swankiest cars!
Mohna: But the bottom line is the cars do not belong to him and that is what matters!!! Is it a crime to roam about in swanky cars?

Me: My info is he owns the cars via the benami route!

Mohna: No …. no…….its just hearsay! Sharad Ji is an honest man and he need not be dishonest as he’s very moneyed!

Me:  Well there could be a thesis on his becoming moneyed! You must have heard the joke. Pawar saw a building and asked his Secretary to find out who the owner was as he wanted to buy the building! The Secretary sheepishly responded ‘ Sir the building already belongs to you’!!
 
Me: Why did you praise PC who is under attack from Diggy?

Mohna: One I do not like Diggy….. two….. he’s prone to flip flopping in his statements! Three ….Diggy’s been eyeing my chair! And PC’s the HM and I do not want my Mobile Phone to be tapped! Obama and I have become pally and I have endless chats via my Mobile with him…. I’ll deny it if you say I said this!!!
 
Me: Why did you not praise Pranab despite the fantastic growth?

Mohan: Again this guy too eyes my chair! He was critical of me when I was FM and doing wonders! He does not know the abc of economics! And moreover he keeps complaining about me to Sonia Ji! The other day I had sarson ka saag for lunch and was burping by the dozen! Pranab and I were in discussion and I took Madam’s name and burped. He complained to Sonia that I’d been rude while taking her name!
 
Mohna looks at his watch and just then an aide pops in and indicates Mohna has an appointment.
 
Mohna: I’ve been candid and if you quote my candidness I’ll deny it!
Me: Sir when Politicians are caught on camera taking bribes and they are able to deny it…. what is an interview that’s not even been recorded!

Bharat Kumar
 
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P.L. Punia tipped to be Chairman of National Commission for SCs

