Saturday, December 20, 2008
talent shows on TV...
Kudos to the various newspaper reportings... through which I came to feel the nerves of the exuberant populace preoccupied with “Indian Idol”like talent shows. Though the casual glances over different dailies have prevented me from my deliberate oblivions from such hyped programmes, I still doubt whether these programs genuinely aims to nurture young talents of the country, or it is simply feeding on sheer materialism. Do the organizers of the programme also have any long-term vision to take care of other participants who have not made it to the final? Or, they only have an intention to capitalize on the new-found love of the multitudes. There are plethoras of issues of national importance on which the conscious opinions of the masses can be similarly mobilized by properly routing their quite appreciative but seemingly yet-dormant temptations of showing sincere judgments. Nation will then certainly be poised to take-off to the new era of vibrant and participative democracy in its true spirit.
redefining the poor !!!
--- On Thu, 16/8/07, nilesh kumar gaurav wrote:
From: nilesh kumar gauravSubject: India at 60
To: "the hindu"Date: Thursday, 16 August, 2007, 4:34 PM
Besides myriad of problems our 60-year old nation is facing, I want to highlight only one of them: 83.6 crore Indians live on less than twenty rupees a day.It is quite possible to change the defination of 'poor',but it can never be possible to under-estimate this bare and stark reality. Should we expect such a large section of population to bask in the glory of surging number of dollar-billionaires of this country? Can we afford to have this vast chasm separating rich and poor?..
by
Er. Nilesh Kumar Gaurav
VILL+P.O: Rustampur
District: Jehanabad ( Bihar) , PIN: 801303
From: nilesh kumar gaurav
To: "the hindu"
Besides myriad of problems our 60-year old nation is facing, I want to highlight only one of them: 83.6 crore Indians live on less than twenty rupees a day.It is quite possible to change the defination of 'poor',but it can never be possible to under-estimate this bare and stark reality. Should we expect such a large section of population to bask in the glory of surging number of dollar-billionaires of this country? Can we afford to have this vast chasm separating rich and poor?..
by
Er. Nilesh Kumar Gaurav
VILL+P.O: Rustampur
District: Jehanabad ( Bihar) , PIN: 801303
de-immunising the judiciary...
Ethics of democracy demand much greater degree of brevity on the part of the Judiciary for demonstrating its infallibility for any allegation, howsoever brazen and scandalizing it may be, levelled against it. Instead of getting paranoid about the allegations, it should rather throw down the gauntlet to the accusers by allowing the matter to be properly investigated. Certainly, it will have an augmenting influence upon the faith and confidence of a common person in the judicial institutions.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
wrong interpretation of SECULARISM
One inference that can be drawn from the politics is that secularism, in country like ours, is widely misconstrued as either being anti-religious or irreligious, quite antagonistic to the constitutional warrant which stands for “the freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of the religion”.
All the political parties of INDIA have been miserably failed in recognizing the stark differences that lie between “faith” and “ a blind faith”. Given this, I doubt whether it be able to differentiate between “a saint” and “a bigot”.
Secularism, though a solemn and sanctified proposition, has been degraded to become a misnomer in the present discourse sweeping across the nation. It appears to be a mask frequently being used in the realpolitik. Unfortunately, the connotation of the word has been relegated to the meaning as just literally opposite of “communalism”.
All the political parties of INDIA have been miserably failed in recognizing the stark differences that lie between “faith” and “ a blind faith”. Given this, I doubt whether it be able to differentiate between “a saint” and “a bigot”.
Secularism, though a solemn and sanctified proposition, has been degraded to become a misnomer in the present discourse sweeping across the nation. It appears to be a mask frequently being used in the realpolitik. Unfortunately, the connotation of the word has been relegated to the meaning as just literally opposite of “communalism”.
FLOOD......averting the wrath of "unwanted inundations"
In recent years, floods are becoming more and more precarious in their timings and intensities, wreaking havoc on the humanity. Men should bear a major share of blame for disrupting the natural cycle of hydrological flow. Pursuance of unhesitant deforestation and non-adherences to the age-old practices of water conservation has resulted in minimal retention of water at places of rain-fall, causing a sudden deluge in down-slope areas of catchments. Not only this, frequent phenomena of drought consequent to floods are clear manifestations of the impaired ground water recharge capacity.
Thus, afforestation and integrated watershed management, with active people participation, rather than going for big dams, should be preferred as the solution for tackling the twin problems of floods and droughts.
