Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Is Democracy Falling in India?

The Republic of India is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world.The Indian economy is the world's tenth-largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth largest economy by purchasing power parity.According to historians, India's modern age begins variously in 1848, when with the appointment of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General of the Company rule in India, changes essential to a modern state, including the consolidation and demarcation of sovereignty, the surveillance of the population, and the education of citizens, were put in place, and technological changes, among them, railways, canals, and telegraph were introduced not long after being introduced in Europe.India is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India.Political and bureaucratic corruption in India are major concerns. A 2005 study conducted by Transparency International in India found that more than 45% of Indians had first-hand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public offices successfully.Corruption is a global phenomenon .In India the income tax department of India, Central Vigilance Commission and Central Bureau of Investigation all deal with anti-corruption initiatives.People are so anger of this corruption and got agitated by the recent 2G scam,also activated by some people.Lot of people involved in LOKPAL issue without knowing the meaning of LOKPAL and saying JAN LOKPAL. Every bill is passed and made into law by the parliment members only after discussion.Those members are elected by us through democracy[voting]. They represent us.Every act and law is Peoples[JAN].No need to mention it. Why protesting against Government if we respect Democracy.Then why we are voting? If Freedom Fighters are not respecting the democracy, then why They fought for freedom[TO GET DEMOCRACY]. If people[we] wants to say something then people[we] should speak through the member we voted and selected for parliment.That is what every Citizen is doing.If all wants to make laws ,then there are billion versions of same law!.Is this so called second freedom fight?? Why  people are not involving in hundreds of billls passed per year ! India is the biggest  democratic country, but how strong is its democracy? Why can't we find a solution democraticaly?

Monday, 18 July 2011

The flourishing Nation with lacking Nourishment

TORONTO: In this Year of India in Canada, India is making news in the media here - not for the second highest growth rate in the world but for its "absolute poverty'' and failure to "feed its people.'' 


The Canadian media has also likened "the boom in Bihar" to "a whimper". 


Writing under the headline 'Why India can't feed its people,' the country's biggest daily Toronto Star reported from New Delhi Sunday, "Food is an all-consuming crisis here. Waste is only one facet. Agriculture, infrastructure, inflation, innovation and corruption are others. It is a scourge and challenge for this country of 1.2 billion people...'' 


According to it, "40 percent of Indian children remain chronically malnourished,'' with this figure in some parts of India even higher than some sub-Saharan countries. 


Citing reports of hungry children eating mud in parts of Uttar Pradesh , the newspaper story said, "Today, there is less food available for each Indian resident that there was 30 years ago. In 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, India produced 436 grams of food grains per person per day, a drop from 445.3 in 2006.'' 


The report said, "As much as 40 per cent of all the fruits, vegetables and food grains grown in India never make it to the market. The country wastes more grain each year than Australia produces, and more fruits and vegetables than the UK consumes.'' 


Blaming the lack of R&D for the crisis in the Indian agriculture sector which has led to 200,000 suicides since 1997, the report said, "While China pumps $3.5 billion into agricultural research - Chinese farmers grew 6.2 metric tons of rice per hectare in 2008, double India's output - India's spends a fraction of that.'' 


In another story from Dharampur Mushahar Toll in Bihar, the national daily Globe and Mail reported Sunday that "the boom in Bihar sounds more like a whimper.'' 


Bihar, which has the lowest literacy rate, the highest child-mortality rate and the lowest life expectancy in India, has become a synonym not for intractable despair, but for turnaround under a new reformist government led by "a pot-bellied, teetotalling socialist engineer named Nitish Kumar ,'' the report said. 


But "to travel in Bihar - in the rural areas or in the capital, Patna, where the streets are choked with garbage and the lights flicker out every couple of hours - is to see both how the place has changed, and how terribly far it has to go. And it is in this, more than anything else, that Bihar is emblematic of India - of its dark side of absolute poverty and exclusion, and how very difficult a task it is to change them,'' the report said. 

Friday, 20 May 2011

"snail-paced Indian judicial system" says TIME

In top 10 abuses of power ,TIME says indian judicial system as snail-paced , regarding the case of Raja. How  the indian judicial wing will respond to this and will they make it true?

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

How dangerous are artificial sweeteners and antioxidant preservatives we consume?