As the grapevine has it, P.L. Punia, Congress MP in Lok Sabha, is likely to be appointed as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SCs). He is an ex-IAS officer of the UP cadre.
DG level changes in GOI to be discussed on Monday
In order to discuss DG level appointments and changes in the Government of India a meeting has been convened by the  Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday .
ADGs empanelment of 1978 batch soon
As competent  authority has approved  the eligibility of 1978 batch IPS officers to be enpanelled in Government of India(GOI) as ADG, orders will be issued within a week.
Vivek Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary Petroleum
Vivek Kumar on promotion has been appointed as Joint Secretary Petroloeum. However, his elevation will be effective vice Sunil Jain whose deputation tenure ends on December 11, 2010. Presently Vivek Kumar is serving as a Director in the Petroleum Ministry. Kumar an IAS
officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
Ajay Bhatnagar promoted as IG ,CISF Airport Security
Ajay Bhatnagar DIG (Ops) CISF has been promoted as IG, CISF Airport Security , He is an IPS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.
Kaun Banega Secretary General Lok Sabha (5) Any Insider ?
There are two Additional Secretaries in the Lok Sabha secretariat who are in fray for the post of Secretary General of Lok Sabha. They are N.K. Sapra and V.K. Sharma.
45 new posts of Chief Commissioners of Customs
There are reports that 45 new posts of Chief Commissioners of Customs are being created. If it materializes then upto 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) will be Chief Commissioner within next eight to ten months.
Income Tax needs to increase 120 Posts of CCIT ?
Income tax would need to increase 120 posts of CCIT's as they are to keep pace with their sister service. Income tax revenue has grown from 30,000 cr to 4,00,000 cr and this proposal has the support of Finance Minister and the Secretary Revenue.
CMD of Punjab & Sindh Bank soon ?
Appointment of new CMD of Punjab & Sind Bank is expected to be made in a week or two.
Meira Kumar ensures time scale to Lok Sabha officers
Lok Sabha Speaker Ms. Meira Kumar's initiative has settled a long pending issue pertaining to grant of time scale to officers in the Lok Sabha. It will benefit officers up to the Additional Secretary.
G.M. Sinha to be elevated as Additional PCCF
G.M. Sinha is soon going to be elevated as Additional PCCF. Sinha is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
Who will be Director (Exploration ) ONGC ?
Who will succeed D K Pande as Director (Exploration) ONGC on February 1 ? Tie is said to be between S V Rao and P K Bhowmick.
What is the significance of Madhya Pradesh in Ayodhya ?
The significance of Madhya Pradesh in Ayodhya episode has been that the experts who have remained associated with the case in the past 25 to 30 years belong to only Madhya Pradesh cadre. They are 1966 batch IAS officer Vinod Dhal, 1971 batch IAS officer TN Srivastava and 1968 batch IPS officer NC Padhi. All the three officers have dealt Ayodhya issue in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
West Bengal cadre IPS to go to TamilNadu ?
R Rajashekharan is likely to go on inter-cadre deputation to Tamil Nadu. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
IFS couple to get MP cadre allocated
As the grapevine has it, two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers who are married and are in different cadres are poised to get the Madhya Pradesh cadre allocated. They are: Ashok Kumar (IFS, 2006 batch, Maharashtra cadre) and Ms. Rakhi Nanda (IFS, 2007 batch, UT cadre).
Mid career training for IES officers at IIM, Lucknow
Mid career training for Indian Economic Service (IES) officers belonging to the 1984 batch will commence at IIM, Lucknow on September 13, 2010. They will be in Lucknow for three weeks then for two weeks they will go abroad including China.
Justice Agrawal to move Madhya Pradesh ?
Grapevine has it that Justice S C Agrawal, Judge of the Delhi High Court, is moving to the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Sanjeev Chaturvedi gets certificate for RTI
Sanjeev Chaturvedi has been selected for RTI gallantry award, alongwith slain RTI Activist Amit Jethwa and prominent social activist Bishwajit Mohanty. The award has been instituted by the National RTI forum. The award has been given to the officer for his incessant fight in saving a wildlife sanctuary and bringing out a number of scams, related to creation of herbal parks and plantation projects. At present he is DFO Hissar He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 2004 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Dr. Ashok Kumar to continue as CS, Jharkhand
Dr. Ashok Kumar (IAS 1977 batch) will continue as Chief Secretary even after formation of a new government under the leadership of Arjun Munda.
Inter-cadre deputation tenure extended
Inter-cadre deputation tenure of Rajendra Kumar Kataria to Haryana has been extended for another one year. He is 1996 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
IRS officer missing
Income Tax Additional Commissioner in Ludhiana Umesh Chandra is reportedly missing. He is 1989 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Director NIT suspended
M Chidambaram, Director, National Institute if Technology (NIT), Tiruchirppalli has been suspended by the Ministry of HRD.
IAS changes in Haryana
There is an IAS reshuffle in Haryana. New postings are Mssrs :-Rajni Sekhri Sibal Executive Director, HIPA. Ankur Gupta Director and Special Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment, Sandeep Garg Special Secretary, Home-I Department. S.K. Goyal Director, Development & Panchayats, Anurag Agarwal Director, Science & technology, Haryana. Subash Chandra Director, Welfare of SCs & Backward Classes Department, O.P. Sheoran Director and Joint Secretary, Rural Development. Hardeep Singh Additional Director and Deputy Secretary, Women & Child Development. Pradeep Kasni Joint Secretary, Home-II .
Mala Srivastava declines to join
Ms Mala Srivastava has reportedly declined to join as Member of the Grievances Redressal Authority Narmada Valley Development.She is 1971 batch retired IAS officer.
Justice Gogoi is Judge of Punjab and Haryana HC
Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi is new judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court .
Two High Court Judges transferred
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has been transferred as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Judge of the Gauhati High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court.
Addl Judges appointed in Madhya Pradesh High Court
Mrs. Vimla Jain and Mohammad Anwar Siddiqui have been appointed Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.

