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Aaj Ki Aawaz

70,000 crores ka kharcha!!!
And katwaa liya apne naam pe unhygienic, incapable and inefficient ka parchaa (chargesheet)!!!
 
In the entire World there is on these three issues charchaa!!!!
What a colossal waste of such a humongous kharchaa???
 
And kharchaa keeps rising .....now athletes are staying in Five Star Hotels!!!
On Kalmadi and Shiela Aunty’s boasts ‘we are ready’ this tells!!
 
After dogs now a snake has been found in a room!!!!
Mandatory: to shoo away dogs and snakes all staying in the CWG Village carry brooms!
 
What a fool these people have made of the Nation!!!!!
And believe me the feeling within the Nation is ‘this is Congress’s creation’!!!
 
Untested infrastructure and equipments will cause more shame!!!
And so there will be more shame and blame!!
 
When anything comes out of patriotism from the heart it shows!!!
And in such cases ‘no money flows’!!!
 
Money flowed for Rehman’s Games 'flop' song!!!
Stinking rich Rehman taking money for this was indeed wrong!!!
 
Ravi Shankar didn’t take a penny for the Asiad song and see the Swaagatham it still gets!
Eyes the song still wets!!
 
But then Rehman will say ‘ so much money was being made’!!!
‘So what’s wrong if from the pile some money I was able to spade’!!
 
Sheila Aunty is now blaming the builder and DDA for the CWG mess!!
Someone should tell her she’s to blame none the less!!
 
I hear during CWG in Canada athletes were put up in hostels!!!
But these hostels were cleaner that our Five Star Hotels!!
 
Our OC concentrated on the extras and about the basics they forgot!!!
Ands then corruption caused the real rot!
 
Now rooms that are beyond repair or cannot be completed have been locked!!
Lest more OC gets mocked!!!
 
They say heads will roll after CWG are over!!!!
‘Do you see Kalmadi or Gill or Aunty Shiela running for cover’?????
 
Their body language exudes confidence!!!!
Yes the Officials, especially Junior ones, must be very tense!!
 
Fear will be ‘hope I’m not made the scapegoat’?????
Officials must be thinking of what they’ve penned in ‘every note’!!!!
 
Confucius says….yes there is a chance Kalmadi will end up with the Bharat Ratna!!!
And believe me for India it will be like a ‘dukhad durghatna’ (saddening accident)!!!
 
Adds…… CWG aka Chori Waali Games are on us a blot!!!!
A very bad name India and Indians have got!!

