Forum Whispers Forum — 31 Jan 2019
DEBATE (1)
Thank you for the opportunity to express. There is not even a distant match to Modi for PM, given his extraordinary calibre. Though we all know this, perhaps, our shameless and selfish attitude or some compulsions make us look other way, probably also swayed by the make-believe propaganda.
Honestly speaking, currently, Modiji is the best candidate who is capable of meeting the aspirations of the nation, by his individual merit - living style, services rendered to the society, competency, proven track record, etc.
So, the vote is for Modi. Rest all can wait, preparing themselves to qualify, in the real sense. Let the good of our nation & our people in particular and the world in general be our guiding force here. Namo Namah !
A grateful citizen.
Slogans might decide the next PM
Naa khaungaa naa khaane doongaa or Khao aur khilao, looto aur lutao
The dabate seems to have been concluded even before it started as seminal changes in the polity have taken place since it started. Irrespective of individuals, the next election will confront voters with a clear choice between options as listed in the foregoing. Besides, whether the voter choice is for tukde tukde Bharat or united India; weak or strong India; India governed by foreign hand or resident Indians; India ruled by parallel government or elected government; India as a superpower or poor country; India worth emulation or contempt. In any case, the electioneering is going to provide enough comic relief in the form of frailties and foibles of the sexes in politics and in TV studios.
M L Gupta
Narendra Modi is the most suitable face for PM. His strength is wisdom, experience, honesty reliability and popularity. He is a true patriot. Har har modi ghar ghar modi. India really needs Modi.
Madhu Kapoor
Only Narendra Modi
Sekhar Avileli
Abdication of responsibility in pathetic and forlorn countryside !
Instead of catching the bull by the horns to sort out any grim situation, the governments, over the period, have found out solutions in abdication of its responsibilities, to gradually hand over the most essential services to the private players. In the year 2005,the govt ,in its wisdom, thought of bringing in the corporate houses to run educational institutions, particularly in the hinterland, but the result is for everyone to see, the education in the rural India, has gone into paralysis. Recently the govt made its intentions clear to hand over the govt rural primary health centres, community health centres, and urban community health centres to the private doctors and hospitals, by getting an advertisement published in newspapers. Under pressure from the various health and social organisations, the govt has immediately taken a U-turn. A govt ,which cannot administer its organisations efficiently is not expected to regulate them well, after handing these over to the private players, despite its assurances of the proposed systems to be public and poor friendly. It is a gospel truth that the health system in the state has been on down slide for long. But in spite of that deterioration the district level, sub-divisional level, and some hospitals where doctors are dedicated, are generally full to the brim with patients.
In the year 1976, there were wide-spread reports in Sangrur that, the civil hospital had turned into a kennel. It was also reported that a newly born infant was devoured by the ferocious dogs which roamed about in the wards. In the year 1987, I inspected some rural hospitals in Hoshiarpur, where I found many dogs and other cattle-heads freely moving around in the wards. At some places they outnumbered the indoor patients. There is a village in Amritsar district, where a govt doctor visits the hospital once in three days. He lives in the city and runs his diagnostic centre and also works in some private hospitals. This has generally become a rule rather than an exception. The non practicing allowance given to govt doctors ,has not brought about any positive change in the health delivery system. The medical education has become very expensive, of late. Though the salary of medical officers is also good ,yet the system does not inspire the medicine professionals to join or stay in govt. The recruitment system in the govt ,with so frequent changes and lethargic approach, has become uninspiring and clogged.
Though the health delivery system has become expensive, and generally the reputation of many medical practitioners, has suffered, yet the doctor' place in public esteem still remains intact. Still so many doctors are so noble and so godly. I remember, Dr Aishi lal Khurana, worked in rural dispensary in village Kasel in Amritsar before partition and continued there till mid fifties. He maintained the hospital, so well that many people from the surrounding villages would come to see the hospital. In almost 20 villages, he was a house-hold name. He never disappointed any patient. He would visit the patient even in the thick of night and very distant places. He lived with his family of five small kids and wife in the hospital premises. Though he was a very kindly person, he would not allow even the most feared persons to speak loudly in the hospital premises. He had turned the hospital into a paradise. After his retirement in the mid fifties, he joined a hospital in village Bohrhu. That was the only charitable private hospital in the area. His reputation was so impeccable that in the entire area ,people would go to Bohrhu village, when they required medical help. He had made his residence at Lawrence road Amritsar. But on so many occasions, he would go to hospital, which was 12 miles away, on his cycle and also pedal back from hospital .Nobody remembered if he had ever taken a leave from hospital. People revered him like demi-god and he never failed them. People still remember him, even three decades after he is no more.
Governance has generally been a casualty over the period and more so in the rural India. But the public should not suffer because of the incompetence, lack of will ,commitment, dedication ,and diligence, on the part of the govt. Govt must try whole-heartedly to improve the health-care system, and endeavour to find out more Dr Aishi lals, but in case it finds it impossible to do so,then suitable alternative be found out,but not to succumb to pressures and take U-turns. Abdication of authority is not the solution.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar
