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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now PC says in the Selection Panel meet Thomas's past was discussed!!!

Next he'll say 'I disagree' by Sushma was because on food she fussed!!

Mohna and he wanted sandwiches and pastries whereas Sushma wanted desi fare!!

To save itself what else now will this Sarkaar mock bare????

So by PC's statement its clear that Mohna knew about Thomas's case!!!

His arguments on certain 'facts' mein pucca kee hoyenge Mohna ne base!!

Affidavit given to SC is aimed to show that on Thomas's past Mohna was in the dark!

But now PC's statement has made everything abs stark!!

Mohna and PC knew about Thomas's past but his becoming CVC was pre-decided!!

And seems they were ordered to select Thomas and so with Thomas they sided!!!

There are a varied of reasons why Thomas was 'pre-selected' for this post!!!!

One may be his religion then ......maybe he was considered to be a 'dost'!

Hope Madam has noted what has happened to Tunisia and Egypt!!!

The message is very crypt!!

When the injustice cup doth overflow!!

Then into the streets a protesting Nation doth flow!!

Congress has a dubious record of lying through its teeth!!

And I get the feeling from the Street that Public has started to seethe!!

Adding fuel to the fire is rampant inflation caused by corruption and ineptness!

And the general perception that Governance is in a mess!!

How do you think we react when we read about the unbelievable menu in Lok Sabha?

People's reps enjoy subsidy as the people who they represent on prices do hai tauba!

Speaking of Egypt and Tunisia.... Saudia Arabia is the sheltererer of Despots!!

After being overthrown the seek sanctuary here with loads of cash and gold pots!!

But where will the Saudi Royals go if in Saudi Arabia there is a revolt!!

Without a doubt to US they will bolt!!

Democracy for despots is a 'disease that disease refuses to be cured'!!!!

And if it's being suppressed only for a limited time suppression will be endured!!!

Only a chamcha will compare Mahatma Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi!!

And he or she will do this hoping Rahul will note this and 'merri ho jayegi chandi'!

Rahul knows he's not a patch on Mahatma Gandhi or for that matter his Nana!!!

Fact is to apply butter chamchas just look for a bahaana!!

Rahul may have his qualities but these qualities are still hidden!!

Till now on the drama path he's ridden!!

Stays at Dalit homes and then rushing to score political brownie points!!

I liked this lad when he started but now he really disappoints!!

Its time he realized Public is not going to be swayed by drama or naatak!!!

On this path he needs to close the 'faatak' (door)!!

Confucius says....People follow Leaders..... they only watch those who act and do dramas!!!!

And remember you cannot make of all the people all the time mamas (befool)!!

Adds...... So Madam Ji and Rahul jaago!!!

And in correcting Congress's and your image's downfall mein laago!!!

Flash.... Its being predicted that 2011 could be a 'currency faltering year'!!

And the first shock is pretty near!!!

2011 will be the year of 'currency caused pain'!!!!

And by the looks of it for 2-3 years this pain will not wane!!

Seems World Financial Markets are facing one after another turmoil!!!

And its being said in queue for causing turmoil behind Currency stands Oil!!!

Bharat Kumar

Ashok Gehlot puts Rajasthan on fast track of development
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who was sworn in as Chief Minister of the largest state in India (area wise) for the second time on December 8, 2008 has put the state on the fast track of development. In last two years, power generation capacity has been increased by 2293 MWs. Ashok Gehlot has taken a series of steps to ensure growth in social sector in rural and urban areas while according a priority to youth. With a view to become self reliant in the power sector, as many as 14 projects of 11590 MWs were sanctioned.
A historic decision was taken to set up three super critical thermal power stations of 2 X 660 MWs. Solar energy projects of 571 MWs were also sanctioned in the last two years. A tour to capital city of Jaipur by Sanjeev Majupuria Editor & Country Head of whispersinthecorridors.com showed that Ashok Gehlot has been able to achieve so much because he has a team of motivated and dedicated
bureaucrats. The bureaucracy in Rajasthan is quite responsive. Be it power generation, transmission or distribution, steps have been taken so that people at grassroots were benefited the most. In field of rural electrification the Gehlot government has been able to cover 1437 villages in the last two years. Under the 'Prashasan Gaon Ki Aur' (administration towards villages) campaign started on November 10, 2010 over 46 lakh people had been benefited through over 5900 camps.
In order to woo entrepreneurs in Rajasthan a new Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy 2010 and Investment Promotion Scheme, 2010 has been enacted. Ashok Gehlot as the Rajasthan Chief Minister has made it compulsory to shut down liquor shops by 8 pm . With a view to cover youth one lakh posts including 50000 vacancies of teachers will be filled up in the next one year. It was also decided that there will be reservation of eight percent seats for widows and two per cent posts for deserted women out of the 30 percent reservation meant for women in all the state services.

