August 21, 2011 12:23:32 AM
Swapan Dasgupta
Sunday, August 21, 2011
UPAs credibility is now history - Anna may not get to taste success, but he has begun the halal killing of this Government
UPAs credibility is now history - Anna may not get to taste success, but he has begun the halal killing of this Government
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discussion on Terrorism, Muslim, Islam, Religion,
Bernard Lewis notes that "Islam, as a religion" is "particularly conducive to terrorism or even tolerant of terrorism," in his own words:
Islam has had an essentially political character (...) from its very foundation (...) to the present day. An intimate association between religion and politics, between power and cult, marks a principal distinction between Islam and other religions. (...) In traditional Islam and therefore also in resurgent fundamentalist Islam, God is the sole source of sovereignty. God is the head of the state. The state is God's state. The army is God's army. The treasury is God's treasury, and the enemy, of course, is God's enemy.[7]
India against corruption: How to support Anna Hazare on web?
New Delhi, Aug 19: With his fight to end growing corruption in the country, Gandhian social activist Anna Hazare has became one of the popular figures in the cyber world also. Anna Hazare and Jan Lokpal supporters have started various forums and websites to gather more support to pressurize government to pass a strong Lokpal Bill.
Team Anna supporters and other social activists are now focusing on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus to spread the message of non-violent protest against corruption. Many of the Facebook users have changed their profile image to Anna Hazare or added badges with slogan like "I support Anna" and "India Against Corruption".
The microblogging site Twitter was flooded with Anna Hazare tweets asking the supporters to participate in protest marches organised in various parts of the country. Anna Team member Kiran Bedi is using her Twitter account to spread messages to Jan Lokpal supporters.
Jan Lokpal Bill supporters have started 'India Against Corruption' website to pressurize the government for enacting Jan Lokpal Bill. India Against Corruption movement is an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. Users can login to this website to join the protest against corruption.
India Against Corruption has its pages on Facebook and Twitter. The India Against Corruption page on Facebook has more than three lakh thirty thousand plus supporters.
The 'Janlokpal' Twitter page has nearly 50,000 followers and the words like 'annahazare', 'indiaagainstcorruption', 'janlokpal', 'lokpal' were trending on Twitter.
A facebook page for Anna Hazare has clocked more than 301,952 'Likes' and still counting. On this page, supporters are posting details about protest marches happening in various parts of the country. The video sharing website YouTube was also flooded with videos requesting support for Anna and his Gandhian model fight against corruption.
Team Anna supporters and other social activists are now focusing on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus to spread the message of non-violent protest against corruption. Many of the Facebook users have changed their profile image to Anna Hazare or added badges with slogan like "I support Anna" and "India Against Corruption".
The microblogging site Twitter was flooded with Anna Hazare tweets asking the supporters to participate in protest marches organised in various parts of the country. Anna Team member Kiran Bedi is using her Twitter account to spread messages to Jan Lokpal supporters.
Jan Lokpal Bill supporters have started 'India Against Corruption' website to pressurize the government for enacting Jan Lokpal Bill. India Against Corruption movement is an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. Users can login to this website to join the protest against corruption.
India Against Corruption has its pages on Facebook and Twitter. The India Against Corruption page on Facebook has more than three lakh thirty thousand plus supporters.
The 'Janlokpal' Twitter page has nearly 50,000 followers and the words like 'annahazare', 'indiaagainstcorruption', 'janlokpal', 'lokpal' were trending on Twitter.
A facebook page for Anna Hazare has clocked more than 301,952 'Likes' and still counting. On this page, supporters are posting details about protest marches happening in various parts of the country. The video sharing website YouTube was also flooded with videos requesting support for Anna and his Gandhian model fight against corruption.
Indian black money abroad: How to bring it back
tax haven, corruption, black money, dual nationality
By OP Gupta, IFS (Retd)
August 14, 2011 WHILE serving as Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica (1998-2001) I was concurrently accredited to two tax ‘havens’: the Cayman Islands and the Turk & Caicoos Islands as Commissioner of India. One day Delhi informed me that an Indian politician (named in the communication) was holding illegal money of about Rs 800 crores in a bank in the Cayman and that we should take it up with the Government of Cayman.
