Whispers Forum

The crime stories in the newspaper are sometimes so chilling that one is left with a very disturbed mind. Rapes of young girls even little babies, murders over small issues, sons killing mothers, brothers killing sisters, the young school boys killing their school mates are daily happening. What has gone wrong with society. Human values have no meaning. Anger, greed, jealousy and ill will have become part of our character. Why? For one thing too much exposure via technology, social media and so-called entertainment industry has done more harm. Then there is no fear of law because punishment for a crime, if at all delivered, comes after a long time. Nirbhaya's culprits are still not hanged five years down the line. When Supreme Court finishes with their review petition, they still have a door to the President for mercy petition. Meanwhile they lead a leisurely life in jail. Reformed jails, it seems is a misplaced idea. With great food, regular medical check-ups, yoga, exercise, TV and busy learning some useful skill being in jail is a comfortable idea than coming out doing work and struggling in life. Incidents of some people being released and then committing another crime to get back in jail have happened. So the prison need to be made a tough place for criminals to deter the crime rate. The trouble with us is that we start bothering about the human rights of the criminals forgetting the victims of their crime.
Aarti Khosla
Steel Minister’s reply not correct
It is right time for PM to purge the frauds, corruption, casteism, regionalism, nepotism in steel Maharatna PSU. The reply given by Steel Minister in parliament for the reasons of loss making is not correct.
A Visitor

How can asking for details of family members and the amount taken from the Government exchequer be treated as personal information. If you give wrong information relating to details about family members and claim undue amount of LTC it can be asked for. The Supreme Court in one of the case has clearly said that 'if any information of about misdeeds has been obtained by hook of crook and it turns out to be true, then it is an enough evidence under the Indian Evidence Act and the person who has done wrong can be booked. It is the corrupt in the Government who are against the RTI Act-2005
BBS
Gupta is a hard working and honest bank official
R.K. Gupta is a hard working, honest and intelligent person and hope for better working and taking the bank to its new heights in the coming time. My congrats and best wishes to Mr. Gupta.
Ram Kumar Garg

Gujarat election will be the case study for political studies and I would say Amit Shah and Narendra Modi have finally passed the toughest political exam of their career
Bhupendra
“ Better late than never ”
Emboldened by the twin electoral victories in Gujarat and HP, PM Modi must now focus on big-ticket corruption by high- networth business houses and individuals rather than run after small rogues.
All are having a free run within India and abroad.
PM Modi won the last general elections on the plank of UPA corruption scams. He had promised to bring the guilty to book.
Some infamous scams are : Bofors, Sathyam (2009),CWG (2010), Coalgate (2012), 2G spectrum (2008) Navy war room leaks, Sathyam scam (2012), Choppers scam (2012 ), Tatra truck (2012), Adarsh scam (2012),Delhi Jal Board tanker scam - ( Rs 400 crores) wherein the Anti-Corruption Bureau has filed an FIR against former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit and current Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Saradha group financial scandal and last but not the least Robert Vadra scam . The list is endless.
These scams are crying for prosecution and convictions of perpetrators.
Precious time has been wasted by the current political dispensation, resulting in public disenchantment, disillusionment with the leadership
Is removing corruption separable from Good governance ?
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

I entirely agree. Such persons should be declared persona non grata and denied visa to enter India W/R to our own they should be publicly castigated for joining hands with an enemy. Will US allow a N Korean to do such things on its soil ? No compromise with the national integrity and honour should be allowed under any circumstance.
Ananya
This Group always work against India
Government of India should take note of this and it is high time they take strict action against them at once. They cannot hide in the name of social gathering. Hope PM is aware of all these things and may be working on it.
Seth

The British legacy of supremacy of IAS over other services continues despite more than 70 years of independence. DMs never oversee crime and order situations but they boss over IPS officers even much senior to them. This must change right away.
Parth
It’s a permanent fixture
It is not for the first time that Kasuri was in India and feasted by his close friend Mani Shankar Aiyer. He is here every second month a permanent fixture in any seminar or talk on the subject of indo-Pak relations. As a matter of fact, for some persons particularly a Gentleman based in Calcutta, holding such meetings on Kashmir and Indo-Pak relations is a regular business. Not only such meetings are held here where this group which includes Mani Shankar and others like him meet but their "friends" in Pakistan also reciprocate the step by holding these 'get-togethers' in Pakistan which are then attended by this group. Kasuri of course is always presiding over the meetings here. The gentleman from Calcutta who is running the Kashmir conflict business mentions this on the invitation card he hands over to people around to get an audience. One such meeting was scheduled at India International centre on the date after the Pathankot attack. I thought the organizer of this meeting would cancel these indo-Pak talks to be held in one of the Committee rooms of IIC after this ghastly terror attack. But no. They went ahead and had their usual bonhomie. When I spotted this motley Group including the diplomat turned politician at IIC going back after the talks, I was disgusted and angry. Not for them the value of a soldier's life or the integrity of the country. For them the show must go on. Kashmir conflict suits them so does the sour Indo-Pak relations. If these are over their business and hobby will take a hit and there will be no more talks on which Kasuri the regular guest will Preside. Maybe they will create some other problem to keep themselves busy .
Aarti Khosla

