I lost my mother

I received a call from Anandam which informed me that my mother is no more. It was a shock.
Several reasons appeared in my mind. Ultimately I found that I am the reason behind the death of my mother. My confusion in coming to a conclusion, in taking a decusion led to this incident

Where did the tax dues go

An anti corruption bureau raid on a cooperative department official's residence yeilded more than Rs 40 Crore. A similar raid on a deputy collector revealed accumulated wealth that would put Kubera to shame. Last year the Union Government stated that Hasan Ali Khan, stud farm owner,topped the list of tax defaulters with outstanding arrears of more than Rs.50.000 thousand crore. The tax due after adding interest for belated payment of tax would exceed Rs.70.000 crore. This amount added to his money laundering activities would add up to a staggering Rs.100.000 Crore. Yet, the tax dues, of all levies, to the Government of India stated in this years budget total a mere Rs.117065 crorre.Where did the Rs.100.000 crore due from Hasan ali and his associates disappear.
The Finance Minister has said that the government did recover the tax dues from Hasan ali. How ever the revised estimates for 2010-2011 do not reflect this Rs.100.000 is too large a sum to be last even in the government of India's budget. A mear stud farm owner could not have aggregated such huge funds. The manner in which the government is going soft on them suggests that he may have been the conduit for political bigwigs.
Nagarajarao

music for the head

I felt glad that at last Bharadwaj Rangan has understood that the music of A R Rahaman is for the head and not for the heart after listening to his recent album Ravana. Rahaman is undoubtedly a highly over- rated music composer of recent times. The aquisition of OSCAR made the Indian and the world press go further mad in showering encomiums on him and his absolutely synthetic music. In the numerous music shows which are conducted by television channels, witness and hear the new crop of aspiring singers sing songs only from old films and not from Rahaman's numbers as they are highly meandering' manipulated, convoluted and impossible scores.
His initial forays in computerisastion of music and maneuvering of voices might have been novel for music aficinodos. But as days passed, he could hardly compose any simple or straight tune with malody or harmony. All his songs were outright noise in the most chaotic, cluttered and unconventional manner. The youth of India found it enlightening as they always fancy anything flavoured with western influence and the critics are too different to comment on him. The winning of OSCAR for the most unoriginal and insipid score, he attained the status of God. Reffering him as a MOZART OF MADRAS is nothing but a great affront piled on the legendery composer.
DEVAVRATHAN

The fate of open Universities

Graduates of open universities/correspondence courses are being rejected by central universities, as has been recently by a central university in Jharkhand. If these universities donot recognize the distance mode courses even from I G N O U, why is the government offering such courses? This is befooling the students after wasting their time, money and labour. On the other hand the government is inviting foreign universities to set up teaching shops in India. If the UGC does not recognise the open universities set up by the government, what is point of setting up such teaching shops.
Rajkumar

Getting rid of Sheshadri

It is deplorable that the Tirumala Thirupathi Devasthanam Excutive Officer I Y R Krishnarao has not yet served the termination orders on P. Sheshadri inspite of the clear order by the High Court to do so.This is apparently because Sheshadri is out of town. As per rules, an order of termination has to be sent at the earliest by registered post, and if it is not deliverable, the next step is to paste the termination order on the door of the employees house. Copies of the termination orders also be sent by ordinary post by certificate of posting and delivery and receipt of such letter is deemed as the receipt of orders. The lax attitude on the part of the excutive officer may amount to contemt of court.
Amaranath

Good marks for Maoists

Maoists should be commended atleast on one count. They compelled the Government to focus sincerely and honestly on development of the backward areas in the country. As a staunch opponent of voilence, I can not agree to this but at the same time considering long years of political apathy towards rural and remote areas and sudden political desperation of development in these areas, I could not disagree either.
Biranchi Narayan Acharya

Ministry that lost the credibility

The recent mud slinging on each other with in the ruling congress party is not surprising. The party became rotten and the leaders are emanating stench. Kavuri Sambasivarao levelling allegations against a cabinent Minister equating him with Madhu Kada, Icon of corruption, has not shaken any body's confidence. Because the Gorvernment is full of corrupt rogue and gooda elements and also of land grabbers.People are simply feeling as if it is their fate cursing the non existing Almighty.
Jayashankar

