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Preface
Since our relations were like friends, I enquired about this letter. “find
it out yourself”- was the reply. Little did I know it was a letter for offer
of pension as “freedom fighter” and in line with many other Indian
glorified titled papers and it was dated about four months back? “Why
didn’t you sign and send it back”- I asked. He replied “we struggled for
independence on principle, not for money. Whatever the foreign ruler
was, they did not beat us up in lock up or in jail. They did not provide
garbage as food. At least they had some humanitarian feeling”.
He also added, after all, these rulers were from a foreign country.
Naturally, they would like keep themselves above the locals and in
history, this is quite natural. They devised VIP, VVIP, Gazetted etc., for
their own identity to keep themselves separated from the people being
ruled. Look at the present India. Sons of the soil are killing each other
in one name or the other. So called elected glorified titled public
servants enjoy/loot the people, at the same living like “Raja” and
“Maharajas” so are their stooges, all at the cost of “have
nots” whereas for the rest of India have guaranteed are
starvation, deprivation, anarchy, lack of security what not,
and have turned poor to poorer Are these people human
being- he growled. You’re my pension.
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Surprisingly, people with high priced cars used to visit him at the slums
we used to live and touch his feet with reverence and used to enjoy the
food with us, that we had lintel and gourd creepers.
Fortunately for me, as long as I was working in India with foreign oil
companies there were no scope of cheating me for financial gain or
otherwise, for the fact it was open expense account, and I could help
the needy also. All my employers wanted work. It was best of my
career in India.
If there is something known as God, how long will he/she tolerate this
unabated torture of the sons of the soil, mass, including foreign
visitors?
Today my father did not have to witness the worsening situation of the
society and that of the so called Government. He is gone to eternity.
When in India, I find myself mentally pauper.
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Common scenario
The so called ambulance does not have any right of way and press
reports indicate that these are used to carry arms of weapons for the
hired goons locally called “cadres”.
Surprisingly, the Constitution of India says that all are equal before the
eye of the law.
Although a local High Court in Delhi has ruled that these people are not
national assets, hence such luxuries, pomp and grandeur at the cost of
national exchequer must stop. But who cares?
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After all, these people are VVIPS, VIPS in Indian terms, law of the land,
and, in practice ruling of the court, is not applicable to these people.
People get charged for falsely by the police if opportune arises and/or if
ordered by the so called VVIP, VIP and their stooges.
“You fool don’t you realize that “Raja” and his stooges will be at the top
luxurious conditions and will have assets so that next fourteen
generations all at the cost of national exchequer so that they can have
the same life is the accepted practice here”- somebody retorted. This
is unbelievable in a democratic society. But, this is the fact of life, here
in India. Who cares if some die in starvation, who cares if somebody
gets killed by the so called stooges of these VIPs, VIPs, who cares if you
get robbed right in front of police station/s, who cares if one gets
raped? When asked by the press “Raja” answers these do happen
everywhere. Accepted, but where is the law and order and justice,
financial compensation for these losses. “We can’t afford” is the reply
of “Raja”. But Raja and their stooges can blow away billions from
national exchequer for their own ends to meet.
Who cares about accountability? Who cares about the stinks raised by
the Comptroller and Auditor General?
Raja and their stooges have luxurious foreign trips in one pretext or
other, be it medical ground, be it sons/daughters schooling, be it in
name of foreign investments and the pretences are endless, all of
course, at the cost of national exchequer.
Raja and their stooges all glorified titled public servants have endless
expenses for their telephones, colonial style living, colonial style guest
houses free meals and who pays for all these, the billions who gets
practically nothing from the national exchequer.
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Of course there are endless commissions set up, normally headed
and/or members by the political parties (the fact states, hardly there
are politics over here, rather “criminalitics” a word based on the
reality) supposed to find the facts and most of the findings of these
commissions are not law binding. Everything is national secrets, even
the expenses of these Rajas and their stooges. And, very recently there
had been a law “Right to freedom of Information”. Like all laws here,
who cares? And, which judge in India is going to put on trial the Rajas.
Most likely, he’ll not be a judge in the same court next day. And the
next judge taking over the hearing will find nothing wrong and
exonerate the Rajas and their stooges with honor.
