Duck Curry Delhi Ishtyle

Much hype and Hoopla on AAP’s success in Delhi assembly elections have been created. The vibrancy rubbed on nearly one and all. People like us who chase the new horizon can be forgiven for thought of new dawn.  One on street hardly expected AAP to fulfill its promises in Manifesto but expected AAP to a give a try at transparent governance and give an honest try.  The hopes were raised as AAP managed their funds and donation during the election.

In the week that followed BJP did not indulge in horse trading though some attempts by BJP were reported. BJP’s CM nominee   Dr.HarshVardhan immediately took notice and asked other party functionaries to stop the rot.

The Congress always suffering from Icon worship was even quicker. It hurried into backroom classes and presentations with Rahul Gandhi as anchor. Jairam commented on suggestion by some thousands has been taken and the 2014 draft manifesto will be out in January.

Both Parties seem to be in a hurry to introduce the Lok Pal bill, not on agenda of winter session of the Rajya Sabha, citing Anna Hazare. Even ducks like me know why this fire fight from a” Cirane” . 

Can we “Idol and Hero worshipers” Indian accuse Media India of creating monsters. This intelligentsia creates monsters, sings for them, eats out of their plates and then runs helter sh

elter when the Monster grows on them. Media India is also prone to shrieking like politicians today. Examples galore Anna, the earlier Prodigal but now abandoned child of congress.

The same media continued fabricated another mirage. Personality worship, long questions and expecting mono syllable answers, interruption and airing self sense of knowledge are cardinal sins of journalism, which all TV channels anchors indulge in. Irony is the coverage, “Cobra Post expose on Members of Parliament “got. It seems that” the ideas which the new political order pledges to stand for” were lost in the din of a rabble rousing “well of House”.

AAP seems to be learning the tricks fast. In rustic dark waters , people will tell that Indian system runs of THEL(put the ball in other’s court),TEL(sycophancy), KHEL(melodrama),MEL or BEMEL( unwilling or forced alliance).

Let us realize that we have placed many hopes in a single basket. Cynicism led by both Congress and BJP has started. The old guard is sharpening their knives. Traps are being set. “Inability to Fulfill Manifesto, going back from pre poll stand of nothing given, nothing taken” are reasons being cited for shrieking responsibility.

 Arvind , Yogendra Yadav  and party have been smart. AAP has pre empted many moves and stifled many others.

However the problem lies within, of the inner demons. Consider the new found intoxicant’s effect on the cadres. “Power certainly degrades thinking, vision.”People like Biwa’s, Ilmi, and Kolli have reestablished the fact.

 People are wise enough to realize that AAP cannot reduce electric bills, bring Lokpal at hat drop. They have taken much worse acts on Manifestos. Judgments from” Batakhs” will be based only on the manner of accessibility, transparency and ability to carry us along after EUPHORIA

Suits AAP and My nazm

                             बयाँ  क्या  करुँ  अपनी नज़्म का ,

                              दुआ, न  लगे  ज़ख्म  नासूर  सा। 

Political PanchSher

 

 PM on Mani Shankar Aiyer's comments
              
                तेरा  किसी  को  ना  सही , तुझे  तो  किसी  को  इंतज़ार  हैं
                सुन  मौन  ,सय्याद   दायमूल   उल  हब्ब्स  भी  उड़ने  को  तैयार  हैं.


RG and Modi
               डुबा  दिया सहजादे  ने , फलक  से परेरा
               मा  बदौलत , रोकेंगे तहज़ीब  का सवेरा


Cry of AAP
               अभी  तो   बयारें  हैं ,हिल गए  दरख़्त ,
               जर्रूर  आयेगा  तूफाँ , दे  ज़रा  वक़त।

Section 377

                       मुल्लाह  पण्डित  ज़ारी  रखें  फरमान  ए बदस्तूर ,
                  जम्हूरियत  में  आईन  का आइना  बदलेगा जर्रूर। 

PMO after assembly Results

                                        नयी थी फ़ज़ा ,नया  आसमां  औ  थी मेरी  खामोशी ;

                                उजड़ा  है चमन,बिखरा  आशियाँ  और है मेरी खामोशी 

Blame it on Thyself;INC

Political anlyst are ready with reasons of failure of Congress to do well in the “semi-finale”. Much will written about failures of Congress leadership to react early.Certainely the INC has been at most reactive and even those reactions have been knee-jerk.

Why no second line of leadership  was developed in Delhi. The long incumbancy factor certainly takes a tool. If this was not thought of earlier, it speaks of the mindset of political think tank  of the party . after 2008 development  of a young leader  was necessary with power trandefer in mid 2011. It was thought of in MP but the reginal staraps delyed it.The advent of youth leader was too late. In Chattisgarh pacifying of Jogi was too late. After the death of  Patel and Karma,Jogi was the only chioce left.The congress think tank thought otherwise. Recent polls have shown that alternates happen in Rajasthan so why not try with a younger face.

The bigger problem however lies underneath.The political think tank is blank.The leaders who work as strategist are no match for Fotedars,Bhagats or Dhawans. The vaccum is more obivious on TV debates.With due respect to these poltical think tank leaders, they are only reactionaries.The political intrigues don’t require much vision and self rightoues.Much of the Congress think tank overrate themselves as visionarys or anlysts.Need of the the hour is pre empting political scenarios and have plans ready. The Congress has itself to blame.Ostrich Syndrome,Red Tapism,vaccum of political analysis,preparedness,inability to infuse youth and the most important ability to remove elitism of thought.

BJP on the other hand can be accused of thinking the same at National level.The benefit it has is mass based regional leaders ,who have creted a niche for themslves.The four chief mainisters that it has today excluding Modi are capable enough in political manovures.The harping by BJP of “Modi’ factor is hallonification at best.

Duck Watchers

Modern Social scientists define Democracy  as a mode of powersharing.

The earlier defintion “of ,by and for the people”  seems to be lost in hard realties ,democracies across the world face today.Truly the order of today is powersharing.The four pillars unbashedly share it.The legislature does it in the name of representation.The Excutive and Media do it in name of “for the people” and “building opinion”. Judicairy ofcourse harps on interpetation of laws for the mass.

Core of modern democracy ,lies in checks and balances.One wing keeping a watch on the other.Conflicts arise when power sharing equlibriam is questioned or new situations develop.The latter  arise  due to liberalisation,technology and developments not well difned in Constitutions. When the conflicts arise  ,Judiciary acts as interpertor of the Constitution.It is important to note that most of the conflicts have power sharing as core.

It has never been a natural  human quality to share what one holds.The same applies here too.These conflicts become acute if the parties involved is one of the four pillars. Established norms when challenged have never easy solutions espcially when the power is infested with one of the parties involved.

The situation become complex when it involves two or more pillars of democracy.Recent past has shown that in many cases , however uncomfortable the status quo prevails. The complexity of the conflict becomes more acute if some power is to be shredded to lower level in hiearchy of democratic pyramid.

A new trend has started.Smaller democracies  have just started using public voting as a method of resolving.However the fragmentation of society in these small countries is toatlly based upon ethencity,cultural ,linguastic or religion and not on economic lines.

 The four pillars Indian democracy are still not mature enough to read this vibrant signal emnating out of Globalisation and liberalisation.Corruption, undue previliges  enjoyed , incompetency  in these four estates  will not  die out on their own. There need to be a new factor and that is vibrant,demading,ethical but innovative.The last quality needed to remove cynism from masses.The most important factor should be ofcourse being from within the system.It is an established fact now that system can be improved better by remaining a part of system rather and pushing the limits than being an outsider and trying to pull.

The rising of this Fifth estate has started  nearly everywhere across the world where class divide cuts across ethnic,religious and lingo lines. Arab ,South America ,Eastern Europe are examples.India has seen it’s own share , Nirbhya,Anna e.t.c, even the large following of BABAs actually demonstrates that this fifth estate wants to assert.

Arvind Kejriwal realized the factors and took a bold step in forming a political party. AAP’s leaders have been smart enough to realize and have experimented  well.”बतख ” like all  will watch closely on their “holier than thou” and ‘whiter than cow” syndrome…

The aftermath will follow…

Of course to keep  out violence and vandalism  will be the biggest challenge.

Batakh's Poll Cry

अधीर  ना  हो ,  अविश्वस्त  ना  हो 

विचलित  ना  हो,व्याकुल  ना  हो 

निराश  ना  हो,हताश  न  हो 

उन्मादि  ना  हो, अधीन   ना हो। 

परिवर्तन  के  उत्प्रेरक  हम ,

संवेदना  के  प्रचारक   हम ,

यत्न   के   निरंतर   हम,

आशा  के  प्रवाहक  हम।  

सहस  का   उद्घोष  कर ,

चेतना  का  प्रशार   कर ,

विस्वाश  का आगाज़  कर ,

कुछ   नव  का  शुरूवात  कर। 

अमानवीय  से   निर्भय ,

अरुणिम  आशा  सा  प्रण ,

माँ  मैरी  सा  वात्सल्य 

सुनहली  हो  जहाँ  किरण। 

विरासत  को न छोड़ 

संचय कर  बढा  उसे ,

अधिकार  से  मुँह  ना  मोड़ 

यत्न कर  कमा  उसे। 

आया हैं हमारा पंचवर्षीय पर्व ,

उल्लास  और हक़ से  मना  इसे ,मना  इसे 

Organizations Against Harassment at Work

1. Display of the committee members with telephone numbers at office and premises.

2.Regular meeting in different sections of committee within organisation.