Office of Governor

The Supreme Court verdict that the Governor can not be removed on grounds that he/she is out of sync with the policies and idealogies of the Union Government or the party in power at the centre is truely a land mark ruling. As a result a major political question has been answered.The bench deserves praise for this break through judgement.
According to the five judge constitution Bench, reputed elder statesmen, able administrators and eminnet personalities should be appointed as Governors. While some of them may come from a political back ground, once they are appointed to the office, they owe allegience to the constitution and not to any political party and are required to preserve, protect and defend the constitution
A Governors acts and decisions should be non political
P. Senthil Saravana Durai

kasab and the pleasure of the ruling party

Sir, in the wake of public apprehensions that The Azmal Kasab's case is likely to go the way of the Afzal Guru case. The congress party has come out with a statement that the two cases are different and that the Home Ministry is trying to expedite all pending mercy petitions. This is clear proof that the administration is functioning as per the diktats of the ruling party rather than in accordance with the constitution
K.R.P. Guptha

AMBEDKAR,Dr., BHARATHA RATHNA

Ambedkar was a renowned scholar, distinguished educationalist, masterly statesman, powerful debator, daring liberator, authoratative constitutionalist, able administrator, famous defender of the revolutionary social reformative movement, and the fearless champion of the down trodden masses. In him, culture, wisdom, wit, humanism, instinct of reason, spirit of reasonalism, reasonable ruthlessness for inequality, contempt for injustice and superistitions were harmoniouly blended in right proportions. He was a versatile genious. Gandhiji remarked that he was fierce and fearless.

Justice at last

Sir, it is very easy to see why Jessicalall murder case saw people from various walks of life join hands to demand justice. It has been a classic example of how the rich and powerful try to have their way and bend the system according to their whims and fancies. If the Jessica lal murder case has has proved that the wheels of justice does move in this country, albait excruciatingly slowly, it has also proved that a lot of more needs to be done in order to make the due process off law for more efficient and transparent.

Padmini Raghavendra Secunderabad

Erosion of norms and values in Judiciary

Some time in 1960s the younger brother of a Chief Justice of Madras High Court celebrated his SHASHTYABDI POORTHI. This family function became for a writ petition agaist the chief justice questioning his continuation in office. Reason? If the younger one was 60,the chief who was elder to him, must be above 60. He should have already retired as a judge, then how then could be continue in office. The court registry informed the chief justice that a writ petion had been filed on the ground that he could not continue in office. The very next moment the chief justice sent in his resignation.

It is justice Ramachandra Aiyar.

Now look at another Chief Justice of Madras Mr. Dinakaran,

The villagers of Kavirajapuram had charged that justice Dinakaran had grabbed hundreds of Acres of public land, intended for water ways and road ways of the village. The media has shown photographs of the fenced land with a sign board bearing the name of the judge. In his report, V. Palankumar, an honest District Collector, confirmed the charges of land grabbing against the Chief Justice. Later a committee sent by the collegium of the supreme court to verify the report of the collector also reportedly agreed with the collectors version. So, prima facie, charges of land grabbing have been established against Dinakaran

Now comes the climax. When the collegium of judges advised himto go on leave, Justice Dinakaran refused to leave. See, the difference.

The earth has enough for human need but not for human greed.

Release Nalini

Sir, Anent the editorial "Right decision on Nalini", supporting the decision of Tamil Nadu Government not to release Nalini had gone in to many hidden skeletons in the conspiracy to assasinate Rajiv Gandhi. Nalini has already served two decades of imprisonment and had regretted her act. Many a hard core criminals sentenced for life also are being released on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, Independence Day or Republic Day, among others. The master mind of the attack on the Indian Parliament was handed a death sentence buy the supreme court and the Government is dallying over it. Nalini had already been punished and the further detention of a lady who regretted her act committed out of many compulsions/threat/fear is not justified. I feel that she deserves sympathy and on humanitarian grounds she can be released with a condition that she leave the country. Her case has to be considered with compassion and need not be compared with people like Kasab. Each case has to be viewed in its own merits.LTTE has already exterminated and what more harm can be expected from this hapless lady?
It is letter from Indian express.

The good sentences I like

If you salute your duty, you need not salute any one. If you pollute your duty, you have to salute every one.

I have no time to waste in making money.

If you wish to gain success do not stare at the steps, step on the stairs.

Feather floats, but the pearls lie low.

Try to forget me, that is the best way to remember.

Smile, It is an inexpensive way to imrove your face value.

truth trimphs

SATYAMEVA JAYATEE

New blog - For new World

Dear friends,

I am happy to tell you all that now I got a platform to exchange my view and feelings with you all.I strongly feel that discussion is the best and most democratic way to come to a conclusion.
Certainly to heads are better than one.
I hope you believe me and share the pleasure of exchange.

"LOKASSAMASTAN SUKHINOBHAVANTU"

Regards,
JayaShankar.A