S. SethuramanSigns of desperation for the

majoritarian Modi government,as the country moves closer tothe May 2019 Lok Sabha poll,are becoming manifest at bothpolitical and economic levels.The abrupt manner of takinginto police custody a group ofcivil rights activists, notedscholars among them, across thenation on August 28, withoutdue processes has been widelycondemned. It has drawnadverse notice in sections ofglobal media and the highestcourt of the land.

Opposition leaders fromhave expressed concern aboutsuch actions, which are sugges-tive of an "undeclared emer-gency" even while India wouldlike the world to continue tobelieve that it is not only theworld's largest democracy,where rule of law is observed,but also the fastest-growingeconomy. India falls far behindscores of poor and middleincome nations in major socialindicators, which are passedover here by the powers-that-be.

Denounced as attack on civilrights, and one of the criticswondering whether it is notopening the "road to dictator-ship", opposition parties andeminent men see in it an under-lying threat to citizens' demo-cratic right to dissent.

The Supreme Court, nowseized of one of the most seri-ous developments sinceIndependence (other than the1975 Declaration of Emergencyby then Prime Minister IndiraGandhi) has remarked "dissentis the safety valve of democra-cy'"

BJP spokespersons have jus-tified the arrests as action direct-ed against "urban Naxals"(Rights activists) having collu-sion with Maoists in the coun-tryside. The Maharashtra police,launching the country-wideswoop on these intellectuals,contended that they were back-ers of the Naxalite movementwith plots including one toassassinate the Prime Minister.

Government would beexpected to produce before theapex court credible evidenceincriminating all the five arrest-ed activists. Primarily, actiontaken by the Pune police underthe Unlawful Activities

(Prevention) Act, meant to beused against dangerous ele-ments, like terrorists, has tostand scrutiny.

A sense of outrage prevailswhen the country is seethingwith discontent and mobilisa-tion of farmers in distress,Dalits denied rights, and othersectional interests taking placeamid the heating up of the elec-tion fever. How the Modi gov-ernment would react with mor-chas and other demonstrationsof grievance holders in the com-ing days would be watched withanxiety, given its none too grat-ifying record of governancethus far.

But the arrest of activistsmay also have been designed asa balancing exercise against themurder of four liberal intellectu-als by Hindutva extremist ele-ments in the Karnataka-Puneregion over the last four years.Some suspects in that regard

have been taken into custodyafter a long drawn-out process.Apparently RSS concerns aboutthe jailed Hindutva followersmay have influenced the latestassault on civil rights defendersand to charge them with pro-moting "Maoism".

On the economic side,Modi's self-trumpeted demon-etisation lay in tatters. Its disas-trous consequences for theeconomy are still unfolding.Almost the entire amount ofcurrency under the Note Ban ofNovember 7, 2016 (86 per centof currency in circulation) hasreturned to the banking system,which invalidates all claims ofseizing black money hoardsunder demonetisation.

Finance minister ArunJaitley has been on slipperyground trying to justify demon-etisation on some pretext or theother. The only end-result couldbe an increase in tax assessees

and revenues. That demonetisa-tion failed to achieve the pur-pose for which it was clampedby the Prime Minister withoutadequate preparation, alsoturned to be the biggest failureof his government. The crueltyit was for a vast segment of poorand low income groups wouldnot be forgiven when they go tothe polling booths next year.

The Modi government hasnow clearly moved into populist

mode and all its policies andlaws are sought to be marketedas promoting social justicewhile the poor are invoked inevery speech of the PrimeMinister. The structural reformswhich IMF and RBI have calledfor as prerequisites for the econ-omy to attain 7.5 to 8 per cent inthe medium term stand as goodas deferred till after next year'selections.

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MODI GOVERNMENT CAUGHT IN ITS OWN WHIRLPOOLTHREAT TO DEMOCRACY AMID ECONOMIC POPULISM

New Delhi: KalindiCollege, Delhi University’sSRC, NSS, NCC and Students’Union organized a rally forgenerating funds and reliefmaterial for Kerala flood vic-tims on 31st August.

The rally was led by thePrincipal, Dr. Anula Mauryaalong with the entire teachingstaff and a huge number of stu-dents who marched in andaround East Patel Nagar and

Rajendra Place Metro Station.Besides, the NSS andStudents’ Union volunteers arealso being sent across variousareas in Delhi and Gurugram tocollect funds and relief materi-al for the cause. The reliefmaterial will be sent to KeralaBhavan and the funds will bedeposited to the ChiefMinister’s Relief Fund thatwill further be sent to the vic-tims.

