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[1] From: kashif-ul-huda <kaaashif@gmail.com> Date: Tue Jun 12, 2007 Subject: A Family of Civil Servants A Family of Civil Servants http://www.twocircles.net/2007jun11/family_civil_servants.html By Kashif-ul-Huda Indian Civil Services Exam is one of the most difficult exams to crack. It requires years of committed preparation. Candidates who are successful in the written exam are then called for interviews; the intriguing questions asked can even make the best prepared minds scratch their heads. The Muslim share has been 3-4% for last few years, much below their population share of 13%. Every Muslim success is celebrated and the successful candidate considered role models for young students. A Muslim family in Kerala has given Indian Muslims an opportunity to celebrate three times. It's very rare that a family will see three of their children qualify for civil services exams. Father S. Abu and mother P. K. Sulekha are proud parent today, their youngest daughter Shainamol A was ranked 16th in the recently released civil services exam results. Shainamol A, post graduate in Economics, followed her sister Shaila and Akbar A in the path to civil services. Shaila, also a post graduate in Economics, is a 2002 batch of Indian Civil Services and is now posted in Maharashtra. Akbar A, a law graduated, found his name in the list of 2004 and joined Indian Police Service (IPS) and is now posted in Kerala. Shainamol while talking to TwoCircles. net called it a grace of God and attributed the success to her hard work. Having her siblings in civil services motivated her to try for civil services exam. A graduate of Union Christian College in Aluva in Kerala, Shainamol wants to join civil services so that she can help the community that she will be serving. After retirement she wants to look back to her years of service with satisfaction. Father Abu is all praise for his three children, crediting their determination, hard work and constant prayers. He thanked Allah for letting his children reap the benefit of their hard work. Talking about the Muslim community of India he said that slowly this realization is setting in that advancement in social and economic fields can come through education. Mr. Abu, advising parents, said that children should be given ample opportunity for studies, a congenial atmosphere at home, time and basic amenities. The future belongs to young people and therefore TwoCircles. net asked Shainamol to suggest steps that the Indian Muslim community can take to get rid of its backwardness. She suggested that attitude of the community needs to change. More emphasis should be given on education and employment generation programmes. ------------- [2] From: "Sanjeev Nayyar" <exploreindia@vsnl.net> Date: Tue Jun 12, 2007 Subject: Travel to Chittorgarh & Haldighati pictures. Namaskar Mitra, Chittorgarh- super clicked every important part of the fort. The fort is fish shaped, is situated on a 180 meter high hill, 600 metres above sea level. It covers an area of 700 acres, had 13 temples & 84 reservoirs and a fortification wall ie 13 kms in length. See Tower of Victory, palaces, temples, Rani Padmini's palace, Jain temple etc. http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_photo.asp? subcatid=203 Haldighati- The site is also known as Yellow Vale because the color of the earth is of haldi (turmeric). Haldighati is of immense interest as it is the site of the battle between Rana Pratap & Man Singh, General & brother-in-law of Mughal King Akbar. See museum pictures too. http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_photo.asp? subcatid=198. Share the wealth, with Prem, Cheers sanjeev nayyar ---------- [3] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Jun 12, 2007 Subject: Will Mohsina Kidwai be India's next Vice President? Will Mohsina Kidwai be India's next Vice President? By Khabrein. info Political Correspondent http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=1340&Itemid=8\ 8 Will Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai be the next Vice President of the country? When everyone is talking of who is going to be the next president, Mohsina Qidwai’s name is getting wide acceptance among both Congress party and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners. Congress leaders seem to be coming together to sponsor the name of Qidwai. The Congress party has started testing the waters by floating the name of its working committee member Mohsina Kidwai for the next vice-president. ---------- [4] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Tue Jun 12, 2007 Subject: Minority institutions should reserve seats for marginalised : Plan Panel Minority institutions should reserve seats for marginalised : Plan Panel Khabrein News Desk, http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=1354&Itemid=88 New Delhi, June 12: Minority institutions should reserve seats for Dalits and OBCs, says a Planning Commission working group. It also suggests strict action including cancellation of accreditation and withdrawal of financial support against universities and other institutions which are not implementing the reservation policy. ------- [5] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Jun 13, 2007 Subject: My Money Is Costlier Than Your Money My Money Is Costlier Than Your Money G Mamta “The bourgeoisie,… has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”. (Communist Manifesto) The Supreme Court has stirred once again, but after seven days. It has taken a suo motu cognisance of the destruction of properties in the Gujjar incidents of violence saying that “it has caused a lot of trauma to the people” and “damages should be recovered from destroyers”. It has in fact even recalled an earlier judgement given by the Kerala High Court against the observance of bandhs. It is true that right to protest does not mean the right to vandalism and destruction of properties. But what makes for interesting reading is the Court’s limited observations – just on the destruction of property and the hardships that were caused to ‘office-goers, doctors and lawyers’ and not a word about the loss of human lives in this entire period. A state High Court in an earlier instance also taking suo motu cognisance of the police firing in that state has ordered a CBI enquiry, reports of which have to be submitted directly to it. Unfortunately for reasons unknown, no Court has ordered any enquiry – forget the CBI enquiry – on the entire happenings in Rajasthan in the past week and odd days where nearly 30 people have lost their lives. The most important aspect here is that many of them lost their lives in police firing. News about police firing in Rajasthan has become such a regular feature that many might have taken it easily sipping a cup of tea. Media also reports it just as a matter of fact. For them it is just another addition to the statistics. They do not consider this as an atrocious act of destruction of human life. An important fact that cannot be missed here is that in the more than three-year rule of the BJP government in Rajasthan, there were 21 incidents of police firing on protesting people. No court bothered to order a CBI enquiry on any of them. It is true that time is important; properties are valuable but what about life? Are the lives of people of less valuable than properties destroyed? Just here arises another question that should annoy any discerning observer. When the government refuses to abide by the agreement it reaches with the peasants of Garhsana-Rawala region and goes back on its word to supply them with water, is it not destroying properties worth crores of rupees? Are the peasants there not entitled to compensation from ‘those people who destroyed property’? When the upper caste chauvinists burn the houses of dalits in Gohana, should that be not called as destruction of property? Where are all those powers of the land when social and economic boycott is imposed on dalits just because they tried to live true to the promises made to them by the Constitution of our country? Has the state got eyes and ears to take cognisance of all these happenings? Can these be not termed as a strong case where ‘unfortunately it does not appear that any action has been taken against the offenders who were responsible for destruction of properties? Are these incidents not worth enough to be described as acts of ‘national shame’ as the apex court has described the recent incidents relating to Gujjar episode? Is this just because the powers of the land consider them not as “Hard-won, self-acquired, self-earned property!…or do you mean the modern bourgeois private property?” (Communist Manifesto) Law should not give the impression of an African proverb which says ‘Corn Can't Expect Justice From A Court Composed Of Chickens’. According to the latest report of the Transparency International there is a substantial amount of corruption at the lower levels of the judiciary that is effectively preventing people from seeking judicial redress. It states that ‘the estimated amount paid in bribes in a 12-month period is around Rs 2,630 crores’, mostly at the lower levels of judicial system. A recent expose by a TV channel regarding the BMW hit-and-run case further strengthens such apprehensions. In this background people expect a lot at least from the higher echelons of the judicial system and they should not disappoint them. The judiciary should give confidence to the common people of our country by being sensitive to their issues and grievances. This would help in strengthening our democratic institutions in this period of crisis |
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