ndia is synonymous with Icorruption and the greatest contribution that this country makes to the world is our grand export of corruption and sleaze. Whether it is the Non Resident Indian (NRI) hotel and motel owners that run the biggest prostitution rackets on the sly in the United States or the insider traders and lobbyists who try to sway foreign public opinion and make inroads into other countries through corrupt business practi-ces, unethical lobbying and manipulation of media or the home grown variety that has a voracious appetite for hoarding wealth by hook or by crook; Indians have the ubiquitous distinction of being some of the most corrupt people in the world.

Corruption is one thing that we in India can say we are masters of and this is one field where nobody in the world have more expertise than us except for a few small and inconse-quential countries.

Corrupt scams and scandals have been galore in India since independence and have become even more so in the present day and time but there seems to be no political force that is against corruption in normal times except in times before some elections. Once the elections are over, corruption becomes second nature, irrespective of the political

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party in power and both the ruling and the opposition parties in all states and the center enjoy the fruits of corruption. Not to mention the industrialists and businessmen who contributed to election funds.

There is no doubt that corrup-tion has helped create greed and thus fueled growth of India's economy by leaps and bounds thereby making the rich richer and the poor poorer. Even though the poor represent more than 70% of our population, they are just as inconsequential as the public of the few small countries that are more corrupt than India.

The Indian middle class knows that it is corruption that has helped them make more money for themselves and the Indian poor know that it is corruption that has made them poorer than they were a few years ago. However it is ironical that the Indian middle class is now supporting anti corruption characters like Anna Hazare and the poor still support all the political characters that are endemically corrupt. Although the Indian middle class won't bat an eyelid when they have to pay or take a bribe to get things done, they are jealous of the ones that are richer and more corrupt than them and find common cause with anti corruption crusaders. The illiterate Indian poor believe that corruption is just normal. This shows that jealousy and the feeling of

normalcy about corruption is a feature that is peculiar to the Indian public. This is exactly the reason why corruption is a thriving industry in India.

However the paradoxical fact remains that if India leaves corruption as it is and not fight it, then India's economy would continue to grow the same way it is growing now. It is one thing for India to be corrupt and another thing to have knee jerk reactions to exposure of corruption scandals. India is mired so deep in corruption that any policy that would stifle corruption would stifle India's growth story.

Take for instance the coal scam that came to light. If coal is being extracted by corrupt and illegal means, it still benefits the country's economic growth. If it is stopped would just hurt India's economy. In fact the chairman of HDFC, has warned that the wholesale cancellation of coal blocks would cause further damage to India's international reputation and endanger the

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THE COALGATE SCAM

M. Thomas, USA

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India, Australia join hands to develop iron-rich bananas

ating bananas could well be the next best Ething in the fight against anaemia soon. Indian and Australian researchers have joined hands to develop iron-rich bananas that could help women with iron deficiency.

Bite that can kill:Bedbugs found tocarry superbugs

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN

CURECALL

IMMEDIATELYBananas contain vitamin B6, fibre and

potassium. Globally more than 100 billion bananas are consumed annually, making it the largest agricultural product after wheat, rice and corn.The joint effort will see the development of new strains of iron-rich bananas. It will offer an affordable option to tackle iron-deficiency anaemia, a major cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, especially in India and other developing countries.The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (Birac) under the Department of Biotechnology and the Queensland University of Technology have signed an agreement for the purpose. The project will see an investment of A$2.6 million or about Rs 14.8 crore.

Birac is providing A$1.2 million (Rs 6.8 crore ) to the University and another A$1.4 million (Rs 8 crore) towards the cost of the Indian component of the programme, which will address a nutrition deficiency in Indian population, said Managing Director Renu Swarup.

The project will be led by the University's Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities Director

A Disaster in waiting !!

