WOMEN IN THE PRESENT WORLD.

The beauty of the women is gone!

The softness, petiteness, vulnerability lost.

Was akin to a flower that is so attractive

besides being so refreshing.

Their appearance is now more wild,

Their behavior more audacious.

God made a women a women, but why do they want to be men?  

It is as if the wish is for a monogamous world

So much against nature but does anyone care?.

The men are now silent due to their guilt

Have they treated women honourably over time?

The idea of women's liberation is dominant.

Demanding equality in spheres functionally & anatomically different.

Causing incalculable damage to the fabric of society.

Are men ready to atone their sins and mend their ways?.

Will women realise they are on road that lead to destruction?  

The sooner we humans, realise, the better.

ANOTHER WASTE WHICH NEEDS DISPOSAL

Commuting to & fro the office in our country is a painful experience. This is a strenuous task not only for the inhabitants of the cities but also for the rural. It is a fact that our cities are bursting at the seams. The public transport system, in whatever way planned, is found to be grossly inadequate to handle the burden. It takes an average person one and half hour to go to office and equal time to come back home. A time not only totally unproductive but also filled with tremendous stress and strain for the commuter . In Mumbai, one cannot get into the local trains for four hours in the morning and four in the evening. Apart from residents of that city it is a nerve wreaking experience for an outsider who does not reside in Mumbai. Bangaluru and  Kolkata traffic are known for their delay in reaching the destination. For tomorrow's departure one may have to leave home today.Chennai is somewhat better in the flow of traffic but here too traffic density is very high and road discipline non-existent. Not to speak of Delhi which is a city of distances.  In rural areas too, many travel from village to village to reach their place of  work.If an average person, whose work demands that he works for 10 hours a day, spends 3 hours each day for just commuting in a week comprising of six days unlike some countries with five days in a week work culture,  then one can imagine what societal responsibilities he will be able to discharge. In my opinion, the time of commuting in a highly chaotic, polluted, congested atmosphere is responsible for the high levels of irritability and disease prone ambience. This could be a very significant contributing factor to the high crime rates and suicides in our society today. One may argue that people in other  a countries too travel long distances to reach their workplace, but travel there are more comfortable and Strangely no attention has been paid to this aspect by either the Government, media or the public welfare organisations.

It is time that some workable policy is formulated wherein this wastage and damage is minimised. 

IMPOTENT LAWS

Our Country has exhaustive laws. But is anyone there getting justice?. What use is of laws that cannot protect the innocent?.

Our courts have pending cases dating back several years. What is being done to clear the cases?. Over and above this, if one does not seem to get justice in the lower courts, he can appeal to higher and higher courts, thus demeaning the worth of the lower courts. With so many pending cases, why this should be allowed?.

What is the use if a case comes up for trials after so many years?. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Are the genuine cases tried and verdict given?. Whatever it is, the common man does not get justice. for eg. if an employer dispenses his employee without assigning any reason, the employee is advised not to approach the court because it will ultimately spoil his career. He is advised to gradually forget and carry on. Is this justice?. If a shopkeeper charges more than the label listed price, the consumer is advised to compromise and not take up the issue. Our so called consumer courts do precisely this. People who cheat and swindle with the investment of hard earned money are not caught and tried.

Criminals, Murderers, convicts, Rapists and the corrupt are let out on bail and finally go scot free because of their 'connections'.  The law is soft on landgrabbers, illlegal miners and producers of illicit liquor. No cases are registered against careless drivers from Government owned transport buses even if they kill, let alone their traffic offences.  What about Poachers, Doctors' negligence etc..?.

What is the quality of our lawyers?. Can the common man afford a lawyer?. Does it not happen that  the lawyers take the people for a ride by promising the moon and giving handful of sand after charging for it?. Who has to ensure this?. Is not the Government responsible?

In short, our law can punish the genuine but helpless against the real offenders. Common people can only trust God for divine justice. No wonder, in the land of Godmen, people can draw some solace. 

COMMON INJUSTICE

Every month when a common man receives his pay cheque from his office, the Government has already taken a part of your income as Income Tax. After 15 months, the common man has to file his Income tax returns with the Government begging them to take a reasonable amount and return the balance, usually 75-80% of the amount Government has already taken from him. After this, The Government takes its own sweet time to refund that money to the concerned person. So Government takes ones money before 30 months and still thinks whether to return it to him. What an injustice?.Why are we Indians put to such hardships?. And then there are rules which are one way, favorable to the Government, inimical to the common man.

Likewise, all payments to Government such as Road Tax, Property Tax, Excise & Customs Duty, Sales Tax, Service Tax and other types of taxes are collected in advance.After payment of all these, still the common man does not get anything in return.

Collecting service tax for such services like telephone calls, Insurance premium payments, hospital bills, educational tutorial fees are nothing but absurd.

