I think this article has hit the nail on the head and requires to be
circulated widely among one and all and we must write to the press as this
is this is the only way to reach the political circles.....
On TV I saw lots of *Mufta Khoras (people who claim freebees as their right)
* enjoying everying thing including Mobile Phone, drinks in lounge,
prevalidge car parking, airport parking for their aircraft...Airforce at
Chandigarh was forced to work extra.... i don't want to comment controllers
from civil will get extra DA but AF controllers will not get even get rum
because bars in mess will closed by the time he returns to mess to take his
dinner (if he gets it he is lucky)......
Also if anyone knows the cricketers email id please forward it to them.
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*Nibor Dooh: The Bane of India*
Saibal Mitra
As any Indian, who loves cricket, I rejoiced when India won the IIC World
Cup after almost three decades. Living abroad, I got up at 3 am in the
morning, drove twenty miles with a child and dog in tow to my friend’s house
so that I could watch the action live. My cry of anguish was heard by all in
that room when Gambhir lost his head at 97 and hoops of joy filled the room
when Dhoni hit that winning sixer. It’s all stuff of history, no doubt.
I knew that the players would also hit a well-deserved financial jackpot.
Endorsement deals, prize money would flow. What I was not prepared for the
Nibor Doohs of India -our politicians - would raid the state treasury to
transfer wealth from the poor (the Indian taxpayers) to these rich, pampered
players. For starters, the state of Uttarakhand has announced that it will
give a plot of land or a house to Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Not to be outdone, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has promised a
residential plot in Bangalore for each team member. Maharashtra’s Chief
Minister has announced that the state government will honor players from
Maharashtra Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan with a cash prize of Rs one
crore and a citation while two members of the team's support staff will be
honored with Rs 50 lakhs each. Most state governments have offered their
home-town players cash gifts of between 10 million and 20 million rupees.
As the legend goes, Robin Hood robbed the rich and gave the loot to the
poor. It was his way of fighting against social injustice. Nibor Dooh, dear
reader, is Robin Hood spelled in reverse. The Nibor Doohs of India raid the
state treasury, money that belongs to the people of the state, generally
poor and barely living above subsistence level, and then give it to the rich
and powerful. The Nibor Doohs of India have been bleeding the country for
quite a while – consider all the scams. They take what is not theirs and
line their own pockets. What is more scary than this open corruption, is
that the Nibor Doohs have directly assaulted the viability of Indian
institutions. The police, the courts all have been affected. I am hard
pressed to think of a single Indian institution that has not been untouched
by scandals and scams. So it is indeed a small step for our Nibor Doohs to
raid the larder and grab what is not theirs and give it away to those who
are nowhere close to the poverty line. It does not even jiggle their
conscience. They have, indeed, become, the bane of India.
This raises some very broad questions. Is this how the government spends
money? Essentially by fiat. Are there no checks and balances? What about the
press? Isn’t part of their role is to ask hard questions? What about the
citizens themselves? Are they so blind that they neither see nor understand
that they are being taken for a ride?
When I read these news reports, I cannot but presume that all potholes in
Karnataka are fixed, all children in Uttarakand are being educated, that
hospitals around the country are clean, safe and people have access to them,
and that drinking water is safe and so on. That would be the India of my
dreams and I keep dreaming.
So where does one go from here? The only way to stop this abuse is to sue
the state governments and the Nibor Doohs (perhaps personally) and ask the
courts to intervene. It is time that the corrupt heard the voice of the
people. This would take time, money and, above all, commitment. I know there
are plenty of people out there who are as frustrated as I am. They just need
to step forward.
Congratulations Team India! To the team members I say, I wish you luck.
Make all the money in the world. But let it all be private money. And if you
have the heart, the will, and the character then please, when offered, very
politely refuse to accept public money which should be for public use.
Please don’t take what is not yours – that would truly make you world
champions.
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With best wishes
S Chander