DEBATE (1) Next Government
The Congress is still labouring under dynastic rule with the result –leaders who can deliver and change the scene are pushed to the wall,
Deepa
DEBATE (2) Next Government
In case there is a fair election, Congress will form the next government.
D P Singh
“Oonchey Log, Neechi Harkat”
The quality of Indian politics has, of late, gone down abysmally low. Sample some dastardly utterances by arrogant politicos Sonia labels Modi : Maut ka saudagar . Priyanka Gandhi blames him for : Khoon ki dalaali . Rahul calls him : “ Gangoo teli, gandi naali ka keera “. All in the family.A small-time politician and a Ra Ga's stooge Sandeep Dikshit labels Army Chief General Rawat : " Sarak kaa goonda " Mani Shankar Aiyar broke all records by blabbering :" Yeh Modi bahut neech kism kaa aadmi hai. Koi sabhyataa nahi hai". The haughty Aiyar , on Dec 7 , 2017,called PM Modi : "Chaiwala in 2014, Neech aadmi in 2017 He takes pride in claiming : " Rahul Gandhi as a Janeu-dhari Brahmin ". The same knucklehead had sought Pakistan's help in removing Modi sarkar. Such elite loose cannons of the dynastic Congress are downright vulgar, uncouth, uncivil and casteist. All at the behest of the dirty-tricks department of the Congress (Rahul ).
PM Modi is OBC. He is dubbed by Aiyar as " Neech " . Do the congis regard SCs and STs as " Maha- Neech". A hideously degenerate mindset. The ,superannuated congis remain moot spectators, vying for photo-ops with the dynasty. Spineless parasites, paid charlatans . Pliant, malleable nincompoops. Aiyar's suspension is no solution. Public demands his immediate expulsion from the party. Even, prosecution under the law of the land for making derogatory references against a particular section of society. Let us wait for peoples' verdicts in HP and Gujarat polls. Who knows, the Congress (Rahul) may emerge as a hypertensive, cardiacally - paralysed party, lodged in ICU, heading towards ventilator.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

DEBATE (1) Next Government
BJP will surely get second term because after a long time people are realizing what governance means. Narendra Modi has provided able leadership to the country and people feel that he should be given one more chance to take the nation forward. People have faith in him.
Anshumali Joshi
DEBATE (2) Next Government
Modi will again come to power because there is no opposition in the country.
S C Agarwal
New low in election campaign
Gujrat has seen a new low in election campaign. There have been personal attacks on the leaders of main political parties. There have been abuses of the worst kind. But the lowest point of attack was what Mani Shankar Aiyer said about the Prime Minister. It was not an attack on Modi the person but on the Prime Minister of the country. This shows the mindset of this diplomat turned politician. The man is known for his irresponsible behaviour. Hugging the separatists in Srinagar ,befriending Pakistanis who rave against India. His meeting people in Pakistan and seeking their help in "removing " Modi is the height of not only shame but criminality. He should have been hauled for that. No apology will do for his latest remarks on the Prime Minister. The man needs to be punished to silence him from making such distasteful and unpatriotic comments as also conspiring with enemies against the head of the country.
Aarti Khosla

DEBATE (1) Next Government
Given the present scenario, it appears that BJP will form the next government under the able leadership of Narendra Modi. There is no alternative.
Rishi Bhatnagar
DEBATE (2) Next Government
Though it is too early to say, there appears to be no challenge to the BJP. There is no opposition. No leader can match the leadership of Narendra Modi. He is not only honest but firm in his decisions and will certainly take the country forward.
Pradeep Mehra
The Secret Is Out But…
The secret is out though the “legendary foreign hand” is still hidden from the aam aadmi even as it is no secret for the elite, investigative journalists and intellectuals. The secret is to get power by hook or crook in 2019. That means the legendary foreign hand has only 17 months and 22 days at the maximum. It has a well-designed programme. It needs to execute it neatly. So far it has been executed crudely. It has failed to instigate communal violence in India. Rather it has lost UP awfully twice, once in assembly elections and again in civic polls. It has not succeeded in fanning economic mayhem under the pretext of falling GDP due to demonetisation and/or GST. It is hoping to get something in Gujarat. It is going to fail again. Its last hope is 2019 general election. It has sown the seeds of a different kind of conflict in India by making Rahul Gandhi declare his caste and religion. The Congress is perceived to frustrate the Hindu population of India by opposing the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. For this goal the party has not hesitated to be highly offending politically as well as religiously. It has shown gross disrespect to Shri Ram by allowing its minister to file a novel affidavit in the court. What if the Sunni population decides to call its bluff? Why does Sibbal want a hearing in the case on the Ramjanmabhoomi only in July 2019 (after the next government comes to power)? By then they hope to destabilise, defeat or dislodge Narendra Modi/ BJP and secure power at the centre with the help of the foreign hand. The puppeteer of the party operating from foreign lands need to remember what the great Epic Poet Tulsidas’ Ram said: Shivbhakta mam das kahava. To know the puppeteers, we need to study world history with special attention to European history. This is the minimum we can do to face the challenges thrown at us by the foreign hands and their Indian agents.
M L Gupta