Kalindi College organizes a collec-tion drive for Kerala flood victims

Country and Politics andNewspapers Association ofIndia delegation visitedThailand for 5 days tour Oftenthe name of Thailand comes infront of people, so they thinkthat Thailand is a countryfamous for prostitutionThailand is considered famousfor its trade, but it is not thatthere is a problem going withthe family. Thailand has pro-gressed in all sectors, technol-ogy, tourism, education andimport, export of textiles; evenpeople from all over the worldcome here to see the coastline.In India too many garmenttraders buy goods from

Thailand . Food is very good inThailand you can get Veg andNon-veg very easy anywherein Thailand and see food is soyummy . We traveled severalplaces in Thailand and then ourteam reached at Indian cultural

center There we met RameshChandra ji who is the head ofIndian Culture CenterBangkok. The Indian CulturalCentre in Bangkok was for-mally inaugurated inSeptember 2009 by Dr. Karan

Singh, President of the ICCR,and Mr. Teera Salukpetch, theMinister for Culture in theRoyal Thai Government. TheCentre located on Rajadapisekroad, Lake Rajada OfficeCondominium, 23rd Floor,Klongtoey, Bangkok. The cen-tre has exhibition facilities andmulti-purpose hall for danceand music recitals, exhibitionsof painting and photography,illustrated talks and discus-sions on a range of culturaltopics, Yoga and Vedantaworkshops and regular screen-ing of films, etc. Now morethan 300 students

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Jaitley is steadily losing hisbattle with the opposition,especially the CongressPresident Rahul Gandhi overthe facts on Rafale deal.Right now, he is not theDefence Minister but he istaking the most active part indefending the Governmentdecision on the new agree-ment on Rafale purchasesagainst blistering attacks byRahul Gandhi who hastermed the deal announced bythe Prime Minister NarendraModi in Paris in April 2015 asthe biggest scam in independ-ent India’s history,

Keeping aside the politicalslugfest between the BJP andthe Congress in the final yearof the NDA regime on the eveof the Lok Sabha elections in2019, the deal has thrown upsome issues which are ofparamount importance in pro-tecting the national interestsof the country. Jaitley has nottouched those issues in pos-ing 15 so called questions toRahul Gandhi.

The primary issue is whathappened in the last fifty daysbefore the announcement bythe Prime Minister on theRafale deal on April 10, 2015that the deal was completelychanged in its character andthe public sector HAL wasdropped to accommodateAnil Ambani led Reliance

Defence Ltd. The sequence ofdevelopments leading to thefinal announcement of thePrime Minister makes itapparent that the PrimeMinister had one point agen-da to changer the deal scrap-ping the role of the publicsector HAL and he did notmind, in the process, in sacri-ficing the interests of thecountry’s leading public sec-tor company in aircraft manu-facturing. As the defenceexperts mention, the NDAgovernment took power onMay 26, 2014 and by thattime, the final understandingwith the UPA governmentwas reached for the purchaseof 126 Rafales whichinvolved the outright pur-chase of 18 fighters and themanufacture of 108 more inIndia on the basis of transferof technology. This is mostimportant part as this helps inhelping India through HAL totechnologically upgrade thecountry’s R&D since general-ly the big foreign defence

manufacturing companies arevery reluctant on technologytransfer. The UPA govt gotthis done in early 2014 andthe French company DassaultAviation signed a detailedwork share agreement withHAL in March 2014 to havetransfer of technology andproduction of Rafale in India.

Even in February 2015,eight months after Modibecame the Prime Minister,there was no change as far asthe French company was con-cerned. On February 19,2015, fifty days before IndianPM’s surprise announcementabout new Rafale agreement,the CEO of Dassault AviationEric Trappier told pressmenthat he was confident on com-pleting the final negotiationsand signing the deal for fullcomplement.HAL was in thepicture as the collaborator.Then again on March 25,2015, Trappier said in thepresence of the HAL offi-cials” You can imagine mysatisfaction to hear from the

HAL chairman that we are inagreement for the responsi-bilities sharing, consideringas well our conformity withthe REP in order to be in linewith the rules of the competi-tion. I strongly believe thatcontract finalization and sig-nature will come soon”.

Thus, even fifteen daysbefore the PM’s announce-ment scrapping the role ofHAL and bringing down thenumber from 126 fighters to36, HAL was activelyinvolved as far as the Frenchare concerned. But in Modimagic, things went in a dif-ferent direction at the time ofthe announcement. The drop-ping of HAL and induction ofReliance Defence was theIndian decision and not thedecision of the French com-pany.PM announced his deci-sion on April 10, 2015 buteven two days ago on April 8,the Indian foreign secretaryS. Jaishankar had no inklingthat such an announcementwould be made and HALwould be excluded. So allindications suggest that thismonumental decision havingprime importance to thefuture security of the defenceforces of India, was taken bythe PM without goingthrough the normal proce-dures with checks and doublechecks in such vital securityarea.

Jaitley’s question charg-

ing Rahul of giving contra-dictory figures make no senseas the former defenceMinister Manohar Parrikarhimself gave contradictoryfigures about pricing after thePM announcement. Parrikarwas then the DefenceMinister. This indicated thathe himself was not in know offull details of the deal. Thebest course would be for theGovernment to disclose theprices. The experts are quot-ing the price of Rs.1611 croreper plane which is nearlythree times more than theprice allegedly agreed to bythe UPA govt in negotiationsin early 2014.If theGovernment is confident thatthe pricing under the Modiagreement is far morefavourable compared to thepricing under the UPA govtdraft, it will be desirable forthe NDA government to offi-cially disclose the prices andnail the Congress ”lie”. IfJaitley can prove that theRafale deal has been innational interests and thePrime Minister has been ableto extract a much better dealcompared to the UPA, this isthe best time to disclose theprices and nip in the bud all“propaganda” by RahulGandhi and the opposition.Will Jaitley and the Modigovernment take up this chal-lenge?

