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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Posted 9:22 AM by Anurag

Some Mandatory Election-time Ranting!

Yes, thats what it is. Its press-the-EVM-button time and its our duty to talk about it :) Even though I have no hesitation in making my political choice (Congress) clear, I must say that I dont necessarily support or contradict the text that follows. Just thought some of the 'facts' here are interesting. Purists Alarm: Never mind the language!!.

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From: rg
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: Make India : Fwd. to as many people as you know

Hi
I got and found sensible and forwarded . I did not find it in support of any particular party. But because whichever party is in power , its always quite strong in using means and power. So naturally their steps should be criticized heavily as that ensure better democracy. Its in fashion all over the world in every developed nation. It does not prevail only in countries like India where media starts plaiyng sycophants to the ruling party. Earlier, they (media) were doing the same with the congress and now with the BJP. The truth is that both parties have pros and cons. But there is one clear difference between two parties: Congress looks sensitive towards social responsibilities while BJP behaves a bit childish towards unity in society. They both are corrupt but BJP is like corruption + highhandedness. Chori aur seenajori, one can say.

Rumour spreading is prerogative of Sangh family and noone can beat them in this regard. In rajsthan election they spread rumour among simple villagers that Sonia Gandhi was cabarette dancer in Italy ( Courtesy Shekhar Gupta, chief Editor, Indian Express, who told one such villager that its not true and who in turn told him about who spreaded this rumour). Now as per Times of India talk radio ( u can listen it urself, search archive and look for Ram Krishna Vedanti's interview almost 10 days ago). Vedanti is BJP candidate against Rahul Gandhi and vedanti is saying that 1000 columbian girls have reached Amethi and they do vulgar dances in evening at gardens to sway the voters. I mean you will laugh till hilt if u listen him. And these are candidates of BJP.

Then there is Vinay Katiyar who says Sonia Gandhi has been a curse to Nehru Gandhi family and that she first ate sanjay gandhi, then Indira gandhi and then Rajeev gandhi. When Sanjay gandhi was killed, Menka was pregnant. By the same token, why was Menka gandhi not unlucky for family? Again, why was Varun gandhi not a curse for his father? Is there any end to such nonsense?

Suppose you start working on a new area in your department and you put hard work and develop an understanding of the area and collect all facilities to do the work and you are at the threshold of getting results and at that time you are transferred to another place either for good job or for any reason and some Mr X joins your previous lab and naturally his path is very easy as you have paved ways for him or any of your successors. He may look smart in working because he has got every thing though it was you who worked hard to gather those facilities and it was who you developed all basic infrastructure. If some day you listen from your ex-colleague that your previous lab is doing good and getting good results and getting recognition and then the present staff or person working in your place says that Mr Y (you) did not do anything and we did everything, then you will understand what it means when BJP says they did everything in 5 years what previous govts. could not do in 45 years. Rao, who made national highway authority which proposed this golden quadruple road plans, should be genuinly disturbed when he asks , this much work in just five years? and we did nothing? Manmohan singh shd be genuinely disturbed if today Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh says they changed market all by themselves. Though fact is that yashwant sinha was finance minister in the Chandrashekhara govt, why could he not envisage the same what Manmohan singh did 1 year later?

Its pity Indians goes in wave and they never think as an individual. Priority is to expose hypocrisy of politicians so that we get good politicians in every party and then we can chose parties but at present the need is to select individual candidates and blind support to any party is harmful for indian democrarcy.

Its so ridiculous that if rahul gandhi is a candidate in election then its dynasty but if Chautala khandan is in election or son, brothers of mulayam singh yadav is in election, nephew and relatives of Mr Vajpayee are getting ticket, son of Vasundhara Raje Scindia, son of Jaswant Singh, son of Kalyan Singh, son of Omer Abdullah, son of Ajit Singh, brother in law of Pramod Mahajan, stand in election then its not dynasty. Mahajan says Rahul and Priyanka cant hold high posts because they dont have both parents of Indian origin then what Mahajn was doing when Vajpai made Omer Abdullah minister of foreign affairs? Omer Abdullah's mother is british and lives in london. Who was Rajmata Scindia? she was not of Indian origin. Tomorrow we can object over family of Subhash chandra bose because he married a German woman. We pave our eyelashes for V S naipaul who has nothing to do with India, we feel boasting if any Indian origin person become PM or president in other countries and we play double standards when it comes to India. Bal Thakrey opposes Miss world contest, protest valentine day but lies down on ground to welcome pop singer Jackson. Whats this nonsense.

