Some uggestions and thought process to counter current situation in Mumbai India

These are critical times and MH Govt and BMC need to act on war footage.

NY too things are improving when lock down there started much later than Mumbai.Lock down will work only if it is followed with 100% commitment by all.

Else population which is following rigorously (and compromising sitting at homes) too suffers almost as much those who break the lockdown.

Lock down being broken in numerable pockets across Mumbai is affecting State economy and the sincere segment of public of Mumbai too.

Why can't we get drones with cameras ,flying all round Mumbai, immediately reporting assembly of people in road,streets, society compounds ,so that cops can go within minutes and disperse.

When crowd that assembles has knives and daggers and ready to use against cops..Does state expect Mumbai police to fight them to disperse using their sticks ?

Can we not get CRPF ASAP.or equip trained local cops appropriately?

We see news that somewhere facility for 10000.beds is set up, we are happy to see the photos with beds etc.after 10 days we again we same news item with caption facility almost ready.

This is heart wrenching. Why is it taking so long to set up one temperory facillity where no construction is involved.when we know.people are dying due to unavailability of information about location wise available bed count.As they are shunted from one hospital to other.after waiting 4-5 hours for ambulance.

Can we not have central data repository being updated dynamically to push latest data to website?

People are calling and holding the hotlines for hours .

2Shree Bhave and Rahul Sharma

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'Me Too' : what it is meant for?

Women who are really strong and are in good position and don't feel professionally threatened, do react ,slap or even shout at the guys and create ruccus, immediately, when the incident it self happens. And they don't need to hashtag after 10 years. Those who keep quiet at that time usually do it as they feel their job or means for earning is at stake. They feel safer to bring it up after 10 years when the risks are much less or sometime it may even help them in some way. Again just hashtagging may not result in anything unless they take legal action if they really want the guy punished. To punish the guy legal action will help much more than hashtagging .Many are only hashtagging and saying that it is not to punish the guy as such but to 'release the internal pressures the have been carrying for years'. Even in Cavanaugh case it did not affect him as there was no legal action and in the basic inquiry there was no proof or witness. Only filing legal case will result in detailed inquiry investigation and proofs etc.

Thus only hashtagging seems to be serving some internal purpose and general public when fails to understand, it may give rise to whole lot of jokes floating on net on various Social networking sites. There may be jokes even if legal case is filed. Many posts floating around asking everyone not to forward jokes related to this topic. In general forwards must be controlled and in fact fowards blocking and choking bandwidths and device memories is posing great problems for users. HOwever when people are not against forwarding jokes on some other topic but they feel that those who forward jokes about Me too movement are being insensitive. Most of the jokes do redicule some segment of the society, it may be religion, Regional, Gender based, Community based,Geography based, language based. Jokes are most of the times at the expense of a person or group of people. If not people it may ridicule various practices, so called best practices, religious , regional practices etc. Jokes most of the times end up offending someone or the other. 

Should mankind stop joking as it may always offend someone? One of the post stated that  Continuously ridiculing may lead to depression and eventual suicide.

When a whole community or huge group of people are being ridiculed by forwarding jokes about them, also telling in person on various forums,,Have the suicide rate for that community gone up?

In fact We see many times members of that community  joking about themselves and enjoying. How a jokes lead to depression?If at all it makes everyone laugh and enjoy and helps take out some other or daily pressures.

Some one who could live with the (Me TOO kind of ) problem for more than 10 years,Had quite close to normal life for more than 10 years post incident, most of them doing exceptionally well,(even if some of them may have  lost some opportunities do to incident) Now hashtagged someone.. Will they be driven to depression because of jokes floating around regarding 'Me too ' so called movement? Appears highly unilkely.

Off course if it happens when you are minor etc..It is a different ball game.in that case one should bring it up as soon as they are in a position to go for legal action..Or take support and or feel comfortable to take support of the guardians. Such incidents must not be tabboos, only then they will be openly discussed by victims as and when they happen . That will discourage such offenders also to go ahead with such offenses against women. When it is a tabboo it gains unduly negative importance , resulting in gossiping, over sensationalisation across nets etc.

Public memories are short lived and media creates havoc till it finds something else that will give better TRP. Women should learn to react and take legal action immediately. And to be able to be able to do that(in case required) they should always thrive to get to such positions. Unfortunately over the years our society (Most of the times) deliberately did not allow women to rise at faster pace (Mainly to become financially independent) by many times depriving them of higher education, some times denying them of opprtunities due to arrying off by certain age, dumping all family responsibilities when actually it is time to complete education,(Instead of sharing those by all family members).Wome find it difficult to counter such offenses then and there itself as they see many risks in near future.

Indirectly Our Society is responsible for this big mess.

