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The Grand Adventures of Todd DailyHe is a globe trotting phenomenon. He is Todd Daily. Together with his trusty friends, Todd is setting off on one of his greatest explorations, to find himself!
found in the woods- Found in the Woods - I got off the train in Nikko; it was a smaller local train that I had switched to about an hour north of Tokyo. The doors were the kind that you have to manually slide open like an older style of train. I got the feeling that I was traveling back in time and that is something I enjoy and search for while traveling. I bought the tickets to Nikko because I heard it was a small town with some old temples and shrines and I was looking for that kind of experience. I wanted to see Japan on a more personal and historic level. I was confronted with a much different sight however when I exited the train station. I saw a very typical modern Japan. Squat houses with clay-tiled roofs, the sidewalk looked fresh, next to the street that was recently paved. There were posts and flags in dirt to construct new buildings, others buildings being torn down to make way for the new. It seemed that Nikko had become aware of its charm and attraction and was adjusting to accommodate the tourists. I still considered it a town but it looked more modern than old. A lot of what I was seeing I had seen in other towns and cities across Japan. I turned right out of the train station and headed north towards the temples. I hoped that as I ventured in that direction I would find some ancient secrets or at least some interesting old Japanese architecture. The sidewalk was freshly cut and laid granite slabs and some of the curbs hadn't been installed yet. People were going about their daily lives, in and out of shops. Some of the folks from the train were walking in the direction of the temples and looked like they had the same intentions as me. I had joined the rank of tourist. We trudged up the slight slope through the city, past all the shops with little knick-knacks and souvenirs. We were on a mission to see truth, history, the meaning of life, or maybe just something cool. There was a mist in the air and it constantly looked like it was about to rain but we didn't care. We were prepared with rain jackets which, when worn were uncomfortably warm but wet without. Most tourists had a canon DSLR camera hanging from their neck, curved brim ball cap and sunglasses. Despite the mist and cloud-cover it was still humid as summers are in Japan. My skin was tanned and my hair was slightly sun bleached from walking around similar towns for the previous two weeks. The threat of rain was a nice break from the sweltering sun and provided a mysterious mood to my adventure. I crossed over an old looking bridge with some ornate decoration along the side. It stood about forty feet above a rushing river that was clean and blue adding to the mystery of this land. On the other side of the bridge the road made a T and in front of me stood a steep tree covered hill. I knew there was a temple nestled in there somewhere. I continued to the right but eventually lost the sidewalk. I didn't know exactly where the temple was or how to get there by footpath so I started wandering along the side of the road. There was a lot of traffic heading up the hill toward the temple that made it a little difficult to walk on the street. I followed the cars to a parking lot for the temple, people were getting out of their cars and gearing up for some sightseeing, more cars arrived every second and the decent sized lot looked like it was getting full. I fell in with the stream of tourists heading to the temple entrance that was marked with a large torii, one of those typical Japanese double post gateways with a downward curved beam across the top. Once past the torii we entered into the temple grounds. It was a large area with a collection of shrines devoted to different spirits and ancestors. The larger of the shrines were similar to a one room wood cabin. You could enter in those and there were other, smaller ones that were more of a display. The wood was cut into planks and stained a soy sauce brown. The roofs were covered in clay shingles and extend past the walls then slightly curved upwards. Some of the buildings were open so you could go inside and perform a prayer ritual. You could kneel at the feet of statues of men, carved from wood. They were ornamented with candy colored origami cranes that were strung about them into a necklace. There were ornate pots made from shiny copper as well as detailed carved and painted wood around them. After a prayer you could throw some change into a tub and pull on a large rope that would ring a bell. I usually enjoyed doing this but I was feeling strange because there were so many people around. As I watched the people perform the ritual they would kneel down on the cushion giggling, then throw in some change and ring the bell like it was an arcade game. As they shuffled away they looked as awkward as I felt. Other people milled about the grounds snapping pictures of everything and looking at nothing. For some reason the proof of being at this place wasn't enough for me. I felt like I was failing my mission as a tourist to find truth or meaning. I appreciated the shrines and the tradition but I felt like everything had a heavy coating of amusement park attraction glossed over it. I had spent a few days down in Kyoto a week earlier and saw temples and shrines similar to those in Nikko but on a grander scale. I left disinterested in the direction of another temple. I walked down a glossy wet asphalt path that connected the temple to another attraction. I had picked up a pamphlet and read about where I was heading. There were three monkeys carved into the façade of the shrine that are supposedly the original 'hear no, speak no, see no evil' monkeys. On either side of the perfectly paved walk way I noticed I was surrounded by massive trees with gnarled roots covered in fungus and moss. I felt a little silly as I knelt down to take some pictures of the moss while people hurried by. The sun was peering through the clouds at that moment and streaked through the treetops to sprinkle patches of light all over the moss and roots. Reluctantly I continued on. I was met at the temple entrance by a box office. I stepped back a bit and scanned the sign above the window. They were asking 1000 yen to enter the area to see the carved monkeys, that's about ten dollars. I knew that ten dollars wasn't going to break the bank but I wanted to spend that money on ramen or sushi more than I wanted to take a picture of some tiny carvings with my iPhone. But I did come to Nikko to see the temples and history right? And this was supposed to be the main attraction. I paced about struggling to make a decision when something caught my eye. Behind me, people were entering and exiting the temple, bathrooms or chatting and checking their maps then walking off, but in front of me there was an empty dirt path carving its way up into the forest. I pocketed my pamphlet and started to walk. It felt natural and where I wanted to be. There were no buildings or shrines in my view, no history, just trees. The din of the crowd faded behind me and I was met with soft chirps of insects and birds. I walked for about ten minutes when I came upon a statue to the left of the path. It was an old sitting Buddha carved from stone, completely alone and exposed to the elements. Travelers such as I had placed tokens all around him, half empty bottles of water, flowers, buttons and coins. I pulled a one yen coin from my shorts pocket and placed it in his lap. He stared off forever into eternity with a cheerful grin and I knew that giving up that coin would benefit me more than him. I continued up the path deeper into the forest and higher up the mountain. Eventually the path turned to stairs, simple wood logs supported with dirt, the same kind you would see in any nature walk. I climbed up without hesitation. I must have been about a half an hour away from the temples now. At the top of the stairs there was a small clearing where I found some simple shrines. Guarding the gateway were stone statues of monkeys that came up to about my waist. They had fierce looks on their faces. There were two small huts with statues in them and a smaller shrine no bigger than a refrigerator. The huts were made of wood stained deep and dark, as if they were burnt. The statues inside were also carved wood and had similar origami necklaces. Everything was covered in moss and forest residue. There were some smaller stone statues of men scattered about. They were sitting in a cross-legged position and their surface was pitted from the elements much like the Buddha I saw earlier. One of the men had a simple, smooth rock placed on his neck instead of a head. They also had coins in their laps and around their feet. There were no pamphlet write-ups or maps to this shrine. There was nothing famous to draw a crowd or make any money. Tourists disregarded it, yet it was still cared for. Someone walked up and kept the area clean and neat. I thought about the devotion of the monks who hiked up the mountain to construct these shrines. There was something special that caused them to dedicate their time and energy to this. I was getting closer to the truth I was seeking. I stayed in this small area for close to half an hour examining all the statues and huts. I took photos of the moss and rocks as they interacted with the man made structures. The nature and shrines complemented each other and co-existed. I continued up the mountain and walked along the ridge for another half hour until I thought it might be smart to turn around so I could catch my train. I was alone except for the trees, grass, dirt and rocks. On top of the mountain it was so peaceful. I was the only thing moving, except on occasion I would catch a glimpse of an animal. I said a prayer, stacked three small stones about the size of my hand on top of one another, surrounded them with twigs to form a triangle, and started back down the mountain.