  We consume  lot of food items that are flavoured,coloured and preserved in our day today life .Here are few things that are to be mentioned about them.

Preservatives

Propyl gallate

  An antioxidant preservative that prolongs the life of fats and oils -- such as in vegetable oil, chewing gum, meat products, and chicken soup base -- propyl gallate may cause cancer. It is often used with BHA and BHT

BHA & BHT

   Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) also delay rancidity in fats, oils, and foods that contain oils, such as cereals, chewing gum, vegetable oil, and potato chips. Some studies have shown that both BHA and BHT cause cancer in rats. Since they can easily be replaced by safer alternatives like vitamin E or packing under nitrogen instead of air, or even be completely left out, there is no reason to take the chance; avoid these chemicals as much as possible.

Sodium nitrite & sodium nitrate

   Sodium nitrite is added to cured meat like cold cuts and hot dogs to keep their color and to give them flavor; sodium nitrate can be used for the same purpose, as it breaks down into sodium nitrite. In addition to their preservative functions, they are used to prevent botulism, a deadly disease transmitted through food.

   Unfortunately, during the digestive process, they form cancer-causing nitrosamines in our intestines. Given this fact, most foods that contain sodium nitrite are also pumped with vitamin C derivatives like ascorbate or sodium erythrobate, as vitamin C prevents nitrosamines from forming. However, if you're still worried, avoid food containing sodium nitrite or eat vitamin C-rich foods -- such as oranges, broccoli, green peppers, and Brussels sprouts -- at the same time.

Artificial Sweeteners

Saccharin

   This sweetener, commercially known as Sweet'N Low, is 350 times sweeter than sugar; it is used in many diet foods and soft drinks, and as a tabletop sugar substitute. Several animal studies have shown that it causes cancer of the bladder, uterus, ovaries, blood vessels, skin, and various other organs. Even a significant study conducted by the National Cancer Institute found that it does indeed cause bladder cancer.
 There has been an ongoing battle between the FDA and the diet-food industry over the past 10 years regarding the ban or use of warning labels on products containing saccharin, but as of 2000, all warnings were removed. However, evidence shows that it is probably safer to stay away from it.

Acesulfame-K

   Acesulfame-K is approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar and is used around the world in baked goods, soft drinks, chewing gum, and gelatin desserts. Although early studies showed no health risks, they were not the most reliable experiments. Since then, two separate studies on rats have shown that it may cause cancer. Although further tests are needed, it is recommended to avoid acesulfame-K altogether.

   An added concern is that the breakdown product of acesulfame-K known as acetoacetamide affects the thyroid in rats, dogs and rabbits when administered in large amounts; however, there is no proof that the amounts found in food are dangerous.

Aspartame

   Aspartame is found in the name brands Equal and NutraSweet; it is composed of methanol and two amino acids. Although originally believed to be the perfect artificial sweetener, it caused brain tumors in rats in certain studies conducted in the 1970s.

   Although there was much pressure from different groups for further studies to explore the potential dangers of aspartame, it wasn't until 2005 that a new study was released. It found that even small doses of the sweetener increased the occurrence of lymphoma and leukemia, and occasionally caused brain tumors in rats. Although more research is still needed, avoid it to stay on the safe side.

   However, do not believe the claims that can be found all over the Internet regarding the wide variety of illnesses caused by aspartame; most of them have never been proven.

Artificial Colorings

Blue 1 & Blue 2

   Blue 1 is a coloring used in candy, beverages and baked goods. Although more research is needed, some studies have shown a small cancer risk, so it is wise to steer clear of it.

   Blue 2 can be found in pet food, candy and beverages. It hasn't been proven without a doubt, but studies have suggested that it causes brain tumors in mice.

Red 3

   Used in fruit cocktail cherries, baked goods and candy, there is some evidence that Red 3 causes thyroid tumors in rats. Although it is unclear if this could also be the case in humans, it is a possibility.

Yellow 6

   Found in beverages, baked goods, sausages, candy, and gelatin, Yellow 6 is the third most widely used of all food colorings. It has been shown to cause adrenal gland and kidney tumors, and it contains small amounts of many carcinogens. However, after review, the FDA concluded that it isn't a significant cancer risk for humans, but it may still be wise to avoid it.