A very endearing word indeed – but the moot question is are we really? Certainly no is the answer. We are infact soiled sons. The proverbial prodigal sons. We are on a destruction spree. Every construction today amounts to destruction in one way or other. Destruction by depletion can be seen all around. We cry foul when the monsoon fails or the cloud bursts. We are about to deplete our hydro carbon deposits much before the entire purpose and usage of these precious fossil fuel are fully uncovered or understood. We have almost depleted our coal mostly by burning it. What next? We have been burning our oxygen at the rate of 16,000 million tons per year and in this process fouling the air with 24,000 million tons of carbondioxide. 50% of all these contaminates come from the so called developed countries particularly the U.S.A which is home for only 6% of the world's population .There is nothing called developmental economics but developmental anarchy is at work .The comforts of the rich are piercing the pockets of the poor.

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Adv. Sivasankaran

WHY LICENSE CANCELLATIONS WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY !

James Dale and India's National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute's Rakesh Tuli. Other partners include Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, National Research Centre for Bananas, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Indian Institute of Horticulture Research.

In a press release, Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said on Wednesday that it is an important project that would help prevent avoidable maternal mortality in India.

Dales said the project would build upon ongoing research the University was undertaking to increase the nutritional content of bananas in Uganda under the auspices of the Gates Foundation. The Indian banana project would involve an initial four-year development phase. It would then take another four to five years to prepare the bananas for release to Indian farmers.

MUMBAI: Members of the Atomic Energy Workers' & Staff Union at Trombay went on a peaceful dharna at the BARC Hospital on Friday, the 21st September alleging negligence of the doctors in the BARC Hospital for the death of Sivan Kutty Nair, an employee of the technical department of BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre).

On Thursady morning while on his way to office on bicycle, following severe chest pain, Sivan Kutty fainted on the road and injured his head. He was taken to the nearby dispensary and from there rushed to the BARC Hospital. The Union alleged that he was kept in the surgical ward where the doctors did not properly attend to him till 1.30 pm. Not a senior doctor examined him till that time and was left in the hands of trainee RMOs. The inexperienced RMOs took the case as a minor problem saying it was only a head injury. It was only when the Union representatives insisted and brought pressure from higher officers that Sivan Kutty was shifted to ICU after 2.00 p.m. The doctor who examined him found that his blood pressure was falling and the ECG was abnormal. Not receiving proper attention at proper time worsened the condition of the patient and he was

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DEATH OF BARC EMPLOYEE – HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE ALLEGEDStaff Reporter

Dr. G. Balakrishnan [Ph.D (Econ) ML., (Professor Emeritus)

(Economics & Management) &

Advocate(original side), Bombay High Court

& High Court appointed Mediator,

Sr. Counsel, Supreme Court of India]

VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT) Washington Post ar t ic le

properly articulated and the Post rejected government of India request to apologize. May be PM may be interrogated if CBI desires PROBABLY and it can take SC order to do so AS CBI IS ALSO AMENABLE TO SUPREME COURT. TODAY INDIAN S C MAY ACT PAKISTAN S C AS BOTH FOUNDATIONS ARE ON B R I T I S H S Y S T E M L E S S DEPENDENT ON CONSTI-TUTION OF HE COUNTRIES CONCERNED DUE TOCON-VENTION MECHANISM!.

Gut feeling, the government leads- 'works'- land ministries in deep soup as businessman is given a great leverage for loot while consumers are at the losing end/receiving end.

Similar such things seem to happen in Maharashtra Sales tax VAT on flats from 2006.

Builders or developers collect much more than the intended VAT and that way business man gains illegally by illegal computations as the sales tax department does not provide the table for the con-venient checking by consumer.

Businessman looks for easy money as he is hard pressed for cash-flow.

In the present VAT buyers are misguided by very failure of governance by State governance.

See in Coal mining allocations government goofed up in 142 licenses issued. The most favored mining licensees resorted to selling their licenses to really capable miners at very high profits at the cost of public exchequer thanks to misadventure of the very minis-tries involved in different areas.

Ministries or Ministers to save their own skin, come out with bizarre explanations even ques-tioning the very government Auditors who are not chartered accounting taxation accounting

Here the purport is the flat owners/builders too can move court under Art 226 questioning the VAT by prudently questing the calcula-tion of VAT by Sales Tax authority of Maharashtra, by very careful preparations to question the cal-culations of the government as Art 14 says Natural justice is mandatory in governance by the elected government in a democratic state. So there is 'Judicial Review' is in place to protect the fundamental rights, as in IE Coelho v/s TN in 2007 the SC struck down the IXth schedule and just allowed only first 13 Acts while about 200 Acts were declared null and void.

