Why more attacks

Today, we were attacked by our hostile neighbour. We were about to start talks with them, and they attack as if to say that they do not want "talks" We are a friendly nation, but we are being seen as weak. Three from enemy camp barged into our police station and opened fired at all. Then thy entered army camp and shot our Lieutenant colonel and other army personnel. Our leaders must think now and act fast. This kind of intrusion is far from friendly. They can openly discuss why they do not like us instead of harming and starting a fight. As human beings, we can listen to reason. Killing spree will have to end now. We are very strong country and not weak as assumed.

India is an illusion or a mirage

What is India......a suffering mass of people...who can no longer exist because of lack of a proper government. We do not have a record of number of people, we do not know the needs of the people, we have no proper way to help them. We have many schools and colleges for the few rich. Access to government's facilities also is for the rich and the influential. The rest of the masses suffer without proper livelihoods, without proper schools, without proper health facilities, without a future. Living here is like living in ghost land. Any semblance to a rich culture, or a fine civilization is only a mirage or illusion. Only when there is prosperity, the real culture and traditions be appreciated. Unless we have  good governance, we could be called ghost India where there are only suffering masses. For being a democracy, we need to give basic economic rights to the people and we cannot. Then and now India remains "a phantom India".

Engineers of India

Best engineers in the world are from India. Engineering is taught well in our colleges. Unfortunately the best engineers leave India seeking better opportunities outside India. This is brain drain. World has gained from India's engineers. Our engineers lead the way for others, so that all can come up. Because of many Public private partnerships, infrastructure development in taking place in a fast pace. The engineers in India have helped India to progress. Civil engineers have made great structures in urban India,like  buildings flyovers, metro trains etc. Electrical, electronic engineers, computer engineers, mechanical engineers have also contributed to the growth of India's manufacturing sector. When the economy improves and industries start manufacturing  at full swing, engineers will bring big changes to India. Innovative engineers can solve problems of mass transport and help in urban planning to create new townships. Electronics engineers design newer chips for computers and have brought revolutions.

High Cost of Vegetables and Fruits

Farmers are a vanishing tribe Tillers of soil cannot make a living in modern India as they had for centuries. Farmers till the soil and try to make out a living, but with seeds which are costly, and irrigation costs being so high, they are not able to make a profit. Rich farmers have modernized. They have started large scale farming, and they store their produce (like onions) in huge storehouses.Many many poor farmers have had to moved to urban India because they cannot store. Now costs of vegetables and fruits are very high for all. Since there are only few farmers producing, we have to tolerate high prices, which the market dictates. This is the cost we pay for not understanding the problems of the farmers. Untill we help the poor farmer succeed in growing, we will have to tolerate the high prices.

Lack of basic needs

If one needs basics like food or shelter in urban India, a new migrant is not able to find any. New arrivals come to search for new livelihoods,and they become labourers. They are not aware of their rights, if they do not get paid they do not know how to complain They hardly have a place to reside, where water or electricity is provided for. While making huge plazas, malls, parks and metro stations, we have forgotten to make a dwelling for the poor migrant. No proper residences means, they cannot avail government's food schemes. No fixed residences means no schools where their children can go to, no proper hospitals where they can go to. They work as construction workers. They are the builders who contribute their hard work for India's growth and they find themselves an early grave.They are the unknown builders of modern India on whose sweat India grows. We have denied these poor people their basic needs. Unless we give them a place to stay they would vanish, and we will have no labourers who would work for us.

Spiritual India

Not just food, shelter and clothing, a harmonious way of life is needed for human beings to thrive in. For a person to live well, his mind and body must be tuned to face the exigencies in his environment. A peaceful mind is required to live successfully. And Indian people have a spiritual inclination, and this helps in solving their problems. Self control of the mind or spiritual meditation is most important practice which all try to adhere to. But the the basic necessities have to be fulfilled so that we can find solace in spiritual meditation.
The mind lives in the body. And for the body to survive, it needs good food, peaceful place to live. When that is not found here, several professionals leave India. But they never forget to take their culture with them, spiritual meditation. Even living in far away place, Indians are united in their spiritual union. Spiritual quest is within all of us. Once we attain freedom from desire of material wants, we try to immerse in spiritual yoga. It calms us and brings us peace from within.
All that comes when food is given at nominal prices to masses. When health services are extended to all the citizens, and good clean environment is there. Food scheme does not work out. The health services are very very poor. Proper housing is scanty. Environmental degradation is taking place, air and water are poor in quality. The masses are a suffering lot.It is very sad to see a good culture be wasted to poverty and negligence. It is a shame on the government which does not provide the basics for its people. 

Right to compensation and transparency in Land Acquisition

The Right to compensation and transparency in Land Acquisition Bill 2013 has been passed in the Upper House(Rajya Sabha) today at 11 at night. This gives compensation for farmers and dependants on land. It gives compensation for those who would have lost their means of livelihood once their land is acquired. In scheduled areas, land can be acquired after consent from the 'gram sabha'. 70% of owners of land have to give consent for acquisition by  Public Private Partnership projects. And 80% of land owners have to consent for acquisition for public purposes. But is not "farming activity" for the benefit of the public, it provides food  for all. The urgency clause" has limited its area; that is, using this clause land can be acquired when there is a natural calamity or there is threat to national security. When good arable land of the farmer is acquired and dry arid land is given as compensation, the farmer will not benefit. Why are industries made in dry land instead. This bill would protect the individual from arbitrary acquisition. But it falls short of the fact that the farmer is not made a stakeholder in the factory made in his land. Here we have not seen the fact that land provides for this generation and his children and grandchildren a means of livelihood, how to compensate this security that land provides? Can we really rehabilitate the farmer or the land dependants? We are actually working against the people of India....the real people...the farmers. This is the transparent reality. What would their future be like for these people?
Since this bill was amended in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) after passing in Lower House (Lok Sabha), it has to go back to the Lower House to be passed again. So there is still hope that truth will be heard.

Punishment in India is cruel

If petty thefts take place, the thief is caught and beaten up. Then he is handed to the police who beat him as the process of investigation starts. Custodial deaths are frequent, as suspects are beaten badly while interrogated. Trying out pending cases takes years and years and under-trials are kept in jail for decades. Giving justice to the arrested takes a very long time.  Law takes a long time to. Long jail sentences further aggravates the individual who is accused. But capital punishment is rare. Only those who can afford good lawyers keep seeking justice through higher courts. The rich men commit more crimes, and also get away with it. The poorest who commit petty crimes or just suspected to have committed crime, get penalised the most. When the innocent persons are framed for crimes and are punished for crimes which they had never committed, we know that our judicial system is not good. Long trials only reflect the fact that justice delayed is justice denied. So if there is hell on earth, it is for those who are accused in India.

India in the future.....

Indians will move to all over the world but will retain their identity as a cultural group. Employment opportunities are very limited in India. Increased industrialization and computerization will reduce employment opportunities considerably. With politics slowing down the economic growth, there will be impoverishment of the masses who will depend on social security for every need. People will re-align themselves in a way to appeal to the political elite( form new vote banks) India will have the biggest tourist attracting country. Indians aboard will want to visit their homelands. Tourism will be developed well, as historical places are numerous in India. Agriculture will flourish as research is giving direction to its growth. Industries will grow many folds as Indian government encourages foreign investments. Indian industrialists will be the richest in the world.  Political environment will be same as now. Police forces will be the biggest organisation of the government. Those Indians who have left India will be the most  educated elite in their countries they live in. This is happening now.....