[Goanet] Wearing contact lenses all day can destroy your eyesight - dailymail.co.uk

[Camillo Fernandes]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2639894/How-wearing-contact-lenses-day-DESTROY-eyesight.html

How wearing contact lenses all day can DESTROY your eyesight: Read one woman's 
cautionary tale


  
Aimee McWilliams was in serious danger of losing her sight as her eyes were 
starved of oxygen
 
After
 finally getting round to having a routine check-up for her contact 
lenses, Aimee McWilliams assumed it would be merely a formality.Having
 worn contacts since the age of 14, the 33-year-old fashion designer 
from London had never experienced any problems with them.The
 general advice is to avoid wearing contacts for more than eight hours a
 day. However Aimee, like many people, had been wearing them for much 
longer - in her case, for more than 14 hours every day. 
 
This had 
slowly been starving her eyes of oxygen; while the damage wasn't 
apparent to the naked eye, it was spotted when the optometrist used a 
special microscope. Aimee was shocked to learn that she was in serious 
danger of losing her sight.'I was horrified,' recalls Aimee, from  
London. 'I'd always worn my lenses from 7 am until nearly midnight. 
Nobody had told me that I was jeopardising my sight by wearing them for 
so long, though I  suppose I just said I used them daily. 
'What 
frightened me even more was that there had been no signs anything was 
wrong - my eyes looked the same. And I'd delayed my annual check-up by 
several weeks because I was so busy and I didn't think I really needed 
one.'Around 3.7 million people in Britain wear contact lenses. But 
many don't appreciate how meticulous you need to be about using them, 
says Hosam Kasaby, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Southend 
University Hospital and BMI Southend Hospital.One of the risks is 
corneal neovascularisation, the condition Aimee had. As Mr Kasaby 
explains: 'The cornea - the clear outer layer at the front of the 
eyeball - is the only part of the body that gets its oxygen supply 
directly from the air rather than from the blood.'But a contact lens acts as a 
barrier to that oxygen supply, so extensive wear can potentially starve the 
cornea of oxygen. 
 


'The
 body compensates for this by  growing new blood vessels over the cornea
 to provide an oxygen supply, or corneal neovascularisation. 
'Left 
unchecked, the eye can become covered with blood vessels, and turn the 
cornea opaque. In rare cases it can threaten sight.'The problem is 
the condition can build up over several years - it's only when it gets 
to an advanced stage that contacts wearers become aware of a problem, as
 that's when it will cause red, irritated eyes, by which time it may be 
too late. 
 

  
The general advice is to avoid wearing contacts for more than eight hours a day
 
Stopping wearing the lenses can cause the new blood 
vessels to collapse, though in severe cases, when there is excessive 
blood vessel growth, even if they collapse, they can cause scarring.Corneal
 neovascularisation may be more common with standard soft lenses, which 
are made of water-containing plastic. The other main type of lens, gas 
permeable, while less flexible, allows in more oxygen, says Robert 
Glass, a Manchester-based optometrist.'There are also newer types of
 soft lenses, known as silicone hydrogels, which allow more oxygen to 
pass through to the cornea than previous soft lens materials, making 
them healthier,' he says.
There are lenses licensed for use during 
sleep, which are permeable enough to ensure there is minimal risk of 
corneal neovascularisation. But you should be assessed by an optometrist
 before using these. 
'I'd
 always worn my lenses from 7 am until nearly midnight. Nobody had told 
me that I was jeopardising my sight by wearing them for so long'
It's not only corneal neovascularisation that's the problem with wearing 
contacts for too long. 
Lucia
 Paovesana, 27, says her big, round blue eyes, which she once considered
 her best feature, have been ruined through wearing contact lenses for 
more than ten hours a day, as the whites of her eyes are now often red 
and sore.She's worn contacts since she was 14, then four years ago 
she began suffering eye infections every few months. 'If I was awake I'd
 wear lenses,' says Lucia, who lives in Tamworth and works in a bar. 
'But every few months my eyes would become red and painful. I'd leave 
the lenses for a couple of days and they'd settle down. But the cycle 
would repeat itself.'Eventually, she saw her optician, who 
immediately referred her to a specialist at Ashfurlong Medical Centre in
 Sutton Coldfield, where she was diagnosed with blepharitis - 
inflammation of the eyelids - aggravated by wearing her contacts for too
 long every day. Blepharitis causes reddening of the whites of the eye 
as the inflamed lids scratch the surface. People wearing contacts are at
 much higher risk of blephar-itis, as the eye is more likely to be dry 
and prone to irritation. 
Blepharitis cannot usually be cured, but 
the symptoms can be con

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....