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I got a call from another nice chap, he wants to bye Cheesy.. which is rather nice as the TANK… the name I have now called the Carlton needs to be sold on, and I need money in order to buy a nicer everyday car. Cheesy is part of the family and I will be hard pushed to actually let him go, but I am sure my friends will make me see sense and agree to sell him … Well I decided its definatly yes I will sell Cheesy to Steve in sittingbourne for £275, he is going to meet me in Reading at the "reading festival of rust". It also seems I have a tag team co driver for this trip in the from of Clara. Roll on this weekend Its another mad weekend in the mad last few months of this journal


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About Mark
I was raised in New Plymouth, under the shadow of Mount Taranaki (Egmont), New Zealand, in a doctor's family.[image:33]
Confirmed in the Anglican Church, I had a warmth towards Christianity but didn't fully embrace it until age 19 when, with the influence of friends and family, I committed to Christ.
I joined the Assembly of God in New Plymouth and was elected to the governing church board, serving for two years.
After a world trip, my wife Georgie and I moved to Perth and enrolled at Rhema Bible College.
Upon graduating we moved to Auckland to plant a Christian work and after handing over the work, moved to Wellington to take up a position as Director and associate pastor of a church and bible college.
I was then called back to Perth to a position of teacher, associate pastor and counsellor at Rhema Family Church and Bible College.
During this time I was ordained and received a Bachelor of Ministry Degree.
A lifelong student of scripture and an interest in human psychology, I believe the age old human condition has never really changed. Self-Centredness and Self-Will which best describes the old fashion word sin.
Discovering Life's Solution
Now in my early sixties, I am committed to the Church which is established by Christ and intended to be the foundation and pillar of the truth and the rock of the revelation of the identity of Jesus Christ. Matt 16; 1Tim 3.
I have faith in the one who intervened in human history - the fulfilment of the Old Testament prophecy, born of a virgin, who lived a faultless life, and demonstrated his Love by giving Himself to redeem us by His death at the cross; and then physically raised by God from the dead.
To me the eye witness credible testimony, the fulfilled prophecy and evidence of His life and death and resurrection are compelling. This is the message of His church and should be clear and unambiguous; the Apostle Paul said, "I resolved to know nothing except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" 1Cor2:2
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I was privileged to know Mark Hayton as a colleague in Rhema Bible Training college Perth WA. I can witness to his personal integrity, humility and personal saving faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ. I was impressed by his knowledge of the Scriptures and teaching ability. Students so appreciated what he taught that was exemplified in his life, marriage and family life. I was sad when he left to go to the Eastern States. It was our loss and their gain.
We both have gone through the considerable spiritual anguish as we have seen those who taught certain truths fall by the wayside. This awakened us both to search the Scriptures again to highlight the errors, but in humility knowing we can be seduced, and now with fresh understanding of the meaning of Scripture to share the simplicity of the gospel. Jesus, the Son f God, was incarnated, crucified, resurrected and vindicated, ascended to the right hand of the Father and is Coming Again. Cyril Pritchard
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Tours and Travel Jobs and Industry Stats in India
The travel and commercial enterprise trade contributed a complete of 208.9 billion U.S. bucks to GDP in India in 2016 – this accounted for roughly 9.6 % of India's total GDP. Tours and Travel jobs India had the second highest total commercial enterprise GDP contribution in Asia- Pacific, behind China in 2016. India's contribution was quite double that of India that had the third largest travel and commercial enterprise contribution. The trade conjointly includes a substantial result on Tours and travel jobs in India. In 2016, the arena directly provided quite 25 .4 million jobs.
In 2015, there have been 8.03 million international traveler arrivals in India. This was an outsized increase from the 2.65 million seen simply fifteen years earlier in 2000. the biggest supply marketplace for guests to India was followed by East Pakistan and therefore the UK. outward travel from India is additionally on the rise: roughly 1.1 million Indian nationals traveled to the U.S. in 2015. This figure was forecasted to rise to 1.41 million in 2020. Europe is even additional widespread, with 2.4 million Indian tourists traveling there in 2016.
Accommodation costs in India are decreasing in recent years. the common daily rate of hotels seen rock bottom worth in a very decade in 2016, at 85 U.S. dollars. Despite the falling ADR, the percentage of the building trade in India has remained stable over the last 10 years at around 60 % annually.
The travels and tourism business, besides the connected sectors causative to that, is anticipated to grow by leaps and bounds within the returning years. Travel and tours jobs during this business are often extremely exciting and incautious and even pays well. In India, the travel business hopes to make 46 million job opportunities by 2025. although it had been slow to require off in this country, the government's initiatives in this field area unit uncovering a bright future for people who wish to form a career in this field.
India's potential within the field of travel and tourism is hardly on the brink of being consummated. The country could be a geographical anomaly, having the majority of the geographical options out there. in line with a report revealed by the World Travel and touristry Council (WTTC), India might presumably add another Rs. 8, 50,000 crores by the year 2020-just through tourism! WTTC calculated that tourism generated 8.31 100000 large integers or 6.3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product in 2015 and supported 37.315 million travel and tours jobs, that is regarding 8.7 percent of its total employment.


