Internet Addiction : Good Riddance Twitter

 Well, My Favourite bit of "Internet Addiction" is over and I knew it was coming as Twitter appointed a very subservient Indian-born American, Parag Agarwal as CEO.

I have seen and dealt with this kind when I stayed and worked in US, whenever a person of greater wealth and influence tell them to do task, they say "Yes Sir, I'll do it, consider it done." 

 Technical, Legal or Moral ramifications mean nothing to them. Just 5 minutes ago, I noticed my Twitter TL hasn't refreshed a bit in Two hours. So I refreshed the browser, A message came "Your account has been suspended" .. that was a bolt from the blue, I haven't foul mouthed Anyone in recent past ..

In fact, I block or mute foul-mouthed Trolls. Last one I muted was making obscene Remarks about lady Delhi Deputy Speaker.. I had protested, he tweeted obscene stuff at me, I quote-tweeted and muted that troll  claiming to be "Hindu Pandit".

Twitter says, I threatened the troll with Physical harm for my tweet "I will slap you so hard, that your teeth will fall off", followed by two 🤣 symbol , which happened after he insinuated "I opened my mouth for Oral Sex" ..

Originally this chap posted a picture of Rakhi Birla laughing and used the same abuse.  

Well , This post is to inform Mr. Parag Agarwal and "keep Twitter clean army" for BJP supporters:

Any social networking site that on daily basis makes Xenophobic Trends and abuses women.. Such apps should not exist in civilised societies. 

I now have more time for my real-life and not have to worry to warn my friends and followers about impending Economic,  Climate,  Medical crises.

The Kissinger Cables & India - Part 2 – Manmohan Singh Vol. 1

The Present 

Dr. Manmohan Singh is the present Prime Minister of India. Loved and adored by almost every Indian before the Commonwealth scam broke out, then 2G scandal claims by various media became true, and then came barrages of revelation, one after another. India found out the he is incapable of decision making, can’t control the allies in his coalition or his cabinet ministers or the spokesperson.

Myths in Media:

Media had created a huge amount of myths around him. Such as He is 

• Accidental politician (as if that is a virtue), 
• Eminent economics professor (he didn't even retire as one, last semester was way back in 1971, age was 39 then, yes younger than present day Rahul Gandhi). 
• Manmohan Singh is also said to be “Man of few (or No) words”, though back in ’66 to ‘70, he was the Chief, Financing for Trade Section, UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat at Manhattan, New York, a very apt position man who talks less?

Past:Dubious Debut

During Manmohan Singh's Tenure at Delhi School of Economics as the professor , he was as willing to talk to press as the proverbial “Rahul Gandhi’s bee” which landed him a bureaucratic position in Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India; Offered by none other than Lalit Narayan Mishra, a close Indira aide, then Minister of Foreign Trade, later Railways Minister who was murdered in an unsolved bomb mystery. Mishra was mentioned in Mitrokhen Archives (A KGB equivalent cablegate of wikileaks) for being many a things, including double agent working for both CIA and KGB . Unfortunately we can’t verify any of them as of yet, as No direct mention of him in any of the Kissinger Cables.

Enter Kissinger Cables:

Manmohan Singh is transferred to Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India in 1972 and in this post we find a very talkative Manmohan Singh appear in Kissinger files; First Cable (1973NEWDE04707_b) says US Under Secretary of Treasury, Paul A Volcker is visiting India and Meeting with Finance Minister Y. B. Chavan is scheduled on 30^th April at 10:15 AM on a Monday. Manmohan Singh & Mr. M. R. Shroff (officer in charge of Bank/Fund Transfer) will be present. Imagine that, Manmohan Singh talking on a Monday at 10: 15 AM. Volcker actually met 6-8 persons, but rest of them don’t get a mention in the cable.