[Gabe Menezes]

Nat King Cole Come Closer to Me (Acercate Mas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWy58Jezu6I

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[Goanet] Honouring the dead...

[Gabe Menezes]

...Public urged to attend funeral of war hero

"We would love people to attend as a mark of respect and just to say,
'Thank you, God bless you'."

Full read @ *http://tinyurl.com/pwtr5ln *

Contrast the above to when a Goan man died here in Tooting London and phone
calls were made asking people not to attend the funeral.

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[Goanet] Modi cabinet list

[Marshall Mendonza]

Eugene Correia:

What I noticed that that Dr. Najma Heptullah, neice of Maulana Azad, has
been given also MoS post. She was education minister under Nehru. She was
once a Congress woman and joined BJP in 2004.

Response:

Dr Najma Heptullah is a grand-niece of Maulana Azad. She was never a
minister but Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for nearly 16 years.

Regards,

Marshall

[Goanet] Press Release: CII President statement on Modi Swearing Ceremony

[CIIGOA]

Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,

 

Kindly find appended below the press release on the Statement of Mr Ajay
Shriram, President, Confederation of Indian Industry on Modi swearing
ceremony.

 

May I request you to kindly carry the same in your esteemed Media

 

 

With warm regards,

 

Geetika

Geetika Goyal

State Head-Goa

Confederation of Indian Industry

502, Unitech City Center,

M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001

Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 / 8806133455

E-mail:   geetika.go...@cii.in

 

 

 

Press Release: 

 

 

Statement from Mr Ajay Shriram, President, CII

 

CII warmly felicitates Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi on assuming
office after a momentous verdict in the elections and wishes him all success
as Prime Minister. We look forward to the new Prime Minister's sagacious and
astute leadership of the nation at a challenging period. CII also welcomes
and congratulates the new Cabinet of Ministers which has taken charge. 

 

We believe this is a pivotal moment in the nation's history that can shape
the future of our 1.2 billion people. Hon'ble Prime Minister's stress on
growth and development has translated into an unequivocal mandate for
change, and Industry looks forward to a new era of reform and liberalization
of the Indian economy. At the current juncture, it is vital to revive the
pace of GDP growth, bring down inflation, and create new jobs on a large
scale. CII anticipates a quick and proactive agenda of economic and
governance policies, including fiscal consolidation, fast-tracking of
stranded projects, and sectoral initiatives for infrastructure,
manufacturing, agriculture and mining.

 

CII looks forward to working closely with Shri Narendra Modi and the New
Government. 

 

Panaji 

 

27th May 2014

 

 

 



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[Goanet] Fw: Great composers. No. 7 in this series. Franz Schubert.

[Con Menezes]

Subject: Franz Schubert

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[Goanet] From cyberspace to the street -- who is more irresponsible? (Nisser Dias)

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>From cyberspace to the street -- who is more irresponsible?

Nisser Dias
nisserd...@gmail.com

A section of the general public, activists and some political
parties have come together to protest against the high-handedness
of the police seeking police custody of marine engineer
Devu Chodankar for his Facebook post.  It is alleged that the
Facebook post was to the effect that Christians in South Goa
would lose their identity if Modi became prime minister of
India.  The comment was posted in March and the police are
seeking his arrest two months later upon a complaint from Atul
Pai Kane.  Such a long delay in acting adds to the suspicion
over the intentions of the police.

We can endlessly debate over freedom of speech
being curtailed by the BJP government and whether the post
could possibly result in a flare-up of communal disharmony
among communities.  But, till date, the Facebook comments
have remained in cyberspace and has not yet spilled onto the
streets.

  Chodankar realised his folly withdrew the comment
  and apologized.  End of the matter.  But with Atul
  Pai Kane pursuing his tirade against the marine
  engineer, it seems that this has brought
  Chodankar's post into the local media and onto the
  streets.  The threat perception is greater now then
  before; from cyberspace it has been brought onto
  the public domain.  I really do not know who is a
  bigger culprit in the issue.

But the timing -- rather, the lapse of time -- in the police
reacting to it does pass on a message that this government be
it at the Centre or the State will not tolerate criticism of
its functioning.  Devu Chodankar is not an isolated case;
infact it can be said that till recently he was not known
widely but today he is.