(IPA Service)

L.S. HerdeniaWhile Madhya Pradesh

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan is continuing hisAshrivad Yatra, two contro-versial events have hit theheadlines. One relates to thesupply of shoes to tribals andthe other about the dispatchof over one crore lettersaddressed to women voters ofthe state.

The state government hadgifted shoes and chappals totribals. It is alleged that abanned chemical has beenused in theses footwears. It islearnt that Central LeatherResearch Institute (CLRI) hasreported the use of azo, abanned chemical in the innersole of the footwear, a localnews report said, triggering adenial by the state govern-ment.

Tribals make up 21 per-cent of MP’s population and awhopping 50 percent in somedistricts like Dhar, Jhabuaand Mandla. Both BJP andCongress have been desper-ately wooing tribal voters anddistribution of footwear wasone of the recent sopsannounced by the state gov-

ernment. Madhya Pradesh Laghu

Vanopaj Sangh, a cooperativebody involved in the distribu-tion of the footwear, had sentsamples of it for testing toCLRI, a wing of CentralScience & IndustrialResearch (CSIR), after deliv-ery, said sources.

Forest minister Dr.Gaurishankar Shejwar, how-ever, said that the sampleswere tested before and afterdistribution by FootwearDevelopment & DesignInstitute, Noida and an insti-tute in Chennai but none ofthem detected any harmfulchemical. “These shoes andsandals have been distributedto over 8.13 lakh tribalsunder the scheme and theyare absolutely safe,” he said.The government aims to dis-tribute footwear to 10 lakhtendu patta pluckers.

Reacting to the finding,according to which the chem-ical may cause cancer, stateCongress president KamalNath said in a tweet “thisshould be a cause of concern,after all no one has the rightto play with lives of others.

Without proper investigation,how were these shoes distrib-uted? Who is responsible forit?” Kamal Nath also issued astatement asking the govern-ment to recall all footweardistributed to the tribal tendu-patta collectors. “This isrelated to the lives of tribalbrothers and sisters. To savetheir lives all distributedfootwear should be recalledand a high-level probe shouldbe ordered into the matter,”Kamal Nath said.

The PCC chief alsodemanded an explanationfrom chief minister as to howthese shoes with dangerousazo chemical content were

distributed to the tribal bene-ficiaries under the CharanPaduka Scheme. “This entireissue stinks of another scambecause the state’s financeminister is giving a differentexplanation, he said, addingthat big functions wereorganised in the state to dis-tribute footwear to the benefi-ciaries.

The other controversyrelates to the dispatch ofmore than one crore letters towomen voters of the state.

It is claimed that morethan Rs. 4 crore has beenspent in the printing and dis-patch of these letters. It isalleged that governmentfunds and machinery havebeen used in the printing anddispatch of these letters.

The letter gives detailsabout various schemes imple-mented for the empowermentof women. It also seeks bless-ings of the women to giveanother five year term to theBJP and particularly toChouhan himself.

The state governmentdirected the postal depart-ment to ensure that the lettersreach the addresses before

Rakasha Bandhan. Each lettercarries the stamp of Rs. 4 and70 paise.

The postal departmentmade special arrangementsfor the distribution of the let-ters. It appointed nodal offi-cers at state, division and dis-trict levels. Special bags con-taining one thousand letterseach were prepared to carrythe letters. It was a massivetask undertaken by the postaldepartment.

The BJP hopes that thisunique feat will help inincreasing the number ofwomen voters in its favour.According to a newspaperanalysis, in the 2013 assem-bly elections the voting per-centage was 72.07. The totalnumber of women who votedwas one crore 54 lakh and 65thousand. The BJP feels thatwomen are the main benefici-aries of several welfareschemes of the governmentand, therefore, there is everyreason to believe that the per-centage of women voters willincrease in the comingNovember Vidhan Sabhapolls.

(IPA Service)

ARUN JAITLEY IS LOSING HIS BATTLE OF FACTS ON RAFALE DEAL

LATEST SCAM IN MADHYA PRADESH IS ABOUT FOOTWEARS TO TRIBALS

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Dr. Arun MitraTreating a patient involves history

taking, examination of the patient anddiagnostic investigations as per theneed before forming an opinion aboutthe illness of the patient and the differ-ential diagnosis. Only then can a doctorprescribe the treatment, medical or sur-gical as the case may be. There are setprotocols for this methodology and forspecific diseases. These protocols maychange from time to time. This changeis effected after thorough deliberationsamong the academics of a particularsubject. Telemedicine is still in a devel-oping stage to meet the above criteria.Many a times patients seek telephonicadvice from the doctor. This is general-ly discouraged because of the possibil-ity of missing several issues. But thesedays one finds increasing advertise-ments on various types of media high-lighting their achievements and encour-aging patients to get treatment fromthem.

Modern system of medicine doesnot permit advertisements to enticepatients. The Medical Council of Indiaframed a code of ethics, the IndianMedical Council (ProfessionalConduct, Etiquette and Ethics)Regulations, 2002, to fix some normsfor this. Any such practice is consid-ered unethical. It is presumed thatadvertising is for luring the patients.The clause 6.1.1 of the code prohibitssoliciting of patients directly or indi-rectly, by a physician, by a group ofphysicians or by institutions or organi-zations. The code says that a physicianshall not make use of him / her (or his /

her name) as subject of any form ormanner of advertising or publicitythrough any mode either alone or inconjunction with others which is ofsuch a character as to invite attention tohim or to his professional position,skill, qualification, achievements,attainments, specialties, appointments,associations, affiliations or honoursand/or of such character as would ordi-narily result in his self aggrandizement.

