India is facing an epidemic of sorts. A secondary explosion of H1N1 infection sweeping through the nation in people who haven’t traveled to any infected nations but may have caught it from infected travelers. Although health screening at airports are continuing but cases are increasing of infections and deaths due to H1NI.
Is it that the screening process is not good enough or is it that newer strains with different symptoms are developing threatening human life and travel? Even education is being held ransom by this spread of infection causing schools to close down.
WHO predicts 33% of all Indians will suffer from the H1N1 influenza by 2011. Fearful isn’t it but then so is living with terrorism, road rage, government apathy and high levels of corruption. Does this mean we all should lock ourselves up and stop shopping, driving, and living our daily lives? Shutting down schools and institutions is a knee jerk reaction bound to cause panic, instead the screening of passengers and other patients who complain of flu like symptoms should become more stringent and private hospitals and nursing homes become more accountable for their actions/inaction. Nursing homes and private hospitals are mushrooming like wild fungus. These nursing homes and expensive hospitals mere money making organization for their owners disregarding their social role in a developing country.
The government should have stringent measures in place to check these private medical care institutions. Proper rules and punishment a deterrent to their illegal functioning. The government should make the testing available to these private healthcare institutions so that we could diagnose these cases avoiding death. Only then can we hope to survive this new threat looming in the near horizon.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The role of government in aviation today
The private sector owned by businessmen whose sole intentions to run an airline was to make profits and not for any social causes or welfare development. October 15th 2008 Naresh Goyal announces that Jet Airways would lay off 1900 employees as they were running at a loss. Kingfisher boss liquor baron Vijay Mallya had laid off 300 employees and indicated that more would lose their jobs. The laid off employees demonstrated outside the airports holding placards and raising slogans. The press and media felt their cause worth highlighting and sympathized with them. The result, Government of India pressurized oil companies to bail these airlines out by deferring their dues owed to them.
On July 3rd three hundred Air India employees strike work carrying red flags as they are not paid their due salary. The government takes a tough stance and the news and media and everyone lambast the Air India employees of being overfed white elephants (AIR INDIA is a public sector undertaking whose sole aim is to provide social equality under the five year plan and to provide services to routes not economically feasible and to help evacuate Indians from places and nations in war zones. The evacuation of Indians from Kuwait in 1990 was a world record.)Air India asks for a bailout package from the government. Everyone is ready to sack all employees of Air India and shut the airlines down.
The Federation of Indian airlines (private airlines) decide to stop operations of domestic flights from August 18th due to acute economical crisis. Air India employees assured the government of full cooperation when the private airlines would stop operations.
The Government assured FIA they would look into the grievances and work something out so that the private airlines could function. Wondering about the role of government and private sector and the media
On July 3rd three hundred Air India employees strike work carrying red flags as they are not paid their due salary. The government takes a tough stance and the news and media and everyone lambast the Air India employees of being overfed white elephants (AIR INDIA is a public sector undertaking whose sole aim is to provide social equality under the five year plan and to provide services to routes not economically feasible and to help evacuate Indians from places and nations in war zones. The evacuation of Indians from Kuwait in 1990 was a world record.)Air India asks for a bailout package from the government. Everyone is ready to sack all employees of Air India and shut the airlines down.
The Federation of Indian airlines (private airlines) decide to stop operations of domestic flights from August 18th due to acute economical crisis. Air India employees assured the government of full cooperation when the private airlines would stop operations.
The Government assured FIA they would look into the grievances and work something out so that the private airlines could function. Wondering about the role of government and private sector and the media
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Passing Of A Legend -Michael jackson
Today were the funeral services of a legend,Michael Jackson,at the Staples centre in Los Angeles where living greats spoke of this legend this 'King of Pop' and paid tribute to him.As a young teenager I was listening to his songs,aping his steps, sprinkling powder on the floor trying the moonwalk and now my teenagers are crying to see their favourite singer pass away.
Indeed a legend has lived and died and entertained all and is now moving to entertain that King of All Kings in the greatest theatre of all.May his soul rest in peace this greatest of all entertainers,dogged all his life with controversies.
Only in death which shatterred all even his critics silencing them all, making them all acknowledge his greatness.
What a pity that we selfish humans in life hurt everyone and only death and the loss of human life makes us peer into ourselves and praise the one we wronged.
If only when he was alive and we had it in our heart to understand him would he have been peaceful and lived more to entertain us for a little longer.So cursed are we because of this limitation of our thought process
Indeed a legend has lived and died and entertained all and is now moving to entertain that King of All Kings in the greatest theatre of all.May his soul rest in peace this greatest of all entertainers,dogged all his life with controversies.
Only in death which shatterred all even his critics silencing them all, making them all acknowledge his greatness.
What a pity that we selfish humans in life hurt everyone and only death and the loss of human life makes us peer into ourselves and praise the one we wronged.
If only when he was alive and we had it in our heart to understand him would he have been peaceful and lived more to entertain us for a little longer.So cursed are we because of this limitation of our thought process
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Glamourising our poverty
India , land of a resurgent economy, where the abject poor struggle to survive amongst the richest of the rich. Where we all are guilty of showcasing this vulgar display of poverty. The world outside is also salving their conscience by highlighting this display by awarding Oscars to SLUM DOG MILLIONNAIRE .
