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'Vajpayee is a hypocrite'
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Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:53:57 PST Vajpayee is a hypocrite or a routine politician. No normal person will simultaneously admire Veer Savarkar, Subhas Chandra Bose, Vivekananda along with Nehru and Gandhi. I understand his concern for the stability of his government, but he should be honest.
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:04:15 +0530 True to his ilk, he is loyal to the evils of Indira Gandhi's mischief in the Constitution. It is this very attitude that has brought India to this sorry state. Omaramar
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:35:57 -0600 I read Deshmukh's interview. Everybody tries to point a finger towards the other. Every section is responsible for the present state of affairs bureaucracy, politicians, voters. Even in the existing system, bureaucrat T N Seshan did some things remarkably different. I think most people agree that he improved the system. Why did previous chief election commissioners not think of this? Did they not have sufficient powers? I do not think so. This clearly shows how bureaucrats can clean and purify the system within the existing set-up. Rama
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:26:27 -0500 The article was good like all your other articles. But I have a point to make. You have changed the names of the people to protect their identity but there is not much use since you have used another valid name instead. This valid "so-called duplicate name" could identify somebody else in the same situation. Solution: You might want to just refer to them as boy, girl or X. Ramesh Sreedhar
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Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:58:15 -0500 I think the whole trend is disgusting -- trying to tempt and manipulate young innocent minds for monetary gain. Joy Vyloppully
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Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:49:42 EST This is wonderful coverage. All Indians should be proud of our jawans who are the guardians of our freedom. They should be given national television coverage. Eulogising these brave men and women will bring national pride and self respect. I would like to see somebody research the participation of Indian solders under the Union Jack during the Second World War. The war fronts they fought in -- like Germany Japan etc.
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:13:17 -0500 I guess it is just astonishing. We are all proud of you. Rayappan Apsalom (Roy)
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Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:50:38 -0800 Hunger, thirst and sex are some natural urges which nature created within living beings for their own survival. There is very little point in denying any of these. Sex is not a dirty word and perhaps it is time for change. The odd individual might be able to suppress any of these urges -- but given that there are millions of priests -- it is a little too much to expect. Let's not take umbrage and start defending this saying 'Oh no, we're pure'. If society as a whole did not think of 'celibacy' as too much of a virtue or the needs of all people (including priests) as 'sinful' - we might have not seen such extreme behaviour (murder for the fear of discovery or sodomy etc). If priests could marry after a while it might have helped. Does religion say that all those who copulate are evil and can do no good for humanity? Well -- just read about what endless numbers have done in Orissa - and not all were diehard celibates, I'm sure. I guess it's time religion started being a practical thing. After all the idea is to keep the good side of man going -- and one sees too much happening the other way these days - whatever the religion or sect. As a sideline, this country *desperately* needs sex education at the grassroots level -- we grew 100 per cent by way of the number of AIDS victims last year -- that's the highest growth in the world. 14 million and counting. There's nothing wrong with sex - just the way you might do it... Sameer
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:27:07 -0700 (MST) It is surprising to see that the author has a pre-conception and presents statistics that are grossly exaggerated to prove his point. For example in the tenth paragraph he writes: "India Inc has been relying upon a simple economic logic. Ignore the three quarter of the population which is irretrievably poor: Attention of foreign investors should instead be drawn to the prospect of a fast growing market for goods and services based on the consumption desires of the top one quarter of the country's population." The statistics have been grossly exaggerated. The Budget speech 1999 has the following statistics about poverty level in India. (Source: http://www.digitalht.com/budget99/9thplanpoverty.htm) "Poverty eradication is one of the major objectives of planned development. The magnitude of the problem is still quite staggering. Thirty six per cent of the Indian population was below poverty line in 1993-94, the latest year for which the data are available and the absolute number of poor was 320 million, out of which 244 million (37 per cent of the rural population) lived in rural areas." "The results of the last Concurrent Evaluation (September 1992 - February 1993) revealed that of the total beneficiaries assisted under the programme, 14.81 per cent of the old beneficiary families could cross the revised poverty line of Rs.11,000 (at 1991-92 prices), while 50.4 per cent of the families were able to cross the old poverty line of Rs 6,400 per annum." While it is good to be diligent about the policies of the government and the 'India Inc', it is unethical and utterly self-demeaning to present completely biased and incorrect statistics just because Mr Mitra has a point to make. Also, the editorial board at rediff must ensure that the statistics presented on its site are reasonably accurate. This is a responsible web site and hope it will keep its reputation.
Gopal Bethmangalkar
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:16:08 -0500 I am used to reading good and sensible articles on rediff, hence the surprise on reading such directionless ramblings and musings from Mitra. What is his article about? Politics? Economics? Foreign Affairs? American Imperialism? Cricket? Maybe he should make up his mind before he writes for a widely read forum like rediff He is obviously a disgruntled communist, who is lamenting because the whole world seems to be increasingly disenfranchised with his style of thinking. He is one of those "holier-than-thou" "secular" columnists who think that the only good thing to do to India's poor is to feed and clothe them with charity (D'Souza is another one). These columnists do not think that the poor have any self respect. They do not think that the poor want to work and earn their food and clothing. The whole concept of a person having to work and earn his living is foreign to these communists. If not, how can he make a casual statement that allowing foreign investment will reduce jobs? More privatisation and more companies mean more jobs, not less. Simple arithmetic. Mitra seems to like the idea of inefficient public sector undertakings "giving" jobs to the "three-quarters" of the country. Why not have a single PSU called National Jobs (GOI Undertaking) and employ every Indian citizen? We can pay everyone in this country and no one needs to work! Utopia, isn't it, Mitra? Communism is dead all over the world, Mitra, because IT DOESN'T WORK! It is time you red-journalists who pass-off as thinking intellectuals, realized this truth!
Sriram Gopalan
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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:35:56 +0530 This is a very encouraging report. I have been wondering whether our massive government apparatus had been in deep slumber so far. I also can't understand why this coordinated action plan cannot be made a permanent one till we can get rid of all the militants and the new ones know that they are walking into a certain death trap if they try getting into our territory. I believe this is possible. I would also like to congratulate all the brave security personnel and particularly initiators of this particular plan. Ashok Swamy
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 15:11:30 -0800 I do not agree with the decision of the US government. I think it has been hasty as mostly no bidi manufacturing company employ children. most of the employees are women take the leaves and tobacco to their homes and roll the bidis there. Now if the children in the homes are helping them do that it is not the fault of the employer. This is injustice to the bidi manufacturing companies. The culprits behind this are the cigarette companies because bidis are becoming very popular these days. They are of good quality and reasonable.
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