BUREAUCRACY

R K Singh to succeed G K Pillai ?
There is a loud thinking to shift R K Singh from the South Block to the North Block to succeed G K Pillai as Home Secretary in July.1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Singh is presently Secretary Defence Production.

Sushma Nath is new Secretary Finance
Ms Sushma Nath has taken over as new Finance Secretary.1974 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ms Nath has created a history in Indian bureaucracy by becoming first woman to head Finance Ministry.

( We said this on Jan 28 )

Petrol prices in India may shoot
If projections by market analysts are to be believed then petrol prices in India are going to shoot up further. Market analysts feel that by the end of March 2011 crude in international market will cost $110 per Dollar. In that case petrol will cost Rs.85 per litre by March 31, 2011.

No DIG level vacancy in GOI
As the grapevine has it, there is no DIG level vacancy for those IPS officers who want to join the government of India (GOI) on deputation.

1992 batch IAS frozen for central deputation
1992 batch IAS has been frozen for deputation to the Government of India.

Existing panel of DRM live till March 2011
The existing panel of 100 candidates who are in the fray for being appointed as DRMs is live till March 2011.

File of Independent Directors of ONGC returned to minister
File of the appointment of three Independent Directors of the ONGC has been returned to the new Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy for a fresh look.

Naval Kishore, CVO, EPIL completes his tenure
Naval Kishore, CVO, EPIL in Ministry of Heavy Industries has completed his tenure. Kishore is an IDAS Cadre officer of the1985 batch.

Director's post to fall vacant in DoPT
The post of Director DOPT - CBI desk, is going to fall vacant shortly due to posting of Ms. Manisha Saxena IAS as CVO, EPIL in Ministry of Heavy Industries.

Sadhana Shankar is PS of Vylar Ravi in two Ministries
Sadhana Shankar PS to Union Minister Vylar Ravi is overburdened these days.1987 batch IRS officer Sadhana Shankar is holding the responsibilities of Civil Aviation Ministry as well as Ministry of Overseas Affairs.

Vivek Srivastava to be promoted in IB soon
Vivek Srivastava who is presently Deputy Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), Delhi Headquarter would soon be promoted as Joint Director, IB .He is an IPS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Why delay in Butola's appointment as new CMD of IOC ?
Mystery shrouds the delay in R. S. Butola's elevation as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Oil Corporation though interviews for the post were held on September 29, 2010. Presently, he is MD, OVL. Butola was number one in the panel prepared for the post.

( We said this on Aug 25 and Sept 27 , 2010)

Capt. Tripathi to continue in DCI
As the grapevine has it, Capt. S.S. Tripathi present Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) who was on his way out will continue to head it. This has happened move to remove is stuck up in a query from higher ups.

BSNL lacks full time Director Finance
It has been pretty long that the post of Director Finance has been lying vacant in BSNL. It charge is with Gopal Das Director Human Resource (HR) who is also holding the charge of CMD, BSNL.

Jai Jeet Singh empanelled in GOI
Jai Jeet Singh (IPS 1990 batch, Maharashtra cadre) has been empanelled for central deputation in the government of India (GOI).