Prefer freshness rather than attractiveness

   Although most of these additives have not been proven without a doubt to be dangerous, and there are many more that could be added to this list, it is safer to stay away from the forementioned chemicals as much as possible. Read the labels; if you have a choice between a bag of potato chips that contains BHA and BHT, and one that doesn't, choose the latter. Or better yet, why don't we just go for some fresh things and we'll avoid the processed ingredients altogether.Dont go by advertisements. Here, its our health make no choices.think wise and decide.Accoring to a tamil proverb "கண்ணால் காண்பதும் பொய் காதால் கேட்பதும் பொய் தீர விசாரிப்பதே மெய்"

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

உயர் கல்வி தரமான கல்வியா???

       மாணவர்களுக்கு அளிக்கும் தரமான கல்வி தான் சமுதாய முன்னேற்றத்தை தீர்மானிக்கிறது என்பதால், புதிதாக அமையவுள்ள அரசு, கல்வியின் தரத்தை உயர்த்த என்னென்ன செய்ய வேண்டும் என பட்டியலிடுகிறார், அண்ணா பல்கலையின் முன்னாள் துணைவேந்தரும், மத்திய அரசு பணியாளர் தேர்வாணையக் குழு முன்னாள் உறுப்பினருமான பாலகுருசாமி.
   கல்வித் தரம் சிறப்பாக உள்ளது என, நம் ஆட்சியாளர்கள் மார்தட்டிக் கொள்கின்றனர். பள்ளிக் கல்வியானாலும், உயர் கல்வியானாலும் கல்வியின் தரம் பாதாளத்தை நோக்கி சென்று கொண்டிருக்கிறது என்பதே உண்மை
தனியார் பள்ளிகளில் குறைந்த சம்பளம்; அதிக பொறுப்புகள்; இதனால் தேர்ச்சி சதவீதம் அதிகம். அரசுப் பள்ளிகளில் அதிக சம்பளம் பெறும் ஆசிரியர்களில் பலர், தங்கள் பொறுப்பை உணர்வதே இல்லை. இன்று கல்வித் தரம் வீழ்ச்சி அடைய, அர்ப்பணிப்பு உணர்வு இல்லாத ஆசிரியர்களே காரணம்.பள்ளியானாலும், கல்லூரியானாலும், ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு திறமைக்கேற்ப சம்பளம், ஊக்க ஊதியம் நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும். மதிப்பெண்ணை இலக்காக கொண்ட தேர்வு முறைகள் மாற்றப்பட வேண்டும். நல்ல பண்புகள் இல்லாத கல்வி, வாழ்க்கைக்கு உதவாது. கல்விக்கு ஒதுக்கப்படும் தொகையை செலவாக கருதாமல், முதலீடாக கருதி, உயர்கல்விக்கான பட்ஜெட் ஒதுக்கீட்டை அதிகரிக்க வேண்டும்.தமிழக பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் படித்து முடிக்கும் மொத்த மாணவர்களில், 15 சதவீதத்தினர் மட்டுமே வேலைக்கு தகுதியானவர்களாக உள்ளனர். இலவசங்களை அளிப்பதற்கு பதிலாக, கல்வி, மருத்துவ மையங்களின் உள்கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகளை மேம்படுத்தலாம்.வேலை தரும் நிறுவனங்களால் நிராகரிக்கப்படும், பி.இ., பட்டதாரிகள், தனியார் பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் குறைந்த சம்பளத்தில் ஆசிரியர்களாக சேரும் அவலம் உள்ளது.
                                                                                                                             இ.பாலகுருசாமி
 

Monday, 25 April 2011

Panel of experts finds credible reports of war crimes during Sri Lanka conflict – UN


