Want Food security bill be ready to pay indirect taxes

The food security bill gives people something for nothing and thus weakens the work ethic. Giving people virtually free food will keep them dependent on a ‘mai baap party’, trapping them into a permanent vote bank. It is a brilliant strategy of the Congress party at the centre — both the voters and the party will thus have a vested interest in keeping people poor and dependent.

The bill plans to distribute grain to two thirds of India’s population at a 90 per cent subsidy costing over Rs 1, 00,000 crores. To bring up the food security bill government will increase indirect taxes. If the same Rs 1, 00,000 crore were to be spent in providing public goods — roads, schools, power, and law and order — it would encourage entrepreneurs to start businesses, which would create sustainable jobs and raise the state’s tax revenues. Past experience shows that less than half the food in such programs reaches the intended beneficiaries. Hence, this bill might produce another scam when half of the 50 million tonnes of grain are diverted to the black market — a scandal that this scam tainted government cannot afford.

There are other serious risks associated with the food security bill. The fact is India just cannot afford this colossal spending. The latest budget shows how vulnerable are the nation’s finances and the way to its downfall 

God man has the richest empire

Asaram Bapu is in police custody for the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl. God man Asaram Bapu controls an empire of worth Rs 5,000 crore. Let’s start with the name of god man Asaram, Asaram Harpalani real name of asaram bapu

Media is only focusing on the sexual assault of a minor girl but what about the previous cases related to the god man. Cases against him range from land-grab to assault. The Indian Express details complaints against the godman ranging from encroaching upon land, compromising on quality in his Ayurveda products to the quiet dispatching of girls into the ‘Gyan Ki Kutiya” in his ashrams.
Asaram faces land grabbing cases in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. There are even many cases of sexual assault of girls lodged against god man asaram. In fact, in 2009, the Gujarat state government told the state legislative assembly that one of his ashrams had encroached upon 67,099 square metres of land in Ahmedabad.

Media through a negative light on Asaram but they also have shows related to zodiac in the Morning time. According to The Indian Express, Asaram was born Asumal on April 17, 1941, in Sindh province, now in Pakistan, migrating to Ahmedabad after Partition. The godman is reportedly studied till Class III, not entering the spiritual life until the age of 15 when he first ran away to an ashram, apparently eight days before his scheduled wedding. He assumed the name Sant Shri Asaramji Maharaj in 1964.

Among his loyal followers are counted former MP Chief Minister Uma Bharti and Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh. While Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is also counted as a follower, Asaram was interestingly in the good books of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi until the last few years. Modi even visited Asaram’s Ahmedabad ashram

Reality shows in India a drama

Reality shows are the one thing which irritates many people in India. But there are even fools in this world that follows these shows. It’s so disgusting to watch children’s Little teary-eyed children between the ages of 8 to 12 narrating how they come from homes where they are the sole breadwinners and would rather join the army than be chefs, or how their father’s body caught fire, or how they help their mother make 100 dabbas a day – all interspersed with copious crying.

Yes you are right I am talking about Junior Master Chef India. What can we more expect from an Indian reality show, it’s all about drama and less professionalism. I remember Junior Master Chef of Australia which was telecasted in India last year. The lovely show was full of Professionalism. The spirit of competition was kept to a minimum, the children were stupendously talented and the entire series had an air of celebration about it.

this is India where drama, pathos and tragedy mark every reality show. The Indian version has three judges – who go by their first names like Hindi film villains of yore – Chef Jolly, Chef Vikas and Chef Kunal. Even if the judges didn’t have the requisite IQ or EQ to shut up and mollify the children, or change the subject when the child is close to tears, why did the producers and director of the show feel it necessary to broadcast and highlight footage of children crying? Are eyeballs and TRPs really that important, that you’re willing to emotionally exploit a child and milk the tear-jerker moment to its voyeuristic max?

The one reality I would like to tell you that, Do you remember the kid who was encyclopedia of Master Chef India and his mom in a LBD. Who played his mom is a 24 year old media professional who does occasionally acting, her name is Anisha Sagar.

Reality shows should be given new name of Fake shows  

traditional music in festival back again

Mumbai reverberated all night to the beating of drums, cymbals and dancing as nearly 200,000 big and small idols of Lord Ganesh were brought in trucks, tempos, cars, two-wheelers or carried on heads, to public pandals or private homes at the start of the 10-day Ganesh utsav festival here Monday. The night was punctuated by cries of welcome Ganpati Bappa Morya and singing of the favourite bhajan, Sukh-karta Dukh-harta and other aarti by millions of devotees amidst fireworks, as the elephant-headed god was welcomed in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra on his annual sojourn.

We always talk about the noise pollution during ganesh ustav and the negative aspect of the festival. But people have became more aware about it and focusing on how they will bring back traditional music and spread awareness among the crowd to no using DJ.

Traditional music is taking a place in our festivals from few years. Every festive occasion is accompanied by song, music and dance in Maharashtra the culture of traditional music is back today. Talking about the music of Maharashtra won't complete without the mention of Natya Sangeet, numerous folk songs and its great saint poets.