Bharat Kumar
 
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Sonia angry with CWG mess !
UPA Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi is said to be quiet angry with the mess created in the Commonwealth Games (CWG). Will she return from abroad after the games are over to avoid witnessing this mess ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CBI Chief (16) Balwinder Singh
If the Government prefers to skip 1972 batch IPS, name of Balwinder Singh is sure to be included in the panel.1976 batch AP cadre IPS officer Balwinder Singh is presently Special Director in the organization. He has got more than ten years experience in the CBI.
Dr Subba Rao is new EO
Finally suspense is over .Dr I V Subba Rao is being appointed new Establishment Officer in the Department of Personnel. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Jaruhar not going to Police Academy
It has now come to be known that Rakesh Jaruhar is now not going to Hyderabad as Director of the National Police Academy. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Rajeev Mathur poised to go to Police Academy
Grapevine has it that instead of Rakesh Jaruhar now DG NCRB Rajeev Mathur may be sent to Hyderabad as Director of the National Police Academy. In such an eventuality Special DG CRPF NK Tripathi may replace Mathur. Mathur and Tripathi are two years senior to Jharkhand cadre 1976 batch IPS officer Jaruhar.
Viswnathan is new Secretary General Lok Sabha
Advisor to the Law Minister, T K Viswanathan will succeed P D T Acharya as Secretary General of the Lok Sabha on October 1.
(We said this on September 9, 2010)
Kaun Banega Coal India CMD ? (7) B.L. Bagra, Director  (Finance), NALCO
B.L. Bagra, Director  (Finance), NALCO is in run for the post of Chairman Coal India Ltd (CIL).
Retired S C Judge to enquire CWG mess ?
Soon after the Commonwealth Games the Government is going to set up a Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court Judge to enquire into all kind of bunglings.
Radhakrishnan is new Chairman of JNPT
L Radhakrishnan has been appointed new Chairman of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre. He is presently Secretary Power in the Kerala Government.
PM rejects request of NDMA members
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) members recently met the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and pleaded him for one year extension in their term but the later offered them a cup of tea and said Thank You without any commitment or assurance with the result that the meeting turned to be a farewell meet.
Officers asked not to leave Delhi
The officers posted in the national capital have been asked not to leave Delhi till the Commonwealth Games (CWG) are over. The leaves of all the officers have been cancelled.
Bharthi promoted as GM in FCI
KM Bharthi, Deputy General Manager (Accounts) in Food Corporation of India (FCI), has been promoted as General Manager and posted in RO (Orissa).
Will Dange retire in November?
If knowledgeable sources are to be believed, J.P. Dange – Chief Secretary of Maharashtra - who is tipped to be Information Commissioner in Maharashtra is likely to seek retirement in November.
Commadore Srivastava to be Director Goa Shipyard
Commadore P K S Srivastava is being tipped to be new Director (Corporate Planning and Business Development) of the Goa Shipyard.
Appointment of Interlocutors in a day or two
The Government is going to announce the names of interlocutors to begin the process of dialogue with all sections of people in Jammu and Kashmir.Politician will be Chairman and a couple of IPS and IAS officers as members.
Four new Directors of IIM
New Directors have been appointed in four new Indian Institutes of Management. They are Mssrs B.S. Sahay (Raipur), P. Ranesh (Rohtak), M. Joseph Xavier (Ranchi) and Y. Agnihotri (Trichy).
Police Commissioners (PCs) system on the anvil in Rajasthan
Introduction of much awaited Police Commissioners (PCs) system is on the anvil in Rajasthan. Accordingly it will be introduced in Jaipur
and Jodhpur.
Jaideep Prasad to join CISF as DIG
Jaideep Prasad on central deputation will be joining the CISF as DIG. He is an IPS officer of the 1995 batch who belongs to the Madhya
Pradesh cadre.
22 DGMs elevated as GMs in SBI
As many as 22 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as
General Managers (GMs) in the State Bank of India (SBI).
Anant Kumar Singh to join CISF as DIG
Anant Kumar Singh on central deputation will be joining the CISF as DIG. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Madhya
Pradesh cadre.
Post of CMD, NABARD to be advertised
As the grapevine has it, the Government of India (GOI) is going to advertise the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NABARD. This time it will be open for all.
50 persons interviewed for OSD’s post by Chidambaram
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is reported to have interviewed 50 persons for the post of OSD.
IA & AS officer YN Thakare transferred
YN Thakare, Principal Director (Commercial) has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member, Audit Board, Hyderabad.
Balvinder Singh promoted
A G Haryana Balvinder Singh has been promoted to the rank of Principal Accountant General.
Minor IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There has been a minor IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly Jaideep Govind, PS, Higher Education has been sent to the Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare department in the same capacity while Prabhanshu Kamal has been made PS - Higher Education. Anil Shrivastava, MD - MP State Agriculture Industries Development Corporation, has been assigned additional responsibility of Commissioner & ex-officio PS Revenue, Rehabilitation, and Religious Trust Departments, Sanjay Singh has been posted as Secretary Technical Education and Training. After Singh assumes office, Pukhraj Maru, PS Labour would be relieved from this responsibility. Similarly, VC Semwal, OSD and Commissioner Industries has been given additional responsibility of MP Laghu Udyog Nigam as its Managing Director while Rashmi Arun Shami, Director – Horticulture, has been assigned additional responsibility of Director - State Agro Industries Development Corporation.
Anup Kuruvilla John bags Chevening scholarship
Anup Kuruvilla John, Superintendent of Police, Kannur, Government of Kerala, has bagged the Chevening scholarship. He will be going to London School of Economics (LSE) for a 12 weeks course commencing in LSE, London commencing September 27, 2010.
IAS changes in Bihar
