Impact of WIC in SC !

Whispers in the Corridors and Supreme Court of India seem to complement each other. Taking another cue from WIC, SC has given notice to Union of India asking them for the guidelines to tap telephones.

Justice (Retd) Khanna

Contact-suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com> & <mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com>

Aaj Ki Aawaz

If extradition fails should the case or cases against a thug be dropped????

Extradition of Dawood has failed so should all cases be dropped and extradition efforts stopped?

This is CBI's argument to close cases against Q... sets a horrendous precedence!!!

Even to one who has no knowledge of law this will sound like nonsense!!

The perception is that CBI is now Q's Vakeel!!!

This is what majority of Indians feel!!!

Congress's defence is 'for 22 years Bofors has lingered on'!!!!

However what needs to be seen is why so much time has gone????

Congress Sarkaars and Congress supported Sarkaars ordered CBI to 'scuttle'!!!!

And obeying orders CBI on Bofors 'turned turtle'!!!

BJP did some 'noora kushti' as Ranjan Bhattacharya brokered with Gandhis a deal!!!!

'Mutual not going after each other' pact with Gandhis he did seal!

Its well known in Delhi that Ranjan 'wheeled and dealed' and is still at it!!!

But you will note that at him not one 'allegation ka stone' Congress ne kiya hit!

Apart from Bofors it is rumoured that via him his Bhaap ji did Gandhis a huge favour!!!

Bhaap ji at that time proved to be for Gandhis a saviour!

With ITAT order Bofors is back on the burner and is burning hot!!!

What needs to be answered is why such a huge commission Q got????

Congress Spokesmen may go blue in the face trying to defend Rajiv and Congress!!!!

But the Public cry for justice to take its course Congress cannot suppress!!

Mani Shankar Aiyer lies in shudh Angrezi!!!!!

And Abhishek and Tiwari literally sound crazy!!!

And all three should realize it is not BJP that Congress is answerable to!!!

Its We The People who feel in Bofors matter justice has been flushed down the loo!!

Letter from PC showed he warned Mohna on the 2 G Spectrum allocation!!!

Warned him that the mode adopted by Raja would cause a huge loss to the Nation!!

Mohna just responded with ' thank you for your input'!!!

And into a file PC's letter was put!!

Mohna still has to answer on why he said ' let Q's case be dropped'!!!!

Though we know why he wanted Q's problems to be stopped!!!

Really Mohna's image has taken a beating .... crashed!

His honest image by his actions he's trashed!!

Madam's image too is in the pits!!!!

Her image of tyaag ki moorti is 'in bits'!!!

Maybe it has sunk in 'Congress is not coming back'!!!!

Next General Election Congress will get the sack!!!

Confucius says......anti incumbency is good for India and us!!!

UPA did okay the first time but in this second stint UPA ko sabh karr rahe hai cuss!!!

Adds..... Jaago Sonia Gandhi!!!!

On the horizons looms a scary 'aandhi'

Flash..... Revelations on Ex CJI are on Judiciary a blot!!!!!

Seems while he was CJI a lot of money he and his family got!!!

At present Sarkaar is not reacting!!!

Judiciary's image these revelations are impacting!!

Judiciary is a 'touch me not'!!!!

But how is it going to wash of this new blot????

Bharat Kumar
Who supplied details of Ottavio Quattrocchi ?

Who provided details of 21 visits of Ottavio Quattrocchi to Ten Janpath to the media ?.There is a murmer in the corridors of power that without the conspiracy of bigwigs such details could not have reached to the media against Chairperson of the UPA Government.

A BOLT FROM THE BLUE -

Journalists joining bandwagon of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats

In 1922, the noted freedom fighter C. Rajgopalachari wrote in his prison diary that "elections and corruption, injustice and the power and tyranny of wealth and inefficiency of administration will make hell of life as soon as freedom is given to us. Men will look regretfully back to the old regime of comparative justice, as well as efficient, and more or less honest administration. The only thing gained from independence will be that as a race, we will be saved from dishonor and subordination".

It seems that the fears of Rajgopalachari have became true in India's present day socio-economic and political environment given the fact that daily news media presents the height of corrupt practices of our politicians and bureaucrats.