Accordingly I took it up with the Chief Secretary of the Cayman Islands and he informed me that even without any bilateral agreement with India his Government would ask banks registered in the Cayman to furnish information sought by India if three conditions were met: (i) subject person is an Indian citizen and he has opened account under investigation by Indian authorities using his Indian nationality; (ii) principle of dual criminality is satisfied in eyes of legal officers of the Cayman Government i.e. subject person has committed a criminal offence in India to acquire the money under question, and, that it is criminal offence in the Cayman Islands too, (iii) prima facie evidence to be furnished by India to the Cayman Islands linking crime to money under investigation. The Government of India could not give specific details so matter did not proceed.
If a person who is taken as an Indian citizen by Indian public and by Indian media but has dual nationality, say, Italian and opens an account in a tax haven using Italian citizenship documents, Indian authorities can never have any access to such an account of that Indian citizen.If a person is a naturalised citizen of India in a name which is different from his/her original foreign name, Indian authorities can not access his/her account held in his/her foreign name.
In other words if taking advantage of the Right of Information Act Indian NGOs or civil society activists could obtain a letter rogatory from a criminal court in India meeting above three conditions they can directly approach the Law department of a tax haven to give full information. It will be more successful fast track. If India ratifies the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) there are good chances to get back the black money stashed by Indian citizens in foreign banks.
The UPA government is trying to mislead Indian people about its sincerity to bring back black money by negotiating and signing Avoidance of double taxation agreements with many countries as such agreements generally cover matters which are civil in nature and prospective in nature.
The difficulty would arise if one ‘shell’ company incorporated in one tax haven ‘A’ by an Indian citizen opens an account in another tax haven jurisdiction ‘B.’ In such cases Indian authorities would not get any information from tax haven B as the shell company is not a juridical person of India but has juridical personality of A.
Money not declared to Indian tax authorities is popularly known as ‘black money’. It is widely known that a vast amount of black money is kept abroad by Indians in foreign banks especially in tax havens. No one knows the correct amount of black money held abroad by Indians.
Baba Ramdeo ji believes it to be about Rs 400 lakh crore. The Global Financial Integrity a NGO projected it to be US $500 billion i.e. about Rs 25 lakh crores. The task force constituted by the BJP relied upon Rs 25 lakh crore figure. GFI says: “From 1948 through 2008 India lost a total of US $ 213 billion in illicit financial flows through tax evasion, corruption, bribery, kickbacks and criminal activities.”
The GFI estimates that about US $ 1.3 trillion black money flows every year from the developing countries to tax havens.
The Swiss bankers inform that in Swiss banks Indians hold not more than US $ 2.5 billion but the BJP task force estimated it to be about $ 250 billion.
Black money abroad is generated through many means both civil as well as criminal activities. Civil acts are tax evasion, over invoicing and under invoicing of bills etc. Criminal acts are bribery and kickbacks, drug trafficking, gun running, prostitution rackets, robbery etc. In India tax evasion, under/over invoicing are not criminal offences. There is linkage between black money and terrorism. It is known that Al Qaeda uses narcotics money to a large extent to finance its jihadi activities.
It is also reported that a major chunk of Indians’ black money abroad is invested in Indian market through NRI/FII routes and Mauritius route.
A tax haven is a state or a country or territory where certain taxes are levied at a very low rate or not at all. Following characteristics are generally taken as indicative of a tax haven , (i) nil or nominal taxes; (ii) lack of effective exchange of tax information with foreign tax authorities; (iii) lack of transparency in the operation of legislative, legal or administrative provisions; (iv) no requirement for a substantive local presence of foreigners holding account or company in that tax haven. There are about 70 tax havens in the world including about 25 in Europe.
There are many tax havens such as Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Alland Islands, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Belgium, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Campione d’Italia, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dubai, Dublin, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungry, Isle of Man, the Channel Islands of Alderney and Sark, Israel, Japan, Jersey, Labuan off-the coast of Malaysia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta and Madeira, Marianas Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Maldives, Micronesia, Montserrat, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Singapore, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent – Grenadines, Switzerland, South Africa, Sao Tome and the Principe, St Pierre et Miquelon, enclave of Melilla, Tahiti, Tangier, Thailand, Tonga, Turks and Caicos, United States – Delaware, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Western Samoa.
Residency of real account holder or real owners of a company in a tax haven is not necessary. For opening and running a company in a tax haven general requirement is to have at least one director who lives in tax haven and generally a local advocate is shown as a local director against a fixed annual salary. It costs about US $ 1500 to 5000 per annum to open a shell company in a tax haven.