Ixth schedule permitted some Acts of government cannot be questioned even in Constitutional courts that myth was exploded by CJI Y K Saharawl and his constitu-tional bench of brother judges at Supreme Court, in 2007. True, the government is entitled to raise revenue but it cannot go on raising irrationally violating the tenets of basic structure (very vital breath of people of India) of Constitution of India, as India has the parliamen-tary system, unlike that of England or the U.K.

And Indian Parliament is the Article 12 establishment or institu-tion, as Indian parliament is in existence so long as the Indian Constitution is alive. Otherwise, Indian parliamentary system will just collapse. So too, the very state governments are Article 12 institu-tions, like Indian government.

Similarly, the political party system is some NGO kind system recognized by the Representation Act. If Indian Constitution collap-ses, then parties system also will collapse. So in their own interest, all these worthies need to protect the Indian Constitution by all means, jealously!

In U K so long as the Monarch is there until then it is 'sovereign' as it replaced the Crown.

system based audit people. But the government auditing is

a public accounting system based, like that of public administration, which is not any business manage-ment mechanism.

Comparison of chartered acco-unting or business administration with government audits or public administration need not to be noted as that is adversely stated or noted or under rated, as the studies of different kinds are indeed of different character. This is to be clear that I am not casting aspersions on any professionals. Every professional role is different while he leads his life and people attached as every profession when supported by a statute and ethics it follows then it is safe, unless bizarre situations are created by the very professional

Like lawyers fight for accused criminals, in spite of the fact the accused may have committed real crime(s) but in the court the lawyer tries to prove the real crime happened 'unintended' by so called evidentiary mechanism he tries to advances while prosecution tries to prove the crime as 'intended'.

So every activity has its own intended purposes.

So courts acquit a criminal due to a 'benefit of doubt clause', though the court may know that criminal committed the crime but the 'evidential value' has not been cleared very well beyond any shadow of doubt by prosecution.

(The writer is a Post Graduate from IndianInstitute of Human Rights, New Delhi.)

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's arresting of a man who asked her a question at a rally reminds one of Hitler and Nazism which makes one wonder whether why only the RSS and BJP in India should be equated with Nazism. Mamta Banerjee seems to be no better.

A man identified as Siladitya Chowdhury and who was dubbed as a Maoist by Banerjee at a public meeting at the former Maoist stronghold of Belpahari was arres-ted when he asked her what steps she was taking to help farmers. Chowdhury had told the chief minister that the farmers were dying and that 'empty promises were not enough'. The chief minister expressed surprise and dubbed Chowdhury as a Maoist while asking the police to arrest him.

This incident is so abhorrent in independent India that even the BJP was taken aback with such a harsh mercurial decision. The BJP stated that answering questions is the duty of political leaders and that they can't run away. The CPI-M, the arch rival of the Tnnamool Congress supremo, dubbed the arrest as 'unfortunate and horrific.” CPI-M MP Nilotpal Basu said the arrest amounted to autocracy and slammed Banerjee -for not being ready to listen to any criticism or question. “They are using the state institutions to act against - people who ask questions,” he said, regretting that the West Bengal government isn't in a mood to tolerate even a little criticism.

Press Council of India chair-man Markendey Katju was very critical of the incident and was calling her “totally dictatorial, intolerant, and whimsical” in her behavior. Katju said that Baner-jee's action is nothing but “blatant misuse” of state machinery and “flagrant violation' of constitu-tional and human rights. Katju, who is usually known to be a

character who likes to be in the limelight by passing comments about everybody and everything in the world, expressed “shock' at the incident and said that officials in West Bengal should take a lesson from the Nuremburg verdict. At the Nuremburg trials, the Nazi war criminals took the plea that orders were orders and they were only carrying out the orders of Adolf Hitler, their superior, but this plea was rejected and they were hanged. Katju said he has changed his opinion about Banerjee whom he had earlier praised. “Her action is most undemocratic to say the least,” he said, holding that Banenjee is totally undeserving to be a political leader. “I had earlier given a statement in favour of Mamata Banerjee because I thought one should see good points in a person's personality also. But now I have changed my opinion and believe that she is totally undeserving to be a political leader in a democratic country like India since she has no respect for constitutional and civil rights of citizens and is totally dictatorial, intolerant, and whim-sical in her behavior,” he said.

