Culture Corruption

A nation's stature is determined more from its people & cultures than its treasures . The people are the measure of its greatness and in a democracy the elected leaders are the definitions of the country.

India, a nation with, great personalities, great virtues like its culture , the fact of being the world’s largest democracy ,Its heritage , the abode of thousands of languages and various religions makes everybody spellbound by its wide spectrum of people and culture and also the fact that it is a country where every individual is free to practice his own religion, and to express his views, define India as one of the best places to live around the world.

But one more string that’s tagged to India is Corruption.

The very infection of Corruption has spread like an everlasting pandemic to the roots of our nation. At, every place-stage of the proceedings-every level-every angle ,money plays the driving force for getting works done and corruption phenomenon is one the leading cause for the downfall of all of us as a nation.

There is corruption in Political arena, in public services, in taxes and licenses and literally everywhere in India.

It has become a known secret to all and is most commonly spoken topic in every random conversation, that one can get any work done (quick-without delays-even though illegal) in a government office through payment of money to any concerned officer .This is shockingly true but a very bizarre act and even though we know that we don’t have to pay them for doing their duty, we end up paying the minimum sum with respect to the nature of work, saying, This is India, This is how it works ?

So is this how it all works in India ?

where has the infection sparked up? How on earth a country known for its honesty and sincerity of the people ended up being known for their corrupt works? And also managed to earn itself a proud 84^th place out of 180 listed countries in Corruption Perceptions Index ?

Lets first see some general day2day cases of India,

Everyone who gets their passport from Government of India, pays a sum of Rs. 200 to 500 to the officer who comes home as a part of police verification process.

But, why should we do that? We need not actually pay any money to the verification officer for doing his duty, but we do end up paying.

And in illegal terms, any who gets caught for parking at wrong place or for speeding on the roads or for triple riding, gets away from punishment by paying some money to the on duty police officer.

And if I mention various other locations and situations we the people pay money to the concerned people, the list amounts to more than a thousand or more instances.

Here in above instances, people often pay even though their work is legitimate and for other cases, people pay for escaping legal punishments. Paying money for over coming punishments for illegal acts is a very incorrect practice.

This not only takes our nation in a wrong direction but also becomes a breeding grounds for the corrupt officials. This allows everyone a freedom to commit mistakes and there by making our country corrupt and a true unsafe place.

According to India law, Not only those who take money/gifts as part of corruption are entitled for punishment but also those who pay the money are also entitled for same extent of punishment.

So Are we , the people are the ones to blamed for making our country so corrupt ? I say, Yes, we are equally responsible for the condition of our nation but who is to be blamed in this vicious circle ? If it were solved, our nation would have been corruption free

Somewhere, the tradition has begun and is continuing till date . So according to me, It is high time that we put an end to this practice everyone together should march towards a corruption free India.

But , let’s not worry too much about how it all started but let’s get down to the business of dealing with the problems that we face in facing the problem of corruption

From the Government point of view

The anti corruption bureau in India, is in charge of keeping a check on the corruption using Prevention of Corruption At, 1988 which falls under Central vigilance Commission and doesn’t fall into any ministry and is headed by the Central vigilance commissioner, the CVC is supposedly an autonomous independent body but with only powers to advice but not take action against any one which is indeed a backdrop of the system.

Various individuals and officers that are searched and investigated in a daily basis by the ACB of whom many are innocent and most of them are guilty, but I haven’t ever witnessed even a single politician getting prosecuted for their corruption.

Everyone is fully aware that politicians eat up all our tax money and they keep growing richer everyday but no one ever dared to investigate into their funds.

This implies that, somewhere in the independent functioning of CVC, there is a string attached with the politicians which prevents ACB from intruding into the corrupt practices of politicians and hence politicians fall safe all the time.

So this makes me think the prosecution and hype over innocents being nailed under corruption scam is just an affirmation to their inability to actually counter the real culprits.

This has to change. A real force or power has to awarded to the ACB which allows it to search or arrest any random politician at their own will and scan his properties and then take necessary action against them.