India has signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) but has not yet ratified it. The UNCAC provides for recovery of assets as the fundamental principle of the Convention vide Articles 51-59 of the Chapter V of the UNCAC. Article 54(1)(a) provides: “each state party shall ……take such measures as may be necessary to permit its competent authorities to give effect to an order of confiscation issued by a court of another state party.” Ratification of UNCAC by India would help Indian authorities to seek confiscation of black money in foreign banks pending trial which would help India retrieve black money without leakages.
(The writer belongs to 1971 batch of Indian Foreign Service. Contact opg5555@gamil.com
Accordingly I took it up with the Chief Secretary of the Cayman Islands and he informed me that even without any bilateral agreement with India his Government would ask banks registered in the Cayman to furnish information sought by India if three conditions were met: (i) subject person is an Indian citizen and he has opened account under investigation by Indian authorities using his Indian nationality; (ii) principle of dual criminality is satisfied in eyes of legal officers of the Cayman Government i.e. subject person has committed a criminal offence in India to acquire the money under question, and, that it is criminal offence in the Cayman Islands too, (iii) prima facie evidence to be furnished by India to the Cayman Islands linking crime to money under investigation. The Government of India could not give specific details so matter did not proceed.
If a person who is taken as an Indian citizen by Indian public and by Indian media but has dual nationality, say, Italian and opens an account in a tax haven using Italian citizenship documents, Indian authorities can never have any access to such an account of that Indian citizen.If a person is a naturalised citizen of India in a name which is different from his/her original foreign name, Indian authorities can not access his/her account held in his/her foreign name.
In other words if taking advantage of the Right of Information Act Indian NGOs or civil society activists could obtain a letter rogatory from a criminal court in India meeting above three conditions they can directly approach the Law department of a tax haven to give full information. It will be more successful fast track. If India ratifies the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) there are good chances to get back the black money stashed by Indian citizens in foreign banks.
The UPA government is trying to mislead Indian people about its sincerity to bring back black money by negotiating and signing Avoidance of double taxation agreements with many countries as such agreements generally cover matters which are civil in nature and prospective in nature.
The difficulty would arise if one ‘shell’ company incorporated in one tax haven ‘A’ by an Indian citizen opens an account in another tax haven jurisdiction ‘B.’ In such cases Indian authorities would not get any information from tax haven B as the shell company is not a juridical person of India but has juridical personality of A.
Money not declared to Indian tax authorities is popularly known as ‘black money’. It is widely known that a vast amount of black money is kept abroad by Indians in foreign banks especially in tax havens. No one knows the correct amount of black money held abroad by Indians.
Baba Ramdeo ji believes it to be about Rs 400 lakh crore. The Global Financial Integrity a NGO projected it to be US $500 billion i.e. about Rs 25 lakh crores. The task force constituted by the BJP relied upon Rs 25 lakh crore figure. GFI says: “From 1948 through 2008 India lost a total of US $ 213 billion in illicit financial flows through tax evasion, corruption, bribery, kickbacks and criminal activities.”
The GFI estimates that about US $ 1.3 trillion black money flows every year from the developing countries to tax havens.
The Swiss bankers inform that in Swiss banks Indians hold not more than US $ 2.5 billion but the BJP task force estimated it to be about $ 250 billion.
Black money abroad is generated through many means both civil as well as criminal activities. Civil acts are tax evasion, over invoicing and under invoicing of bills etc. Criminal acts are bribery and kickbacks, drug trafficking, gun running, prostitution rackets, robbery etc. In India tax evasion, under/over invoicing are not criminal offences. There is linkage between black money and terrorism. It is known that Al Qaeda uses narcotics money to a large extent to finance its jihadi activities.
It is also reported that a major chunk of Indians’ black money abroad is invested in Indian market through NRI/FII routes and Mauritius route.
A tax haven is a state or a country or territory where certain taxes are levied at a very low rate or not at all. Following characteristics are generally taken as indicative of a tax haven , (i) nil or nominal taxes; (ii) lack of effective exchange of tax information with foreign tax authorities; (iii) lack of transparency in the operation of legislative, legal or administrative provisions; (iv) no requirement for a substantive local presence of foreigners holding account or company in that tax haven. There are about 70 tax havens in the world including about 25 in Europe.