And, if there are proofs that are hard to be refuted by the judge, the
case will be never ending and meanwhile Rajas and stooges with all
criminal charges hold public offices continue having free lunch and
luxuries until the case is disposed of by the court which may take 30
years if not more. What a justice! In name of fundamental right
glorified titled disguised criminals can go up to Supreme Court of the
country even for getting a bail. There’s no non appeal able ruling of the
court, even in case of Consumer court. Imagine the condition of a daily
wage earner, can they afford to fight for injustices in stages to
Supreme Court of the country! Of course, in law books it is written that
these people will be provided with free legal service. As the people
say, it’s not that simple. Even here, the bosses of “criminilitics” and
their stooges have the final say, people tell me.
District level and or state level or even in national level what services
are provided to the people is “god’s guess” but definitely all services
are guaranteed to VIPs, VIPs and their stooges. This is the practice and
reality in today’s India.
Even a Municipal Chairman enjoys the same luxuries and free lunch
and dare sanction all kinds of illegal activities such as violating all
national building codes, in violation basic principle of engineering
digging up the roadside soil for the water to log for mosquito breeding,
Environmental Pollution with immunity and people say, either by the
orders of the higher up of practitioners of “criminalitics” and or by
greasing the palms.
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Dhop Dhop Ram Fatfatwala (fictitious name) owns jute mills manned
my hundreds of worker. And Mr. Fatfatwala has not deposited the fund
of the workers to the Central Provident fund and consequently the
central provident fund commissioner issues an arrest warrant. Rajas
come in the picture and orders police not to arrest him. The jute mill
was closed and Mr.Fatfatwala is out of the province to devise another
scheme to loot the national exchequer and or cheating the common
people. The workers die in starvation or forced to enlist themselves in
the “goon squad” of the Rajas in name of politics. This scenario is
taken for granted by the mass of India for the fact they have no other
choice.
Excepting few tenacious and right doing and thinking people who can
fight forever even in some cases 20 or 30 years and meanwhile if one
is not dead by natural process and/or get killed, may be there may be
some justices and/or remedies. The rest suffer in mute.
One Central Police Officer had the guts to arrest one of the Rajas of a
province and put him in jail with umpteen numbers of criminal charges.
Of course, for the Raja the jail was an air-conditioned government
bungalow with all luxuries as enjoyed and this Raja was set free by the
court on bail. Who knows what happened to criminal charges, but this
provincial Raja has a cozier place in the Central Cabinet Ministry. It
had been years.
Local papers state that this man is a management guru and goes to
lecture to Harvard University and what not.
Hearsay is that one of the Raja had a Barrister-at-law title from UK. But
the local competition is tough to gain any ground in the legal sector.
He opted to wear a torn shirt got some followers and used to move in
slums claiming he is the savior of the poor. He taught his followers the
slogans like “break it down, grind it down”, “it will not work”, “our
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demands must be met” at the same he taught to burn the buildings,
transports, and what not!
And, this savior of the poor had been Raja, freeloading and luxuries for
more than 30 years.
These so called democratic Rajas had been reigning at least for last 60
years. And, India’s freedom had been for 60 years.
In all other democratic countries that I had lived, visited, I did not see
any VIPs, VIPs and did not see anybody being escorted by Armed Police
and paramilitary forces. Even a police constable can arrest anybody
found breaking laws, irrespective of Ministers, Secretaries, Janitors.
After all, India is the biggest democracy in the world they claim!
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How it had been working so long!
After all, the way it is, Police is the stooges of Rajas and police
dare not intervene. Police will extort, harass, and lay false charges
who oppose the activities of Rajas and their stooges and or to people
who hardly make even one time food/day.
This is the scenario in every sphere of Public Service. They are there to
salute the Rajas and their stooges and provide service in a flick of a
moment to them even if it is criminal.
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Again, the funny thing is that Central Police can not take up any
criminal investigation until and unless it is blessed by the Rajas and/or
one goes through the High Court procedures and in some cases, these
are objected to by the state administration of Rajas.
Again, hearsay is that Central Police is also not beyond the scope of
the all unethical practices of local public service. Exceptions if any, are
there but, statistically they don’t count.