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There are very few things to make my skin crawl and leave me with the sense of needing an adult. Just the idea of these characters makes me feel like an army of slugs are marching up and down my body and I can't get them off. I have 3 characters in mind while writing this; Lord Cob, Hisoka, and Gauche.
I don't creep out easily. After watching the studio Ghibli classic movie Tales from Earthsea recently, I was creeped out beyond comfort. Tales from Earthsea is about the land of Earthsea, and the dark looming force that threatens life in Earthsea. A powerful young wizard by the name of Sparrowhawk seeks out the evil that is going to take his home away from him and put a stop to it. Now this Dark Looming Force that I speak of is the main villain, Lord Cob. Lord Cob was so creepy he made my skin crawl. I'm unsure why, but the Japanese tend to use males with androgynous features whose animation style seems to be different from the rest of its cast as an indicator that something is wrong with them.
We've seen this in anime such as Naruto with Orochimaru,Frieza from Dragonball Z, and we've also seen it in cartoons like the Powerpuff Girls with Him. Lord Cob definitely fits the bill of androgyny. Now insert his voice. 9 times out of 10 when you hear a character that has both the androgynous look and voice, you know that you have achieved a flawless victory on the creep meter. Then you add sneaky, deceptive, manipulative, the use of black magic, and he snatching princesses out of bed you know that you have a villain whose creep factor is on 8 million. Not to mention this little puddle transformation he has.
With the talk of androgyny this brings us to our next character, Hisoka of Hunter X Hunter. Androgynous, Clown, Murderer, with a fetish for little boys. Need I say more? Hisoka's fetish isn't for little boys per say but for powerful people. The shows protagonists Gon and Killua are kids and Hisoka takes a pedophile liking to them. Even so, to the point of standing there in his childbirth glory, completely exposing birthday suit to the pair. Not to mention he dresses like a member of the Ringling Brother's Street ball team with his cut off shirt. Sprinkle in his cool power with the cards and we have game, set, match. Blouses!
The last member of team creep is Gauche of Black Clover. I know people are outraged I didn't say Orochimaru or the numerous other characters, but with this last one I had to step away from the androgynous factor and peek into the world of incest. Yes, I said it, incest. Incest in anime has become synonymous with the hentai and ecchi fan base. It takes the cake in Black Clover though. Gauche looks like your traditional hard ass punk that has a bad attitude and the looks match the personality. His voice is pretty cool too; he sounds exactly how he looks. The first words out of his mouth are, "That's enough you two! What if the ruckus you curs are causing wakes up my little sister, you dumb assess?!" To which another character responds, "Oh, shut up, sister lover!" I'm like ok this guy must really care about his sister. But during formal introductions this is his face and the first time you associate a name and face to the voice heard
"Hey! Look! This is my little sister Marie. She's an angel. Listen well. If you lay a finger on Marie, I'll kill you."
Now this just sounds like an over protective brother. It's understandable, until you notice the whole scene. Bleeding from the nose in anime suggests lust or sexual excitement. This is why he made the list above all the others.
Honorable mentions: Gordon (Black Clover), Orochimaru (Naruto), Minatsuki (Deadman Wonderland), Johan (Monster), Shuu (Tokyo Ghoul), Shou (Full Metal Alchemist), Rabbit (Juni Taisen), and Caster (Fate: Zero).
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Palestinian Groups reaffirmed commitment to the fight against zionist occupation
The chamber of Joint Operations of Palestinian Groups reaffirmed commitment to the fight against Israeli occupation and to supporting the Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the chamber of Joint Operations of Palestinian Groups hailed Egypt's efforts aimed at materialization of the Palestinian nation's demands, expressing readiness to keep countering the Israeli occupation and acts of aggression.
The chamber also voiced support for the Palestinian people's right to freedom and for the Great March of Return protests that are organized every week at the Gaza border.
Restating commitment to the principles of preemptive action against the occupiers, the statement said Palestinian groups will counter any attempt at derailing the popular protests.
The Great March of Return, organized by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, started on March 30, the commemoration of Land Day, which marks the events of March 30, 1976, when Israeli police shot and killed six Palestinian citizens as they protested against the Zionist regime's expropriation of land.
The Great March of Return protests call for recognition of the right of return of Palestinian refugees, a right enshrined in international law, and the end of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel and Egypt for over a decade, which has caused suffering to the Palestinians living there.
More than 200 Palestinians have been killed in the protests since March 30.


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This Comfort Suites Gateway is conveniently located off Interstate 95 near downtown Savannah, Georgia and offers comfortable accommodations and great amenities. Some of the amenities available, including a fitness center, an indoor heated pool, an indoor hot tub and a complimentary continental breakfast, served hot. There are also many great attractions located within 10 miles of the Comfort Suites Gateway, including historic downtown Savannah, River Street, Fort Pulaski and Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Sponsorship and Fundraising.
For the last 16 years the youth band and latterly the junior and beginner bands have been supported by the co-operative group,
but a change in national policy has bought this support to an end from December 2011. The bands are determined to continue by becoming a self supporting group through concerts, events and fund raising activities carried out by the bands and their supporters.
An easy way of raising funds for the bands is via webite called EasyFundraising.org.uk.
It will only take a few minutes of your time to set up and you can then use it every time you shop on line - just log onto their site first and follow the link to the retailer of your choice. An automatic donation from the retailer will be sent to us on a quarterly basis at no extra cost to you. We have checked with other organisations that use the system to great benefit.
It only takes a minute to register - Please follow this link: it will take you to the co-operative Youth Wind Bands easyfundraising page.
All of the most popular retailers are there - Amazon, ITunes, eBay and all of the supermarkets. Just scroll down and take a look.
So please tell family, friends and workmates and help us raise some extra cash for the bands funds. Everytime you log onto the site, you will see a running total of the funds raised so far for the co-operative Youth Wind Bands!
Click on the links for archive concert reports and pictures
October 2013 and all of 2014
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December 2012 - including carolling.
September to November 2012 icluding the Talent Showcase at Nantwich and the Nantwich Young Voices
May and June 2012 including the annual presenation of awards
March and April 2012 including Andrew John's Marathon run for the Co-operative Bands
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November and December 2011 including the Royal Albert Hall
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178869482020-04-01T13:44:26.023+05:30Hare KrishnaHare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Haretnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-80945176744261758782020-02-01T22:22:00.000+05:302020-02-01T22:22:09.299+05:30To all the protesters of the CAATo all the protesters of the CAA,

I appreciate your fight against the one time discrimination of non-Indians in the name of religion.

Can you also please fight for Indians who have been discriminated by the government based on caste, religion, region and many others since Independence with no plan to end the discrimination even in far future?tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-21275017769025589112019-12-28T22:23:00.000+05:302019-12-28T22:23:08.460+05:30Suggestions given to Finance Minister for 2020-21 BudgetI gave the following suggestions to the Finance Minister for the Budget 2020-21. You can also give suggestions from https://www.mygov.in/group-issue/inviting-ideas-and-suggestions-union-budget-2020-2021/

I suggest to link income tax slabs and exemptions with inflation.

The income tax slabs have not been increased in proportion to the inflation for a long time. Please link with inflation, so that it would be fair to the people.

Section 80C also has not been increased for a long time. Please link that also to the inflation.

The limit of the food allowance that a company can provide to its employees is set to Rs.50. That was decided more than a decade back and it was not revised till now. You might be knowing that with Rs.50, you cannot get a meal in any decent hotel. Please revise that and link that also with inflation.

Few suggestions on the Indian railways.

Open premium tatkal an hour before the tatkal and make them available at the highest price. The tickets that are not sold can be made available as usual after the tatkal opening. You can include normal tatkal tickets also in the premium tatkal when it is opened an hour before.

Provide waiting list for the premium tatkal at the highest price. If there is any cancellation, first clear the premium tatkal.

By this, during peak time, Indian railways can get Maximum revenue and also those who can afford can travel. As of now, it is becoming pure luck for everyone who is trying for tatkal.

Provide some refund to the cancellation of the confirmed tatkal tickets. Now, there is no refund for the cancellation of the confirmed tatkal tickets, and there is no incentive for the people to cancel them, when they are not going to travel. If we provide small incentive to cancel the ticket, then we can confirm another ticket and railways would get money for that. If you return only 20-30% of the ticket price for confirmed tatkal, it would generate lot of money.

Since, IRCTC is no longer completely owned by Indian Railways/Government any more, it is better to give licensing to multiple private players for booking tickets online with some license fees. With that, Government can get significant money, and also, it is fair from the government's perspective to treat all non-government organizations equally. Now, it is unfairly giving full license to one non-government organization (IRCTC).

tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-50120026886776573082019-12-15T22:34:00.000+05:302019-12-15T22:34:08.365+05:30Act vs Implementation
Whenever some major incident happens, Government introduces another act and everyone hails the government for that. Life goes on as usual (without much change).

For the recent problems that media is highlighting (Rape and Murder), we don't need another act. We already have too many stringent laws/acts. What we need is efficient implementation.

