State Bailout Argument -Kingfisher Case

 State Bailout Argument -Kingfisher case:

It is laughable that ,some free market protagonist aggressively pushing the argument of state intervention by bailing out of kingfisher airlines with financial package,like USA bailing out  Banks,financial institutes and auto industry,the corporate can reap the profits and enrich themselves,but instead of bearing the losses on its own,it expect the state to intervene and bail them out at the cost of tax payer money,It sounds ridiculous to push such theory,even if,Kingfisher  services were good,similar demands were also made during Satyam scandal.

How many India Inc. contributing to the concept of social responsibility or cooperating with state responsibilities, ,ironically, it never bothered to donate their profits for social causes,contrastingly,they go for expansion mode,specially ,when they are reaping profits. 

Nationalization Vs Bailing Out ;

Nationalization means  reverse privatization ,state taking over the ownership and assets of private enterprises ,free market protagonist demanding financial support to Kingfisher ,but not nationalization, state should bear their losses,make it profit-making enterprises with out ownership control.its demeaning to bailout private airlines ,when state- controlled Air India,itself facing myriad problems with out any pro-active intervention of the government.

Nationalisation - a success story ;

In year 1969,14 largest banks were nationalised by then Prime Minster late Mrs.Indira Gandhi through bill "Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) "which was passed by Indian parliament, and it received the presidential approval on 9 August 1969,the said move was hailed by late Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan,the nationalised bank played crucial role in Indian Economy through credit delivery, only after liberalisation policy of Late P.V Narsimha Rao in early 1990,private  banks [UTI,HDFC,ICICI ]came into picture.

Bailing out means opening Pandora Box;

Any decision to bailout loss making private sector airlines bound to open Pandora box with similar demands from other sectors,such bailout at the cost of tax payer money is mockery of socialism,which is basic structure of the constitution.The common people are aware ,India still a socialist economy,still the word 'socialism' still exists in the preamble,the nationalisation is better option than bailout .  

Double Standards of corporate India;

The corporate giants in the recent Confederation of Indian Industry  conclave was highly critical of UPA-II deadlock over liberalisation policy,warned that any slowing down will hurt investment climate and on the other hand,some free market policy experts are pushing the argument of bailout loss- making private sector unit.This is some thing,which is beyond the comprehension of common man.

State Intervention in the Crucial sectors : 

There is growing demand in India for nationalisation of precious natural resources or national wealth  like mining for proper and optimum utilization for national building.

The protogonist for Occupy Wall Street advocates the policy of state intervention in crucial sectors to do justice to the  commoners ,who are at receiving end in the world economic crises.  

The world is witnessing crucial changes due to "World Economic Crises",there is a visible change in the people's perceptions and beliefs,due to various factors like debt crises and rising unemployment in the world.

The people are preferring job security than corporate's heavy pay package,the government job looks attractive career option,when compared to un-secured or unpredictable private sector jobs.

The concept of reverse -privatsation looks attractive option and only viable alternative at this juncture. 

References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_in_India
2. http://www.equitymaster.com/5MinWrapUp/detail.asp?date=11/16/2011&story=4&title=Bailout-vs-bankruptcy--Which-one-is-better 

Marxism or people's resistant movement in USA &other parts of the world?

Marxism or people's resistant movement in USA&other parts of the world?

The entire western world's  sworn enemy was USSR and its Marxist communist ideology.There was cold war between USA and USSR for more than four decades[1946 to 1991]. The world was divided into capitalist block  and socialist blocks before dramatic collapse of USSR and eventually got disintegrated into pieces,which lead to collapse of communist regimes in eastern European countries and surprisingly East and West Germany got united after dismantling of Berlin wall.

