Flawed Education System

Just saw a news on Times Now where anchor was outraging against a ‘monster dad’ who made his 12-yr-old daughter beg as a punishment for poor marks.
Arresting so-called ‘Monster Dad’ changes nothing. Cops will make money, channels will outrage but a flawed system will remain the same.
These incidents happen in almost each house, only punishment vary. These incident takes place due to our flawed education system where success is being measured on the scale of marks obtained by student.
It is irony that passing marks in higher or junior class lie in the range 40-50% but for admission in successive class or for applying in any govt PSU, the eligibility criteria is 60%. Then why schools/colleges do pass those students who carry below 60% marks.
Now childhood becomes a thing of past. One decades back, a child used to enjoy his/her full childhood but now a days, most of the child can be seen within a 4 walls room all a day or taking a tuition class and computer games become their playing field.
Parents, who could not fulfill their dreams, put their aspirations on the shoulder of children. They start getting angry if child fails to fulfill their dreams.
Government should make amendment in the education policy and makes this education more vocational & less rote learning. Jai Ho!

My Column: “Why Rahul Gandhi magic failed & Cycle gets gold medal in UP Assembly election 2012?”

Hello Friends, here I am putting some logic why Rahul’s youth wand did not work in UP.

1) Rahul Gandhi had started his campaign in UP by using humiliating words toward UP people. He called people beggars, shirtless, starved, malnourished etc. which humiliated entire mass of UP. He put entire blame on opposition parties for all these abysmal conditions of people without taking a single responsibility. He forgot that people knew who was running government at central level.  He called beggars to those who went Maharashtra for earning their livelihood. Even Rahul Gandhi never noticed or uttered any word against the gundagardi of MNS who had been beating the North Indians and forgot that to protect them all vulnerable outsiders, responsibility lies within his own Congress party government which has been ruling in Maharashtra.

2) By violating Model Code of Conduct, not once but thrice, by his own party’s cabinet ministers like Salman Khurshid, Beni Prasad Sharma & Prakash Jaisawal etc has also kept educated, elite groups away from Congress.

3) In all his campaign rally, Rahul Gandhi’s favorite line was ” Elephant eats money”. He always uttered that he sent money to UP for development again & again also irritate people as the money which is kept in the Consolidated Fund of India is not the private property of Congress or Rahul Gandhi but it is the money of tax-payers. So by allocating funds to various states/UTs he or his Party Congress is not doing any charity works. Instead of saying that he or his Party Congress is sending money, he should have said that the money which central government allocates to UP, are not being implemented efficiently, effectively and economically and there is lot of corruption involved.

4) Rahul Gandhi failed to give hope to public which was given by Akhilesh Yadav during his entire campaign. He never told entire public what would he do if comes in power without criticizing his rivals. In his all rallies in UP, he always chose harsh words in criticizing opponents like in case of Uma Bharti, he called her outsider, he called Mayawati, an elephant etc.

5) By allowing Robert Vadra to do rally was also a set back to Rahul Gandhi. Robert Vadra’s comments like he could enter into politics any time is like that Congress is a private limited company of Sonia Gandhi and Raober Vadra has a legitimate right to share this property. Everyone know that Congress party is the inventor of dynastic politics and now people are not ready to give much space to dynasty in politics as the case was before.

6) By projecting Priyanka Vadra as the legitimate face of Indira Gandhi was also a major setback to Rahul Gandhi as he & his sister were doing nothing but making fool everyone by hiding her natural face. In past, people, especially of Amethi & Rae Bareli, were attached emotionally to the Gandhi family and they used to cast all votes to Congress without expecting anything in return but now the people became more aware and they seek developments and nothing.  Thats why Congress has lost 8 assembly seats out of 10 in its own stronghold of Amethi & Rae Bareli.

These are some mistakes done by Rahul Gandhi. I advise him that he should first change his environment by replacing old guard in his close circuit team and replace them by new faces and do some solid ground work. Doing dinner in poor people’s home is a shortcut and it would not work. I know Rahul Gandhi works hard but he should that works which public expect from him.