Before one criticizes police for not acting immediately, we have to see whether police have enough time to deal with all the cases. Most of the time, they are severely under staffed and had to work overtime. Government should increase the no.of police significantly.

The no.of cases is too huge in any court. Government should increase the no.of courts/judges so that, the cases can be closed sooner.

In the recent Disa act introduced by AP Government, if the government tries to solve the case in 30 days, then most of the time, there won't be any punishment, since, to prove someone beyond reasonable doubt requires significant evidence collection and that would take quite some time. When police is under-staffed, they cannot get complete evidence in such less time. When police take more time, it becomes like how it is now (no change).

Without increasing the police/courts/judges and other infrastructure related issues, if the government tries to solve the problems with yet another act, it won't be possible. If they try to solve without increasing the infrastructure, it would cause increase in other types of crimes.

Many times, the real solution is always dull and not exciting.

tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-45919104827098741832019-11-10T22:15:00.000+05:302019-11-10T22:15:01.248+05:30KCR - Giving Importance to People over Government OrganizationsIrrespective of how much I dislike KCR personally, I would like to appreciate him for giving importance to People over Government Organizations.

Many Government Organizations behave as if, people are there to serve them. Whenever they threaten for something for their self-motive, the leaders used to bow to those government organizations/unions and do whatever they say irrespective of how much loss it is to the state. They give reasoning that, if they do strike, it is going to hurt people.

But, KCR is not doing like what other leaders did. He is allowing privatization, in case Government organization does not serve people. Other leaders should follow him in keeping people's interests above the government organizations' interest.
tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-67745205902692089452019-10-04T22:11:00.000+05:302019-10-04T22:11:00.133+05:30IRCTC IPO is Worse than 2G and Coal Scams
For 2G, there was no monopoly. There were many existing players. Government had given few new licenses to private players by using some loopholes, so that, the people in power get some money. That was treated like the biggest scam of this century.

Government gave part of the spectrum to their favorite organizations, and it was considered as the scam of the century. If it gives full spectrum to one favorite organization, how big that scam would be?

The same thing is happening to IRCTC. Online ticket booking is given to just one non-government organization, IRCTC. This is the biggest stupid thing done by Modi after Demonitization.

Already, IRCTC is behaving like a dicator, and treats its consumers as its servants. When government loses control, I don't know how worse it can become.

The fair thing that government should do is, it should allow any organization to sell tickets online. For any reason, if it wants to give it to a single organization, then it should select an organization by fair and open process, and select suitable organization every year.

When the government makes the process fair, all those who are buying shares in IRCTC, would lose miserably.

tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-57321258353184906262019-04-29T15:09:00.002+05:302019-04-29T15:09:30.054+05:30Vote for Candidate or Vote for Party?In Parliament and Assembly elections, one must vote for the Party and never for the candidate. To be more precise, one must vote based on the PM/CM candidate (or Super PM/CM, if exists).

MLAs and MPs do not have any executive powers. Whatever they could do is limited. How much good or bad they can do depends on whether their party is in power or not.

On the other hand the PM/CM can change the entire direction of the country/state. A PM can either take country from stable state to bankruptcy or bankruptcy to stable state. A CM can make a state, the best state or the worst state. When the PM/CM is making the drastic changes, the influence of the MPs/MLAs would be minimal.

If your favorite PM/CM is a very good person, then vote for that party's candidate, even if that candidate is corrupted and has significant no.of criminal cases. If the PM/CM candidate is a very bad person, then don't vote for that party's candidate, even if the candidate is an ideal human being of very high integrity.tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-47186628542824230122019-04-23T22:35:00.000+05:302019-04-23T22:35:11.979+05:30Caretaker Government
When a person takes oath as a Prime Minister or Chief Minister without having full majority, then the President/Governor asks him/her to prove the majority in a stipulated time. Till then, the Prime Minister/Chief Minister would be a caretaker PM/CM.

Similarly, after the dissolution of the house or after the resignation of the PM/CM, till the next PM/CM takes oath, the incumbent PM/CM would be a caretaker PM/CM.

A caretaker PM/CM has most of the powers of PM/CM except that, the caretaker PM/CM cannot introduce any bills, ordinances, new schemes or make major changes. For day to day operations, there is no difference between caretaker PM/CM and normal PM/CM.

In 1999, Vajpayee has faced one full fledged war, when he was a caretaker PM and his ministry was a caretaker Ministry. Without having full executive power, PM cannot face a full fledged war.

The present election commission is behaving like a dictator by denying the normal rights a CM has. The CM has all the executive powers till the next CM takes oath. [It is not just enough that, counting is finished or the new CM has been elected. The new CM has to take oath.]

If the election commission thinks that, a CM cannot even have meetings with the officials, then they should change the constitution that, as soon as the election notification issued, all the CMs and the PM would lose their post, and the State Election Commission Officers would become CMs and the Chief Election Commission Officer would become PM. Till then, the existing caretaker PM/CM will have all the executive rights.

I don't know whether I should blame the current Election Commission Officer or the potential second dictator of Independent India.
tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-79941414163885461042019-04-08T22:35:00.001+05:302019-04-08T22:35:33.291+05:30Going to Vote for TDP - Because of First Past the Post SystemI am planning to vote for Galla Jayadev (TDP) in Parliament Elections.

Eventhough, I don't like few things done by Modi (like Demonetization or forcing Hindi on South Indian states etc.,), I cannot see any reasonable alternative at the center. I definitely do not want Rahul Gandhi, Mamatha Benerjee, Mayawathi, Akhilesh Yadav or Family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav etc.

I want Modi to be the next PM, but, I am not going to vote for BJP.

The reason is First Past the Post System. If two parties of almost same ideology contests separately, then the third party which is not of this ideology would win. Because, both parties split the votes between themselves, which causes third party to win.

If I vote for BJP, then most probably, YSRCP would win. I don't want YSRCP to win. The only way to stop YSRCP is, to vote for TDP.

For the same reason, why people did not vote for Lok Satta Party in the previous years, I am not going to vote for BJP for the exact same reason.

The correct fix for this problem is, the Government should introduce Proportionate System or Alternative Voting with Single Transferable vote. Unless that is brought, it would be difficult to bring radical changes.

The Government may say that, for hundred crore people, it would be difficult to educate everyone about single transferable vote. That should be given as an option to the people. Those whoever understand that, would utilize it. Others would go with the traditional voting.

In Alternative voting with single transferable vote, I would choose multiple candidates with order of precedence. If my first preference candidate gets lowest no.of votes, then he/she would be removed, and my vote would be transferred to my second preference candidate. If the second candidate also gets the lowest no.of votes, then my vote would be transferred to my third preference and so on.

To give a simple example, TDP, BJP and YSRCP are contesting. TDP got 10,000 first preference votes, YSRCP got 10,500 votes and BJP got 1000 votes. Out of these three, the party that got least votes is BJP. Then BJP is removed from the list, and for those whoever voted for BJP, their second preference vote is taken into consideration. Let's say, out of the 1000 votes that BJP got, if there are 800 second preference votes to TDP and 200 second preference votes to YSRCP, then the count after removing BJP would be, TDP 10,800 and YSRCP 10,700. Since, there is no other party, TDP would be declared winner. In the First past the post system, YSRCP would be declared winner.tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-39208721093651643432019-02-26T23:14:00.000+05:302019-02-26T23:14:03.767+05:30Courage & Commitment: An Autobiography by Margaret Alva
Courage & Commitment: An Autobiography is a book written by Margaret Alva.

She mentioned that, in 1971, after the win in Bangladesh war, her victory was easy. But, Bangladesh war happened after she won in the election.

She says, AP government was dismissed in 1978. In fact, the tenure of AP government was extended by an year due to internal emergency. After 1972 elections, the next elections for AP state assembly were in 1978.

She says Congress denied ticket to P. V. Narasimha rao in 1996. But, it was not correct. He was denied in 1998. It was not a typo. She wrote more than a paragraph on that.

She said she fought with BJP government during the thirteen days rule on minority rights, communal tensions, foreign policy reversals and centre-state relations. All this in 13 days???

In 2000 March, she became the chair person of Parliamentary Committee on the empowerment of women. She mentioned the problems during that time, where Najma heptulla wanted to become the Chair person. While mentioning the problems at that time, she said the chairman of the rajya sabha Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. But, he was not the chairman at that time. Krishan Kanth was the Chairman then.

She said, she was the Chair person for 5 years, and submitted the report in 2005 to Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram and Sonia Gandhi. She also said, "got the idea included in the Congress' manifesto". It is seriously wrong. As a member of Lok Sabha, how could she continue as Chairperson even after the elections? Also, she lost Lok Sabha election in 2004, and she did not even get nominated to Rajya Sabha. If the report is released in 2005, how could she introduce that in the 2004 elections' manifesto? Is it allowed to disclose the report before officially presenting it to the government? If the report is released before 2004 elections, how could she submit it to Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram and Sonia Gandhi? It should be submitted to Vajpayee and his cabinet.

After 2004 elections, she said, she made Susheel Kumar Shinde to lead marathwada region. Susheel kumar shinde became governor of AP after the elections. How could he lead the party?

In the photos, she says, "With first lady of India Janaki Venkataraman, 1986". Janaki Venkataraman was not the first Lady in 1986. She became first lady in 1987.
tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-74274041159480897572017-11-18T23:21:00.000+05:302017-11-18T23:21:12.166+05:30Increase in Prices After GST Reduction

Arun Jaitley announced the reduction of GST for restaurants from 18% to 5% starting Nov 15th. The above receipts are before and after Nov 15th. From the receipts, it looks like, Sangeetha Restaurant charged extra instead of reducing the tax. But, actually, Sangeetha Restaurant did correctly. The tax did not reduce. The tax got increased for all the restaurants.

GST has a concept of Input Tax Credit. For example, if you buy a product for Rs.100 and paid 18% GST, and if you are selling it for Rs.150, you can pay tax only for Rs.50. For Rs.100, for which tax already paid, you don't need to pay because of Input Tax Credit.

Starting Nov 15th, Union Government abolished Input Tax credit for restaurants. But, the tax got reduced to 5%. It means, if a restaurant is buying raw materials for Rs.100 and paid 18% GST, and if they are selling it for Rs.125 (Rs.100 Base Price + Rs.18 GST + Rs.7 Profit = Rs.125), then they have to pay 5% GST for Rs.125, and not just on the profit of Rs.7.

In the above receipt of Sangeetha Restaurant, they charged Rs.125 before Nov 15th, and charged Rs.130 after Nov 15th.

For example, before Nov 15th, if Sangeetha was paying Rs.100 (+ GST 18%) for raw materials, and other expenses, and if they were charging Rs.6 profit, then the total amount would be Rs.125. After Nov 15th, since there is no input tax credit, they have to pay 18% for the GST for Rs.100. Then along with that, for the entire amount, they have to pay additional 5% GST. In that case, the total amount is Rs.100 (for raw materials) + Rs.18 (GST on raw materials) + Rs.6 (Profit of Sangeetha) + Rs.6 GST (5% of Rs.100+18+6), which is Rs.130. If Sangeetha was paying less than 18% GST on the raw materials and other expenses, then the total amount could be less.

It looks like, Sangeetha was unable to explain Input Tax Credit, and they started giving discounts after they got bad name of increasing the prices after pseudo decrease in the prices.

What I hate is, Arun Jaitley increased the prices, but, they are propagating as if they decreased the prices.

Courtesy: Jeevanram Kasiviswanathantnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-30866003502554655822017-09-03T23:29:00.000+05:302017-09-03T23:29:08.952+05:30Sonia Gandhi Renunciation of the Prime Minister PostDuring our meeting with V.P.Singh, Natwar Singh told V.P. that Soniaji's children were concerned about her security and feared that like their grandmother and father she might also be killed. He told V.P. that the children were firm that she should not accept the post of prime minister. When we came out of the meeting I told Natwar Singh that he should not have disclosed how the family felt to outsiders and that this had cast a shadow on her act of renunciation. Even on the earlier occasion, Soniaji had wanted Dr Manmohan Singh to be the PM. The objection by her children thus appeared to be inconsequential. Soniaji was genuinely disinterested in the PM's post. However, the utterances by Natwar Singh had undermined her sacrifice.

From The Chinar Leaves: A Political Memoir by M.L.Fotedar.tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-91888831465146646872017-08-21T23:27:00.000+05:302017-08-21T23:27:05.734+05:30Informing others when we think they don't have correct ticketWhenever I travel by local train in Chennai in first class, if I feel any person is not having the first class ticket, then I inform him/her that, it is first class. If they know that it is first class ticket, they say so. If they know the difference between the first class and second class, and if they are having second class ticket, they would change the compartment at the next station. If they cannot understand anything, then I tell them that, they are having general ticket, and they should change to the next compartment at the next station.

Of course, the guessing is done by many factors including the dress/shoes/sandals/chappals that they wear, age, sex and many others.

For example, if a person is dressed in village grand mother style (and satisfying other qualities that I see in a person who does not have first class ticket), and gets into first class compartment, then I would definitely tell her that, it is first class compartment. If she starts asking about what is first class compartment and what is general compartment etc, then, I would assume that, she is having a general ticket, and advise her to move to general compartment at the next station.

In case if she turned out to be the wife of the founder of the second largest indian software company, she will write about me in her book, saying, a person in Chennai local train had discriminated her by her dress.

If TTE catches anyone in the first class without first class ticket, the fine would be upto 60 times to the general ticket. My intention is only to tell them that, if they don't have first class ticket, they would be liable for the fine. I felt bad many times, when I did not inform few people and later they were caught by TTE and had to pay huge fine. Just because, one person got offended, I am not going to stop informing the next person.

When that super rich woman was travelling by business class, the women infront of her might have feared that, if she is having economy ticket, then, she had to stand in the queue for few mins more because of the mistake. They might have advised her so that, she can stand few minutes less in the queue. But, that super rich woman got offended.

Another article about the same woman - http://blog.tnsatish.com/2014/07/no-money-to-start-business-famous.htmltnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-27465461830006705252017-07-16T23:24:00.000+05:302017-07-16T23:24:04.131+05:30Vote of ConscienceIn 1969, when there were elections to the President of India, after then President of India Dr.Zakir Hussain passed away, Congress Party chose Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy as its candidate. But, Indira Gandhi chose V.V.Giri as her candidate. Indira Gandhi asked everyone to vote by conscience and finally, V.V.Giri won with the smallest margin in the presidential elections.