American and other western people,now loving pro-labor radicalism and advocating labor activism,once most hated basic principles of Karl Marx like dictatorship of proletariat,workers of the world unite for common good and workers participation in the management ,recently,Ohio state bill was defeated,on 8th November,2011, Ohioans voted   to overturn the state's new law limiting collective bargaining rights for public sector employees, a victory for organized labor and their Democratic allies in the key electoral battleground,which was purportedly to be  a anti -labour bill or capitalist bill,all workers got united under one banner ensured that anti-labor bill is defeated ,this sparks debate that whether same Marxist principles really inspiring Americans or its sheer people's resistant movement against  corporate or state neglect of commoners and on the other hand,there is a huge movement against corporate greed called" Occupy Wall Street Movement",which has already spread to several countries.

What made people angry and restless?

The accumulation of unjust profits by corporates,unjust financial system or unregulated financial system  or unproductive expenditure by the state and sheer neglect of working classes,where as,their demands are  reasonable ,just and simple,they are only demanding affordable housing ,affordable healthcare and over all,the decent standard of living to ensure that children don't suffer,they don't have unreasonable demands  like luxury villas in moon or Hawaiian island holiday package as 'Leave travel package'. [LTC]. They are demanding basic amenities ,as cost of living rising at alarming levels due to high inflation and world economic crises.

The insecurity creeping in people's mindset:

The labour unrest is reported in many countries due to world economic and debt crises.Another issue is rising unemployment rates in the developed countries and developing countries,which makes people uncomfortable and restless,resulting mass people's resistant movement.There was riots in London by organised by the unemployed youth,which reminds West Indian British labour unrest of 1934–1939 ,which begin after world war -II,which highlighted income inequalities in Britain.Most communist believe that,If present unrest  continue,it may lead to  Bolshevism.

Indian Dilemma  &World crises.

The hundreds of Indian expatriates are expected to return home ,in  next two years  from USA and other countries ,due to uncertain economic conditions,adding to unemployed population,where as India is already facing labour unrest and huge educated unemployment,recently,there was huge labour strike in Maruthi Suzuki Ltd,Hyundai,MRF,Toyota,Honda and Nokia,due to ineffective labour dispute resolution.

There was labour unrest in some of the industrial areas of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu,which speaks resurgence of Trade Unionism,pushing case for greater role of workers in the management,protagonist of free market are worried about new resurgence of trade union,which will hamper investment climate.The fact of the matter is there is  a need to address the issue of fair wages,job security and social security measures,which will eventaully reduce labour unrest.It is better for people,who often shed crocodile tears about labour unrest is hurting investment climate, should make an effort to  understand the labour point of view and their woes.

There will be no organisation with out work force and with out orgaonsation,there can't be work force,both are indispensable in world,when organisation earn profits,workers should be given due share ,valuing their commitment and hard work.
The Human problems can be solved with humanitarian approach and sensitive mindset,no authoritarian state can survive by creating fear and in security in the work force.



It is better to strive for equitable society by removing income inequalities by making corporates accountable to stringent labour laws and social security measures and remove social inequalities by enforcing heavy taxation on ultra-rich people.

References :

• http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-ohio-issue-2-20111108,0,63215.story

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indian_labour_unrest_of_1934%E2%80%931939

Who will govern internet or WWW?India's proposal.

Who will govern internet or WWW? India's proposal.

We use 'Internet' daily,it is an undeniable fact that it has become an indispensable part of the world at individual level or organizational level or governmental level,it is spreading culture,philosophies,arts,literature,political discourses,and  promoting business or relationship at personal level through social networking websites,Ironically,most of us not aware,What is the code of conduct for internet?who and how internet is governed or controlled globally?what is legal mechanism of internet technology like assigning domain names and internet protocol[IP]?what is dispute resolution or how the dispute resolution works?.

Now the debate is, who should govern the internet ,whether new body under UN or multi level stake holders like INGO,according to the McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank."because nobody controls the internet, it has proved hard to censor. And despite (or perhaps because of) this lack of governance, the network has proved surprisingly resilient." More than two billion people are now connected to the internet.The many predictions of collapse have not yet proved correct.