Vivek K Singh has been appointed Magadh divisional commissioner. B Rajender will be the new DM of West Champaran.Prem Singh Meena has been made new Munger DM. Sridhar Cherivelu has been made Vaishali DM . Kuldip Narayan will be the new Saran DM. Divesh Sehra has been posted as new Lakhisarai DM.
IPS changes in Bihar
Gupteshwar Pandey will move to the PHQ. He will be replaced by IG (Economic Offences Wing) Pravin Basishth. Anupama Nilekar has been made new Champaran DIG. Ajitabh Kumar will be new Madhubani SP. Pankaj K Raj has been sent to Kishanganj in the same capacity to succeed Chaurasia Chandrashekhar Azad. Vivek Kumar will be new Naugachhia SP.
Sharma is Add RC Uttarakhand in Delhi
S.D.Sharma presently Addl. Investment Commissioner in Government of Uttarakhand has been given additional charge of Addl. Resident Commissioner, Uttarakhand in Delhi. 
R k Singh to be new CMD BPCL
R K Singh will be new CMD of the BPCL.The PESB has put the name of Singh number one in the panel.Interview for the post was held on Tuesday.He is presently Director (Refineries) in the BPCL.
( We said this on September 27 )
P M Nair promoted in CRPF as ADG
P M Nair has been promoted to the rank of ADG in the CRPF.He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Subhash Chander Negi to continue as HPSEB chief
Subhash Chander Negi who is due to retire on September 30, 2010 will continue to be Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Boasrd (HPSEB) till further orders. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Tamil Nadu
There has been a major bureaucratic reshuffle in Tamil Nadu.Those who have been transferred are: T. Abraham Collector Ariyalur to Deputy Secretary Labour and Employment, T.K. Ponnusamy Joint Secretary Rural Development and Panchayat Raj to Collector Ariyalur , Ms. B. Johi Nirmala Deputy Commissioner (Health),
Corporation of Chennai to Project Director, Tsunami Project Implementation Unit and Project Director,Post Tsunami Sustainable Livelihood Programme vice Tmt. V. Shantha, IAS, holding additional charge, V. Sampath Additional Commissioner of Industries and Commerce to act as Collector Sivagangai , Mahesan Kasirajan Collector Sivagangai to Collector Tiruchirappalli, T. Soundiah Collector Tiruchirappalli to Collector Erode District , C.N. Maheswaran Joint Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection to Collector Thoothukudi , G. Prakash Collector Thoothukudi to Joint Secertary , Ms. S. Madumathi Additional Director of Agriculture to Collector Namakkal , Ms. R. Seethalakshmi (DRO)will be relieved of the additional charge of Collector Namakkal from the date of assumption of charge by Ms. S. Madumathi, Ashish Chatterjee Joint Commissioner (Works) Corporation of Chennai to Collector Kancheepuram , Santhosh K. Misra Collector Kancheepuram to Director of Employment and Training & Member Secretary for the State Mission for the Scheme of Employable Skill Training to the Unemployed Educated Youth. Santhosh K. Misra shall also function as Managing Director(MD) of the Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited while the Principal Secretary Labour and Employment shall function as Chairman, Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited. Dr. R. Anandakumar Joint Commissioner (Commercial Taxes)Coimbatore to Collector Dharmapuri, R. Sudalaikannan Collector Erode on return from training at LBSNAA Mussoorie has been posted as Managing Director(MD) of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Dr. D. Karthikeyan Additional Secretary Finance Department to CommissioneCorporation of Chennai, Ms. Anu George Deputy Secretary Public Department to Deputy Commissioner (R&F)Corporation of Chennai, Ms. P. Amudha Senior Collector Dharmapuri District to Project Director / Member Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, Dr. Darez Ahamed Joint Commissioner (LTU)Commercial Taxes Chennai to Deputy Commissioner (Works) Corporation of Chennai & Rajesh Lakhoni Commissioner,Corporation of Chennai to Managing Director Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
NBCC posts handsome profit
50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a CPSU under the aegis of Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by V.P. Das, Chairman-cum- Managing Director, declared the audited results for the financial year 2009- 10. The Company has earned a net profit after tax, of Rs.116.50 Crore against posting of a Total Income of Rs.3020.05 Crore. The Corporation also announced achieving of a gross margin of Rs.182.58 Crore while Net Worth going up to Rs.546.53 Crore. Fourth time in a row, during the AGM a dividend of Rs. 23.30 Crore @26% of the paid-up share capital of the Corporation was declared and shall be paid to the Government of India for the year 2009-10. Speaking to the shareholders on the occasion, Das
expressed confidence that the coming years would surely see a quantum improvement in Corporation's performance due to its present focused business initiatives in Residential & Commercial Real Estate across the country as well as in Power Sector. In this context, he mentioned about the recent launching of a few Affordable & Low Cost Housing Schemes and Commercial Real Estate Projects by NBCC in NCR and other major
cities of the country such as Patna, Kochi etc. Das also assured the shareholders that the ongoing & upcoming Real Estate initiatives of NBCC would certainly provide a solid impetus and fetch a higher return in the form of profitability and sustained growth.
74 SAIL employees receive Vishwakarma award
“It is a matter of pride for all of us that 74 out of 128 awardees, who have won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) are from Steel Authority of India Limited. It’s even more heartening to note that SAIL employees have bagged 4 out of 5 awards of Class A, which is the highest number of A Class awards won by any PSU in India”, stated SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma at a felicitation ceremony for Vishwakarma
Awardees organized at Scope Complex Delhi on September 28, 2010. Continuing with its glorious tradition of previous years, SAIL won 15 out of total 28 VRP awards for the performance year 2008, which were conferred by Minister of Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan on September 27, 2010 . SAIL employees won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars in three different categories – four Class ‘A’, three Class ‘B’ and eight Class ‘C’ award. The winners under these classes received cash prizes of Rs. 75,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 respectively along with a certificate of merit.