Also, earlier , gifts attained by anyone, no matter how expensive they were, were never checked upon and never had any taxes on them. This allowed corruption prone to receive money inform of gifs. Now the new law of levying heavy taxes on gifts that are not from close relatives should help in curbing corruption.

The legal actions taken on the guilty proven should be so heavy in nature that , it should be a warning to the others who even think of getting involved into corruption. And also the process of investigation should be made quick which in turn requires input money and man power which can be afforded for a dream that we all care about, after all, it’s all our tax money.

Now from the public point of view,

The first step that is to be taken is to avoid payment to any official or officers for getting your legitimate work done.

And then the most important part is , awareness.

Spreading of awareness about the harmful effects of corruption on the growth of our nation to one and all should be done in a huge manner.

Well, the most important part of the corruption fight is corruption is Education. Education for all helps people to know their rights and ways to counter the infection. It helps them know that they don’t have to pay for getting certain public service done.

Educating the children of this generation about the effects of corruption, will eventually erase corruption from the map of India in years to come.

We may not be seeing a change immediately, but certainly in some years time, I wish to see the change happening.

The topic of corruption is so huge and is spread in various direction that I could give only an overview of my opinions with minimum examples.

Always remember, It’s you and me together , who can bring a change.

Educate- to eradicate poverty.

References

http://www.cvc.nic.in/

http://apvc.ap.nic.in/js/vol1/c3t1s5.html

http://www.simpletaxindia.org/2010/03/gift-tax-tax-on-gift-budget-2010.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

http://www.u4.no/helpdesk/helpdesk/query.cfm?id=188

Political Diaries !!!

The Indian political system, with its flexibility to accommodate any number of contestants in an election, is one of the most amazing systems when compared with other leading systems all over the world. It redefines the meaning of democracy by providing an opportunity to the voter-public-to choose their best from the lot to represent them.

Politics, The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs (obtained from Dictionary.com), was supposedly derived from the word Politic meaning Artful, Wise, Sagacious etc is received by the public of India and almost all students as an occupation that is due to all negative impression.

Sadly, these days the term Politics is widely used these days between common public as a means to offend someone or used as a remark to identify petty tricks or back biting employed by someone.

What about the politics or politicians of India that makes us all draw conclusions which are always against the very system of it?

Some days ago, I was in a discussion with my friends regarding their opinions on politics and the discussion spurred up various sensible points which I want to mention in this article. Also, some valid Inputs from some of the recent articles that I read about our Indian political system along with few questionnaires I shot at people around me along with above mentioned situations, all of which led me to some viewpoints which I would want to mention in this article.

During the era of Independence, India possessed leaders or politicians, who took up the arena with the solo motto to serve the mother nation and stood as an example for the coming generations to look ahead into the prospects of serving the nation by taking up politics. Be it leaders like Nehru, who was our first prime minister who was known for his charismatic abilities to project India as one of the important nations of the world or his team’s ability to keep India away from signing treaties with any of the two super power blocks that were at cold war during that time, or be it Sardar Patel who was instrumental in unifying India as it stands now. The list could go on and on and it comes as no exaggeration if I quote them as the inspirations even now for the future aspirant politicians of India.

But at these days, We hardly notice anyone who actually works for people or anyone who took up politics for the very purpose of serving the public but yes, few exceptions are very visible, well that is how the nature works. No condition is ideal or 100% to its definition be it in a negative or positive sense.

First, starting with the current politicians, what would have led them to take up politics? The easy money that could be taken, so their families and generations to come live comfortable life? Or the power that comes as an attachment of respect and do-whatever-you like privileges? Or the dream of establishing their own statues all over their region of ruling? Or the freedom to propagate their religion? What is their driving force towards the scene? Well, except a few here and there, for others who are around, I don’t see any other reasons than stated above, for taking up politics.