Interestingly,the concept of "Internet Global Governance Mechanism" became debatable in India,after India submitted a proposal to United Nations for the establishment of a committee for Internet-Related Policies.

The proposal was presented by Member of Parliament Mr Dushyant Singh in 66th General Assembly of United Nations ,it was initiative of under aegsis of IBSA[ three developing like  countries India,Brazil,South Africa],to establish a body to deal with Internet issues,but before understanding the concept of IRP,it is prudent to know the history of Internet Governance.

History of Internet Governance : 

The creation of the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers known widely as "ICANN".  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) ,non-profit and private sector organisation ,formed in 1998 , headquartered in Marina del Rey, California. ,ICANN oversees the assignment of globally unique identifiers on the Internet, including domain names, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, application port numbers in the transport protocols, and many other parameters,it means the main purpose of formation is to address the  issue of "Domain Names" and "Internet Protocol",the issue of assigning domain names was taken up by DARPA and in affiliation with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI),it was a graduate student ,Jon Postel at the University of California at Los Angeles, who was entrusted the tasks of assigning blocks of numerical IP addresses to regional registries , maintaining a list of the host names  and their addresses.This function eventually became known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and as it expanded to include management of the global Domain Name System (DNS) root server.

The Allocation of IP addresses was delegated to four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs):

1. American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) for North America
2. Réseaux IP Européens - Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) for Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia
3. Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) for Asia and the Pacific region
4. Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) for Latin America and the Caribbean region.

In 1998 after death of postel, the IANA became part of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a newly created Californian non-profit corporation, initiated during September 1998 by the US Government and awarded a contract by the US Department of Commerce. ,in 1992 the Internet Society (ISOC) was founded.

The World first Summit on Internet Society:On 16 November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society, held in Tunis, established the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to open an ongoing, non-binding conversation among multiple stakeholders about the future of Internet governance.
 

The United Nations Committee for Internet-Related Policies :

The new body proposed by India,may consist of 50 member-states,“chosen/elected on the basis of equitable geographical representation” and four advisory groups, one each for civil society, the private sector, the inter-governmental and international organisations and the technical and academic community. 

The advisory groups will provide “inputs and recommendations to the CIRP.” “The CIRP will report directly to the General Assembly and present recommendations for consideration, adoption and dissemination among all relevant inter-governmental bodies and international organisations,” the Indian proposal says.
“The intent of proposing a multilateral and multi-stakeholder mechanism is not to control the Internet or allow governments to have the last word on regulating the Internet, but to make sure that the Internet is governed not unilaterally but in an open, democratic, inclusive and participatory manner, with the participation of all stakeholders, so as to evolve universally acceptable and globally harmonised policies in important areas and pave the way for a credible, constantly evolving, stable and well-functioning Internet that plays its due role in improving the quality of peoples' lives everywhere.”

Internet Society [ISOC] an INGO,cautioned against new body ,it is against spirit of Tunis Agenda ,which calls for multi-stake holder cooperation  in Internet policy development. 

India called establishment of a working group under Commission on Science and Technology for Development for drawing up the terms of reference for CRIP to make a common body a reality with in 18 months.

Most countries are uncomfortable with current set up, China and Russia want the United Nations General Assembly to adopt an “International Code of Conduct for Information Security”. India, Brazil and South Africa have called for a “new global body” to control the internet. Other countries want to give a UN agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a supervisory role.Some western countries battle for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),There is a need for body under the frame of UN  to work for common policy to regulate internet and there is a need for greater international cooperation under international body to curb the cyber crimes[frauds,child pornography,trafficking,terror networks]and cyber terrorism like hacking the websites of institutes of national and international importance.

But some people are not happy with concept of state control over internet,it will curtail the freedom of speech and expression,which will eventually suffocate the internet.

References :

1. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/internet/article2604526.ece 

2. http://www.icann.org/

3. http://www.economist.com/node/21530955

Why India is lagging behind OWS like movement ?