All the laws of the land are meant to be ignored with immunity by the
so called political workers some term them as “goon squad” who has
the patronage of the law and order and of course administration.
Who cares about the schooling and suffering of children and other
functions of public service? Who cares about the inconvenience of the
public, who cares about the noise level generated? Who cares about
gathering of millions of people in already overcrowded city. Of course,
there are laws for it. Who will implement it, as long as it is done by the
“goon squad”/cadres of the Rajas and their stooges? Who cares about
the Environmental Pollution, right to leave in peace and whatever
fancy words are printed in the constitution of the country.
And, changing the constitution of the country, India, is very easy. For
the convenience of the so called elected they’ll raise their hands to
change the constitution for their own free looting and luxuries.
If the central government feels that it is for the betterment of the mass
it has option to put on referendum for the people to give their “yes” or
“no”. The constitution can only be changed and the law can only be
changed if it is accepted by the referendum, not held at gun point, or
intimidation or whatsoever.
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And, the way it is people has no choice to avoid the public service and
the public servants, either elected and or appointed in general, are
habitual liars, extortionists, procrastinated, and it appears that these
people are there to harass the public, not to provide them service until
and of course their unwritten conditions are met. Even if you grease
the palm of these public servants, there is no guarantee that your
needs will be taken care of. Exceptions do exist and they don’t count
and hardly allowed to get things done.
There are no securities for the people. Even the odd balls police officer
take a humanitarian view, he has nothing to go by. He/She has one
stick his hand. He can not shoot to protect your life, that’s the practice
not the police Act enacted by the British Raj and modified by the
present rulers, as it appears, to use the police as their slave.
There are reports in the press in state run government hospitals for
granted reasons Autopsy reports are fabricated, so are the Forensic
reports. This science only exists in the book, so is the DNA reports. To
get these tests done from reliable source is a highly expensive affair
for the individual. One is lucky enough to get a person or persons with
integrity.
Humanity was the backbone of Indian Culture from Vedic era. That’s
history. After all, this is the largest democracy of the world!
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-Public service and or Public undertakings.
Few examples:
Food and food supplies: There is a food rationing system by the state
governments by providing ration identity cards. Even if you’ve one,
there is nothing in the ration shop for your family. As per the press
reports supplies from the government storages are distributed to
retailers in the market with the market price. As the ration shop
keepers claim that they have to do this to satisfy the greed of local
members of the “goon squad” in name of “criminalitics”. Even to get a
ration card identity it is a process of never ending but by the members
of “criminalitics” and their stooges have a way with it with no time lost.
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Adulteration of all food products, it appears is an accepted way of life.
Be it milk, edible oil, whatever. As experienced, and as per the press
reports life saving medicines are also adulterated. Even rotten fish,
uncertified live animals are butchered publicly and sold.
Again there are thousand and one public servants to check on it. It’s
anybody’s guess what they do and/or what they’re allowed to do by
the practioners of “criminalitics”.
Education:
Even most of the teachers keep silent about it, so are most of the law
and order keepers.
This was a monopoly by the public service until recently. Billions are
spent from the national exchequer for members of Rajas and their
stooges. People are burdened with fictitious bills and I am told the
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local law says that you pay the bill first then only the telephone
provider will talk.
One does not have any choice to go to court of law to sort out, if at all,
in their lifetime.
Medical:
As usual, Rajas and members of the family and some public servants
who are likely to be stooges of “criminalitics” have free medical even
in the costliest paid hospitals and or nursing homes. Some even go to
developed countries of course at the cost of national exchequer to get
cured and or for medical treatment.
They meet with the eternity in helpless conditions. The local press is
full of news with these news and news of massacre by the “goon
squad” where police is either a silent observer or intentionally not
present.
Most state run Government hospitals stink with urine and stool smells
and smells of piling garbage. Even stray diseased dogs and cats find a
shelter in the hospitals and medicine stores nearby as people say, sell
medicines at exorbitant prices and insiders say that these are
medicines that come from government storage to hospitals for the
patients.