The article which I read recently mentioned something regarding the expulsion of Shashi tharoor, a successful professional from the Indian politics and how a common employee-turned politician Rajiv Gandhi faced strict opposition in the field of politics when he entered into the arena. I began to wonder, why on earth isn’t there room for normal people in the politics. We all know about the party set up by the alumni of IIT’s that stood nowhere in the scenario of the political system. Also the failure of Loksatta party (Andhrapradesh, India) , led by an ex-IAS officer Jayaprakash Narayana and few other examples here and there everywhere, are all solidifying the argument that there isn’t any room for normal people into the field of politics. And for that matter, the movies always portray politicians as villains who chase the hero and in return get beaten black and blue. Well, Movies are stories picked up from reality and the daily blame-games played by politicians and their unruly debates and discussions in the decision making houses and their ever growing properties- do force any common man to take up this views.

The politicians, not all but, those who are spreading the wrong impression, should clean up their acts and keep them intact as they are the living examples for coming generations to encourage them to take up politics. The advent of new clean politicians will only help clean the system by driving out the corrupt and unwanted politicians.

The politics should be for those people or leaders who want to serve the people and benefit people and for those ambitious people who dream for a nation that is uniform all across the society in economic and social growth.

So what went into our system that makes us conclude in such an arrogant way about our leaders? And it is highly shocking to note that even after knowing about what is happening around us like what I stated till now, we end up choosing the same leaders again and again with our voting power. In a democracy, the existence of tainted leaders in the political system should be credited or blamed on the public.i.e.we, you and me. But the fact that a huge percentage of voters are uneducated and they always fall prey to the lucrative speeches these politicians make just before the elections.

So at the end, it all zero’s down to education. Education of the people,the common man. Education leads to increase in the awareness of what is going around the country and the system and also makes one realize his/her own rights provided by the constitution and would alert all voters and citizens and in turn make them become choosy about selecting their leaders whom they would want to be governing them and this entire process would also keep politicians on a check.

Educate to Eradicate Poverty-Educate to clean up Politics.

Always remember, it’s you and me-together-can bring a change.

Bharat Bandh !!! :: Worth it ? ? ?

Wow BHARAT BANDH! ! !. . . . . @again? ? ?

Bandh: A boon or a bane for the common man?

This article is with reference to the recent ’’ bharat bandh’’ that took place on the 5th of July 2010 in protest to the hike of petrol and diesel fuel prices. The poster reasons for the bandh were obviously the poor and middle class citizens but let’s analyze how beneficial it actually was to them and how successful it was at the end of the day.

According to me, the so-called projected benefiters were the actual sufferers during the bandh day. This conclusion will also reflect to the numerous bandhs that have taken place and to those infinity bandhs that are on their way to the people.

Briefly, A bandh ,is supposedly ,an united protest by the people all over the country in which people them self cease all their works in order to raise voice and throw a say that they aren’t willingly liking the action taken by the government or that they intend a change for the easy progress of the nation.

To start with during the bandh day, 5th of July 2010, in Visakhapatnam, The rain was pouring all through the day and with the given conditions of the tempered roads, the mobility across the city was becoming all too difficult and added to it all the public transport was stranded and there weren't any auto rickshaws or even local buses that commute people from one place to any desired location as per bandh protocol. Also added to it were the The Activists : The so-called, pro people-pro-Bandh-Pro People well wishers and anti-price hike, dawned in their political party colours, were flourishing all over the city roads , waving their flags and shouting all their way-for reduction of the prices of petrol. Added to this, They were also forcing people and others, who were commuting between their destinations and running their own private business as per their own fundamental rights, to shut down their works and head back home, Which is against democracy and the fundamental rights provided by the constitution to the people and I am sure there isn’t any so called- bandh protocol-that can overcome these rights but everyone keeps succumbs to the bandh protocol which is very interesting to note.

As I was wandering across the city along with my friends Alex and Vamsi, in an attempt to fetch some cash from the ATM and convert it to a Demand Draft, so the later friend can acquire his long awaited admission into his dream B school. Thanks to his luck, He is currently pursuing his studies in the very B school to which we were supposed to post the Demand Draft the same day, though all the attempts went futile for that day, thanks to the activists who managed to sneak into the bank just as he was about to transform his cash into Demand draft and would have managed to get it done, had he been at the bank with the money fifteen minutes earlier but again, Thanks to our own activists, as they managed to get my friend along with few other public stuck in an ATM booth for quite some time while he was attempting to with draw money from there. We went around the city for not less than 5 hours –from one bank to-almost all the banks –all across the city, calling it a day only after we were assured that the activists have managed to shut down the city and country to a pause.