Why India is lagging behind OWS like movement ?

While ,whole world is facing Occupy Wall Street like protest against defective banking system and corporate greed,but why India is lagging behind ,because Indians are busy with corporate events like F1 race and Metallica music concert,even though Communist Party of India announced that it will start India version of OWS protest called "Dalal Street protest " from November 4th 2011. In the month of August 2011, India faced huge demonstration at Ram leela grounds,when Sri Anna Hazare ,who calls himself Gandhi follower, went on fast for about 12 days in the month of August 2011 for strong legislation called"Jan Lok Pal Bill" to tackle  the scourge of corruption.It is matter of debate,how effectively Anna and team spread intense anti-corruption under banner  called "India Against Corruption" using social media Face Book , twitter and SMS with in short period of time,which lead to overwhelming response among the middle class and lower middle class.The most experts believed that it is urban middle class revolution and  outright revolt against the rampant corruption,which is prevalent in every wing /department of the government.But even,after two months of Anna fast and huge Ramleela demonstrations,promised Legislation remained a  distinct reality,once again Anna threatening to go on fast,if government of India does not pass strong legislation cub the corruption.  

Team Anna Problems and degrading anti-corruption movement :

Paradoxically ,the team Anna members like Ms Kiran Bedi and Mr.Kejriwal faces many allegations of misuse of funds ,abuse of power and wrong doing ,who are managing NGO's.

Another interesting development is "India against Corruption" [IAC ]decided to return the money collected at Ramleela grounds ,to come clean in the eyes of the public.
The issue is not about the individuals of Team Anna and their wrong doing ,the issue of importance is Government of India commitment to fight corruption,most experts are of view that by leveling such allegations ,the government of India 's intention is to sidetrack the issue of strong legislation.
The team Anna unitedly said,they are ready to face any thorough probe,but don't side tract the issue of Jan Lok Pal legislation,at any cost,the bill should be tabled in next Parliament session.     
 

Give up attitude:

Some times, we all get nagging doubt that whether Indians suffer from the give -up mentality or poor fighting spirit or poor sportive mindset?,we often come to wrong conclusion that corruption in India is reality,bear it ,rather than fight it,things will not change overnight,we have to lead our life ,irrespective of prevailing circumstances in the country ,rather than fight the system,face the system,which we cant change it single-highhandedly.This is the attitude of the educated middle class Indians.

The sleeping corporate media: 

It is matter of irony the press/media is regarded as fourth estate of the democracy,the media is not playing constructive role to cleanse the rotten system,because mainstream media is owned by corporates ,who are political bosses,either they are opposed or supports the ruling establishment for political reasons,rather than playing role of neutral observer.Our media is more interested promoting F1 race or Metallica concert ,while western media[whatever their motive is ] is criticizing India for hosting F1 race,while the nation faces poverty and unemployment.    

Education in the hands of market forces:
 
The youth are not mentally trained the fight the rotten system,because of our market orientated education,when our education system is in the hands of corporates,it will invariably trained people with skills to face the system ,not to fight the system.The spirit of revolution and spirit of fighting injustice is not in-calculated in the minds of youth.We are trained  to  face the system and continue our duties as a passive citizen,ignoring the hardship of the rotten system.

When Telangana region  of A.P ,India went on general strike for a more than a month demanding separate statehood with in-the constitution,some people[may be encouraged by state forces],on their own accord ,formed into a union called parents association or anxious parent's s group  and  demanded that the government should take steps to see that educational institutes should not suffer due to frequent strikes,ironically there was no such parental association meeting or association formed ,when corporate schools and colleges were grabbing huge donations and no such protest was witnessed,when private educational institutes cheated the innocent students ,which were functioning with out any approval or permits.No such protest were witnessed for effective implementation of Right to Education.No one[ so-called concerned citizens] ,raises the issue of high suicide rates in students[bright students of IIT/IIM] and the youth.