A young girl and her mother at a displaced persons camp in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (2009)
                                  The panel of experts set up to advise Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on accountability issues with respect to the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka has found credible reports of war crimes committed by both the Government and Tamil rebels and calls for genuine investigations into the allegations, according to a report made public today by the United Nations. The decision to release the report, which was submitted to the Secretary-General on 12 April and shared with the Sri Lankan Government, was made as a “matter of transparency and in the broader public interest,” Mr. Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement.
“The Secretary-General sincerely hopes that this advisory report will make a contribution to full accountability and justice so that the Sri Lankan Government and people will be able to proceed towards national reconciliation and peace,” the statement added.
Mr. Ban is carefully reviewing the report’s conclusions and recommendations, “including its disturbing assessment that a number of allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law committed by both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka are credible, some of which would amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
Government forces declared victory over the rebel LTTE in May 2009 after a conflict that had raged on and off for nearly three decades and killed thousands of people. The conflict ended with large numbers of Sri Lankans living as internally displaced persons (IDPs), especially in the north of the island country.
The panel found credible allegations that comprise five core categories of potential serious violations committed by the Government in the final stages of the conflict, including killing of civilians through widespread shelling and the denial of humanitarian assistance.
The credible allegations concerning the LTTE comprise six core categories of potential serious violations, including using civilians as a human buffer and killing civilians attempting to flee LTTE control.
The panel’s first recommendation is that the Government of Sri Lanka should respond to the serious allegations by initiating an effective accountability process beginning with genuine investigations.
“The Secretary-General has consistently held the view that Sri Lanka should, first and foremost, assume responsibility for ensuring accountability for the alleged violations,” said the statement, adding that he encourages the Government to respond constructively to the recommendations made by the panel.
Mr. Ban has decided that he will respond positively to the panel’s recommendation for a review of the UN’s actions regarding the implementation of its humanitarian and protection mandates during the war in Sri Lanka – particularly in the last stages – and its aftermath. The modality of such a review will be determined after consultations with relevant agencies, funds and programmes.
“In regard to the recommendation that he establish an international investigation mechanism, the Secretary-General is advised that this will require host country consent or a decision from Member States through an appropriate intergovernmental forum,” the statement added.
The three-member panel of experts was set up following the Joint Statement made by Mr. Ban and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the Secretary-General visited the South Asian nation shortly after the end of the conflict.
The members of the panel were Marzuki Darusman of Indonesia (chair), Yasmin Sooka of South Africa and Steven Ratner of the United States. They began their work in September 2010.
Here is the full report
http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/Sri_Lanka/POE_Report_Full.pdf

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Thursday, 21 April 2011

India's illicit financial flow is $462 billion

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Tax evasion, crime and corruption have combined to remove a staggering $462 billion from India, says a new book based partly on scholarly studies.
'From 1948 through 2008, India lost a total of $213 billion in illicit financial flows (illegal capital flight),' says the book, 'The Darker Side of Black Money' (Konark Publishers), by B.V. Kumar.
A former highly regarded member of the Indian Revenue Service, Kumar in his book deals with organized crime, drug trafficking, economic crime, terrorism and money laundering, among other things.
'These illicit financial flows were generally the product of tax evasion, corruption, bribery and kickbacks, and criminal activities,' the author said.
'The present value of India's total illicit financial flows is at least $462 billion.'
India's aggregate illicit flows were even more than twice the current external debt of $230 billion, said the book, which will be released next week Monday. From 2004 to 2008, India lost assets at a rate of $19 billion a year.
'The total capital flight out of India represents approximately 16.6 percent of India's GDP as of year-end 2008.
'In present value terms, India lost an equivalent of about 36 percent of its 2008 GDP which represents a staggering loss of capital.
'Some 68 percent of India's aggregate illicit capital loss occurred after India's economic reforms in 1991, indicating that deregulation and trade liberalization actually contributed to/accelerated the transfer of illicit money abroad.'
Kumar says that as economic reforms gathered momentum, some vested interests used it to amass wealth in the shortest possible time by resorting to 'sharp practices'.
'Controls and socialism were replaced by crony capitalism. In other words, the battle was between hard and diligent work resulting in sustained growth as against quick results obtained through corruption, manipulation and fraud.
'In fact, quite a few companies with an impeccable track record were compelled to cut corners and indulge in fraud to keep themselves in the black, in the flight of stuff competition faced from a legion of influential middlemen who would not hesitate to bend the rules with the sway of corruption.'
The author says that corruption can have an adverse impact on the country's economic development 'that can lead to dissatisfaction and disconnect amongst its population'.
The author has sought legislation to punish corruption in the private sector.
'This is particularly necessary because of the corrupt practices indulged by the multi-national companies.
'A corrupt government and a clean private sector cannot coexist. Vice versa a clean government and a corrupt private sector cannot co-exist.
'In government, we expect accountability, which is not just a regime of punishments but a system of governance. Similarly, the private sector should have a code of corporate governance and a corporation philosophy for social commitment.
'When a public servant accepts an illegal gratification, he is charged for corruption and conduct unbecoming of a government servant.
'When a businessman or a corporation indulges in corruption, it is termed as business acumen resulting in profit... Time has now come to evolve a proper definition of 'corruption' so that these distinctions are removed.'

