Re: [HumJanenge] Hindu Story Kejriwal Took FF $0.569m Donations, RSS Support

Sarbajit,

 

           I feel the villain of all these happenings is our  "political system,"  viz, party type democracy. (You know in Tamil Nadu  alone, there are 54 parties !) The curent system keeps the intellectuals away from politics.  Actually, the intellectuals shun to fight the elections and the political party  bosses will not nominate them for elections..

 

            Let's have the highly competent Indians above the age of 55 at the helm of affairs and they need to serve only one Lok Sabha terms and thereafter retire. We need to identify such personalities and compel them to stand for elections. The election system will have to be modified and the candidates concenned are not to invest any money.  Only four or five candidaes per constituency  will be selected by a Citizens' council to stand for elections. The govenment should do the publicity  for them. The cost of election to a candidate will be next to nil and money will play no part in the Indian elections at all. In  this system, all and sundry cannot stand for elections but only those nominated by theCitizens council which will consist of Indians with competence and several achievements to their credit. Let the system not depend on partywise numbers but in numbers based on truth, conscience and the best interest of the nation.  The criminals and vagabonds  and incompetent persons will never step into the Lok Sabha by this approach.  

 

                                    Israel Jayakaran, Colonel (Retd) Signals, Chennai, India.

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Sarbajit Roy

To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:19 PM

Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Hindu Story Kejriwal Took FF $0.569m Donations, RSS Support

Thanks

The solution/cure is always flexible and depends on the extent of the problem.

We all seem to be agreed that corruption in India is fairly bad. In such circumstances should we

a) Have faith in homeopathic / placebo solutions like LokPal

b) Have faith in the sheep-like minds (or non-minds) of the average India. Let us not forget that it is the sheep which votes corrupt govts  (Cong / BJP / Left / Regionals) etc into power every time. To expect democratic sheep to become wise tigers is quite unrealistic

So, either we say that corruption in India is mild enough for homeopathic solutions, or we acknowledge that the disease can only be solved by radical means. Even Revolutions are not radical enough for me - so it must be.an "otherwise"

BTW: I agree with Mr Sant Mathur that there are far too many ignorant / vested people who are hijacking platforms for reform. I am not as sanguine as he is that "secret societies" of allegedly honest Police Officers / Army Officers / Judges etc will do the trick. All these secret societies (SaiBabaists / Ramdevians / FreeMasons / Rotarians / IndiaTopCops  etc ad infinitum) are inherently corrupt and self serving - merely substituting one set of "pigs" (1984) for another

Sarbajit

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Mathre Rangarajan <rangajan@yahoo.com> wrote:

Well said Sri Sarbajit Roy. But do we have any alternative than a Democratic way - unless you are advocating a revolution / uprising (bloody or otherwise)

From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2011 3:32 PM

Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Hindu Story Kejriwal Took FF $0.569m Donations, RSS Support

SirTo expect that any efective anti-corruption solution is going to emerge through democratic / Parliamentary process is the height of wishful thinking. I look forward to hearing about your game-changing scenario as and when it takes place. As for me, I firmly believe that when you see cockroaches (creatures as old as corruption itself) the only remedy is to HIT them.Sarbajit