Views are personal. Thank You.

शोले जय + मौसी संवाद on Rahul Baba.

शोले <> जय + मौसी संवाद

जय – मौसी हमारे राहुल भय्या को ही वोट देना ..

मौसी – देखो बेटा वोट देना है तो कुछ पूछना तो पड़ेगा , कुछ कमाता धमाता है या गरीबो का खाना ही खाता है ..

जय – अरे नहीं नहीं मौसी , जब शादी हो जाएगी तो कमाएगा भी और घर पर ही खायेगा …

मौसी – मतलब चालीस के ऊपर हो गया है और शादी भी नहीं हुई कोई उसको लड़की नहीं दे रहा है और में उसको अपना कीमती वोट दू ..

जय – अरे नहीं नहीं मौसी वो क्या है मंद बुद्धि है ना इसलिए भले ही चालीस का हो लेकिन १२-१५ साल के बच्चे जैसा दिमाग है बेचारे का ..

मौसी – मतलब मंद बुद्धि भी है ..

जय – अरे नहीं नहीं मौसी वो क्या है की उसकी ‘संगत’ , चापलूस लोगो (दिग्गी , खुर्शीद, सिब्बल )के साथ रहता है ना एक बार इनकी संगत छुट गयी तो खुद के दिमाग का उपयोग भी करेगा धीरे धीरे बड़ा हो जायेगा बेचारा …

मौसी – वा बेटा एक बात माननी पड़ेगी नकारा हो , मंद बुद्धि हो , कुसंगति हो लेकिन तुम्हारे मुहं से उसके खिलाफ एक शब्द नहीं निकल रहा है … सारी उम्र कांग्रेस को वोट नहीं दूंगी

Meddling With Nationhood By Swapan Dasgupta

The extent to which the discourse on the vexed issue of reservations has
changed over the years is quite
remarkable. When the Constitution
was being framed, the remnants of
the Muslim League argued that
independent India should persist with
the reservation of seats in legislatures
for Muslims and other religious
minorities. Predictably, in the
aftermath of a Partition that many
attributed to the system of separate
electorates and the notorious
Communal Award, the demand drew
a sharp response from the Congress
benches.
Intervening in the debate on August
28, 1947, the then home minister
Sardar Patel had some harsh words
for the proponents of minority
reservation: “I once more appeal to
you to forget the past…You have got
what you wanted. You have got a
separate state and, remember, you
are the people who were responsible
for it, and not those who remain in
Pakistan…What is it that you want
now? In the majority Hindu provinces
you, the minorities, you led the
agitation…Now again you tell me and
ask me to say for the purpose of
securing the affection of the younger
brother I must agree to the same
thing again, to divide the country
again in the divided part. For God’s
sake understand that we have also got
some sense…”
Had a politician of standing delivered
a similar speech today, it is certain
that the liberal media and the
assembled army of secularists would
have construed it as a textbook
example of ahate speech. Over the
years, thanks to changing political
fashion, the sharpness of political
discourse which was a feature of the
national movement, has been blunted
and replaced by squeamish angst.
This is particularly evident in the
debate over the proposal of the
Congress to introduce a 4.5 % quota-
to be raised to 9% if the party wins
Uttar Pradesh-for religious minorities
in government jobs and higher
education.
In line with the recommendations of
the Rajinder Sachar committee report,
the issue has been presented as an
aspect of India’s quest for social
justice. Since many Muslim
communities are understood to be
even worse placed than dalits in their
socio-economic status, the imperatives
of social justice, it is argued, demand
they be given a helping hand to help
them enjoy the full benefits of
citizenship. If the politically
consequential Other Backward Classes
can enjoy the benefits of reservations,
or so the argument goes, it is against
natural justice to deny similar benefits
to people just because they follow a
different faith.
It is a compelling argument and one
which has moved the liberal elite.
Against this is the letter and spirit of a
Constitution that is quite clear that
special privileges for minorities must
be limited to their absolute right to
manage their own religious, cultural
and educational institutions-a
privilege denied to non-minorities. The
Constitution is also categorical that
religionbased reservations in
government jobs and political
representation constitute a big No.
Small wonder there is subterfuge
involved in concealing the real motives
behind the proposal.
For the Constitution-makers , the
status of minorities posed a dilemma.
There was a consensus on
postponing a common civil code to
help Muslims get over their post-
Partition disorientation. Yet, the
Constituent Assembly was not at ease
with the principle of differentiated
citizenship. In a landmark
intervention, B R Ambedkar, for
example, confessed that “I personally
do not understand why religion
should be given this vast expansive
jurisdiction so as to cover the whole
of life and to prevent the legislature
from encroaching upon that field.”
The extension of job reservation to
Muslims threatens to add a new
dimension to differentiated
citizenship. From separate personal
laws and full cultural and educational
autonomy, minority rights are sought
to be extended to other arenas
including the handling of sectarian
conflict. The road is being readied for
political reservations at a future date.
There may be strong electoral
compulsions governing the move to
institutionalise a separate Muslim
identity. But before jumping headlong
into legislation, the political class must
enter into wider public consultations.
The issue is not who is ‘secular’ and
who is ‘communal’. The stakes are
higher: the very character of the
Constitution and the meaning of
nationhood.
Sunday Times of India, January 15,
2012

