Why India's Aid For Afghanistan Can Be A Threat To India?

Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC), a bilateral assistance programme under the Ministry of External Affairs, was established by the Government of India(GoI) in September 1964 to assist needy underdeveloped nations across the globe. ITEC comprises 156 members in it. It includes countries from Asia, East Europe, Africa,Central Asia& Latin America. TEC invites these countries to share India’s development experience acquired over the last sixty years. India has made a dicey investment in one of the ITEC member countries which can emerge as a return threat to India. That’s Afghanistan.GoI has invested $2 Billion in Afghanistan’s development via  ITEC.Right from constructing roads,schools,hospitals,providing training to police forces to building Afghanistan Parliament. But the question arises is did GoI invest right amount at right place? Everyone knows Afghanistan is a home for Talibanis.They are infamous for their atrocious and terrorism activities. In that sense, is it possible for India to have a safe presence in Afghanistan?

 In 2014, US will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan. Post 2014,Taliban forces might come into action as a political force.US President Mr.Barack Obama had said that he will maintain some troops in Afghanistan to train Afghan army. But Taliban has resisted this citing they will not allow even a single troop to remain in Afghanistan. Because of US troops presence, Afghanistan was a bit safer place and Talibanis were unruffled to some extent. I think GoI disregarded post 2014 situation before investing in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, Pakistan too plays a very important role. Not in development related issues but related to atrocious acts. Mullah Omar, who leads Taliban in Afghanistan, is still controlled by Pakistan. Mullah Omar is in custody of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) according to Afghan intelligence. By keeping Mullah as its trump card, Pakistan forces Taliban to dance on its tune. They can use Mullah to destruct infrastructural development done in Afghanistan by GoI.They can even force Taliban to attack on India. Post 2014, India will have to sit and negotiate with Taliban. The core issue is can India trust on Taliban. History gives evidence that every attempt to negotiate with Taliban has gone in vain.

Last year Afghanistan President Mr.Hamid Karzai was in India to woo Indian entrepreneurs to invest in Afghanstan.Afghanistan have large reserves of gold, iron ore, natural gas, copper.He also cited that China has bagged five major contracts in Afghanistan. Then why can’t India? He assured red carpets for Indian entrepreneurs. Two years back when Mr.S.M.Krishna,then External Affair Minister of India met Mr.Karzai,Karzai assured India’s investment will be safe in Afghanistan. These assurances can be proved only in 2014.  

India doesn’t have any direct entry to Afghanistan. India has been forced to enter Afghanistan via Iran since Iran is the only feasible entry point. Because of these we are bound to Iran to some extent. India’s close relationship with Iran just to enter Afghanistan can have the adverse effect on India-US relationship. India is working on building entry point through Uzbekistan. But after US withdraws its troops in 2014,, all the neighboring countries including China, Russia will endeavor to enter Afghanistan. If India wants to invest in Afganistan,it will have to build many routes to enter into Afghanistan. Prior to these GoI must consider two factors as the utmost important.One,Taliban’s regime after 2014.Two,increasing proximity between China and Pakistan.Afganistan’s actual development will depend only if all its neighboring countries keep up with the Joneses        

Make Prostitution Legal To Stop Sexual Harassments and Rapes.

In a recent Times of India’s Sunday edition,Swaminathan Aiyar,a well known columnist,wrote a article on how Bollywood movies and its item songs influence human mind and gives wrong signal to society.This article was in regards to increasing rape incident.Everyone including media disregarded this issue as one of the reason for increasing sexual harassment and rape cases.Then on the same Sunday a news channel telecasted a debate on these issue.In India,there is one thing that directly sway human soul.That is  Bollywood.Had our government made a movie starring Salman Khan to promote FDI in multi brand retail,no section in the society  would have opposed it.Such is the impact of Bollywood in India.However,there is one more thing I think we are missing which is one of the reason for increasing rape and sexual harassment cases.It’s to legalize prostitution.   

