Over the years, we know how the Governments have always made their own policies in hiking the food prices, petrol prices, medical treatment & taxes; thereby creating inconvenience to the common people of India . These ministers have lost sensitivity & interest in the welfare of the people, although they do it willingly but behind the back there would be a heavier price paid by the common man unknowingly. The reason for this insensitive approach by the politicians is only because of their greed of gathering illegal money thereby blinding the same people who voted them to power.
The political mechanism nowadays is so over-flowing with money that these politicians have lost track of how to earn money by hard work and live an honest life. There was an instance wherein there was this politician who was stinking rich. So one of my friend happened to ask a close buddy of the politician as to why he was contesting the election even though he has so wealthy and had been re-elected several times. The answer was simple “He likes doing social work and for the betterment of his people”. I bet you all would have heard such answers many a times in the speeches given prior to elections. But what do we do about it? We just go & vote for the same politicians time and again without even thinking whether they would keep their promises or forget us. Some of us don’t have choices also since there are hardly candidates who are willing to contest because of the fear of being bullied and scared away by the big politicians in the area. I am sure the stinky rich politicians don’t forget their people. When I say ‘their people’ its not the common man like you and me, but the few hand-picked ones who have always been topped up with goodies in their pot.
Remember, you may be given the bait of few hundreds or may be thousand in your pocket just for your vote but the other hand-picked ones are always showered with plenty. Some politicians promise the youngsters for better technology & hi-fi stuff. These are some of the tricks to lure the younger generation but one should question these politicians as to use this so called ‘better technology’ why not have uninterrupted power supply, 24-hr water supply, clean roads & surroundings? These are some issues that these big fellows need to address but they are least bothered, just what matters to them is that they would try to implement hi-fi technologies and get some commission over it and fill their already over-flowing pockets. But my point is not to talk about all this, which probably everyone knows about and sits ‘susegadh’ over it as always but only to create awareness that if we think sensibly about a candidate or even encourage new hard working candidates who will do good for the community on a long run then we could definitely bring a change in our own state. Recently, I read about the amount of possible black money of politicians that has been found in foreign banks is amounting to numerous crores of rupees with some involvement of goan big fellows ( Refer to article -
http://www.goachronicle.com/goa/expose/18217-names-of-goa-politicians-on-intelligence-agencies-watch ) .
Imagine if we Goans had a share of this hard earned tax payers money in our custody then we could have had a better life for our families and not go away from them in other countries in search of a better living. In order to clean this disease of corruption, we need to force the implementation of the Lokpal bill. This bill is one of a kind which will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians accountable for their deeds. But the Lokpal bill has been in a freezer for some decades now thanks to the Governments in the past who fear that it will stop their looting habits. We see the support for Anna Hazare growing day by day; people are getting educated over the flaws in the politicians running the Government but we need to act. This man ‘Anna Hazare’ is putting his life at risk just to get a better future for us so that we live a clean life. So can’t we render our support to this one of a kind movement to clean our state & country forever? It’s just a start, we need to stand firm on this issue; may be one day we will see a corrupt-free state.
Mog assum di,
Malcon Silveira.
August 22, 2011
CORRUPTION AND THE LOKPAL.
Corruption And The Lokpal With all that’s been happening in India, thanks to Anna, the Jan Lokpal has become the breath of every Indian today with a few exceptions. There is absolutely no doubt, that with the deluge of scams that have flooded India in the past decade or so, we do need a very strong Lokpal Bill to curtail and arrest this gigantic anomaly of corruption that has spread like cancer and is derailing India and even Goa.
All said and done the Jan Lokpal looks to be a healthy antidote for corruption, but what worries me most, is that, almost every public institution and most of the NGO’s have been run by our Politicians directly or indirectly through their corrupt tentacles. The Panchayat Raj, that is the basic local body at the grass root level, which should have been free of politicians and their political influences, have also been hijacked by out Netas and Babus as their own personal fiefdoms, so what exactly will stop them from doing the same to the Lokpal and the Lokayukta ?
The Lokpal says the process of selecting or electing the Lokpal body will be transparent, haven’t we been talking of transparency for ages ? Unfortunately we are still bond and blinded by opacity for the best part of the twenty first century, will there ever be transparency in India and more so in Goa ? In our democracy, everything was suppose to be transparent, is it ? Not even by any small standards !
