Juvenile age is redefined

The Rajya Sabha (upper of house of the Parliament) passed a bill which will be prosecute those who are above 16 years old for heinous crimes(previously the age limit was 18years). This change came as the juvenile(nearly 18yrs old) was not brought to court and tried. But he was the prime accused of the heinous crime(rape and murder) As a matter of fact he is going to be released from the rehabilitation center after given skills and a proper shop to start business. This can even promote juveniles from committing heinous crimes. This had sparked debates in the Rajya Sabha where the bill for reduction of age for juveniles was pending.After analyzing crime and juveniles, this bill was passed. This is an important bill and will go a long way in checking the crime rates
The larger picture is that we have serious problems of high crime rates among the youth. With vast differences in incomes with large unemployment rates, crime does increase. That is why we have to modernize fast and stop crimes from happening. The problems are all inter-related.  

Floods in Chennai

It is sad the people of Chennai have to endure tough times like now. Generally they suffer because of lack of water. But now the reverse is true. They are suffering because of water,excess of it. The Chief Minister is trying her level best to rescue the people. But what about the damage done? No insurance for the people. How will the people come out their sufferings. This is what is wrong with India...insecurity in all spheres .

Terror strikes Paris..bad news

Terrorism has spoiled life of humans everywhere. India has suffered enough. We do not want anymore of fear of terror. We have several problems already and we cannot spend on protecting ourselves from terror, all the time. How to protect from an unseen enemy. How to to stay away from world politics. We will be able to survive when we find answers to that.

Coalition government won in Bihar elections

People have voiced their opinion wisely, refused to be divided on religion. It a real victory of the well-informed people, For the fifth time Nitish Kumar has won in Bihar elections. People have given their verdict, he is bringing Bihar forward in all fields: in development,in agriculture, in industry, in education,in building infrastructure and so on so forth.It is a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and Congress Party. Bihar has shown the way--how to avert the bullies by coalition. In ten years, BJP has not fared so poorly as now.
The following is an article from newspaper
The Times of India
Title : ONE-WAYWIN - Nitish Gets Bihar, Modi A Message Article Date : 11/09/2015 Victors took early lead in multi-phase poll As is to be expected in an election in which one side won well over two thirds of the seats, the winning side's dominance was more or less across the state. In each of the five phases of the month-long election, the Mahagathbandhan picked up more seats and votes than the BJP-led alliance. However, this is not to say that the extent of the dominance was uniform across the state. The closest the NDA came to challenging the grand alliance was in the fourth phase of the elections, held in the north-western part of the state. Here, the NDA's seat tally was 21 against the grand alliance's 30 seats. What's more the gap in the vote shares of the two major alliances was barely 1.9%, the Mahagathbandhan garnering 38.5% to the NDA's 36.6%. While that looks good in the context of what happened in the rest of the state, it is a far cry from the 53 out of 55 seats that the NDA had led in during the Lok Sabha elections. At the other end of the spectrum in terms of the gap between the two fronts was the fifth phase held in the northeastern parts of the state. Here, the Mahagathbandhan won 45 seats against the NDA's 11. Even more impressive is the gap in vote shares -43% against 31.9%. Impressive as this lead of over ten percentage points is, it was actually a significant narrowing from what prevailed in 2014. In the Lok Sabha elections, the combined tally ofJD(U), RJD and Congress in these 57 seats was nearly 20 percentage points higher than the NDA's tally .That gap has now been roughly halved. What is interesting also is that in each phase, despite the contest being seen as largely bipolar and an intensely fought one at that, smaller parties and independents notched up about a fifth to a quarter of the total votes polled. For BJP, a fact it can draw solace from is that it nearly remained the largest party in terms of vote share in each of the five phases. In the fourth phase, the strongest for the party and its alliance, its vote share of 30.2% was more than 10 percentage points higher than the next party's, which was RJD at 19.4%
Photo above is that of Zafar Mahal, New Delhi. The last Moghul king's Summer Palace,now in ruins

How land is acquired

Land is acquired from tribes and used by developers for industries. And government is "for" this, that means against the welfare of the tribal people. But people have become more aware. Read this article by pasting this in your url.