That majority politicians and several bureaucrats, in India, are neck deep in corruption has been known to us for decades but the journalists - considered to be watchdogs of society - also joining the bandwagon is something that has come as a bolt from the blue. More alarming is the extent to which the journos have been found to be (mis)using their connections.

Now the question arises that who is more corrupt ? The politician, the bureaucrat or the journalist ? To find out an answer to this question whispersinthecorridors initiated a debate and found that though Politicians and Bureaucrats were part and parcel the corrupt system for long, journalists are comparatively the new entrants and this is as shocking as the news about tainted judiciary.

Detailed report in the January issue of Whispers in the Corridors magazine.

BUREAUCRACY

In-situ promotion to 1980 batch IAS this month
With the appointment of 1980 batch IAS officer Rajiv Kher as Additional Secretary Commerce in-situ promotion to 1980 batch IAS officers in the Government of India is expected to be made this month end.

Kulkarni to be promoted
A.M Kulkarni, Deputy Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), SIB Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, is likely to be promoted as Joint Director, IB. He is an IPS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Inbasekar posted in MEA as DCP (F)
S Inbasekar (lFS 2004) has been posted in MEA as DCP(F) in protocol Division in place of Dinesh Bhatia (IFS 1992), who is proceeding on training to NDC.

Panel sought for Joint DG Shipping
The central government's Ministry of Shipping has sought from the DoPT a panel of officers to be appointed as Joint Director General (DG) Shipping. It's a Joint Secretary level post in Government of India (GOI). This has been lying vacant ever since Satish Balaram Agnihotri became DG, Shipping. Satish Balaram Agnihotri is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Ashok Gehlot lauded for deft handling of Gujar's stir
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has won a lot accolades for efficient handling of pro reservation stir by people belonging to the
Gujars' community that ended on January 5, 2011. This was preceded by peaceful negotiations between Gujar leaders and the state government
of Rajasthan. Thanks to well thought out strategy by Ashok Gehlot that the stir ended on a peaceful note unlike the past when 62 lives were
lost.

Cmde Kartik Subramaniam is Chairman of CSL
Commodore Kartik Subramaniam, Director (Operations) of the Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has been appointed as CMD of the CSL. Hitherto he was acting CMD. However, he continues to hold the charge of Director Operations.

Orders of Patnaik issued
Orders of G S Patnaik for the post of Vice Chairman DDA have been issued on Wednesday. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on January 3 )

Patankar to be JS in GoI
Juthika Patankar IAS UP:1988 presently serving as Director, Ministry of Tribal Affairs is being elevated to the rank of JS in the Government of India. She is 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Karma Gyatso to be Chief Secretary Sikkim
As the grapevine has it, C.S. Karma Gyatso is poised to be new Chief Secretary of the Sikkim government. Presently he is Additional Chief Secretary of the Sikkim government. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to Sikkim cadre.

"Udaan" a collection of Ghazals compiled by Dr Maroo
Senior IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Pukhraj Maru has come out with his fourth literary collection - this time a compilation of Ghazals- in his new book titled "Udaan". The new book gives an insight into the rich and diverse expertise of Dr. Maru in Hindi and Urdu literature. The book comprises of 101 Ghazals compiled by Dr. Maru from time to time. Written in simple and lucid style the Ghazals reflect the daily grind and hardships a common man has to face. The book has been published by Radhakrishna Publications Private Limited, New Delhi and is priced at Rs 150. Dr. Maru who has exensively written on Hindi literature is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who hails from Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is presently posted in Madhya Pradesh as the Principal Secretary, Labour and Training departments.

Negi is new CVO Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
B N S Negi has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Shimla. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh.

V. Viswanathan ECGC's GM seeks voluntary retirement
V. Viswanathan General Manager (GM) of the ECGC has sought voluntary retirement.He will be relieved by middle of February 2011.

IA & AS officer Ms. Shayin transferred
Ms. Nazli Jafri Shayin, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Works), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.

Karan A. Singh returns to home cadre
Dr Karan A. Singh Procter General of Emigrants (Jt. Secretary level), Ministry of Overseas Affairs is returning to his parent cadre. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who hails from Punjab cadre.

