tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post6108747309409309080..comments2023-10-23T11:13:44.544-04:00Comments on Pandora's Box: Are we ready to clean, India?My two centshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13496531750564481902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-47943726422821519962011-05-27T17:19:57.461-04:002011-05-27T17:19:57.461-04:00And this was condescending - "An average Indi...And this was condescending - "An average Indian is angry today. "It takes nothing much for a person with low self-esteem to be egged on. It takes very little for someone with no direction in life to follow any path available. It’s no surprise that the Indian youth is using social media to sway and be swayed."<br /><br />As I stated in my earlier comment, large section of people whoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-14548678841283440462011-05-27T17:10:09.002-04:002011-05-27T17:10:09.002-04:00Now the 2nd point - "It’s in our Indian blood...Now the 2nd point - "It’s in our Indian blood to do “dharna.”<br /><br />Well Anna Hazare movement has caught the imagination of young India. I was there at Freedom Park in Bangalore where people from all walks of life had gathered to express solidarity with Anna Hazare & angst against rampant corruption. There were Auto Rickshaw Drivers, Young IT professionals, Entrepreneurs, Retired Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-61179388981948827772011-05-27T16:57:30.017-04:002011-05-27T16:57:30.017-04:00Sweta what you stated about Janlokpal Bill - "...Sweta what you stated about Janlokpal Bill - "an independent body would investigate corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year, and envisage trial in the case getting over in the next one year." Well it isn't as simplistic as this. I am sure you can go through the bill to find out what it is all about. In a nutshell it is a body that would need no prior approval to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-14668036284254327622011-04-18T09:44:09.582-04:002011-04-18T09:44:09.582-04:00Sweta, this is not just a problem in India..... it...Sweta, this is not just a problem in India..... its now an international malaise....everyone across the globe wants to be 'there' at any cost. And Indians/Hindus were always ok with bribe....... it was traditional even in ancient Hindu society to take gifts to a officer whose favour one sought to get his job done.The Sanskrit word for this I think is 'updhaukan'..... So no, this jayashreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060210881726494991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-65775083331585364212011-04-16T23:02:00.281-04:002011-04-16T23:02:00.281-04:00thanks dear - ya i guess i had read it when i was ...thanks dear - ya i guess i had read it when i was making a collection of seshan's talks on different occasions. A point where i do agree (to disagree ?) :<br />its such a vast long topic / issue that there's no "aadi" nor "unt".<br />Take education - <br />my small town turns out hundreds of MBAs apart from more than double Engineers every year. Of these , a dozen odd rajivxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-1654643996568753142011-04-15T14:12:34.657-04:002011-04-15T14:12:34.657-04:00Thanks for reading and responding, Rajiv! Thought ...Thanks for reading and responding, Rajiv! Thought you'd appreciate this interview: http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/23seshan.htmMy two centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496531750564481902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2784443761996549041.post-28510051708179939402011-04-14T11:40:21.665-04:002011-04-14T11:40:21.665-04:00will only recount something a controversial person...will only recount something a controversial person once said ; it was TN Seshan talking in a UGC program and he said, "Let us first admit that as a nation we are morally corrupt."<br />If we accept a problem only then can there be a solution. We are already talking of solutions and behaving as we have won the war without first accepting the very basics............rajivxnoreply@blogger.com