Dear friends, The RTI movement should be encouraged to grow. It was not easy to get Freedom from the British; it will be more difficult to get freedom from those who are part of us. We should press on regardless and think/write positive so that others are not discouraged. Ofcourse, the legal options to help those who can't fight on their own are available in a limited way but will be more readily available as work in this area expands. If we can't afford matters of public interest we should stick to those which affect us personally and focus on them so that we can also spend some money on travelling and lawyers if need be. If the matter is rightly pursued success will be yours.
I am also pleased to bring to your notice a petition which has been posted on the net to fight terrorism. Considering your concern for Society, I am sure it will be of interest to you. The Petition has been hosted by Go Petition and will be presented to the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India for their consideration. It is also likely to be submitted to other important persons/agencies to help those who lost their lives in this mindless violence. The petition may be signed by clicking on the link below: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-terrorism.html I hope you will sign it and forward it to your associates for their signing. With regards, H.R. Vaish On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:58 AM, india publicservant < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friend > > The RTI Act is a sufficiently powerful law. It is not a toothless law > at all. It is precisely because it is not a toothless law that the > politicians want it to be made toothless. > > There are powerful sections within our bureaucracy that require > this law to be in operation and effective.Many of us are dismayed > to observe undeserving but pliable officers getting ahead. Our > steel frame has been corroded from within and without. > > We are not getting the cooperation we expected from the citizens. > Citizens are unfortunately being misled by the politicians again > through their proxies. Decisions have already been taken at the > highest levels to water down the RTI Act and actually render it > as toothless in law as it is presently toothless in practice.. > > The intense discussion / debate on "Man of the year" at RTI-India > potently demonstrates that the Freedom of Speech and Expression > thrives at this unmoderated and uncensored group. > > Yes it is intensely painful to our many members who have only > a casual interest in RTI to receive so many mails. To this end, > a new RTI group is being formed of our existing members who > are prepared to be active (not passive) in ensuring that the > RTI Act does not become toothless. > > I.P.S > > >Instead of debating and wasting time over ther man of the year > >let us concretate on how we can strive to give back the tooth to the now > >toothless act of RTI.and how we can put pressure on on Government to make > >ammendments to the RTI act giving the common man more powers. > > > >Leslie Almeida > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
