My dear S.Roy, It is reallly unfortunate to know that intellectuals like Mr.Sinha comment like that. N.N.Kalia
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Vikram Simha<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Er S. Roy Ji , > I did Not Rush To the press . One Group of RTi activists have decided that > Every Month They will Have an RTI Clinic and as a Curtain raiser present to > the media Sucess Stories or An Story of How RTI is Being Violated so that > More And More RTI users can be Networked . > Yes , The words Used by the Reporter or Not Mine. Further I was Not in the > Press Meet at all but , Freinds In the Media Could Get Access to Me late In > the Night as the Other Person Could Not be reached. > However The RTI Clinic This Month Was Attended by Nearly 24 Persons . And > yes we Are getting Often some Desired Results , Because In Karnataka There > Some fear factor of RTI working on the Govt officials . > The Bangalore University Supplied the Elusive Marks Card to My Niece A Few > Days Back After Her Completion of Post graduate Degree and Getting > Employment as an lecturer . > My Freind Kalidas Reddy Succeded A poor Student get Back her Fees When she > withdrew her admission of Family finiancial Constraints and Joined an > Evening college . > In both cases We Only went upto the First Appeal > And Offcourse Such Sucess of Late are Oasis in Desert > Thank You For Your Valuable Comments And They have been passed on to The > reporter and the Group of activists /Users > > N vikramsimha , Trustee RTI Study centre & KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N > Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004. > > --- On Wed, 29/7/09, Kathyayini Chamaraj <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Kathyayini Chamaraj <[email protected]> > Subject: [kria] Fwd: [rti_india] Re: Camp to make public aware of RTI weapon > To: "kria" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 29 July, 2009, 7:49 PM > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: sroy1947 <sroy1...@yahoo. com> > Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:03 PM > Subject: [rti_india] Re: Camp to make public aware of RTI weapon > To: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com > > I am sure that Vikram Simha has been misquoted (one of the pitfalls of > running to the media). > > Just for the record. > > 1) The citizen is not supposed to ask "questions" in RTI process !!! > > 2) RTI is not a "weapon" - but rather (and as Simha states) a "tool" > (whether it is a "powerful tool" or not is still open). > > 3) RTI is not supposed to yield "desired results" but "information" . > > Sarbajit > (A great fool) > > --- In rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com <rti_india%40yahoog roups.com> , Myth > Kumar > <fightin498a@ ...> wrote: >> >> The Constitution of India, through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, >> entitles the public to seek information regarding anything that is of > public >> interest or any issues that will affect the public one way or another. >> However owing to a lack of awareness, only three per cent of the > population >> is actually using this right to their benefit. >> A group of NGOs and civil society organisations in the city have therefore >> come together to help people gain knowledge regarding this act. Apart from >> de-bunking people's misconception that RTI is largely a tool for the > media, >> RTI activists will assist the general public and tell them how to file > their >> own RTIs. >> "We will assemble in Cubbon Park, right opposite Press Club on Saturday," >> said Vikram Simha, an RTI activist. The 'clinic' as it is referred to, > will >> be held every last Saturday of the month in Cubbon Park. >> Emphasising the need for such a 'clinic', Vikram said, "This is a very >> powerful tool given to the people. But, if it isn't used properly, then >> chances are that the right will be withdrawn or forgotten." He pointed > that >> while some may apply for information using this act, their lack of > knowledge >> of the workings of the government departments may cause unnecessary >> hindrance. >> At the clinic, activists plan to guide citizens on filing RTIs for >> individual use. Another problem area that will be addressed here is >> regarding the issue of asking the right questions. As Vikram said, "This >> basically means that we help citizens understand how a question needs to > be >> asked to get the desired results." >> c_vaishalli@ ... >> >> > http://epaper. dnaindia. com/dnabangalore /newsview. aspx?eddate= 7/25/2009& > pageno=2& edition=9& prntid=7061& bxid=27955796& pgno=2 >> >> ------------ --------- -------- >> "Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools > ever >> known were learned men." >> >> http://followmeonne t.blogspot. com/ >> >> If "con" is the opposite of "pro", then what is the opposite of progress? >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. > http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