There are many tax havens such as Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Alland Islands, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Belgium, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Campione d’Italia, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dubai, Dublin, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungry, Isle of Man, the Channel Islands of Alderney and Sark, Israel, Japan, Jersey, Labuan off-the coast of Malaysia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta and Madeira, Marianas Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Maldives, Micronesia, Montserrat, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, Niue, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Singapore, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent – Grenadines, Switzerland, South Africa, Sao Tome and the Principe, St Pierre et Miquelon, enclave of Melilla, Tahiti, Tangier, Thailand, Tonga, Turks and Caicos, United States – Delaware, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Western Samoa.
Residency of real account holder or real owners of a company in a tax haven is not necessary. For opening and running a company in a tax haven general requirement is to have at least one director who lives in tax haven and generally a local advocate is shown as a local director against a fixed annual salary. It costs about US $ 1500 to 5000 per annum to open a shell company in a tax haven.
India has signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) but has not yet ratified it. The UNCAC provides for recovery of assets as the fundamental principle of the Convention vide Articles 51-59 of the Chapter V of the UNCAC. Article 54(1)(a) provides: “each state party shall ……take such measures as may be necessary to permit its competent authorities to give effect to an order of confiscation issued by a court of another state party.” Ratification of UNCAC by India would help Indian authorities to seek confiscation of black money in foreign banks pending trial which would help India retrieve black money without leakages.
(The writer belongs to 1971 batch of Indian Foreign Service. Contact opg5555@gamil.com
Friday, August 19, 2011
[Som] IIM-A students organize a candle-light procession in support of Anna Ha...
This post is aimed to showcase duplicity in superficial conduct of IIM Ahmedabad community who organized a candle-light procession in support of Anna – Jan Lokpal. Once again wannabe Corporate Babudom cared not to miss an important photo-op to be seen on right side of right-wrong divide. After all such opportunities come but infrequently.
Do these young people really care for honesty and accountability? Look here how Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of IIM Ahmedabad permitted plunder (HARD cash corruption) of nearly a crore rupees. CVO is loath against recovering loss to the institute. And students would care the least to hold him accountable for plunder from fees chest. Had these LTC scam money (and there are other scams too) been saved, increase in student fees could have been avoided. Would someone believe that the same CVO (on 19/11/2010) also participated in student organized candle light vigil in memory of Manjunath? And that he even took pledge against corruption in the presence of students.
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/62643646?access_key=key-20gee23jzup4n8qav0sf
Above is the whistle blower email on electronic noticeboard (ALLNB) of IIM Ahmedabad. Whistleblower on the same noticeboard also claimed absolute NIL response from faculty and students. Silence of elite faculty and students when confronted with corruption in their own backyard speak volume about their inner core value systems, their duplicity, their superficial vigils.
Arm chair intellectuals are always comfortable working with LARGER systems. Larger the better. After all, IIMA is too small and inconvenient a CANVAS for crème de la crème! And then, having made big investments (fees), there are pressing issues like research/academic pursuits, promotions, grades, conferences, placements, awards... Candle light vigils are better means to console and pamper one's conscience.
In corporate-babudom, successful babus are those who follow the mantra - stay close to the line dividing good-evil, moral-immoral. Sneak in to evil side to gulp down crumbs with generous helpings of moral preaching's (smokescreen). Sh*t in to brother's account. And immediately hurry back to be seen on right side of right-wrong divide. Rarely does a 'Ramalinga Raju' or 'Rajat Gupta' gets caught with bloody hands.
When a constable pays to get favorable posting, it is but natural that some stack-holder needs to payback. But here the student stack-holder is agnostic and willing to pay higher fees as long as the deal leaves him with ample on field opportunities. Bear it for 2 years. Get the 'seal' of
approval stamped on your persona (Idiot istyle!) and push-off.
If these candle light vigils are not duplicity and superficial, what they are? QED.
Do these young people really care for honesty and accountability? Look here how Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of IIM Ahmedabad permitted plunder (HARD cash corruption) of nearly a crore rupees. CVO is loath against recovering loss to the institute. And students would care the least to hold him accountable for plunder from fees chest. Had these LTC scam money (and there are other scams too) been saved, increase in student fees could have been avoided. Would someone believe that the same CVO (on 19/11/2010) also participated in student organized candle light vigil in memory of Manjunath? And that he even took pledge against corruption in the presence of students.
