Bangalore Ahemdabad Surat What Next???

The terrorists have become bolder by the day while the govt. is caught napping!!! Two major attacks within 24 hrs and one aborted one in surat just two days later. While the politicians indulge in blame game (Sushma Swaraj of B.J.P. called it a congress conspiracy to take interest from the Cash-for-Votes scam and some congress leaders have demanded Narendra Modi's resignation) and empty statements of horror the terrorists are going scot free. The failure of the intelligence agencies is really acute and the intelligence reports are too vague. We can only guess where the terrorists will strike next. Only way to rectify this glaring flaw is a revamp of our intelligence network. We need a central agency like F.B.I. or K.G.B. to gather intelligence and prevent the attack instead of locking the doors after the horses have fled and spending years in investigating the attack. It is high time we started and Indian Intelligence Service just like I.A.S. or I.P.S. and give it enough powers. The govt. should not be interfering in its functioning and the intelligence posting should be seen as a promotion. To assuage the states who say law and order is the state subject we should amend the constitution to make it a joint subject between state and center and the I.I.S. should be under this schedule

Blasts in Bangalore

I am deeply saddened by the fresh terrorist attack on India this time in Bangalore. My deepest sypathies go to the victims of the attack. Terror is a regular reminder that we have fared miserably in the internal security fund. Bangalore the IT hub of India has joined the long list of terrorism hit places like Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kashmir etc. It is quiet clear that the govt. seems to have no power to stop the terrorists who carry out the attacks with impunity. We need strong laws and strict enforcement of these laws.
We should take the example of the U.S. which has a very efficient anti terrorist policy. The terrorist's main enemy is said to be U.S. But they have not been abe to strike there since 9/11. This is because of the no nonsense and highly skiled inteligence gathering. The U.S. politicians don't care for the so called minority vote bank. The police is given full power to search and detain the suspects. In India the police under the presure from the self serving politicians is afraid to go and launch a search and investigation program in the muslim dominated inner city areas while it is clear from the investigations in the previous blasts that they are carried out by sleeper cells of disgruntled muslims who live in these areas and are easy prey for the brain washing techniques of the terrorist organizations like LeT. Even if the terrorists like Afzal Guru are caught then also this govt is afraid to hang him fearing a backlash from the muslim community. The fact of the matter is that no patriotic muslim will oppose to action against the anti nationals like Afzal Guru. I don't say that all muslims are terrorists. the list of honourable muslims is long and impressive like Dr. Kalam, Shahrukh Khan, Shabana Azmi, Zaheer Khan etc. But it is increasingly evident from not only in India but also around the world that 90% of the terrorists are muslims. These terrorists sully the name of their religion because no religion preaches killing of the innocents but these terrorists call this islamic jehad.
There is a strong need to bring back strong laws like POTA and TADA. We can also look at the Patriot act of U.S. which has proved very effective in controlling and preventing terrorism. When will Dr. Manmohan Singh wake up!!! Sir please remove your narrow mindset and implement strong laws. No patriotic person whether Hindu or Muslim will oppose you. Congress calls itself a secular party but acts like a communal party with an eye on the so called muslim vote bank. If you spend more time and money on police and intelligence reforms rather than buying MPs for clinging on to power then India will be infinitely better off.

Death of Democracy

On 22nd july it was one of the saddest day in the history of Indian democracy. Though there had been allegations about the bribery of the MP’s but on that day the proof was shown to the world in a dramatic fashion when three MP’s from B.J.P. showed wads of currency notes they were payed to vote for the govt. This naked show of curruption undermines the credibility of Dr. Manmohan Singh's govt. even though it has won the trust vote. There should be a probe by the C.B.I. for the allegations and if found to be true then the guilty MPs should be suspended from Parliament and barred from the elections. Dr. Manmohan Singh should resign because the victory in the trust vote was not a clean victory. Though I am a strong supporter of the nuclear deal I feel that to sign this deal by getting mandate through currupt means is unethical. It is a sad commentry that the ethics and politics don't seem to be together.

Freshers Party

We had a freshers party yesterday 19th july at the college auditorium. It was one of the most mismanaged party or event I had ever seen. There was no coordination amongst the organizers. They did not even have a cd player to play the songs for the dance performamces and had to resort to asking the students if anyone had a laptop. The sound system was pathetic and no one but the front rows could properly hear what was going on in the stage. There were large gaps between the items and they had no filler items to capture the attention of the audience who were hooting " 1 2 3 4 band karo ye atyachar ( stop this torture)" towards the end.
The performances were good specially the dance performance by Dheeraj who I learnt ran his own dance academy in Greater Noida. His performance was the saving grace of the function. He was also crowned the Mr. Fresher.
Later the DJ started playing but it had played for merely half and hour to 45 minutes when it was asked to stop by the police as the rule in delhi is that you cant have DJ performances after 10 pm.
The food arangement was OK and there was a choice of both veg and nonveg items. overall it was not a memorable party.
The humiliating thing was that the party was watched by three french exchange students. This was the first function at FORE that they watched and I shudder to think what impressions they may carry after seeing this mismanaged party.

Anubhuti Session

Today we had our first anubhuti session. The anubhuti sessions are the corporate interaction sessions. Today an official from K.P.M.G. a consulting firm had come and told us about Six Sigma. Our college is proposing to conduct a program for six sigma certification in august. I think it will be a good program and will help in my future career objectives. I will talk at home about the program and then lets see what happens.

Teach India

Teach India is the latest initiative by Times of India group after the highly successful Lead India campaign which had focussed on finding the future leaders for the country. This campaign goes a step further and asks the people to participate in the nation building process by helping build India by teaching the underprivalaged children. A literate India will be a prosperous and developed India.
I have also registered for the initiative. I feel that giving a couple of hours a week for the noble cause is infinitely better than just sitting back and critisising the "system". We have the power as well as a responsibility to change the system. If this campaign can become really broadbased then it will do a world of good for our country. We will get the chance to actually to make the slogan "each one teach one" true.

Groups Projects and Induction

Finally my groups for all the subjects have been finalized. We are also working on group assignments in economics and marketing. In eco we have to study three research papers on any topic and give a small review. In marketing we have to interview 3 consumers of a product about the purchase and the decision making process for buying the product.

Today we also had the induction ceremony in the institute where we took the oath as FORE students. M.P. and minister Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindhia was the chief guest of the function. It was a good function and we were formally inducted as part of the FMG 17 batch

Laptop

I finally got a new laptop yesterday. This is my first post from the laptop. The laptop is a Compaq 784 TU with the following configuration
Intel core 2 Duo 1.73Ghz
2GB RAM 160 GB HDD
15.4" screen
Windows Vista Home Basic
Webcam WiFi (No Bluetooth)

Decisions Decisions

Today was the day of decisions.Which laptop to buy? Which group to join? Group dynamics is very complex. Our teacher has said that the group must be a mix of engineers , non engineers; boys, girls; experienced,freshers and should be a of 6 members.The problem is that about 75% of the class is engineers and there are only 15 odd girls so it is a veritable headache.I don't have a group now but hopefully by tomorrow the picture will be clearer. Laptop is another tough decision though I think that 99%I will buy a Compaq. Lets see what tomorrow brings. I also joined a yahoo group for receiving the official mails and assignments.

First Day

Today was the first day of the term 1 for PGDBM 2008-10. Got a feel of the management education. Got some reading materials for various subjects and some assignments. The course load is a bit heavy but it seems to be interesting. Met a few people. We have to form groups for doing various projects and assignments so lets see how it turns up