At the political level political parties can't run away when questions are asked and it is the duty of politicians to reply. They have to reply. Taking action on people for just asking uncomfort-able questions is just high hande-dness. Katju however is just the other side of the coin who once wanted to severely clamp down on journalists. At that time he was equated to Hitler and now he is equating Mamata to Hitler. In a way it seems that everybody in power in India turns into Hitler whenever it is convenient and at other times they make it a point to criticize the Hitlerian behaviors of others. A case of those living in glass houses throwing stones at others.

Lack of classification of under trial n India, one of the major Ireasons aggravating the

problem of overcrowding of under trial prisoners in jails is that there are no separate detention centers for accommodating them. As such lunatics, non-lunatic offenders, victims of offences women and children are all lodged together in jail under the general category of under trial prisoners. Under the soviet law, there is a strict rule concerning the separate lodging of prisoners who serve a term of imprisonment and those who are taking in to custody pending trial. The procedure for imprisonment before trial is set by the statute of imprisonment before trial.

U.S.S.R alternatives to pre-trial detention. Since the tendency of the penal policy of USSR has been to curtail the number of arrests, various legislative acts envisaging grounds for absolving the offender from criminal responsibility have been enacted. In India, on the other hand, since the legislature has been rather slow in taking steps to ameliorate the

sufferings of the undertrials prisoners the supreme court, in the various cases that have been brought before it through public interest litigation or legal Aid committees, has issued directions and orders to different state authorities, as the case may be to absolve the undertrials from criminal responsibility, either on humanitarian grounds or on acco-unt of a violation of technicalities of the criminal procedure.

In the USSR, provisions have been incorporated in the criminal

codes of various union republics providing alternatives to criminal punishment in cases of minor offences. These alternatives in-clude the transferring of cases by the court, or an investigator or agency of inquiry with the consent of a procurator to a comrade's court, to a collective of working people or to a social organization for re-education and correction or simply subject to the cases for administrative action.

The remedy of compensation. The right to compensation for illegal detention resulting from unlawful actions by state organiza-tions and public organization or by officials in the performance of their duties which is incorporated in the USSR constitution as a fundaments right to which an undertrial prisoner or convict is entitled to deserves a special men-tion. Through a similar provision is not inserted in the Indian constitution and criminal proce-dure code the Supreme Court has in a few recent cases awarded compensation.

HITLERIAN NATURE OF INDIA'S ADMINISTRATION

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A world-class agriculture research and high-tech farming training institute is to be set up in Gujarat in collaboration with Israel government. This was stated by chief minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating a national convention on 'The next frontier of agri-business and technology' at Mahatma Mandir on Monday.

Modi announced that the state will hold a 'Gujarat global agricultural event' once in every three years on the lines of the world's largest agricultural fair in Israel. He said during the biennial vibrant Gujarat summit that agriculture is given importance in Gujarat too.

Calling upon the farmers to take the country to such a height that they could cater to all the agricultural needs of Europe, Modi pointed that it would require farmers' pressure group to force the rulers to change the nation's agriculture related policies.

The two day event is being attended by envoys from seven nations including Israel, Holland and Chile along with 2,000 delegates from state public sector undertaking and agriculture related fields from 11 states of the country. An agricultural fair has also been arranged at the venue.

A white paper on Gujarat's achievements in agriculture was released on the occasion. Modi claimed that in a revolution of sorts, the state made great endeavors in rainwater conservation and water resource management.

ISRAELI GREEN TECH

While clearing junk from my old residence, I came across a “Hero” fountain pen. It was a vintage item dating back to the 1970's and one of the remaining legacies of my foreign employ-ment. The 60's saw the decline of the fountain pen and by the 70's, it was used only for signing cheques and other documents. The ball point pen replaced the fountain pen. I was surprised to find that this “Hero” pen had survived the ravages of time and was still beautiful. Its golden cap looked like new and glittered. It was made in China. In those days, “Hero” and its counterpart Wang-Sung (or something similar) sold for Rs. 10 per piece and were in great demand in India. Workers who came home from the Gulf always brought with them these pens as gifts for children.

