Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Inflation hits the roof!!!
Yesterday I was in Devaraja market for our weekly requirement of vegetables. I was in for a rude shock. Not only do I see that the onion prices have stayed almost at their peak, but also other vegetables have reached record prices. Early in the day I had already seen the rise in petrol prices. This was truly adding fuel to fire.
“Inflation will reach 6% by March”, “inflation will normalise in next few weeks” – I don’t understand whether to call these as clichés or false promises. But, none of these have helped in bringing the inflation down. We have seen multiple governing bodies, personalities, ministries assure us to bring the inflation down with little results. Note that the inflation number that we are watching is also tweaked to make it look optically lower than what it actually is. Had the inflation been calculated as in the previous decades, some of us would have collapsed looking at the number. Add to this is the rising fuel costs, and we are conveniently told “motorists must get used high fuel prices".
If we think this is just a short term patch, we might be myopic. My reasoning is as follows: though we hear that the inflation is due to artificial hoarding of food articles, we have not seen any acts by authorities which has materialised in taming the inflation. As such governance is in a limbo & most of the effort is in the direction of damage control in fighting allegations of various scams. So, what is the easiest action that it could take that is visible to all? ‘A rate hike by RBI’. And most of us have one or the other form of interests to pay. So, we need to prepare ourselves to pay up higher interest rates. Pain is cascaded if you are constructing a house because even the commodity prices have shot up.
So, what do we do? Can you watch money getting virtually shrunk in savings account and even fixed deposits these days? If not it is high time for you to think and act suitably. Would be very glad to see what do you think is a suitable action. Kindly express your views. Please don’t make this discussion a political issue & say it is purely because of XYZ party. Let us know something that we can act upon immaterial of who is ruling the nation/state...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
ಮತಾಂತರ ಅಷ್ಟು ಹಗುರವಾದ ವಿಷಯವಲ್ಲ !!!
ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳೋಣ: ನಮಗೆ ಬೇರೆ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆಯನ್ನು ತಡೆಯುವ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಇರಬಹುದು, ಆದರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ನಾಗರೀಕರನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಮ್ಮದಲ್ಲವೇ? ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ಬಾರಿ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ ನಡೆದದ್ದು ನಿಜ, ಆದರೆ ಅದರ ನಂತರ ಎಷ್ಟು ಅಂತಹ ಘಟನೆಗಳು ನಡೆದವು? ಇದೇ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಷ್ಟು ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು ನಡೆದವು? ಅದೂ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ನಾವು ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಸುಧರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ಆಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ಥನದಂತಹ ದೇಶದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಸಮಾಧಾನ ತಂದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆ?
ಹಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಬೆಳಗೆರೆ ಅವರು ನಮ್ಮ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಏಕೆ ಅಷ್ಟು ತಲೆಕೆಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ? ಜಿಮ್ಬಬ್ವೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಸಮಾಧಾನ ತಂದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದಲ್ಲವೇ? ಇಂದು ಬಿದ್ದು ನಾಳೆ ಏಳುವ ರಿಯಲ್ ಎಸ್ಟೇಟ್ , ಷೇರು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಗಮನ ಹರಿಸಬೇಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ದಿನ ದಿನಕ್ಕೂ ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಶೇಕಡಾವಾರು ಹಿಂದೂಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಗಮನ ಹರಿಸಬೇಕೆ?
ಬೆಳಗೆರೆ ಅವರು ಓದುಗರನ್ನು "ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯರೂ ಸಹ ಅಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸಿವ್ ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು" ಎಂದು ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯರು ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮದ ಪ್ರಚಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರನ್ನಾದರೂ ಹಿಂಸೆ ಅಥವಾ ಆಮಿಷದಿಂದ ಮತಂತರಗೊಳಿಸಿದರೆ?
ಯಾವುದೇ ಸೇವೆಯ ಹಿಂದೆ ಅದರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಬಹಳ ಮುಖ್ಯ. ಇದು ನಮ್ಮ ಧರ್ಮದ ಒಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ನಂಬಿಕೆ. ಯಾವುದೊ ದುರುದ್ದೇಶವನ್ನಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಸಹಾಯ ಅಥವಾ ಸೇವೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಸರಿಯೇ? ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ನೀಡಲು ನಾನು ಬಯಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಓದುಗರೇ ಇದನ್ನು ಊಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು. ಬೆಳಗೆರೆ ಅವರೇ ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ಥೆರೆಸಾರ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಉದ್ದೇಶ ವಿಭಿನ್ನವಾದದ್ದು. ಉದ್ದೇಶ: ಮತಾಂತರ ; ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ: ಮಿಷಿನರಿಗಳು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದ ಹಣದ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಧಾರಿತ. ರವಿ ಬೆಳಗೆರೆ ಅವರು ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮ ಕರ್ಮ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಸೇವೆ ಅನ್ನುವುದನ್ನೂ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಅರ್ಥೈಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು. ಅದು ನಮ್ಮ ಧರ್ಮದ ಬುನದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಎನ್ನುವುದು ನನ್ನ ಭಾವನೆ.
ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಹೇಳುವುದಾದರೆ ಮತಾಂತರ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಬೆಳಗೆರೆ ಅವರು ನೋಡುವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸುವ ಅಗತ್ಯ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲದಾಗಿದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡಲು ಇದು ಉಗಾಂಡವೂ ಅಲ್ಲ , ಕೀನ್ಯ ತಾನಝೇನಿಯಾವೋ ಅಲ್ಲ ..
although It took a long time for me to read it since it was all written in kannada!
-I
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
When Indian politico fall in love with LTTE
Seeing beyond the usual vote bank politics, the Congress’s decision to support DMK on the issue of LTTE has far fetched implications. I would even say, It is the peak of hypocrisy by the Congress. Tomorrow if US or
On the other side of the story,
And who is the beneficiary of this? Direct beneficiary is of course DMK in terms of votes; next one is Congess (I) as is the leader of UPA & DMK is its part. There are other two beneficiaries too: LTTE & the extremists of J & K. UPA has been too short sighted in terms of security of the nation (or may be too long sighted in terms of elections) & is putting the whole nation to shame by supporting LTTE indirectly.
Secondly, has Priyanka Gandhi actually said anything that says that she has a soft stand on LTTE?
I think there are two things here:
1. it is not right to compare the situation in j&k with srilanka... what happened in srilanka was due to the genuine grouse of the tamils against the buddhist sinhalese (its another matter that it got hijacked by the christian church), whereas kashmir has been a site of hindu oppression since time immemorial (or at least since the days of sikandar butshikhan).
2. i don't know why you are so concerned about arundhati roy. by you talking about her, you are giving her the credibility she probably is very hungry for and doesn't deserve. how will you justify the claim for rAma janma bhUmi "in front of writers like Arundhati Roy?"
I am comparing the magnanimity of Priyanka & Congress.
What are you trying to say here? A buddhist's life any less valuable than Hindu's? Or Its ok if the oppression is recent, but not ok if it is time immemorial? I dont really get it...
I thought I was criticizing. If you think it is increasing her credibility, then please stop reacting to the articles on THE HINDU..
buddhist's life? i thought we were talking of tamil people's life against hindu people's life. i had said clearly that what started in shriilanka was due to the genuine grouse of tamils (of discrimination by the sinhalese majority). whereas in india it wasn't the case (the muslims weren't discriminated against in kAshmiira). the "time immemorial" thing was written because i wanted to tell you that kAshmIra has been a site of islamic jihad, meaning that from time immemorial, the muslims have been the oppressors.
I thought I was criticizing. If you think it is increasing her credibility, then please stop reacting to the articles on THE HINDU..
you weren't criticizing. you were saying that the presence of a roy and her ilk in india will weaken your case (in case they take a stand that india has been the oppressor in kAshmiira in the context of US or israel saying that we have been the oppressors). i do react to the articles of the hindu, but i don't make it of consequence when i decide my course of action when it comes to sanAtanii issues. for e.g. i don't care what "the hindu" thinks about my stance on rAma janma bhUmi. please go back and rephrase your sentences if indeed you wanted to mean something else (your words convey such a bhaava, i now think that you might not have wanted to mean what you wrote). we can discuss this on chat if you like.
When you look at it from a demographic point, your view point is right. But I am trying to put it as a case acceptable in the nation's view point.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
One topic at a time- Nation's security & UPA's efforts
Friday, February 08, 2008
Media Watch - National Security
Just another media watch. Observe the headline of the two newspeprs:
Indian Express is talking of China objecting India on PM's visit to Arunachal Pradesh & India's response to it. This is an issue of National security & righly appears at the the top of the headlines.
Now watch where the same news appears in THE HINDU. Somewhere down. Honestly, it was not even in the bold initially. Later they made it to be bold. And it also seems to suggest that China is opposing PM's visit to Arunachal Pradesh as if it is China's territory. Where as it must suggest India is opposing China's claim on Arunachal Pradesh. Moreover, what appears on the top is the CPI(M) agenda. These seem to suggest one or more of the following:
1. THE HINDU is not concerned about the Natioanl Security as much as Indian Express.
2. THE HINDU is Pro-china and hence wants to suppress an anti-china news.
3. THE HINDU is Pro-CPI(M) and hence wants to highlight the party agenda ahead of National Security.
keep watching for more...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Sino Mania of "THE HINDU"?
This is note on Media watch: It tells us how to observe the news/inclination of different news media. Watch this image carefully. In the front page of the newspaper "THE HINDU", first 4 items are related to Indo-China relationship. (See the section inside the Box). Moreover, its says "new!" in red colour to catch our eyes. But, its already a fortnight or more since our PM visited China. Usually the news items in the box would remain in there for long imte. These are not the ones which change daily. It means the probability of anybody reading these news items are higher than the other news. This must flash us an important question. Why is "THE HINDU" promoting Indo-Sino news over the others? The answer is quite simple, but I would leave it to the reader to do a small bit of research on the editor of this news paper & his background.Time & again I keep stating this and I repeat: Not all the news that appears on the news maedia are to be taken as absolute truth. It should be weighed by looking at the media's intention/inclination/credibility etc...
Thats all for this time...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Bharata Ratna for a person who disrespected Bharata maata?
What should we do? Do not respond to such opinion polls, ignore them. When you get an opportunity, make it a point to openly state that its wrong to put people like MF Hussain in limelight. And finally, whenever you watch/read a news from such a partisan media, take it with a pinch of salt...