We are only trained to adopt and face the system ,rather fight the system,that is why are lagging behind OWS like protest ,people are not mentally strong in enough to face the difficulties in fighting the rotten system.During ancient  and medieval times,the young prince/princess used to get education on bravery,Valor-ism,war-fare and military adventure,even people were trained to defend them selves from the enemy attacks ,ironically,present educational system teaches us to be passive spectator to the rotten system and become a victim of market forces,it is fact that market is dictating our lives ,right from the cloths to education,even our personal life is dictated by the  market forces.There is no scope for original thinking and original life style basing on our own thinking ,choices and tastes. 

 

"The man is born free ,but every where ,he is in chains"how true and relevant,even though it is the an ancient philosophy.Presently,we are trapped in the chains of corporate world,who are not interested in changing the rotten system.

The democracy in India has become "of the corporate","for the corporate" ,"by the corporate"

But we should remember that ,there will not be any change with out any element of hardship and risk.The change comes for certain prize.

 

What is Occupy Wall Street Movement ?

What is Occupy Wall Street Movement?

This is a new urban revolution,the Hundreds of people,even with pets [like dogs]gathered and occupied Zuccotti park plaza [NY],now it is called as 'Liberty park' in support of movement called"Occupy Wall Street Movement",while Zuccotti park neighbors complains about the noise of drums,garbage and people defecating near their doorsteps and the police looking to crackdown the OWS movement by charging with misdemeanor against the celebrities addressing the gathering at Zuccotti park and legal firms offering services like legal protection shields for the  participants,who may face any legal  action[like trespass or public nuisance]for being member of OWS movement,interestingly,similar movements started in London called "Occupy London Stock Exchange movement".It is reported in media that OWS has spread to over 90 countries[including Asian countries]across the world .

Greek youth getting inspiration from UK riots, which was started by unemployed youth,who were chasing few jobs or even one job and indulging in riots.Even in India,Telangana region's[which is in south Indian state called Andhra Pradesh]hundred of  educated unemployed youth chasing few government jobs and alleging that their jobs being fleeced by the youth,who are non-locals.Some of them[more than 600 students/youth]committing suicides,which resulted in mass movement with a  demand for separate state to protect their interest.

I don't see any difference between UK riots or Greek riots or s Delhi's Ram Leela grounds crowd gathering to support the  anti-corruption bill to clean up Indian system or Telangana mass movement,their demands are the same ,that is common good of the people,it may be employment,social equality,good governance or decent standard of living.

I don't see any difference between A.P High Court Advocates being physically lifted by the police for agitating for Telangana state or London Officials directing the people to vacate premises of the London Stock Exchange or operation Zoccutti park  clean up.

What is Occupy Wall Street Movement ?

The common questions asked by the commoners;what is OWS movement[ Zuccotti Park]?what are its demands?who is the author and inspire'r of the movement ?Why they are pushing such movement?Whether it has political agenda like overthrowing incumbent government and placing opposition in power?Whether movement's main aim is to change the political system or economic system ?Whether movement is pro-Marxist or Leninist agenda or free market agenda?Whether movement purely directed towards merely correcting faulty or defective financial system and expose the corporate greed?whether movement purely directed towards promoting social equality by reducing unemployment, promoting public health care,education or housing?Whether movement is the assertion of American Nationalism and promoting patriotic spirit among the nationals?Whether it is purely resentment of public that public money being spent in wars in the name of 9/11? 

We don't have immediate answer to above questions, because the main theme of the movement is not yet framed ,we don't know who has taken responsibility of framing the main issues of the movement.What we understand it is moral movement or value-based movement to restore the new world order.

The most protagonist of OWS movement allege that when America call itself world police or mentor of the world,when US itself is in myriad problems[financial crises to unemployment],How it can do justice to its own self -imposed duty of mentoring the world and world policing.