The Punjab Medical Council hadissued notices to several such violatorsin 2015-2016. That had led to a checkon such practices.

A similar code exists for thePharmaceutical Marketing Practicestermed as Uniform Code ofPharmaceutical Marketing Practices(UCPMP). According to it, companiescannot make claim for the usefulness ofa drug without up to date evaluation ofall the evidence. Stating categoricallythat a drug is safe and has no sideeffects, toxic hazards or risk of addic-tion is not permitted. Even the compar-ison of drugs has to be factual, fair andcapable of substantiation. Products ofother companies cannot be disparaged

either directly or by implication.Unfortunately such code does not

seem to exist for other systems of med-icine. The electronic media keeps pro-jecting advertisements like ‘cure ofretinal diseases in eyes with guarantee’while belittling the modern medicalsystem. There are also advertisementsof treating head ache ‘with guarantee’with some oils. Similarly we watchclaims of treating all the diseases in thebody by clearing the stomach. Yoga isprojected as panacea for all diseases.There are several advertisements forconverting grey hair to black.

Advertisements also appear for hairtransplants. Treating sugar for sure isalso advertised. About sexual issues,advertisements can be seen in plenty onwalls, posters and print media.

Many of these advertisements aregiven by celebrities. They give a wrongimpression and are misleading. It istime that such business is stopped.Media must realize its duties. Healthcannot be left to be exploited by busi-ness interests and unproven methodolo-gies. The government must enact a lawin this regard instead of overlookingthese issues. (IPA Service)

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Dr Arun MitraFor the last several years dense

smog engulfs large part of north India,including Punjab, Haryana, westernUP, parts of Rajasthan, HimachalPradesh and NCR Delhi. This happensduring the months of October andNovember when summer has endedand winter is about to set in. During thesummer season the air tends to go up inthe atmosphere. But during Octoberand November because of fall in tem-perature the particles do not rise, butget suspended and mix with thevapours. Source of these particles aremainly vehicular emissions, industrialeffluents and smoke coming out ofburning of paddy straw in the fields.Low wind speed during this period anddry weather aggravate the problem.

As a result there is a drop in the airquality some times to dangerous levels.Air quality is measured as Air QualityIndex (AQI). As per the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (US), the AQI is cal-culated on the basis of five major pollu-tants - the ground level ozone, particu-late matter, carbon monoxide, sulphurdioxide and nitrogen dioxide. The AQIlevels have been graded in the range of0-500. AQI level from 0-50 are satis-factory and pose little or no risk.Moderate AQI is from 51-100. Thisposes risk to a very small number ofpeople, particularly those who are sen-sitive to ozone. The levels from 101-

150 can be harmful to persons who arealready suffering from respiratoryproblems or heart diseases; childrenand elderly are at higher risk. From151-200 are unhealthy levels for everycitizen while the sensitive groups mayexperience more serious effects. Levelsbetween 201and 300 are health alert formore serious effects. AQI levelsbeyond 300 are an emergency situation.In this context the levels which went upto 999 in the Punjabi Bagh area ofDelhi on 8th November 2017 is a causeof extreme concern.

Smog causes a feeling of suffoca-tion, which occurs due to relative low-ering of oxygen level in the surround-ing air. The pollutants in the smog canirritate respiratory system, causingcoughing, feeling of irritation in throat.One may experience an uncomfortablesensation in chest. The ozone in the

smog can reduce lung functions andmake it more difficult to breathe deeplyand vigorously. There is aggravation ofasthma, which may require medication.Ozone makes people more sensitive toallergens, which are the most commontriggers for asthma attacks.

Ozone may aggravate chronic lungdiseases such as emphysema and bron-chitis and reduce the immune system’sability to fight off bacterial infectionsin the respiratory system. Repeatedshort-term ozone damage to children’sdeveloping lungs may lead to reducedlung function in adulthood.

Particulate matter includes micro-scopic particles and tiny droplets of liq-uid. Because of their small size, theseparticles are not stopped in the nose andupper lungs by the body's naturaldefences but go deep into the lungs,where they may become trapped andcause irritation. Exposure to particulatematter can cause wheezing and similarsymptoms in people with asthma orsensitive airways. Particulate mattercan serve as a vector for toxic air pollu-tants. Carbon monoxide affects oxy-genation of hemoglobin by formingcarboxy hemoglobin.

As a result of all these there is lossof mandays because the workingcapacity of people goes down. Childrenare not able to attend schools. Since themedical advisory is to avoid outdooractivity, the productivity falls. In addi-

tion, the health problems are aggravat-ed as a result of accidents.

Every year when the smog levelgoes high, there is debate on the issuebut it dies down after some time.Urgent remedial measures have to betaken. Industry needs to be regulatedfirmly to reduce the effluents.Vehicular emissions have to be broughtdown, paddy straw burning needs to bechecked. It is not correct to put thewhole blame on farmers withoutaddressing their grievances.