If one goes to court of law to seek redress, the so called local Indian
Medical Association will find nothing wrong with the failing doctors for
malpractice and or willful negligence. Very recently a visiting NRI
doctor a Professor in Medical College in USA, got his sick wife admitted
to a highly expensive medical facility at Calcutta where she died as per
the NRI doctor for negligence and malpractice of the doctors. He took
to them court of law and got them jailed. But the state High Court let
these doctors free and as per the press, Indian Medical Association got
nothing wrong with these doctors. It appears all are in hand and glove.
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To add, the local press was full of scorn, false accusations, about this
NRI doctor.
Infrastructure:
In most parts of the country the roads maintained by the public service
are beyond imagination to drive upon, even bicycling. Ministers and
their stooges portray their images with all big sounding words in the
press unveiling the beginning of a project by spending millions from
national exchequer and that project it appears is never ending and in
the process, finds allocated for the project is siphoned off. In spite of all
kinds of acts, like Environmental pollution act, Safety, it is taken for
granted. The head of the municipality definitely of ruling goon squad,
orders taking out the soil in front of the house supposed to be green
area and sell it. This is definitely a crime and against all Engineering
norms to weaken the foundations of residential houses. Police is a
silent on looker and when written complaints are provided to Police
which they normally refuse to acknowledge and file suit at the court
from experience they appear, are just deaf. For years, the roads plying
heavy vehicles had subsided and instead of bringing the road to the
“as built” condition the local members of the “goon squad” finds all
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kinds of excuses of digging out the soil and haul it. And get some
money for it. Most public servants with the title of Engineers are not
regulated any professional organization. At the whims of “goon squad”
anybody can be a Engineer without having any professional
recognition.
What does one expect from this scenario? Infrastructure funds are for
purchases of personal cars, houses and what not?
Water Supply:
If there is water on your tap, one is lucky to have mud, worms and all
kinds of bacteria and viruses in the water supply. It is taken for
granted. There are umpteen numbers of glorified titled public servants
to ensure that everything is done in line with the standardized norms
but, who’s going to stand against the head of the institution that
belongs to the groups of Rajas’ goon squad?
After all, they’ll want to live in peace and have their eyes closed.
Public transport:
As reported in the press, some state run public buses don’t have route
permits. Well, they say, it’s just the system.
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Local, glorified titled public servants’ roads are blocked by putting iron
bars so that no heavy vehicle can pass through.
Economy:
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State runs businesses:
Banking:
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It appears that public service in India are there to push peoples’ backs
in the wall and in every step of life. Either the mass suffer in mute or
those who can and still have finance and energy and time eternal, go
to the court of law as a last recourse. Not that this is a panacea or
remedy but one doesn’t have any choice.
Transportation:
Railway implemented in India by the British Raj has developed into one
of the largest network of railways in the world.
Like the King George VI, the Railway Minister takes the whole train
accompanied by all attendants, personal assistants, Secretaries, and
all luxuries, automatic weapon armed security personnel and what not.
The mass hangs on the hand rails of the railway compartments at the
peril of the life and some even travel on top of the train to get
electrocuted for the fact there is no room in the railway compartments.
Well, after all a VVIP, VIP and their stooges, by Indian practice can do
so. Let the mass go to hell, is the clear message every time. Even the
sons, daughters, and any other relatives of the railway minister just
forces themselves into the air-conditioned compartments of the
railway, and paying for it? You must be joking. After all they’re
minister’s relatives. The ticket checker has only one head on his
shoulder.
Air:
I was having a return ticket by Air India to India and back. I had
confirmed reservation at Ashoka Hotel in Mumbai. When asked for the
hotel to the Air India employee at Mumbai, “yahaa so jaon” (sleep
here) was the reply, and he showed me the floor.
There are VIP lounges at the Airports free of cost for the Indian glorified
titled public servants.
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from Mumbai. She had the calling button pressed and the red light
was on. In three or four rows before me there were Indian couple
sitting and all the air hostesses, it appeared to me were performing
“Bharat natyam” and serving all kinds of drinks, snacks without caring
about the crying baby, and the rest of the passengers of a near empty
Boeing 747.
My flight from Edmonton to Calgary was late and the connecting flight
to Sanfracisco already left. Air Canada without any hassle provided
with a free five star hotel with food for the night and taxi to and from
the hotel and ensured that I’d a confirmed reservation from Edmonton
to Sanfracisco and by Singapore Airlines, the next day.