Promotion of Mizoram SPS to IPS on the cards
Promotion of Mizoram state police officers to the IPS officer grade is on the anvil. A meeting in this regard, after the names of such officers found eligible to be IPS were sent to the Union Home Ministry, has already been held and a final decision in this regards is likely to be taken soon.

IA&AS Officer transferred to Commonwealth Secretariat
Services of Parag Prakash (IA&AS-1984), Finance Officer, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, have been placed at the disposal of the Government of Botswana for appointment to the post of Internal Audit Technical Advisor in the office of the Commonwealth Secretariat, on deputation basis for a period of two years from the date of joining the assignment.

IA&AS officer Senthilvelan transferred
S Senthilvelan, Assistant Director, in the office of PDCA & e.o. MAB, Chennai on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Pension: adhoc) in the office of PAG (A&E), AP, Hyderabad against an existing vacancy.

Agrawal is Director Higher Education
P L Agrawal has been appointed Director Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD in the Government of India. He is 1994 batch IFS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Sethi joins UNDP
Khushwant Singh Sethi has joined UNDP in Advisor capacity. He is 1990 batch IFS officer of MT cadre.

Three IPS get new postings in Delhi govt.
As many as three IPS officials have been assigned new postings in Delhi government. While SK Jain (AGMU : 1980), Spl CP (Vigilance) PHq. has been made Janshakti Ayog member, Delhi Police, Alok K Verma (AGMU : 1979) who was DGP Pondicherry and transferred to Delhi has been posted as Spl CP (Vigilance) PHq and S Nityanandam (AGMU : 1986) joint CP (Traffic) PHq has been transferred as Joint CP SPUWUC.

IAS Choudhury not to accept any position in WB govt post retirement
Hurt on not being made the Chief secretary of the state despite being senior-most, the outgoing Additional chief secretary, Sumantra Choudhury, who retired on Jan 31, has declared not to accept any position in West Bengal government post retirement. Choudhury, an IAS officer of 1974 batch, is 'upset' because the government did not make him the chief secretary despite two opportunities where he could have been chosen for the top job.

B.K. Bal is Member, WDRA
B.K. Bal who was earlier with World Food Programme (WFP) has joined as a Member of the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) on February 1, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Manipur- Tripura
cadre. Bal had sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS) & was absorbed in WFP. It is worth mentioning that the WDRA is supposed to register and accredit warehouses intending to issue negotiable warehouse receipts and put in place a system of quality certification and grading of commodities with a view to protect the interest of holders of warehouse receipts against negligence, malpractices and fraud. It may be stated here that Dinesh Rai who had retired as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) on August 31, 2010 is its maiden Chairman. Rai is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Karnail Singh an IAS officer of 1975 batch from Uttar Pradesh is already a member in the WDRA that came into existence in 2010.

Wajahat Habibullah is new Chairman of NCM
Wajahat Habibullah has been appointed new Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). He is retired 1968 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Negi is Chairman of HPERC
Subhash Chander Negi has taken over as chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission . He is retired 1978 batch IAS officer.

V.P.Joy gets charge of Electricity Board in Kerala
V.P.Joy who is Secretary Transport and Taxes to the Kerala has been given additional charge of Chairman Kerala Electricity Board. He is an IAS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to Kerala cadre.

Tom Jose to get additional charge of Transport in Kerala
Tom Jose Principal Secretary (PS) to the Kerala government will be getting additional charge of PS Transport in Kerala. Jose is an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.

Agrawal to succeed Madhav Lal
Shyam S Agarwal is moving as Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the rank of Additional secretary .1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre will succeed Madhav Lal who has moved to the parent J&K cadre as Chief Secretary.

Khullar appointed JS DEA
Orders of Rajesh Kumar Khullar as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs have ben issued . He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
( We said this on November 15 )

DEBATE

CAN RAHUL GANDHI BECOME "MAHATMA GANDHI " IN THIS "KALYUG"?
He is an icon for the Indian youth in more than one way who wants to build cadre of Congress at grassroots and striving hard to do a Mahatma Gandhi in today's " Kalyug "by injecting a whiff of fresh air. Yes, he is none other than AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi who has been going from place to place. Whispers has decided to conduct a debate on"Dos' " and "Don'ts" for Rahul Gandhi. Surfers are requested to mail their views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com.