http://scroll.in/article/765247/in-a-village-that-could-be-lavasa-adivasis-fight-to-take-back-their-land

Bio-metric data----"to be" or "not to be"

"Aadhar" refers to collection of bio-metric data (photo of iris, and fingerprints) of individual citizens, to identify them with a unique number given in their identification cards. When Aadhar was first started by the UPA-II regime(previous government), it was not accepted by all. What are the uses of this number, it enabled citizens to get subsidized LPG, enabled unemployment benefits, it enabled food subsidies and funds for student loans etc.While the poor got subsidies, the middle class and the upper classes did not like it as it revealed too much of their personal data. Thus, many did not like it at all. Their objection was that the Aadhar scheme could  give the common law abiding citizen to major danger – primarily because, to get the Aadhar card, one must first disclose his all personal details to the government which then holds on to it forever. Any acquisition of property or wealth would bring him under direct radar of the government.

This means that by using Aadhar number, the central government was in a position to hold virtually anybody in ransom if and when it had to. Add to that the threats emanating from the bad elements in the society including the mafia could always lay their hands on the income tax returns of individuals.Data security is not there at all. A private company makes the data and there are no laws which prevents it from sharing it. The private company could always say, "we did not know about data leakage" All personal details of the individuals applying for Aadhar card are all available to private companies involved in the UID scheme, include some foreign companies. Sometimes foreign government can acquire it too.

Keeping in view of all the looming threats, a petition was filed in the Supreme court  against the government move to make Aadhar a mandatory choice to take advantage of various government schemes and subsidies. It was argued that Aadhar, in essence, was a violation of the fundamental rights of the citizens in addition to being a threat to sovereignty of the nation. The petition was admitted by the apex court and the matter, as of now, is subjudice. It is still under consideration, but bio-metric data is being collected, before  having authorization to collect it. The law says that only fingerprints of criminals could be collected, ordinary citizens' finger prints cannot be collected.

The apex court also made it clear in an interim order that it was not mandatory to be in possession of the Aadhar card to avail government subsidies. Despite that, commoners are still being asked to furnish their Aadhar details in order to get subsidies on LPG cylinder, bank accounts etc. Despite its validity being a subjudice matter, the government has already spent INR 8000 crore for pushing the Aadhar card to the masses – that too without the sanction of the Parliament. Before lawfully collecting data, it is collected.Is this not un-lawful?It is perplexing to know that government is "for" collection of bio-metric data from Indian population or "not for" collection of such data. Supreme Court has ruled that giving bio-metric data by individuals is not mandatory. But if one wants  to get ones pension and state benefits, one needs to give Aadhar number. As per Supreme Court, to get LPG subsidies, Aadhar is not compulsory. This is  so contradictory.The Supreme Court is most hopeful to go for an early hearing of the application filed by the centre seeking directions to use Aadhar card as the means to identify target people for different social welfare schemes.

Earlier the 3-judge bench declined to elucidate its August 11 order limiting Aadhar card usage to avail ration and LPG subsidy from PDS shops stating it would be heard by a constitution bench. Reacting to the bench’s observation, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi including important organisations of the states pleaded for an urgent hearing before a bench headed by CJI, H L Dattu.

The CJI said he would soon take a decision about constituting the 5-judge constitution bench. However, he made it clear that he was not in favor of setting a nine-judge constitution bench as pleaded by some parties involved in the case. The constitution of nine judges for Aadhaar would seriously affect the proceedings of other cases scheduled in the Apex Court.

The central governmant has made a representation before the Apex court that more than 90 crore people in India hold Aadhar card, and it would be easier to follow a one window identification mechanism to ensure the benefits of social welfare schemes reaching the target population.

 The Madhya Pradesh state government got orders from central government to make Aadhar number mandatory for people who want to take their provident fund and pension. The decision was made mandatory in three districts from January 1 which were Harda, Khandwa and Hoshangabad. The government is soon going to implement the scheme in all over the state. EPFO has already notified the people who come under these three districts that Aadhaar is mandatory if they wanted to get their pension and provident fund. Central government gave orders to the state government to collect the information of all the EPFO members and the pensioners and to link the bank accounts of the beneficiaries by December 31. The central government has asked the officials to setup new camps for collecting all this information.