Birth Anniversary of Swamy Vivekananda: 12 January.

12 January:
Exactly 150 years ago, Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata on 12 January, 1863 as Narendra Nath Datta.
He
was the first religious leader in India
to understand and openly declare that
the real cause of India’s downfall was
the neglect of the masses.
He saw that, in spite of poverty,
the masses clung to religion, but they
had never been taught the life-giving,
ennobling principles of Vedanta and
how to apply them in practical life.
Thus the masses needed two kinds of
knowledge: secular knowledge to
improve their economic condition, and
spiritual knowledge to infuse in them
faith in themselves and strengthen
their moral sense.
How can anyone forget his famous speech at the World’s Parliament
of Religions held in 9 September 1893 which
made him famous as an ‘orator by
divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of
Indian wisdom to the Western world’.
Vivekananda encouraged the nation to
“Arise, Awake & stop not till the goal
is reached” & galvanized the country
into the an action at crucial time when India was struggling under the oppressive British Colony Raj.
The entire nation observes the
“National Youth Day” to commemorate
Swamy’s birth annivrsry reverentially with
an objective to spread knowledge in masses.
Swamy was the perfect
embodiment of Indian culture & intelligence, for leading a truthful &
purified life, is hardly followed by the materialistic society of today.
I bow my head before Swamy in reverence and paying my obeisance to him.

What is success? Few quotes relating to success.

Success means something different
for each one of us. Take a moment
to define what success means to
you. When you see yourself being
really successful, describe what you
see? What does success feel like?
How would you know if you were
successful? What would you be
doing?
Take inspiration from this collection
of success quotes from the greatest
minds of all time.
“Without continual growth and
progress, such words as
improvement, achievement, and
success have no meaning.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The secret of success is to be ready
when your opportunity comes.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“Success lies in doing not what others
consider to be great but what you
consider to be right.”
John Gray
“To succeed you need to find
something to hold on to, something to
motivate you, something to inspire
you.”
Tony Dorsett
“Desire is the key to motivation, but
it’s determination and commitment to
an unrelenting pursuit of your goal, a
commitment to excellence that will
enable you to attain the success you
seek.”
Mario Andretti
“Some people dream of success while
others wake up and work hard at it.”
Colin Powell
“If you care enough for a result, you
will most certainly attain it.”
William James
“Success is achieved and maintained
by those who try and keep trying.”
W. Clement Stone
“Action is the foundational key to all
success.”
Pablo Picasso
“Always bear in mind that your own
resolution to succeed is more
important than any other.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Success is the good fortune that
comes from aspiration, desperation,
perspiration and inspiration.”
Evan Esar
“A person is a success if they get up in
the morning and gets to bed at night
and in between does what he wants
to do.”
Bob Dylan
“Small opportunities are often the
beginning of great enterprises.”
Demosthenes
“I know the price of success:
dedication, hard work, and a devotion
to the things you want to see
happen.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
“Let me tell you the secret that has led
me to my goal. My strength lies solely
in my tenacity.”
Louis Pasteur
“Success is focusing the full power of
all you are on what you have a
burning desire to achieve.”
Wilfred Peterson
“Success is to be measured not so
much by the position that one has
reached in life as by the obstacles
which he has overcome while trying to
succeed.”
Booker T. Washington

No Happy New Year. First of all I have to contribute something in nation building. No more blame game.