G. Elias appointed Principal Advisor, TRAI
The DoPT has accorded approval for premature release of G. Elias Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel. Elias will now be posted as Principal Advisor, TRAI. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who hails from the Kerala cadre.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand soon
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Jharkhand in a week or two.

IPS no more averse to work in Bihar
Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are now no more averse to work in Bihar. This is evident from the fact that at least seven newly recruited 2009 batch IPS officers have opted for Bihar cadre. The credit for it goes to remarkable improvement in law and order situation and work culture getting better by the day during the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the state.

1978 batch IAS to get ACS rank in UP
1978 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of ACS in Uttar Pradesh.It however, depends on the vacancies.

1995 batch to get super-time scale in Orissa
All the ten 1995 batch IAS officers are being given super-time scale in Orissa this month.

1982 batch IRS to be JS
1982 batch IRS officers are being empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

ETV Urdu is now voice of Muslims
ETV Urdu sponsored national seminar on the subject "Challenges Before Minorities" at Jaipur on January 2nd, 2011 proved to be a super-duper hit media and political exercise.The Seminar was attended by galaxy of national Muslim leaders including Saifuddin Soz, PCC Chief, J&K, Namonarain Meena, Union Minister of State for Finance, Mahadev Singh Khandela, Union Minister of State for Surface Transport, Mohan Prakash, Secretary AICC, Film Star and MP Raj Babbar, Parvesh Hashmi MP, Mahesh Joshi MP, Ms. Jyoti Khandelwal - Jaipur Mahapor, Maulana Mehmood Madani - MP, Rashid Alvi - MP, Ashikalio Tak - MP, Arun Chaturvedi - Rajasthan BJP President, Ghanshyam Tiwari - Leader of Opposition Rajasthan, Kazi Rashid Masood - MP, Dr. Manzoor Alam - MILLI Council, Sarvar Chisti of Ajmer Dargah, Aziz Burni - Urdu Head of Sahara group, Mahesh Bhatt - Film Producer, Ms. Meera - Film Star from Pakistan and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain - former Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation etc. Apart from this almost 1200 Muslim leaders even from remote areas of Rajasthan participated in the Seminar.The Seminar, a master mind idea of Urdu Channel CEO Jagdish Chandra semnt the powerful message to the entire ruling set up that now ETV Urdu becomes the voice of Muslims in the country, especially in North India. Therefore, the channel has also become a political force for various political parties while working out their election strategies for the Muslim community. Another important aspect of the Seminar was that, perhaps, for the first time, all powerful leaders of various Muslim sections shared a common ETV platform before the community and it was appreciated by all.

Chaturvedi transferred in NDMC
P.C. Chaturvedi, Director, Department of Social Welfare, NDMC has been transferred as Director, Unauthorised Construction Cell, NDMC. He is a DANICS officer.

IAS changes in Punjab
There are IPS postings in the Punjab.Tilak Raj Sarangal will now be Principal Secretary, Department of Social Security, Development of Women and Children. R. Venkat Ratnam will be the new Secretary, Department of Welfare of SCs and BCs. Hussan Lal has been made Secretary, Department of Tourism, and in addition Director, Tourism, and also holds additional charge of Managing Director, PTDC, and state Transport Commissioner.Sirra Karuna Raju goes as Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda.Balwinder Singh will be Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, and Gurkirat Kirpal Singh new Director, Social Security, Development of Women and Chidlren.

Vijaywada Police Commissioner shifted
Vijayawada Police Commissioner P. Sita Ram Anjaneyulu has been transferred and made Eluru range DIG G. Surya Prakash Rao the acting Police Commissioner .

Afzal brothers bereaved
Ms Mehbooba F Naqwi mother of MP cadre 1990 batch IPS officer S M Afzal and S M Ashraf 1981 batch IRS officer has passed away.She was 81.

Tripathi is new Ambassador to Somalia
Sibabrata Tripathi, presently High Commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Somalia with residence in Nairobi.

