Whispers Forum

I agree with M L Gupta's views. The bureaucrats were equally responsible for what happened during that period. In fact it was the "Over enthusiasm " of some of the bureaucrats, which brought fear and bad name for Family Welfare programme. There is need for change in the conduct rules for civil servants, which should include monetary punishment for deliberate actions against the rules/directions of SC/Constitution.
S Gopal
It is fashion now to resuscitate past events
It has become a fashion nowadays to resuscitate past events, especially unsavoury ones. It is better to stop this process and move on. Also, an irrelevant debate is going on as to which organ of govt is supreme. In my view the organ which fulfills aspirations of downtrodden and weakest strata of society is supreme.
Rajesh Gohel

Democracy revived but administration died The Black Emergency hurt democracy, for which the people of India delivered severest punishment to Indira Gandhi and her Congress Party, which they still remember with shame on their face. But the sinful act of murdering democracy and throwing the constitution of India out of the window inflicted a permanent injury to the administration. It is permanent disability of 99%. Till June 24, 1975, civil servants and judges performed their duty faithfully, sincerely, and honestly as mandated by the law (Rule of Law in letter and spirit). After 25 June 1975 they had no courage to function lawfully as the Rule of Law had suddenly changed to Rule of Wo/man. They simply fell at the feet of the power of the corrupt government of Emergency. A victim of the torture said they were asked to bend, and they prostrated! Contempt poured in these words: “spinal cords were surgically removed”. They have failed to stand straight ever since. Today no organ of the state can proudly assert that none of their community has been accused/charged/punished for corruption, which is illegal gratification for functioning to suit the rule of wo/man.
M L Gupta

Congratulations to both India and the US for enduring partnership between the NASA and ISRO for successful launching of Axiom 4 Mission and sending four astronauts including Group captain Shubhanshu Shukla from India. He is on way to becoming the first Indian pilot to successfully dock with the International Space Station. Sending humans into space and bringing them back safely to earth after two-week- long stay, pose grave challenges. Long stay of spacefarers, outside earth’s gravity, may result in losing the ability to regenerate muscles. Going by Sunita Williams and her co- spacefarer’s experiences, this could even cause muscle atrophy. The ISRO-NASA team, during the mission. is supposed to collect inputs for research in the fields of Genetic engineering and Biotechnology, among others.
A K Saxena (Former civil servant)