In the book, "The Chinar Leaves: A Political Memoir" by M.L.Fotedar, Fotedar says, he suggested then Chief Minister of Kashmir to ask the MLAs to vote openly. The Chief Minister told the MLAs that, after voting they should show the vote to Fotedar. If anyone does not show their vote, they would assume that, they did not vote for V.V.Giri. Only five MLAs did not show their vote to Fotedar.

And for decades after that, followers of Indira Gandhi says, her candidate won the elections by "Vote of Conscience". tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-25339481595921568462017-06-25T23:27:00.000+05:302017-06-25T23:27:01.272+05:30Reservations Should Be Used Once per PersonIf abolishing reservations is going to take time, atleast as a first step, reservations should be changed to single use per person. The idea of reservations is, those who are deprived of privileges would get extra boost to be equal with others. If they have used reservation once, it means, they have been "made" equal with others. Then, why do they need reservation again?

Many people start using reservations at school (mostly unknowingly), and then at college for graduation, then post graduation. Later while applying for jobs, they may get a normal job (with reservation), then may apply for state service jobs, and finally may try for civil services. Giving these many chances is very unfair.

The person should be given only once chance to use the reservation and let them decide to use at college or at civil services or wherever they feel it is more appropriate. tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-26362358612694216162017-06-18T23:24:00.000+05:302017-06-18T23:24:09.111+05:30Atheists Have More Blind Faith Than TheistsIs an atheist more scientific or a theist?

Is Atheism also a religion?

Anybody who has studied little advanced Science or Mathematics would know that, it is very difficult to prove that something does not exist or something cannot be achieved. Except in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, it is practically not possible to prove that something does not exist in any non-trivial case. Even in Mathematics or its related fields, proving that something cannot be done is very difficult, and typically the proof is very complicated.

Whereas proving of existence of something is relatively easy. You just need to find where it is or show one sample of it. Whereas, proving non-existence of anything is practically not possible.

For example, if somebody has to prove that a particular virus is not present in somebody, practically it is not possible. The tests that we have typically finds virus only if it is in millions. If the body has only handful of viruses, and if the blood sample that one has taken does not have those, then tests cannot find it. To really prove that there is no virus in the body, one has to take out the complete blood and test it. By then, the person would be dead. On the other hand, by luck, if somebody gets the blood sample with virus, then they can prove the existence of virus.

To prove absence of a person in a relatively big apartment is also pretty difficult, if you don't have man power or technology. While you are searching, if that person also moves so as to avoid you, then you can never find him/her, unless you have some support. Even if you have lot of technology and many power, you need to prove that, that apartment does not have any place to hide. The most complex thing is, there are magicians who make people invisible for some time. You need to prove that, there was no magic involved there, which is practically not possible, if you have to convince someone who is not into lot of physics. Also, you need to prove that, there is no unknown technology which can hide that person, which is not possible. Physics rules are not applicable at very small or very big scale. If you want to depend on rules of Physics, you need to prove that, they are not using anything that is at the very small scale. We can safely forget scientifically proving the absence of a person in a city. Let's not talk about state or country.

In software development, most of the testers would have irritated by sporadic bugs which comes very rarely. When they file those bugs, the typical response from developers like me is, "Show me the bug infront of my eyes. Then only, I will take it". Obviously, no tester would be happy with that response. If a customer raises a critical bug, and if the tester says, "I have tested it thoroughly and there cannot exist a bug", then either he/she will lose the job or the customer.

But, for atheists, it is perfectly correct to say that, "God does not exist", irrespective of whether they can prove even trivial things or not.

Scientifically, it is possible that, somebody has seen God and is believing. But, Scientifically, it is not possible to prove the non-existence of God. Many people ask Theists, "How can you be a theist, when you believe in Science". I want to ask them back, "How can you be an atheist, when you believe in science."

An atheist is Millinillion (10^3003) times more unscientific than a theist.

If you don't believe in god, be Agnostic, and not an Atheist.
tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-5736844197404904362017-06-11T23:28:00.000+05:302017-06-12T06:18:23.200+05:30To the brink and back by Jairam Ramesh.
I used to get frustrated, Whenever I hear from Congress supporters saying, it was Rajiv Gandhi who wanted to bring economic reforms, and after his untimely death, P.V.Narasimha Rao brought those economic reforms.

Jairam Ramesh went a step ahead. He said in his book, "To the brink and back", before the 1991 elections, Rajiv Gandhi cleared three names for the finance minister, I.G.Patel, Manmohan Singh and S.Venkitaramanan. He wrote as if, P.V.Narasimha Rao did exactly what Rajiv Gandhi would have done (including the selection of the Finance Minister).

It is believed that, I.G.Patel was the first preference for P.V.Narasimha Rao. But, he declined and Manmohan Singh accepted it. S.Venkitaramanan was the then Reserve Bank Governor.

In olden days, whenever poets write any book, they start by glorifying their king. In the same way, Jairam Ramesh's book started with the glorification of Rajiv Gandhi.

During the discussion of the reforms in 1991, most of the ministers did not accept the reforms and rejected it. Later Jairam Ramesh added the preamble of praising Nehru-Gandhi family and described as if Nehru-Gandhi family wanted the reforms, and all the ministers accepted it.

I would have liked the book much more, had he skipped the "too exaggerating" praises of Rajiv Gandhi.
tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-3354782013725652782017-03-21T00:53:00.000+05:302017-03-21T00:53:56.256+05:30BJP forming the government without having majorityI saw one major change in the recent elections.

Since, 1996, whenever BJP (with its alliances) become the single largest party/alliance, but get less than the majority, all other parties were getting united and making BJP to sit in the opposition. With the same mindset, I thought, BJP will not form the government in Goa and Manipur. But, I am happy that, the situation is changing.

Of course, 1996 is a very interesting year, where the first largest party was in opposition, second largest party was outside the government supporting it, third largest party was inside the front but outside the government and parties with single MPs got minister posts.tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-32803968503506724872016-12-29T17:05:00.002+05:302016-12-29T17:05:28.906+05:30Thanks Suresh Prabhu. My IRCTC account got unblockedThanks Suresh Prabhu. My IRCTC account got unblocked. tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-61691624639972301632016-12-28T08:13:00.000+05:302016-12-29T17:03:16.131+05:30Dear Suresh Prabhu
[Update: My account got unblocked. Thanks Suresh Prabhu.]

Dear Suresh Prabhu,

Last week, my IRCTC account got blocked. The reason that was given to me was, "Use of autofill Scripts or Enormous hitting".

When we go to the details page second time in IRCTC, the page would be auto filled with the details [By IRCTC]. In that case, we can go to the payment page much faster without entering those details. IRCTC filled the data, and then it is blaming me that, I used auto-fill scripts, and blocked my account. I mentioned the same and their reply was, I was doing enormous hitting during Tatkal timing.

As I have been travelling a lot these days, and I would prefer to travel by train only. Many times, I try to check the tickets availability and the trains between different stations. Again, I have not used any scripts to check these, and I manually done it myself. I don't check the timings while doing it (Whether it is Tatkal timing or not], and I do it whenever I am free.

Blocking my account because, I was doing enormous hitting is completely unethical for many reasons. [I don't know whether I can say it is illegal or not, since, you are in the government, whatever you say is legal.]

 How many enquiries can a person make during Tatkal timings and how many did I make?