People like Arun shauri, Arun Jaitley, Shiv raj patil, Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukehrjee should reach Loksabha and not Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar, Vedanti or Narendra Modi .

One Sam Pitroda's five year action pavd the way for C-Dac and C-DOT and basic infrastructure for communication revolution and we should abide by such learned fellow than to ordinary politicians who can win election by exploiting immature sentiments of less educated people.

I would prefer APJ Kalam over any simple politician. message was this. sorry if any of your sentiments were hurted.
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From: Anurag Jain
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:20 AM
Subject: RE: Make India : Fwd. to as many people as you know

Hi
Nice to hear from u again. Even though I agree with you on the false claims on progess that BJP is making, the mail u sent however is quite venomous and seems motivated by political agenda. Would surely be ineterested in discussing more on this in person/phone.

Best wishes,
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From: rg
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: FW: Make India : Fwd. to as many people as you know

From: "arpita"

Many aspects of India Shining can have a differing perspective. Look at the last five years of the Indian government.

* The average GDP growth has been 5.7 per cent even after the so-called feel-good 8 per cent growth in 2003-04. The average GDP growth under the Vajpayee government has been lower than under the Indira , Rajiv Gandhi, and Rao governments.
* Never before in the history of India has employment in the organised sector shrunk in the manner it has shrunk in the last five years. 800,000 jobs have been lost in the organised sector across the country.
* There has been no investment growth in agriculture and industry in the last five years.
* The interest rates are low for borrowers, but for savers, the low interest rates are a disaster; high foreign exchange reserves reflect a lack of investment demand. In India, there is no demand for dollars; there is no demand for investment; dollars are coming in, but dollars are not being used. So there is bound to build up a foreign exchange reserve. What will happen if people start taking out their money in foreign currency outside because lot of people keep it in India because Indian banks are giving maximum interest ? People did this in past also and took out dollars as soon as Indian economy was shaking . One cant rely on such fake stocks of foreign currency as Government cant use this money and only can show it as their collected sum.
* One of major politician calls Congress president , who is by chance a woman like any mother and daughter in any Indian's family , a curse who ate her Brother in law, Mother in law and lastly Husband. Same thoughts have been reiterated by BJP candidate contesting against Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. India can afford such backward views? If these thoughts prevail in todays India than no woman is safe in India, no woman can feel respected as then such backward minded men will define women as slave and ill fated creature. Do we want to return in to time of Sati Pratha? Do you want to bring back to that era where your mother , daughter , sister , wife will be treated as cursed woman who brings ill fate to family?
* Congress established IITs, IIMs IISC bangalore, JNU, BARC, C-Dac, C-Dot, BHEL, ONGC , CSIR and never interfered in the functions of these gems of India and therefore Indians could prove to world their worth in due course of time as no Institution was afraid of interference from Government side. Never before any HRD minister ill treated IITs and IIMs as present HRD minister treated. They are brand name of India and have to be saved , They have done remarkably good which tells that their way of function has been nice by and large.
* HRD Minister and his clerks have threatened and insulted members of BOG of IIM. Though fact remains that Mr . Narayan Murthy and others provides jobs to thousands of young people every year and make good image of India worldwide and they are visionary unlike Minister and his fellows who knows only to show off their power.
* One has to learn new skills in school , colleges to earn bread butter in life. One has to earn skill to compete in world economy and Indian student cant afford to lose energy in learning whether Akbar was good king or not or whether some people took part in freedom struggle or not. This whole discussion is bogus and quite illusionary. Leave every history related topic to students of History. If you are student of economics then concentrate what these political parties can offer for sake of India.
* Do we know that our great Leader Subhash Chandra bose married to a German lady and his Daughter Dr Anita Bose still teaches in Germany. Can we afford to pay attention to these bogus issues like foreign origin people? How many foreign people are going to participate in Indian politics that we should forget real issues. India needs progress, development, education else daily we have to bear the news that today a man threw his five children in river and then killed himself because of poverty. So many farmers did suicide . Poor ladies and their small children died during Saree distribution function on the occasion of birthday of our contemporary great leaders. India is shining and 25 women are killed in stampede only for sarees of worth 40 Rs ? States are fighting over matter of water scarcity ?
* Do we need electricity and energy so that we also can enjoy life as any inhabitants of any developed nation if world enjoys or we need matter of useless importance? We need development in our nation so that no Indian has to steal eyes when he is abroad and foreigners pity poverty and poor basic facilities in India.
* India need strong sensible government who does not bend before pressure of multinational co's interests. Our water is precious and its not to fill soft drink bottles without any accountability of that co which they promise before they get permission to use ground water. India has to make sure that if any multination enter in the market and promise that it will make so much export after having manufacturing facility in India then it does fulfil it.
* With killing of Honest Satyendra Dube India lost so much because central Government did not tackle matter nicely neither before when Mr Dube exposed the corruption in the high profile "Golden Quadruple Road Plan" nor after his death . Its blow for young people of India. Will they dare to become honest ?