I decided to keep for myself the “Hero”, which was an antique item. It seemed more valuable now than when it was bought. First of all, I had to make sure that it worked. For that ink was needed. Nobody uses fountain pens now. Where will I get ink? I went to the nearest stationery shop and asked for a bottle of ink. The shopkeeper, a lady, promptly brought out a bottle of ink, which was meant for the stamp pad. Stamp pads were still in use and she was not wrong in presuming that I wanted ink for the stamp pad. When I explained to her that I wanted ink for my fountain pen, she was a little surprised. Perhaps she thought that I was a quaint person.. After a search on the dusty corners of the shelves, she finally brought out a bottle of fountain pen ink - royal blue, Camel-KOKUYO. At Rs. 15, it was quite cheap and was sure to last for a year.

During my years in school and college, I remember, I used different brands of pens and inks. To be more exact, during high school and college, because in

those days, everyone used steel pens in primary and secondary classes.

My “Hero” pen was in good shape and it was a pleasant experience to write with a fountain pen after many years. In fact, I am writing this article with the fountain pen. You could get ink in different colours, but the popular ones were blue black and royal blue. Likewise, there were many brands, but Parker Quink was the most famous. The newspaper advertisements for the Parker Quink said, “Don't say ink, say Quink!”. It was one of the best and catchy slogans of that time. The Parker pen and Quink were made for each other.

There were several brands of fountain pens like Parker, Water-man, Ever sharp, Mont blank , Schaeffer's and so on. Inciden-tally, it was Lewis E. Waterman, an American, who invented the fountain pen in 1884. It would have taken a few years for it to be produced on a mass scale and a few more years for it to capture the market. There was the Parker 21 and also the costlier variety of gold plated Parker 51which few could afford. All of them were imported. However, the” Blackbird” also an imported one was the choice of students everywhere. A slim long pen, it wrote well and lasted long. Much later was the entry of the Indian Pen “Swan” which too became popular with the student community.

Prior to the era of fountain pens, people used 'steel' pens. The pen had a wooden handle, the size of a pencil and a steel tip at one end which held the metallic nib. You had to dip it into a bottle of ink every few seconds. This was the way even documents were written. The tables were full of ink stains as the bottles would accidentally tumble down. Since the flow of ink was not even while writing, one had to use the blotting paper to remove the excess ink.

School students too had to carry ink bottles to the school. Every desk in the class rooms had one or more slots for keeping the ink bottle. Till recently, one could see such desks in schools, though steel pens went out of use long ago.

In the heydays of the fountain pens, there were pen repairers at

every nook and corner. The neck, the tongue and the nib, in fact every part of the pen was replaceable. Since most of the ordinary pens would start leaking, some immediately after purchase and others after using for a while, repairmen were in demand. Some ingenious re-pairers displayed a board “Pen Doctor”.

There are three steps to acquiring writing skills. First, the child has to write on a slate with a slate pencil. Then comes the stage when one can use paper and lead pencil. The third step is the pen. Nowadays, in cities such as Mumbai, children start using notebooks and pencil from the nursery classes. My earliest memory of a pencil is that of 'Elephant' brand made in Bavaria, a town in Germany. Then, there was the Perumal Chetty pencil. The writing with this pencil was indelible. If you tried to erase, it would only smudge and leave a violet shade on the paper. Shopkeepers used Perumalchetty for writing their journals and ledgers. Sadly, these pencils are not available any more.

The invention of the ball point pen by LazioBiro, a Hun-garian, in 1938 revolutionized writing, instantly replacing the fountain pen. Ball pens used to be called 'Biro'. They are now used universally, by students for their examinations, by docu-ment writers, and the common man for recording all sorts of transactions. Fountain pens and Pen doctors are no more to be seen. Even the great pen makers like Parker and Shaeffer's have switched over to making ball point pens. Nothing is cheaper than a ball pen which is the most useful article of daily use. I have chanced upon a special ball pen which is 20 CMs long instead of the normal 15 and is available in different colours. Surprisingly, the long one is priced at Rs.3/- a piece while the short one is Rs. 5. I was fascinated by this unusual pen and have been using it for some time. Now I can us either the ball pen or the fountain pen as suits my mood!

