In India judicial process is a long one. Many give up pursuit of justice along the way. Sometimes judgment is delivered but people feel justice is not done and the punishment is not proportionate to the crime. I propose changes to following sections of Indian Penal Code. 57. Fractions of terms of punishment — In…
Category: India
Petrol, Diesel and LPG price hike was avoidable
The Government of India has increased prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders by Rs.5/- per litre, Rs.3/- per litre and Rs.50/- per cylinder respectively. Price hike of petrol and diesel has cascading effect on other prices. The Government of India claims the hike was unavoidable. Opinions differ about the avoidability of hike. There are…
Gujjars, reservations and violence
Since some days Gujjars have blockaded railway routes to have reservations in ST category. They are in OBC category. They want to move to ST category because Jats were added to OBC category. Meenas are opposed to Gujjars being given ST status. The violent agitation has resulted in many deaths. There are other losses as…
Long live Bombay and Poona
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…
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…