There is lot of resentment among the Americans for bailing out of big financial companies,who are responsible for financial mess or crises?There is deep sense of anger among Americans  and Europeans,directed towards big corporation for their greed for money at the cost of people's welfare and national's well being.

The most protesting people and experts were angry at US military spending in the name of 9/11 attacks,It is reported in media that US Congress had approved a total of about $859 billion for the military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs and veterans’ health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) to provide enhanced security at military bases abroad, and, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),what they called unproductive expenditure,while household and employment earning has been robust.

The people are critical of diverting money for unproductive expenses like war in the name of fighting terrorism,which resulted in financial crises.The experts say that US’s total public debt is over 100% of its GDP.

In the present global order,the corporates are flourishing by  plundering public wealth and other hand,thousand  of people are suffering from unemployed,poor public health and housing,there is growing sense of frustration in the youth population.

The Republican senator McCain gave an public statement expressing his sympathy with OWS movement,even Mr.ManMohan Singh,Indian Prime Minister and U.P.A Chairperson,Mrs Sonia  Gandhi expressing concern about growing  Corruption and giving public statement,they too supporting the Anna Hazare anti- corruption movement,eventually doing nothing to weed out of scourge of corruption.  

We don't know the immediate result of OWS movement and how the state will treat such movements.Whether OWS movement will achieve any result is hypothetical question.But created huge impact on the minds of general people,social scientist or social critics and there is a huge debate that the people wont keep quite,when state ignores welfare of the people by diverting public money for unproductive expenditure like war,there is also a debate in academic circles,what is an alternate to capitalism or free market economy,when corporates are being criticized for unjust profits and greed for money. 

References :

http://www.globalreview.ca/secret-dossier.php

Bullying and Ragging in Schools or Colleges

Bullying and Ragging in Schools or Colleges:

In USA,the October month is regarded as "Bullying Prevention Awareness month",every student is a victim of bullying or ragging in schools or colleges or universities.The various studies have indicated that children who indulge in bulling,he or she more likely to have a criminal  personality traits by the age of 24.The Children,who indulge bullying may continue to be bullies as an adults, and are more prone to becoming child and spouse abusers.

The bullies may be become a victim of substance/Alcohol  abuse and one of the possible reasons of excessive bullying or ragging is being a product of negligent parenting[working parents with irresponsible attitude ]or due to matrimonial discords or due to single parenting or personality disorders,or psychological  disorders like depression or anger or jealousy of performance of fellow students,but bullying and ragging[welcome gesture to fresher]to a extent is fun,if it is in form of mild teasing,if it exceeds limits,it is regarded as perverted and deviant behavior.It ought to be regarded as criminal act,when ragging or bullying takes criminal dimensions.



The incidence of bullying[adult or child]are reported in schools,play grounds,social&recreation clubs,Shopping malls, work places,hospitals,universities,colleges,public transport and other public places. 

Bullying :

Bullying is an intentional acts to harm others physically, emotionally,verbally or mentally.The bullying may takes place in school or neighborhood,there are many cases of cyber bullying are also reported or cyber stalking also perpetuated by unknown person in social networking websites ,the bullying also involves threats,intimidation,coercion.The sexual abuse and racial abuse in schools or colleges is also one of the form of bullying.
The act of bullying or ragging  is perpetuated by one  individual or one or  more individuals forming in group to  bully one individuals or another group of individuals[peer].

• The bullying should be taken seriously by school management. 

• Every school should have child counselor or psychiatrist to tackle such behavioral problems. 

• The parents should be informed about child's misbehavior.

• The parents should be given counselling and they should be suggested to spend more time with children to rectify the behaviors.

• Prevention is better than cure ,the good character of child can be molded at an early age to avoid further embarrassing problem of adult life [criminal acts or spouse abuse or substance abuse or suicides]. 

     

• The counselling of victims should also be undertaken to avoid psychological or behavioral problems or suicides as result of guilt or shame or helplessness.