Railway ministry cannot provide a train ticket to the common man to travel in peace. He is charged exhorbitant premium amount in the form of Tatkal booking to provide him a seat. The booking agents take advantage of this and with or without the connivance of the Railway staff make hay. The irony of it, common man is slapped with a bigger tatkal bill to keep out the touts ( they say!!!). 

But in the Parliament, the ministers help themselves to largesse with no encumberances. They have huge salaries, free perks and power to earn more.
 

EDUCATION IN SHAMBLES

It is the duty of the Government to provide education to the children either free of cost or at a nominal fee. But, strangely, in our country, the business of Education has been given to the private people without any check on its functioning. In actuality, our Government is going against the Constitution, which it is supposed to safeguard.

The trouble starts right from primary education. For LKG admission, parents queue up in front of private schools from night onwards. This is sweet news to private schools who start counting money by the size of the queue. While the student progresses in school, there is hardly any control on the exorbitant fees charged by the school, the facilities and the infrastructure provided, the quality of teaching and training. With the result, it is a great burden on the parents and as is with every department of the Government, they do not get quality in return, on the contrary, they are harassed. The private schools are run by Industry houses that act as a safe tax haven for them, NGOs which run the schools on a profit because they are not provided with Government funds. There are only a few institutions which run schools with a good intention but with no support from the Government. Another vague area is the presence of several Boards such as CBSE, ICSE, State Boards, Matriculation etc. How can a uniform education be provided?.

Come to higher Education which is a murkier scene. Colleges are started and run by politicians who have no background in education. In the name of Premier Institutions, Minority Institutions, Reservation of seats, Aided and Non-aided Universities, Autonomous and Attached Universities, the confusion is complete. Rather than the talent of a student is identified and developed, it has become a tool for some to harass common people and make money. In the name of Premier Institute, they are allowed to charge fantastic amount which cannot be afforded by the majority of its people. This has made the Rich and the Powerful to turn the system to their advantage thereby churning out sub-standard graduates. Capitation fees, price for a Medical or Engineering seat are making a mincemeat of the whole system.  The aim of the students who are graduating from such a system can only breed corruption. There are prices for graduate to get job in a police, postal, Electricity, Hospitals, Research Institutions run by government departments. What would be goal and the caliber of such people?.

What is more?. Such a system is aided and abetted by the State and the Central Governments.  Did the framers of our Constitutions expect such a situation when they drafted it?. Just as every other sphere of activity in our country, Education too has been twisted out of proportions. A sad state of affairs indeed!.

GAS TROUBLE

We all have to buy LPG cylinders. The three Government controlled oil companies rule the roost. The private players are too expensive for a normal household. The agents of these oil companies to whom the job of distribution is given are the lords of the rings. Typically, if any household books the refill with one of these agents, the cylinders are sent through their delivery boys. God, the power these delivery boys have may put any Manager in a company to shame. These delivery boys demand the tip and that too an amount fixed by them. Presently, the delivery boy charges Rs.30/- for delivering a cylinder. Do we give in because of a sympathy that these hard working boys deserve something.and  for this do they have to demand?. My own feeling is that full cost of delivering the LPG cylinder should be borne by the agent out of his commission that he gets from the oil Companies. However, they pay a meager salary to these delivery boys with the hope that they may 'make up' by collecting tips from households. They would then maximise their profit.

In case, the payment of tip is refused, then there is a fear that these delivery boys may deliberately delay the delivery of the cylinders and also behave rudely. As on date these companies, being in the service to consumers from whom they are earning well, lack a public grievance forum or a channel through which the public can voice their grievance.

Are you getting your query answered by the delivery boy or the agent responsible?.
How many time you have tried to call the agent on the telephone and he does not pick up?
Have you at all received polite and correct answers to your queries from these people?.

People must voice their protest/dissent to the service of these Government agencies who have ruled for too long. The problem cited may look frivolous, but is it ethical?. How may such frivolous, but unethical practices that we as people can shut our eyes an mouth to?

INTRODUCTION AND INTENT

Through this blog, my aim is to bring to notice the wrongs that we are doing. some of us may be aware of this, but some others may not be. It is a fact that day by day there is degradation in our living style and values are getting lost. Everyday and every minute the borderline is being tested and crossed. The bad characteristics are raising their head and good ones receding into the background. Not only this, the practicioners of the values put to test. It is said that this is the age of Kali Yug and the society will continue to fall in standards. We may have to wait for an Avtaar to rectify the society and to protect the Good. But the question is whether some of the good people will be able to patiently bear the onslaught and live a normal life. Surely not. They may have to suffer in pain. Only some can pray that some sense will dawn on the society.

Therefore this article is both an opportunity for me and others to vent their feelings and also fervently hope that some wrong doers will give a thought and be more empathetic.