The time gap between harvesting ofpaddy and sowing of wheat crop is less.Therefore, the easiest method the farm-ers find is to burn the straw and thenplough the field for the next crop eventhough the high temperature over thesoil because of burning of straw residuedestroys useful microorganisms, caus-ing huge loss of nitrogen, phosphorous,potash and many beneficial micronutrients. As per estimates, there is lossof macro and micro nutrients to thetune of Rs.1,000 crores in Punjab aloneper year due to burning of wheat andpaddy straw. The paddy cultivable areain Punjab is about 65 lakh acres. On anaverage there is 30 quintal of yield peracre, which means 19.50 crore quintalof paddy is produced in the state. Asper the NGT guidelines, different agri-cultural machinery required for man-agement of straw in the state costsaround Rs1,600 crores. It is not possi-

TIME TO ACT AND SAVE HEALTH IS NOW

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The grand finale night was a visualtreat which saw sizzling performancesby beautiful actress SonakshiSinha,heartthrob Tiger Shroffandthecrowd swayed to the songs sung byMansi Scott.

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ADVERTISEMENTS ON HEALTH MISLEADING AND MUST BE BANNEDMEDIA ALSO HAS A DUTY NOT TO HIGHLIGHT UNFOUNDED CLAIMS

Harihar SwarupPrime Minister Narendra Modi was first to break

the rule of not raking up domestic matters abroad andcriticizing opposition parties. His narrative of demo-nizing Congress, beginning with his 2014 address toIndian diaspora in New York’s Madison square gar-den, drew the battle lines for a bitter confrontation.Attacks against domestic rivals in foreign countriesdo not sketch a happy portrait of India abroad.Former External affairs Minister Yashwant Singh, aBJP rebel, is possibly a sane voice who appealed toall leaders “to refrain from discussing our internalissues abroad. The Prime Minister broke the rulefirst. Others need not follow his example”.

Mainline parties taking domestic battles off-shoreis a low without precedence in our polity. It is diffi-cult to recall instances of past leaders washing dirtylinen on alien territory and in front of foreign hosts.Barring the odd case, such as the Indian Peace Forcein Sri Lanka in late 1980s, there was a broad consen-sus on foreign policy during the regimes of RajivGandhi, P V Narasimha Rao, V P Singh, I K Gujaral,Atal Behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh.

Very much part of the diplomatic lore is Rao’s1994 decision to send Vajpayee, then opposition stal-wart, to defend India’s case on Kashmir at UnitedNations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Thehigh powered team led by the BJP leader, and includ-ing Farooq Abdullah and Salman Khurshid returned

triumphantly.When Prime Minister criticized Congress

abroad, the Congress leaders were up in arms againstNarendra Modi and the BJP. Now that Rahul Gandhi,speaking in Germany and UK, stepped up attack onPM, BJP and RSS, the ruling party leaders ferocious-ly hit out at the Congress President.

Rahul, reportedly comparing RSS with theMuslim Brotherhood, has raised eyebrows. The com-parison is interesting. A closer look will reveal thatthe two organizations do operate along similar lines.Both see themselves as socio-cultural organizationsand are fronted by political parties. Both view theirrespective religions as the ideal basis for organizing

the affairs of the state and society. Both engage inconsiderable charity works at grass-roots. And bothorganizations subscribe to an exclusivist visionwhere one religio-political ideology dominates,diminishing pluralism and secularism.

Rahul’s comparison appears to underline thateither an organization is secular or it isn’t.Secularism can’t be a half way house where one pro-fesses to be secular yet flirts with fundamentalist ele-ments. In this frame, both the Congress and the BJPhave failed the secularism test. For Congress secular-ism has become deferring to sentiments of minorityreligious communities so that they become captivevotes for the party. This has allowed BJP to accusethe Congress of pseudo-secularism, a charge thatisn’t without merit. But the BJP is out and out a polit-ical party with a majoritarian world view.

The Rahul gambit is an interesting one movingthe debate forward. It indicates that the contestbetween various religious identities adhered to in afundamentalist way, where secularism takes the sideof minority fundamentalist, but rather between reli-gious fundamentalism itself against those champi-oning a secular openness. In the latter outlook thereare no “good” or “bad” religious fundamentalism—all are to be eschewed. But while Rahul may havestarted a conversation on the right track, whatCongress observers do on the ground can be a differ-ent matter. (IPA Service)

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K. Raveendran

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s

portfolio must be redesignated as min-

ister for defence of Modi. This is what

he does mostly these days either

because he has not fully got over his

sabbatical mood or he has nothing

much else to do in the finance min-

istry.

He shamelessly defended demon-

etisation even on a day when the

Reserve Bank published its most

damning report on the patently ill-

conceived move. Even Modi does not

refer to demonetisation these days,

probably because there is nothing that

he can talk positively about it. His

most recent major reference to demon-

etisation was on the first anniversary

of the ‘monumental blunder’ last year,

when he “bowed to the people of the

country for steadfastly supporting the

several measures taken by the govern-

ment to eradicate corruption and black

money." Some small mercy to them.