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/62643646?access_key=key-20gee23jzup4n8qav0sf
Above is the whistle blower email on electronic noticeboard (ALLNB) of IIM Ahmedabad. Whistleblower on the same noticeboard also claimed absolute NIL response from faculty and students. Silence of elite faculty and students when confronted with corruption in their own backyard speak volume about their inner core value systems, their duplicity, their superficial vigils.
Arm chair intellectuals are always comfortable working with LARGER systems. Larger the better. After all, IIMA is too small and inconvenient a CANVAS for crème de la crème! And then, having made big investments (fees), there are pressing issues like research/academic pursuits, promotions, grades, conferences, placements, awards... Candle light vigils are better means to console and pamper one's conscience.
In corporate-babudom, successful babus are those who follow the mantra - stay close to the line dividing good-evil, moral-immoral. Sneak in to evil side to gulp down crumbs with generous helpings of moral preaching's (smokescreen). Sh*t in to brother's account. And immediately hurry back to be seen on right side of right-wrong divide. Rarely does a 'Ramalinga Raju' or 'Rajat Gupta' gets caught with bloody hands.
When a constable pays to get favorable posting, it is but natural that some stack-holder needs to payback. But here the student stack-holder is agnostic and willing to pay higher fees as long as the deal leaves him with ample on field opportunities. Bear it for 2 years. Get the 'seal' of
approval stamped on your persona (Idiot istyle!) and push-off.
If these candle light vigils are not duplicity and superficial, what they are? QED.
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Posted By Blogger to Som at 8/19/2011 06:49:00 AM
Roberto Giori and allegations of counterfeit currency : Who Was That Special Passenger?
Fake Money : Govt. and RBI pumping Counterfeits in country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhU7MZgf2RA
Who Was That Special Passenger?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053713,00.html
By MASEEH RAHMAN Monday, Jan. 17, 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhU7MZgf2RA
Who Was That Special Passenger?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053713,00.html
By MASEEH RAHMAN Monday, Jan. 17, 2000
Thursday, August 18, 2011
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Corrupt, repressive and stupid
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Corrupt, repressive and stupid
Anna Hazare might have given the cause a face, but the anti-corruption movement that is now in a rapid phase of expansion across India does not depend on one man or his team. The real force that is shaking the UPA government — which is widely perceived as the most corrupt in the history of independent India — is made up of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens who are fed up with a system they believe is opaque, corrupt, and driven by greed.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Indian Muslims have Hindu ancestry: Subramanian Swamy - India News - IBNLive
Indian Muslims have Hindu ancestry: Subramanian Swamy - India News - IBNLive
Karan Thapar interview with Subramanian Swamy (Devil's Advocate)
Sunday, August 14, 2011
[Som] Brown Sahibs (“Macaulay's children”) of IIM Ahmedabad
Here are whistleblower emails on electronic discussion forums of IIM Ahmedabad. For management these were documents "couched in satire". So what? A thought leader would still have picked up the red flag. Messages trace deep malice within faculty dominated administration and resultant frustration within lower ranks.
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/62252835?access_key=key-o0dv9lodi6bavu7gjvn
Above is the communication to Dr. Singhania (Chair, BoG). This message also on electronic notice board of IIMA highlights the predominant faculty mindset at the institute. YES, this indeed is the predominant mindset with exceptions in minority. Faculty members have organized themselves in to a communal force with there being absolute NIL avenues for victim's grievance redressal against faculty abuses. YES, each and every IIMA faculty is a part of this commune. NONE of these bugs would undo deliberate wrongs committed by one amongst them.
So many of these people are sucked in sleaze and greed. Sulking or relishing actually depends on individual upbringing but silent spectators nonetheless.
Above was the communication that let loose alarmed faculty power-grids basking in arrogance of discretionary powers as "भाग्य विधाता" of lower ranks. These are the Brown Sahibs ("Macaulay's children") of IIM Ahmedabad. Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) famously defined the term as, "Bhagya Vidhata of laity", "a class of person, Indian in blood and color, but Colonial in taste, opinion, words and intellect".
Though the whistle blower had delivered signed copy to Director on 01-Jul-2008 for onward dispatch through proper channel to Dr. Singhania, Prof Barua sat on the letter till 25-Jun-2009 (~12 months) when he was FORCED to forward the same on receipt of hearing notice from CIC. Here are the two related petitions (on status of grievance redressal system) available on Government of India website.
