The Insane

Insane roams everywhere. Right from the governing body of a country or organisation to a family. Amazingly, the insane speaks volumes everywhere without substance and pretends to be wise. Basically the abnormal lot enjoys good position, demands attention from others. They are out and out dishonest in thoughts and deeds. While caught, they pretend to be innocent and to have committed the wrongs under pressure; but of what? No answer.

One such story teller came closer to win me in order to draw some cash benefits. I was, however, able to recognise the insane and gladly paid some cash for her enjoyment and left the place with the remark attributed to her to be careful in spending the counterfeit notes of money. She at once gave me back the notes with the reply,  "There is a bigger insane and a fraud than me ! I must now change my ways of dealing. Its a set back for me indeed !"

I laughed and laughed at the stupid insane and happily spent those original notes by buying classic brand of cigarettes from a devil smokers' outlet.

A Game Indeed !

Recently a consumer affairs minister of the state government in Calcutta remarked in a traders' meet that he didn't find reason in opposing entry of American retail giants include Walmart into Indian market while Chinese substandard retail commodities were already flooded in Indian retail market. With this remark, he welcomed modern management technology and tools in retail outlets in Indian commodity markets. Organised retail chains are already in existence through Metro Cash & Curry (a German wholesale retail outlet) and many others by Indian monopoly corporates. Right from mobile phones to clothes, foreign commodities are being sold in competition with Indian goods in peaceful coexistence. The party in power in the city objects entry of FDI in retail chains but welcomed in infrastructure sector like electricity, highways etc. etc.Yet the main concern is to oppose reduction of subsidy in LPG that really hit hard to the common men. The LPG issue is not totally settled by leadership at 10 Janpath Road, New Delhi that exposed in raising demand by a central food minister against the move of the center. To the office of the PM, the principal issue is FDI in retail chain to settle which is why a clever game is played by putting both FDI and LPF/ diesel price hike in the same card. If one is forced to compromise, the other will be sorted out for acceptance under pressure. Perhaps, the straight game would have backfired. A good game indeed !

"No To Reservation In Promotion"

For the first time in the history in independent India the Parliament heard slogan yesterday from the law makers against reservation in promotion in government jobs. Members in the upper house supporting the ruling government were up in arms against 'hurried' and 'unconstitutional bill to extend reservation of Scheduled Cast/Scheduled Tribes in promotion in government jobs with retrospective effect i.e. year 2005'. 

One major partner of the ruling regime and its national leader were heard saying. "we'll not allow to make those senior employees as junior by the  move." The opposition was so aggressive that led to the physical scuffle with other few members supporting the bill. Visible that those sellers of reservation cards in a vote bank politics are now in back foot. The ruling major party and those few promoters of reservation were also blamed to divert from the issue of corruption and coal-gate scam to the proposed reservation. From the happenings yesterday, it transpired that the move to get the reservation passed by both upper and lower house of Parliament are not going to be materialized. 

It was very much expected from a government headed by none other than a noble and meritorious economist would move the issue in a right earnest to ensure a system of check and balance in promoting the deserving efficients to find the right place in government administration in order to deliver desired result to the benefit of the citizens and address the issue of welfare measures for real needy communities including SC/ST/OBC etc. But things were moved in wrong direction that compromised the basic tenets of the constitution. As an admirer of a great teacher and economist decorating the chair of the Prime Minister, I feel bad for what was observed recently on the issue. 

Love

She is no more visible. Her shadow reminds her presence all the time. While a kid was badly needed her sweet company she left making her boy orphan. She made him a subject of neglect and torture by the surrounding. The boy grew young with a heavy heart unlike his contemporaries.

In youth, she came back with a different face  promising not to desert him ever. She took him to river, temple and rose garden to make him happy. Suddenly, she left never to come back leaving a bunch of memories.

At last, she appeared with a broken heart promising to stay for ever. But his heart is already dried with nothing to recall her except waiting for the final bell to ring for a final departure.