India could have done much better in last 6 years if India had a visionary government. Due to good show of Indians in software, pharmaceuticals and other service based areas , India could have taken bigger advantages in world economy if India had an experienced and matured government but India could fetch only little amount out of its fate though it was deserving much bigger proportion. India could have shined as a whole but it could not happen. Reality is bitter but one nation has to be realistic to gain real advantage.

Where India could show real worth in case of foreign policy? Pakistan and America duo made fool of India and today Pakistan is having edge over India and America is feeding Pakistan with tons of dollars in lieu of illusionary services which Pakistan pretended to give in destroying terrorism in Afganistan. India has been badly defeated in foreign policy. India was needing a visionary , experienced and matured government in last 6 years when world was passing through transition phase economically , politically.

India is standing at crucial point where almost 50% population is having age below 35 years. This population can turn India in to a developed nation

where everybody has work to do,
where everybody can have facility to get education of his interest
where one lives with freedom of expression
where one can feel satisfaction and happiness being an Indian

Remember we are living in same India where on call from Lal Bahadur Shastri Indians left taking food in evening when India was facing war with Pakistan. Even restaurants and hotels in so many parts of India stopped cooking food . We had respect for morals and we had respected leaders. India is still having that moral potential.

How many of us know that during Indo-China war when India was deprived of Food grains then USA Obliged India with third grade wheat which was wet and having Ghun inside. India had to face that insult and that insult was healed with green revolution.

We should take vow that never ever India will face such scarcity of food grains in future. How many of us know that USA and Europe and other developed nations give heavy subsidy to their farmers and we Indians don't even respect our farmers and we shout when hear that they are given subsidy on fertilizers. Average farmer is under tremendous pressure in India and India can see development when it comes from all sides and only call centres cant change fate of India.

Don't become emotional while using your precious vote. Don't come under illusion and be a smart real analytical manager who has one project before your eyes.

" Make India developed nation before 2020"
No destruction of religious monuments , no religious , cast and colour discrimination will carry you towards this goal. No country in world could be developed with such negative factors. They are the biggest hurdles in way of progress. When your India is strong politically, economically , emotionally then no missionary in world can ask you to change your religion no matter how big bribery he puts before you. Nowhere in world any rich person has ever changed his religion. First make your nation developed without falling in trap of politicians with dirty mind. India cant afford to fall back in past era where there was cast, colour and religious and gender based discrimination.

Think coolly before you vote and vote for right candidate and don't go for specific party. This is era of alliance and if we chose right candidate then no matter one party gets majority or not because in last these right candidates will join hands to form a government.

Save your India by using your vote rightfully and with brave determination. Every party has good and bad people and this is up to us that we select these goods and trash out these bads so that next time no party dares to give ticket to their bads.

Make India strong, shining , developed , educated and liberal where one can live freely with responsibilities towards freedom for others as well.

Fill your heart with love towards your Nation " India" and say with proud Jai Hind !
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