Indeed a great Job, Ain’t it? They almost got a well deserved-future-earning citizen of the country from losing his path towards his dream and at this point it insists me to wonder, How many other students all across India were put into trouble this way and how many have the activists managed to axe down in life quest and in turn turning them to frustrated anti social elements? Well this very thought assures great kudos to the great activists and their Bandh. Likewise, how many sick people must have been prevented from reaching hospitals and service centres due to stoppage of public transport and fears of vehicles being thrashed by the activists. How many lives must have the bandh taken toll of? All across the nation, the bandh could have successfully managed to cut down the population in some minute percentage at least.

As we move on from one department to another, I can only see more of harm caused to the average middle class rather than good that was actually intended to be done. We, while moving across banks, witnessed so many people standing-getting drenched-in rain, waiting for any damn transport to reach home and escape from the bandh chaos.

Needless to mention, the loss of crores of rupees that was caused to various departments like for example the state road transport services due to null operations and also infrastructure loss from the busses that got burnt to ashes-probably -as a style statement by the bandh activists, But these departments have their own ways to recover their losses, by levying extra charge on tickets which again mount on the pressures already on the average middle class families. And the heavy infrastructure loss that is gained by our activists by damaging whatever they see on the roads and again, who is going to pay for all these loses? The public taxes, i.e. we the common middle class people again. I wonder what motivates them to take violent paths causing trouble to common man-fighting for the common man, while quoting Gandhi as their role model for one and all purposes.

The common middle class man becomes a toy between the political parties, who is played and fiddled with by both ruling and opposition for their benefit and greed to acquire power. The activists, The tools they employ in these games , only few of them realise that they too fall in to the middle class family and at the end of the day, they are the ones who are doing extra work and payments to recover the loses they causes. The politicians forget that they are working for people-if they weren’t working for money-if only they aren’t-but I am sure as much as you are- they are all-except for a few they are working for that –only-only and only for money.

Now we see, after months had gone by after the protest, We see that the common man has moved ahead with the price hikes and the government is moving ahead in thinking of levying extra charges but the bandh hasn’t caused any good rather than only harm and harm from all over

I Wonder what the upper and lower houses of representatives if for-if the issues pertaining to public life are to be debated and decided by means of bandhs which are even more harmful than the cause of bandhs.
Only way out is to SAY NO TO USELESS BANDHS called on by political leaders - and instead follow powerful & peaceful protests if the issue is indeed demanding and needs to be fought for protecting our lives and our rights provided by the constitution of India.

Educate to Eradicate Poverty: it’s only when you and me are ‘together’ –we can bring a change

POSITIVE ENERGY . . . POWERFUL !!!

Positive+: something in the word positive, something about the mere word, that sends a buzz across your nerves and steps up your emotions and gears you up for any challenge. Seeing a glass half filled is referred to as the saying for positive thinking and for the younger generation, the saying is tuned into as seeing the amount to be filled in and filling it to full is the latest saying for positive thinking. So what is positive thinking and what is it about this thinking that decides the nature of outcomes during a process regardless of what it is.

Positive thinking is the art of negotiating with one’s self and supplying confidence. Negotiating over the given situation and assessing the outcomes and tilting yourself into the direction of imaginative victory, the path you wanted to take before you started actions towards it.

Imaginative victory is assuming yourself at the destination, destination that lies in a distance of ‘time’-, the place where you would want to be or the motto behind any action you take up. This mere thought will immediately get you going.

As we all heard the saying, failure is just a delay towards your goal. Yes indeed, it is nothing but mere delay towards your goal. A time frame that is set up for you to access more than usual others get ,a time frame that is specially designated to you so you could achieve more experience out of your previous actions and in turn amend your steps of action and also help others who are taking your path and who aim at your aimed destination. We all know these things but we tend to forget at the peak moment. We should always remember that we are designed to achieve what we want. Some do it at a rapid pace than usual and other do it at a little less pace than the others and it is interesting to learn that, those who do it at a slower pace, are the ones who have more experience about what they did and are the ones who know the ripe of what they have achieved. And those who haven’t come to destination should realise that their destination is waiting for their arrival and amend their actions to go to the correct path.