Ray is new High Commissioner to Uganda
S.N. Ray, Joint Secretary at MEA headquarters, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Uganda in succession to Niraj Srivastava.

SAIL Chairman gets "Icon of the Year" award of ICWAI
Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), C.S. Verma, has been awarded the prestigious 'Icon of the Year' award of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI). R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs presented the award on the inaugural day of the 52nd National Convention of ICWAI at Chennai. The award is given to honour professionals who have been a role model by achieving tremendous success in the business enterprises that they have been involved with in the capacity of Chairman and Managing Director

RTI

Inspection of records
The PIO had first given a date and time to inspect the records and then did not facilitate the inspection. The CIC held the PIO responsible for harassing an RTI applicant by first fixing a date and time for inspection and then not facilitating the same. Under section 19(8)(b) of the RTI Act, the CIC awarded a compensation of Rs. 2000/- to the applicant for the loss and humiliation suffered by him.
Comments
Before fixing an appointment, a PIO should ensure availability of records and any other requirements for inspection, lest there be a charge of dereliction of duty. A PIO must honour his commitment and abide by the responsibilities under the RTI Act.

[Mr. Rajendra Gupta v. MCD in Decision No. C/SG/A/2010/003216/10705]

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and
Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)

CORPORATE
M.Jitendran is CEO Pipavav Shipyard
M Jitendran who earlier worked as the Chairman & Managing Director(CMD) of Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) for eight years, has joined Pipavav Shipyard as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He also had a distinguished career with Indian Navy.

Girish Kumar is MD of HMT (International) Ltd
S. Girish Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, HMT (International) Ltd., Prior to this he was the General Manager at HMT Machine Tools, Kalamassery, Kerala.

Tata Consultancy Services to have more Directors on board
Tata Consultancy Services is learnt to be contemplating to increase the number of Directors on its board, chaired by Ratan Tata, from 12 to 15.

Fresh applications invited for selecting DVC chairman
The Union Power Ministry has invited fresh applications for selecting a chairman for Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) which has been without a head for nearly six months ever since its last chairman Subrato Biswas was sent back to his parent Kerala cadre. In December 2010, a West Bengal cadre IAS officer.

Parvez Hayat to be CVO PGCIL
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for the appointment of Parvez Hayat, IPS(Jh-84) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), New Delhi. The officer will have the option to draw his pay in the pay scale of Joint Secretary to the Government of India plus deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post.

Mittal no longer on CIL Board
Sanjeev Kumar Mittal, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Coal, who was in the Coal India Ltd (CIL) Board as a nominee of Ministry of Coal from September 10, 2007 has been relieved from his duties from the Ministry of Coal w.e.f. December 31, 2010 and thereby he has ceased to be a Director on CIL Board.

Kadalbajoo appointed EVP, Infinite Computer Solutions
Sujay Kadalbajoo has been appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP) - Operations, Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Ltd with effect from January 3, 2011.

Malhan no longer on Board of Everest Kanto Cylinder
Consequent to the withdrawal of nomination by TVG India Investment Holdings Limited, Arvind Malhan has ceased to be the Alternate Director to Varun Bery (Non
Independent Non Executive Director) on the Board of Everest Kanto Cylinder Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2011.

Ravichandran joins Eicher Board as ED
R.L. Ravichandran has quit as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Enfield on
December 31 to take up his new assignment as Executive Director and Member of the Eicher Board.

Srivastava to be CVO RITES
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for appointment of P K Srivastava, IAS(AM-88), presently working as Joint Secretary(Mission) in the Ministry of Urban Development as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES), Delhi. The officer will have the option to draw his pay in the pay scale of Joint Secretary to the Government of India deputation allowance, if admissible, or pay of the post.

FORUM
(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Make top jobs for a minimum fixed term and unextendable

Incumbents for the jobs of HAG and above should be for a fixed term of not less than 3 years. This can be by making the retirement age for HAG and above as 3 years more than JS. Looking to the general health and life expectancy and pension and other retirement liabilities, the retirement age for Government employees should also be increased to 62 years to retain the trained and experienced and yet physically fit employees with about half the cost (considering the pension). Needless to say that the Government employees retiring now were the best of the lot at the time of their recruitment. The opportunities in private sector now are much more than it was say 30 years before. No extension or next assignment should be allowed after HAG and above officers retire after this 3 year extended length of service. This should be covered by their own optional undertaking to be sought as precondition at the time whenever extension of their retirement age by 3 years is done.