IMF/IBRD Meeting of 1973:

Next cable (1973NEWDE09146_b) on Manmohan Singh, is when he was Deputy of Indian delegation of C-20 (at a time when The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1973 was on in Ottawa, Canada). Now we find Manmohan Singh on his return to talking about Ministerial meeting held on 30-31 July. But why would he give such detail to US? Like

  SINGH EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WHILE THERE HAD BEEN PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF PRIMARY INTEREST TO THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THERE WAS NO SIMILAR PROGRESS ON THE SDR-AID LINK. HE FELT THAT BOTH GERMANY AND JAPAN WOULD ACCEPT AN SDR-AID LINK AND THAT IT IS ONLY THE US THAT STILL ACTIVELY OPPOSES THIS CONCEPT. HE SAID THAT INDIA WILL NOT SIGN A DOCUMENT REFORMING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR AN SDR-AID LINK, SAYING, "WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO ALONG WITH A PACKAGE THAT DEALS WITH SOME PROBLEMS BUT NOT OTHERS."

Mr. Manmohan Singh, which treaty India would sign or not, The Chief Financial Advisor of Finance Ministry, can’t disclose? Especially to USA, when India’s official stance was “Non-aligned” and rhetoric to countrymen was “Socialism & Pro-soviet”. Didn’t you sign any NDA for this job? NDA of course is Non-Disclosure Agreement. But He was concerned about Non-disclosure to Elected Indian Parliament. As the next paragraph of the cable suggests:

SINGH INDICATED THAT HE SHARES THE US VIEW ON THE ROLES OF SDRS AND GOLD IN A NEW SYSTEM. HE INDICATED THAT INDIA HAD MORE OR LESS BOWED TO THE INEVITABLE ON THE ISSUE OF FIXED BUT FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES, ALTHOUGH HE CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF PRESENTING TO PARLIAMENT A REVISED IMF CHARTER THAT CONTAINS ANY HINT THAT THE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE RUPEE COULD BE AFFECTED BY INCREASES OR DECREASES OF INDIA'S RESERVES, OR ANY BROAD COMBINATION OF OTHER OBJECTIVE INDICATORS.

No wonder USA loves Manmohan, for him briefing the US government seems first priority (A practice he continues till date). I am no enemy of USA, but for me India comes first.

Understanding the detail and importance of India’s stand on IMF reform and government’s vulnerability, Moynihan hurriedly writes another cable (1973NEWDE09158_b) in next 30 minutes, this time detailing the Press reaction to same Ministerial meeting as briefed by then Finance Minister Y. B. Chavan & Manmohan Singh to the press on 3rd of August. In the press conference Manmohan had said Indian foreign exchange was “quite comfortable” and 

CHAVAN NOTED THAT INDIA'S IMF POSITION CONSTITUTED A SECOND LINE OF RESERVES AND THAT "IF IT IS NECESSARY WE WILL MAKE USE OF IT."

Had the information shared by Manmohan and Y.B. Chavan’s press conference detail been exactly same, I could have asked you to overlook his conversation, but it is not the same. While US embassy was doing great work for their team, Manmohan Singh was letting India down.

By now, US is treating Manmohan as an “Asset” or a “Dear Friend” and he appears quickly in cable 1973NEWDE09583_b on Aug 17. The cable states Indian Delegation to IMF/IBRD meeting (IBRD = World Bank, International Bank for reconstruction and Development) in Nairobi on 24-30 September, is now decided, led by Finance Minister Y.B. Chavan. The delegation also contains Reserve Bank Governor, Jagannathan; Economic Affairs Secretary, M. G. Kaul; and of course Manmohan Singh and M. R. Shroff. USA is already briefed about Indian Position by Manmohan Singh, may be some in the delegation does not even know that. But important part in why this cable was done: In the reference section you will find a cable (1973STATE159015_b) from Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, US Govt. asking embassies to report  on IMF/IBRD meeting delegations across the globe citing :

ADDRESSEES REQUESTED CABLE BY SEPTEMBER 7 AT LATEST INFORMATION ON (A) ANY IMPORTANT PROPOSALS COUNTRY INTENDS TO AISE IN PLENARY OR TAKE UP WITH IMF/IBRD OFFICIALS, (B) ANY MAJOR ISSUES WHICH COUNTRY DELEGATION INTENDS TO RAISE WITH U.S. DELEGATION, (C) ANY MAJOR ISSUES U.S. SHOULD RAISE WITH COUNTRY DELEGATION. RE 2(C), IN VIEW OF LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTRY DELEGATIONS, FORWARD ONLY ISSUES OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF FUND AND BANK.