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

THE THREE LIES-Dr. Subramanian Swamy

   Ms. Sonia Gandhi’s background as publicized by her and her Congress Party is based on three lies in order to hide the ugly reality of her life.
First, her real name is Antonia not Sonia. This was revealed by the Italian Ambassador in New Delhi in a letter dated April 27, 1983 [see Annexure-5] to the Union Home Ministry which letter has not been made public. Antonia is Sonia’s real name as stated in her birth certificate.
Sonia is the name given to her subsequently by her father, Stefano Maino [now deceased]. He had been a prisoner of war in Russia during World War II. Stefano had joined the Nazi army as a volunteer, as many Italian fascists had done. Sonia is a Russian not Italian name. While spending two years in a Russian jail, Sonia’s father had become quite pro-Soviet, especially after the liberating US army in Italy had confiscated all fascists’ properties including his.
Second, Sonia was not born in Orbassano as she claims in her bio data submitted to Parliament on becoming MP, but in Luciana as stated in her birth certificate. She perhaps would like to hide the place of her birth because of her father’s connection with the Nazis and Mussolini’s Fascists, and her family’s continuing connections with the Nazi-Fascists underground that is still surviving in Italy since the end of the War. Luciana is where Nazi-Fascist network is headquartered, and is on the Italian-Swiss border. There can be no other explanation for this otherwise meaningless lie.
Third, Sonia Gandhi has not studied beyond High School. But she has falsely claimed in her sworn affidavit [see Annexure-6] filed as a contesting candidate before the Rae Bareli Returning Officer in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, that she qualified and got a diploma in English from the prestigious University of Cambridge, UK.
Earlier, in 1999 in her biographical data given under her signature to the Lok Sabha Secretariat and which was published in Parliament’s Who’s Who, she had made the same false claim [see Annexure-7].
But later she wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker, after I had pointed it out to him in a written complaint of a Breach of Ethics of the Lok Sabha, that it was a “typing mistake”. This qualifies her for inclusion thus in the the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest typing mistake in history.
The truth is that Ms. Gandhi has never studied in any college anywhere. She did go to a Catholic nun--run seminary school called Maria Ausiliatrice in Giaveno [15 kms from her adopted home town of Orbassabo]. Poverty those days had forced young Italian girls to go to such missionaries and then in their teens go to UK to get jobs as cleaning maids, waitresses and au pair. The Mainos were poor those days. Sonia’s father was a mason and mother a share cropper [now the family is worth at least $ 2 billion: (see Annexure-10)].
Sonia thus went to the town of Cambridge UK and first learnt some English in a teaching shop called Lennox School [which has since 1990 been wound up]. That is her “education”--- enough English language to get domestic help jobs.
But since in Indian society, education is socially highly valued, thus to fool the Indian public, Sonia Gandhi wilfully lied about her qualifications in Parliamentary records [which is a Breach of Ethics Rules] and in a sworn affidavit [which is criminal offence under IPC, severe enough to disqualify her from being MP]. This also violated the spirit of the Supreme Court judgment requiring candidates to reveal their educational qualification on an affidavit [see Annexure-8]
These three lies indicate that Ms. Sonia Gandhi has something to hide, or has a hidden agenda for India to brazenly fool Indians for some ulterior purpose. We therefore need to find out more about her.
                                                                                  reference: http://janataparty.org/threelies.html

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Sonia’s sisters, Anushka and Nadia, got the 2G Spectrum scam loot, says Dr. Subramanian Swamy