How does it compare with Air India showing me the floor to sleep in at
Mumbai Airport, and the crying baby not getting hot water to make
milk for feed?
One Maharaja (locally known as Prime Minister) of India used to fly with
two Boeing 747 accompanied with whomsoever he liked and the logic
provided to mass is that in case one has technical trouble, Maharaja
can take the other one.
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And, the rest of the majority of populations of his kingdom are below
poverty level even by Indian standard, let it not be compared with
developed countries.
By laws of average, Rajas and Maharajas of India and their kin and
stooges have a free lunch, luxuries, wealth disproportionate to their
income. In practice, they’re above the laws of the land.
Iron ore exported with more than 70% Fe contents are reported to have
been received at destination with 50% Fe contents. After all, these are
controlled by all regulatory authorities at both ends. This scenario is
very common in all raw minerals trading.
Energy:
At the whims of the Rajas and Maharajas power generation units are
located even where there is not sufficient water to have one boiler feed
of water. So what? Rajas divert the ever drying river to the power
plant site.
It is told that in locality where Rajas and Maharajas and stooges live
safety norms are followed.
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deprivation, torture and what not? One will be lucky to have 60 watt
unit run in constant voltage.
Rajas and Maharajas and their stooges don’t have to bother about their
own needs. Special units are there to ensure that communications,
power supply, transportations, luxuries and what not are at top
conditions. For the consumer, to have an electric meter functioning
properly must be a miracle and fictitious billing is just an accepted way
of life. One has to run around in never ending circles to have the
meter checked, and here comes two persons so called meter expert
with a light bulb to check the meter? Telephone requests if answered,
do not work.
As per the local information and the local press stolen transformers of
State Electricity Board are sold back to State Electricity Boards. Again,
as per the local reports, spent oil from the transformers are mixed with
edible mustard oil to smell it like mustard oil.
And as per UNO statistics the average per capita income of a person in
India, is not even $400/year.
Of course VIPs, VIPs and their stooges don’t have to bother about it?
It’s all at the cost of national exchequer.
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-Bitter medicines-
(c) This will enable to have some control of the situation of anarchy.
(d) Implement “hire and fire” in public service (in this case
public) complain.
(f) The question is, if any Joe Blows are elected in peoples’ vote
why would they need security from the public?
(g) In what way these so called elected persons and their stooges
will have to block he roads for traveling and are important than
others.
(i) Why so called elected and or glorified titled public servants will
be spared to face the law like anybody in the country. Abolish
important status and what not. In democratic country and
society who’s more important that others.
(j) Who’s got the right to violate others’ right to live in peace and all
other rights that a state must guarantee to its residents.
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(k) Public service is there to provide service to the public not to
harass them or push their backs in the wall, a locally standard
practice.
(l) Those who can afford, why people as a last resort to go to court
of law for any public servants’ wrong doing? Why the
departmental heads and the responsible Minister do not take
remedial steps for any complaints filed by the people? If needed,
to show the door.
(p) It appears that cancer has spread in every cells of the national
body, and the question is “who has the desire and guts of curing”
it?
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Where it is heading to?
“How is that possible”- I enquired. It’s simple. The minister was here
and we did what is to be done.
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Now the question is how long this will continue?
In Vedas (Gita) it’s stated that I (God) come to this world to destroy the
evils and protect the humane religion.
Again, God get it done by us. And when the people of India are going
to awaken up and do the justification to the so called “biggest
democracy of the world”.
To make stunts here and there, few missiles are fired. One or few
nuclear explosions are done. Communication satellites are lunched
and at the cost of millions of national exchequer all local Rajas,
Maharajas and their stooges are welcome at any place with red carpet
welcome and garlands whereas, the mass have deprivation, starvation,
torture, extortions, and millions of other evils for granted.
In 1960s “Hindi-Chini bhai bhai” (India and China are brothers) a slogan
originated by the then prime minister of India Nehru, when China
butchered the Indian soldiers (I was working in the area then and
mandatory salary deduction for defense at that time deposited in bank
is a lost cause for me) occupied part of India, still under their
occupation, is going to be repeated, or other courses of nature will
dictate itself to bring justice to the people of India. In Mahabharata
kaurabs destructed themselves.
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