Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
public service and maintain integrity? From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com To: Ganesh Bora ganeshb...@yahoo.com Cc: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work? Good to hear from you Ganesh. But I don't share your optimism, because without functioning institutions in place, a watchdog or watchdogs will eventually become lapdogs. Just

[Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread mc mahant
Saw this in a blogsite :K P Ganesh 15 April 2011 14:33:02 I watched the entire press conference arranged by the Press Club of India on the day Anna Hazareji talked to the journalist. One thing was clear which no media people mentioned. Anna has difficulty in

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, Happy Rongali Bihu. I don't think it will. It may have some value temporarily. Something a newly independent state may employ to get its bearing, like I proposed for an independent Assam Reading thru the posts, first, I think you make some excellent points regarding the system itself -

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: Hope you all had a good Bihu weekend. We will have our nominal Bihu two weeks from now :-). All our young kharkhowa friends have moved out of St. Louis , robbing us of our Bihu energy that produced a lot of fun last year including an authentic 'meji'. There would need to be reforms,

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-18 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, Our Bihu weekend went off well. Perhaps you know of a way to effect the reforms within the sacrosanct Indian Constitution and operating within the system, like so many well-meaning folks always declare. I don't think there is a magic wand that will be a cure all But the first thing, of

[Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Prashant Bhushan is a credible person on these issues. But will the 'Jan Lokpal ' thing work? What do you think? I don't think it will. It may have some value temporarily. Something a newly independent state may employ to get its bearing, like I proposed for an independent Assam. But until

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Altaf Mazid
It is interesting to read CM's observations, and the attachments. CM is correct to note that it is the states like Assam is equally corrupt like the CENTER. Yes, no one is talking about fixing the broken system. Why? Every one getting a piece of the pie. We had seen hundreds of supporters

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Every one getting a piece of the pie. *** That is not necessarily correct Majid. Only a FEW are getting the piece of the pie. It still is a very small percentage. But they are exponentially getting fatter at the cost of the vast majority. The answer is far more complex: A: At the root of it

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Altaf Mazid
I am seeing everyone is getting a piece. Just take one example - in the state secretariat nothing moves if you do not encourage the system. The matter is so grave that if some one is terminated from his service, he might have to pay bribe to get the order typed out. And here most of the population

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Ganesh Bora
Accountability! Ganesh Bora Fargo, ND From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 8:49:34 AM Subject: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 8:49:34 AM Subject: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work? Prashant Bhushan is a credible person on these issues. But will the 'Jan Lokpal ' thing work? What do you think? I don't think it will. It may have some

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Dilip Deka
? From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com To: Ganesh Bora ganeshb...@yahoo.com Cc: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work? Good to hear from you Ganesh. But I don't

Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work?

2011-04-17 Thread Altaf Mazid
To: Ganesh Bora ganeshb...@yahoo.com Cc: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Will the Jan Lokpal Bill Work? Good to hear from you Ganesh. But I don't share your optimism, because without