tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51545737948472311682024-03-06T02:00:46.011+05:30Chamatkar IndiaBinayak Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842735743280772473noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-85238693058020264592015-03-08T18:34:00.001+05:302015-03-11T17:55:34.547+05:30We are Tired of Bans : An Open Letter to Indian Law Makers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear law makers of India,<br />
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Hope you didn't find any complaints with Holi and won't mind keeping it unbanned for another year, at least. Anyway, I am doing really well despite of so many things under the so-called "banned list".<br />
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Do you remember your childhood days when your parents had a set of rules and a huge list of activities that were intolerable to them. You never realised that they did it for your benefit, but you refused to understand and hated your parents. And you dared to try out all those banned activities and felt so proud of yourself or even narrated your "super-hero stories" to your friends. Remember?<br />
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Now as I have grown adult and live thousands of miles away from my parents, nobody cares to guide me and stop me from doing the wrong, expect the "Indian law". You law makers are so caring that you took all thorns to frame the famous Indian law to protect innocent unguided people like me from all the evils.<br />
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Its so kind of you that you care so much. Like my parents, your law too have a list of "banned activities", just to protect us from the evil of this world. You choose the best movies and documentaries from the platter and eliminate all those "dirty pictures" to protect me from the filth. You protect me from "monstrous novels" so that I don't fall for evil. You explained me why a guy can't love a guy and how sleeping with same sex is "unnatural". How can I forget you generosity as you taught me what not to eat to save my religion. And thank you for teaching me how to party with my friends and what my female friend should wear on the beach, to keep "eyes of hawks" away from her. Thank you for being so kind for a poor man. You are my saviour from all the evils. Though I am atheist, but I always believe in you. I know that you will always be there to help me.<br />
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But just like a naughty child, I love to break rules (perhaps you too did when you were kid!). Today, I again feel like cherishing my old childhood days - feeling the rush in doing all those stuffs that our law forbids. Watching all those banned movies and documentaries over internet and tweeting and writing about them are my new past-time. Getting banned content isn't a big deal any more. Youtube is flooded with movie clips with uncensored dialogues and its like win-win situation for e-book retailers making profits from "banned" books. Like me, 300 million other Indians have access to Internet and those "filthy movies and documentaries", that's too tax free!<br />
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I watched "India's Daughter". Yes the same BBC documentary that got banned. Thank you for banning it or I would have never known of such a documentary. I believe you haven't watched it. That's why you banned it. Otherwise you would have banned rapist's lawyer, giving ridiculous justification of rapes. Do watch it.<br />
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Though I understand your intention to protect us from the evil, but I have a complaint. Your list of "banned" is getting to huge and may be someday writing a blog would be in to the list. Sometimes, I get tired of your conservative approach. We are a progressive nation with the fastest GDP growth. But your mentality isn't progressive. Though I am not accusing you (how can I do that, I can't get my blog banned), but its just a humble request to make your thoughts more liberal. Just a little think-over before you ban the next stuff.<br />
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Sincere apologies if you think your child's words are harsh. I didn't mean it.<br />
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Yours faithfully,<br />
A Child of Indian Law<br />
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Binayak Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842735743280772473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-15926491430214907912014-05-18T19:05:00.000+05:302014-05-18T19:05:12.762+05:30India MODI-fied : How Modi's Marketing Skill Changed the Scenario of Election Campaign<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With several records getting shattered with Modi's victory, India witnessed a complete transformation in the scenario of political campaigning in India. With a blend of technology and marketing techniques, Modi has successfully been able to trap 171 million voters out of total 815 million. This election was all about marketing. The better you market your <i>ideas</i>, better you sell in market and more votes you garner. That's what Modi is best at.<br />
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How can a 63 year old man break all odds and win the majority all of its own? Its remarkable that majority of the votes won by BJP (or even NDA) is <i>just because of Modi.</i> How did he do that? There's no exaggeration about the fact that Modi is a great politician. His administration in Gujarat sets an example. However, its definitely not enough for a politician to win a country of a billion with just a single success story of Gujarat. Moreover, he has some grey sides as well. Riots and communalism. So how did he do? Its all about marketing the ideas and selling them to common people.<br />
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Consider a salesman visits your house and recommends you to buy a product, say soap. The salesman will try to convince you that his soap is much better than the soap you are using. Will you buy his product? It all depends on the quality of the salesman, not the soap.<br />
The first thing you will judge is the salesman. How is he dressed? How does he speaks to you? How does he responds to your queries? Basically you will be more interested in the way the salesman convince you than the soap! Then perhaps, you may bother about the soap, like its smell and its price (you hardly will ever notice its ingredients).<br />
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Same principle revolves around Modi's campaigning. Undoubtedly, Modi is an excellent orator. He has the capacity to hold a big crowd with his words. He is confident of what he speaks. His words make us believe in the sanguinity of his action. He can<i> 'sell'</i> his ideas to the common people. He is a good <i>'salesman'</i> who can convince you that his <i>'ideas'</i> are the best in the market. We (the voters) are least concern about the his ideology, but greatly admire the way he convinced us to believe him.<br />
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Moreover, for leading the sales, its necessary for any company to advertise. A soap with no quality can even run out of stock just on the basis of advertisement. A good 30 sec ad with girls in skimpy outfits can tempt the mindset of consumer whenever he goes to shop and asks for a soap! Advertisement is a part and parcel of marketing. Here, Modi again rules the show. He used print and electronic media to carefully spreads his propaganda. He flooded TV, newspapers and even radios with his ads.<i> "Acche din aane wale hai"</i> ads went all across the media.<br />
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The story of Modi's success also signifies the role of social and digital media in election campaigning. The 2014 election was the first general election in the era of facebook and twitter (social media was yet to make a mark during 2009 general elections). The 63 year old tech-savvy intelligently used social media to market his ideologies. With 50% population below the age of 30 and 150 million first time voters in this election, the campaign on social media aptly targeted the biggest vote bank - the youth. With social media getting flooded with political comments and debates (and ofcoarse the #firstvote selfies), Modi successfully developed a political awareness among the youth, which consequently, it favoured him.<br />
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Now Modi on the hot seat, people have lots of<br />
expectation from him. He was successful in selling his ideas. Now people will judge his "ideas" in upcoming years. We hope that he will stand up against all odds to keep his promise. 1.2 billion people trusted you, now its turn to make your "ideas" happen. Best of luck, Mr Modi.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-45267124005923497752012-06-17T18:09:00.001+05:302012-06-17T18:09:07.328+05:30Changes in IITJEE will add pressure on studentsFor thousands of students (including me) aspiring to become engineers, its a chaotic moment for them. With barely 10 months to go for the JEE, students are still in dark clouds regarding the new pattern of IITJEE. The recent stories developing around the new pattern of joint entrance examination literally gives us nightmare, and its quite obvious when our future are at at stake.
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<br>Nowadays, most of our chats revolve around those developments. Today our facebook status revolve around new pattern of JEE. Every morning I browse through newspapers just to find stories related to the new pattern of JEE. Well its not just my story, every friend and other thousands of to-be engineers have story to share.
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<br>IITJEE is one of the crucial examination in the lives of students. In fact, it decides the future of students. Being one of the toughest exams, students leave no stone unturned to get into IITs. But this year, students are bewildered regarding the new pattern of JEE. We students are suffering the tussle between the government and the IITs. The sudden changes in JEE pattern on would affect us. Its easy to implement changes on paper but its impossible for students to adapt themselves according to the new pattern in such a short period. Mr Kapil Sibal believes that new pattern would put down pressure from students. But unfortunately Mr. Sibal fails to understand that sudden change would affect students appearing for JEE in 2013.
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<br>We have been under rigorous training to crack JEE for last couple of years and all of a sudden you are changing the pattern. Is it fair Mr. Sibal?
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<br>Mr. Sibal dreams to put an end to coaching and tutorial classes. But if thinks that including board marks in JEE will eliminate 40 billion industry then he must think again. Inclusion of board marks would, in fact, encourage coaching institutes. Moreover it also contradicts the aim of the change; it will add up more pressure on students.