Unique Identification Authority of India has decided to setup permanent Aadhaar enrollment centers in the state of Andhra Pradesh within a month. As per the reports it is estimated that near about 1400 camps will be set up in the entire state. The control of these centers is given to the IT department of Andhra Pradesh and the central common service will also support in smooth running of these enrollment centers. With the setting up of these enrollment centers people will be able to facilitate all the aadhaar card based services easily without any problem.

Recently a report was published which told that the details of the individuals which are collected through the enrollment process of Aadhaar are leaked to various third party companies without prior knowledge to the enrolled persons. Individual's data can be miss used. 
The photo above is not related to the topic. It is picture of a "step well" in the historic Red Fort in New Delhi

State of Indian economy is affecting the people

The fall of the Yen and war in Syria will soon have its effect on the Indian economy. It is difficult for the average Indian to survive the fluctuations of the market. Since there is joint family which pools the resources, there is some social security, which Indians enjoy.
On the whole, people of India,do have a tendency to migrate to greener pastures (outside India). But when they do migrate to a new land, their fundamental right to political freedom, right to choose their leader, is to some extent curtailed. But for survival, they must tolerate many constraints.
Democracy is a boon to India.While those citizens living India, right to vote is very useful to choose our leaders. But we do not have leaders who are good enough to rule. We have to tolerate uneducated leaders who divided people and create vote banks. There is a solution to problems of India and that is faster digitization. Massive crowds can be managed. Social security can be given because we have food security( good harvests) It has to reach the people. There is mismanagement on the part of the government.
We have good engineers and housing for the masses can be created. But red-tapism in Indian government prevents the creation of effective projects.Piped water must be provided, as it is the basic necessity.
 So over-all conditions are not conducive to development of the country. And to add to the woes, international exigencies like the war in the mid-East and world economy affect the Indian economy.
However Indian economy is, there is plenty of tourist spots in India, and you can enjoy India.Picture is not related to the topic.The photo is of Sher Mandal at the Old Fort in New Delhi. It was built by Sher Shah Suri in the 16 th Century, and Moghul king Humayun had fallen down from its stairs and had died here.There are many such places to visit in India

Can we rise from poverty

Trade Unions do not get the rights and they are constantly battling with the government.Those rights given cannot come into practice. And government itself does not treat its workers well. It does not give enough pay.It cuts pay for leave on illness.And it hardly gives health coverage. Minimum insurance coverage is insufficient.Indian workers are living on the edge....India is an experiment gone wrong.How to instill patriotic sentiments on people who are suffering. Without any support except themselves,people try to live out their lives.
Actually there is no need for policy on population control, government itself is terminating its people by not supporting them.People choose not to have children and are forced into live of poverty.
Raw capitalism is unchecked. Exploitation of the people is omnipresent.Although mass exodus is not there, migrations to urban areas is constantly going on. Rural life does not give a good way of life. In urban area, unskilled persons try to make a way of living. Probably as servants,rickshaw pullers, workers in factory etc, but they are given no rights.. Thousands arrive  as construction workers as carpenters, as iron smiths, as electricians as plumbers  and wait at crossroads in urban areas waiting for someone to hire them. And they are willing to work at any pay but do not get work. Many stay hungry and go to sleep. What does the government do for these workers? Nothing
When will this nightmare end? Can India rise from poverty with a non-caring government?

