http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-City-Pune-PMC-proposes-to-supply-wet-garbage-up-to-75-km/articleshow/4786882.cms
I had been thinking about this idea for a while now. Probably the brain waves have somehow reached the authorities.
This is a wonderful thing and all puneites should participate in it. One person's garbage is another person's wealth!
This blog has been inspired by the word uttered by Woody Allen in the movie Annie Hall. It refers to pretentiousness, I think. And we encounter it everyday... The "Heaviosity" that is. I thought that the name was perfect for media items that pretend to be one thing but really mean something else. I also tend to include certain items to simply voice my opinion about them. © Copyright. Swapnali T.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Further to yesterday's discussion about curruption
Here is a quote about it from "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I feel, to a major extent Indian politics of bribery can be attributed to this way of thinking.
... The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for people to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens?What's there in that for anyone? But pass the kind of laws that neither can be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - an you create a nation of law breakers -- and then you cash on the guilt.
... The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for people to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens?What's there in that for anyone? But pass the kind of laws that neither can be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - an you create a nation of law breakers -- and then you cash on the guilt.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Politics of Terrorism
Reading about these chain of events got me thinking:
http://www.rediff.com/news/dec/01mitra.htm --- Indira Gandhi covertly supports LTTE
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060521_02 --- Rajiv Gandhi gets assassinated
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/099.html --- US and Pakistan supported Islamic Extremists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks --- 9/11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601063.html --- Taliban in Pakistan
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-created-and-nurtured-terrorists-concedes-zardari/486672/ --- Zardari Acknowledges
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=479&catID=1 ---
If corrupt officials can be translated as terrorists, a government that supports corruption terrorizes its people in subtle ways, so that people are afraid to protest.
In above kinds of terrorism, support to militants involves (generally speaking) a concentrated number of people and the main objective is to either attract attention or kill a target whether it results in killing of innocent civilians or not.
However, the terrorism of corruption seeps into the society through every nook and cranny to every single mind in the country.
It is a jolly good way to control a people! All you need is one case where a protestant was killed or simply given a hard time, and a whole society/generation grows up being afraid or terrorized. -- Corruption is a form of Terrorism
http://www.rediff.com/news/dec/01mitra.htm --- Indira Gandhi covertly supports LTTE
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060521_02 --- Rajiv Gandhi gets assassinated
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/51/099.html --- US and Pakistan supported Islamic Extremists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks --- 9/11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601063.html --- Taliban in Pakistan
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-created-and-nurtured-terrorists-concedes-zardari/486672/ --- Zardari Acknowledges
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=479&catID=1 ---
If corrupt officials can be translated as terrorists, a government that supports corruption terrorizes its people in subtle ways, so that people are afraid to protest.
In above kinds of terrorism, support to militants involves (generally speaking) a concentrated number of people and the main objective is to either attract attention or kill a target whether it results in killing of innocent civilians or not.
However, the terrorism of corruption seeps into the society through every nook and cranny to every single mind in the country.
It is a jolly good way to control a people! All you need is one case where a protestant was killed or simply given a hard time, and a whole society/generation grows up being afraid or terrorized. -- Corruption is a form of Terrorism
Monday, July 6, 2009
A turn of events
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-judge-apologises-for-taliban-remarks-on-muslims/485727/
I had commented on a news item on my blog of Monday, March 30, 2009. The link above, comes as a relief. Although it seems like the judge reluctantly apologized, I am happy for the student who is fighting for his constitutional rights.
The judge in this case has shown irresponsible behaviour and seems like is not qualified to give an unbiased opinion about anything. I am not sure why he is even allowed to be a judge.
I also like the fact that the newspaper is following up on the event and reporting it rather than just letting it slide into oblivion. This "following-up" of a news item, I find, is a rare quality found in the Indian Newspapers that I read.
I had commented on a news item on my blog of Monday, March 30, 2009. The link above, comes as a relief. Although it seems like the judge reluctantly apologized, I am happy for the student who is fighting for his constitutional rights.
The judge in this case has shown irresponsible behaviour and seems like is not qualified to give an unbiased opinion about anything. I am not sure why he is even allowed to be a judge.
I also like the fact that the newspaper is following up on the event and reporting it rather than just letting it slide into oblivion. This "following-up" of a news item, I find, is a rare quality found in the Indian Newspapers that I read.
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