In India a much larger section of the population knows
Sagarika Ghosh -- an editor of CNN-IBN television and more
popular as the wife of Rajdeep Sardessai, Editor-in-Chief of
CNN-IBN and a son of Goa.  Sagarika has also been issued a
memo by the management of TV-18 for tweeting against Modi.
This too after Modi won the elections for BJP with a
thumping majority.  Hence every comment, statement, Facebook
post and tweet seems to be going under the microscope and the
individuals are being targeted.  Is this the beginning of a
second Emergency in India?

  It is rather strange that the main actors seem to
  be brushing it aside as inconsequential but
  secretly use others to do their dirty work.
  Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco has hit the nail on
  the head by stating that the police are acting as
  agents of the BJP.  It is an open secret that any
  government in power uses the police to get back at
  the Opposition or their critics.  But what needs to
  be condemned here is that the police are being used
  to harass an individual who it is alleged was once
  their party member.

The police reply to the anticipatory bail application is also
equally obnoxious, as the men in uniform has said that they
want Chodankar's police custody to find out any motive of a
larger game-plan to promote communal and social disharmony in
the state.  These are strong words and it can be implied that
the complainant, the police and their political bosses are
making a mountain out of a molehill.

Surprisingly none of these individuals who are determined to
make an example of Devu Chodankar lifted a finger when rabid
fundamentalist Muthalik publicly said that his organisation
would distribute swords to every Hindu household to protect
themselves or attack Muslims.  The police had let such a
strong statement pass without even registering a suo moto
case and that too when the Ram Sene has a proven record of
being violent and inciting communal hatred.  And one cannot
even compare Chodankar to a Muthalik or the Ram Sene.  But
the police and BJP thinks that Chodankar's Facebook post
could lead to communal disharmony.

Chodankar's post may have been harsh and individuals should
not allow themselves to be carried away with passion.  But
his withdrawal of the post and apology should have been
sufficient to put the matter to rest.  And here comes the
question whether the government by using the police wants to
send a message to all that henceforth it will be zero
tolerance to criticism.

By targeting an individual from the majority community as the
first instance, nobody can point fingers at the government
for targeting the minority community in future.  So it looks
like the BJP government is laying the groundwork for
shielding itself from allegations of being communal.

Ultimately, what will the complainant and the police achieve
now?  The elections are over, the hype is complete, BJP has
won the election with huge majority so much so that they did
not even require allies to form the government.  Narendra
Modi has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of this country.
Premiers

[Goanet] Great composers No8 in this series Claude Debussy

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[Goanet] Press Release: CII Director General statement on Modi Swearing Ceremony

[CIIGOA]

Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,

 

Kindly find appended below the press release on the Statement of Mr
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry on
Modi swearing ceremony.

 

May I request you to kindly carry the same in your esteemed Media

 

 

With warm regards,

 

Geetika

_

Geetika Goyal

State Head-Goa

Confederation of Indian Industry

502, Unitech City Center,

M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001

Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 / 8806133455

E-mail:   geetika.go...@cii.in

 

  _  

 

Press Release:

 

Statement from Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII

 

On behalf of CII, I offer my felicitations to Hon'ble Shri Narendrabhai
Modi, the new Prime Minister of India. CII was fortunate to work closely
with Hon'ble Prime Minister during his term as Chief Minister of Gujarat
when we partnered on innovative new initiatives for industrial growth in the
state. We believe Hon'ble Prime Minister would shape a strong agenda to
engage private sector entrepreneurs with national development, including
through structured dialogue mechanisms and shared activities. CII would
present its suggestions on the policy framework for growth, as also its
ongoing and proposed programme of action with the new Government. 

 

Indian industry would build on its association with Hon'ble Prime Minister
to forge an extensive partnership with the new Government and facilitate a
conducive climate for growth and investment. As a partner in national
development, CII would proactively work with the Government on joint
initiatives that would best enable empowerment of the people of India. CII
strongly appreciates the selection of Cabinet Members. We are delighted to
see a lean team. A lean teamwork would definitely lead to effective
governance. CII looks forward to working with Hon'ble Shri Modiji and his
team across multiple strands of India's growth story, and wishes the new
Government all success in in transforming India into a developed nation.

 

Panaji- Goa

 

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[Goanet] Goa news for May 28, 2014

[Goanet News Service]

Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org
Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories.