The Media Mediocracy

The paper tiger roars in different voice only to record its presence in the human society knowing fully well that no one would be afraid of. The media maharaja of Calcutta and its lobby are sidelined indeed. They do not cause much affect  over the vote bank of the present rulers and to shift support base to the defeated communist lords. There are lot of alternative source of information in media services available in a liberalized environment in the society. People has learnt not to depend upon one sided information passed by a section in media and cross check it through other alternatives. 

The initial effort of Mamata led state government to create environment that would reduce dependence on the corporate recharged media houses has been faced with stiff opposition from the established media baron in Bengal. The effort is largely successful. Thus the news on Mamata government's failure to protect women from the rapists, police harassment to professors, CPM cadres , university students, farmers with Maoist brand etc. failed to whip up en-mass uprising against the one and half year old state government. Because, these are issues that do not attach so much importance in a poverty stricken rural Bengal. People are more concerned over non performance of the promised developmental activities include bread, butter and shelter for the millions and billions living below the poverty line. The people here is now experiencing that a government and its ministers have become accountable to their master under a tough financial condition. An all round efforts for earning trust of the voters are visible everywhere which were absent under a political regimentation of the Bengal brand of communist rule for decades. Undoubtedly, the new government is using torn shoes left by the previous regime. The administrative system built with massive infiltration of party cadres and sympathizers over the decades has been made insensitive and corrupt. So, nothing magical change is expected unless the whole system is overhauled and root out those anti-people elements from the system in order to ensuring a good governance to upheld human rights for all squares of the Bengali lives. 

Drowned in a whiskey bottle

Once I under huge pressure bowed down to drink whiskey with my friend Dilip many many years ago. The day I consumed is still in my memory. I was unable to walk or stand freely and somehow got into a local suburban train to reach my home. Sat down close to one family. The aged couple looked at me with all hatred. Remarked, "Look at our next intoxicated generation. Afraid! what kind of future citizens of our nation would run the society." He was endorsed by the veteran lady, "it has become troublesome for young ladies to roam freely now a days." The sentimental attack brought me to sense and I left my sit to hurriedly get out of the train compartment with the promise never to touch such illicit drink in my lifetime. The promise has not yet been broken. And I can assure the world that I never violated any social norms and never shown disrespect to any woman. I'm still trying my best to deliver values and behave like a true gentleman.

In The Name of Secularism

My wife offered Puja to the Hindu God and brought Prashad (sweets) and flowers to distribute among our known neighbours. There a was Muslim neighbour who refused to accept it for fear of being branded as a Kafeer (a  non-believer of Islam).My wife got hurt and left the place silently. 

On 20th, Eid festival was celebrated. Our Muslim neighbours enjoyed the festival with colours. They came to my home and begged money for organising a musical night with the trust on me that I do not hate them and inspired them to held their head high. I generously contributed much to the pleasure of the fund raisers.

The same day in Red Road of Calcutta, Mamata Bannerjee, the TMC supremo and chief minister wearing a Muslim dress joined the Namaz offered by a million Muslims and in her reply she loudly read out the long list of welfare measures she initiated for Muslims residing in  West Bengal. She was greeted by the crowd. Before she took the dais, a leading Muslim cleric lambasted her for doing nothing concrete for local Muslim population except wide range publicity. The crowd loudly greeted the cleric too. 

The Muslim population residing in Burma was massacred for their alleged anti-national attitude and activities. Similarly, migrant Muslim people in North Eastern Indian land for Boro tribes of Assam is subjected to brutality similar to that of Burma for the same reasons. 

The same sect of people inhabiting in bordering districts of West Bengal, have been forced to undertake smuggling racket in complete dismay of the Indian government and its armed forces. The counterfeit Indian currency and smuggling of tones of Indian coins to Bangladesh has created crisis in the country. Lets talk less about Pakistan. 

From the facts narrated above, it reveals that our Muslim brothers and sisters do not believe in secularism and uniform law of the land. Their dissatisfaction will diminish with the concur of a non-Muslim country like India to install a Taliban raj in place of a secular state and its government run by all faiths.