Everyone making a killing showcasing poverty like it was all that exists in our land -India. Whereas India,a land where the rich and the royals had design houses like Jean Paul Gaultier, Cartier, Louis Vuitton design shoes, bags, clothes for them. Where Maybach cars are sold in plenty, where Montblanc pens are used to sign blank cheques,.Where the Taj Mahal magnificient like a lotus blooming in the dirt of the industrial soot spewed around it , where the passengers spilling out from the crowded compartments of the Sabarmati Express and the quiet and opulent comfort of the Palace on Wheels chugging along for the Indian Railways coexist.The Indian spirit undaunting in the face of years of threat of terrorism
In this magnificient land of the plenty why do we then showcase only the have nots. Is it that we in these times of recession feel assuaged by this show of poverty lulling us into a false sense of prosperity.
Everyone making a killing showcasing poverty like it was all that exists in our land -India. Whereas India,a land where the rich and the royals had design houses like Jean Paul Gaultier, Cartier, Louis Vuitton design shoes, bags, clothes for them. Where Maybach cars are sold in plenty, where Montblanc pens are used to sign blank cheques,.Where the Taj Mahal magnificient like a lotus blooming in the dirt of the industrial soot spewed around it , where the passengers spilling out from the crowded compartments of the Sabarmati Express and the quiet and opulent comfort of the Palace on Wheels chugging along for the Indian Railways coexist.The Indian spirit undaunting in the face of years of threat of terrorism
In this magnificient land of the plenty why do we then showcase only the have nots. Is it that we in these times of recession feel assuaged by this show of poverty lulling us into a false sense of prosperity.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Justice for the terrorist
Now they want justice for the terrorists citing the law of democratic India. Wow these pompous lawyers in their comfortable airconditioned offices trying to gain publicity by such tricks.
The terrorist whose only purpose is to destroy human life and instill fear and disharmony should be tried in a court of law for humans seems strange.
Politicians trying to gain vote banks making comments allowing our country to be torn by religious sentiments and create disharmony in a secular state thereby completing the task set upon by the terrorists. And yet we allow this in the name of democracy and political voting.
The terrorist whose only purpose is to destroy human life and instill fear and disharmony should be tried in a court of law for humans seems strange.
Politicians trying to gain vote banks making comments allowing our country to be torn by religious sentiments and create disharmony in a secular state thereby completing the task set upon by the terrorists. And yet we allow this in the name of democracy and political voting.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Wedding Photography
In India of all the genre of photography the one most likely not to be chosen as a career option is wedding photography. This despite the fact that many photographers have earned a living doing wedding photography. Unfortunately this section of photography which deals in capturing one of the most important and happy moment of a persons life enjoys a downmarket repute amongst the people.
This is largely due to the fact that wedding photographers by and large are untrained professionals trying to eke out a meagre earnings by largely amateurish methods. If these photographers took some pain and training and learnt their job skills as well as improving their frumpy appearance and took pride in their art they would definitely enjoy the status enjoyed by wedding photographers all over the world.
These wedding photographers should also learn to be more sensitive to the needs and the anxiety of the bride and bridegrom. They should be more aware of the customs and practices of the wedding they are covering thus capturing better images of the wonderful moments of the couples marriage for them to keep for their lifetime.
This is largely due to the fact that wedding photographers by and large are untrained professionals trying to eke out a meagre earnings by largely amateurish methods. If these photographers took some pain and training and learnt their job skills as well as improving their frumpy appearance and took pride in their art they would definitely enjoy the status enjoyed by wedding photographers all over the world.
These wedding photographers should also learn to be more sensitive to the needs and the anxiety of the bride and bridegrom. They should be more aware of the customs and practices of the wedding they are covering thus capturing better images of the wonderful moments of the couples marriage for them to keep for their lifetime.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Political humdrum
The politicians are having a heyday using the terror attacks as an excuse to settle political scores. Chief ministers and tickets up for grabs! Political horsetrading and selloffs just a hogwash the real issues sidelined. What a pity? Let us not despair for the common citizen is awake and understands the need of the hour. To carry on as usual not to let these awful terrorists succeed in their endeavour to create disruption and disharmony.
The chief weapon we ordinary mortals have is to show this complete disregard to actions and inactions by the various players and carry on as if the dastardly acts never took place. Three cheers to all of us. We haven't fallen prey to the disturbance caused by the terrorists and the politicians and the media trying to create a state of fear paralysis.
Let us rejoice life which is so precious and fragile. Here today shot down tomorrow. But the human race capable of much more carrying about their everyday tasks, where terrrorists' greater than the gun toting ones in the form of capitalist banks and mncs, threatening the economy and filling their coffers at the cost of poor folks.
The human race only creations of nature capable of thought, action and creativity. Let us not loose this capability to recreate and rejoice in the wonders of art.Keep clicking my friends keep clicking. Let those beautiful images help to remind us of the existence of the supreme creator.
The chief weapon we ordinary mortals have is to show this complete disregard to actions and inactions by the various players and carry on as if the dastardly acts never took place. Three cheers to all of us. We haven't fallen prey to the disturbance caused by the terrorists and the politicians and the media trying to create a state of fear paralysis.
Let us rejoice life which is so precious and fragile. Here today shot down tomorrow. But the human race capable of much more carrying about their everyday tasks, where terrrorists' greater than the gun toting ones in the form of capitalist banks and mncs, threatening the economy and filling their coffers at the cost of poor folks.
The human race only creations of nature capable of thought, action and creativity. Let us not loose this capability to recreate and rejoice in the wonders of art.Keep clicking my friends keep clicking. Let those beautiful images help to remind us of the existence of the supreme creator.
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