Traditional music reflects many issues from our society. It also helps our new generation to get connected with their culture. Balkrishna Mitra Mandal of Ghatkopar has been following this culture of traditional music from last 5 years.   The decision of playing traditional music with low sound and ambiance was taken because of many complaints and issues. Though it started with a negative argument but later on people understood the seriousness’ of the issues and supported the people.

People gather in pandal for few hours, we preach spiritual, devotional, social and national message with the help of music. There are many forms of devotional music such as Gawlan, Wirani, Bharud, Owi, Panchapadi etc widespread in Maharashtra. The devotion music of Maharashtra covers a wide range of genres from folk music to art music. The devotional music of Maharashtra should be passed to other generation is the main aim of every mandal.

Right to reject

Election is on their way with BJP at its high point, Thanks to Modi; Rahul Gandhi is trying his best to criticize BJP as well as congress. Though elections are on long run but the assumptions are done on. Many times common people have a doubt that there casting to votes are misused. But with the recent decision given by Supreme Court has spread a positive energy in common people’s life and a shock for Political party. Though Nanrendra Modi support the decision of Supreme Court.

Two, the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, already gives Indians the right to not vote for any candidate, through Section 49 (O). Under this section, used by a minuscule number of well-informed voters, voters can have their finger inked, and then tell the presiding officer that he/she does not wish to vote for any of the candidates and this is then recorded in a register. This implies that a voter declares openly that he is rejecting the candidates. The SC decision provides to citizens the right to a secret ballot even while exercising his right to reject all the candidates.

Right to reject is also followed by many countries such as Greece, Spain, and Colombia. Russia had an option but abolished it in 2006. Pakistan introduced the option in 2013 but later the Election Commission of Pakistan rejected right of reject option. Pressure on political parties to field meritorious candidates is always welcome, but merely introducing the right to reject would hardly suffice on its own. If the number of those who select the none of the above option exceeds the number of those who voted for any candidate, a candidate with a minor fraction of votes polled could still emerge victorious. An amendment in law would be required.

Racism Still on

A decade has been passed the discussion is still on racism. Though people says that they are against racism but the recent controversy related to Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri reflects that still there is racism in our world. Nina Davuluri   the first Asian American Miss New York, has been crowned 2014′s Miss America,  Davuluri, the daughter of an Indian American OB/GYN, Davuluri performed a classical Bollywood dance during the pageant’s talent segment, underscoring her Desi roots. Sadly, this only served to further enraged xenophobes and racists on social media, who all-too-expectedly unleashed a flood of ignorance on Twitter the instant the tiara touched Davuluri’s head. Some commenter’s, like Buckeye Elizabeth, chose to attack Davuluri for being Muslim, despite the fact that she is the daughter of Hindu immigrants from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

The new Miss America was confronted with a challenging question during the poise portion of the competition when Judge Carla Hall (of ABC’s “The Chew”) asked her to reflect on the revelation by Julie Chen, of her decision to have plastic surgery to look “less Asian.” Davuluri’s answer: She’s against it. But in her response, she also managed to drop a pointed remark: “I’ve always viewed Miss America as the girl next door. And Miss America is always evolving.” Some mentioned ties to al-Qaeda and at least one flat-out called her a terrorist.

And a lot of the tweets were attacks on the fact that she is the first woman of Indian descent to win the pageant and wear the crown. She was referred to as "the Arab," by some and other commenter’s noted "This is America, not India." One called her "Miss 7-11."

A lot of controversy happened through social media. Many tweets were against the Miss America 2014 

Complexity of immature Deprivation

Every child has a right to grow and develop in a secure environment. However today this is not possible due to ill-treatment of child labor. There are number of factors which are responsible for child labor for example poverty, illiteracy, carelessness of parents, ignorance, and cheap labor. Children who are forced into such illegal practices are derived away from their social rights of education and schooling. People those who force them into these practices are not necessarily the outsiders. An uneducated and poor family might force the child into such unlawful act.

Child labor is not the end of misery for a poor. Further on these children are vulnerable to crime like child trafficking, abuse, illegal bondage and slavery. Child Laborers which are working with coal, chemicals and mine industries are at risk of various physical and mental injuries. It is said that if a child is working with carbon and other elements for more than five hours a day then he/she is prone to life threatening disease like asthma and bronchitis. When we talk about child labor in India, social cultural cause is one of the major reasons that draw many poor children into labor. In a country like India people are divided into untouchable and tribal community systems. Such groups of people find it hard to educate their family along with higher society because sometimes they are not allowed to sit in a classroom or even if it is allowed the caste system creates havoc in a society.

I do not know, how many rules and regulation or acts or set of laws have been passed over to curb this problem. But I will certainly say that here we need to stop and think. Think whether we can tolerate if our own child is treated with similar kind of disrespect. Never, it is indeed difficult for any parent even to imagine such atrocity for their child. So why do we let such things happen. Can’t we raise our voice? Have we become senseless? Is it extremely hard for us to hoist our opinion?  Answer to these questions will be ‘No’, but still we keep mum over the situation.

“If we can’t take it, we shall never let ensue it” this should be our motto toward the humanity.