CORPORATE
Who will be new CMD of ONGC ?
Who will be new CMD of the ONGC? If you ask the answer of this question, reply of the Petroleum Ministry officials will be “ One who is being backed by the Bombay House and the Minister Saheb”.
Interview for CMD BPCL today
PSEB is to hold interviews to select Chairman and Managing Director for BPCL on September 28.
Srinivasan is MD Federal Bank
Shyam Srinivasan appointed MD & CEO Federal Bank
Venkatraman is Director (Business Dev.) Gail (India)
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed  S. Venkatraman as Director (Business Development) of  Gail (India) Ltd  w.e.f. September 25, 2010
Dr Hebbar to receive award
Dr. Vivek Hebbar, Chairman of  Firstobject Technologies Ltd have been selected for Bharat Vikas Ratan Award.
Bhatnagar to join Micromax Board
Sequoia Capital's  Mohit Bhatnagar will  soon join Micromax’s board.
Shipping Corp signs contract
Shipping Corporation Of India Limited has signed a shipbuilding contract for acquisition of four 'Kamsarmax Bulk Carriers' of about 80000 DWT each, with M/s Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. on September 25, 2010.
Mansingh quits Dell Corp
Vivek Mansingh, Country Head (Research & Development), Dell Corp has quit to pursue a different career path.
GlobalLogic appoints MD (India)
GlobalLogic, has appointed Sunil Singh as Chief of Asia Pacific and Managing Director of India.
Bhargava is CEO SpectraSoft
SpectraSoft Technologies has appointed Nagaraj Bhargava as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Garde gets additional responsibilities
Sameer Garde, the Country Manager of Dell India will now assume the role of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) Director for Services, Sales and Marketing.  
Sood is AVP Indo Rama Synthetics
Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited has appointed  Jayant Sood as Asst. Vice President and Company Secretary who will also be acting as Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f. September 25, 2010.
Simon is President of Rubber Industries Association
Vinod Simon has been elected President of all India Rubber Industries Association for 2010-11. Niraj Thakkar and Mohinder Gupta will be Vice Presidents.
Chaudhary is MD of TVNL
S N Chaudhary has been appointed new MD of TVNL.