Don't say ink, say Quink ! NAVI MUMBAI - NEWS

A LETHAL JAMThe illegal parking

outside NMMC Hospital is a cause of concern for pati-ents, as this results in traffic jams. Quite often, ambu-lances can be seen caught in these jam, thus putting lives at risk .

The very purpose of an ambulance is to ensure that the patient reaches the hospital on time. However, the traffic snarls of the city are not letting that happen. Locals allege that the traffic jams outside Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital are particularly bad. Most often these jams are caused due to illegal parking outside the hospital. Illegal parking on either side of the road leaves no space for commuters. Suresh Jaiswal, a visitor to the hospital, says, “I just came to see my nephew, but got stuck in the traffic for 20 minutes. What makes the situation worse is the haphazard parking by rickshaw drivers.”

Another resident Anup Tiwari who visited the hospital says, “There is no parking space available for people who wish to visit their sick family members in the hospital. The problem has been there for years but authorities do not pay any heed to the same. I have seen ambulances getting stuck as they have no space to get into the hospital.”

An official from NMMC on condition of anonymity says, “As this is a municipal hospital there are a number of patients who are admitted here daily. Two or three relatives accompany every patient. This creates further chaos. Traffic officials also help by managing the area during peak hours. People can use one side of the road for parking, and leave the other for smooth movement of traffic.”Vijay Patil, DCP, Traffic Navi Mumbai, says, “According to the rule followed by the traffic department no one is allowed to park on the road. If it's a no parking area our official will tow the vehicles. But the situation at the NMMC Hospital is different. There is no parking space within the hospital vicinity. Sometimes the road gets congested, but otherwise the road is big enough for a smooth ride. Public coming to hospital should take some responsibility and park the vehicles properly so that some space is left for the ambulances.”

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Four arrested for attack on sub-jailerNAVI MUMBAI: The Navi Mumbai crime branch has arrested

four persons involved in the recent firing on Taloja sub-jailer Bhaskar Kachare. Those arrested includes the main shooter, Prajyot Patil, who has a previous criminal record and was acquainted with the jailer.

On September 6, Kachare allegedly had an altercation with extortionist and gangster Vicky Deshmukh, an inmate at Taloja Central Jail. Deshmukh reportedly decided to teach the jailer a lesson by asking his aides outside to shoot Kachare. Deshmukh had managed to contact Patil while he was being taken to Panvel Court for his hearing. Kachare was shot on September 9, while he was travelling in a car with a friend.

The other three men arrested have been identified as Sangram Khopade, Rupesh Shinde and Rajesh Kaikadi. When the four accused were presented before mediapersons, Patil started shouting that he did not have any other crimes to his credit, as alleged by the police.

However, crime branch investigators confirmed that Patil has a criminal past and is a known acquaintance of Vicky Deshmukh.

monoxide emitted by our vehicles surpasses the amount of emission from coal based power plants. Toxic Co has five times more affinity to our hemoglobin which quickly turns in to carboxyl hemoglobin leading to renal failures and kidney problems. The Govern-ment and NGO's are all up in arms against cigarette, Tobacco and Gudka but conveniently show no concern to the sorry state of quality of our air and water. Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima have failed to arouse our con-science and our own Bhopal is only remembered in December every year.

While technology is creating new frontiers, it also brings in associated risks and miseries. The mobile towers in and around us,

We the sons of the soil forgot the tragedy of Tsunami which without warning swallowed 2,30,000 souls on 26th December 2004 . This was not the work of any terrorist group or fundamentalist. It was nature striking back infact it was akin to the atom bomb drops on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, unleashing 3,200 TNT power in a flash. The one who contaminates our drinking water, rivers and oceans are the real terrorist. The one who spoils our soil with toxic chemicals and foul our air with volatile organic matters are the real culprits. The one who advocates proliferation of nuclear technology without understanding the waste disposal problem are the real terrorist.

