You know it all. Chose your weapon. Promod On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> How does one "fight" a bunch of politicians' cronies chosen > non-transparently? Let us work through the 4 estates and not fight among > ourselves. Let us reason with sound logic & facts / data, not beliefs or > feelings. > > Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Promod Kapur" > *Date*: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:54:47 +0530 > *To*: <[email protected]> > *Subject*: CAF2683 Re: Let us try this out in Bangalore > Early last year I tried, and in response I got a call from some one in the > local government, I don't remember who it was. By late last year our road > was completed. I do not know if there was a connection or not, but the fact > that I got a call in response to my complaint I made on the internet shows > that it is not a gimmick. It is sad that we have all been driven to mistrust > any thing that the government might want to do positively- including setting > up BATFs and ABIDEs. The answer Mathew is that we must fight on and try and > work these bodies to deliver for what they have been set up for. I myself > have little respect for the politicians and bureaucrats as a class, but > there are those among them who are a little different from the flock. We do > not need experts to run the day to day affairs, we need people with common > sense and commitment. By the way, who amongst us is an expert in any field > other than what we had been trained for? Yet we give our views, all of which > are not junk. It is because we have gained by experience and association. By > the way, remember that there was a time when we thought and believed that an > Armoured Division should be commanded only by an armoured corps officer? The > whole concept got changed, and today our career course has become so > inclusive that an officer from any arm or service can operate effectively in > a situation that he may not have been a specialist in , barring EME perhaps. > > > Mistrust all the way will only beget mistrust and possibly frustration. So > try again this route, may be this time you might not find it a gimmick. Who > knows? > > Major Kapur > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tried. No use. Just a gimmick. >> >> Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: "Promod Kapur" >> *Date*: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:38:58 +0530 >> *To*: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; < >> [email protected]>; Pranav<[email protected]> >> *Subject*: CAF2680 Let us try this out in Bangalore >> We should try this out. >> >> Major Kapur >> >> From: Mandaar Satwalekar <[email protected]> >> To: undisclosed recipients: ; >> Date: >> Subject: Fw: Invitation from Govt of India.... >> >> >> Take a shot at it. we could make a difference >> >> Dear all, >> >> Government of India has developed an 'Online Grievance Forum' @ * >> http://pgportal.gov.in/* <http://pgportal.gov.in/>. Can you imagine this >> is happening in INDIA? >> >> The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they >> faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport >> Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc. >> Many of us say that these things don't work in India.. >> >> Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads >> in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, >> BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the >> residents. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his >> concern. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were >> served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one >> week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it's clear >> that both the government departments were not in sync at all. >> >> So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this >> facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just >> talking about the 'System' in India. >> Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings. >> * >> PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IF U WANT OUR INDIA TO HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW & >> FORWARD THIS MAIL TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE* >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