 Why is there no mention/warning saying, I have been checking too many things during peak lead

 If you want me not do more than certain enquiries during Tatkal timings, you should provide a warning little before the limit is reached, and then not process any more requests till the tatkal period ends. But, you are not doing any of those things and just blocking the account.

 Also, the limit should be high enough that, people can somehow travel by changing the plans. You should not say that, if they cannot get their preferred train, they should just log off and go by bus/flight. If you put a reasonable limit, I might have crossed that limit only once in the last many years. But, if you think, I have crossed the limit more than once, then it only means, you are very unreasonable and you do not want me to travel by train.

 IRCTC and Indian Railways are monopoly. You do not have any right to block anybody. It is like stripping of my basic rights to travel.

 If you expect us to count the no.of requests during Tatkal hours, it means like, you are expecting the runner of a 100m sprint to count the no.of breaths while running.

If IRCTC is just one of the providers for booking railway tickets, or indian railways is just one of the providers of the railways, then probably, I would not bother with you much, and I would move to the other providers. But, here, IRCTC and Indian railways are monopoly on a basic necessity for most of the Indians. Here, ethically, you do not have right to block the services to particular people for whatever reason.

For most of the major websites, people try to write automated scripts to get the info they want. In those cases, the websites do not block the users. They just block the way of accessing from automated tools. If you think, I have used the automated tools, you should block those tools or change the way you handle those requests, and you should not block the accounts.

Non-technical description of what you are doing is like, I have a very big land next to a high way, and in that, I have a house. I do not have a compound wall or fence or anything. I just have drawn a marking on the land saying the route to come. Let's suppose, if anyone does not come by the marking that I had, and if I arrest them for not coming by that, how ridiculous would it be? If I am expecting them to follow some particular route, then the basic thing that I should do is, I should construct a wall or fence so as, people think that, it is not a route. If there is no fence or wall, they think that, they can come by that. The maximum thing that I can do in that case, telling them to do not come by that. Other than that, (ethically) I don't have any right to do anything else. Here also, even if people use auto fill scripts, you can only tell them to do not do that. You don't have right to disable/block their accounts.

After demonetization by your government, I was unable to book tickets even at railway stations as they do not accept credit cards/digital payment except in handful of railway stations in each state. Because of that, I was unable to book ticket even at the counter. Since, IRCTC also blocked my account, I cannot book online as well. Which means, I cannot travel by train.

Problems like heavy load during Tatkal timings should be solved by non-technical solutions and not by technical solutions. There is a lot of demand for tatkal tickets on weekends, and not many trains are available. The first solution should be increasing the trains. Since, there are many reasons why we cannot increase trains immediately, you should increase the ticket price, even indirectly. Something like, if you want to book tatkal ticket before opening it, you have to pay more price etc.

When my account got blocked, I immediately sent mail to firstname.lastname@example.com [Which is mentioned in Contact Us]. I did not get reply for few days. Then, I tried to call the customer care number given, and I was unable to get any response. I messaged in twitter to Ministry of railways and I did not get response there also. But, when I sent to you in twitter, I got a reply in half an hour from IRCTC. It is a pretty good thing. But, the bad thing is, for these kind of small things, if it has to go to the union minister, it is going to waste a lot of your time and/or your office's time. You and your office should concentrate on the policies [Including the contents that are there in this] and fix the general issues. Fixing the individual issues would give you lot of publicity, but, that won't do any good for the country.

On another note, the restriction of 6 tickets per month is not at all enough. If you want everyone to move to digital, then there should not be any limit. Even if you don't want to increase the limit immediately, atleast change it to 6 confirmed tickets per month. Many times, I book the ticket and it gets never confirmed, and I run out of the limit.

For many days, In IRCTC, I see some message in Hindi and I had to click on Close before logging in. I don't know Hindi, and I don't know what all the content is there in it, or whether you have put any warnings or not. Please have some respect to the crores of people who do not know Hindi.

I agree that, your government is much better than the previous government. But, if a doctor cures the patient from all the diseases and then kills him at the end, then there is no use. You are doing almost the same thing. You are improving railways in many ways, and you are blocking me from travelling by train. Then, what is the use of the improvement that you are going to do? For me, it is like going back by decades.

tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-4047140759897712012016-12-23T23:22:00.000+05:302016-12-23T23:22:00.142+05:30Giving Prizes when there is no needOrganizations announce prizes for certain things to encourage/discourage people to do/not do that. If the people are going to do that anyway, even if there are no prizes given, then it is of no use to announce the prizes. It is just waste of money.

If people are interested in doing that, but, somehow they are not doing it, one needs to check why are they not doing it. If it is pure laziness, then the prizes may help. But, if it is not due to laziness, then one should fix the problem rather than giving prizes.

Prime Minister announced prizes worth of Rs.340 crore for doing transactions through digital, which is going to start on Christmas and ends on April 14th. I feel, this is absolute waste of money. If this has been announced much before demonetization and ended on Nov 7th or 8th, it would have made lot of sense. But, after demonetization, this is of no use.

Many people are ready to move to digital. But, due to lack of knowledge/facilities or high cost of the credit card machines etc., they are unable to move. Government should use this money and spend its effort in helping everyone to move to digital by providing the knowledge/facilities, instead of giving it as prize.
tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-41994430582193936412016-10-10T09:00:00.000+05:302016-10-10T09:00:03.161+05:30My Marriage Invitation

tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-5594756873647111162016-05-09T23:23:00.000+05:302016-05-09T23:23:03.084+05:30Who Wrote My Destiny: Authorised Biography of Sushilkumar Shinde"Who Wrote My Destiny: Authorised Biography of Sushilkumar Shinde" is a completely useless book, if you are looking for a political book.

This book is like a self-help book with one sentence about Sushil Kumar Shinde in each page. Even when it is mentioned about the political life, the chronology, year and many other basic details are not at all mentioned, and I could not get any information.

For example, when they mentioned about contesting in elections, it is mentioned that, he was considered for elections in 1971. But, he could not get the seat. Then, again, he was considered in 1972, still did not get it. After that, when the sitting MLA died in 1973, he got the chance. I was unable to understand, how can he be considered continuously three times in three years. Were there two bye-elections or was it something else? Later, I came to know (from different source) that, in 1971, it was Parliament Elections, and in 1972, it was Assembly election. If they don't mention even basic things about politics, what is the use of writing a book about a politician?

If you are a person who enjoy reading full of praises, then you can read this. Otherwise, it is complete time waste. tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-75712613836566479912016-04-21T20:02:00.000+05:302016-04-21T20:02:11.472+05:30Suresh Kumar Talluri
I met him first time when I was going to Mumbai. His help for me started, when he carried my heavy bag on that day. He used to correct my mistakes immediately. When anyone says, Hi to me, I used to just smile and not reply back with Hi. He forced me to say Hi.

When I was studying in Mumbai, I attended only one party apart from introduction/farewall party by/for my seniors. That was the party given by him when he got a job. He asked everyone to come by 7 PM to go for party. I thought of skipping and thought of going late, and went at 7.20 PM. Little did I remember that, indians do not follow Indian Standard Time. He was waiting at the entrance of the hostel, and told me to come. If it had been anybody else, I would have said no, but, not to him.

Few years later, when I met him, he said, I did not change at all and still I am not at all talking. I wanted to say (but did not say), "I have improved a lot. But, I don't talk when others are talking". [He is very talkative.]