The amount of Carbon

(A Disaster in waiting ............ Continued from page 1) which emits micro wave and connects our beloved mobile phones in pockets is a classical example. The energy field emitted, though feeble is capable of drifting the clouds and probably this could be one reason for the unpredictable behavior of monsoon in our country and the sudden cloud burst elsewhere.

With everything soiled and damaged and everyone crippled and diseased, what our life is all about. We are supposed to be holding our fort in this planet only as trustees in common and tenants in transit, with a short spell of rights and privileges. We have been abusing this privilege and pleasing the Gods. Are we not the prodigal sons and the real soiled ones?

(The author is a Mumbai based retired safety Engineer, Disaster mana-geament expert and a practic-ing Advo-cate. A keen Kerala watcher, he can be contacted on Mobile : 9867193025)The news published by various authors this publication are their

sole opinion and Editor is in no way accountable and responsible.in

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shifted to Fortis Hospital in Mulund in the evening, where he breathed his last at 1.00 a.m. Shri A. Sreedharan, Secretary of the Union stated that of late there were several complaints about the hospital services.

Since such cases have become common in BARC Hospital, the Union staged a Dharna in the Hospital. Top officials of BARC such as Controller, Director Bio-Medical Group, Director (P&A) etc. had to visit the Hospital and convene a meeting with the employees who were staging the Dharna. All those who spoke at the meeting deplored the casual and negligent way of handling medical cases in BARC Hospital. After obtaining an assurance from the senior officers that the incident leading to the death of Sivan Kutty would be investigated by a Specialist doctor from outside and after the management agreed to implement the long pending demand for inclusion of Union Representatives in the Hospital Management Committee, the Dharna was called off.

Though the dharna was peaceful, the Security personnel directly under the supervision of Chief Security Officer and a contingent of police personnel were called and posted in the hospital premises by the Administration.

Sivan Kutty (53) who hailed from Kilimanoor near Thiruvanthapuram in Kerala had put in 30 years of service. He was an active member of the Employees Union and was popular in the social, literary and dramatic circles of Anushaktinagar. He leaves behind wife Valsala, an Officer in the Customs and two daughters Pooja and Priya.

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banking system as loans of l,00,000 crore would turn sticky.

According to him, this reversal would be a great blow to the country. The opposition parties may take joy in reversing the policies of the ruling party. But this would be the ruination of India. The government gives licenses and then cancels it. The Govern-ment gives coal blocks and then cancels it. Tomorrow, a new party will come to power and will undo everything what the earlier government has done. This pattern of wavering and volatility is not good for business. People and industries would just lose faith in the Government and prefer not to do any business because they are not sure of the outcome in future.

This is nothing but a repeat of the spectrum scandal where spectrum was reallocated causing massive losses to existing es-pecially foreign companies or the Vodafone case where the Govern-ment tried to put retrospective effect to a law that is framed today only because it lost the case against Vodafone in the Supreme Court. In the telecom case, the Supreme Court felt that two licensees - DB and Unitech - did

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not get licenses in proper circum-stances and the government canceled their licenses.

If coal block has been given to an industrial group and they have done nothing about it for years, then cancellation is justified. India imports coal and desperately need coal for our industries. India desperately needs power for households and industries... And India has coal blocks, which are not going to disappear. India has not made any efforts all these years to evacuate coal and use it for public purpose. Then when somebody uses it albeit through corrupt means, it talks of re-allocating them, These realloca-tions, according to him, would be a big disaster as power companies have borrowed money, put massive amount of equity and debt, domestic and international, to put up power plants. Power plants are ready or power plants are getting but the coal is not there. These mining companies have borrowed huge amounts of money from the banks and ordered goods, turbines, and have completed or nearly completed projects. Now, if they are not allowed to mine for coal, these industries will go into

massive losses and destabilize the economy.