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/appeal_second/SA_UG_09_47998iulsal.pdf
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/complaint_direct/RC_UG_09_4123dg8n_doc1.pdf (pg-5,6)
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/62252835?access_key=key-o0dv9lodi6bavu7gjvn
Above is the communication to Dr. Singhania (Chair, BoG). This message also on electronic notice board of IIMA highlights the predominant faculty mindset at the institute. YES, this indeed is the predominant mindset with exceptions in minority. Faculty members have organized themselves in to a communal force with there being absolute NIL avenues for victim's grievance redressal against faculty abuses. YES, each and every IIMA faculty is a part of this commune. NONE of these bugs would undo deliberate wrongs committed by one amongst them.
So many of these people are sucked in sleaze and greed. Sulking or relishing actually depends on individual upbringing but silent spectators nonetheless.
Above was the communication that let loose alarmed faculty power-grids basking in arrogance of discretionary powers as "भाग्य विधाता" of lower ranks. These are the Brown Sahibs ("Macaulay's children") of IIM Ahmedabad. Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) famously defined the term as, "Bhagya Vidhata of laity", "a class of person, Indian in blood and color, but Colonial in taste, opinion, words and intellect".
Though the whistle blower had delivered signed copy to Director on 01-Jul-2008 for onward dispatch through proper channel to Dr. Singhania, Prof Barua sat on the letter till 25-Jun-2009 (~12 months) when he was FORCED to forward the same on receipt of hearing notice from CIC. Here are the two related petitions (on status of grievance redressal system) available on Government of India website.
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/appeal_second/SA_UG_09_47998iulsal.pdf
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/complaint_direct/RC_UG_09_4123dg8n_doc1.pdf (pg-5,6)
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Posted By Blogger to Som at 8/13/2011 11:02:00 PM
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
2G Scam Explained in Detail by Subramanian Swamy - YouTube
2G Scam Explained in Detail by Subramanian Swamy - YouTube
Subramanian Swamy explains in detail how corruption was done by UPA Govt in 2G Scam. Subramnaiam tells how special laws were made by Chidambaram and Pranab Mukharjee to facilitate black money involved in the scam. He also exposes the national security issues involved in 2G Scam as Dawood Men Shahid Balwa was key figure in buying spectrum & ISI front companies were also involved as per Home Ministry reports . Subramanian further explains the revelations done by A Raja on Sonia Gandhi, karunanidhi, kanimozhi, Chidambaram and their share in the total loot of 2G scam.
How participatory notes were introduced to bring illicit wealth and manipulate share market.
Saturday, August 06, 2011
[Som] Mr. Bhatt’s rejoinders to Prof. Barua, Director IIMA
This is in continuation of earlier post at http://my-voice-of-dissent.blogspot.com/2011/04/som-prof-barua-director-iima-beating.html
And the Director was beating around the wrong bush! Here is the first rejoinder email where Mr. Bhatt laments that "an employee's call to his OWN Director had to be routed all the way through Lucknow".
100915 Ketan 2 BoG
Here is the other rejoinder email from Mr. Bhatt.
100916 Ketan 2 BoG (Download .pdf to follow hyperlinks in scribd doc)
And the Director was beating around the wrong bush! Here is the first rejoinder email where Mr. Bhatt laments that "an employee's call to his OWN Director had to be routed all the way through Lucknow".
100915 Ketan 2 BoG
Here is the other rejoinder email from Mr. Bhatt.
100916 Ketan 2 BoG (Download .pdf to follow hyperlinks in scribd doc)
These leaked documents are alarming commentary on state of debased polity at IIM Ahmedabad. As elsewhere, rot spreads deeper and wider when anchored among top hierarchies of an organization. Director Prof Barua indulged in misplaced argumentum ad personam.
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Posted By Blogger to Som at 8/05/2011 10:30:00 AM
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Swami Chinmayananda on Violence and Dharma
Chinmaya Mission : Articles by Swami Chinmayananda
DHARMA HIMSA TATHAIVA CHA
Personally, I am no advocate of violence. But violence, too, has its rightful place in life, life does not preclude death. The average Indian has been moulded into a particular national mentality of quixotic tolerance. His attitude is shaped into its distinct pattern by the ideologies and moralities preached in our national literature. And no single work in our classics has gained such a wide influence on our people as the Bhagawad Gita: and in, this century, no other single message had such a universal appeal to our countrymen as the single line, "Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah" -- "Non - Violence is the greatest Dharma."
