Thursday, September 23, 2010

CWG MANAGEMENT : IT SHOWS WE CAN NOT MANAGE

It is time that we start evaluating ourselves on the international scale. Why can not we plan properly , why can't we get the venues ready six months before he start of CWG. Who did not know that August and September are months full of rain which would not let you free sunny days to finish construction work. But why be at the mercy of the rain gods.WHY WE CAN NOT PLAN, EXECUTE AND TEST IN SUCH A MANNER WE ARE READY WITH ALL SPORTING FACILITIES 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT . WHY WE ARE REBUKED AND TOLD BY OTHERS THAT WE ARE NOT UP TO THE MARK IN CREATION OF THE FACILITIES. It only lays bare the lackadaisical , callous and laid back approach of the organisations involved in the execution of the provision of sporting facilities at all the avenues. I do not think we need some foreign CWG official to tell us how filthy are the games village facilities. My dear fellow country men time has come to introspect. What we expected others to say in hushed tones is now being said loud and clear on the international media about our ability and approach to holding such mega events. Why do not we fix responsibilities at highest level,why do not the ministers resign, why bureaucrats are still clinging to their jobs by the skin of their teeth. is is said it will be done after the games are over but please do it. Why we keep claiming that we are about to join the developed countries league. Yes we are about to join but before that let us first change our attitudes and work culture to sustain our place in the league of the developed countries. Let us first have a re look at the system and our work culture in which we spend crores to build facilities but do not even spend thousands to keep them clean. It is being said that WE INDIANS ARE BEST IN CONSTRUCTING BIG BUILDINGS BUT WORST AT MAINTAINING THEM. But here in this case we have not been able to get them up and running forget about maintaining them . Can somebody own up responsibilities and resign or leave high pedestals on moral grounds to own up responsibilities and lackadaisical attitude of their respective organisations which have brought us this national shame.

Friday, September 17, 2010

CONGRESS PARTY URGENTLY NEEDS INTRA PARTY DEMOCRACY

There is some very needy, sagacious,timely and plain advice to the Congress Party.The oldest Democratic Party of the country needs to become democratic from within rather than be labeled a party of sycophants. These observations are in line with the actual observations made by most grass root workers of this party albeit in low tones and in murmurs . This is a very timely and needy warning given because if the party aspires to install the youth icon Mr Rahul Gandi as the next PM after the next elections than it needs to start becoming truly democratic in right earnest.
Nominations prevails in the set ups where the party bosses do not have confidence in the intra party democratic institutions, grass root and middle level leadership. In such set ups the hanger on and chamcha giri ruins the entrails of the edifice before the party realizes but than it is too late. Or it prevails in the parties whose party leadership is hugely popular where again the leadership becomes almost dictator like which is against all sorts of democratic values and norms .
It is for Mrs. Sonia Gandhi to decide which way she wants to react whether to nominate or get the state office bearers elected. Her image has grown in the eyes of aam aadmi when she spurned the PM’s job offered to her on platter by the party. Mind you in such sycophantic cultures certain positives are also there like the movement the party boss says elect the leader and office bearers and send the list to me that is also taken as a diktat.
For Congress party to abandon the basic sycophantic culture is easier said/ written than done because it will very difficult for the party to apply and adopt the intra party democracy. This is so because a culture like sycophancy settles itself in a political party over a period of time and spreads its tentacles far and wide to make a network . Due to this network the party leadership is surrounded by sycophantic beneficiaries who have gained immensely from this culture all along . The movement the party becomes strong democratically intrinsically these sycophants who are precariously placed in the party hierarchy normally come tumbling down or are exposed as root less leaders. It will be interesting to watch if the party leadership bites the bullet of true democracy or not.

Monday, September 6, 2010

TALKS MUST BEGIN EARNESTLY

We need to talk to Naxal as well as Kashmiris. Mother India read government needs to bow down from the high pedestal to embrace the erring sons . In reality situations sometimes Mother India could also be wrong in dealing with her children. Faster the process of national reconciliation is begin the better it is for country's long term integrity. Politicians for once need to forget their personal agendas and adopt a national perspective to SAVE INDIA FROM DISINTEGRATION as planned by its enemies. Our politicians need to learn to follow their head and heart as human beings rather than hidden agendas dictated to them by their respective party ideologues.Politicians across the spectrum need to abandon the established hardened non productive political posturing adopted till date to find lasting solutions that have eluded us for long so as to bring peace to the areas if we stand committed to become a developed nation.