Some Marathi fundamentalists want the names Bombay and Poona erased. In Bombay some institutes were targetted. In Poona around 100 institutes are asked to change their names. They are threatened that if the names are not changed voluntarily there will be consequences. Threatening in such a way is terrorism and needs to be resisted. There…
Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza
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Smoking and drinking on screen and in public
There is ban on smoking in public places in India as per Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of advertisements and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act 2003. Roads and Stadia are public places. Anyone smoking on a road or in a stadium needs to be punished as per law. Some…
Jaipur blasts
Jaipur blasts have once again exposed India’s vulnerability to terror attacks. One reason why terrorist attacks take place frequently in India is there is no proportionate punishment for the crime. People are killed and murderers live for years. There should be no bandh as it causes inconvenience to people and does not affect terrorists. The…
Strengthen rupee
RBI had weakened rupee when it was getting strong. It was Rs.39.16 per dollar. RBI had brought it down Rs.40 or more per dollar. Now oil price has gone up to $122 per barrel and dollar costs Rs.41. Now RBI should strengthen rupee by selling dollars. Dollar should be less than Rs.40. As price of…
Konkani
Konkani (Konknni) was recognized as a language by Kendra Sahitya Akademi in 1975. It became the official language of Goa in 1987. In 1992 it was included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. Some years later Union Public Service Commission allowed it as a medium of examination. It is 6th of the…
Let Bombay be the capital of India
After India became independent and before it became republic 562 princely states were amalgamated. Later Chandranagore, Mahe, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Yanam, Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Goa, Diu, Daman and Sikkim became part of India. What is India today could have been 573 countries. Separatist movements started soon after independence. Nagas and Mizos wanted to set up independent…
Loan waivers are bad
Loan waivers by government, whether to industrialists or farmers or anyone else are bad. After announcing Rs.60,000/- crore loan waivers there is talk of extending loan waivers to others to cover money borrowed from money lenders. There can be complicity of money lenders and farmers and false claims of loans. People who borrow must repay…
Measures to save life
Measures to save life can be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary measures are to be taken to save life. Extraordinary measures need not be taken. Extraordinary measures can be medical or financial. Medical measures are medicines, surgeries or procedures whose outcome is not sure. Financial measures become extraordinary when it is beyond the capacity of persons…
Brain death is not death
Doctors treat brain dead persons as dead even though other organs are functioning. The organs are removed and given to other persons. There are cases where heart transplantation had taken place and receivers had undergone change in behaviour and had memories of dead persons whose hearts they had received. A news report by dt. 27/3/2008…
India and fall in hockey
India’s failure to qualify for hockey in Olympics 2008 was neither shocking nor shameful. Britain had beaten India in a league match 3-2 and beat India in the final 2-0. The chances of India winning the final match were 50-50 and India lost. The writing on the wall was there for a long time, particularly…