Sorry Friends. This time I am not going to say you same rot-learned line ” Happy New Year, May you have a prosperous life”. Inspite of wishing to each other how much the lower stratas of our society becomes happy & prosperous!!

You will be thinking that I am becoming a idealistic one but fact is that today I am talking as a realistic person.

Whenever we board on general compartments of Indian Railways or visit the house of poor families then we realize what are we contributing in the building of nation. Government can’t provide all basic amenities to all adequately. By merely filling our income tax we can’t escape ourselves from responsibilities.

Today is the day to make a commitments to ourselves to contribute in capacity building of nation through any means. Better to light a candle

than to curse the darkness. …

My idea:-  Those who are using internet frequently, are educated ones. Education is the foundation in the journey of hell to heaven.

Just think if you contribute in providing education to a poor child……that means you are not only converting the fate of that child but also you are writing the bright future of whole generation of that lucky child.

We can pledge a proportion of our income in the education of poor children. We can give a fraction of our time in teaching poor children.

If you are not able to help individually then you can make a group of your friends and then collectively you can provide education to poor children. This will be a small step for you but a giant leap for those children who are getting your shadow.

I accept that we can’t change the face of our country individually but at least we can make a happy society around us.

If we confine our education to within us…..that means we are betraying our parents and our teachers who built us. Our motto of life should be like a candle which illuminates others and

exterminates itself…

First of all I promise to all of you to contribute in nation building. Please It is my utmost request all of you to come forward and lend your hands to the needy. Its not a rhetoric post but a real one.

Thereafter I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year.

Thanking You!

Anna ends fast but dont forget the hard hit effort of Anna.

Anna ends fast citing ill health as the basic reason while his critics are seeing lower turnout support in Mumbai as the real reason.
Many hard critics went too far and they are seeing it as a failure of Anna’s movement. I agree that real cause of this failure is KK (Kiran Bedi & Kejriwal) group’s belligerent behaviour and turning this India Against Corruption Movement into India against Congress because of this many people started marginalize themselves from this movement due to its political color.
Yet If we say that its a failure of movement then I think It would be a injustice with Anna.
Dont forget It was Anna who galvanized lazy public and put pressure on government which was reluctant to pass the Bill and force MPs to pass the 40 years old Lokpal Bill which might have been passed tomorrow.
Anna Ji, You go Ralegan Sindhi with held your head high. It was you Anna who gave a feeling of power of democracy.
I wish you a good health and India needs  you for further cause. I salute you Anna and Plz beware of Bedi & kejri’s hidden motives. God is with you!

Happy Birthday to My all time Favorite Neta Shri Atalji Bihari Vajpayee.

25 December:-
Happy Birthday to my all time favorite
beloved Neta, a statesman, a true
visinory, a dhoti-Kurta clad Shri Atalji
Bihari Vajpayee.
He is the one who forced me to think that politics was not too bad as much I used to thought. Because of him I became so fond of political affairs that I left my engineering path and chose a social and political path. I will always remain indebted under his political and leadership shadow and will be always under this umbrella. I feel very proud that I too lived under his unmatched administration during 1998-2004.
Harvard, Oxford
returnees should learn from him how
to speak in public and attract a large
crowds with simple polite words. Smile
never leaves his bright shining face. A
leader praised by all; a leader loved by
all cutting across the party lines and
politics.
I wish him a good health and miss him
& his flowery speech always.
Today is also the death anniversary of
such a incridible personality who gave
his all life in the service of nation and
does not need any more
introduction…. .is none other than our
last Governer General of India C
Rajagopalachari.
I salute both these two statesmen.