India is witnessing incessant increase in rape incidents. Government has failed to stop such barbaric and atrocious crime.You open any newspaper in early morning, there will be more five to six news about rape incidents.Even small kids of three years old or six months old have turn into victim of such incidents.Any one of you would not like to happen these with our daughters who are going to become a great Indian in the near future.The small babies and kids they not even no what happened with her.Its totally unjustified and not at all acceptable.But the question arises why such incidents are increasing in our country?I was analyzing from the data available on various websites regarding what leads the accused to do this crime and what is his mentality.I found two things in common from the past accused.One,the accused is in inebriated state.Second,the accused is in obsessed by continuous  vulgarity.I will term these people as “witch-hunt” who are threat to our daughters.In most of the cases the accused is family members which includes father also, relatives or neighbors.There are few cases where any stranger is the accused.Unfortunately,I suppose,in Delhi case the accused were obsessed by vulgarity. Now,these witch-hunts are always on search to find their prey. In that sense some innocent girls,with no fault of them, become the victim of their ambush.These people if they have such kind of vulgarity in them they can go to the prostitutes who can provide them the service.Why are these witch-hunts causing snag to innocent girls.But the unexpected police raid preclude them from entering the brothels.What happens after police raid is quite shocking.Post raid the police arrests the prostitutes and even their customers. After few hours the brothel owners or pimpers who have a strong contacts come to rescue the prostitutes.The police release the girls  after making settlement but the man remains in police custody.This fear preclude them from entering brothels.In urban areas,rape cases are taken as a complaint by police but what about the rural or tribal areas.Illegal bodies like Khap Panchayat are doing the job to promote rape instead of stopping it.Families are pressurized  so that they should not file a  complaint.Where will the rural girls go then?

         Trust law,a legal news service of Reuters Foundation report states that India is the fourth dangerous nation for women followed by Afghanistan,Congo,Pakistan.Its disgraceful for Indians even to be in these list.  

        Legalizing Prostitution can stop rape cases to a greater extent. There will be no fear of cops and witch-hunts can go easily to prostitutes to satisfy there need. Prostitutes are ready to give there service.

Prostitutes come mainly from a poverty ridden family.One thing I should mention here is that prostitutes do these jobs either because they have been the victim of human trafficking or our system failure and lack of government support failed to bring them above poverty line.Poverty forced them to earn into these business.Most of the girls come from north-east countries.Indian government,whichever government it may be,has never seen the north-east people as citizens of India.They have always seen them as voters.They recognize them only in the year when election are held in north eastern regions.Its totally unfair.There are even cases where families have sold there daughters for money.There are also cases girls from Nepal and Bangladesh are sold in India and vice versa.Is it so easy for flesh traders to enter India?What are the security forces on border doing?How do they enter India?

     Prostitution is illegal in India.And our cops have absolutely failed to stop these business.For instance,everyone knows what is the business going on in Kamathipura,one of the biggest red light area in the world.As the sunsets,girls come on the roadside to find there customers.Everyone including the police commissioners & ministers knows about these business.Still they are not able to stop these business.One thing which stop them from raiding and stopping these business is rake-offs.If you cant stop these illegal business then make it legal.Let them pay tax.Let them file tax returns.Let them avail loan facility.Encourage them to pursue education simultaneously.Let them contribute to GDP.Why police should get illegal money.Instead government should take that money as a legal money.It will help for the nations development.This does not mean that every illegal activity should me made legal.In  Austria, prostitution is legal and there prostitutes are required to register themselves and undergo continuous health check ups and also required to pay tax.Even we can do that. Everywhere in our country is the same situation.This business is done in night as if it is done in broad day light.There is no fear among them.If raid takes place,brothel owners manage the case and again the next day is the same red light area.No one knows from which part of India these girls arrived or from which country.No proper documents of proof,nationality,address.Still they are dong these jobs.These is leading to increase in human trafficking because there is no stringent measures to check from where these girls are and no measures to stop flesh trading. Some feminist bodies argue that if we legalize prostitution then these business will become a male dominated.Its not true.In the present situation the business is male dominated.The grls are forced to copulate with anyone against their wish.Making prostitution legal and making brothels strictly illegal will not make prostitution a male dominated business.  Indian born girls who are working as the prostitute has the same right as everyone of us have.But they are not able to vote.They have no say in government policy formulations.Nothing.This is because society has seen them as a prostitute rather than human soul.According to PTI,a Delhi based NGO has written to Justice Verma Committee to legalize prostitution.