He could not have forgotten his prom-

ise to the people to “hang” him if he

failed. So, he has left the task of

defending ‘note bandi’ to Jaitley,

whose performance in the finance

ministry was any way nothing to set

store by.

Despite a hundred reasons to the

contrary, Jaitley continues to insist

that demonetisation was good as its

larger purpose was to move India from

a tax non-complaint society to a tax

compliant society. But he does not cite

one tax compliant country which

achieved compliance with demoneti-

sation. Tax compliance and demoneti-

sation are two different issues. There

are other more effective ways to

ensure tax compliance and you do not

need to destroy an economy to make it

compliant. That can only be the height

of short-sightedness. He claims that

post demonetisation about 1.8 million

depositors have been identified for

enquiry. Is it such a big deal in a coun-

try with 1.3 billion people? Does he

mean to say that these people did not

have bank accounts before demoneti-

sation and opened them only to

deposit demonetised notes? In the age

of modern banking, which can track

even mood changes of customers,

there can’t be a more specious argu-

ment that you have to close down

everything and start afresh to collect

details about depositors and their

compliance levels.

Jaitley feels gargantuan delight at

the latest Central Statistical

Organisation GDP growth figures,

which show that India's economy

grew at 2-year high of 8.2 per cent in

the April-June quarter of 2018-19 on

strong performance of manufacturing

and agriculture sectors, increasing its

lead over China to remain the world's

fastest growing major economy.

Thankfully he stopped short of

attributing it to demonetisation, by

only saying “reforms and fiscal pru-

dence are serving us well”. In an oth-

erwise environment of global turmoil

this represents the potential of New

India, he said in a tweet.

The 8.2 percent growth is definite-

ly positive. But it shows the huge

opportunity loss caused by demoneti-

sation. India has lost several quarters

of high GDP growth, which would

have taken the country to maybe dou-

ble-digit growth by now, but for the

most outlandish decision to disrupt the

economy. That this has been achieved

despite the retrograde move and the

faulty and hasty implementation of

GST shows the inherent strength of

the Indian economy.

Mahindra Group executive chair-

man Anand Mahindra has likened the

April-June quarter GDP growth data

to news of a new medal for India at

Asiad. True, some of the Indian boys

and girls have shown splendid per-

formances at the Jakarta Asiad, but

these have been individual perform-

ances anchored on dedication and hard

work. Modi’s and Arun Jaitley’s ‘New

India’ was nowhere to be seen at

Jakarta.

As of Saturday morning, India was

only at the eighth place in the medal

tally for gold and sixth position over-

all. In the overall tally, it was way

behind China, Japan, Korea and

Indonesia and was even trailing

Thailand. India had only 13 gold,

compared to 118 for China, the two

countries that are often bracketed in

terms of growth, population size and

economic profile. It is not at all com-

forting that Japan has won more gold

medals than India’s total tally.

If the Modi government wants to

claim credit for the country being set

to surpass the UK to become the

world’s fifth largest economy next

year, as Arun Jaitley has done in a

recent tweet, it also has to take the

blame for India’s lacklustre perform-

ance in the Asiad. In fact, the perform-

ance of a country in premier sporting

events like Olympics, Asian and

Commonwealth Games has more to

do with the overall economic develop-

ment of that country rather than the

calibre of their sports people.

Performance at these championships

is a more perfect index of economic

progress, compared to many other

data sets.

For instance, all the countries that

are ahead of India in the medal tally in

Jakarta Asian Games have a higher

percapita GDP in terms of purchase

price parity (PPP), which is a compa-

rable value calibrated against the US

dollar and calculated on the basis of

the exchange value of a particular

country and using a basket of con-

sumer goods. Even Uzbekistan, which

has won more gold medals than India,

enjoys a higher per capita income than

Indians. In terms of comparable fig-

ures, if India’s PPP per capita income

is 6,490, that of China is 15,500 and of

Japan 42,870. Even Iran has nearly

three times per capita GDP compared

to India. No wonder that Iran has won

19 golds, compared to India’s 13. So

the medal tally has a deeper meaning

than merely the sum total of individ-

ual achievements and amounts to

another ominous commentary on the

performance of the Modi government.

(IPA Service)

MODI WAS THE FIRST TO CRITICISE CONGRESS ABROAD

JAITLEY DESERVES A NEW PORTFOLIO TO EXCEL

RAHUL ONLY FOLLOWED HIM IN HIS RECENT VISITS

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Contd From page1are learning Kathak and

Classic dance , Yoga ,Harmonium , Tabla and IndianLanguage said Mr Rameshhead of Indian Culture CenterBangkok.

Want to tell through thenewsletter some good infoabout Thailand. Tiger PARK isa newly open attraction inPattaya, founded byMr.Navaphol Chakchuan andother executives. With an ini-tiative of conserving Pantheratigers in Thailand and also tolet the customers have excitingand wonderful moment withtigers.

You can relax and lookaround in the coffee shop, giftshop, and snack bar zone. Feelfree to walk around and take apicture with the tigers from ourfree area. You could bringyourself into the tiger's enclo-sure with our confidence thatyou will be happy and enjoythe time being in our enclosurewith our staff. The confidencesthey have come from ourexpert experience in raisingtiger more than 30 years so thatthere lovely tigers are familiarwith people However, theyoffer you an extraordinaryexperience for you touch andget close to our tigers. Do notmiss that! once in your lifetime. You can have nice andcool pictures with tigers takenby professional photographerwith some additional cost Afterall activities you do with tigersinside.