CORPORATE
Umesh Kumar gets additional charge of CMD, RFC in Rajasthan
Umesh Kumar Administrator Rajasthan Agriculural Marketing Board will hold additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Rajasthan Finance Corporation. He is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

Rachita Chowdhury joins Apocalypso Filmsworks
Ogilvy India's Rachita Chowdhury, has moved as a producer to Apocalypso Filmsworks, headed by Pradeep Sarkar. Chowdhury who had joined Ogilvy Delhi in 1997 and was Vice President on the Pond's business at present had spent 14 years in advertising.

Singh resigns as Company Secy. Technofab Engg.
Paresh Kumar Singh has resigned from the post of Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Technofab Engineering Ltd with effect from January 31, 2011.

Arora is Company Secy. Technofab Engg.
Pankaj Arora has joined the Company as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of Technofab Engineering Ltd.

Bordia resigns as CFO, Jaypee Infratech
Anand Bordia has resigned from the position of Director and Chief Financial Officer of Jaypee Infratech Ltd w.e.f. 31st January, 2011

Gaur appointed CFO, Jaypee Infratech
Sachin Gaur, Whole-time Director has been designated as Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer of Jaypee Infratech Ltd w.e.f. 1st February 2011;

Roy appointed Director, Phillips Carbon Black
Pradip Roy has been appointed as a Director of Phillips Carbon Black Limited with effect from January 31, 2011. Roy retired as Executive Director of IDBI Bank Limited and is presently Advisor, UTI AMC Ltd.

Lakdawala appointed Independent Director, Garware Wall Ropes
Garware Wall Ropes Limited has appointed Farad Lakdawala, (Independent Director) as an Additional Director effective from January 29, 2011.

JMT Auto Board approves resignation of Company Secy.
The Board of JMT Auto Limited has considered and approved resignation of Lalit Lohia, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f. January 30, 2011.

Talwar is Addl. Director, S. Kumars Nationwide
S. Kumars Nationwide Limited has appointed Suresh N. Talwar as an Additional Director w.e.f. April 1, 2011 in their meeting held on January 27, 2011.

Ranganathan appointed CFO, Edelweiss Capital
S. Ranganathan has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of
Edelweiss Capital Ltd w.e.f. February 1, 2011.

Hargave is new MD of FMCG India Operations
Rakshit Hargave has been appointed as Managing Director of Indian operations of the FMCG firm Nivea .Earlier he was COO of the Lakme Lever.

Keni gets new assignment
RBS Coutts, the international private banking arm of Royal Bank of Scotland Group has appointed Santosh Keni as the Head of its Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and South Asia business in West Asia. He will be based in Dubai.

FORUM
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DEBATE

DEBATE - Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi has not yet emerged as a leader of national stature. His political importance is derived from the fact that he is the son of Sonia Gandhi and comparing him to Gandhiji at this stage is unfair. He has to emerge from the shadow of his mother and prove that he has the leadership qualities necessary to lead a complex nation like India. He seems to prefer to remain in the background while working at micro level in UP or Bihar, and very few people know of the difference he has made to public policy or governance.

Do's

1. He must be more visible. On important issues in parliament he must take the lead in parliamentary debates. He must move to a position of responsibility in government and prove his worth as a minister in an important ministry. Kennedy was President of US in his early forties. He must face the media more often on important public issues. His father played the pivotal role in the organizing of the Asiad in 1982, Rahul should have played the same role in CWG. This would have perhaps seen better organization of the games and catapulted him to the international stage. He lost the opportunity but must find another one quickly to bring him on the international stage.

S Swarup

It smacks of sycophancy

Your website should be reported for showing disrespect to Mahatma Gandhi for even offering such a comparison for debate. It smacks of outright sycophancy.