It all lies in the way you look at a picture. You have to look at it the way you like and accept what comes to you and then amend it to the way you are designed for it. If you are going low, think of the happy times you are working for and you’ll be re energized.

The art of positive thinking is very much essential for artists, work force and most importantly medical treatments. A mere expression of ” wow” or quoting that the progress is very encouraging will immensely boost the morale and enable a quick progress. It should be remembered that, everything in this world is achievable.

Always practice to start answering with a yes and a smile. The more we do it, the positive the things get. And one should always remember, everything lies in the mind.

The way you look at a situation decides how you react to the situation. Always remember to move onto the positive direction. A conversation with somebody possessing positive vibes is immensely helpful and one can actually feel the energy flowing.

The better our surroundings are, the best we become.

Positive energy for a Positive - Peaceful - World

It’s you and me, together, who can bring a change.

Educate to Eradicate poverty !

COUNTERING TERRORISM : THE HIDDEN "GOLLUM"

28th February , Mumbai

COUNTERING THE HIDDEN GOLLUM (CAVE MONSTER):


As I was loitering over my online social network , I came across an article, by an acquaintance of mine on the network, describing his views to counter the barbaric terroristic activities and in a conversation with him I narrated MY VIEWS,on the wide ranged subject which has puzzled many and is still wondering inside many thinkers about how to zero the barbarism of extremists ,which is hurting the hearts and minds of millions of people all over the world. And Hence I decided to publish them up in my blog to share my views with you.

First of all,The extremism shown by these anti-social elements is condemnable and has to end right away at all costs.

One should first understand that those who stand behind the veil of a particular or random religion, and propagate hatred amongst the society, have in fact no religion and this has to be understood by everyone to avoid any discriminations that spring up at various places in and around the world.

According to me, There are two types of terror activists that are happening in our nation. Firstly, the international terrorists who infiltrate in to our nation and try to disturb our social and economic progress which they can never achieve even in another millions of years . And prevention of these activists can only be achieved by setting up strict securities at voids of infiltration and I am sure our government is working hard to achieve maximum filtration. And the Other ones are those who take birth in our nation and due to ignorance and lack of general awareness fall trap of extremism and take up destruction as means of defense against the society.

I would want to narrate my views on the home ground activists .

For this, there are two major factors that are to be considered while countering terrorism activities.

Initially ,1) A halt to the existing activities and but before this, 2) the major activity that is to be undertaken right away is the "prevention of future terrorists from coming up"

The prevention of future terrorists is one factor which is entirely in our hands to protect our society.

The big bangs who run such organization are always on the watch for small fishes who can be trapped and utilized for their own purposes .

First of all, one should understand that, the potential terrorists or the wannabe ones are those , who are either frustrated in life or being deserted from society by one and all. And such potential and high risk ones can be identified on anywhere on streets or in remote areas and it's our "responsibility" ,by which i Mean everyone, all of us around should be vigilant and responsible in preventing such cases ,1) by not behaving recklessly or trying to discriminate anyone for any differences and then 2) by creating awareness regarding the destruction caused and it's effects, such high prone people can be prevented from getting in to the trap of the terrorists organizations.

Secondly, The unemployed youth who are lingering around cities are the maximum prone to being influenced by anyone or any organization , either for a communal agitation or terrorist attack; As they say, anything with maximum energy is highly unstable and these youth at the low tip in their life are easily influenced by money shown to them or hatred piled forcibly inside their brain by blaming the society for their worsen conditions. And such Cases can only be prevented by creating employment or at least be engaged in some activities. And according to me, Places to watch out for such subjects would be the regions from which similar ones have risen from past and this information can be useful for avoiding future terrorists.