69 th Independence Day

Our 69th Independence day was celebrated, with speech by our Prime Minister.His oratory skills are impressive, he can put on the "accent" of the "ordinary" Indian.He has come up with several slogans describing his policies. But he has not spoken about his foreign policy considering the fact that he has toured 56 countries in last 15 months of his office. Most of the fifteen months he was away. Farmer suicides were high this year, but it is not talked about. He tells about dignity of labor and ID card for laborer. Labor reforms could not come about as labor laws are contradictory.He claims that corruption is zero in last 15 months, but it could be that it is hidden. He also says that its difficult to get rid of corruption. But "lokpal" has not come up and nothing is done on that.
In presenting the report card, he says that there are bank accounts for the poor and Jan Dhan yojna, and there are toilets in schools.He said that there will be loans for the tribals and "dalits". These remain in paper. And every MP was to adopt a village, but that was not done.
What is not done is not spoken of. And during the speech he says "I" did this and "I" did that. Instead of "we" remember that he was away for most of the 15 months touring the world. Although he talks about how he thinks of the poor, he is far away from the poor. And one speech in which he acts like the common man cannot tell the whole truth. IN the speech he tries very hard to touch on the lives of the poor,and to please them. May be he does.Let us see how the fate of India will be......

Freedom to be Indians

India India andBangladesh swapped land in Northere part of state of West bengal in a land mark agreement between both the countries. Maps are going to be re-drawn in the borders. New citizens of India celebrated on becoming Indians, they can have schools, colleges, hospitals, good roads and political power  with voting rights. They could not have had all these before. More than 1400 Bangladeshis got Indian citizenship. India and Bangladesh exchanged territories as per agreement. Soon a notification will be made in Gazette of India and new territory will be incorporated with India. After that these areas will get new pin-code by Indian Posts. People will get ration cards,,bank accounts and Aadhaar cards. And new roads will be made to connect with mainland India. 

Abdul Kalaam passed away

He was our best ex-President. He was dedicated scientist. He was a humble man. He believed in education and intellectual development. He was loved by all. We are sad

Due to rich poor dichotomy can a revolution come?

In India, there is a big gap between the rich and the poor. But this has been present all through history. And poor have lived with this. So a revolution cannot come due to differences( between classes--rich and poor)
In modern age, more changes have come.A middle class has emerged too.There seems to be anger towards this class. This is unreasonable. The middle class struggles to survive as the poor does. And this middle class is the educated class and is aware of changes in political scene.
The poor workers need to ally themselves with this middle class, if they want to be heard.
Recent trend is to tax the educated class(and not the rich capitalist class).And resentment seems to be rising, all have to be pleased.This is predictable.If the political class wants to survive, it must make favorable climate for the educated class.Because without its support, it cannot survive long.

Best tourist destinations in India

Tourists go to the top spots to see in India. The best tourists destinations are in the state of Tamil Nadu. Read this     http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/TN-top-tourist-destination-in-2014/articleshow/48092486.cms

India's population--sunken in poverty

The mass of population is deeply sunken in poverty. Impoverishment came from 900 years of foreign rule--firstly by Afghans and then by British. At foreigners like Muhhamad of Ghazni who was from Afghanistan only interested in looting India's wealth. And then there were who wanted tributes and wanted to rule India..like Muhhamad Ghori. He defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second battle of Tarrain and established his rule over India.That was the end of free India. Indian peasant had to pay largest part of his produce from the land to the Afghan ruler. Artisans,masons and workers would risk loosing their lives, if they did not convert to Islam.Hindu priests or Brahmins were tortured till they converted and sang to the tunes of the rulers. It was 700 years of terror. And the Indian peasant became poorer and poorer. Then came the white skinned rulers-the British. They did not take the produce of the peasant as tax, they insisted that the peasant sell his produce and give the tax in terms of money. Their introduction of monetary economy impoverished the peasant further and further. For about 200 years, British ruthlessly looted the peasant population of India.
Read about the phenomenon of famine during the British rule.Please copy and paste this urlhttp://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/

And now in free India, they are still poor. So if the poor are having unhealthy lives because of poverty, we can expect this.
Please read this;copy and paste this urlhttp://www.geographyandyou.com/component/content/article/32-featured-stories/3788-study-proves-indian-children-are-wasting-by-rising-food-prices.html

India-explore and enjoy

There are plenty of historical places and natural wonders in India.One must have the spirit of exploration and zeal to take up journeys. While planning for such travels, one can watch these videos, one can copy and paste these urls
http://adityapathak.net/2015/06/09/gwalior-fort-video/

http://adityapathak.net/category/history-2/

Future: whether digital India would pull us out of the pit

India is suffering from poverty, from lack of infrastructure, from lack of firm government, lack of good policies and so on and on. There is a possibility that if we bring in technology fast, there is a possibility of a great escape from the mess. It depends great deal on how "tech"men's  implementation.If they laze around and do not swiftly bring about digitization, we will be lost forever. If we implement it fast, we can become a great nation.

