>hehehe! That seems to have rubbed the wrong way:) Oh! there are many examples from different states - 100% of villages electrified in Kerala, a number of states are way ahead in education and literacy (some 100 %)
>and there are many more.
*** I am sure there are many more wonderful examples to emulate
Ram.
But even if we focus on the rural electrification example you
hold out:
And I commend that goal of 100% literacy rate of Kerala too.
Would you suggest Assam go the Kerala way , by starting a statewide
Christian conversion as the first step :-)?
Naah, you did not rub me the wrong way Ram. I just continue get
fascinated by your naivete :-).
At 9:36 AM -0500 10/10/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da,
>If so what do you think is the reason Ram? Bad kharkhowa genes >perhaps :-)?
No, not in the genes. But it is the general attitude. There is apathy in almost every sphere and the feeling one gets is a 'every man for himself' and little else matters.
>>And this unmitigated comedy is possible in Assam, because the >>politicians can >get away with it, and the people are mute spectators.
>*** What would your recommendation on a remedy be?
Obviously, people ought to stop being spectators and take active interest in the functioning of the local admintration. They obviously take 'active' part in bandhs, in political rallies, and processions for pay raises. But when it comes to getting the streets clean, ensuring drinking water, or corruption, there is a huge apathy.
>*** Me too. So why don't you do everyone a favor and tell us about which >state/s to emulate, hopefully citing something verifiable examples :-)?
hehehe! That seems to have rubbed the wrong way:) Oh! there are many examples from different states - 100% of villages electrified in Kerala, a number of states are way ahead in education and literacy (some 100 %)
and there are many more.
Why should emulating such examples of successes be bad? We don't have to emulate goondaism in Bihar, or religious intolerance in the cow belt, but we certainly can take a cue from here and there.
--Ram
On 10/10/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ram:
>No, C'da, in Assam, we are several notches higher, much higher. > Most other >states and the rest of the country are in much better shape. On most issues, >whether it is corruption, insurgency, under-development, or mal-governance, >Assam seems to lead the way.
*** I see.
If so what do you think is the reason Ram? Bad kharkhowa genes perhaps :-)?
>And this unmitigated comedy is possible in Assam, because the politicians can >get away with it, and the people are mute spectators.
*** What would your recommendation on a remedy be?
>If Assam could emulate the better examples of some of the states, we could all >be jumping with joy.
*** Me too. So why don't you do everyone a favor and tell us about which state/s to emulate, hopefully citing something verifiable examples :-)?
c-da
At 8:29 AM -0500 10/10/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da,
>Incidentally it is the STATE of ENTIRE INDIA.
No, C'da, in Assam, we are several notches higher, much higher. Most other states and the rest of the country are in much better shape.
On most issues, whether it is corruption, insurgency, under-development, or mal-governance, Assam seems to lead the way.
And this unmitigated comedy is possible in Assam, because the politicians can get away with it, and the people are mute spectators.
If Assam could emulate the better examples of some of the states, we could all be jumping with joy.
-Ram
On 10/10/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ram:
>Don't know whether to laugh or cry? This is the state of the State!
Depends on whether one identifies with the system that aids, abets and generates
this kind of unmitigated comedy, albeit at the people's expense.
Incidentally it is the STATE of ENTIRE INDIA.
At 7:33 AM -0500 10/10/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
Don't know whether to laugh or cry? This is the state of the State!
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Panicky Politicians
As we reported yesterday, the State Home Department has shortlisted 217 Congress leaders as VVIPs/VIPs in the wake of the latest ULFA threat to the ruling Congress. The most obvious question is: how have as many as 217 Congress leaders become VVIPs or VIPs overnight? Just because the ULFA has threatened the Congress? Have these shortlisted leaders been threatened individually? Or are they really the leaders of the masses, with a wonderful track record of performance, who the ULFA would kill any day? There seems to be a crisis now: how would one provide these new avatars - 217 VVIPs/VIPs - bullet-proof luxury at a time when the State government is in possession of only 52 bullet-proof cars, that too only on paper as most of them are out of order? More important, over 5,000 Congressmen have applied for security cover, and a bullet-proof car might be the wish of each one of them. Now the most important question is: what would happen if non-VVIPs ask for security cover or bullet-proof cars? What would happen if ordinary masses demand so? Can there be personal security cover or bullet-proof cars for the entire population of the State? As a matter of fact, it is mostly ordinary men, women and children - all non-VVIPs, all absolutely innocent - who have been killed in militant attacks over the years. So do they not have a stronger reason for ask for security cover or bullet-proof cars? How many such bullet-proof cars can the government - in a welfare state that it claims to have helped build - provide? Let one not say now that ordinary people do not need security, and that they are very very important persons (VVIPs, is not it?) only during elections. It is these ordinary people who can survive well without being 'led' by panicky politicians.
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