Thus, afforestation and integrated watershed management, with active people participation, rather than going for big dams, should be preferred as the solution for tackling the twin problems of floods and droughts.
TERRORISM...what is the solution?
Unless we put ourselves into the shoes of victims of the gruesome act of terrorism, we will not be able to get into the right conversation for the need to completely eliminate the perpetrators of these crimes. Our memory is ephemeral. We used to fruitlessly outpour our emotional anguish in a routine manner every time such a bestial incident happens. Politicians’ repetitive rhetorical resolve against such incidents for few days appears only to be an act of utter hypocrisy. In today’s circumstances, terrorism has assumed such an omnipresence character that only an untiring and relentless effort put forward, not by the Govt. alone, but by the society as a whole, can check its spread. A constant and multi-dimensional vigil is paramount for making an all-out onslaught against terrorism.
corruption in public life
--- On Fri, 28/9/07, nilesh kumar gaurav wrote:
From: nilesh kumar gauravSubject: in relation to recent spate in CORRUPTION casesTo: "OPEN PAGE" Date: Friday, 28 September, 2007, 5:44 PM
CANCEROUS GROWTH OF CORRUPTION…………….CAN WE AFFORD IT?
The heart-rending but it-seems-to-be normal story of corruption (with reference to the recent spate in corruption cases such as arrest of former Director-General of Punjab police under the prevention of corruption act, arrest of former Chief Secretary of U.P by CBI, etc) underscores the ubiquitous malaise embracing the public life, be it police, bureaucracy, politics or the corporate world. So much so that even judiciary is in the dock. Public service has become a mask under which people are busy in doing their personal service.
There is a famous Hindi story titled as’ Namak Ka Daaroga’, written by the great novelist Premchand, in which a very beautiful ironical glorification of the money that comes through illegal and unethical means was made by describing the bribe as perennial stream fully capable in quenching the ever-growing thirsts of Man, where as the monthly salary was compared with the ‘full moon’ that glitters only once in a month followed by its gradual demise.
Corruption apart from generating black money also furthers deterioration in the efficiency and quality of governance of the country. The paradox relating to the mechanism of corruption is that, often, it happens to be like a symbiotic relationship between the parties involved. Plethora of examples revealing the said relation can be traced when a traffic constable allows the unscrupulous use of city-roads or a Border Security Force personnel permits the anti-national and anti-social elements to cross the border freely and fearlessly. Likewise, when an engineer connives with the contractor and allows him to do away with all the prescribed construction guidelines, codes and manuals and eventually signs the manipulated Bill Of Quantity (BOQ) and thus enables him to draw the hefty amount from the government treasury. Also, when environmental officials support the greedy industrialists in proliferating their businesses without paying the heeds to the basic environmental norms and concerns.
All the similar unholy alliances among the different interest groups are rampant in the top echelons of the governance as well. Many instances have shown some state public service commissions issuing a virtual tender for the final selections of candidates for various posts. Similarly, many times politicians and political parties prefer to be taciturn and less vociferous on the issues of public importance, which come in the way of the vested interests of the big industrial houses. Also, several defence deals have come under the shroud of some or other sorts of controversy, thus not only tarnishing the image of India abroad but also causing the demoralization to our armed forces. Much to the agony of common people, even the incidents of missing children and atrocities against Dalits have failed to sensitize the police of our country and they hardly perceive these as serious enough to register FIRs and investigate the matter thoroughly. Natural calamities such as floods, earth-quakes, etc are seen by the government officials entrusted with the responsibility to provide relief to the victims as the opportunities to siphon-off much of the funds placed at their disposal. Certainly, there is no dearth of such examples that annihilate the prospects of national development for personal gains.
PARADIGM SHIFT
Corruption has graduated to a grotesque social problem and it is no longer a personal perversion only. Many of the self –professed honest officers and politicians may simply wash their hands by claiming to be clean, but the way they abuse their official positions and capacities while pandering to their aristocratic life-styles is very much contributing in the rapid erosion of a common man in the altruistic system of governance as enshrined in our constitution. Unearthing the stinking basket of black money should be the paramount objective of the government, the vigilant media and the civil society. The system of governance should support and encourage the whistle-blower so that one cannot be victimized and sidelined by his own organization. Along with the implementation of ‘rule of law’ in its letter and spirit by evolving a swift justice delivery system, there is a profound necessity for a paradigm shift in our inner conversation too, where nationalism and fervent pursuit for the service to the nation and its people should be accorded much higher credence in today’s changing social milieu of utter materialism.