Poverty in India..why?

India is poor today because of centuries of impoverishment caused by foreign rules (British for 200 years and Afghans for 700 years) Peasant was always kept poor. And somehow he evolved social practices to live with poverty...living on minimum. Present government also tries to perpetuate poverty, it gives rights to capitalists to exploit the poverty stricken people. Social history goes on repeating itself. Poor are getting poorer. There are case studies to prove how the poor go on tolerating impoverishment
http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2015_50/26-27/Debt_Bondage_and_the_Tricks_of_Capital.pdf

New way to allocate mines--auctions

We have abundance of minerals, question is who would mine them.And now a more new manner has been found. On March 20,2015, it was ruled that auction would be held to allocate mines.Auction would be the only way of obtaining mines of minerals

Both Houses of Parliament Pass the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill

Parliament has passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2015 today.  This Bill amends certain provisions of the MMDR Act, 1957. The Amendment Bill, 2015, became necessary to address the emergent problems in the mining industry. In the last few years, the number of new Mining Leases granted in the country has fallen substantially. In addition, second and subsequent renewals have also been affected by certain Supreme Court judgements. As a result, the output in the mining sector has come down drastically, leading to import of minerals by users of those minerals. The salient provisions of the Amendment Bill are as follows:

Removal of discretion: auction to be sole method of allotment

The Amendment removes discretion in the grant of mineral concessions. All mineral concessions are granted by the respective State Governments. They will continue to do so but all grants of mineral concessions would be through auctions, thereby bringing in greater transparency and removing discretion. This should also mean that the Government will get an increased share from the mining sector. Unlike in the 1957 Act, there would be no renewal of any mining concession. The tenure of mineral concessions has been increased from the existing 30 years to 50 years. Thereafter, all Mining Lease would be put up for auction (and not for renewal as in the earlier system).

Impetus to the mining sector

Continued operations in the mining industry have been affected due to the pendency of applications for second and subsequent renewals.  In fact, this pendency has led to closure of large number of mines. The Amendment Bill, 2015 addresses this issue also. To provide a transition to the new system, Sub-Sections (5) and (6) of Section 8A of the Amendment Bill have been included by which Mining Leases would be deemed to be extended from the date of their last renewal upto 31^st March, 2030 (in the captive miners) and till 31^st March, 2020 (for the merchant miners) or till the completion of the period of renewal already granted, if any, whichever is later.   It is expected that this would immediately permit mines that have got closed due to want of decisions on their applications for second and subsequent renewals to start their operations, subject to the necessary clearances like forest and environment.

Safeguarding interests of affected persons

The Amendment Bill makes it mandatory to establish a District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in all districts where mining takes place. This is designed to address a long time grievance of civil society that people affected by mining are not cared for.   Contribution to the DMF of an amount not exceeding one-third of the royalty rate in so far as new concessions to be granted by auction are concerned and not exceeding the royalty in respect of existing concessions has been provided for. The Bill also makes it mandatory for State Governments, while framing rules to give effect to the DMF, to conform to the provisions of such Acts as the Panchayats (Extensions to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 as well as provisions of the Constitution relating to Fifth and Sixth Schedule areas.

Encouraging exploration and investment

Indian mining industry has not seen the type of exploration as in other countries. To address this, the Amendment proposes to setup a National Mineral Exploration Trust created out of contribution from the mining lease holders. This would allow the Government to have a dedicated fund for undertaking exploration. In addition, the transferability provision (in respect of Mining Leases to be granted through auction) would permit flow of greater investment to the sector and increasingefficiency in mining.