Families can Enjoy onThailand’s beautiful beaches

Thailand is known for itsabundance of beaches andislands. The seaside offersmany opportunities for chil-dren of all ages to have fun …build a sandcastle together, flya kite, join in with a friendlygame of beach volleyball, col-lect shells and go hunting inrock pools, paddle in thesparkling ocean, and have funin the water with inflatabletoys. There really are so manyoptions! Older kids might liketo have a go at various watersports, such as snorkeling orbouncing off the waves on abanana boat.

Many beaches do not havelifeguards. It is, therefore,imperative, that you keep aclose eye on your childrenwhen on the beach. For addedsecurity and safety you mightwant to relax on beaches thatare privately operated by hotelsand resorts, as these generallydo have lifeguards on dutythroughout the day. Many ofthe busier beaches have para-sols available to rent, perfectfor keeping your kids out of theblazing sunshine. Be awarethat on quieter beaches it maybe more difficult to find shadedspots.

Explore national parks

and go nature spottingThailand boasts many glori-

ous national parks. Filled withinteresting wildlife, offeringamazing views, and usuallyhome to other natural attrac-tions, such as caves or water-falls, have heaps of family-funoutdoors. Whether you want tohire a vehicle and explore inde-pendently or join a specialisttour that caters for families,some of Thailand’s nationalparks might be more accessiblethan you may think. There aremany other places where youcan see wild animals; youdon’t always have to ventureinto the jungles!

Numerous operators inChiang Mai and Phuket canorganise private guided jungletreks for families, tailoringtrips to the age of your childrenand experience levels of thewhole family. Trips may alsoinclude other activities, such asrafting and elephant riding,depending on your interests.

Go wild at animal attrac-tions

Thailand has numerouszoos and attractions gearedaround animals, from placeswhere your kids can touch atiger and ride a mighty ele-phant to crocodile farms, snakefarms, aquariums, and lushopen zoos.

Keep in mind, however,that the care and treatment ofanimals may not be what youare used to back at home.Seeing animals in tiny cagescan be quite distressing forsome children, not to mentionsupporting industries thatthrive on mistreating animals.

Chiang Mai Zoo is popularwith kids, and animal welfareis generally a high priority. It ishome to many animals includ-ing adorable giant pandas, cutekoalas, lumbering hippos,majestic elephants, and fear-some lions and tigers.

If you want to get up closeand personal with beautifulelephants, Chiang Mai’sElephant Nature Park is a greatoption. Working with rescuedelephants and carrying outextensive rehabilitation work,welfare of the animals is at theheart of how they operate.

Whilst you won’t find touristsriding around on the back ofthese incredible creatures, yourkids can learn more about ele-phants and their important rolethrough Thai history, and helpwith feeding and bathing themighty beasts. There are plentyof hands-on activities availablethat treat the elephants withrespect and dignity. The park isalso home to a variety of otherrescue animals, including buf-faloes, cats, dogs, and birdsCrocodiles are used in shows,but it may be quite upsetting towatch how they are draggedaround by their tails etc. If see-ing chimps dressed in clothes,stroking tigers, watching birdsperform tricks, and seeing ani-mals in small cages is appeal-ing, you may like SamutPrakan Crocodile Farm. Thereare many farm attractionsaround Thailand where yourchildren can learn more aboutagriculture and see an array offarming animals.

Explore bustling marketsWander around lively mar-

kets and watch as your chil-dren’s eyes light up on seeingthe colorful sights all around.You could also take the familyto an unusual floating marketfor something completely dif-ferent.

Damnoen Saduak FloatingMarket attracts many visitors,including families. Whilst youprobably won’t have the feel-ing of being at an authenticThai floating market, you canall have fun with a boat tripalong the waterways and see-

ing a wide assortment of goodsand food for sale from otherboats and from along the edgesof the water. You can choosebetween motorized boats orones that you row yourself.The costs vary widely. Watchas tasty Thai meals and snacksare cooked right in front ofyou, and perhaps sample somelocal cuisine. Pad Thai (friednoodles) is often a good optionfor kids as it doesn’t containhuge amounts of chilly and isreally tasty!

Electronic Markets arethere Like :-

Originally namedMahbookkrong, MBK is oneof Asia’s oldest shoppingmalls. It opened in 1995 andsince then it has become of themost well-known in Thailand.

Imagine a HUGE maze oftiny little stalls selling all sortsof tiny little electronics andaccessories. We ended up buy-ing phones cases – which wedidn’t even need – some cablesto charge my iPhone and a cou-ple of accessories for theGoPro. Everything haggled atlaughable prices.

The 5th floor is more dedi-cated to digital cameras –Nikon and Canon have officialshops here.

Bottom line is: you won’tfind Zara or Mango in here.MBK is packed with smallindependent shops, mostlyThai brands and designs and isvery popular with the youngercrowds. This was definitely themost packed of all shoppingspots we’ve been, the teenage

Thai shopping frenzy can beexhausting!