( We said this on August 30 )
Railway transfers and postings
CS Ray Inspector Genl.(Const.)/RPF has been transferred from NR to look after the duties of the post of CSC/RPF SER in addition to his own, for the period from 30.8.2010 to 25.9.2010 vice AK Singh, CSC/RPF/ SER proceeding on training, Neeraj Jain of SAG/IRSE from ECR and posted as CTE on the Railway itself, Jitender Jha of SAG/IRSEE has been on return from deputation posted to ECR in the cadre, RS Poonia of SAG/IRSE from SECR and posted as CTE on the railway itself, SP Sonkusare of SS/IRSME from ER to SECR, Rajesh Kumar of SAG/IRSME from NER to RDSO and posted vice Shishir Dutt as ED(Engg.dev), Shishir Dutt of SAG/IRSME from RDSO to NER and posted as CWM/GKP, Satish Kumar of
SAG/IRSME from DLW to NER and posted as CMPE(DSL), KS Chandra of SAG/IRSME from
NWR to NFR, AKS Ganvir of SAG/IRSME from NFR, on being relieved from the post of ADRN/Tinsukia, to CR and posted in the cadre, Vinay Singh of SAG/IRSE from NR to RB and posted as ED(Works)/RB vice PK Sanghi and Neeraj Verma of SG/IRTS from RB, as Dir.(CHG-II) to NR.
Shailesh Krishna gets new posting in UP
Shailesh Krishna has been appointed Principal Secretary Professional Education in Uttar Pradesh.
ITBP badminton competition held
1st ITBP Inter-Frontier competition -2010 was organized in Indo Tibetan Border Police Force from 8.9.10, R.K. Bhatia, Director General ITBP,was the chief guest at the closing ceremony at  Student Gymkhana, AIIMS, New Delhi Soniya lifted the winner’s shield and Ms. Damyanti Negi Asstt. Commandant  was runner up in  Woman Singles.A.S. Chawla, DIG and Dr. Sonia  won the Mixed double. Senior Veteran Singles( 50+)was won by S.S. Harta, DIG,  and R.S. Negi, DIG, was the runner up. S.S. Harta, DIG, and Ishan Pradeep, DIG, won the  Veteran 50+ Double and  R.S. Negi, DIG, and Subhash Bhardwaj, Second-in-command, were the runner up. Open Doubles was won by Nishith Chandra, Commandant, and A.S.Chawla, DIG. Over all Championship shield was won by North West Frontie All matches were organized at Badminton court of Student Gymkhana, AIIMS, New Delhi. Six teams from Directorate General, Special Frontier, North West Frontier, Northern Frontier, Eastern Frontier and L & C Zone participated in the competition. Players came from Leh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Punjab. On this occasion Aniruddh Uppal, ADG,K.B.Singh, IG ,Pramod Asthana, IG, Special Frontier,V.K.Upreti and other senior officers were also present.
Will Vivek Rae be new EO ?
Latest grapevine has it that Vivek Rae is being appointed new Establishment Officer in the Department of Personnel. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Nayak is ahead in race in Karnataka ?
Ajith Kumar Marthappa Nayak is now said to be ahead in the race for the post of Karnataka State Chief Information Commissioner. 1972 batch IAS officer Nayak is likely to take over from K.K. Mishra.
CWWA organizes session on Life Management
CRPF Wives' Welfare Association (CWWA) organised a session on' Life Management' for its members, widows of the deceased personnel and students of the CRPF Public School at the CRPF 'Shaurya' Institute in New Delhi.Noted spritual master Mr Paavan Sinha addressed the gathering.Photograph shows the session in progress.CWWA president Ms Soni Shrivastav presided over the function and said that such sessions help the CWWA family cope with day to day stress.The session was well attended and was highly appreciated by the participants.Ms.Shrivastav said that CWWA would be holding more of such events for its stake holders.
Shailesh Singh reports to MHA
Director Foreign Trade in Mumbai Shailesh Singh has reported back to the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Three Judges appointed in Calcutta High Court
Mrs Shukla Kabir (Sinha), Ashoke Kumar Dasadhikari, and Dr. Sambuddha Chakrabarti have been appointed Judges of the Calcutta High Court.
Major reshuffle in FCI
There is major reshuffle in FCI. PP Singh ED(Commercial) in FCI HQ Delhi has been transferred as ED(West)Mumbai, Surinder Singh ED(West) will move as ED(North-East) Guwahati and AK Roy ED(North-East) Guwahati will go to FCI HQ New Delhi as ED(Commercial) .
Jakhu to be honoured
Haryana Sahitya Academy is going to honour Haryana cadre 1979 batch IAS officer R Jakhu with VISHESH SAHITYA SEWA SAMMAN on 14th Sep .This award consists of a citation,shawl and cash of Rs one lac . Earlier also he had been honoured with Balraj Sahni National Award and Saraswati Samman for poetry.

CORPORATE
Punita Lal to be CEO PepsiCo – Tata Tea JV
Punita Lal is all set to take over as CEO in the PepsiCo – Tata Tea Joint Venture.
Rajat Diwaker quits PepsiCo
Rajat Diwaker has quit PepsiCo and joined the multi-national Waltdisney India Pvt Ltd..
City Union Bank appoints directors 
V. Jayaraman and M. Naganathan has resigned as directors of City Union Bank Ltd and their resignation was accepted by Board at its meeting held on September 03, 2010.
Pradeep Kumar is new MD of SBT
P. Pradeep Kumar has taken over as new Managing Director of State Bank of Travancore.
Kumar resigns as NALCO Director
S.Vijay Kumar has ceased to be a Director on the Board of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) w.e.f. August 01, 2010.
NTPC Dadri stage II dedicated to the Nation
Maharatna NTPC’s National Capital Thermal Power Project Dadri stage II 980 MW, was dedicated to the Nation on Thursday by UPA Chairperson Mrs. SAonia Gandhi. Speaking on the occasion she said, “Ours is the fastest growing economy with majority of people living in villages, it is our endeavour to provide electricity to all sections of society at affordable rates”. NTPC has emerged as a world class company, she said, adding, “it is a matter of pride that the Dadri stage II has been completed in record time of 39 months to meet the power requirements of Commonwealth Games”. Prominent among those present on the occasion were Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister for State for Power Bharatsinh Solanki, Members of Parliament Ambeth Ranjan and Mohd. Adeeb. Secretary Power P. Uma Shankar and NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudury.
Desai is Addl. Director Himatsingka Seide Ltd
Himatsingka Seide Limited has appointed Berjis Desai as an Additional Director.  
Bhargawe is Company Secy. Mastek Ltd
Mastek Limited has appointed Bhagwant Bhargawe as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company with effect from September 08, 2010.