Must Read “Right to Recall” in Indian Democracy.

Disaster always brings change. As people grow richer, demand more freedom, accountability, transparency, good governance, decentralization of power etc. World-wide there is no corner left where no crisis of any type, be it political or economical or social or ethical or natural disaster etc, has not been going on. USA, Europe, North Africa-Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia etc all have been in grip of any type of crisis.

In India, Anna also galvanized lazy public by using potent weapon Fast-unto-death via India Against Corruption movements. Now Civil societies are seeking electoral reform like Right to Recall & Right to Reject to ward off incompetent & non-serious candidates and representatives.

Half a century’s experience of the working of the Constitution has brought to the fore several inadequacies, failures and distortions. The National Commission referred in particular to the emergence of the unhealthy role of money and mafia power and to criminalisation, corruption, communalism and casteism.

The Electorate has no role in the selection of candidates for election and the majority of the candidates are elected by minority of votes under the first-past-the-post system.

In principle, recalling an elected representative presents no inherent problems. But implementation is a different story. It is just one of a number of genuine electoral reforms this country needs.

Right to Recall:- Right to recall means that if you are not happy with performance of your constituency’s MLA/MP then you can recall him/her & elect a new MLA/MP. Right to recall presents no complexities in case of local government(Panchayats & Municipalities) as in case of panchayats, number of voters are not large and in an average voting turn out also takes place more than 90% so at the time of recall, there is no need to examine who had used his franchise right & who hadn’t.   In Madhya Pradesh, the only state where this has been implemented, there were about 30 cases of recall and almost 50 percent of those recalled were re-elected. This shows an essential flaw in the practice. We have an electoral system where people can unite to defeat somebody based on reasons of religion, caste and other such divisive factors.

Hurdles of Implementation of Right to recall in case of MP/MLA:

Average voting turn out hardly takes place more than 50%. Means rest 50% electorates who have not used their franchise right, have no legitimate right to take part in the procedure of Right to recall. For election commission, it is a very hard task to differentiate who has cast vote & who hasn’t among the lakhs of electorate. Some one may give a suggestion of signature should be taken by all those who has cast vote and later match the signature to give a receipt to legitmate voters to use his/her franchise at the time right to recall process but it is not a play of child. Another alternate is at the time of election, give a receipt to all voters who come at booth to use his/her franchise and later on the basis of previously given receipt allow legitimate voters to take part in right to recall process. This alternate is better but is it possible for voters to keep that receipt safe till right to recall time?

Definitely there will be a condition of how much percentage of electorate will be required to take permission for using right to recall process from competent authority. Take an example- If election commission put the condition that there shall be a requirement of 33-40% of registered electorate’s affirmation for recalling MP/MLA then we already know in present scenario a winning candidate hardly gets the share of more than 25% So condition of 33-40% is not valid because all oppositions by making coalition could recall the MP/MLA as total vote share of 3 or 4 opposition candidate can easily cross the threshold mark of 40 %( because of unhealthy role of money and mafia power and to criminalisation, corruption, communalism and casteism) and a deserving MP/MLA would loss the seat at the time recalling.

Right to recall is viable only when there is a law of compulsory voting but this is against the democratic system as people have fundamental right of Freedom of expression. Not to vote is also a type of expression of people. Recently a bill seeking mandatory voting in local body polls was passed again by the Gujarat govt in its original form despite Governor Kamla Beniwal questioning its constitutional validity. Again Gujarat governor has not given her assent and questioned its constitutional validity. But thing should be remember every right has a corresponding duty attached to it.Compulsory voting will help eliminate the scope for bogus voting and multiple registration by unscrupulous persons. It is the prerogative right of supreme court to decide the validity of constitutionality of this compulsory voting so I will not discuss more upon compulsory voting.

If Supreme court gives its nod to compulsory voting then Right to recall is a best process to make MP/MLAs more accountable.

Next article will be on Right to Reject.

Thanks to all!

Views are personal.