Ragging in Colleges /Universities:

One of the worrying factor in the present educational system in India and other countries is Ragging or teenage bullying,which is rampant in colleges or universities, despite laws enacted to curb such deviant behavior of students.

The fresher faces ragging in all educational institutes.There are several instances of ragging reported in prestigious engineering and medical institutes,several suicide cases were also reported.  

UGC Regulation On Curbing The Menace Of Ragging In Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 

This regulation was framed by University Grants Commission ,India, after directions given by the Hon'ble Supreme court in University of Kerala v/s. Council, Principals, Colleges and others case,(2006) 8 SCC 304. 

This regulation defined what constitute ragging and what are remedial measures are to be taken by management of institute to prevent the scourge of ragging ,one of important provision is formation of the committees to  look into complaints of ragging and referring for necessary action like rustication [TC] from the institute and instituting appropriate legal action like filing criminal case under appropriate provisions of the law. 

 Circular of UGC-No. F. 1-127/2011 (Anti Ragging)

All institutions are required to take necessary steps for its implementation in toto including the monitoring mechanism as per provisions provided in the above regulation and ensure its strict compliance.

The following preventive measures for Anti-Ragging should also be strictly followed:-

1) The Institutions may erect suitable hoardings/bill boards/banners in prominent places within the campus to exhort the students to prevent or not to indulge in ragging and also indicating therein the names of the officials and their telephone numbers to be contacted in case of ragging.
2) All Educational Institutions should form an Anti-Ragging-Committee and squads and dedicated cadre of wardens and professional counselors to ensure that the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and Justice Raghavan Committee recommendations are followed without exception.

3) An affidavit must be obtained from every Student, Parent/Guardian separately as per clause (m & n) of Regulation 6.2.
4) The Institution may also undertake other forms of campaign as it may consider appropriate for prevention of ragging.
5) UGC has uploaded a film on anti-ragging on its website. All universities and colleges are requested to download the same and give wide publicity amongst the students, before the start of the academic session. Besides, this may be constantly monitored during the entire period of the academic session.
Any violation of UGC regulations as cited above or if any Institution fails to take adequate steps to prevent ragging or act in accordance with these regulations or fails to punish perpetrators of incidents of ragging suitably, UGC shall call for punitive action against erring institutions.

Students in distress owing to ragging related incidents can access the toll free helpline -1800-180-5522

There is a need to initiate more measures to curb the menace of ragging ,ironically ,the issue of ragging is taken seriously at the time of admission and freshers enter institute ,while ragging continues all round the year and it will continue subsequent year.  

 

 The cyber stalking /bullying: 

This is latest trend in present generation of students, and youngsters ,perpetrators[known or unknown]target gullible students in social networking websites like Face Book or Orkut.The several cases of posting of morphed photos or other mischievous cyber criminal acts to defame and humiliate their targets were reported,especially, when female student spurn the companionship offer or love or marriage proposal of male students ,such attracts the provisions of cyber laws[IT Act 2000 as amended 2008] and normal laws like Indian Penal code.

 

There are cases where college students throwing acid or injuring  innocent college girls ,merely because they spurned their offer of friendship or dating.  

The UGC should initiate action against university or institute ,which are not following regulations in letter and spirit and equally school management should also take steps to ensure there is no bullying in school.

References :

1. www.gcet.ac.in/anti%20ragging/UGC%20notification.doc
2. http://www.ugc.ac.in/notices/public_noitce_ragging110711.pdf 
3. www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1835746/

False Gods ,False Icons of Corporate world -Wall Street Protest

False Gods ,False Icons of Corporate world -Wall Street Protest :

The wall street protest has spread to Boston,Chicago,Los Angles and other cities and towns of USA ,it is one of signs of growing hostility towards capitalism and demand for social equality.The large scale demonstration by unemployed youth against corporates are seen in USA after more than 30 yrs ,in an article by New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, who quoted a Wall Street CEO worried about his “personal safety” and warned that the protest constituted “a warning shot about the kind of civil unrest that may emerge—as we’ve seen in some European countries—if our economy continues to struggle.”, obviously, it is fall out of Lehman brothers bankruptcy  episode in the USA[massive devaluation of assets by credit agencies&drastic losses in stock market] .The employees and unemployed youth are demanding livable income ,decent standard of living ,health care ,housing ,social security measures, apart from that ,they are demanding social control of banks and other big corporations which are controlling the USA.'s economy.