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<br>As the present scenario is concerned, the syllabus of JEE and board syllabus differs a lot. So, just reading textbooks surely won't work for the JEE. Coaching classes comes to rescue. They guide students for the preparation of JEE syllabus along with other competitive examinations. Without coaching & tutorial classes, its very hard (though not impossible) to get into IIT. As a consequence, coaching industry has turned into 4000cr business.
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<br>To make sure that coaching classes find their way to graveyards, its necessary to change the syllabus. Today, JEE paper lack the aptitude part. In fact, coaching institutes mostly focuses on solving tougher problems mechanically, rather than building concepts. Adding aptitude section would surely give a blow to coaching industry.
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<br>I personally believe that the present system needs several changes to pick the best minds into the best institutes but the changes should be incorporated gradually. Changing the pattern all of a sudden would create chaos among students and also add pressure on them. I hope that the crisis would soon find a solution which would benefit the education system and gradually help students to show up their potential.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-63482687920501057622012-04-03T13:20:00.001+05:302012-04-03T13:20:17.868+05:30Welcome to the World of eBooks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Do you remember when you last turned the pages of Encyclopedia Britannica, kept inside the dusty shelves of the library? Well, if you don’t, then curse the advent of Internet technology which has made those books a matter of past. Let me come to the point. Last month, the publisher of Britannica has finally decided to end the printed version of the encyclopedia after 240 years of publication! Instead, Britannica will provide online version to its readers. Britannica wont die, but will get a makeover from bulky hardcover to sleek screen of your tablet or post PC (courtesy: Tim Cook) devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the age of internet, hardbacks and paperbacks are losing their share in the publishing sector. The rise of broadband technology has given a complete makeover to the definition of sharing knowledge. Today, its not limited to dozens of books in your shelves, but, literally, knowledge doesn’t have boundaries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It all started with wikipedia in 2001 where knowledge comes free to everybody. But the major revolution came with the invention of ebook. From the birth of kindle to the rise of tablets, the journey has been short, but phenomenal and still has a long way ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ebook is a boon for book lovers (like me). I can carry thousands of titles in a 1cm thick tablet or an ebook reader. You name it and the title gets delivered to your device in seconds. My dad would have to spend a day to search a book throughout the books stores of the town. But today it’s just a click away! You name it and its there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ebook market in India is still an infant. Undoubtedly, it has immense potential, but hasn’t been utilized to its fullest. Truly speaking, Indians aren’t ready to switch over digital books than traditional books. My school principal would curse the ebook technology (he believes reading ebook loses charm of reading). And this mentality keeps domestic publishers away from ebooks. Consequently, the prices of ebook are much higher. In fact you would have to spend more to buy an ebooks than a hard copy. For instance, you could get (with little bargain) a paperback edition of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Revolution 2020’ in Rs 100. But if you wish to buy a kindle version, you would have to spend $8.99 (Rs. 450)! And that’s too with limited titles available in the stock. You would hardly find books in vernacular languages. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took my cell phone to wish my friend on his birthday, perhaps the 17<sup>th</sup>. He picked my call and paused for few seconds, bewildered, and replied, “Oh thanks...but today its just the official one, my real birthday was three months back.” I too went bewildered, and tried to figure out the difference between ‘official’ and ‘real’ birthday.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, my friend is not the only man on the earth (or better in India) who lives in confusion when to celebrate his birthday. Infact, a huge population celebrate their birthdays on two different days – one on the day mentioned on their passports and voter Ids and second, on the day they actually set their feet on earth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But how it happens? As per the prevailing laws in the country, the date mentioned on the class X board marksheet/ admitcard is considered as the original date of birth. Every official statement accepts it as original DOB. Even passports, ration cards and voter ids are issued against it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, the date mentioned on the matrix certificate is, infact, never verified. Actually, the date is fixed by the parents during the admission of the child to the school. While admission, parents are required to submit an avidivit in order to verify the age of the child. But the avidivit is issued blindfoldedly, without verifying. As a consequence, parents decide the date according to their convinience and requirement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So what they do so? They do so with a hope that their child could spend few extra months on his job even when his biological age has crossed the retirement level. But is it fair to change ones original age just to earn few extra penny? Certainly not. In fact, it is a social crime and an another form of corruption. Literally, corruption begins with birth of a child.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, government has made it mandatory for the parents to register their child’s birth within three weeks at their nearest municipal or panchayat. <span> </span>However the birth certificate issued by the authority is merely a piece of paper and never put to use. As a consequence, commiting the social crime is literally child’s play.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, what can be done? Firstly, the school management, where the crime begins, must be responsible. They should verify the date mentioned in the avidivit with the date on the birth certificate issued by the municipal. Moreover, the authorities issuing the avidivit should also verify the age before issuing .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But the best way to deal with the crime is using technology. In the era of computers and ipads, most of the municipals (atleast) are connected to WWW. So, the birth certificate should be uploaded to the web so that it can be verified later by the concerned agencies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Changing your official date of birth cannot alter your biological age, neither can it increase your life expectancy.<span> </span>Moreover, by changing your child’s DOB, you are actually introducing your child into the world of corruption. </span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-4713211070719224132011-05-25T17:59:00.001+05:302011-05-25T18:05:02.517+05:30AGRICULTURE vs. INDUSTRY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> [ This article was originally published in Hindustan Times, Lucknow edition on 25th May, 2011]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The recent political drama by Rahul Gandhi and the UP government has reopened the age-old debate –should we compromise agriculture with industry? Can we overlook a sector, which employs nearly two-third population? Though the very same debate has rocked the media time again, but still this debate finds no conclusion. <br />
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Agriculture is an indispensable part of country’s economy. More than that, it feeds the population of the country. So, there is nothing to exaggerate that country cannot survive without agriculture. But, keeping industries out of radar isn’t a solution for country’s development. For an all-round development, agriculture and industries both should flourish. <br />
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But how can government run both side-by sides? Firstly, government should try to set up industries in those lands, which are either unproductive for agriculture or barren. India has a vast reserve of barren lands. These lands are either not suitable for agriculture due to lack of fertility or shortage of natural resources such as water and minerals. Such areas can be found in western region of the country, which includes states like Gujarat and Rajasthan. Regions of black soil such as Deccan pleatue and central India are less fertile than river plains and can be used for industries. Areas, which have very less food production, can also be utilized for industries. <br />
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But setting up of industries in such lands are not always possible. The location of an industry depends upon several factors, which includes availability of raw material, cheap labour, communication and other economic viabilities. So, government is left with no option, but to use agricultural land for setting up industries.<br />
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In such circumstances, government must ensure that the farmers are compensated adequately. The compensation may be in the form of money or in job, whichever viable. <br />
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In India, more than two-third population depends upon agriculture. But, as production is concerned, the per-capita outcome in agriculture is much less as compared to other countries. This is because more people are employed in agriculture than required. Economists term this phenomenon as disguised unemployment. If we compare the situation with United States, as of 2008, approximately 2-3 percent of the population is directly employed in agriculture. But still US is only of the major exporters of the food grain. <br />
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So, even if a large percentage of agriculturists are replaced in secondary and tertiary sectors, the food production would remain unaffected. This would certainly result in increase of per-capita income as well as growth in the GDP of the country.<br />