FORUM
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Supreme Court needs to Introspect

This may not be convenient truth. But let us refresh Supreme Court memory. In famous Meerut roits case. SC dismissed the petition saying lets not open close wounds. And guilty was not punished.
Case against Shiv Sena for disrupting Deepa Mehta's movie Fire, SC dismissed it saying people have punished Shiv Sena as they were ousted out of power.
A chief justice took up the case against Environmental issues near Batkal lake. And subsequently order was amended several times. Not to mention a retd CJI lives close to Batkal lake.
And do we know Supreme Court has the case of demolition of Babri Masjid still pending since 1992 and no CJI has tried to list the case for hearing.
List is long ... we are here to serve Indian people Justice. Please wake up and serve justice my brother judges before people take it upon themselves to deliver justice. My apologies if I have been not discreet.

Justice (Retd) Venkat

Mad race
The introduction of PM awards for "Civil Services" have led to a mad race among bureaucrats for showcasing their non-existent achievements. It has seriously impeded the team spirit and have created an atmosphere where bureaucrats take advantage of their position in the system to grab all the credit for work largely done by the junior officers who for fear of their own carriers cannot even speak out. There are many such examples discussed in the corridors of power where some of the bureaucrats have taken credit for a project on which they did not more than file pushing. It unenviable position for the poor juniors who if fail would take all the blame and if succeed then the credit is being taken by the senior. Only in India and in a 'disgusting' colonial system of ours that such demoralizing things happen and nobody talks about them. I hope if some of the people who have suffered silently can put their experiences on this forum though I myself am little afraid of doing the same for fear of my own carrier being demolished by the powerful bureaucratic junta.

Ruhan

“Why not reform the present empanelment process for SAG level and above?”

For improving governance in the GOI, it would be desirable to introduce the stage of interviews of aspirants as part of the screening process by restricting it to those who are able to qualify on the basis of prescribed benchmark based on their performance appraisal reports. After interviews, a view could be taken on the basis of totality of circumstances. This practice must be enforced to make the screening truly effective. The level of Joint Secretary to GOI is the first cutting edge decision making level and calls for stricter screening, more so, as the existing system of Civil Service Preliminary Exams(now Aptitude Test) by the UPSC, does not stipulate separately qualifying the Personality Test as a mandatory requirement, as was the practice in the past when many of us had appeared in the IAS etc examination. One wonders why the DOP&T not thinks out of the box? This system must be made applicable to all the organized Services including the IAS. Another suggestion. The screening committee must include retired Secretaries or equivalent, belonging to other Services also like the IPS,IFS, IRS,IPoS, etc instead of restricting the composition to the retired IAS officers alone. This is unfair.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Retirement age should be made optional

Retirement age should be made optional, as the want & want-nots are always fighting. The retirement age should be kept at 60 with option to continue till 65 as is in Canada.

Rita
NDMa reconstitution ?

By when is the new NDMA to be reconstituted, given that most members are retiring on Sept. 30, but everyone is preoccupied with the CWG. Also is there any transparency in the procedure for selection this time around?

NS

Irrational

It is strange that IPS Governors seem "intriguing". Such a mentality reeks of a Brahminical mind set, where career performance over 37 years is sought to be set at naught by some single examination result (though nowadays even that is not true and since at least 1994, half the top 100 in the common civil services examination are in the IPS and IRS). This slavish mentality must go. Gone are the days when the ICS used to be graduates, and recruitment to the IP did not require graduation (during British times), also gone are the days when the IAS and IFS were picked up out of all five papers and the IRS out of best three out of five and IPS best two out of five. Now all are equal, having beeen recruited through common examination and exactly same procedure and having all been recruited into All India Services(e.g. IAS/ IPS)/ Group A Central Services (e.g IFS, IRS).