Arvind

Pension - Pleasure and Pangs

The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations really came as a boon to me. I was

among the few lucky ones to get substantial benefit from the 'subject to minimum of.......' fixation formula. I could not myself imagine my pension suddenly shooting up, like mercury in Delhi summer. well, this is the good (pleasure) part. A substantial increase of nearly 80 percent of my previous pension was the result. I could not believe, my wife could not believe this bonanza doled out by the Sixth Pay Commission. I thought I would suddenly become a rich pensioner (!). No, perhaps the word pensioner no longer suits here.. Even during my active service days, myself and for that matter no one else could have thought of a double take home pay.

But the pension pangs started soon. First it was difficult to find out who would do the revision and when. When I came to know that this was to be done by the same bank disbursing pension to me, I made enquiries with them. After a wait of nearly two months, I got the revised(?) pension as per the ready reckoner table. When I mentioned to the bank that the ready reckoner table did not apply in my case, their answer was: you have been credited with the revised pension and forty per cent arrears too.

After repeated visits and telephone calls to the bank, someone really understood my point and agreed to fix me. This person took his own time and said that he would re-calculate the pension and arrears soon since you were in a senior position. Of course he promptly called me on phone after a few days informed me about the detailed calculations which while satisfying me also made me wonder whether were it not for the position (Director) would he have taken his own sweet time. At the same time there was the feeling that one is being respected for his position, even after retirement! Well, within a couple of days the correct amount was duly credited to my account.

Then came the fight for the remaining sixty percent of arrears. I thought there should be no problem here since this involved a simple arithmetic - if forty percent of the whole was so much, what is the sixty percent of the whole. Shouldn't that be easy for any one to calculate?

I found that for the bank people this simple arithmetic was far from easy comprehension. To add to their confusion, who later admitted their ignorance about this whole matter (since this work was being done by a special cell in their Nagpur branch),an amount representing the sixty percent was credited to my account (of course incorrect amount), even much before the Government had issued the order regarding this. Surprise, surprise, surprise! I pointed out this to the bank people, who never bothered to look into it. I did no want to use this amount and left the matter to the bank people to sort out. Then the orders got issued by government for release of the balance sixty percent arrears.

Now I started chasing the credit of the exact amount due to me. At that time, their argument was: you have already been paid the balance arrears, pointing out the wrong credit of the amount already made. Since the bank people really did not understand the exact position, no amount of argument by me could convince them. I had even gone to them with the detailed calculations and tried to convince them, but all my efforts failed.

In order to resolve the problem, since the process was getting delayed, I reluctantly sought the help of the Private Secretary to CMD, and, lo, the problem was solved in a couple of days. The bank people called me to the bank and asked me to verify the actual amount credited. This solved my whole problem, but all this cost me mental tension, long wait and frequent trips to the bank. Well, this was probably meant to be done that way and, perhaps substantiating the maxim that no gain without pain. The whole episode proved that position still matters - both in my case(?) and in the case of the PA to CMD!

(by C.V. Subramaniam, former Director, Department of Electronics)

How can CVC justify thousands of officers in the Government not being promoted due to being charge sheeted. Most of the Charge sheets are falsely framed in order to control lower officers to make money or to make them spineless. In India, there is no law for IAS officers and Politicians. No one is there to take action against them. Prime Minister is a silent observer. Chor Chor Mausere Bhai

Mohan

Poor Stenographer Cadre in Non-Secretariat Organizations

I would like to say that the issue pertaining to CSSS is being debated in this site regularly, which is a good sign and shows that how much they are aware! But, nothing is debated and nobody is thinking about the Stenographer Cadre in non-secretariat organizations.

In this connection, I would like to apprise the readers of the web that the educational qualifications, method of recruitment are the same for CSSS and non-secretariat organizations. But, the person who will be deputed to CSSS by the Staff Selection Commission will join in PB-II with Rs.4,600/- GP and will retire as a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) i.e. in PV-IV with Rs.8,700/- GP i.e. (PA Rs.4,600/-, PS Rs.4800/- PPS Rs.6,600/-, Sr. PPS Rs.7600/- and PSO Rs.8,700/- GP) whereas another deputed by the same Staff Selection Commission to some other organization and department of the Govt. of India in Delhi and or other parts of the country (called as non-secretariat organizations) would be deputed in PB-II with Rs.4,200/- GP and retire in PB-II with Rs.4,800/- GP (Rs.4200/- PA, Rs.4600/- PS and Rs.4800/- Sr. PS). Is it not a mockery to the system that from very initial to the last the person deputed in non-secretariat is being treated in some other manner whereas the nature of duties, service conditions etc., are same.