Simplification of procedures and avoidance of delay

In respect of ten minerals in Part C of First Schedule (like iron ore, manganese, bauxite, copper, gold, etc.), State Governments needed to obtain the prior approval of the Central Government before grant of mineral concessions. The Amendment removes the need for such “prior approval” from the Central Government, thereby making the process quicker and simpler. Similarly, approval of mining plan by the Government would no longer be mandatory as a proviso has been added under Section 5(2)(b) permitting the State Governments to devise a system for filing of a mining plan obviating need for prior approval by the Government.

Stringent provisions against illegal mining

All offences under the Act will now be subject to a maximum punishment of 5 years imprisonment or fine of Rs. 5.00 lakhs per hectare.  State Governments are also empowered to set up Special Courts for speedy trial of offences under the Act.

The salient provisions of the Amendment Bill are as follows:

Ø  All mineral concessions will be granted only through auction {Sections 10 B &11}.

Ø  Direct auction for mining leases for bulk minerals; auction of prospecting licences-cum-mining leases for deep-seated minerals {Sections 10 B & 11}.

Ø  Uniform lease period of 50 years; no renewals; auction at the end of lease period; will solve problems arising out of SC judgments on second and subsequent renewals {Section 8 A}.

Ø  Transition period of minimum 15 years for captive mines and 5 years for other mines; no sudden stoppage as a result of the Amendment {Section 8 A (5) and (6)}.

Ø  All pending applications at State level (over 60 thousand) will abate except in a few cases where action is in progress/vested right exists {Section 10A}.

Ø  Central Government empowered to prescribe deadlines for various processes and to issue binding directions to States {Section 20 A}.

Ø  Central Government to frame separate rules for atomic minerals {Section 11 (B)}.

Ø  The previous approval of the Central Government will not be required for grant of mineral concession except for Atomic Minerals {Amendment to Section 5(1)}.

Ø  Enabling powers for reservation for the public sector to continue {Section 17 A}.

Ø  Higher penalties and jail terms for offences; special courts may be constituted, if necessary {Amendment to Section 21(1) & (2)}. .

Ø  District Mineral Foundation to take care of people and areas affected by mining {Section 9 (B)}.

Ø  National Mineral Exploration Trust to be set up for impetus to exploration {Section 9 (C)}.

Ø  Easy transferability of concessions obtained through auctions so as to attract private investment and FDI {Section 12 (A)}.

Ø  Powers to Central Government to intervene even where State Governments do not pass orders within prescribed time lines; this will eliminate delay {Section 30}.

Earthquake in Indian subcontinent

Earthquake struck twice within a span of two weeks in the Indian subcontinent. No damages in India. In Nepal thousands lost their lives. Many were injured and many many lost their homes.It does worry us greatly. When it would strike or how strong it would strike, all this is wild guess. Himalayan plate is moving and that is bad news for us We do not know what to save. First we have to save our lives. We moved out of our buildings. But for how long. Many in Nepal started living in tents on their fields. They think that would be safer.We think historical monuments are important. How to save them? We can only photo document them for posterity. Our living is too history for those of the future. So our present homes and offices are to be saved too. I guess we have to photo document that too. We have to know what is important now.TO KNOW WHEN THE QUAKE WOULD COME IS IMPORTANT.Doing geological investigations is important.

This is an old mosque whose vault is broken.This photo was taken at Ugresan baoli at CP,New Selhi

Protests against land acquisition

The acquisition of land from the poor is more than the issue of adequate compensation. Their way of life and livelihood for the next generation is not considered. When land is taken away fro a farmer, not only you take away his livelihood, you take away his children's way to livelihood too. Because good education and good careers are not there for the rural poor; land is all that they have. This was not thought about. "we want development, and we want industries" but at whose cost?People(natives) should become the stake holders because they are the "real owners" They had been dependent on the produce of the land.And now they are in search of clean drinking water, food and livelihoods.They cannot be nomadic for ever and they need a  place to stay.

http://www.forestrightsact.com/statements-and-news/142-endangering-people-banks-the-environment-and-the-economy

Land Acquisition Bill

The land acquisition Bill has been passed in the Lower House(Lok Sabha) of the Parliament. But with many walk outs, there is question that it was not representative. The clauses and amendments cannot alter the fact that, it is unfair to the poor. Those who are forced to sell their land do not get adequate compensation. All that these people have is their land. If they loose this then they become impoverished unskilled labor class. This truth cannot be hidden by any amendment. The Bill any case has been passed, it will go to the Upper House(Rajya Sabha) to become law(if passed)
While fighting this bill the other parties against the majority(BJP) have aligned.Thus, the opposition has been formed.