Ironically,we saw some foolish people mourning the death of some one, who happened to be of CEO of the company known for iPhone/PC ,irrespective of corporate world comparing him to Albert Einstein or Graham Bell or Henry Ford for phenomenal growth of the company, he is better known for unjust profits and unethical growth.We also saw some of the fools of Hyderabad,India mourned the death of some one.who happened to be baron of [so-called ]Institutes of Higher Learning,facing series of litigation in the courts from students as well as  employees.I pity these foolish people and I can only pray to god to give them wisdom to understand corporate exploitation of people and natural resources. These organization earned millions at what cost?Whether so- called icons should be worshiped for any extra -ordinary human qualities or for purely manipulative personality traits or cunning  business tactics to survive in corporate world ,or their mad craze to project their organisation as profit making to gain market acceptability and good will by indulging in cheap media publicity. 
We should not be surprised ,the same people will protest the conviction of the Gali Janardhan Reddy and Rama Linga Raju ,who have become an symbol of modern corporate crimes in India [ white collar crimes] They are also icons for these foolish people.It is understandable and if we read the works of Sutherland[was the first person to coin the word White Collar crimes] or Marxist criminologist, the most icons or gods worshiped by the corporate and commercial world are better known to be White Collar Criminals for corporate crimes and their adventures by manipulating their balance sheet to gain market creditability,so as to increase their share value in bullion market,it is rubbish and height of stupidity on the part of corporate world to call them a role model or icons to the gullible youngsters and young executives. 

When I was student of under -graduation ,I used to regard great political thinkers like J.S.Mill ,John Locke ,Bentham,John Austin ,Karl Marx  F.Engels ,Leo Tolstoy ,Aristotle,Pluto and Socrates as real contributors  to the world political thought and treated them as iconic figures for their great works, While I was pursuing post graduation in International  law , I used to regard Hugo Grotius as iconic figure in the field of International Law ,[apart from being known father of International Law]. We used to hear with rapt attention ,the lessons on economics of John Maynard Keynes or John Galbraith.

At least,I don't suggest my kids to read biography of Steve jobs or warren Buffet.I would rather suggest my kids to read events and factual matrix's  unfolded in American Revolution , Russian Revolution , French Revolution , English Revolution or Indian Independence Struggle,it helps them to understand the saga of human struggle,Evolution of civilization and evolution of freedom struggles after dismantling feudal /monarchical exploitative world,I believe it is real education to kids&youngsters to increase their intellect ,reasoning and enhances sense of justice. . 

It is laughable to suggest the young people should  read the books of Steve Jobs or books like How to Become Millionaire fortnight or How to become Rich &Famous or How to hatch eggs & chicken,it is nothing but concentrating on Master of business education on purely profit making exercises through unethical business practices and exploitative traits,it is nothing but suggesting individual enrichment or organizational growth at the cost of exploitation of the people and nation , as whole  by taking advantage of defective system and poor governance. 

There is need to check corporate crimes and punish the white collar criminals ,which will stop the exploitation of people.The world is witnessing growing hostility towards corporates and its criminality ,who are personally enriching at the cost of the nation and its people.The time has ripen for the emancipation of people from modern form of slavery of the people by the greedy corporate honchos.There is a need for equal distribution  of the profits and work for social equality. I don't prefer to call Steve Jobs or Warren buffet as icons or genius of the world.  

References : 

1. Andrew Ross Sorkin-New York Times 
2. World Socialist website -wsws.org