I am not a pessimist, but I too fear that all the efforts of the leaders and the people who are fighting against corruption and for a strong Lokpal Bill, should not be like water on the duck’s back. The success of the Lokpal will certainly depend on how we, as citizens of India and Goa, deal with corruption, refrain from encouraging corruption and act against corruption. The Lokpal can only give us the parameters but it will be we who will have to guard our boundaries against corruption. The million dollar question is are we Indians and Goans upto it ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
All said and done the Jan Lokpal looks to be a healthy antidote for corruption, but what worries me most, is that, almost every public institution and most of the NGO’s have been run by our Politicians directly or indirectly through their corrupt tentacles. The Panchayat Raj, that is the basic local body at the grass root level, which should have been free of politicians and their political influences, have also been hijacked by out Netas and Babus as their own personal fiefdoms, so what exactly will stop them from doing the same to the Lokpal and the Lokayukta ?
The Lokpal says the process of selecting or electing the Lokpal body will be transparent, haven’t we been talking of transparency for ages ? Unfortunately we are still bond and blinded by opacity for the best part of the twenty first century, will there ever be transparency in India and more so in Goa ? In our democracy, everything was suppose to be transparent, is it ? Not even by any small standards !
I am not a pessimist, but I too fear that all the efforts of the leaders and the people who are fighting against corruption and for a strong Lokpal Bill, should not be like water on the duck’s back. The success of the Lokpal will certainly depend on how we, as citizens of India and Goa, deal with corruption, refrain from encouraging corruption and act against corruption. The Lokpal can only give us the parameters but it will be we who will have to guard our boundaries against corruption. The million dollar question is are we Indians and Goans upto it ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
August 21, 2011
POWER OF SPORTSMEN TO CHANGE GOVERNMENTS THINKING.
For their selfish ends USA will do anything though publicly it will show that Americans are upright. In reality it is not so and to my knowledge they never were. Their policy is to give priority to their aims, either good or bad and in acquiring their goals they will even commit worst of crimes against their Christian principles.
The Second World War was brought to an end by the US nuclear bombings of Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When Hiroshima was bombed, Japan immediately agreed to surrender because Japan realised the power of Atom Bomb when Hiroshima was devastated. But without giving more chance to Japan for surrender negotiation, USA dropped the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki. This USA did so hurriedly because it wanted to test the effect of second Bomb also on humanity since there was a linkage between the two to produce the required results. In fact there was no need to drop the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki to end the War but Americans wanted to test its effect for this reason USA did not care for the enormous casualties created by the second Bomb. What is important for USA was its target and goal which they acquired even by killing innumerable people in Nagasaki also.
The war that Americans fought in Vietnam was the worst type of war where USA tested worst type of weapons on human beings, the Vietcongs. Inspite of public opinion against American involvement in this war in a distant land in Vietnam, USA would not relent. The great British Philosopher cum Mathematician Prof. Bertrand Russell in association with great and renowned world personalities like him conducted a Nuremburg type of trial of American involvement in Vietnam and they came to the conclusion that this was the worst war in the history of humanity where worst and most poisonous weapons were used on humanity by the Americans and as such USA must withdraw from this war in Vietnam.
Inspite of this trial creating public opinion against USA of its war in Vietnam, USA refused to bend down because the powerful message of Bertrand Russell commission did not reach to all the Americans and to the entire world to create a strong opinion against America on this war.
The American negro Cassius Clay turned Mohammed Ali the world heavyweight boxing champion was newly crowned world boxing champion. When he refused to get conscripted into American Arms forces and go to fight in Vietnam against Vietnamese, Mohammed Ali was reprimanded by the US government for refusing to abide by the US law. But Mohammed Ali said the war in Vietnam was unjust and my religion does not permit me to kill my fellow human being whoever he may be. Further Ali said that this war America fighting in Vietnam is for whose benefit and why USA is fighting this war?
Mohammed Ali was stripped of his World Boxing title and because of this controversy the world became alert especially the Americans and they started investigating the genuineness and necessity of this war. Then American public came to the conclusion that this war is not necessary and US government must put an end to it.
Why this sudden change of American public opinion against this war? Till recently there was no against opinion on this war but now it was made against by the One Man Campaign of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mohammed Ali. Who was Mohammed Ali? He was not an intellectual giant, he was not world renowned philosopher like Bertrand Russell, he was not Nobel Laureate. He was just a sportsman but a sportsman of very high calibre, a sportsman adored not only in USA but all around the globe. And as such his voice was more audible and more acceptable. It was his voice finally reached to American political administration that finally agreed to end this war.