*** Goa minister fakes presence at swearing-in using Facebook
photo - Firstpost
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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNETvNuyDbdRJSnBk82XmNwochrE0g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778517978970&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/goa-minister-fakes-presence-at-swearing-in-using-facebook-photo-1545017.html

*** Goa only place where I can roam around: Akshay Kumar - Times
of India
roducer Akshay Kumar's profession takes him to exotic places in
and out of the country, but when it comes to holidaying, the
action star prefers to relax and unwind in Goa, a holiday
destination that welcomed a record 3.12 million tourists in
2013.http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNG83YVA0ofAZefIApU54YSlynTBKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778514320103&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hindi/Bollywood/News-Interviews/Goa-only-place-where-I-can-roam-around-Akshay-Kumar/articleshow/35616905.cms

*** Goa State Pollution Control Board issues closure notice to
52 massage parlours ... - Times of India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: After Goa police cracked down on several
massage parlours and spas for allegedly running prostitution
business in their premises, Goa state pollution control board
(GSPCB) has issued a closure notice to 52 massage parlours and
spas in North Goa ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHBppCAbxG3_DJ8htUqLSvAND9iBw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Goa-State-Pollution-Control-Board-issues-closure-notice-to-52-massage-parlours-and-spas/articleshow/35641355.cms

*** Begin recovery of Rs 35000cr: Goa Foundation - Times of
India
mes of IndiaPANAJI: Goa Foundation, petitioner in the illegal
mining case filed in the Supreme Court (SC), has written a
letter to the chief secretary of Goa, demanding the commencement
of the process to recover 35,000 crore accrued by mining
companies due to ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNH-TadWLax2VckGKxpFKxfWBzFg_g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778516819243&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Begin-recovery-of-Rs-35000cr-Goa-Foundation/articleshow/35624159.cms

*** 'Goa recorded high fish production of 88K tonnes last year'
- Times of India
mes of IndiaFor the calendar year 2013, Goa recorded a total
marine fish production of 87,984 tonnes, the highest since 2009.
>From 2009 till 2012, Goa's average production was 85,134 tonnes.
In 2008, Goa's marine fish production was 88,771 tonnes but the
highest ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNG9dZbkTH4m3hY7En0R5VE9rlbUww&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-recorded-high-fish-production-of-88K-tonnes-last-year/articleshow/35641242.cms

*** All India Football Federation wants Goa as training base for
under-17 World Cup - Times of India
7 World Cup 2017 preparations. The AIFF already has an Elite
under-19 Academy in ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFfJT_1LDdWF3c-lUEbGYUPYvYPAw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778517744866&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/All-India-Football-Federation-wants-Goa-as-training-base-for-under-17-World-Cup/articleshow/35641274.cms

*** Recover Rs.35780 crore from Goa mining companies: NGO -
Oneindia
eindiaPanaji, May 27: The Goa government should start
proceedings to recover a whopping Rs.35,780 crore, owed by
errant mining companies in dues and tax arrears, a green
organisation has demanded. In a letter to Goa Chief Secretary B.
Vijayan, Goa ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFPFcgdAZGmj9i7PVnjrFZbmokvMA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://news.oneindia.in/india/recover-rs35780-crore-from-goa-mining-companies-ngo-1454788.html

*** Anti-Modi FB post: Goa police to quiz accused on June 2 -
The Hindu
ear-old engineer, who allegedly posted comments on social
networking site Facebook against Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
for questioning on June 2. Devu Chodankar would be asked to
appear ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNF6IzkfcLlCo2CbeMWwp2jecsJ_yw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=-x-FU7jSFqqQwAHqzIHIDQ&url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/antimodi-fb-post-goa-police-to-quiz-accused-on-june-2/article6053545.ece

*** Goa likely to host National Games in November 2016 - Times
of India
mes of IndiaUttar Pradesh is now officially out and with Kerala
set to host the National Games later this year or early next
year, Goa is preparing to welc

[Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa

[Eddie Fernandes]

Source: Herald (Goa), 27 May 2014. 
By: Prof Teotonio R. de Souza 

Excerpts:

Selma Carvalho's A Railway Runs Through (2014) is a praiseworthy collection
of oral traditions and memories of Goans who have moved out from British
East Africa to England, Canada and elsewhere … 

If it is generally true that those who do not write usually criticize, I
have seen this happening to some extent in the Goanet forum, where quite a
few cheap comments have sought to belittle the research efforts of Selma
Carvalho. None of such loose-tongue critics have anything worth to show … 

The Indians in Mozambique had to suffer socially offensive nicknames, such
as monhés (Hindus and Muslims) and canecos (Goan Catholics). They were
invented by the Portuguese white settlers who hated their competition. I did
not come across any such parallel in Selma's book, while she does not shy
away from pointing to the caste rivalries that marked the Goan diaspora, and
illustrates it with the cases of Goan Institute and Goan Gymkhana in
Nairobi…  

we can all be grateful to Selma Carvalho who has laid the base for future
construction… 