Arjun Mallik

Drastic improvement required

The CWG has drawn public attention to our poor levels of hygiene and sanitation and the need for improving these drastically and the efforts to clean up should not end with the games. All our cities , towns and vilages, besides poor infrastructure, have mounds of garbage , stray dogs, pigs and cattle. Spitting and open defecation are common and tolerated by all. Our system requires a major overhaul in municipal services but the highly politicised local bodies and the panchayats will not be able to cleanup.
An entirely new model involving the private sector should be put in place. The new malls and residential complexes have demonstrated that it is possible to keep public areas clean. Why does no one spit in a mall as they do in other commercial complexes?
Laws for cleanliness should be made stricter-nothing less than imprisonment for soiling public spaces. Animal activists should be asked to ensure rounding up of all strays and to set up animal farms for their care outside the cities. Their love of animals should not make life unbearable for the ordinary citizen.

S S

Why did we have such a huge loss of face on CWG? while there may be many answers or contributing factors - one thing is very certain is that O C was corrupt to the core. Even the slightest peep into the CV's of the 'team Kalmadi' would amply reveal that. In fact it appears that Kalmadi chose his team solely on one criterion i.e. whoever has highest score on corruption scale will occupy the most important slot in the O C. A brief look at the past history of his favourites/ key aids (whom, he was forced to dump, when the controversy erupted, again probably to their own advantage, as now they must be sitting quietly and comfortably, watching the tamasha, away from the present heat, having already made their millions, and would be back to their favourite game once the present hue and cry dies down) would have revealed that in past also they had misused and degraded their positions and were consequently unceremoniously dumped on more than one occasion. It is hard to believe that Kalmadi was not aware of these fact; on the hindsight it appears that his choice of such gang was deliberate so that they could assist him in his unabashed loot. What is intriguing is that the Sports Ministry/Urban Dev./Govt. of Delhi all blinked their eyes on this, till it was raked up by the media. The conclusion is, it not the competence or capacity of Indians which did us in (look at Delhi Metro which has succeeded because of one honest competent Indian), it is corruption which is eating us hollow like a moth. Can we do something about it?

DC

CWG was a case of discrimination

Did you know that CWG, since its inception in 1950 was only held in White countries and never in a Brown or Black country? This was an open case of racial discrimination widely prevalent in the British Empire from South Africa to Australia. This is the first time that a non-White country has been allowed to host the CWG and that too after hefty bribes had been paid to the White countries. Obviously, there is no colour bar where the colour of money is concerned. This is why the BBC went hysterical over Brown stray dogs and dog shit in the Games village. The opening salvo had been fired by fellow White Australians to whom the British regularly outsource racial abuse and beatings of Brown Indian students. First the White Australians started complaining , then the White New Zealanders and finally when the chorus was reaching its crescendo the BBC and the British Press also jumped in screaming and kicking. The sheer viciousness of the racial attacks on the BBC makes one wonder if the era of apartheid is really over? And whether the BBC isn’t really the Bitchy British Broadcasting Corporation? Our own electronic media pathetically mimicked the BBC ( note the shiny suits the males wear and the fake western suits the females wear and the parody of British accents which is proudly worn as the badge of their slavery)and filled one with disgust. The sub -text in all this media hysteria is that Whites should not be playing with lesser races as they are dirty and diseased, the proof being dog shit and diseased Brown stray dogs in the Games village . True , in India public hygiene is a low priority item as it is a job for the low castes to perform. The priority in India is personal hygiene and therefore Indians bathe every day and no Indian would dream of swiping his bottom with toilet paper and feel good about it. The Whites bathe once or twice a year at best and swipe their bottoms with toilet paper which makes them all smell ,from Queen Elizabeth down to London taxi drivers. They drown their strong and unpleasant body odour with perfumes and sprays. So much then for White superiority!!

D Choudhury

Making a mockery

Free bees can be given to the Ministers and Bureaucrats but not to the poor and starving people of the country. It is totally an iniquitous policy and making a mockery of the Directive Principles of State Policy.