We may by now have realized that the 2G Spectrum scandal is not only bad for the country in the dimension of corruption, but now it emerges that there is a national security dimension too. The RAW, IB, CBI, ED all have enough material which they may have placed before you regarding the dubious aspects of the principal player in this scam.
According to the information two sisters, Anushka and Nadia, of Ms. Sonia Gandhi had received sixty percent of the kickbacks in this deal i.e. Rs.18,000 crores each. The frequent travel of Sonia Gandhi and her immediate family to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai and parts of Europe including London requires to be probed under the law. What requires your special attention is the mode of the travel, not by commercial airliners, but by jets provided by the corporate sector which itself is illegal under the DGCA Rules. I find that often Ms. Sonia Gandhi and family have traveled to Dubai and then traveled onwards on private jets provided by dubious Arab business interests to Europe. It is not clear on what passport they have traveled. In Dubai they were felicitated by agencies of countries which are hostile to India including that of Pakistan.
we can no more not take a stand when evil is permeating in the country in the form of terrorism, religious conversion and demographic infiltration. The ill-gotten money in billions of dollars equivalent, the money laundering and Participatory Notes have all undermined our national integrity. 
my question:is the biggest democratic country in the world lacking integrity and literacy?

நல்ல உள்ளமும், ஞாபக மறதியும் படைத்த பொதுமக்களே!

