I wish Krish and his motley group of rti enthusiasts from Mumbai succeed in their endeavour. What they are attempting to do is new to many of us and most probably never attempted before.
With passage of time we will learn the full import of this exercise. Best wishes to Krish and others in his group. Sidharth On 11/25/08, Krishnaraj Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...... > > To a number of us -- here in Mumbai and elsewhere, these are not empty > mental exercises. It is approaching midnight, and I have just returned > from a long meeting with fellow activists who tweaked the PIO's checklist > (which triggered off this exchange) and another SIC's Order checklist into a > broadly acceptable shape. We shall be spending half the day tomorrow at the > General Administration Department and the SIC in trying to get these > checklists to work with PIOs and SIC. > > We believe in what we are doing. I would be happy to discuss the pros and > cons of this with anybody else who wants to engage in some form of action to > improve compliance of RTI Act. > > However, I would rather not get sucked into a myriad academic arguments with > those who think this whole idea is either Quixotic, or wrong, or both. > > I don't need to defend this idea, my friends; I need to do what makes it > work on the ground... even if only in a small degree. I won't take any > criticism personally, because the idea is not mine any more; it is > collective -- it belongs to a group of us who believe. If you reject it, > that's your personal choice; no room for arguments there. > > Warm Regards, > Krish >