Of course New Delhi Embassy of USA had done that already, as early as August 7. Those who read about IMF meetings of 21st century, has very little idea about what transpired in 1973, even in morning of 24 September, cables were sent from Lisbon about who has boarded the plane for Nairobi or Chinese protest on some countries or even African countries threatening to walkout if the Apartheid regime of South Africa attends . If you want to read about them, please go to wikileaks website, search Kissinger cable, put “IMF/IBRD Annual meeting” in search string, select date range from August 1973 to October 1973 and search.

Thanks to Manmohan Singh, USA had very little to worry from India. In next volume of Cables on Manmohan Singh, we will delve deep into business of IMF, Rupee Crisis and Debt crisis of many countries including India in 1973-74.

Why India is not a BEEHIVE!

Recently the crown prince of morons of India, has compared India to a Beehive and China to an Elephant. I leave my Chinese friends to do the rebuttal on the Elephant issue. I would like to say why India is not a beehive, despite risking venomous stings from the royalist, loyalist & dynasty loving supporters of Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party.

Firstly By Definition: A Beehive is a colony of bees; India on the other-hand is an independent nation of human beings (Constitutionally, at least) and not a colony. Social structure of Bees is Matriarchal, most of India is Patriarchal! So even not correct on that front :) 

Secondly FDI is not pollen : Bees gather pollen from flowers, which are found in the neighborhood of the beehive; Indians don't show any such characteristics and produce food within the country. Some naturalized Indian household however import some olive, parsley, pizza making material etc from the Mediterranean region. Perhaps Rahul Gandhi thought FDI (Foreign direct Investment) is pollen gathered from outside.

Thirdly Size Constraint: Beehives grow in size with the work of worker bees; but the landmass of India is independent of the efforts of her work-force. At this is point, Rahul Gandhi loyalists would scream "Oh! You fool, Rahul baba meant the economy of India, not the geographical India". If its just economy, then its true for every nation on earth, not just India.

Fourthly Real Estate: Real estate industry of India provides various housing solutions in apartment blocks, they come in various sizes and types, 1 BHK, 2BHK, .. 4BHK... Duplex and also Villas and Mansions. They are occupied by people coming from different strata. (Rahul Gandhi can be safely advised to talk to his CII buddies, or even his brother-in-law to verify this statement).

The honeycomb, however is more like a warehouse first and residence afterwards. Most cells are uniform in design and size and occupied by worker bees. The residence of Queen Bee is different, its peanut shaped and hangs mostly at the bottom of beehive.

Does Rahul Gandhi think 10 Janpath hangs from bottom of India? Some may argue, Rahul Gandhi thinks is a false premise.

Fifthly Drones and Indian Male: Indian men are no drones; of course I generalize here, some princes do show drone like natures.  Drones are male bees, they don't work, they don't build beehive, they don't gather pollen, carry water, fan or cool the beehive, they just don't work. Invite a drone to join the cabinet of ministers to shape the future of the country, he would disappear in thin air.

Indian men work in the field, in factories, in offices; They build homes, they start family, take up all sorts of mundane non-princely responsibilities. At this point, it is important to note, they do it well with increasing help from Indian women (Not being politically correct here, its hard fact). Among Bees, workers are actually sterile female bees. Only women work in beehive, how is that for a difference, Mr. VP Rahul Gandhi?

• Drones don't sting, Indian Men do (For gods sake, what do you think I am doing here, joking?)
• Drones don't have much say in sexual encounters, they don't get to choose the mating partner, but the scenario is exactly the reverse in Human beings.
• Genetically Drones are half bee, they just have one set of chromosomes. Don't know about Rahul prince, all Indian male DNA tested had standard 22 pairs of chromosomes, plus XY chromosome, hence fully Human being.
• Drones have sex just once, they are driven out of beehive before harsh winter. Indian men enjoy far more enjoyable life-style.