For full text of the article, 884 words, go to  http://bit.ly/1jVW5yY 
 
To order the book, go to http://bit.ly/1h8l8jq 

[Goanet] DEAD BONES in CHURCH GRAVEYARDS

[jr]

Political parties controlling the Maharashtra government & BMC are working
very hard to ensure their financers (builderslobby) & their votebanks
(slumdwellers) in bombay get permissions for construction of luxury towers,
residential housing complexes, skyscrapers, slum rehabilitation housing,
etc on collector lands, textile mill lands, aarey cattle grazing lands,
salt pan lands, forest lands, open spaces, reserved plots for gardens,
etc……….but the original catholic villagers of bombay who have been
agitating for the last 10 years for a piece of vacant government land for
burial space are turned away………due to which the catholics in bombay have to
manage with whatever few spaces that are left in church graveyards……most of
these few spaces have been converted into temporary graveyards………and the
days are not far away when the permanent graveyards may also be converted
into temporary graveyards…….and the remains i.e. bones will have to be
shifted into small concrete boxes near the walls of the graveyards……….and
some catholics may decide to cremate/burn the remains and dispose off the
ashes or bone fragments in the Arabian sea, jungles of borivali national
park, powai lake, etc.

Beginning from the 18 th century the Protestant Britishers owned East India
company allowed people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, etc to settle on the
lands of catholics in bombay ( including salsette island )………..Ignorant &
drunken catholic villagers of bombay adopted the designation EastIndians
after some bandra residents spread rumours among the catholic villagers
that by identifying with the name EastIndians would enable them to get
priority in jobs in the East India company.even after the EastIndia
company fled in 1947…….the catholic villagers foolishly continued with the
designation EastIndians………instead of adopting a new name BombayVillagers
and changing the name of BEIA to BVP ( Bombay Villagers Panchayat ) since
all the catholic villagers lived in the villages (gaothans) of bombay ……..
except for the goan/mangalorean catholics nobody in the world knows who
eastindians in bombay are……….. The marathi migrants from konkan, western
maharashtra, pune, khandesh, kolhapur, satara, amravati, northen
maharashtra, marathwada, solapur, nagpur, etc who dominated the bmc,
police, collectorsoffices, citysurveyoffices, tradeunions, mmrda, mhada,
talatis offices, tehsildars offices, politics, administrations, etc in
bombay region pushed the catholic villagers of bombay towards poverty……
also now most of the catholic villages (gaothans) being included in the
slum category and gaothans being included in the capital value 500 sq ft
property tax system further tragedy awaits the catholic villagers of
bombay...… the population of the catholic villagers of bombay ( www
BOMBAYLAND.BLOGSPOT com ) which should have been around 5 lakhs is now
around 2 lakhs.

Christians/Catholics in India don't indulge in terrrorrist activities,
antti-national activities, smuggling/underworld activities……dont indulge in
cheating & corruption activities……dont indulge in arson looting rioting
activities……..dont indulge in communal & fundamentalist activities……dont
indulge in criminal activities……..don't indulge in encroaching openspaces
mangroves collectors lands to create slums…...don't indulge in female
foeticide/infanticide…….dont indulge in overpopulation activities……but
in-spite of being very peaceful & law abiding citizens why do
christians/catholics in India face religious persecution & discrimination ?.

No Unlimited resources (land water oil gas diesel petrol kerosene cng png
lpg electricity gold silver diamond coal steel iron copper aluminium wood
fruits foodgrains cement iron bricks sand houses skilled/unskilled jobs
etc)…….but the population in India keeps on increasing and correspondingly
all these problems also keeps on increasing……. i.e. poverty, lack of
housing, lack of peace, lack of education, lack of jobs or other
employment, lack of hygiene, lack of sanitation medicines and health care,
lack of transport, food shortage, water shortage, land shortage, growth of
slums, anger, fights, beating, shouting, quarrels, crying, breaking of
things, arson, rioting, communal disharmony, forced begging, forced labor,
committing variety of crimes, various nefarious activities like smuggling,
settling personal feuds or in creating trouble during elections, mob
mentality and damage and burning of public and private
property.CORRUPTION is a universal phenomenon; but then, in India, it
is a curse for its people who are already cursed with poverty, illiteracy,
casteism, communal disharmony and ill-healthToday India would have been
a wealthy, prosperous & secular country if successive governments at the
centre/states had strictly enforced the two child policy all over
India…..and had increased legal marriageable age from 18/21 years to 25
years……..and had passed draconian laws against corruption blackmoney
communalforces female foeticide/infanticide, etc…..and…..ha