I am unable to digest his death due to flood, that too in US.

From http://www.deccanabroad.com/tragic-death-of-suresh-talluri-in-houston-floods/

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you the sudden demise of Suresh Kumar Talluri, our friend and colleague. He lost his life in the early hours of Monday, 4/18/2016 in the catastrophic Houston floods at I-610 and Westpark Tollway while he was on his way to work . He is survived by his wife and 2 kids (aged 6 and 8). Anyone who knew Suresh would vouch for the ball of energy he was. He was a dedicated professional, a dutiful son, a devoted father, and a loving husband.

tnsatishhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-33015584655466940162015-12-27T23:30:00.000+05:302015-12-27T23:30:13.175+05:30Embezzlement - Not taking VacationFew days back, my manager was saying that I didn't take even one day leave (in the presence of many people). Two hours later, I was reading the following in "When to rob a bank" by Levitt and Dubner.

Geiger was arrested in 1961 for embezzling more than $2 million over many years. By the time she was arrested, Geiger was said to be exhausted. Why? Because she never took vacations. This turned out to be a key component in her crime. As the story goes, the reason she never took vacations was that she was keeping two sets of books and couldn't risk a fill-in employee discovering her embezzlement.

The most interesting part, according to the cop, is that after prison Geiger went to work for a banking oversight agency to help stop embezzlement. Her biggest contribution: looking for employees who failed to take vacation. This simple metric turned out to have strong predictive power in stopping embezzlement.tnsatishhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886948.post-27416693950485626422015-11-28T23:21:00.000+05:302015-11-28T23:21:00.720+05:30Why does India provide billions of dollars of aid to Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Other Countries?
Why does India provide billions of dollars of aid to Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Other Countries, when many indians are in poverty and not having enough basic facilities?

The biggest flaw in this is, the assumption of, money solves everything. Money solves many things. But, that alone does not solve everything. The assumption that many people have here is, instead of giving Rs.100 crore to Nepal, if we give it to our people, then immediately, 10,000 people would come out of the poverty permanently. But, that is not the case.

In India, If anybody is not having basic facilities, there can be several reasons.

First one is, whether the person who is not having basic facilities, trying enough to get those. First thing that we have to understand is, life is not fair. Few people may get everything without doing any work, and few people may not get anything even after trying everything. But, before we start criticizing others, we have to see whether we have done everything or not. Many people underestimate the impact of knowledge, guidance and skill development and they won't take it even if it is offered for free. Without improving the knowledge and skills, if more money is given, it won't be used efficiently. Another major problem with Indians is, if I propose a plan where they can get some X money, and I get 10X for the same time spent without extra money [The only difference is, I have more knowledge], many people would reject the proposal right away. Not because, X is not enough for them, but, because, they are getting too less when compared to what am I getting. Even if they accept it, they will always think that I am exploiting them. There were several instances of people rejecting very good proposals from corporate companies, just because, they felt, those companies were exploiting them. Rejecting that kind of proposals does no good for them.

Local issues like water, small street roads, primary schools, drainage etc., are controlled by the local government. If you elect a very corrupted person as the Chairperson, Mayor or Surpanch, then, even if hundreds of crores of money is given to your area, the problem will not be solved. If you elect a capable person, then even if the state government is not supporting, they will use all the channels possible to get things done for that area. Many people do not know that, local elections are individual specific (nothing to do with political party) with executive powers without any policy change powers. Eventhough, I never vote for Arvind Kejriwal for state or center elections, if he contests for local elections, I will definitely vote for him. When I read the news of a person who did not vote for his mother in local elections, because, she contested from BJP, and BJP/Modi is against reservations, I lost words and felt pity for him.

For standard of living of individuals, state plays major role than the union government. Even in the limited areas that the union government controls, mostly, it is a supplement to what state government does. Also, state government can override in many things, probably except in railways and couple of other areas. For example, if union government allows export of particular items, state government can say no. In most cases, the low standard of living is not because of lack of money, but, because of the policy decisions of state government in obstructing everything. If state government changes their policies, then without any extra money, the standard of living would improve.

Most of the problems faced by India can be solved without any extra money. It is just that, we should work to solve it, and should elect capable people who can solve it, in the three layers of the government. If we don't go with the proper solution, even if we are given trillions, quadrillions or quintillions, the problem would still remain.

Let's suppose I am the Prime Minister and I have Rs.400 crore surplus. One state Chief Minister is asking me huge money for their state, since, that state lost many things. Rumours have it that, he is going to spend around Rs.400 crore for one day celebration. Afghanistan does not have basic infrastructure, and if I give some money to them, when time comes, I can ask them to restart military operations in our military base in their country, which would be useful if there is a war with Pakistan, or even to stop Pakistan from not starting the war. In this case, I will give Rs.400 crore to Afghanistan, and will give sand to the Chief Minister.

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It was great to see The Project's Carrie Bickmore use her TV WEEK Gold Logie acceptance speech to raise awareness of an issue that affects so many people. Nominations for the 2016 Australian of the Year Awards are now open and if you know of someone going above and beyond, give them the recognition they deserve! #beaniesforbraincancer www.australianoftheyear.org.au/nominate Read More →
Anti-violence campaigner tells us how being Young Australian of the Year 2009 has changed her life
Jonty Bush was named Young Australian of the Year in 2009 for her work campaigning against violence and providing support to others, who like her, have experienced tragedy and lost family and friends to acts of violence.
Since being awarded she has been given a "foot in the door" to continue her work and give a voice to the many victims of violence. Here is what she had to say about her experience as the 2009 Young Australian of the Year.
"To say that being recognised as the 2009 Young Australian of the Year was life-changing is an understatement.
It was an achievement I never expected, after all, no one embarks on a career in community services for the accolades, but it was an amazing acknowledgment of the life-saving work we were doing at the time and an opportunity to shine a national light on an issue which at that time, was struggling to receive the exposure it deserved.
The person who nominated me was from a family I was assisting at the time. Simply being nominated was an incredible honour, that someone would take time out of their week to firstly notice your work and then complete the nomination process was, I found, a uniquely humbling experience and one which helped keep my fire for anti violence work burning.
One of my proudest days was to take her (my nominator) to Canberra for the announcement of the awards, to be there when (then) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read my name out.
During my year as Young Australian of the Year, I travelled the country speaking with businesses, schools, communities, families and individuals about the impact of violence on our young people particularly.
I was honoured at dinners, met with Ministers and Premiers, addressed thousands of people at conferences and even flew out in a tiny 8-seater plane to visit a remote community in the Northern Territory.
I was trusted with numerous stories from individuals around how violence had affected their lives, including their ideas for how we can create a safer nation - these opportunities could never have occurred without the profile of the Australia Day awards.
Since 2009, I have continued my work in the anti-violence field. Receiving the Young Australian of the Year award did and continues to afford me a 'foot in the door' where formerly a victim's voice may have been overlooked.
I encourage everyone to consider those around them, ordinary people who are putting in extraordinary efforts to improving our nation, who deserves recognition for the work they're doing - they just may be 2014's Australian of the Year!"
If you know someone who is championing for a good cause, whether it be someone you know or someone you admire from afar, you can have their achievements recognised and possibly change their life forever. Nominations for the Australian of the Year Awards 2014 are now open. You can nominate online until midnight Friday 2 August 2013.