Lastly Queen Bee & Indian Woman: Even to compare women with queen bee, is insulting to the nature of Human females. Though female population of India is dwindling, but still it is nowhere as abysmal as one to thousand as seen in big beehives.

Genetically Queen Bee is programmed to be promiscuous and drones even act like Oedipus. India is no such place.

Virgin Queen Bees kill competition by killing sisters. Indian women generally will never do that.

So many differences and so few similarity, perhaps Rahul Gandhi should do some Google before choosing metaphors or selecting euphemisms. Remember Lack of knowledge is not a crime, but not learning from it, is idiocy. Men in 40s should not be like that, unless they are useless drones.

Verma Commission Report goofed up by government

Has Govt of India changed Verma Commission Report? Yes, Indeed! But how? When we look into the details we find huge ramification by the changing words here & there!

At the onset let me put some disclaimers:

1.        I don't oppose death penalty in heinous crimes such as rape.
2.        I'm not against conviction in Marital rape or rape by armed forces.
3.        I am not a huge fan of the Verma commission sentences, on the contrary I think some of them are very lenient. But after reviewing govt of India ordinance, I've found that many sentences have been deliberately diluted by the government.

Lets start reviewing IPC (Indian Penal Code) changes proposed by Verma Commission:

1. Section 100 of the Code shall be modified as follows:

When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death:

The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions mentioned in the last preceding section, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the
assailant, if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right be of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated, namely:-
Firstly, Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that death will otherwise be the consequence of such assault;
Secondly, Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise be the consequence of such assault, which shall include a crime punishable under Section 326A of the Indian Penal Code.
Thirdly, An assault with the intention of committing rape
Fourthly, An assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust;
Fifthly, An assault with the intention of kidnapping or abducting;
Sixthly, An assault with the intention of wrongfully confining a person, under circumstances which may reasonably cause him to apprehend that he will be unable to have recourse to the public authorities for his release. 

Ordinance proposes "In section 100, in the clause Secondly, after the words "grievous hurt", the words "including the offence of grievous hurt punishable under section 326A" shall be inserted." 

So govt is retaining old section, instead of modifying , note how cleverly words "an reasonable cause the apprehension" gets lost in clause 2.
3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th clause got lost all together. 

2. Addition of Section 166A:

After section 166 of the Indian Penal Code the following section shall be inserted,

namely:—

166A. Public Servant knowingly disobeying direction of law

Verma Committee recommends "shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years rigorous imprisonment and fine."

Ordinance proposes "shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both"

Why this lenience?

3. After section 326 of the Penal Code, the following sections shall be inserted,

namely:—

‘326A. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt through use of acid etc:

Verma Committee recommends "rigorous imprisonment" which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to life, and shall also be liable to pay compensation to the victim, adequate to meet at least the medical expenses incurred by the victim.

Government's ordinance calls same prison terms but conveniently forgets the word "Rigorous" and omits the explanation given by Verma commission. Wonder why? Government also restricts fine upto rupees 10 lakh and drops "at least the medical expenses", wonder why? Is face-reconstruction surgeries & medication & rehabilitation possible is that amount, in today's India?

Same dilution as above in fine is also noted in govt. ordinance in respect to, newly inserted IPC section 326B. Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid etc.  Here even minimum fine amount is not even mentioned. However explanations are included in this section.
One strange clause inserted is "intention of .... maiming or disfigurement or disability or grievous hurt", and we thought "grievous hurt" is covered 326A???!!!!

4. Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code shall be replaced by the following:
 And Verma Committee detailed a refurbished section, with two subsection, i) carrying 5 years prison, ii) carrying 1 years prison but govt kept the old law by modifying:

 In section 354 of the Penal Code, for the words "shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both", the words "shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term of one year which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine" shall be substituted.