     

One thing policymakers needs to understand now that if we legalize prostitution then we are allowing three citizens to contribute to GDP.Victim, the witch-hunts and the prostitutes.On the other hand if we don’t find a permanent solution to stop rape then two persons will not able to contribute to GDP.

The victim and the witch-hunt.Its the government to think what can be beneficial for the nations economy and daughters who are going to emerge as a better Indian in the near future..              

    

INDIA'S EDUCATION-MENACE TO INDIA'S POSTERITY

      Education is the key to success. Our success is at wager if these key is misplaced.All of us wants to get accomplishment in life.We also know it can be gained only by one thing.That’s education. Today’s competitive world has made the need for better education.However,in India,there is nothing called as better education.We can only say India provides education.We can’t say India provides better education.We do have better education.You can get it in IITs,IIMs, institutes like Jamnalal Bajaj.But to get admission there you need to be financially well-built.A common man is disadvantaged from such institutes  because of money power.

             
      The main issue in our education is it is too far  from our industry requirements .Our industry needs something else and our education system provides something else. These variance needs to be cured for success of our posterity. Industry needs talented, sophisticated and a candidate who can do some innovative activity for them. Our education is not able to deliver this. No company would like to waste there money by hiring a candidate which will not be functional for the company. Because of these variance students today say there is no job in the market despite having qualifications. Only qualifications will not give the job. Students need to have something additional facet in them when they go in market after pursuing studies. Problem in our education system starts right from the school level.

       Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 was passed by Union Government of India.Though these act give the right of education to each and every children of the country,it has some provisions in it which has to be amended at the earliest.These act has a provision in it which states that no student can be held back and it is the teacher’s responsibility to bring the child up at par with peers of the same age.It says that no student can be failed from class 1 to class 8.Even if they are not performing well school should promote the students to bring them to the subsequent higher class. Because of these provision students don’t even bother to take the studies seriously. Same goes to some of the teachers. There are teachers who don’t give serious attention to students because they are been following approach that why to give attention to students because even if students  don’t perform in exams our system and education rules is going to pass them. This wrong approach of few of the teachers is causing  impairment to the students education and their career. This provision has lead to increase in number of students failing in class 9.In May 2012,Times of India & Hindustan Times discovered that there was increase in number of students failing in class 9.Parents and teachers blamed the rule of promoting  students till class 8 even if they don’t perform. Once they come to class 9 students are not able to cope up with the studies because they have not taken the studies seriously for 8 years and it becomes difficult to imbibe the burden of study.There also exists pressure on students of matriculation board exams which they have to give in the next year.These pressure makes them too intricate for them to ponder on studies.There has been continuous increase of students failing in class 9 due to this rule.It needs to be ceased from the act at the earliest.