Trying to Gather Positive Spirit in spite of Upsurge in Rape Cases

As usual, while cursing my maid who have been making sounds in the kitchen, I got up Saturday morning may be 15-20 minutes later than usual schedule. Thus enjoying the moments of over sleeping. At the same time happy that one more day maid has come , and that too,  not too late.

I freshened up , while appreciating lovely Mumbai early morning monsoon weather  as well as hot tea, started reading the news paper..

And slowly my mood started changing. What a way to start a weekend..

If you see the four news items which caught my attention, appeared in todays TOI Mumbai.
Each reflects  a certain  aspect about our society..

- 1.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Six-year-old-rape-victim-ordered-to-wed-rapists-8-year-old-son/articleshow/22330723.cms
6 year old rape victims has been asked to marry 8 year old son of a rapist (Apperantly this adult rapist raped her twice in 15 days-this Panchayat is so ignorant , that it does not think of the possibility of father in law getting free access for all future rapes. Has the rapist been punished ? Who is being punished? Rapist or victim? Who has gained in the process and who has lost? Sorry for the sick sarcasm.. But who is being rewarded?
- 2. 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/6-get-life-term-for-National-Law-School-gang-rape/articleshow/22384704.cms

6 Rapists are given life term who rapes foreign student(I am happy about the  harsh well deserved punishment . Some how sense here that victim got a better justice but was it because she was foreigner?-Hope this becomes precedence and all victims get a similar justice . Is this justice enough? Can victims be compensated further? In what way? What will be sufficient and what will be necessary?

- 3. 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Biker-gang-chases-girls-for-19km-on-Bengal-highway-molests-them/articleshow/22384059.cms

A group of 2 girls and 2-3 guys who were returning from their work assignment as DJs in the club , were very well protected had car and driver, and it was not too late either. Were first abused in the restaurant where they went for dinner and hence they left in a hurry only to be chased by 6 bikers who finally made them get out and bashed up everybody (while calls to various police stations were not responded to favorably-usual answers like we will inform right police station etc.) luckily bridge maintenance staff came over and assailants fled.- Here I am not happy that these girls who were doing their job and taking care of all the risks, were still molested, abused and hurt . I feel bad for their colleagues too who actually tried to help them. Very sad that multiple police stations did not respond and did not think of  acting in time. But happy that some govt staff came for their rescue(This was not too late at night and still many passer bys in cars ignored and did not come to help is a concern . The chase went on for 19 minutes. Post which they were beaten up as well as molested.

- 4. 
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&AW=1378554909621

Last one to my horror. A rape victim and her family took the law in their hand and burnt the criminal rapist. There is a lesson here that this is how the victim will react if society takes these things lightly.

On this background I remembered  comments we usually hear, from our friends , relatives and so called celebrities and hosts in chat shows, as soon as any rape happens

-         Girls should not take risks - What do they mean? Girls should not work They should not go to the college? Should they not have equal freedom so that they too can obtain their own lively hood? Do they not deserve some relaxation post long day at work? Should they not have equal access to education and whatever follows after that? Late evening coaching classes has become routine in most of the A+,A, B and C class cities.

-         Girls should Dress up properly : Has any one asked what 5 year old was wearing? What do women wear in Rajasthan ,UP and Bihar? Western clothing is probably last 30 years trend in Metros and definitely not in interior rural area where these rapes happen.

-         Why doesn’t any body talk about the rapist himself? Is he not the prime , main and only cause? In his absence rape will be totally prevented. I still have not seen any talk show that discussed as to how the

o   Possible future rapist can be identified? What traits do they have?

o   Can there be possible counseling sessions to such target focus group?

o   What kind of infrastructure will prevent the rapes with in time action from authorities (eg. Cameras in lonely areas with surveillance during certain hours)

o   Can women be taught judo ,karate etc. as a compulsory course . This is little tricky as the rapes are happening at the age of 6 months to 60 years. but at least certain age group can be the beneficiaries . In this regard have seen some postings etc. on FB and Emails.

o   Can regulations become tighter and can judiciary system move fast enough to have some pressure on the possible criminal? We hear criticism on judiciary system but rarely any suggestions on immediate actions.

At the same time  I try to gather my positive spirit. In spite of upsurge in no of rape cases, I do not somehow believe that they are on the rise. The reporting is on rise. And this may work towards betterment as more and more details are being reported. They are being discussed in various forums. Many suggestion for prevention are being discussed. Many organization trying to work out on the post rape trauma of the victims. This may ultimately result into if not great at least some improvement in the situation.

However prevention needs to be expedited on war footage.

Food Security Bill - Will it help?

In what way will this  Bill provide the Food Security to poors? 

Do we have shortage of grains and Agri produce? Or the problem is somewhere else?