3. Orientation training of all employees should be done regarding laws and rules related to sexual harassment at work.

4.Training of all women employees on Rights of women under Industrial and Office acts .

5 .In un organised sector the payment card or attendance card should have a leaf on their rights with telephone numbers of district level appelent authority.

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Tejpals 10 years ago

Tarun Tejpal has been toast or untoast of Media for the last ten days.

How and when he reaches Airport,crime branch in Goa have been debated.What he converses with his brother,daughter and niece has been subject to debates.

I know my media friends will castigate me for telling an observer’s view.

The crust of the matter is too much has been penned sin on the unfortunate man and incident.Whatever media attention left was grabbed by Jollys,Sibbals,Bangus and other political party spokerspersons.The CCTV footage has fortunately been not telecast.Newspapers are fiiled with stories of bungling in company shares and connection with Ponty Chaddah.

Unfortunately the question of Women grievance commitees in case of sexual harrasment has taken backseat.Even in as early as   2004 when high profile case of a Public Sector company’s CMD was arrested  the committee was formed and then cover up was done.Nearly ten years from then it is the same old mistake.It happens in an organization where all employees are well educated,the girls in the office are well aware of rules and regulations.

Ironically one of the heads of the organization is a well known Journalist whose grip on current events is well respected.It seems that Ms.Choudhary tries to hush up things.The Girl is rightly admant ,the Editor forms a committee still tries to cajole the girl.

The workplace harrasement is a form of denying a fundamental right to a woman.Why does not National Commission on Women,Delhi Police,Goa Police,Ministry of Women take a stand.

These statuary bodies ,names of members and rights of women employees should be displayed in premises of organization is humble appeal of

As Sulekha.com  reported

Nalco hurriedly conducted an internal probe -- and predictably gave a clean chit to Venkataramana.But the government took serious note of the development and constituted a committee — as prescribed by the Supreme Court in cases of sexual harassment — to probe the incident.

JS Vema report presnted in 2013

On the point of the establishments to which the proposed Act shall apply the report observed “Since each and every act of sexual harassment at the workplace is a form of sex discrimination which in effect denies a woman her fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution, it is proposed that any legislation dealing with the said issue should have the widest possible application so as to take within its scope every female member of the national workforce. Therefore, any legislation must apply to all government institutions, all public bodies, all panchayats, all establishments covered under the Factories Act and the Industrial Disputes Act and all employers in the private sector who are not otherwise covered by the categories listed above.”

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matdan by बतख 

दिल्ली   या   राजस्थान 
गर  ज्यादा  मतदान 
कांग्रेस  को  नुकसान। 

आप या किला , बनेंगे पहलवान (kila-kishori lal meena)
कहीं  बन ना जांये शैतान 
देखे जरा जनता का फरमान। 

नेताजी का बयान 
वोटर करते हैं हैरान 
नहीं बचा उनका ईमान। 

नोट लेकर  करें परेशान 
जीतू तो करू गंगा स्नान 
जय जय चुनाव महान 

Rabble Rouse

Except for the debate needed on article 370 ,which Narendra Modi stated in his Jammu rally,the other rallies of all parties  have yielded nothing of creative or constructive note.Rhetorics apart no concrete ideas have come forth in any of the speeched which I was fortunate enough to hear.Allegations,counter allegations,charcter assisnation have been the themes of the political rallies.The mantra was populism,wrongdoings of others and blah blah…

Even in TV debate the focus was on charcter assisnation .The Anchors now a days are smart enough to signal which sound byte is to be muted.The core issues lost in mud slinging mathes and ofcourse rabblle rousing.Candidly the level of debates specially on Hindi channels left a bad taste.Anchors has resorted to cardinal sins of interviewing like shouting ,interrupting ,asking longer questions than the answers,wasting too much to extract an answer which they think proper.Nothing constructive and no further insights on issue were coming.Though some anchors tried  to extract something meanigful.May be their attempts will bear fruit with less  commercial breaks.

The “Bhasa Shaili” and choice of words of the speeches leaves many  pen-dumbfounded.

None can deny the fact that these elections are gateway of 2014 general elections ,the results of which today seems to be like hornest nest and political nightmare in which allignments ,re allignments, breaking of typecast and much will happen.But none can also deny the fact that the level of rhetoric,allegations have been unprecetendent.Even setting aside what Media coverages do to our tounges ,the built up to 2013 has been only rabble rousing with no concrete .

Fear of the shrill remains till 2014  and thenafter heart falls ,heart breaks, divorces,re marriages,new live in