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It should not be a matter of debate whether we should opt for agriculture or industries. But the basic issue must be how to lead both simultaneously.</span> <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-73190243622523237052011-03-15T17:06:00.002+05:302011-03-31T13:06:40.536+05:30US Fighting For Oil In Libya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US Protester against war on Libya </td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, United States with the support of United Nation gets into Libya to bring down Gaddafi’s autocratic rule. Barrack Obama, the Nobel laureate for peace, has launched “Operation Odysseys” by firing Tomahawk missiles on Gaddafi’s military forces. Most of the counties back US intervention to end Gaddafi’s regime in Libya. But, in my opinion, US intervention is a threat for sovereignty of Libya and its neighboring oil-producing nations. History is full of such instances where US has always tried to get its hand on the oil reserve of the gulf countries. So how can we believe that US won’t do the same with Libya? </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are reasons in Gaddafi’s saying that US is seeking opportunity to use political turmoil in Libya to get its hand on oil deposits. Libya has a large share in petroleum production and is one of the leading producers of the same. Whereas United States and its administration are concerned, US have a tendency to pick up a war to seize the oil reserve of gulf countries. The ‘war on Iraq’ is the prime evidence of the very same fact. In the name of ‘war against terrorism’, US have actually tried to grab its hold on its petroleum reserve. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nothing can be achieved through wars. Though war can change the government but it can never bring solidity and peace. The same theory works in the case of Libya. Moreover, foreign interference is strictly against the sovereignty and autonomy of the country. It can further deteriorate the stability of the country, as we saw in Iraq. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, how can the world deal with the crisis in Libya? Firstly, peace should be initiated immediately in the country. Revolution must be peaceful. For that, negotiation must be done between the opposition and the ruler. If required, some compromise should be made so that violence comes to a halt. Secondly, international community must try all non-military solutions such as arrest of international trade and financial aid. Though the economy of Libya would be affected badly, but such pressures would bring down Gaddafi from his office. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gaddafi's millitary tank being captured by rebels</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The world condemn Gaddafi’s autocratic rule on Libya and use of state military power to suppress the rebel. There is no doubt about Gaddafi’s appalling acts are intolerable and he must be dealt with heavy hands. His ouster is a need of the hour for the growth and well being of Libyans. But foreign military interference or war is truly a rubbish plan to work upon. United States and its allies must arrest military intrusion in Libya. </span></div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-68419179917755319642011-02-14T19:13:00.000+05:302011-02-14T19:13:46.753+05:30Egypt Without Mubarak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>Democracy is the worst form of the government<br />
Except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.<br />
<b>-Winston Churchill</b></i></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Protest at Tahrir square in Egypt</span> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
</tbody></table><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 18-day long protest finally ends three decades of despotism in Egypt. Mubarak has finally stepped out of his presidential palace. Undoubtedly, it’s a day of liberation of the Egyptians. But would Mubarak’s fall out really make any difference to Egypt. Can democracy alone eradicate corruption and financial and political instability from the land of pyramids?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To find the answers of the above questions, we must scan the present scenario of Egypt. Egypt is a semi-presidential republic under emergency rule. Egypt has been under emergency rule since 1967. Under the emergency rule, virtually every action against Hosni Mubarak has been made illegal. Censorship has been imposed on media, depriving them from freedom of press. Free election has become a dream for Egyptians. Restoring democracy would perhaps, bring political equality and stability in the country. It is quite reasonable to expect that democracy in Egypt would break the emergency rule and consequently bring the rights back to the citizens.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But can democracy wipe out the corruption that exists in every corner and every institution of the government? Perhaps, not. If we excavate the previous records of democracy, it becomes clear that democracy has failed to handle corruption. In fact, the biggest loser is India. Being the world’s largest democracy, it remains to be the most corrupt in the world. So, democracy itself cannot stamp out corruption. However, it’s the people of Egypt who can make pearl of sand; their active participation in politics can, certainly, make the government less corrupt.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the other hand, financial stability is the need of the hour for Egypt. As economic equality and stability is concerned, democracy fails again. If we compare the economies of all democracies and dictatorships between 1950 and 2000, we find that countries under dictatorship regimes are economically better than that under democratic regimes. The statistics show that within democracies also, there are wide economic inequalities. For instance, in South Africa and Brazil, the top 20% owns 60% of the country’s wealth and bottom 20% earn less than 3% of the total income. So, democracy is not a guarantee for economic development. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, does democracy suits Egypt? Well, from the following arguments, it seems that democracy is nothing more than old wine served in a new bottle under eye-catchy tag. So, should Egypt slip back to the era of Mubarak? Never, because democracy is much better that autocracy. We must remember that democracy is not Harry Potter’s magic wand that would end their miseries just by chanting magic charms. Democracy only creates conditions, which will ensure equality of citizens before law of the country and enhance the dignity of individuals. But, for proper functioning of democracy, the citizens have to know their rights and duties and enforce them. After all, in democracy, people are their own masters.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-58194221188636025342010-12-24T17:07:00.002+05:302010-12-24T17:11:24.076+05:30Wikileaks: Voice Against Tyranny<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The world politics is feeling the tremors as Wikileaks is throwing politically confidential information to the common public. Naturally, Wikileaks has found a long queue of criticizers. Criticizers blame it saying that it is compromising with the security and has termed illegal. However, Wikileaks’ gifts are precious. With the motto, “We open governments”, Wikileaks has become an instrument for the browbeaten to fight against the tyrants.<br />
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Wikileaks has certainly changed the thinking of common people towards the working of world politics and what really does happen behind the sealed doors of political institutions. It has unmasked the countries’ real identity. It has allowed us to peep inside the diplomatic affairs that run the world powers. Well, most obviously, criticizers slam Wikileaks saying that in the call of transparency, it is gambling with the security. But the truth is that it is no threat to security. It must be noted that one’s security can be a threat to other’s fraternity. United States considers it a threat because Wikileaks prevent US from being a threat to its enemies. In fact, the US finds itself in the middle of the sea, as it cannot ignore the allegations against it. <br />
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Truth should never be masked. Also, digging out truth is not an offence. In fact, it is an act of appreciation. Wikileaks only discloses the truth, which the people should know. Moreover, it is the basic right of citizens to know how they are being ruled. So, its worthless to debate that Wikileaks is a foe to democracy. Even the United Nation backs Wikileaks saying that this is the way that transparency works and that corruption has been confronted in many cases. UN agreed with the idea that Julian Assange (the founder of Wikileaks) was a "martyr for free speech." <br />
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Wikileaks has helped us to distinguish between our associates and bullies. The recent leaks have enough potential to affect the relationship between the countries. It would not be a matter of surprise if our diplomatic relationships change with our associates, especially with the United States and other western powers. <br />
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Wikileaks has redefined the meaning of press. Its affect is so immense that countries have started blocking their servers. But, it seems strange that the US, which claims to be the redeemer of freedom of expression and press, has stood against Wikileaks. It’s really queer that US is doing the same what it has been accusing China for. However, it’s impossible to freeze Wikileaks. After all, truth can never be concealed. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-2175769999594629532010-12-10T19:19:00.000+05:302010-12-10T19:19:16.905+05:30Flaws In Our Education System<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Modern educational system in India, perhaps, was introduced during British Raj. Since then, it has undergone numerous revisions and modifications. But still our present educational system is incompetent in producing human resource. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The flaws in our educational system become visible when we focus on educated unemployment. There are more than 60 million educated unemployed in India. The problem of educated unemployment is so acute that it severely affects the economy and hinders the growth in GDP. Moreover, Indians are loosing their scientific temperament. It’s a matter of shame that being a scientifically rich country, India has till now produced just handful of Nobel laureates. Our R&D scenario is far appalling. But why are the problems so acute? Well, our educational system is to be blamed for the crisis. Indian educational system is marks-oriented. It believes in memory power more than the concepts. Students are made to learn the concepts by heart. Rather than drawing the concepts in our practical life, it is restricted to marks. Naturally, students too run behind the grades. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately, HRD ministry too recognizes its incompetence. Consequently, HRD ministry, under the Manmohan Singh government and guidance of our Kapil Sibal, has taken several initiatives that, according to the ministry, would enhance the quality of education in India. Ministry started its experiment in mid-2009 with the present class X batch, studying in CBSE affiliated schools. As a part of the trial, CCE (or Comprehensive and Co… Evaluation) was introduced. Ministry claims that it would provide opportunities to so-called ‘back-benchers’ to show up their potentials and skills not only in academics but also in co-curriculum activities. It also claims that it would discourage the theory of ‘learning by rote’. But is the ground reality same as claimed? </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, Mr. Sibal must work more to turn his castle in the sky into reality. CCE is no more than old wine served in a new bottle under a glittery label. The significance of CCE has been exaggerated and is nothing more than a mirage. Though CCE has considerably backed the backbenchers, but didn’t enhance the quality of education. The pattern of teaching remains to be same and students’ response is not so sunny as expected. Being a student, I would appeal Mr. Sibal for the review of his decision. CCE is a total failure and he must work upon other alternatives.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-11802104234724084002010-12-10T19:16:00.000+05:302010-12-10T19:16:22.862+05:30Ayodhya: Who to blame?<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Court has finally pronounced its verdict on the much controversial Ayodhya title case. One may get assured that the sixty-years old hullabaloo has finally come to an end. But has the blaze of abhorrence been quenched by the proclamation of the court? Well, in my opinion, the decree has put wax to the conflagration, which started long back in mid 20th century. No matter whose side the court takes, people of India would never ever comply with the judgment.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The courts proclamation is only the instigation of a chain reaction, which is feared to persist for another several decades. The ground-zero reality is that the verdict has triggered the lever of hostility among the communities. It is certified that none of the sects would knell in front of other. But who are to blame for the dilemma? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Making the list of perpetrator would probably take another sixty years. However, the names of few culprits are more likely to struck our psyche first, and the citizens of India itself top the rankings. India, a country of thousand culture and religion, has always been a place of contradiction, tension and differences in opinion. History remains the witness of uncountable violence. So, it’s quite evident that people of India would require lots of time to break the strands of past and enter into the world of communal harmony. We, Indians, have too much allergenic towards religions. We believe in religion more than our heart. Religion makes our soul and we give our soul to empower religion. And consequently, in the race of proving our supremacy, we have overlooked the teachings of religion.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The same theory applies in the case of Ayodhya. Neither of the sects concurs to give up their part. Each faction understands that 2.77 acres of land would make no pearl of sand. But still, none readies to bow its head, especially when ego of each religion is at stake. Another aspect is that it is not just a conflict between two trustees, but a clash between religions. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The second position in the list of ‘perpetrator of the crisis’ is earned, with due respect, by the propaganda of political parties in India. The messiah of democracy (the political parties) has used the instrument of religion to bag votes of particular community, by compromising the sentiments of other wings. It’s unreasonable to name the particular political party because every party leans to the same philosophy. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Indian unemployed and amateurish youths too add their drops in the pool of hate ness. They are still immature about religion. And their childish and babyish thinking make them easy targets for political parties to use them as an instrument to spread communal violence in the society. It’s truly regrettable that the backbone of the society itself is trembling in the tremors of communal politics. The youth crisis, however, can be unscrambled by budding new employment opportunities. This would engage them and resist such irrational thoughts to menace them.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thirdly, media’s role cannot be disregarded. Indian media has been hypersensitive over the issue. With Indian spices and zing, media has served the news. In the race of moneymaking, media has tried to soar the issue, leading to tension and anxiety. Though broadcasting bureau puts a check on such reports, however, it has failed over again. It is a matter of embarrassment that so-called ‘fourth pillar of democracy’ itself is quivering in the tremors of money.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So where lies the solution? There are no two views that judiciary alone cannot extinguish the fire of violence. So out of court dialogue remains to be one of the prominent elucidations of the debate. But bi-lateral talks can proceed only if both the communities come to a common conclusion. Things must be compromised for the sake of national unity and tranquility. In the present context, however, such negotiation is far off dream and unlikely to happen ever.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, its nearly impossible to unbound billion people from the chain of bogus ideology. Neither can political parties be put off the hooks. The only stone left unturned is government’s intrusion. Though being a secular country, Indian constitution provides space for government in the matter of religion. Government has the authority to intervene in religious dispute. But what must be government’s next measure to resolve the decades old catastrophe? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rather than isolating the property from any delegation, government must seize the 2.77 acre-plot for the development of folks. Any orphanage, hospital or ashram deserves to be on the plot more than a shrine. After all, religion is all about charity, benevolence and generosity. This may sound bizarre, but it is undoubtedly the finest solution in the context of India’s incongruity. Moreover, the solution has been tried earlier in different context and had been quite triumphant. Even dwellers of Ayodhya hold in view that bringing religion would bring catastrophe into the land of sanctity.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are so interwoven in the threads of religion that both cannot be alienated from each other. Till date, no religion exit, which act as a threat for communal harmony. All religion has spread the very same message of mercy, love and kindness. But we have misinterpreted their teachings. Even Lord Ram and Babur would be relieved if their followers have obliterated the barriers of temple and mosque. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-2787260370098248132010-10-18T12:11:00.002+05:302010-10-18T12:11:42.139+05:30Monopoly On Nobel<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I glued my eyes on my television set for past couple of days, hopping that even a single Nobel would roll up to India. I kept my finger crossed and being an apprentice of science, I prayed for a miracle. However, as accustomed by the old tradition, India returns empty handed again. But what makes Americans or Englishmen to be a topper? Why can’t Indians reserve a seat in the club of elites? If we have glimpse over the Indian history of Nobel prizes, we find just 7 Indians in the club (including VS Naipaul although he was Trinidad born). I tickle my wit, run my psyche across several severe thoughts and finally landed upon three-point reason why Indians lag behind in the race of Nobel. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Firstly, to understand India’s failure at international forum, we must comprehend the selection process for the prizes. According to the statutes, the selection committee should consist of a board of five Swedish or Norwegian citizens, with its seat in Stockholm. The Swedish King in Council should appoint the Chairman of the Board, with the other four members appointed by the trustees of the prize-awarding institutions. In other words, the right of rewarding totally rests upon the handful of Swedish or Norwegian. There is no international agency for assortment. And it’s obvious that Swedish’s likings would favor its own interest. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Secondly, the politics interfere in the selection process of awardees. History remains witness that dozens of deserving candidates have been excluded from the list. Though Nobel Committee denies such charges of political interference, the roots can be found by magnified scrutiny. The finest and awkward illustration of such scams is ignorance of Gandhi’s contributions. Though Gandhi was thrice nominated for the recognition, yet the messiah of humanity and the founder of instrument of non-violence remained out of the radar of selection agency. Why? Sweden had affable relations with English at his time and Sweden probably feared that valuing Gandhi’s part would take the thorns for Sweden. However, in 1948, the year of Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate" that year. Moreover, Gandhi is not the only island to be isolated. Several scholars deem that the committee had been more broadminded toward European writers and put others out of the radar.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thirdly, we Indian are to blame for our breakdown. We never show our fascination in the field of research. The highest-minded Indians are more intended towards higher paid jobs. Since research work doesn’t pay much, youngsters prefer to attach with MNC, which generally flood their pockets. Moreover, those who believe in research have a preference in western countries, which provide much more technological assistance and financial backing. Brain drain is eating up our aboriginal endowment. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-83947375909878326082010-09-24T18:26:00.001+05:302010-10-13T13:13:40.070+05:30Overdose of Media’s Criticism On CWG<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">CWG organizing committee is bouncing upon thorns as one after another allegations are menacing them. From corruption to sanitation, every charge has been put on the committee. While organizers are trying to prove their innocence, media is busy in making fortunes. With Indian mirch masalas, media is selling the news to common public. And in the race of moneymaking, media is drilling holes in its own plate!