Once again govt choice "ambiguity" over "fine law making".
5 & 6. Verma committee recommendations on voyeurism, stalking & Trafficking are done exactly same.  
7. Section 375 shall be replaced as suggested below:
Section 375: Rape 

Here huge changes has taken place making the law ambiguous, easy to misconstrue! Firstly this section is no longer go under the title Rape but "Sexual assault", throughout government avoids the term "rape" or "intercourse" however mentions "consent" in many a places! Who gives Consent to Sexual Assault! How ridiculous!

• Verma commission stated "A man is said to commit rape if he—
  (a) penetrates the vagina or anus or urethra of a person with—
  (i) any part of his body including his penis or,
  (ii) any object manipulated by him, except where such penetration is carried out for
  proper hygienic or medical purposes; or,
  (b) manipulates any part of the body of a person so as to cause penetration of the vagina
  or anus or urethra of another person; or,
  (c) engages in “cunnilingus” or “fellatio”,
  under the circumstances falling under any of the following six descriptions:—"
• Government of India ordinance now defines sexual assault as "A person is said to commit "sexual assault" if that person--
  (a) penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth urethra or anus of another person or makes the person to do so with him or any other person; or
  (b) inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the body, not being the penis, into the vagina, the urethra or anus of another person or makes the person to do so with him or any other person; or
  (c) manipulates any part of the body of another person so as to cause penetration into the vagina, urethra, anus or any part of body of such person or makes the person to do so with him or any other person; or
  (d) applies his mouth to the penis, vagina, anus, urethra of another person or makes such person to do so with him or any other person;
  (e) touches the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the person or makes the person touch the vagina, penis, anus or breast of that person or any other person,
  except where such penetration or touching is carried out for proper hygienic or medical purposes under the circumstances falling under any of the following seven descriptions:--"

•  Consent given "impliedly" as mentioned in sixth case of Verma commission dropped.

 Marital rape defining explanation of Verma commission is dropped.

" Consent will not be presumed in the event of an existing marital relationship between the complainant and the accused."

 In fact, to guard & perhaps to not to provoke some pervert vote-bank created a banal, foolish, ambiguous exception:

"Exception.-- Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under sixteen years of age, is not sexual assault."

 I will give you 3 reason why this is ambiguous, eminent legal experts can give more:

1. Minimum Legal age for marriage of women in India is 18 not 16.
2. In this same section the ordinance goes on to say : "With or without the other person's consent, when such other person is under eighteen years of age." so even government agreed that it is 18, then why reinvent 16 from old IPC clauses? 

1. Later in CrPC amendments same government goes on to say "198B. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the accused husband."

          So Criminal Procedure says Marital rape punishment of IPC 376B is valid, but IPC 375 calls it not   a rape, oh sorry, I should say "Sexual Assault"


Now which section should police file a case on Section 354 for sexual assault, or will it be section 375! 
I need to a do a part II on this topic to finish many more ambiguity fostered by this government.

Proof of Pakistan's Terror acts

As the present Government of India has turned a blind eye to terror cells and terror acts against India.
Present day city opinion is we, the Indians must act like USA and Israel to combat terror, but the fact is USA too has been doing nothing but lip-service to help India.

Remember David Coleman Headley has struck a deal with US authorities, notwithstanding prior verbal commitments to India. Let me upload the video's FBI interrogation of Rana, which clearly showed FBI even tacitly acknowledging that they knew and believed ISI was supporting LeT and other Islamic terrorist organizations.

Now that Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State is here, could we ask that Tahawwur Hussain Rana& David Coleman Headley are handed over to India for interrogation on 26/11 and other terror plots against India.

                  Part one : Rana being told his rights, what about the rights of the terror victims

Part two: These were presented as evidence against Rana

Part 3: Noticeable that few minutes were missing since the last piece, Would Homeland security care to bring these minutes.

Part 4: Rana by now clearly acting now.