Thirdly, The most important of all."Education".
As i always say, "Education is the cure(Solution) for all social problems".
Education to all children and telling them or creating awareness against such terrorizing activities is important for preventing any future cases of terrorists. an d also wide range awareness should be done , highlighting the precautions to be taken by every citizen for avoiding explosions , as in the case of pune blasts where the explosion took off after a left over bag was approached to.

And as I say , Being in state of- ( Hunger) /( Being deserted) /( Being Ignored) / (Being cheated by Law) are the things that would create a sense of hatred towards the society. Such feeling should be evaded from the society, and above mentioned situations should not be allowed to happen to anyone , in order to prevent future terrorists. It's a coalition of people-police-and government can only achieve the above tasks.
The terrorizing organizations offer refuge to such people who are vexed up in life and utilize their anger in manner desired by these organization it for their purposes.

So These are my thoughts and these are basic stuff that should be practiced by one and all. Just that 1% or little bit that we neglect for being reckless leads to major issues.

The solutions we decide should be permanent answers for our social problems and should expect gradual change over a period of 10 to 12 years.
As we know we can't achieve things over night, a step by step construction should be made for better future.

And as far the ones coming from outside our nation , I am sure our government officials are meticulously developing strategies to control or put an end to the infiltration.


These are my views and Lets hope we have a safe society .

Educate to eradicate poverty

and always remember that {it's YOU AND ME "TOGETHER" can bring a "CHANGE"}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdZsVPqXHY

GANDHI 2010 : The Mission "STILL REMAINS" incomplete....

NOVEMBER 1ST : VISAKHAPATNAM





A moment for which GANDHI ji would pity himself for not being able to witness it live, A tribute even the government of INDIA could not guarantee other than mere statues and photo printing on the currency notes of our nation. The Vivid motion statues of Mahatma Gandhi – varnished in silver to get tarnished.....Indeed...it is a strange spectacle, yet performed due extreme necessity by these little kids on the streets of INDIA.


What makes them stick to the grave activity of being exposed to the sun light for more than normal tacitly of human abilities? Knowing GANDHI ji is the least that is expected from these children who are nowhere near any forms of education or a normal childhood but What means could take them back to school? Most importantly, What makes them get UN-NOTICED either by THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS or any other entity?
These are the questions that I quest for finding answers...........


I noticed these group of children fashioned as GANDHI on the beaches of Visakhapatnam and I directly approached them in order to find out the whereabouts of these infant Gandhis. They were all very lively and charming and very playful and were very quick to grasp the happenings surrounding. They wouldn’t let you go away without giving a penny or two if you clicked their photo or shot their video. They are like every other child of INDIA, the Indian ness was the mark on their face. They were innocent but learned about living life even before they understood what life was all about and for them life is just about dawning GANDHI’s costume identically as shown in his statue-earning a few bucks by posing as a statue of
GANDHI- giving what they earned to their parents and eating whatever they get and then sleeping over to start yet another day of GANDHI GIRI. They may not know who GANDHI was but they surely know that GANDHI’s still very popular and very respected. The youngest was around 6 years old and the eldest was around 10 years old.


Clearly it is legible that these children formulated in to this prototype- purely due to their “desperate situations and happening in their life and their fate”
Striking note i gathered from all the 9 children on the beach road was that, they all belonged to the same locality i.e. they all told me same places when asked about their backgrounds. They all told me the same regions like Chinna waltair- bus stop-zalari peta. This assured me that they all descended from the same locality and with a common interest of earning money to survive in this world and hence I went on to the locality stated by them, only to find myself fooled because no one in the locality recognized anybody from that locality fashioning as GANDHI and going out for earning their breads. So I concluded that all the children miss led me by giving wrong information-which may be because they were ordered by their mothers who were all the time behind their children-navigating them through the beach road and helping them pool money through densely packed places.


I now came to a conclusion, that this case of 9 children – is a sheer case of CHILD ABDUCTION or EXTREME POVERTY.

When I asked these children regarding education, not one was ready to accede to my idea of me taking them back to school neither were they happy to talk about schooling and education and more over their parents were least bothered about sending them back to school since the fact here is that, they(Parents) know least about education-and its benefits(Since they were un educated) and more importantly they were more least bothered or interested to learn the benefits of education or get their children educated.