Due to such reactions from the Government, no one wants to take a decision. Even transparent people and honest people are now not willing to take decision for fear of being made scape goats. Many people in the government do not want to take decisions in such circumstances and just keep pushing files. It is very critical that India finds alternative ways rather than resorting to de-allocation of all coal blocks. There are different solutions for different projects and knee jerk reactions are not one of the saner ones. Reversing every economic policy is the beginning of the end of the country. It would be better if India only penalizes corrupt corpora-tions through massive fines rather than cancelling licenses and giving new ones making that a new source for corruption. The famous adage “It only happens in India” is apt to describe the state of affairs of the country. The issue of corruption is far beyond redemp-tion and under such circum-stances, it paradoxically seems that it makes better sense for the Government to have a “chalta hai, hota hai” attitude in all matters of corruption.

Guru Purnima is the annual occasion for expressing gratitude towards the Guru or the Divine Teacher. It is observed in memory of the great Sage Veda Vyasa who is considered to be the supreme preceptor of mankind. The word Guru means “the remover of darkness.” Hence, Guru Purnima, celebrated on a full-moon day, is the day for eradicating ignorance and illuminating our lives with knowledge. There are 12-13 full moons in a year. While the Vaishakha full moon is dedicated to Lord Buddha and the Jyeshtha

full moon is dedicated to Mother Earth, the Ashada full moon is dedicated to the memory of mas-

ters. This is an auspicious day to review how far one has progressed in life and to turn back to the spiritual path. And it is especially significant for stud-ents who desire to get their teachers' blessings.

All those who aspire to spiritual

enlightenment worship Sage Veda Vyasa on this day in honor of his divine personage and the disciples perform puja. He, born to Satyavati and Sage Parashara and also called Krishna Dwaipayana, edited the four Vedas, wrote the eighteen Puranas, the Mahabha-rata and the Srimad Bhagavata. To him goes the credit of composing the authentic treatise of Brahma-Sutras to explain the background of the Vedas. He even taught Dattatreya, who is regarded as the Guru of Gurus.

Guru Purnima also heralds the Chaturmasa or the setting in of the eagerly awaited rains and is important to the farmers as it ushers in new life in the fields. The rainwater in plentiful showers accompanies the advent of fresh life. People consume milk and fruits on this day and practice rigorous Japa and Dhyana. It is also a good time to commence spiritual lessons. Traditionally, seekers of spirituality start to intensify their spiritual Sadhana

Significance of Guru Purnima

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from this day. In the past, wander-ing spiritual masters and their disciples used to settle down at a place to study and discourse on the Brahma Sutras and engage in Vedantic discussions. Seekers do Satseva of the Guru during this period for their spiritual progress.“Guru's form is the basis of meditation, Guru's feet are the basis of worship, and Guru's words are the basis of mantra.”

In India, spiritual gurus are often equated with God and regarded as a link between the individual and the Immortal. Just as the Moon shines by reflecting the light of the Sun, the disciples gain from their Gurus. Guru is the only assurance for the individual to transcend the bondage of sorrow and experience the consciousness of the Reality. The Guru is con-sidered as an embodiment of the archetypes of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, and through His grace one reaches the highest state of wisdom and bliss. Hence, the Guru's guidance helps in managing worldly affairs with ease.

Further, according to the Rishis of yore, cosmic energy flows through the human body: it enters through the crown chakra and leaves through the feet. It is believed that the cosmic energy flows from the Guru's feet in abundance.

"Sage Bhrigu approached to select a Lord as the receipient of Yagna offerings." (taken from

Wikipedia)The Saptarishis, who are the

venerated masters who completely dedicated themselves to the pursuit of divine light, are Atri, Bhrigu, Pulastya, Vasishtha, Gautama, Angirasa and Marichi. They are 'seers' who possess knowledge about the past, present

and future of humanity.Jupiter represents Guru, that is

the only planet that has the potency to nullify any affliction caused by the other planets. Hence, Jupiter represents the higher mind and goes quiet for transmitting know-ledge.

The relationship between the Guru and the Disciple is a sacred one. It is purely spiritual in nature and based on the maturity of Gyan (spiritual knowledge) and Sadh-ana (spiritual practice). It is the Guru who dispels the darkness of ignorance, arising out of bodily attachment.

The author is a freelance journalist and social activist. He is the Director of Indo-Gulf Consult-ing and can be contacted at telegulf@gmail.com