உங்களை நாங்கள் வணங்குகிறோம். தெய்வம் வரம் கொடுப்பது போல், எங்களுக்கு நீங்கள் பதவி கொடுப்பதால்...!உங்களை நாங்கள் மதிக்கிறோம். உங்களை வாழவைக்க வந்த எங்களை வாழ வைக்கிறீர்கள் என்பதால்...!நாங்கள் அரசியல்வாதிகள். நாங்கள் அன்று எப்படி இருந்தோம். இன்று எப்படி இருக்கிறோம் என்று ஆராயக் கூடாது. அன்று பட்டுக்கோட்டைக்கும், தஞ்சாவூருக்கும் போய்க்கொண்டிருந்தோம்; இன்று பாரீசுக்கும், நியூயார்க்குக்கும் போய்க்கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்.
இந்த முன்னேற்றத்தை நீங்கள் விஞ்ஞான ரீதியாக கணக்கிட வேண்டுமே தவிர, வேறு காரணங்களை ஆராயக் கூடாது. நாங்கள் சிரிப்பதை உண்மையான சிரிப்பென்றும், நாங்கள் அழுவதை உண்மையான அழுகையென்றும் நீங்கள் நம்புகிறீர்கள்; நன்றி!அந்த நம்பிக்கை மேலும் தொடர வேண்டுமே தவிர, இடையில் தளரக் கூடாது. நாங்கள் மேடையில் பேசும்போது, நீங்கள் ஆரவாரம் செய்கிறீர்கள்; உண்மையில் நீங்கள் ஆரவாரம் செய்வீர்கள் என்று நம்பித் தான் நாங்கள் பேசுகிறோம்; உங்களது புத்திக்கூர்மையில் எங்களுக்கு அவ்வளவு நம்பிக்கை.நாங்கள் சில நேரங்களில் உண்மையும் பேசுவதுண்டு! எப்போது உண்மை பேசுகிறோம் என்பது எங்களுக்கு மட்டுமே தெரியும். எதிர்க்க முடியாத சூழ்நிலையில், தப்பித் தவறிப் பேசுகிற அந்த உண்மையைப் போலத் தான், நாங்கள் பேசும் எல்லாப் பேச்சும் இருப்பதாக நீங்கள் நம்ப வேண்டும்.
நாங்கள் மேலே போட்டிருக்கும் துண்டின் நீளத்தை விட, எங்கள் நாக்கின் நீளம் அதிகம். அந்த துண்டு வெள்ளை வெளேரென்றிருக்கிறது. அந்தத் துண்டின் வெண்மையைப் போல், எங்கள் உள்ளமும் இருக்க வேண்டுமென்று நீங்கள் எதிர்பார்ப்பது நியாயமே.அப்படித் தான் இருக்கிறது என்று நம்பிவிடுவது மிகவும் நல்லதல்லவா! எங்களை நீங்கள் எந்த நேரமும் கைவிட்டு விடக் கூடாது. எங்களுக்கு வேறு தொழில் தெரியாததால் தான், இந்தத் தொழிலுக்கு வந்தோம். நாட்டிலுள்ள வேலையில்லா திண்டாட்டத்தை எங்களால் ஒழிக்க முடிகிறதோ இல்லையோ, எங்களுடைய வேலையில்லாத் திண்டாட்டம் ஒழிந்து விட்டது.நமது அரசியல் சட்டத்தின் அடிப்படை மிக பரவலானது. ஓர் அரசியல்வாதிக்கோ, அவன் பதவி வகிப்பதற்கோ இன்னின்ன தகுதிகள் வேண்டுமென்று அது கட்டாயப்படுத்தவில்லை. "அப்படி இருந்தவனா, இப்படி இருக்கிறான்' என்று நீங்கள் ஆச்சரியப்படக் கூடாது. நதிமூலம், ரிஷிமூலம், அரசியல்வாதி மூலம் இந்த மூன்றும், ஆராய்ச்சிக்கு அப்பாற்பட்டவை.
பதவிக்கு தகுதி எப்படி நிர்ணயமில்லையோ, அப்படியே பணம் சேர்வதற்கும் தகுதி நிர்ணயமில்லை. ஆகவே, எங்களுக்கு பதவியும் வருகிறது; பணமும் வருகிறது. அந்தப் பணத்தையும் நாங்கள் பொதுமக்களுக்காகவே சேர்க்கிறோமேயல்லாமல், எங்களுக்காக அல்ல.நாங்கள் உங்களையும், நீங்கள் எங்களையும் காப்பாற்றுவதற்காக உருவானதே ஜனநாயகம். ஜனநாயகம் பற்றி யார், எந்த விளக்கம் சொன்னாலும் நம்பாதீர்கள். எங்களை நம்பிய பிறகு, நீங்கள் மற்றவர்களை நம்புவதே மடத்தனம்.ஊழல், ஊழல் என்று மற்றவர்கள் கூறுவர்; நீங்கள் கவலைப் படக் கூடாது.
எந்த நாட்டில், எந்த ஆண்டில் ஊழல் இல்லை. 17ம் நூற்றாண்டில் இல்லையா? 18ம் நூற்றாண்டில் இல்லையா? 19ம் நூற்றாண்டில் இல்லையா? சீசர் காலத்தில் இல்லையா? ஜார்ஜ் மன்னன் காலத்தில் இல்லையா? சர்ச்சில் காலத்தில் இல்லையா?நீங்கள் தலையால் இடும் வேலையை காலால் உதைக்க... மன்னிக்க வேண்டும் - நாக்கு குழறிவிட்டது! நீங்கள் காலால் இடும் வேலையை, தலையால் முடிக்க நாங்கள் எப்போதும் தயாராக இருக்கிறோம். ஆகவே, இந்த தேர்தலிலும் நீங்கள் எங்களுக்கு ஓட்டளிக்க வேண்டும்.
மறவாதீர்கள்; எங்கள் நரிக்குட்டி சின்னத்தை மறவாதீர்கள்!நரிக்குட்டி; ஏழைகளின் பணப்பெட்டி!வாழ்க நரிக்குட்டி! வாழ்க நாங்கள்!இப்படிக்கு,ஜனநாயகம் மறவா அரசியல்வாதிகள்.
                                                                                                         -கவியரசு கண்ணதாசன்,
"எண்ணங்கள் ஆயிரம்' என்ற நூலில், "நாங்கள் அரசியல்வாதிகள்' என்ற தலைப்பில் எழுதியுள்ள கட்டுரை.

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்

வியாழன் ,ஏப்ரல்,14, 2011
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 இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள் 











No. Month (Tamil) Month (English) Sanskrit Name * Gregorian Calendar equivalent




01. சித்திரை Cittirai Chaitra mid-April to mid-May
02. வைகாசி Vaikāci Vaisākha mid-May to mid-June
03. ஆனி Āni Jyaishtha mid-June to mid-July
04. ஆடி Āṭi Āshāḍha mid-July to mid-August
05. ஆவணி Āvaṇi Shrāvaṇa mid-August to mid-September
06. புரட்டாசி Puraṭṭāci Bhādrapada/Prauṣṭhapada mid-September to mid-October
07. ஐப்பசி Aippaci Ashwina mid-October to mid-November
08. கார்த்திகை Kārttikai Kārttika mid-November to mid-December
09. மார்கழி Mārkazhi Mārgaṣīrṣa mid-December to mid-January
10. தை Tai Pausha/Taiṣya mid-January to mid-February
11. மாசி Māci Māgha mid-February to mid-March
12. பங்குனி Paṅkuni Phalguna mid-March to mid-April