Lanco to establish power plant
The 1320 MW (2x660) Thermal Power Project being developed by LANCO Babandh Power Ltd., a Group Company, in Orissa, has achieved Financial Closure. The Project, estimated to cost Rs. 6,930 Crores, would be financed with a debt of Rs. 5,544 Crores and an Equity of Rs. 1,386 crores. A Consortium of fourteen Banks and Financial Institutions with ICICI Bank in the lead are providing the debt.
 
Dargentolle is Director, Aventis Pharma 
M. Dargentolle, Chief Financial Officer of the  Aventis Pharma Ltd  who was Alternate Director to  O. Charmeil has been appointed a Director of the Company with effect from July 19, 2010.
Agarwal resigns as Director, Saksoft Ltd
S. C. Agarwal has tendered his resignation from the Directorship of  Saksoft Ltd  with effect from September 08, 2010.
SpectraSoft Tech appoints CEO
SpectraSoft Technologies Limited, a leading provider of business solutions for Process Industries, has appointed Nagaraj Bhargava as Chief Executive Officer.
Nair appointed President of SIHRA
Vivek Nair was unanimously elected President of South India Hotels & Restaurants Association (SIHRA), Chennai for 2010 -11. He succeeds M.P. Purshothaman of the EMPEE Group, who served for 12 years as President SIHRA. T. Nataraajan  will continue as Honorary Secretary .
Chatterjee is new MD MSIDC
Amit Chatterjee has been appointed as new Managing Director of  Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) . He succeeds Srini Koppolu, who has been heading the Centre from inception in 1998.
Majumdar is Editorial Director, NewsX
NewsX has appointed Diptosh Majumdar as its Editorial Director. He will be based in NewsX's Noida office and spearhead channel's newsroom operations.
Kurien to chair IRF 2010
Bijou Kurien, President & Chief Executive - Lifestyle, Reliance Retail has been unanimously elected by the retail industry leaders to chair the India Retail Forum (IRF 2010) scheduled to be held on September 28 and 29, 2010 at the Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai.
 

FORUM
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Think it over

I totally agree with Sadhana Kumar that Engineers and Doctors are the building blocks but they don't get their due place in the Government because the system has been hijacked by the Babus. All important assignments are given to serving or retired IAS officers as if entire wisdom and capabilities lie with them only. Does'nt Sridharan deserve to be appointed atleast as Governor of a State. The State will benefit immensely by his technical and managerial capabilities but no, these appointments are reserved only for politicians, bureaucrats and few defence officers.
One would agree that in this country the best students by and large join Engineering or Medical colleges after schools. Those who are left join other courses in various
Universities. The better ones amongst these graduates join civil services and the rest join professions like law, accountancy, journalism etc. Those who do not find a place in any of these join politics. However, in real life the most powerful and pampered group is that of the politicians followed by the judiciary and the media. Bureaucrats find place below them. Engineers and doctors are placed at the bottom in the de facto hierarchy of power and privileges of the government. Their fate is decided by the bureaucrats as they become the link between the hapless professionals and their political bosses. Human resource management done by the government under the aegis of Department of Personnel and Training is perhaps the best example of how HR management should not be done.

SKS

Will the Prime Minister explain the paradox ?

On the one hand he says that the Supreme Court should not interfere in the policy matters of the Government and that the direction of the court to distribute grains to poor at free of cost will be very difficult to agree to. On the other, no body is raising eyebrows on the 'free bees' being enjoyed by the Ministers and Bureaucrats and other officials at cost of national exchequer. An example is that some Government servants are taking transportation allowance along with their salary and at the same time using government vehicles. Some of the PSUs etc. have also parked on permanent basis vehicles at the Residences of the Ministers/Officials, at their own cost, for the use of family members. Staff Car are being used to attend personal functions.

What is going to be the fate of the Directive Principles of State Policy?

Bimal Bahadur

Fighting for promotional avenues

We are not blaming any one. We are fighting for our promotional avenues only and this fight with the GOI and its policies towards Gr.'D' Stenographers. We are living in the democratic country where everybody has the right to express his/her views freely. Please don't blame others.