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nobody can disregard the fact that corruption does exist in CWG, but its unfortunate that media has glorified the dark side more than expected. Media has been too much pessimistic about Commonwealth Games. Yes, I admit that media is part and parcel of our society and must acknowledge government about its weakness. But, it’s highly recommendable that media must cooperate with the government. Media should remember that these criticisms cause more burn in the outside world. We are probably (or certainly) the only country who is more enthusiastic to project our darker sides to the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">During 2004 Athens Olympics, construction work continued till the eve of opening ceremony, and still we didn’t complain. In Delhi, there are about 90 thousand security personals employed for the security of 7000 athletes and official, which turns to be around 13 guards per each athlete. But still, the world is tensed about security. Why? Why is the world concerned too much about India? Well, the blame goes to Indian enthusiastic and spicy media. Media has hyped the situation. The ground-zero reality is far better that anticipated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I remember the speech by our missile man, Dr. Kalam, in which he blamed India’s pessimistic media for the country’s slow pace development. It’s natural that crisis would evolve during such huge events, but such crisis must not be overestimated.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-83441100392883633822010-09-02T21:31:00.000+05:302010-09-02T21:31:07.888+05:30Elected to enjoy lavishnessWho are MPs? Mps are the merchant of India who promises to work for the cause of humanity, but end up charging heavily for their negligible services. We elect them, feed them on our hard-earned money, make them feel at the top of the world, and latter, blame them. They enjoy the comfort of the parliament and they out-pace our voices. We make them travel in the lal-battis, whereas rickety bus suits our status. Still, they blame, “hamara kharcha nahien chalta hain.”<br />
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The statement of our honorable MP made us (the aam-aadmi) think how much greedy a man can be! A labour, who spends a whole day working in a construction-site, earns just a dollar. And an MP, who promises to eradicate poverty, earns Rs1000 just for enjoying the chillness of the air conditioners. A study shows that more than 80 percent MPs hibernate in the parliament. But as salary hike is concerned, they are the first to come to strike for their demands. <br />
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Perhaps Indian constituent assembly has created the finest constitution and has left no stone unturned. But the rulers were kept out of the radar. Our constitution doesn’t define the duty of an MP. However, it makes no error while defining the elites of an MP! On one hand, where poor children are dying of starvation, MPs are enjoying kheer at just Rs 5, fish curry (Bengalis favorite, macher jhol) at Rs17 and yummy chicken at Rs24. Still they blame, “hamara kharcha nahien chalta hain.” Our honorable rulers! Come and spend a day with a status of a common man. Probably you would be able to run your (huge) family with your existing earnings.<br />
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In 1976, members of parliaments passed 42nd amendment act which added the term ‘socialism’ to the preamble of the Indian Constitution. Though socialism has a vast meaning, however, for India, socialism aims to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. But what if the lawmakers themselves demand for widening the gap?<br />
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It’s a matter of shame of that politicians are much occupied in earning rather than serving their duty. Moreover, being an MP is nothing more than a profession where employees are paid regularly irrespective of the duty. Probably ‘a job of an MP’ would be the next to be listed in shine.com! And only thing we can do is to quiz that how long will it continue?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-40255394218757544922010-08-24T14:50:00.000+05:302010-08-24T14:50:15.135+05:30India: Fast Emerging Space PowerIndia is truly a fast emerging space power in the world. Space conquest probably began during the cold war between two most powerful states, United States and Soviet Union (now disintegrated into 15 different countries). However, the main aim of the race was not space exploration, but was political exploitation. Although India was far behind in the conquest of space, but hats off to Indian space scientists who made India into the list of space conqueror.<br />
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Many believe that ‘Indian space exploration’ history is just few decades old when in 1961; the National Committee for Space Research was set up under the Chairmanship of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. But in reality, the history dates back around 1500 years ago. Famous mathematician and astronomer during Chandragupta regime (5th century AD.), Aryabhata gave some great calculation regarding space that is almost accurate. He presented his theory of heliostat, which states that planets revolve around the sun. This theory was presented about a millennium before than the very same theory presented by Galileo. Rig Veda, the oldest text, also mentioned space exploration. India’s rich space exploration history is probably unparallel in the world.<br />
But, in the real sense, the history of space exploration starts in 1963, when a sounding rocket, Nike Apache was launched from a church-turned-launch pad, Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Kerela. This was a point where space development started. Then the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata was launched in April 1975. Although designed by scientists of ISRO, but Aryabhata was launched from the Soviet Union cosmodrome at Baikonur. Then it was the era of advancement in communication. India too participated in the race by sending its first experimental communication satellite, APPLE (Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment), which made India the sixth country to send communication satellite.<br />
Although designed by Indian scientists working at ISRO, previously, the satellites were sent by other countries, due to lack of technology. But after the successful launch of Rohini satellite into the space, India is now not only capable to launch her own satellites from native land, but also the payload of other countries. So India is a self-sufficient country in the field of space exploration.<br />
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With the failure of SLV-3 in 1979, India’s debut venture in developing satellite launch vehicle was introduced. But later in 1983, a modified version of SLV-3, carrying Rohini-2 was successfully launched. The satellite sent 2,500 pictures to its ground station. Again starting with a failure, ISRO launched ASLV (Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle) program. But in 1992, ASLV-D3 successfully placed SROSS-III into the orbit. Then came the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) program. Its first successful launch in form of PSLV-D2 was made from the launch pad of Sriharikota in 1994. It escorted remote satellite, IRS-P2. India successfully launched its first GSLV (Geo stationary Satellite Launching Vehicle) in 2001, which allowed India to join the elite space club of five nations- USA, Russia, European Union, China and Japan.<br />
Indian Space and Research Organzation has played an incredible role in the development of space technlogy and made India into the top list of space conqueror. Having a budget of $1.3 billion in 2008, ISRO made India’s name into the list of space conqueror. Till date, India has launced several communication and weather monitoring satellite. India’s first indegeneous multipurpose satellite was INSAT series. First in this series was INSAT 1A which was launched in 1982 from United States. India successfully launched I.R.S 1A, her first indegeneous remote sensing satellite in 1988. After the launch of I.R.S series, India stated locating resources on the Earth from space. <br />
Indian space program is a broad one-from communication to weather forecasting and from mapping of resources on the Earth to space exploration. India has got a huge success in the field of communication. After the first launch of experimental communication satellite, APPLE, India has traveled miles to get a respectable position. Now using a satellite phone one can communicate to another, without considering the fact where the person is. We everyday use mobile phones, which is a gift of Indian space program. In television sector, one can just obtain a connection to any channel of the world just by placing an antenna on his rooftop. After the launch of INSAT 4A in 2005, India entered into the era of Direct-to-Home (DTH) service. Now private organizations were able to take pace with the government agencies in this industry. A man can surf Internet just by a push of a single button of his mobile phone. This type of comfort is present to us just because of the Indian space program. In weather monitoring too, India is very much capable to forecast the weather and can warn us enough before any natural calamity occur. ISRO also plans to map the earth and make the maps publicly available and thus will become a competition for Google Earth. The project is named Bhuvan. <br />
Another major success of ISRO is the introduction of virtual classes using satellite technology. It means that a teacher sitting in front of a camera, can teach his students who are miles away from the classroom. This communication is possible only because of satellite technology. Modern age is an era of internet tecnology which can also be used to set up a virtual classroom. But for those who can not afford internet, IGNOU is a perfect one. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was set up for those graduate sudents who cannot afford studying in a well graded university. A student can optain a degree of MBA or MCA just by attending virtual classes, sitting in front of a television set. <br />
Nation poet, Rabindranath Tagore wrote,<br />
“If nobody lend their ears to your voice,<br />
Do the work without them.”<br />
Indian space scientists proved the statement correct when they built India’s first cryogenic engine without the support of any other external help. During 1990s, under the pressure of Glavkosmos, Russian Space Agency halted its support to India in the field of space technology. As a result, India’s Cryogenic project faced a serious threat. But thanks to the scientists of ISRO, who turn the dream of indigenous cryogenic engine into reality. This proved not only the capability of Indian scientists but also showed her desire to make her name into the list space conqueror. <br />