                RTE Act says that every private unaided school and government schools  except private minority schools must compulsory admit 25% of the student from disadvantaged and weaker economic sections of the society.The government has already  cleared that these rule should be executed by all the schools by March 2013.Incumbent HRD Minister M.Palam Raju has recently said that there will be no extension for this deadline.The act clearly says that fees of these 25% students will be reimbursed by government in the bank account of the schools directly.Now,in India, wherever there is government there are two things.Corruption and Delay.The act disregards any interest payment if the fees is delayed by government. Recently ,Mr.Rahul Bajaj,Chairman of Bajaj Industries, was asked in World Economic Forum held at Gurgaon  about his companies success while other big companies are facing corruption charges and indulging in continuous losses.He  candidly said that its  because his company don’t deal with government. Bajaj said his company had taken a conscious decision long time back to stay away from the government.His company resist to deal in power,coal,gas,telecom segments where government has its major say.I was absolutely vindicated from his statement. Now in RTE there is no proper provision about reimbursement of fees.If the government delays payment,then the schools will be forced to pay bribes to release their payment.Schools will then recover these bribe cost from the remaining non-quota students i.e 75% students  by raising there fees.If fees are raised it will bring a saddle on the parents who will be forced to pay higher fees in such a inflated economy.These will be totally unjustified to the parents.Also there is no one to administer whether school will seriously abide by 25% reservation rules for disadvantaged students.

                Our education syllabus is too outdated.It do not counterpart with the international standards. For instance,in Law,there are so many outdated laws of 18^th Century which needs to be amended so that it can be used proficiently in 21^st century.In our curriculum,we have a rule wherein students need to submit assignments  for which they get marks.At school level,the topics given to students are absolutely justified.These rule was included in syllabus so that students must do be forced to think,plan and do something innovative.These is what our industry require.A candidate who can do something different and innovative.But the fact is students do it just for marks and most of the assignments are done by there parents.What did the student learne from this?Nothing.Parents need to understand these the assignments are for the benefit of students and it is not for marks. Parents should also encourage students to take part in other activites of schools which is not part of curriculum nut it will benefit him.At professional level courses,the topic is not at all justified.When I was pursuing Students Induction Programme (SIP) of Company Secretaries professional course,we got the assignment to prepare a project on Time Management.Other group got risk management,ego management and so on.Is this topics justified for a professional corporate law student? Today internet has provided all these projects tailor made.Its easily available.So no student cares to apply his mind on such projects. It doesn’t match our industry need at all.We have to understand that students today are quite matured to manage all these activites.Why can’t we give them projects on tax reforms,economic reforms,business policies etc.Students can atleast surf internet on these projects and gain fabulous knowledge.Even professors can judge them and rectify them so that it will be beneficial for students.These needs to be overhauled.

                India needs a complete reform in education sector.There are many loopholes in our education system.Those who have not read Chetan Bhagat’s What Young Indian Wants  should read it.Especially Politics and Youth section in that book.For reform  there needs to be a panel constituting elite members like Chetan Bhagat,Suhel Seth,Amartya Sen,Aziz Premzi,Yogendra Yadav who know are more intellectuals in giving suggestions for proper reform than our politicians.These elites should submit their report to government.Panel on important reforms like education should not constitute our corrupt politicians. Speaking at IIT Mumbai,Amartya Sen very recently said that ‘for a country to be developed government should spent more on health and education”.This our Indian government resists.They spent more on VIPs security.He also said that “Bangladesh has more girls in schools than boys.In India situation is totally opposite”.It is difficult for imbibe me that a small country Bangladesh  which was created by India in 1971 is ahead of India in providing education to girls.Did the government listened to Amartya Sen’s speech at IIT,Mumbai.Its skeptical   whether  RTE Act 2009  will give right to every children or not. Even if RTE is amended,a transparent system needs to created wherein the recipient children gets his right.Indian Government has to understand that by giving affordable and better education we are creating a developed India.

              

IS KEJRIWAL FOR AAM AADMI OR AAP'S AADMI?