Deep.

Who stops them ?

The comments about steno D promotion is illogic. They are also capable of giving the exams but all do not qualify and many miss by very little margin. It does not mean that persons who have given exams are superior to others who have not given the exams. When it comes to work and taking dictation because of experience and practical involvement, we steno D who have put in about 25 years of service are better than you. We do not complain that we are US/DS/Dir like PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO and run away from dictation. The increase in number of your posts has certainly affected us. Though we are supposed to take dictation only till the level of US or equal officers being Steno D; still because of your reluctance to take dictation; we are doing it. It is also true that you persons can claim the amount spent towards newspapers; telephone etc. This facility has been given for you persons to take more responsibility and not to pass on this to us. Only DOPT knows what type of ISTM training you persons are getting.

Steno Grade D

Forces are no more disciplined !

After serving central government police department, I find that the so called disciplined forces like police etc, have now become undisciplined. This is not due to political or external factors but due to leaders of police forces. They develop a vicious circle and defy hierarchical norms in disbelieving the versions of senior police officers on the basis of mischievous personal assistants. today, if a constable is not working under me, he will not salute me such is the level of indiscipline and they are encouraged to make anonymous complaints against their senior officers and we are happy to entertain them to settle our scores in service. it is sad to be member of any such undisciplined police organisation. This phenomenon culminates in the incidents like Kalpana Srivastva. It can happen anywhere. This trend if not curbed then will have very serious repercussions.

MNT

Address pricking issues
There is an urgent need of addressing pricking issues of CPMFs, especially Career Planning. DOPT is under Home Minister but hardly any attention is being paid by him despite repeated representations by CPMFs. The problem lies in their leadership which is drawn from IPS cadre only and who always show a very disgusting and indifferent approach towards the problems of these organisations. CPMF people are bound by certain restrictive acts & rules which do not allow them to reach directly to Ministry/Govt and their leadership (IPS) lobby does not take up their issues at higher level for sake of their own benefits. For instance, recently there was a letter from DG BSF (Raman Srivastav) addressed to Prime Minister on behalf of all CPMFs. Anyone who knows these forces even a bit, can see that there is hardly any substance in that except 'Kindly", 'Please', 'Sir', 'Obliged', 'Grateful' etc. He has not even bothered to mention well known problems. Then who will take up the cases of the Overall Poor Career Prospects, Stagnation of Constables for More Than 20 Years in Same Rank, Frustration of 2IC (Lt Col) Rank Officers due to Pay & Protocol Disparity, Ineffectiveness of IPS Direction as seen from Anti-Naxal Operations, Open Bhai-Bhatijawad which is going on in BSF & CRPF, Witholding the Notification of Organised Cadre Status for CPMFs undermining their position vis-a-vis all other Central Services, Whimsical posting-Transfers voilating all Ethos and laid down Rules of Forces, etc. It is not understood how can PM & HM of this country have wishful thinking that "ALL IS WELL". It,s time that they wake up and have a direct meeting with all CPMF officers and troops before things get detoriated go "ALL IN WELL". Let it be open discussion even in front of IPS people and others. I have come to know there is an online confidential grievances redressal system of MHA. But it has come to my notice that all the names of complainants are conveniently disclosed to the organisations concerned exposing the cadre people to suffer the rath of the superiors. I do not know how effective your 'WHISPER' channel is, but being a wife of a CPMF man, I thought to explore this option too as other ways have not proved any worth so far. Nation has to remember that Defence Foreces are no doubt a Symbol of the Nation who have to play role once or twice in everyone's lifetime but CPMFs are the Real Protectors of Nation, who act like Untiring Work-Horses and Sacrificers on Daily Basis for all Indians. We have to remove our Colonial legacy and biased mindest to understand all this.

Neeta Lalwani

Misunderstood

I am not denying the fact that IRS is the biggest central service and has legitimate right in every aspect in asking for equality in promotion. But my only objection was on one of the ground for asking for promotion and that was use of Rank in UPSC and disrespect shown to other services, that despite lower rank they are getting promotion. Every civil service should get faster promotion. If you treat other services as inferior on the basis of rank, preference, status, revenue generation etc, then what is wrong if IAS is doing same thing allegedly with you?

Praveen Rai

Why only IAS for training ?

Why not CSS officers at the Centre and other in the states.

Pt Ram Kanwar

TAIL-PIECE

Which is the most dangerous Alphabet ?

“W”

All words start with it.

Who
Why
What
Whom
When
Which
Where
War
Win and
Finally –Wife and Woman

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