This line in its over - emphasis, has sapped both initiative and energy in our millions, and, instead of making us all irresistible moral giants, we have been reduced to poltroons and cowards. And banking on this cowardly resignation of the majority, a handful of fanatics have been perpetrating crimes which even the most barbarous cave dwellers would have avenged. To clothe our weaknesses, we attribute to them glorious names and purposefully persuade ourselves to believe that they are brilliant ideologists !
Let us for a moment go to the original sacred verse and investigate the significances of the moral precept: Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah. This is the opening line of a stanza, and the very next line reads: Dharma himsaa tathaiva cha. "So too is all righteous violence." Indeed, non - violence is the supreme policy to be adopted by man to foster enduring peace in the world; but there are certain dire moments in the life of individuals, as of nations, when we will have to meet force with force in order that justice be done.
To every individual his mother, wife and children are the nearest dependents and to guard their honour and life is the unavoidable first moral duty of each head of the family. This is an obligation whether the victim be a member of the majority or of the minority class within a country, province or city.
By the over - emphasis laid on non - violence we have come to witness the pathetic situation of today, when thousands, in cowardly fear take to precipitate flight, leaving their innocent children to be butchered and their unarmed helpless women to be dishonoured or converted or killed. Under the cloak of glorified non - violence, an entire nation of cowards fly from their homes, when a small sect of fanatic barbarians boldly stalk in and out of their open undefended thresholds to kill, to rape, and to loot. When will we learn to fully interpret our Vedas, scriptures and Upanishads. If only we all learn that dharma - himsa is equally noble as ahimsa.
To me it seems that the only solution for the day's internal chaos is to bring home to the people the significance of the much neglected teaching of dharma - himsa. As it is, a misled and over - excited minority in the country has the sole monopoly of violence; and non - violence is a dangerous folly. However ideal a moral precept may be, so long as, in a society, innocent children, helpless women and defenceless old are left to be butchered dishonoured and tortured, while the youth of the land is made to watch impassionately the hellish scene, we are to conclude that either the idea is a dangerous one, or that we have not rightly understood the full meaning of the precept.
Under the present available scheme of chaos in this country, when under the planned instigation of a few power blind, reckless men, a minority community is rendered into a murderous gang of fanatics, it is the duty of the majority to win back the erring thousands. The cure depends upon the disease; the potency of the medicine is decided upon the virulene of the illness. Today when looting, arson and rape are the dharma of a few, it is rank cowardice for the many to suffer the tyranny of the unprovoked violence in meek submission. In the battlefield, when violence is rampant, it is the dharma of everyone to meet that maniacal violence with determined, restrained, violence not only in self - defence but also to convince the aggressive vicious few that 'it rarely pays to be violent.'
Monday, August 01, 2011
Religion of Vedas and Agniveer
Here is the list of interesting articles by Agniveer (anyone who subscribes to follow Dharma as espoused on http://agniveer.com )
- About – ‘Agniveer’. http://agniveer.com/about-agniveer/ ........... Agni, the first word of Rigveda – the first wisdom to humanity, is a synonym for the Supreme Entity that purifies, illuminates and is source of all energy. Veer is synonym of brave. ...........Agniveer is a collective movement of brave warriors dedicated towards worship of this purifying Agni alone through thoughts, words and actions in self and society.
- What does Agniveer stand for? http://agniveer.com/2415/agniveer-stand/
- Religion of Vedas.
- http://agniveer.com/1634/religion-vedas/
- Universal Religion for all
- What is Vedic religion?
- Common questions on Vedic religion
- Fountainhead of all philosophies – Vedas
- Vedas and Caste System
- Vedas totally reject Caste System
- Vedas and Shudra <------http://agniveer.com/821/vedas-and-shudra/
- Vedas and Dasyu in Hinduism
- Vedas and Daas
- Rakshas in Vedas and Hinduism
- Vedas and Dignity of Labor
- Self-Help
- Part 1 – Vedic Self-Help
- Part 2 – The First Principle
- Part 3 – The Second Principle
- Part 4 – The Corollary
- Part 5 – The Third Principle
- Part 6 – Why other methods fail?
- Quick transformation with Gayatri Mantra
- Why did God create us?
- FAQ on Theory of Karma in Hinduism
- The power of Now! – Vedas
- Om in Hinduism
- Lets truly enjoy! – Ishopanishad Mantra 1
- Lets have some action! – Ishopanishad Mantra 2
- Avoid troubles Remove guilt- Ishopanishad Mantra 3
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