Chinatown :-Chinatown is the great

option to indulge in a morelocal and traditional shoppingexperience. It’s the perfectcontrast to the mega malls thatare pooping out like mush-rooms elsewhere in the city.

Apart from the absolutecheapest prices in Bangkok –haggling is necessary – what Ilike about Chinatown is thatyou’re exploring such a livelyand rich area at the same time.Wandering around the livelyalleys is a timeless experienceby itself!

The whole thing is kind ofall over the place, but there arespecific sections for somestuff. Head to Yaowarat Roadto check the gold vendors,Balanna Plaza for all kind ofshoes (beware of fakes!) andItsaraphap Lane for food items.Chinatown can be too frugal,hot and busy for some, but it’sdefinitely worth a visit!

Chatuchak Market With over 15,000 booths

and stalls, Chatuchak Market isone of the biggest markets inthe world. Happening everySaturday and Sunday, itattracts both shopping-cravingtourists and local Thais.

The market is divided into27 huge sections. You can findthe most varied things such assouvenirs, independently-design clothes, live animalsand wood carving items in wellsignalised corridors and stalls.

I found this place to be toobig. Not big. I mean, HUGE.You’ll need lots of time andpatience. Despite the good willand organisation, it’s very dif-ficult to find the correct sectionyou’re heading while manag-ing the crowds. After all,200,000 people come here onthe weekends!

Having that said, it’s aGREAT place for shoppingsouvenirs, clothes and othertypical Thai items. We saved avisit to Chatuchak for our lastday in Thailand and glad wedid, otherwise we’d have tocarry a lot of things aroundduring our island hopping itin-erary. It’s impossible to leavethis place empty handed!

Country & Politics Tour of Amazing Thailand

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Date of Posting 10/11th of Every Month

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports and

Information & Broadcasting (I/C), Col. Rajyavardhan

Singh Rathore with the medal winners of World Youth

Boxing which took place in Budapest, at New Delhi.

2018-2020

2018-2020

sub-editor. Militancy orterrorism? Isn’t killingpolicemen on furloughterrorism? Aren’tabductions of the inno-cent children of police-men by men with gunsterrorism, why playdown terror by pickinga word so effete?What’s on display inthe Valley these days isterrorism.

The bearded idiotswho take on the armyand the police, theparamilitary, are cross-border terrorists, armedand dangerous, forwhom the mission mat-ters more than the peo-ple they want to ‘liber-ate’, and if now theyare going after theirown, it’s because theyare terrorists evenbefore they are home.

The families ofpolicemen are vulnera-ble because the J&Kpoliceman is from thesame social and reli-gious milieu as the“local militants” andfor that born-to situa-tion are “isolated insociety.” Also vulnera-ble because their fami-lies do not live in pro-tected camps like thoseof army and the para-military. Modi’s effetepolicy doesn’t striketerror where it hurts.Where’s the ‘national-ism’, where the fervourof the nationalist, whatgood the tag of ‘Hindunationalist party’? Atleast be the ‘nationalistparty’ if coy of the‘Hindu’ prefix? Don’tforget, ISIS is in thegame and the joblessare prone to join thegang. The war is withan idea, not with a state– the ‘Islamic’ beats the‘State’ hollow.

Aditya AamirThings have slipped so far

out of New Delhi’s hands infour and a half years, Srinagarhas become the frontier. It’s asif the LoC has shrunk andtoday cuts through Lal Chowk.A change of Governors madeno difference. Terror has takenon a new face but the Presscontinues to call gun-totingKashmiris ‘militants’ as if itmilitates against liberal-pro-gressive sensibilities to call thespade a spade.

The Kashmiri cop is a sit-ting duck, the members of hisfamily flightless birds; pickone up here, pick anotherthere, bargaining chips in anongoing war with terror notmilitancy driving the narrative.

A missing family member,who was here this morning butcannot be found at noon is aworry that eats into the vitals.And, when the afternoon dragsto evening, but the boy or brois still not accounted for, it’snot the fear of the unknownbut that of the known that

jumps out of the shadows.It dawns at dusk that the

‘militants’ have the policeman

by the short hair. ‘My son; mybrother’, the cop can’t get outof his uniform soon enough.But the moment has passedand the camel is a ship in thedesert, where to go to find him– the kidnapped son, theabducted brother?

To the militant’s hideoutnot the terrorist’s den, says thenational newspaper, which cir-culates in the morning and byevening is a dead rag – lifelesslooking for news that the ‘11’

have returned home, relievedthey will still make a cricketteam, a football eleven. ‘Let’sPlay Handball’ is elected head-line.

“With whom?” asks theresident stag, used to watchingthe daily ‘thandav’ from thesidelines of the dance-floor!“The militants, the militants,of course” replies the editor-in-chief, veteran of manyheadlines. “Our dictionary hasno words such as terror, terror-ism or terrorist; keep that inmind, on your fingertips, andyou’ll go places.” The ‘sub’returns to workstation, readsthe pile of words: “Alarm anddespair spread among theJammu and Kashmir police-men and their families after aseries of abductions of rela-tives of policemen in southKashmir by suspected mili-tants on Thursday night, theabductions triggered by policedetaining for questioning fam-ily members of some HizbulMujahideen militants.”

Words beat him daily, the

TERRORISTS NOT MILITANTS GO AFTER FAMILIES