Need to know History

We must know the history of India, because it is our identity..who we are. We a people with rich cultural heritage. This is evident from the innumerable monuments present today. The land and its people have evolved together to make a huge cultural nation that is India. Because of living in the Indian subcontinent cut-off from the rest of the world, we had evolved our own culture and religions... Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Human species here had settled in the Indus river valley 3000 B.C. We got uprooted because of climate change--200 years long drought. Vedic India emerged in 1750 to 50 BC because second urbanization came about. People settled in fertile plains between the Ganges River systems.In Indo Gangetic plains came about the Vedic Age 1750 BC on wards. There were 16 different dynasties and their kingdoms. Shramana movements gave rise to Jainism and Buddism. Upanishads came about at the same time. Magadha empire was evolving. Mauryan empire came in 322 till 185 BC.Classic period came about as Sunga empire, Satavahana empire and Kushna empires solidified. Then came the Golden Age of the Guptas 320 to 650 AD when Hinduism and Buddism spread all over the continent. There were struggles between Gujrat-Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas and Pala empires. This was between eighth and tenth centuries. Islamic intrusions started with invasions, plunders and massacres. Delhi Sultanate eastablished themselves between 1206 till 1526. Meanwhile in other parts there were Chalukyas, Vijayanagara empire(14th till16th),Chola(9th to 13th) Hoysala Kingdom(12-14),Pandya(13-14).Then Muslim rule under Mughals came to rule India from 1674 till 1857. Last Mughal emperor was imprisoned by British and India became part of British Empire(after East India Company came). In 1947, we became a free nation and we have prospered since the last 68 years.

History of India is relevant today because we do not want to repeat it. we need to keep up with development in the West 

Rights of the people

By government land is acquired for development and handed over to private companies. And owners of the land who are poor people are not adequately compensated for loss. These unjust policies curtail the citizens right to property. So there have been several revolts. We cannot ignore the rights of the people for the sake of development. After all development is for the people.So read on.



Copy and past the below url

http://www.kractivist.org/land-war-opposition-farmers-vs-government-corporates/

Lovely India

There are inherent problems in India. Government's bureaucracy does not function properly. There are monumental delays in implementation of government's plans.By the time it is implemented, the party would have lost elections and new government will work on different lines. With the result, transport systems, river linkage systems, social security schemes,revising educational institutions etc are held back. So unless political stability, continuation of a single government is there, this will persist. But this will not affect foreign tourists or international Indians in any way. People can visit India. This blog will continue make posts for those who want to know more about India and those who want to visit India.

An ancient country

India is an ancient country tackling problems of the 21st century. Since Indians have become highly educated as engineers, as doctors and as administrators, India is becoming powerful nation.
There are wonderful places to see in India. It is an ideal place where tourism can grow(has potential). Ancient monuments--tombs palaces, temples, mosque and churches are plentiful. Its tourist paradise. Since the Indian currency is easily obtainable, all can enjoy the grandest historical places. And the comforts that hotels give and travel details in blogs attract lot of tourists.So one can invest in tourist industry and prosper.

Election results in Delhi

Citizens of New Delhi have chosen Aam Admi Party decively. Because they wanted development and a better way of life which the Bharatiya Janata Party could not give. We needed reforms but the BJP was good with words and bad in action. We expect the AAP to get rid of corruption; we expect reduction in water bill, electricity bill and better schools for kids. We want jobs for our young adults. If AAP does not stand up to our expectations, we know what to do at next election. AAP is approachable but BJP alienated  itself from the people.There was an element of becoming too proud of oneself on the part of BJP. Too much dependence on officials of government and too little understanding of the people were the two main reasons for the fall of BJP. So high officials take heed...the ordinary people do count....