So now what’s next? How do I get these children back to school? How do these children who are “invisible to the government officials – re incarnation of GANDHI to the public “ get to utilize the SSA (SARWA SIKSHA ABHINAYAM ) Or The FREE AND COMPULSORY ACT, according to which children from the age of 6 to 14 are entitled to free and compulsory education by the government of INDIA, where in the children are provided free food (MID DAY MEAL PROGRAMME ) , free books and basic necessities for education. Is this a mirage on the desert? The programmes may be going well but they are surely in accessible to various children of INDIA. Cores of rupees might be being spent but not a penny surely is being accessed by these children on the streets of INDIA.

I then headed to a local police station when in I waited for a cumulative of 8 hours in two days only to hear him say “we don’t have a right to work on this issue”.

Well, I understand the prime force may be busy with maintenance of law & order around the city but this case of children is surely not something to let go because in a span of few years these innocent kids have every chance of turning in to gross criminals...the society would definitely help in the cause.

My motto behind going to the police station is to exercise THE JUSTICE JUVENILE ACT, THE CHILD CARE ACT, (LINK TO THE ACT : http://nicp.nisd.gov.in/pdf/jjact.pdf ) wherein it is specified that children abducted or exercised in the act of begging is a crime and those responsible are liable to action and the children victimised are entitled to government rehabilitation proceeded by enrolment in to schools for education.


The same could be done through LABOUR ACT, but the concerned officer told me they had no right as there is no EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER relation in here.


Clearly in my view there is least importance that is directed towards these children or it is directed by the higher authorities to direct least importance towards them.


Most recently an article covering this issue of street children came up in THE HINDU (LINK TO THE ARTICLE : http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2009/10/24/stories/2009102450860100.htm ) , and I expected some recent from the concerned people would cause immediate action and would cease the plight of these children and get them back to schools. Perhaps I was too optimistic and it was disheartening to witness these children continuing their act of helplessness on the very same streets of Vizagapatam beach.


The interviewing took place in September, Article came on oct-24th and still the plight continues and so on....I witnessed the children again on November 1st and guess this will continue on and on...


This is clearly a Hercules task and I am left with no answers and only questions to fire. And I am still in a turbid vision with abysmal answers and unclear concepts on these issues.

So what is the ultimate solution? Is there no end to this exploitation of children?

Do these children stand a chance to enjoy to the childhood or at least exercise the RIGHT TO EDUCATION?


For now I feel like a hypocrite for recording the plights of these children hoping in to a documentary (www.youtube.com/saintshaky ) for a solution and I feel really sad whenever I see them on the beach road and it pains me for being incapable of brining justice and a smile on to their fate. I Hope things change soon before it’s too late and I am writing this piece of note with utter helplessness and in search of answers.

It is always important for us all to know that, it is EDUCATION that can bring a change to the society and it’s you and me together who can bring a change.
Educate to eradicate poverty.

Andhra eVeRyWheRe

Andhrites Everywhere.........

Being a part of Andhra and being an adhrite has always been a privilege and a matter of pride for me and surely for the rest of the citizenz of Andhra Pradesh and with the advent of Aandhrites in to every field with excellence is indeed something a strong reason to cheer about being an Andhrite and makes me immensely happy and proud.

Yes Andhrites are present everywhere....every look an corner around the world.& it’s an open fact..the advancements in IT sector , industrialisation , be it the rich NRIs around the globe ,or in the Indian admistration sector and if I go on specifying each and every single field then this blog would go for pages...on-&-on-&on....

But to my surprise, I was taken aback when I found that the children and eurchas those who were begging in the MUMBAI-GUJARAT train are also Andhrites. Well ineed...a moment to cherish, Ain’t it ?

I had managed to speak to a few of those kids but they were away from my sight in a whistle as and when they started conversation with me in telugu. Perhaps, following the instructions of their bosses, one factor that makes us very famous for being industrious and obedient.

It’s quite shocking and even embarrassing to just give a moment of thought towards the height these children would be tortured here in a place alien to them and where languages spoken here something that they are not expected to learn with their young age and backgrounds they come from.