Rajeev Agrawal

Poor accountability of officers & staff of ministries

The rot begins from the Ministry & the Government should start cleansing operation from the top. The Central Secretariat System has become rotten & has not worked because the CSS officers are not rotated at all. Despite having an on paper tenure transfer policy no Secretary DOPT has the guts to order for rotation of charge because of the numerous sifarish pouring in from fellow Secretaries. In today's scenario since there is no means for we, the people of India, to get Government rules enforced uniformly & as those at the helm of affairs play safe & do not want to displease anyone thus vested interests remain transfixed in the same Ministries & play all kinds of tricks, files are misplaced, lost found on the roadside etc etc. In fact the state of affairs is such that even after promotion people are not being transferred & remain working in same Ministry on the pretext that only one year or two years are left for retirement. I want to know why the government does not allow the same liberal yardstick & allow defence forces & para military forces to remain at same station & not shift them frequently. Are they not facing same problems as that faced by CSS Officers if shifted locally. Do they not have childrens' education, medical problems etc. it is unfortunate that even in local rotation where there is no dislocation and even house is not to be shifted yet the CSS does not want to change their office but in case of other service they are made to shift every three years. Why such blatant disregard of service rules & guidelines in case of CSS. Why such preferential treatment. They are already gaining so much-

(a) CSS Officers -No dislocation, no disturbed family life. Other service officer disturbed family life. many times leave family at native place & change location frequently after every 3-4 years. Since CSS control Ministry therefore put up long negative notes in File insisting other service officer not be given extension in tenure & cite service condition etc.

(b) CSS Officers - Government accommodation once allotted live in it throughout service. Other service officers with all india transfer have to wait for house & live in transit accommodation for 2-6 months before getting accommodation. When other service officer submit transfer TA Bill CSS officer puts numerous objections & showing power & authority.

(c) CSS develop vested interests due to remaining in same Ministry Office for years together. As a result some of the CSS Officers have become so powerful that they literally CONTROL Ministries & every new incumbent to the post of Additional Secretary, Secretary and Minister dare not oppose them.

(d) In Delhi Darbar other services get poor treatment, are humiliated & kicked around only CSS & IAS who control Ministries are supreme. They connive with each other & further each other interest. IAS is bold only when he has to kick other service officer, when it comes to CSS all of sudden IAS become weak kneed & afraid to take tough stand because of fear of CSS threat of exposing all misdeeds of IAS & Neta & leaking to Media selectively.

(e) Only IAS & CSS are getting maximum promotion all other languishing. CSS put all kinds of queries on promotion cases of other service officers & IAS also happy & put in some more objection & other services fight amongst each other & IAS & CSS happy.

Due to all the above reasons there is inefficiency & lack of accountability. Therefore I pray to GOD ALMIGHTY that he intervene and order for rotation of all CSS Officers even if they have two months left for retirement. I guarantee such rotation will not make any difference & work will run smoothly.

Lok Nath Mehra

Manipulating the system is very rewarding

I agree with views of Moogambikai about Rotation Policy of no use stated in connection with CSS & CSSS etc. It is surprising many staff in CSSS has got certificate for exemption from typewriting work on some pretext or other & refuse to write file note & insist typist will type note but now all LDC/UDC posts not being filled up & no separate typist yet these officials still refusing to type. I am wondering if army Jawan tells he cannot use gun and ask for exemption certificate will he get it? If army jawan can be declared unfit for retention in service if he not able to use gun then these Ministry clerks should also be retired compulsorily if they cannot type on typewriter or on Computer. They manage certificate once & use it throughout life & get license to not work. Manipulating the system is very rewarding. The only duty of these clerical services is to submit files and if they are unable to do it why then they are not retired compulsorily. I