                 

As the month of December 2012 started people progressed to plan the celebrations for 31^st Dec.Right from selecting party venue to booking hotels and lavish flight tickets. As the day s passed people were getting more and more excited and were eagerly witing for New Year Bash premeditated by them. Suddenly,there eagerness confronted with a humiliating incident in Delhi.These incident isolated them from there New Year Planning.The incident was a young 23 yr old girl gangraped in Delhi which shocked the entire country including our immense government.These horrifying incident raised eyebrows of all the citizens.From common man to Army staffs  mostly everyone cancelled there celebrations to offer condolence to the victim who,after fighting with the injuries for continuous 13 days succumbed to her injuries and trauma.From students,social commentators,activist,opposition leaders, parliamentarians to actors,authors everyone attacked on ruling government for being insensitive and showing carelessness towards female protection in Delhi as well as in India.

                 In all these there was one man who call himself as leader of Aam Aadmi but he was never seen neither in media sharing his views on these incident nor he came on the street to support the protesters on street.Yes Mr.Arvind Kejriwal.Yes but he did tweeted on microblogging website Twitter once or twice.But is it enough for a leader who call himself as a leader of Aam Aadmi.He says he is will battle with the system for Aam Aadmi.But where was he when aam aadmi needed his support.The protesters were young students who even needed a strong support from a person like Kejriwal.People see him as a reformist.Even though he entered politics aam aadmi recognize him as a social activist.He came in media when his men were falsely(as said  by him) implicated by Delhi police for engaging in exertion of anti-social elements and making the peaceful protest unrest. Within few hours of arresting  AAP’s workers he arranged for a press conference and gave his clarification on the issue and stood by the arrested partyworkers.Why didn’t he made a press conference when the students were protesting and said to the protesters he is with them and will fight on streets with them? Had he joined the protest cops wouldn’t have implicated his party workers and there would have no need for clarification from his side.

Kejriwal says he is for aam aadmi.He should be in every pain and grief of aam aadmi.Not only corruption.Rape is much bigger issue than corruption.Rape kills a person physically and mentally as well.Protests continued all over India but he was not seen anymore.

                    Rajyasahba MPs Javed Akthar and Jaya Bachhan marched the protest in Mumbai on victim’s death.I know you can’t come to Mumbai.But where was Mayank Gandhi.Oh! how can I disregard Anjali Damania.The only female worker who is more close to you.If she can come in Delhi to expose to Mr Nitin Gadkari then why didn’t she turned up to support the aam aadmi on Delhi strrets.Aam Aadmi neede your support at that  time.BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad,BSP leader Mayavati  atleast assured  protestors that they will take there right to be heard in parliament.i know you cant go to parliament but atleast he must have supported the protestors in there protest.

               Also,Kejriwal never speaks on any other issue apart from corruption.No development plan,no tax reforms.no economic reform plan,no say on human rights.Only corruption.He came out in media to give clarification keeping in mind Delhi assembly 2013 elections only. He would have felt his goodwill will get affected due to these arrested partyworkers and it will tarnish his image and reduce his votebank.This is the only reason I suppose for his press conference.Mr Kejriwal aam aadmi needs a excellent leader.They don’t need Ambani brothers Swiss banka/c no.They need good governance from you.Aam Aadmi has lot of expectations from you.By seeing your rejoinder on such a important issue of human right,people will be skeptical  about your governance if you are voted to power.You didn’t supported aam aadmi now what is the assurance to them that you will be with them if you are voted to power.I m in perplexity now  is Kejriwal for Aam Aadmi or for AAP’s aadmi.If you are for latter then people don’t expect anything from you because our history shows us political party works for its aadmi and not for aam aadmi.They make there aadmi richer and richer but they don’t care about aam aadmi.Support Aam Aadmi in his every cause.

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2013-The Year of Change

2012 The year India witnessed superfluous series of protests,unrest situation every day with a new horrifying issue which anyone of us will not want to yearn in any of the coming years.This year as ended it made a WAKE UP CALL to every Indians to rise up from their place because the year 2013-THE YEAR OF CHANGE has arised.So letz united together and stop to reminisce 2012 and give a heartly welcome to 2013-The Year of Change.I also pray to god the princess of heaven Damini get's justice in the coming year.