While Mohammed Ali was fighting his battle against USA, one fine morning Bertrand Russell phone called Mohammed Ali and encouraged him to fight against USA to end this war saying you as a world figure is a right person to convince USA to stop this war. These are the words spoken by Russell to Ali “In the history of humanity there was not a single war worst than this war. This war must come to an end and your fight to this cause is just right one. Fight it out, I support you".
Now, Anna Hazare is campaigning against corruption in India. Because of corruption Indians are suffering, this suffering is worst than the sufferings in the war. While these days heavy campaign is going on where almost every Indian is supporting Annaji, surprisingly NONE OF OUR TOP SPORTSMEN is raising his voice on this topic. Indian Cricketters are the most popular and adored sportsmen in India but to my regret none of them is openly raising his voice against this corruption and in support of Anna Hazare. Why they are all silent when they should fight for this cause? Do we require Mohammed Ali now in India among Indian sportsmen especially among the cricketers? Are they all immune to the sad state of affairs India is undergoing because of all round corruption? Why they are not sensitive to this issue?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
The Second World War was brought to an end by the US nuclear bombings of Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When Hiroshima was bombed, Japan immediately agreed to surrender because Japan realised the power of Atom Bomb when Hiroshima was devastated. But without giving more chance to Japan for surrender negotiation, USA dropped the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki. This USA did so hurriedly because it wanted to test the effect of second Bomb also on humanity since there was a linkage between the two to produce the required results. In fact there was no need to drop the second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki to end the War but Americans wanted to test its effect for this reason USA did not care for the enormous casualties created by the second Bomb. What is important for USA was its target and goal which they acquired even by killing innumerable people in Nagasaki also.
The war that Americans fought in Vietnam was the worst type of war where USA tested worst type of weapons on human beings, the Vietcongs. Inspite of public opinion against American involvement in this war in a distant land in Vietnam, USA would not relent. The great British Philosopher cum Mathematician Prof. Bertrand Russell in association with great and renowned world personalities like him conducted a Nuremburg type of trial of American involvement in Vietnam and they came to the conclusion that this was the worst war in the history of humanity where worst and most poisonous weapons were used on humanity by the Americans and as such USA must withdraw from this war in Vietnam.
Inspite of this trial creating public opinion against USA of its war in Vietnam, USA refused to bend down because the powerful message of Bertrand Russell commission did not reach to all the Americans and to the entire world to create a strong opinion against America on this war.
The American negro Cassius Clay turned Mohammed Ali the world heavyweight boxing champion was newly crowned world boxing champion. When he refused to get conscripted into American Arms forces and go to fight in Vietnam against Vietnamese, Mohammed Ali was reprimanded by the US government for refusing to abide by the US law. But Mohammed Ali said the war in Vietnam was unjust and my religion does not permit me to kill my fellow human being whoever he may be. Further Ali said that this war America fighting in Vietnam is for whose benefit and why USA is fighting this war?
Mohammed Ali was stripped of his World Boxing title and because of this controversy the world became alert especially the Americans and they started investigating the genuineness and necessity of this war. Then American public came to the conclusion that this war is not necessary and US government must put an end to it.
Why this sudden change of American public opinion against this war? Till recently there was no against opinion on this war but now it was made against by the One Man Campaign of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mohammed Ali. Who was Mohammed Ali? He was not an intellectual giant, he was not world renowned philosopher like Bertrand Russell, he was not Nobel Laureate. He was just a sportsman but a sportsman of very high calibre, a sportsman adored not only in USA but all around the globe. And as such his voice was more audible and more acceptable. It was his voice finally reached to American political administration that finally agreed to end this war.
While Mohammed Ali was fighting his battle against USA, one fine morning Bertrand Russell phone called Mohammed Ali and encouraged him to fight against USA to end this war saying you as a world figure is a right person to convince USA to stop this war. These are the words spoken by Russell to Ali “In the history of humanity there was not a single war worst than this war. This war must come to an end and your fight to this cause is just right one. Fight it out, I support you".
Now, Anna Hazare is campaigning against corruption in India. Because of corruption Indians are suffering, this suffering is worst than the sufferings in the war. While these days heavy campaign is going on where almost every Indian is supporting Annaji, surprisingly NONE OF OUR TOP SPORTSMEN is raising his voice on this topic. Indian Cricketters are the most popular and adored sportsmen in India but to my regret none of them is openly raising his voice against this corruption and in support of Anna Hazare. Why they are all silent when they should fight for this cause? Do we require Mohammed Ali now in India among Indian sportsmen especially among the cricketers? Are they all immune to the sad state of affairs India is undergoing because of all round corruption? Why they are not sensitive to this issue?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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