Part 5

Part 6: One for the gallery by Rana

The way Rana keeps talking about ISI and terror operatives, I wonder why he does not deserve the fate of Guantanamo prisoners. Yet there was no water-boarding for him, he is seen sipping mineral water during the interrogation. Although I do not support use of torture during interrogation, this surely looks a walk in the park for Rana, he smiles at the camera at times and even heard to be sharing a joke about headley with his interrogators.

Different sets of terror victims in different places evokes different sets of response for the US Government.
I don't blame them alone; our very own ministers are so busy with making money for themselves that they can't make a stand. They have plenty of dossiers to hand over, but don't have the guts to ask for justice for the slayed countrymen whom the swore to protect & serve.

Blogspot blocked by India

India has a draconian cyber law in the form of information technology act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000). It was deliberately amended by the information technology amendment act, 2008 (IT Act 2008) for the sole purpose of getting absolute and unaccountable e-surveillance, internet censorship and website blocking powers.

Although all these powers were granted to Indian government and its agencies yet till now the government of India in general and ministry of communication and information technology (MCIT) in particular have defaulted in providing such civil liberty protection safeguards.

Repeated requests to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh in this regard also proved futile. Till now the prime minister’s office (PMO) has not shown any willingness to reform this situation.


Please see this link

Why do they block us; basically Indian ruling class is afraid of freedom of speech; they have been selling the world an idea that everything is rosy in here. If we present anything else, they will charge us for sedition or something vicious like that.

They want world to believe that everyone is happily subjecting themselves to double digit food price inflation for 2 and half years in a row and everybody has one goal to see DOUBLE DIGIT GDP growth, anyway, anyhow.

Well I hate to break the news, but that's just fiction, pure unimaginable fiction.

Even after watching the fall of Mubarak's Egypt, I guess the political class is scared and lost of its senses.

Its not just my occasional posts, many journalists, students and people from all walks of life uses Google Blogspot service. The government of India just don't us to be heard.   

Please note: If the layout is lousy for this post, that's because even preview of the blog can't be done from India. However I will keep posting on this blog, so world would know.

Failure of Copenhagen & Obama-ism

Thanks to CNN-IBN for posting the 7 page pdf, actually it has a single cover page, 2.5 pages of text and 3 pages for empty wishlist.

The (by now) infamous paragraph of 2 degree temperature change, states that signatories "would enhance long-term cooperative action to combat climate change". What would you enhance upon my dear, you have not even met the kyoto accord?

No timeline mentioned in that para and no need for inspection regime.

Lets come down to the next paragraph, this talks about need to cut emissions to go to 50% percent. This is a reiteration but that point is used to side-step the peaking year issue.

Next paragraph talks about adapting to changed climate and developed nations would help without specifying any pledge.

I hate to say this document don't even qualify as a declaration.

We were one step up and this has taken two steps back.

Fossil fuel industry wins again, Obama is nothing but a show-boat.

Obama's actions have proved him to be as pro-oil as a Neo-con.

Who is affected by climate change in india

The elite is most environment insensitive in India. You need to explain to the commoner that what are the ill-effects of climate change. Frequent cyclones, irregular monsoon, crop failure, water scarcity, yield reduction these are common mans problem. The food price inflation is triggered in 2009 by climate change.

Media and commoners are thinking sea-rise will trigger a tsunami, but in reality it will get worse day by day and very slowly and without any drama.

Glaciers wont disappear overnight, some times won't even recede very dramatically, but a glacial lake burst can wipe out thousands in a day (very much like Bihar 2008 floods which was triggered by bursting of a dam).

The poor is being effected the most, while sick bureaucrats hassle over Intensity cut or per capita reduction.The people in Mumbai who are facing a tough time in getting tap water are direct victims of climate change. All fisherman who live by the vast coastline are being affected by climate change. And yes, all of you who find Pulses (Daal) costly are victims of climate change.

Indian Stand on Copenhapen summit

I have heard Mr. Jairam Ramesh at Loksabha on CNN-IBN. It's comforting to note that, he understands the upcoming problems. He has raised 4 important points in his speech (all of them are in my top 10 problem list) and he even sounded sincere.

