Lok Satta - Transforming India through transforming Politics

Apply the medicine where there is a wound! - the culprit in deceleration towards Indian progress is POLITICS which in turn lead to all other plagues including bribery and corruption. I see a hope and would love to be a part of Lok Satta. I honestly wish and pray that all its members and supporters stay stern and stubborn in their belief towards honesty and truthful politics. May nothing influence them, may there be no weakness!

India currently is a land of tolerance! but its potential unexplored is its handicap. Once it is fully operational on the lines of progress and self reliability it will be called - an awe-inspiring land of progress and strength.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcKLGFEUEig&feature=related

This country needs us, our input in every way possible. I am in!

Now...RTI on the go...:-)

HYDERABAD: Armed with the Right to Information (RTI) Act, citizens are posing peculiar questions to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at an average of 10 applications per day. The questions range from appointments, service matters, building penalisation scheme etc. It's not the city folk but people from districts and even other states are demanding information. Consider this. P Anand, a resident of Ashok Nagar in the city sought information on last November's appointment of additional commissioner (heritage) J Kedareshwari. This included whether she was posted in GHMC through an open advertisement and why her appointment was done in haste and the qualifications and eligibility for the post. He even sought to know whether GHMC knew about allegations against her when she was Director of Archaeology and Museums. To this, the GHMC replied that she was posted to municipal administration by the state government and it is utilising her services as they are needed for the city. They were not aware of any allegations against her, they added. Anil Sarma of Trimulgherry wanted to know whether his developer had applied for regularisation of an unauthorised construction in a building on Road No 13 of Banjara Hills. The GHMC replied that no such application was filed. Surprisingly, a few months ago the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation sought information under the RTI Act for records pertaining to the area. Aurangabad was part of the Nizam state before independence. As there were no records available with the corporation, the GHMC referred the question to the state central library. Not only individuals, but associations too are on a questioning spree. Ashoka Lake View Residency-Owners' Welfare Association in Kundanbagh questioned how unauthorised construction on the 8th floor of the complex was assessed for payment of property tax. It also sought ownership documents and title deeds of the property. Well, it's activists too who are in the forefront. Mantri Shyam Prasad, Secretary of AP Human Rights Council, Visakhapatnam has sent a list of 50 questions on various issues including the city development plan, leased lands, burial grounds and how many religious bodies in the city were allotted land in the city. An attender, who was working in the Mayor's peshi in 1987, was suspended on various allegations. He applied under the RTI Act seeking his service book details. But the corporation officials refused to give details under the RTI Act as they are more than 20-years-old. That's citizens' power at work.

REF: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Hyderabad/Citizens_wield_their_RTI_power/articleshow/3128155.cms

Great... People are now becoming aware of their rights which will compel them to also be responsible... and not very far is the day when there are going to be more questions than answers.
Lets correct the system. RTI is the most appropriate weapon.

Wake up....politicians, law breakers and complacent government officials. Get to some real work and show concrete results else you will be digging your own grave!

Great going people.... USE RTI. It is our right and its our way to a better society.
Satyamevajayathe ( so... get the truth out through RTI)

Jai Hind.

Vegetarian?? Here are some profound reasons :-)

Consider becoming a vegetarian (I am a vegetarian) because : ---->

• Plants don't shit.
• Plants don't have sweat glands.
• Plants don't have blood.
• I don't like chewing on dead bodies.
• I am not blood thirsty.
• Vegetarians live longer.
• Vegetarians are healthier.
• Apart from salt which can be got from the sea, plants lack no nutrients that an animal can give because the animals themselves got those nutrients from plants. In fact animals may lack many nutrients that plants have because they may not have absorbed it.
• Plant food is healthy food. All plant germs are destroyed by proper cooking. Whereas animal germs may survive even when fully cooked because the fat in animals protect the germs from being destroyed. Such fat is not present in plants.
• Plants can't cause Pandemics like bird flu, SARS. There is a possibility that an animal virus can infect man, but there is not even a remote possibility that a plant dependent bacteria can migrate to humans.
• Plant food is plentiful as they lie at the bottom of the food pyramid.
• If the demand for animal food does not go down, then animals will continue being crammed into confined spaces in order to breed the largest numbers in the smallest area possible, which will increase the likelihood that an animal virus will migrate to man.
• I live in India (The world's number one vegetarian country.). (We Indians have a terrible time finding good (healthy vegetarian) food when we travel outside of India.)
• My ancestors have been vegetarians for thousands of years.
• Elephants are 1000 times more stronger than you. Elephants are the biggest land animals and elephants are pure vegetarians. I am pointing out this to bust the myth that vegetarians can't become big and strong.
• If it seems more humane go one step further and become a vegan.

Now, Can you beat that?