On 22nd October 2008, a new chapter was added in the history of space for India by launching Chandrayaan-1 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11) escorted chandrayaan-1 weighing 1304 kilogram. Its basic purpose is to make a survey of lunar surface and to locate minerals on the moon by staying in the lunar orbit for couple of years. It carried six scientific payloads- three from European Space Agency two from Nasa and one from Bulgaria. India became the sixth member of moon club after United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and China. It is the third member from Asia, followed by Japan and China. It again showed the capability of Indian Space scientists and her power in the field of space. <br />
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The launch of Chandrayaan increased the confidence level of ISRO scientist and foresees to send a manned mission to space in next few years. The first step towards this goal was the 600-kg Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, and safely returned to earth 12 days later. This demonstrates India's capability to develop heat-resistant materials necessary for re-entry.<br />
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has conceptually developed a Sun mission called 'Aditya'. ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair announced that this mission was approved.<br />
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ISRO also plans to send a navigation mission, called Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS). It is similar to Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system and can be used to from any location of the country. IRNSS consist of seven satellite, which can detect the position accurate upto 20 metres. The work for the mission has already been started and it is believed that its fuctioning would start within 2012. <br />
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But these developments in space sector came into controversy. People generally ask what is the need for investing billions of rupees in space exploration. The answer is plaussible and yet simple. It is estimated that there may be enough resources present in the universe which can fulfill all our energy and resource crisis. Asteroids and comets are such heavenly bodies which may consist vast deposits of useful natural resources. Hence more and more countries would try to locate and capture those celestial bodies which are actually the deposits of useful minerals. It is also predictated that the main cause of the third World War would probably be scarecity of water and space exploration for the exploitation of these resources. Investment in space sector means that India would be, of course, one of the country in the lead in upcoming decades.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-5014573289495426982010-07-20T15:39:00.000+05:302010-07-20T15:40:13.808+05:30A New Symbol, A New Era in Indian EconomyFinally, rupee got its own symbol, a symbol of prestige, a symbol of self-esteem and a symbol of strength. Indian rupee joined the club of selected who has its own internationally acclaimed currency symbol. Similar to the position of currencies like dollar and pound, Indian rupee would also get a reputable status in the global market. But can a mere symbol list India in the club of elites? Well, its not a mere symbol, its more that that. It signifies the strength of India’s economy and currency to endure the present economy of the world. <br />The symbol is more than a combination of devnagari and roman alphabets, but it corresponds to the fulfillment of old, numb dream. It signifies the strength of India’s economy to withstand the tough times of recession. Today, India’s economy is the second fastest growing economy and is believed that India would emerge as an economic super power in next couple of decades. <br />Few weeks before independence, a British official remarked, “With millions people dying of hunger, what can Gandhi do? Good Luck, Gandhi!” Today, I wish I could stand beside his graveyard and yell, “India has made it, Gandhi did what you couldn’t do.” India has been able to prove that she is able to undo the injustice that British did to India.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-13967621501823891562010-04-23T13:02:00.000+05:302010-04-23T13:04:41.292+05:30What Would Happen If IPL Is Nationalized<span style="font-family:arial;">The whole country was shocked when MP Lalu Prasad Yadav raised an issue in the parliament demanding to nationalize the IPL. The following statement from Lalu Prasad came when the parliament debated on the scandal by Mr. Lalit Modi, the commissioner and initiator of IPL. According to them, IPL should be nationalized in order to avoid black money penetrating into the League. But is this theory of nationalizing IPL logical? <strong><em>Can IPL restrain its popularity if it gets into the hand of the government?<br /></em></strong><br />Well, Mr. Lalu Prasad would be annoyed to read the article.<br /><br />Firstly, it is hard (or rather correct to say impossible) to attract such a large amount of capital. Industrialists and capitalists would think twice before investing in such a scheme where hungry politicians are ready to hound everything. So, there would be a perturbation in the minds of franchisers before buying a team in the IPL. Moreover, the profit of IPL would also shrink because a lot of money would be routed to the fund of Government. Or indirectly, it would make politicians’ pockets heavier than ever. Obviously, investor would think of their money.<br /><br />Secondly, IPL would merely become a national league from entertainment league. The charm of watching IPL matches would no longer subsist. Lets take the paradigm of Doordarshan. Although the quality of programmes are much better than other private channels, but Doordarshan was unable to catch up large audience as that of private channels. And IPL would no longer be an exception. No cheer girls, no entertainment packages, and no crowd to cheer their home teams!<br /><br />Thirdly, IPL would become a medium to bag votes. Opposition would debate on negatives of IPL to win seats in the parliament. Just imagine when parties would come up with propaganda to cut prices of IPL tickets! Politicians must work for welfare of the citizens, not for their entertainment.<br /><br /><em>No matter how devil IPL commissioner is, IPL cannot restrain its popularity without guys like Modi!</em></span><em> </em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-55859835091674251232010-04-14T13:46:00.001+05:302010-04-14T13:49:14.459+05:30IITJEE: Annihilation Of Wits<span style="font-family:arial;">The landscape is no different from a scene of a fair. Students are waiting outside the gates of examination centers. And there was perturbation in the air; after all, it is the most crucial day for them. It’s IITJEE. While students are having their last minute preparation, their parents are busy in offering prayers and encouraging their children. It is natural because IITJEE is one of the toughest examinations in the world. Especially, when about half a million candidates are appearing for only ten thousand seats all over the country! But why are we all crazy about IITs?<br /><br />The obvious response to this question is that IITs are the best institute all over. And for admission in IITs, every sacrifice seems to be small. The magnitude of passion among the students, perhaps among parents, is so immense that students take every possible risk to survive the exam. And coaching institutes provide spark to the fire of their determination. Coaching institutes play an important and indissoluble role in IIT-aspirants life. Today, students believe that without coaching classes, their education is incomplete. And the reason seems to be probable because schooling alone cannot stock up everything. As a consequence, market of coaching industry has grown up to 1,00,000 crores of rupees. But is it really making our future bright?<br /><br />Nobody can deny the fact that coaching institutes are decent, but nobody can also rebuff that coaching institutes are terrible, in the sense that they are killing our wits. Coaching classes act as a spoon-feeder. Their teaching methodology only includes cracking toughest problems, rather than making students understand the concept behind the problem. Students are made to memorize certain types of solution to crack competitive exams. As a consequence, a student may be able to solve physics numerical in two counts, but may fail to explain the concept. Student may survive the exam, but he may (or will) perish in future. Nobody can guarantee about the problem ahead, so how can anybody lead if his concepts are weak? It’s dangerous to compromise with future for success, which don’t last too long.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Even IITs itself recognizes the fact. Consequently, there are putting up their best to make coaching institutes inefficient. IITs tries to bring variation in the question paper and even they are trying to include a section of aptitude test in the entrance examination. After all, IITs are only for real jewel, not for parrots!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-637309298181000362010-03-23T11:07:00.001+05:302010-03-23T11:09:45.840+05:30Will Earth Hour Really Work?<strong><em>Can A Single Hour Find Remedy To Climate Change?<br /></em></strong><br />India is all set to celebrate Earth hour on this Saturday evening. And green celebes like Rahul Bose and Abhishek Bachhan are pulling up their socks to make Earth hour a success. In 2007, Sydney became the first city to celebrate the festival of nature with seventh heaven. Eventually, Earth hour became a great success. WWF claims that in March 2009, India along with hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative. But will it really bring any ray of hope to find any remedy to climate change? Can a single hour bring such an impact?<br />The elucidation lies in statistics. Delhites consume around 3000MW of electricity during its peek hours. If five out of every ten house in our capital put-off their light for an hour, it would save around fifty percent of total power consumption. So it saves around 1.5 million units of electricity or in other words, it saves around 800 tons of carbon dioxide. And remember that this value is only for Delhi, however it is expected that this value may round off at twice or thrice.<br />It may give the impression of grand gift for nature. Moreover, we feel that we have been able to loosen the string of climate change. But this assumption is our biggest mistake. This amount is a small bit of the story. If we consider our total carbon emission, this amount is like a brick in a multi-story building. We never care about running AC and room heaters 365 days a year, so what revolution can a single hour bring?<br />Even WWF itself recognizes the fact. The organization states, “There’s more to it than switching off lights for one hour once a year; it’s all about giving people a voice on the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.” But isn’t it too late? Shouldn’t have it be done a decade before?