Well, I am sure the officials are not so ignorant about the happening around their state and neighbouring state but the silence could be understood by some fear of unknown identity or due to lucrative commodity.

I was well worst that India is a country known for it’s unity in diversity but I never knew until this day that we are well maintaining this condition in regard to the distribution of street children no matter wheather we abide to it in other factors. I am sure children from all other states are migrated to various states either with consent by offering lucrative life styles or by abduction, but we have to put an end to this.

If the body is not willing to take action on this, we citizen shall take up action and hope to bring an end to this injustice and bring back the lost smiles on to the fear filled faces of these children.

Well, I end this post here wondering and leave the decision to people wheater to feel happy for the diversity and dense reach or feel embarrassed

My InTeRvIew With the AmArAnThinE

My InTeRvIew With the AmArAnThinE : a nonstop- never retiring- never resting mobile cover seller.

Mumbai : 28th June 2009


“PANCH ka ek...PANCH ka ek...” (5Rs for 1).....

...... Were the words meticulously uttered repeatedly without any fatigue or any pause until he found a passerby passenger of the dadar local station halting to take a glance at the collection of lustutors glossy plastic mobile phone pouches and trying to make a deal with the kid with the mobile accessorises, a bunch of mobile rappers.

“ ek ka PANCH? “ (1Rs for 5) I offered a bargain, just to make a conversation with this kid, who was looking not older than 8 yrs, with his shorts and shirt matching white and holding a bunch of covers of various colours and hopping around his two legs, may be to avoid the stress caused by continuous standing at one location.
The kid hurried in to laughter after hearing my bargain call and continued with his work, perhaps he is used to these bunch of putz who try to hamper the concentration with funny remarks and arguments.

“Sonu” said the boy in a tender scary voice when i asked what his name was and reported he was from a nearby locality. When asked regarding his business strategy, he told me he would purchase the pouches for Rs 3 and sell it for Rs 5. Well surely, this is a perfect example for the height of his innocence for he so openly tells me his selling tricks. But for a profit of mere 50 Rs per day, Sonu supposedly stands at the station walk way bridge from morning 7 am till evening 5 P.M.
Well , a thing that I could comprehend from my scarce interaction with the kid on the railway platform who is survived by his father is, that all the days hard work he puts in at this age, where he is supposed to busy playing and studying in school , is jus to fill his stomach. Yes just to survive the hunger he is forced by his situations to take up such a painstaking job that subjects him to continuous stress and fatigue & sometimes tensions with the ongoing public traffic.

Well let us once think out of the table or say out of the edge....

What if ? ? ?

What if ? ? ?

Had he been guaranteed his meal ? ? ? for free by our gregarious government ? ....Kids do deserve it....after all the MID-DAY-MEAL is guaranteed for children of primary sections in government run schools but I wonder how kids on the streets like Sonu miss the meals provided or at least why cant they be included in to the system ? well they would be imagined to be much of a burden to the government who instead spends amounts of money in to extraneous works like heavy public meetings or erecting their own statues up on the streets, where as the kids on streets are simply averted as a quantum of burden

Well anyways, What if ? ? ? was my point of chew


It would have been like definitely this....


Sonu would never have had to think about fulfilling his stomach to overcome his hunger...at least for his age, it’s a way too much of a burden for his little heart of 7-8 years old.. So instead of spending nearly 10 hours together standing and bargaining with moving crowd for earning his meals, he would have spent, at least some of this industrious effort he puts on selling his stuff, on something like education or sports, he would definitely, with the sort of sincerity and determination he posses he surely would strike gold in whatever he ventures in to.
Surely , SONU is one of those millions kids around the country, our developing country who are going undeveloped and are simply neglected as if they don’t belong to any one of us.

The sooner we realise this fact that our countries future lies within the hands and fate of these charming


I hope sooner or later we would open our eyes to wake up from the sleeps where we are dreaming of a developing or almost developed nation with developments in IT and many other sectors but with the children of our nation lagging back day by day, the development we are witnessing in nothing but a mirage and helping us burglarise our own nation with our own hands

: its government & public, U & me together, can bring a change
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