Here, I would also like to add that the GoI is trying to maintain that equal pay for equal work, and the Apex Court's ruling is also in that spirit in various cases. Nobody in the GoI is thinking on these issues. I think everybody is busy in his or her own issues, therefore, CWG and other scandals there.

I would also like to add here that fortunately the CSSS has an Association but nothing is for non-secretariat cadre as they are scattered in all over India. Even the Anomaly Committee constituted by the GoI, Ministry of Finance is not thinking of this issue.

The GoI should think on the issue of Stenographers in non-secretariat organization and parity should be maintained which was the first recommendation of the 6th CPC about CSSS and non-secretariat organizations so that unnecessary litigations could be avoided in future.

V S Rana Shimla

Appellant has full right to know complete response

Copy of Papers submitted by the respondent with Information officer/ Chief Information Officer/ SPIO should be given to the appellant at/ before the hearings starts. The respondent hand over some papers out of total papers handed over to the Information commissioner. The appellant has full right to know the complete response submitted by the respondent

Ramesh Chabbra

Servitude to USA

Radio monitoring is usually done on animals. Allowing such a despicable exercise on our citizens, that also young students, and gulping the national insult without a strong protest speaks volumes of the degree of servitude to USA the nation has been brought under by the present UPA Government. Instead of shouting India's unacceptance, through political forums and public functions, Indian audience, our Foreign Minister should have called the US Ambassador and given him a strong protest, hinting at retaliatory action. As every one is aware, there are several US citizens who come to India on tourist visa and do missionary work violating rules.

N Krishnan

Fantastic book

Never thought babus could write actual good literary fiction that is more gripping, flowy and entertaining than work of famous authors. kudos to whispers for showcasing such talents in our bureaucrats.

Vimal

Simply unbelievable !

Chain, shackles or collar--call it by any name, but it is complete violation of Human Right. As if it was not enough that the American authorities resorted to this practice of the dark ages in the 21st century, it has been justified too. What is wrong with America? Why is she doing things in a way that hits its own claim to high moral grounds in global politics. The American literature is full of references to the chaining of the blacks, which had come for severe lashing by writers. America chose to call itself the "Leader" of the world, post WW-II and also claimed that the governments in strife torn countries wanted it to play that role of the leader. On this ground it sought to justify its (mis)adventures in several countries in the world--the last one in Afghanistan. It got support from right wing thinkers till the USSR was there on the world map. After the reorganization of the USSR, America seems to be disoriented. President Obama's recent visit to India changed the mood in India towards America. It appears that the bureaucracy demolishes the bridges that the American political leadership builds with India. Nothing else explains the inhuman act of tagging of the students, who have been cheated by the TVU (operating in the name of the Lord !!!). If the university was violating American laws, why were the students granted Visas by the American consulate in India? They have been subjected to financial hardships besides humiliation. One does not expect such indignity from America, the Leader! Nobody is advocating any concessions from American laws. But this practice is inhuman, barbaric, archaic, undemocratic, uncivil and highly offending and deserves to be scrapped forthwith. Only those who can justify chaining of the blacks in America will stand in support of such an ugly practice, others won't, since they know how painful it is to be so humiliated publicly, specially for the fault of the others & the gullibility of the innocents. No persons, anywhere in the world, should ever be subjected to this inhuman practice. How different it is from hanging a Scarlet Letter round the neck of a woman in the Europe of yore or lashing/stoning of a woman for adultery by the Taliban? Human Rights are those rights that are available to everyone everywhere all the time (Tulsidas: Sabahi sulabh sab din sab desa).

M L Gupta