<br />Well I truly believe that little drops add up to make an ocean, but this process takes ages. And we don’t have much time for merry-making. It’s not the time to learn, but to implement all those steps we have learnt. After all there is no value of learning if we don’t implement them. Today, the death clock is tickling fast and if nothing is done right away, may the race of human becomes a history.<br />So, where is the problem? As most of us are to blame policy makers, the roots of the crisis stay inside our mind. We are numb toward our nature. We don’t care what would happen to our grandchildren. People save their hard-earned penny for their children, but don’t care about gratuitous driving or wastage of electricity, adding tons of carbon every year. We all are trapped into a single bogus ideology that nature can have no impact on human, as we are supreme.<br />It has been dinned into us by the proverbs and sermons that we never pay the price of a sweet voice until the bird has flown away. And our planet is no exception. Although the term ‘Global Warming’ first appeared as myth in 1970s, but there is enough evidence to prove climate change is no fake. Scientist warned us a decade ago but we never tried to comprehend the dilemma. We didn’t react. And now, when we are at the edge of our total annihilation, we are spending sleepless nights. Neither you nor me can ignore the effort of ‘Earth Hour’. In reality, Earth Hour is the biggest effort any organization can make on their part. The rest depends on us; how we respond to the yell of our grandchildren.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-30645910149318675712009-12-22T10:01:00.001+05:302009-12-22T10:03:32.108+05:30No Politics On Climate ChangeA couple of days before Copenhagen submit, Environment Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh spoke on government’s policies on climate change. He spoke about the decision to cut emission intensity to 20 to 25%. Naturally, contradicting this decision, its opponent raised a stupid question- why should India compromise with its development even if per capita emission of India is lower than China or US? The question was stupid in the sense that don’t we have any responsibility for our future generation. It is obvious that opposition party will always contradict government’s decision. But, our great leader! Why to compromise with future generation? Do think that what crisis your child will face in a future where there would be no food to eat or fresh air to breathe. Climate change is a very urgent and serious issue. There are thousands of other issues to debate on; why to politicize the issue of climate change?<br />Besides that, Indians are always concerned about their rights but we forget that rights are meaningless without duties. I suppose securing our child’s future is our top most duty. This is my <span style="font-family:arial;">statement</span> to all those netajis enjoying the comfort of the seats parliament (or better to say suffering from the term ‘austerity’) that you are leaving no legacy for your children.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-622235200190288342009-03-18T10:14:00.001+05:302009-03-18T10:18:16.051+05:30“Only Bars Of Prison Can Save Our Mother Planet”<div align="center"><em>We common people have failed to change our mindset.</em></div><div align="center"><em>Now the unsympathetic laws can save our Planet from change.</em></div><br />The lifestyle is changing very rapid and hence is climate. Today the climate is changing with the pace of our lifestyle. Scientists claim that our climate is warming and estimated that human survival would be in danger within 22nd century. Besides that, our next generation would face much severe problems, as there would be no fossil fuels left for to meet the energy requirements. Although the world is very much concern about it, however this consciousness is not enough to save our mother planet. Now something must be done. It’s the time for all babus who enjoy the comfort of the seat in parliament to prove themselves that they are our leaders, our real heroes.<br />Climate change is one of the burning issues in the whole world. Neither me, nor you are unaffected from this change. I believe that the only way to get rid of this dilemma is to change our mindset. We ourselves should adopt more eco-friendly methods of living. Many NGOs and voluntary organizations whole-heartedly tried to do it. But their efforts had no great impact on us. We all are trapped into a single bogus ideology that nature can have no impact on human, as we are supreme. All the possible solution to this crisis had been tried except the legislative power of the leaders.<br />Till date, there are more than two hundred laws, which directly or indirectly related to protection of environment. Under 42nd amendment of the Indian constitution in 1972, Fundamental duties have been incorporated in it. Among these 10 principle fundamental duties, protection of the environment is on the top most priority. From ban on plastic bags to check pollution level from industries, government had tried its best to save the future. However, these laws had not been implemented up to its greatest extent. People rarely have heard of these eco-friendly laws. The greatest drawback of such policies (or laws) is that there is no harsh punishment on the infringement of such laws. Probably none of us has gone through a case where jail sentence has been awarded for degradation of environment. We don’t fear of using plastic bags or wasting water or electricity, as we know that no one would stop us. The fact is that extensive consumption of such elements has now been converted into our way of life and we cannot be in this world without it.<br />Now the time has come for change. It is the time when our leaders should lead us to safe world. We ourselves have failed to change our mindset. Now only the lathis and fines of collector can make it happen. Our history is crammed with hundreds of examples where only the bars of prison and heavy fines were able to abolish the dark component of the society, whether is a economic or social and cultural crisis. It is probably for the first time when voters cannot make politicians responsible for the dilemma; but politician should help us to get out from it because a single cannot change the society. Laws must be unsympathetic. It is obvious that government would face stumbling block from common people and may also face cuts in votes, but something needs to be done. After all, it is the matter of our children and their future.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-41442165985658461222009-02-01T13:34:00.000+05:302009-02-01T13:34:00.457+05:30Don't Be Proud Of Slumdog<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">If I ask you whether you are proud of ‘<em>Slumdog Millionaire’</em>, the answer would of course be yes. And why not? <em>Slumdog</em> has already won four golden globe awards and has send 10 nominations for Oscar. But as far as diplomatic side of the country is concerned, is it fair to show a movie to the whole world where more that half of the movie scenes belong to poor slum dwellers? <em>Slumdog Millionaire</em> disclosed the brutal truth of our society, the ever-widening gap between the riches and the poor. This may not seem unusual to Indians, who are totally aware of the fact, but when a man from west watch this out, don’t you think that it would make some difference?<br />Indians has always been crazy about awards. For awards, an India may do anything; even he can be pessimistic in front of the whole world. What is the difference between India and other developed and prosperous countries? They concentrate on a very simple policy- “never highlight the dark side of our society as much as possible; always try to be optimistic, especially before the foreigners.” I think that none of us have ever seen scene of beggars in a Hollywood movie. The reason behind it is that they are always optimistic and always have a positive attitude. Our literature has always focused on introducing positive attitude. But as we are entering to a new era, are we overlooking the moral values and respect to our motherland? Patriotism does not mean singing patriotic songs, but it means to respect the nation.<br /><em>Slumdog</em> is not the only film where dark side of the Indian society has been depicted. The Man Booker Prize winning (2008) book, <em>The White Tiger</em> is also based on the brutal truth of our society, Written by Mumbai based journalist, Aravind Adiga, showed the ever widening gap between rich and poor of India. It’s a matter of surprise that outsiders were very much impressed by the slums of India, probably not because they don’t have slums in their country, but they don’t know about their miseries.<br />Obama has imposed heavy levy on outsourcing companies. So, India would face the problem in form of job cuts from American companies in India in upcoming years. In addition, these companies will try to find other bases where profit will be more and new companies will first experiment on India and then set their feet in water. But, when these companies will become the bystander of <em>Slumdog Millionaire</em>, don’t you think that they will think twice before they set their feet on the land of slums?<br /><em>Slumdog</em> touched the sky in bollywood box office and critics reviewed it by awarding for-and-a half star, probably the highest any movie has got in recent years. Indians are always crazy about cinemas. But is <em>Slumdog</em> the real movie, which Indians would love to watch? Don’t we feel ashamed to call ourselves a <em>Galli Ka Kutta</em>?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-87944296219934738742009-01-18T15:45:00.000+05:302009-01-18T15:47:33.505+05:30India-Pakistan: Two Hot Neighbors<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Before the partition of India and Pakistan, a pool of poison of hate ness was created inside the hearts of Indians and Pakistanis, which still affects the relation between these two nuclear states. Indian foreign policy has always tried to form as well as to maintain the peaceful relation between them, but the success didn’t last long. Rather than maintaining a peace relation with its neighboring and super power, Pakistan has always represented India as her wicked and awful neighbor. Pakistani government has launched a new policy, anti-Indian policy. From 1947 to till date, Pakistan has spread an undeclared war on India at international, national and regional level.<br />United States Of America has done a lot to escalate tension between India and Pakistan. American foreign policy allowed selling their military arms to Pakistan, which was used against Indians. Whatever “war on terror” America may have started, in the real sense, America has helped terrorist groups to strengthen its base in Pakistan and spread terrorism in India. That was the reason that after the attacks of 26/11, America supported India only through words, not through any action against the terrorist camps in Pakistani soil.