Season in Tamil
English Translation Season in Sanskrit  Season in English   Gregorian Months
இளவேனில்
Light warmth Vasanta Spring
Mid Apr - Mid Jun
முதுவேனில்
Harsh warmth Grishma Summer
Mid Jun - Mid Aug
கார்
Dark clouds, Rain Varsha Rainy
Mid Aug - Mid Oct
குளிர்
Chill, Cold Sharada Autumn
Mid Oct - Mid Dec
முன்பனி
Early dew Hemanta Early winter
Mid Dec - Mid Feb
பின்பனி
Late dew Sishira Late winter
Mid Feb - Mid Apr
                                 

No. Name in tamil Name Gregorian Year
No. Name in tamil Name Gregorian Year




01. பிரபவ Prabhava 1987–1988
31. ஹேவிளம்பி Hevilambi 2017–2018
02. விபவ Vibhava 1988–1989
32. விளம்பி Vilambi 2018–2019
03. சுக்ல Sukla 1989–1990
33. விகாரி Vikari 2019–2020
04. பிரமோதூத Pramodoota 1990–1991
34. சார்வரி Sarvari 2020–2021
05. பிரசோற்பத்தி Prachorpaththi 1991–1992
35. பிலவ Plava 2021–2022
06. ஆங்கீரச Aangirasa 1992–1993
36. சுபகிருது Subakrith 2022–2023
07. ஸ்ரீமுக Srimukha 1993–1994
37. சோபகிருது Sobakrith 2023–2024
08. பவ Bhava 1994–1995
38. குரோதி Krodhi 2024–2025
09. யுவ Yuva 1995–1996
39. விசுவாசுவ Visuvaasuva 2025–2026
10. தாது Dhaatu 1996–1997
40. பரபாவ Parabhaava 2026–2027
11. ஈஸ்வர Eesvara 1997–1998
41. பிலவங்க Plavanga 2027–2028
12. வெகுதானிய Bahudhanya 1998–1999
42. கீலக Keelaka 2028–2029
13. பிரமாதி Pramathi 1999–2000
43. சௌமிய Saumya 2029–2030
14. விக்கிரம Vikrama 2000–2001
44. சாதாரண Sadharana 2030–2031
15. விஷு Vishu 2001–2002
45. விரோதகிருது Virodhikrithu 2031–2032
16. சித்திரபானு Chitrabaanu 2002–2003
46. பரிதாபி Paridhaabi 2032–2033
17. சுபானு Subhaanu 2003–2004
47. பிரமாதீச Pramaadhisa 2033–2034
18. தாரண Dhaarana 2004–2005
48. ஆனந்த Aanandha 2034–2035
19. பார்த்திப Paarthiba 2005–2006
49. ராட்சச Rakshasa 2035–2036
20. விய Viya 2006–2007
50. நள Nala 2036–2037
21. சர்வசித்து Sarvajith 2007–2008
51. பிங்கள Pingala 2037–2038
22. சர்வதாரி Sarvadhari 2008–2009
52. காளயுக்தி Kalayukthi 2038–2039
23. விரோதி Virodhi 2009–2010
53. சித்தார்த்தி Siddharthi 2039–2040
24. விக்ருதி Vikruthi 2010–2011
54. ரௌத்திரி Raudhri 2040–2041
25. கர Kara 2011–2012
55. துன்மதி Dunmathi 2041–2042
26. நந்தன Nandhana 2012–2013
56. துந்துபி Dhundubhi 2042–2043
27. விஜய Vijaya 2013–2014
57. ருத்ரோத்காரி Rudhrodhgaari 2043–2044
28. ஜய Jaya 2014–2015
58. ரக்தாட்சி Raktakshi 2044–2045
29. மன்மத Manmatha 2015–2016
59. குரோதன Krodhana 2045–2046
30. துன்முகி Dhunmuki 2016–2017
60. அட்சய Akshaya 2046–2047