As per the reports and pictures published last year,

millions of tons of grains are wasted due t0
- unavailability of storage facilities (As it gets wet due to rains etc, or gets damaged and /or eaten by rats etc..)
- Unavailability of distribution facilities

Age old PDS totally became defunc due to 
- lack of availability of grains etc. in the ration shops
- Ration shop owners selling the same stuff in open market for higher prices and nt providing it to card holders at lower prices

Looks like they have brought down the prices to ridiculously lower level..(Almost 1/4th or 1/5th of the market prices- As I understand old PDS had ration shops selling grains at 30% discount or so. Hence at 2/3rd of the market prices)

This adds to further more incentive for the shop owners to sell it in open market and not providing it to the deserving ones(Yellow card holders I guess)
By making it a ‘right to access to food’ .. I can't understand how it will help..
Probably a case can be filed against Ration shop owner by a poor (Yellow BPL card holder expecting him to hire a lawyer etc.) .. If these ration shop owners are stopped from selling the grains in open market at higher price(By making is a right to access to he quota for BPL card holder  these ration shop owners may simply opt out of the system). 

One other option that can be tried is to give the yellow card holders a smart card which can be topped up periodically (Say quarterly) where a person can buy  ONLY GRAINS at market price in any shop. (May be govt. can try this with lower quota(Say 10 Kgs per month instead of 25) and see .
As this may work better than giving the 25 Kgs as 1/3 rd of the price.
The jump in demand (And in business in turn) may result in automatic improvement in distribution and storage facilities..

The yellow card holder may try to work and earn for food on alternate days..
As anything that is free (or almost free too loses it's value in the eyes of a receiver)

Reaction to 5 Things women need to Change Proposed by Chetan Bhagat :

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&AW=1362906843171

Very Happy with this Chetan Bhagat Article. Nice to know the 5 things about women that men want to change. I am very happy that following things neither figure nor deserve any mention.. 1. Women Raping Men 2. Women murdering men post rape 3. Groom burning 4. Dowry harassment of men by women 5. Men jumping from multistoried along with toddlers due to mental torture and agony from in laws. 

When these things or similar become rampant we can propose for Men's day. At the same time I am happy that Men in India are very very bothered and concerned about Women bitching about other women. I can understand why men feel bad when women give up rights of matrimonial property very easily. Specially when their wives do it. Not very sure whether they are happy or unhappy when their sisters give up their rights. Can also understand that women should not get trapped in relationship drama. They should learn to sacrifice only when they know that it will make them feel nice. They must not sacrifice only because (1. society expects,2. Relatives expect 3. serials and stupid old literature and moves depict so.) I agree that in the article Chetan Bhagat mentions that women should dream big. Why only women All Indians should dream big.He also mentions that women should stop faking laughter at men's joke. He needs to understand that they are not laughing at Men's jokes but laughing at their ability of joking and sense of humor. I really did not understand the point about women dropping into clueless eye flutters etc.. Don't know what kind of women company he keeps..

KYC or DWTKYC-ORHH

http://www.firstpost.com/investing/fyi-how-to-check-your-kyc-status-online-525392.html
Please check out the above link.
 I think this KYC is big fraud. Companies under the pretext of KYC keep collection personal information about prospects/customers again and again. and keep selling the data to other companies. As a result you are hounded continuously by various companies all the times. For eg. Saving dept of the Bank asks and takes KYC filled up from you, DMAT dept of the same bank..too again asks for the similar form.
After all that service is very poor anyway..
I feel like changing it to DWTKYC-ORHH . Dont Want To Know Your Customer..Only Rip Him/Her Apart..

Green Diwali, Eco Diwali

Green Diwali ,Green  Holi , Eco Ganapathy .. Green Festivals.. :

Saw a big board of Green Diwali Celebration at the Pandol entrance.. Upon the entrance huge crowd.. and then ..Wow what a lovely Rangoli.. I went closer and it looked like it was not made out of usual rangoli powder, but out of something that was granular . Further observation and comments from people around revealed that it was made out of colored rice grains.

Just out side the pandols there were urchins .. tugging at your expensive dupattas and kurtas.. begging for food, money..malnutritioned extended arms and deep matte finish eyes..

Does it make sense..

Ganapti made from peanuts and dry fruits..

Rangoli made from pulses..

Ganapati made from colored sabudanas..

Garlands made from sugar candies(Battase)

Ganapti made from til laddoos

List of endless..

What happens to those colored grains? Always we find vegetables decorated on the top of ice slabs ,at salad counters at expensive buffets , as decoration.. What happens to those?

Worst of all.. Tomato festival..that boasts about thousands of tons of tomatoes thrown in across the streets ..

Should we be wasting food items at all..

Is it possible to quantify world wide wastage of foods due to so called rituals..

India will be on forefront with so much ghee and milk being emptied on the top of idols being worshiped ,and also edible ghee and oil being burnt in lamps..