<br /><p>The pool of hate ness, which was created during the partition has a bitter consequence as this affects the world politics and security, and especially south Asian countries have felt the highest tremors of this quake. India and Pakistan always try dug up the differences between them. According to Michael Bragger, an undeclared war between India and Pakistan still continues. Before partition, Indian leaders thought that the condition between them would be healthier after partition. But from the beginning of the birth of Pakistan, issues such as Hyderabad conflict, Jammu and Kashmir conflict and refugees problem evolved and relation between these two states started getting worse.<br />After the defeat of India by China in 1962, relation between India and China was not apt. And then in 1965, although a peace agreement and a promise of no-war were made between India and Pakistan, India was attacked but gave a crushing defeat to Pakistan. So, Pakistan took the benefit of the bicker that was in between India and China, and decided to befriend China to take revenge of this defeat. In return, China provided military and financial support to Pak.<br />An Important role was played by India for giving Bangladesh a status of an independent nation. This pursuit angered Pakistan and again attacked India in 1971. But as usual, Pakistan again got a crushing defeat. To take revenge of series of defeat by India, Pakistan decided to take the path of terrorism, which is killing the integrity and sovereignty of India.<br />India has always been surrounded by Pakistan, India’s closest neighbor. While India’s foreign policy has always been directed to maintain peace relation with Pakistan, but Pak has always ignored India’s effort. War between these two nations is common and both distrust each other. India has been facing a threat from terrorism, which has made Pakistan as its home. The recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai have escalated the tension between these two nuclear countries.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-35934738609559282522009-01-04T13:38:00.002+05:302009-01-18T15:51:53.517+05:30Food Crisis In India<div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">“Of all the things before us, agriculture comes first”<br />-Jawaharlal Nehru</span></em></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Agriculture was and is one of the largest employment sectors in the world, especially in India. More number of workers is employed in agriculture in compare to other sectors. In India, 70 percent earn their livelihood through agriculture. Although there has been a large number involved in agriculture, still there is a food crisis. </span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284059019359055650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 440px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaZbJN9qzz66d9zBdkn0LGSMPFIRMy6yJ_3xEa_UTzgjvcNY2rSH2fwiITJTh1jUZgNvf0upRjPh8tnPv_9l-87eN3osuRTXcFbbahY5ZLNVX-fwdiCEYVyZHbx4vEzFiwZ1KACTFW4I/s320/foodcrisis.JPG" border="0" /><br />In India, agriculture got its dimension during green revolution. This introduced several new scientific methods, which increased food production several folds. But still, In India, 26 percent live below poverty line and several hundreds die due to malnutrition.<br /><br />The main reason for food crisis in India and the world is increase in population. India is the second populated state with more than billion living in it. It is projected that the population will increase to 1.3 billion in 2020, and would leave behind China in 2050 if the population growth remains unchanged. To feed the large population we require millions of tons of food grain. It is estimated that India would require 343.0 million metric tons of food grains in 2020 to feed the whole population. There are only two ways to increase the productivity- by increasing the land under agriculture and by using scientific methods of agriculture. As we cannot increase land under agriculture as it is saturated, so we should head toward scientific method to boost the productivity. Scientific methods include better quality of fertilizer, genetically modified seeds (which are resistant to pests as well as have high productivity), better methods of irrigation and lots more. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The prices of important commodities are rising. Two-digit inflation rate has affected agriculture. Prices of commodities such as fertilizers and others used in agriculture have considerably gone up. So income from agriculture has been reduced and farmers are forced to leave agriculture.<br /><br />Environmental scientists believe that our climate is changing very fast. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) warned us that climate change could cause change in the pattern of rainfall. The report says that North-western part would receive more rainfall rather that eastern part of the country. Just imagine that desert states such as Rajasthan would be flooded, whereas the land of clouds-Meghalaya would face water scarcity! This would affect agriculture. Uneven distribution of rain can convert agricultural land into barren. 70 percent of agricultural land in India is dependent on rain for irrigation. Climate change can cause Himalayan glaciers to melt, due to which there would be no existence of rivers such as Ganges or Yamuna, which originate from Himalayas. So, there will be severe drought in northern India and special arrangement must be taken in order to make agriculture possible.<br /><br />Today, prices of fossils fuel is raising drastically. Where the price of crude oil was $50-$60 per barrel in year 2005, today, its price has been doubled; $120 (July) per barrel. Increase in prices of fossil fuels have not affected agriculture directly, but have affected it indirectly by reducing the production of food grains. Considering high demand of fossil fuel, farmers rather than cultivating food crops, they are now cultivating cash crops, which can produce bio fuel. Farmers get profit by cultivating crops such as Jatropha, which can produce bio fuel. So, production of food grains has considerably reduced. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">As discussed earlier, to increase food production, area under agriculture should be increased. But rather than increasing, agricultural land is now being converted into industrial land. The recent example is of Singur, where thousand acre of agricultural land is converted into a car factory.<br /><br />Urbanization is another problem. Agricultural lands are now being converted into housing plots and are converted into cities and towns. This has increased the pressure on agriculture.<br /><br />Not only India, food crisis is now being worldwide. It’s a serious problem and it should not be over looked. However, United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has provided fund of billion dollar to recover this crisis. But still it’s not enough. Food crisis is not a short-term crisis. Its like a chain, several factors are responsible for food crisis. Once Mahatma Gandhi quoted before his assassination: </span></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;">“Forget the past. Remember everyday dawns for us from<br />the moment we wake up. Let us all, ever one, wake up now”<br />-Father of the nation, <em>Mahatma Gandhi</em><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span></span><em><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Acknowledgement<br /></strong>Manorama Yearbook 2006<br />Competition Success Review</span></span></span></em> </p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154573794847231168.post-14847047756241198542008-12-28T13:12:00.000+05:302009-01-18T15:53:35.629+05:30China: A Trouble Creator For IndiaChina and India are the two fastest growing economy of the world and can be classified as one of the super power of the world. Even Manorama yearbook has also quoted that India and China are the Asian player of 21st century. Both the countries face similar type of problem and both are multi-linguistic country, both sharing historical and cultural background. Thus we can say that China and India are the global players and if cooperate each other, both the countries can even leave American economy far behind within few decades.<br /><br />But there is a huge hurdle between this. China has never tried to cooperate India, neither in diplomatic nor in economical way. India had worked upon several strategies, which tried to bond India with China. India's first treaty with China was in 1954, a peace treaty. But soon, in 1962, war broke between India and China. India lost to China and as a consequence, it captured a vast Indian territory. It was probably the first betrayal by China in modern history. China captured 90,000 sq. km of Indian Territory, near the eastern border (Arunachal Pradesh), and still this area is under Chinese control. After the victory in 1962 war, China has befriended India’s greatest enemy. China gave support to Pakistan, a terrorist land.<br />India is a country of vast diversity and believes in equality of religion. But, in 1956, Indian sentiment was hurt when China broke on Tibet. As India was supporting Tibet, a small Himalayan country, India gave shelter to Dalai Lama and this pursuit-angered China. It clearly showed that China had no respect for India.<br />After the attacks of 26/11 in Mumbai, countries like United States, France and UK has led their hand of support towards India, in order to eradicate terrorism. But China has not even uttered a word in favor of India.<br /><br />India and China share a rich historical and cultural background. In ancient period, Chinese travelers like Fa Hein came to India. Nalanda University in Bihar comprised of several Chinese students. Marco Polo came to India as a messenger of Kublai Khan, grandson of Chengiz Khan. Although, they both share culture and diversity, yet China never tried to understand the misery of India.<br /><br />But, why? This is probably because China still thinks that India is inferior to China and assumes that there is no benefit to negotiate with India, a country with billion populations, facing large number of problems. China has negotiated with Russia, United States, Japan, Brazil and other developed nations, but has always neglected developing countries. Unlike United States, China had neither worked upon any anti-terrorism issue at global scale, nor it had tries to understand the misery of poor developing countries. Many Indians are anti-Americans. They think that negotiating with America would lead to destruction. But, in my opinion, America has done a lot for the development of India in comparison to China.<br /><br />China has never tried to understand the misery of India. Actually they have also underestimated the power of India. India is a developing country and will become a developed one within a decade. Several times India had tried to establish peaceful relation with China but every time, one or the other reason angered China due to which the situation is getting worse. Well I think that India too should neglect China’s importance. In my opinion, China is just like brother of Pakistan for India who has always gifted trouble to India.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0