The Coal Scam?

Not many of us even heard of this - The Coal Scam!

No idea how they (whoever it is) managed not to bring it to the limelight; not even the media picked it up, after the first few days... :( Cant help but think who all would be behind this!

Anyway, here are a few links for those who have not get a chance to come across this... A word of caution: Not for the lighthearted (we are talking about 26 lakh crores!!!)

http://www.patriots.co.in/articles/some-more-coal-scam.php
http://post.jagran.com/bjp-lashes-out-at-prime-minister-over-coal-allocation-irregularities-1306242293
http://www.mudraa.com/trading/87097/0/mega-scam-in-coal-worth-26-lakh-crores-hemant-.html
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=402&page=25

God save us...

Today, I saw a nine year old praying to God: "Dear God, can you spare us a backbone; for I hear our you-know-whom hasn't got one!"

Black Money Challenge!
Still cant digest how any government can go this far to protect its corrupt politicians, dishonest officials or scandalous industrialists!

• The Government should immediately make public the list of black money holders, which was shared by Germany way back in 2010; and also take stern & exemplary action against all of them, irrespective of their background (party/ religion/ position).
• Black money should be declared as national wealth!

Jan Lokpal Bill!
We don't want the Draft Lokpal Bill, for the namesake! My heartfelt support to team Anna Hazaare.

• Jan Lokpal Bill is the way to go...
• PM should be within the ambit of the bill!

Ram-Leela Maidan Mess!
Whatever be the real motives of Baba Ramdev (which the Government says that it is going to bring to light); it was inhumane and anti-democratic to end a peaceful strike by brutal force. Our PM calls it unfortunate but unavoidable.

• The PM (I mean the one with the turban) should take moral responsibility for the attack & apologize for bringing shame to the nation for not being able to uphold our constitutional values!

A scam a day!
The last couple of months, its been raining scams. We are very grateful to the government, for these eye-openers; we never dreamt it could be this worse. The government will definitely stand by those who have stood for them, so we don't expect any actions from the Government!

• Can the judiciary intervene by itself and help ensure justice to us, the stupid tax payers?

With all due respect to my nation, Jai Hind! God save us!

Loaded garbage trucks parked in city during the day! One possible solution...

Today, I had to stop at Jagathi junction to get some groceries. The moment I got out of the car, I could smell it! Though I had read about this in the newspaper, never imagined it could be this worse! It stinks and it is so bad that you feel like running for your life gasping for a drop of fresh air...

The corporation is waiting for more airtight garbage trucks, which might bring relief to some extent. These trucks were earlier parked in our Putherikandam Maidan at East Fort; fortunately, we had not faced much of this earlier. Now, because of the ongoing beautification work at the maidanom, the trucks had to be moved out. You can read this here.

Anyway, even having more airtight trucks will not solve the problem. As long as we have loaded garbage trucks parked in the city, we are going to face more of this.

Was wondering if having airtight (underground) parking lots for these trucks could help! If at all, we have to park these loaded trucks somewhere in the city during the day, it should be in such airtight parking lots. This might alleviate the issue to a certain extent; and, of course, during the nights, when these trucks move on to the garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala, we could use odor neutralizing chemicals and other such techniques to treat the odor that remains in the airtight parking lots...

Not at all sure whether this would work or whether this is economically feasible (but personally I don't think having an underground air tight parking lot is that big an investment). Can someone take this up with the concerned?

Its high time such pseudo leaders are unmasked! "Its illegal for women to work!"

It is a widely accepted fact that one of the main reasons for Muslims in India to remain educationally backward was because a couple of their leaders had asked them to neglect English. Though this was to oppose the British rule during pre-independence days, things did not change much even after India became independent. This was a severe drawback for Muslims, as they found that more & more people from other religions & communities had mastered English and were well equipped to take on better positions as years passed by.

Now more of such crap from somewhere in Lucknow: Its illegal for women to work!!!

Wish the learned Muslim scholars and true Islamic leaders in India unmask such pseudo leaders! Its sad that the Muslims in India are not realizing that such nonsense in the name of religion is making things worse for themselves and for India! :(