But our agreed stand across political spectrum will not help India or the environment. Lets get our non-negotiable:

1. The treaty can not be "Legally binding". Why folks want a "legally binding" treaty because it has been a common experience that promises made earlier has rarely been kept. You might get 250 different excuses in every summit.

2. A carbon intensity cut of 20%-25% is not good enough, its emission / gdp as the good minister explained. Well if a country get higher Paper GDP (there are various instruments like ignoring inflation, boosting low-carbon-footprint & low-employment-intensive services etc etc), then you get a better carbon intensity score. Even if you fail the target, you can blame it on recession, downturn etc etc. As we know the present economic dream team is drooling over a foolish expectation of double digit growth in at least 7-8 times in next 11 years. In 2020 they will tell you, "Well, Ramesh you done exceeding well,but it is the economy that failed us".

My Dear Minister, Please understand ENVIRONMENT & NATURE does not give a damn about PER CAPITA OR GDP Figures. It works on simple laws of Physics (With out bothering whether you call it science or vigyan).

If we leave a healthy environment for next generation, they will be able to have a healthy economy anyway. Remember Economy & Society have a longer history than Economics. So don't let experts confuse you, do the right thing and revise your/our stand.

Democracy decays without people's vigilance

In India Every MP (Member of Parliament) is given Rs. 2 crore (Usually released in 2 equal parts) but nobody is using any of of it. Thanks to RTI (Right To Information Act which is very new in India) and mplads.nic.in (A website where MPs Local Area Development funds allocation and usage is shown for the public) we now know who is using how much? Visit the web-site and you will find that although 1 crore has been released to almost all MPs (for spending in 6 months in the field of Local Area Development), no body has allocated any funds for any purpose.

The "Released/Expenditure" webpage is beautifully broken up in several statements, Click on "Released/Expenditure State-wise Details for 15th Lok Sabha MPs" and enter the amazing world of inactive MPs. Going by the election promises, I was expecting that they might have expended the whole amount in weeks. Add to that; The promise of using these funds for helping drought affected rural population.

The report has columns like :

• Entitlement of Constituency(Rs.Crore)
• Released by G.O.I.(Rs.Crore)
• Amount available with interest (Rs.Crore)
• Amount Recommended (Rs.Crore)
• Amount Sanctioned(Rs.Crore)
• Expenditure Incurred (Rs.Crore)
• Percent of Utilisation Over Released
• Unspent Balance(Rs.Crore)

You would find 2.00 in first column, 1.00 in 2nd, 3rd column and 1.0 in last column.

At a first glimpse it would look like the page has not been updated.

But thanks to the following MPs (Yes. I can name them all, they are that few) who have some other values (utilization etc) against them.

• Harsimrat Kaur Badal-BHATINDA-Punjab
• Kavuri Sambasiva Rao -ELURU-AP
• Mohammad Asrarul Haque-KISHANGANJ-Bihar

Couple of MPs have recommended but utilization not yet reported:

Ganeshrao Nagorao Dudhgaonkar -PARBHANI -Maharashtra

and

Guddu Premchand UJJAIN(SC)-Madya Pradesh

Out of 543 MPs, 3 could show some progress and 2 more can show some allocation. Debating the proper usage is a far cry kind of scenario as they don't even report to the authorities.

A clear show of utter disrespect to the concept of being accountable to the people.

Is this height of Mal-governance? Does n't this prove, Democracy decays without people's vigilance

Droughts in India to worsen with climate change -- study

So it not just me, lots of scientists are saying it too:
In a study published in the May 15 issue of the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate, Chul Eddy Chung and V. Ramanathan of Scripps Oceanography say that cooler-than-normal temperatures in the northern part of the Indian ocean have weakened the region's natural climate circulation and monsoon conditions, resulting in reduced rainfall over India and increased rainfall over the Sahel area south of the Sahara in Africa.

Droughts in India to worsen with climate change -- study

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