A Srivastava

Congratulations on elevation as DGFT

Dr Anup Pujari is the most intelligent officer of the 1980 batch. An intellectual of the highest calibre, he is the best officer in the entire IAS. He can be compared to L K Jha and B K Nehru of the ICS.

Vijay Kumar

Does it paves way for in-situ promotion ?
Question being asked is 'does promotion of Anup Pujari as AS cum DGFT, pave the way for in-situ promotion of 1980 batch IAS or will each officer have to struggle independently'. it may be recalled that 2 influtential 80 batch officers (Ashok Lavasa to Min of Power, & Tripathy to Cab Sectt)were first re-positioned [lateral-shift]to pave way for their AS promotion in places of their choice.

AK

Who will expose them ?

The government was patting on its back for collecting more than Rs 70000 crores from 3G auctions. But it has thrown Rs. 70000 cr on Commonwealth Games while most the contracts for which has been awarded to a single foreign company. Who will find the nexus between the people who awarded these huge contracts and what benefit these people have obtained. Who will inquire what was the link of these people from the top decision makers of the country.

Shantanu Ghosh

Tail piece

I like your tailpiece more than your 'head pieces'!

SSM

Why Kalmadi baiting by Eng channels ?

Why did English channels, Headlines Today and Times Now (the third channel NDTV is more Sarkari than Doordarshan) leave their usual Modi baiting to Kalmadi baiting. They did not find any time to report that the prime witnesses in Sohrabuddin case have turned against the prosecution alleging that they are being coerced by CBI to depose against Modi.Modi never cared about these channels and Kalmadi forgot about it.Knowing the integrity, patriotism and reliability of these channels,Kalmadi and his cronies could have shared a bit of their alleged loot with these channels.At least there would have been lesser cacophony.

N Sriram

TAIL-PIECE

It was the day after India's Independence Day. A thoughtful Tony Blair
who had watched the celebrations on TV got onto the phone with his
friend Bush:

"India!" shouted Blair.

"What about India?" asked a startled Bush.

"We English made a mistake George," said Blair, "I need to get India
back as a colony!"

"You serious Tony?" asked a still more startled Bush.

"Yeah this is not the India we let go some sixty years ago," said
Blair, "this is a colony we would be proud to have now."

"So whatcha plannin' to do?" asked Bush.

"Why George what we did to Saddam. Attack them."

"You sayin' we? You not hoping I'm goin' to join you are you?"

"I helped you in Iraq George, you forgettin' or sometin'?"

"Yeah but we had an excuse there Tony, we were lookin' for weapons of
mass destruction, you remember?"

"So we do the same thing here George. We tell the Indians to give up
their weapons of mass destruction!"

"I don't know whether we are doing the right thing Tony, India is a
democracy you know?"

"I lied for you in Iraq George. Nearly lost the elections for you. I'm
sure you could do this lil' favour for me.. With India back as my
colony, we'll be back as a world power! Britain rules the world! You
heard that phrase George?"

"I thought it was America who was doing the ruling Tony."

"We'll do the rulin' together George. You and me will be equal
partners once I get my India back. Come on George talk to that
Manmohan feller, tell him to give up his weapons of mass destruction,
or else..!"

"Okay Tony since you insist. Will call you back in five minutes."

"Shall I get my ships ready?"

"For what?" asked a surprised Bush.

"For war dammit," shouted Tony as he put the phone down and waited for
Bush to talk to the Indian Prime Minister. He walked over to a little
globe he had on his office table and circled India gleefully.

The phone rang and he ran to pick it up.

"Tony it is me," said George, "how many ships you got ready?"

"Aye aye sir, the Royal Navy is ready for action!" said Tony, standing
at attention.

"You can send them to India," said Bush.

"To fight?" asked Blair happily.

"No to pick up their weapons of mass destruction."

"Whatcha talkin' about?" asked a confused Blair.

"Manmohan said you would know 'cause it is your people who made them,"
said Bush.

"What weapons of mass destruction?" whispered Blair uncertainly.

"Their politicians, their MPs, their MLAs," said Bush happily,
"Manmohan said you could take them all back to England where they were
trained years ago by your people to divide and rule..!"