know of one Assistant Grade Official who tells his Section Officer openly he has never prepared or submitted single file noting in his service career & tells him at face he can do whatever he likes. The poor Section Officer to avoid confrontation submits all emergency files of his desk! Also he meekly gives him Very Good ACR to avoid ruckus & allegation of discrimination etc. All this is blackmail. Government should act strongly and break nexus of familiarity & immediately rotate all officials & turn deaf ear to anyone bringing sifarish. Officers are not willing to change P.S/PPS because many personal staff act as conduit for taking money & they have mastered this art due to long stay & officers have become comfortable & want to continue with their personal staff. Have we not seen the active involvement of Personal staff in case of A. Raja and Kalmadi ? Personal staff play very important role & do all dirty hanky panky job & have mastered the Ministry due to long years of remaining in same office & therefore officers do not want their personal staff to be rotated. If any officer submits request for retention of any personal staff or official once he has completed tenure then such officers should be given charge sheet for bringing undue pressure to further his interests. In this regard DOPT has issued very strict guidelines that no pressure or outside influence must be brought in service matters. Invoke these rules & take disciplinary action & see the change. The government should display courage & rotate all the staff of all cadres working in Ministries compulsorily. This will end corruption & prevailing inefficiency.

Dimpy Chopra

Jaipur Commissionerate of police

Jaipur Commissionerate of police gone to docks without any relevenat powers being devoluted. Master stroke of the politician and pure politician, and only politician Ashokji . Another leader to be included in central cabinet for being good at goofing up things .

Captain

Wrong logic

I never expected such a wrong logic from your website that NHAI was offered to Mittal because of his clean image. He was offered NACO; was it again because of his clean image. The fact is that he is keen to go to corporate affairs. For God's sake dont say that the future new incumbent of NHAI will accept the assignment due to bad motives.

Achint

How to measure patience?

There hardly goes a day when some biting comment is not directed towards the enigmatic silence of the Prime Minister, be it about the onion prices or sugar /dal/vegetable etc prices or 2-G windfall profits to a Raja or Radia or others, ITAT order on Bofors or some such other thing. We have to appreciate the great virtue of patience with which our PM is richly endowed! The only competitor to him are the people of this country, who have still greater patience with the corruptest lot of same gang of politicians to vote them over and again and put up with their corruption (smilingly?). Perhaps, the only other instance can be found in the epic Mahabharat, where Bhisma Pitamah(not unlike MMS)keeps patience with the vituperation of Karna or immorality of Duryodhana -Dushaashan & Co. or Dhritarashtra, the king who is unable to see anything or even that great woman called Gandhaari(an international princess), none of whom utter a single word while Draupadi undergoes the ordeal of being disrobed! None comes forward to stop this collapse of the law & order, none raises as much as a feeble voice against this collapse of governance! So the PM has immense patience with the tainted ministers and bureaucrats and is able to maintain his composure!!! He neither expresses anger nor shouts like the battalions of minions, who use filthy language and intimidating gestures, their eyes radiating retribution, their stiff neck threatening persecution and their facial expressions a mix of disdain/contempt/hatred against all citizens/journalists/civil society. They are in their best when their chosen God(now painted a Devil for emergency) or goddess is perceived by them to be treated otherwise than they do themselves! They are not perturbed when Prime Minister Singh is being targeted by critics. The beauty is Dr Man Mohan Singh gives them such a royal ignore in his typical visage of patience. There must be a school for cultivating such patience. Does any WIC surfer know of it pl? Also how much patience is enough? How to measure it? What is the dividing line between "good" patience and "bad" patience, if there exists any such limit?

M L Gupta

Retirement Age of Port Trust Doctors

Many of the port trust hospitals are loosing the services of fulltime specialist doctors due to retirement. And new specialist doctors could not be appointed because of majority of such posts are abolished and also because well qualified medical specialists are not willing to join port service. Unlike most state government doctors, these port doctors are not allowed to do private practice and the private corporate hospitals offer excellent pay packages. In such a situation Shipping ministry should increase the retirement age of the port trust doctors as Govt. has already done for CHS,ESI and Railway doctors.

Siddharth Rajan

Retirement age

I don't agree to the views of Sumiran. 60 is enough. Let new generation take care of the government jobs.

RC