BY
NILESH KUMAR GAURAV,
B.E in CIVIL ENGINEERING
From
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
BATCH: 2002-2006.
POSTAL ADDRESS
NILESH KUMAR GAURAV,
VILL+P.O: RUSTAMPUR,
VIA: ISLAMPUR,
DISTT: JEHANABAD,
BIHAR.
PIN: 801303
From: nilesh kumar gaurav
CANCEROUS GROWTH OF CORRUPTION…………….CAN WE AFFORD IT?
The heart-rending but it-seems-to-be normal story of corruption (with reference to the recent spate in corruption cases such as arrest of former Director-General of Punjab police under the prevention of corruption act, arrest of former Chief Secretary of U.P by CBI, etc) underscores the ubiquitous malaise embracing the public life, be it police, bureaucracy, politics or the corporate world. So much so that even judiciary is in the dock. Public service has become a mask under which people are busy in doing their personal service.
There is a famous Hindi story titled as’ Namak Ka Daaroga’, written by the great novelist Premchand, in which a very beautiful ironical glorification of the money that comes through illegal and unethical means was made by describing the bribe as perennial stream fully capable in quenching the ever-growing thirsts of Man, where as the monthly salary was compared with the ‘full moon’ that glitters only once in a month followed by its gradual demise.
Corruption apart from generating black money also furthers deterioration in the efficiency and quality of governance of the country. The paradox relating to the mechanism of corruption is that, often, it happens to be like a symbiotic relationship between the parties involved. Plethora of examples revealing the said relation can be traced when a traffic constable allows the unscrupulous use of city-roads or a Border Security Force personnel permits the anti-national and anti-social elements to cross the border freely and fearlessly. Likewise, when an engineer connives with the contractor and allows him to do away with all the prescribed construction guidelines, codes and manuals and eventually signs the manipulated Bill Of Quantity (BOQ) and thus enables him to draw the hefty amount from the government treasury. Also, when environmental officials support the greedy industrialists in proliferating their businesses without paying the heeds to the basic environmental norms and concerns.
All the similar unholy alliances among the different interest groups are rampant in the top echelons of the governance as well. Many instances have shown some state public service commissions issuing a virtual tender for the final selections of candidates for various posts. Similarly, many times politicians and political parties prefer to be taciturn and less vociferous on the issues of public importance, which come in the way of the vested interests of the big industrial houses. Also, several defence deals have come under the shroud of some or other sorts of controversy, thus not only tarnishing the image of India abroad but also causing the demoralization to our armed forces. Much to the agony of common people, even the incidents of missing children and atrocities against Dalits have failed to sensitize the police of our country and they hardly perceive these as serious enough to register FIRs and investigate the matter thoroughly. Natural calamities such as floods, earth-quakes, etc are seen by the government officials entrusted with the responsibility to provide relief to the victims as the opportunities to siphon-off much of the funds placed at their disposal. Certainly, there is no dearth of such examples that annihilate the prospects of national development for personal gains.
PARADIGM SHIFT
Corruption has graduated to a grotesque social problem and it is no longer a personal perversion only. Many of the self –professed honest officers and politicians may simply wash their hands by claiming to be clean, but the way they abuse their official positions and capacities while pandering to their aristocratic life-styles is very much contributing in the rapid erosion of a common man in the altruistic system of governance as enshrined in our constitution. Unearthing the stinking basket of black money should be the paramount objective of the government, the vigilant media and the civil society. The system of governance should support and encourage the whistle-blower so that one cannot be victimized and sidelined by his own organization. Along with the implementation of ‘rule of law’ in its letter and spirit by evolving a swift justice delivery system, there is a profound necessity for a paradigm shift in our inner conversation too, where nationalism and fervent pursuit for the service to the nation and its people should be accorded much higher credence in today’s changing social milieu of utter materialism.
BY
NILESH KUMAR GAURAV,
B.E in CIVIL ENGINEERING
From
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
BATCH: 2002-2006.
POSTAL ADDRESS
NILESH KUMAR GAURAV,
VILL+P.O: RUSTAMPUR,
VIA: ISLAMPUR,
DISTT: JEHANABAD,
BIHAR.
PIN: 801303
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