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Still from Lomond Shores, Balloch, Scotland...
More pictures from the trip @ Chai Ki Dukaan
India Sir ye cheez dhurandhar,
Jeb Daliddar Dil hai Samandar!
Another still from the bus ride back to Mandla from Kanha!
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A portrait of a chai wallah (tea maker), in his shop, in Haridwar. I took this during my stay in Haridwar for Maha Kumbh mela 2010, last April. This little chai shop had become a shelter for me, when the crowds and the sadhus camp became a bit overwhelming. In a way, it was like spending time, not just in a chai shop, but at the man's home itself, as the tiny shop seemed to tell of the man's life story with photographs and objects displayed in every corner.
He said he had seen many Kumbhs in his life before, and was no longer impressed by the whole thing. Yet, he admitted that for his little business, Kumbh time was the best !
Traveling in public transport in India has one big advantage. Often treated as a disadvantage though, public transport slows down the pace of your travel to a considerable extent. To a few who believe the destination is about traveling, its a pain in the wrong places, but for people who treat the journey as the destination enjoy it like nothing else!
This is an image from somewhere near Mandla taken from a bus to Mandla from Kanha.
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This is probably a hunting scene during the middle stone age. Notice that there is a man on a horse which is decorated more than the rest. That is the leader of the herd. Also similar paitings in white color can be seen if you look closely. This Rock painting is supposed to be from the Mesolithic period or what is more commonly known as the Middle Stone age.
Also see....
2009 in Pictures on Chai Ki Dukaan
as seen from the parking lot at the Visitor Center inside the Kanha National Park
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Or Mitthu was a co-traveler from Kanha to Mandla. The young fella was happily entertaining the people in the bus by sleeping when the bus was moving, and crying out loud whenever it stopped. To the amusement of people, the bus had to make quite a few stops and that kept it awake and others engaged!
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Tea being prepared on a wood-fire makeshift stove in a road side dhaba just outside the first check post gate outside Kanha
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A abandoned chai shop near my office... this will be soon pulled down to make way for more space
Trying to work on the Old, Abandoned, Lost, Forgotten series ..
Do suggest improvements
A view from the Clingmans Dome, which is the highest peak in Smoky Mountains @ about 6500 ft from sea level...Drove through 3 states Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee on this short road trip. Getting to see the mountains and driving on the curves was the purpose and it got more than fulfilled...
Can't help but compare it to the Himalayas though... nothing comes even close!
Could have zoomed in and avoided that tree top, however chose not to, for some reason.
A detailed travelogue and more pictures here : Chai ki Dukaan
A few things you would find in Kanha
1. Maruti Gypsy Vehicles
2. Guides
3. Bamboo
4. Photographers
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the special thing about this tea shop was that the fire was propelled by a device which is used to create high tempratures to melt and shape iron by local iron-smiths! and in this tea shop, it was being used to burn coal!
Work is overrated, relaxation is what its all about !!!!!!! I took this shot at the Taste of the Danforth festival, just as I was leaving the main area of the Festival I came across a string of pretty neat understated shops ( dukaans as we call them in Urdu). This was a coffee shop and just a peek inside revealed quite the hip hangout even though its was so so from the outside.
Have a wonderful week. I am back from my project and thankfully it worked out well or else I would have been posting my resume here :) LOL !!!!! So goodbye to Italian veal and chicken sandwiches and the best gelato I could find across the street from where I worked.....but I will make my way there again....
This week coming up leads to two important events in the Jewish and Muslim calendars. Rosh Hashanah ( or the Jewish New Year ) begins at sundown September 8. The Muslim feast of Eid ul Fitr begins ( depending on the sighting of the moon) on September 9 or 10. To my Jewish and Muslim friends we wish peace and happiness and best wishes for your celebrations.
Me and a few friends organised a Painting Competition at Sankalp, a school in Moradabad which aims at providing education to the children who were once working as Child Laborers in the Brass Industry.
We gave away prizes for the best entries and now those entries are up for sale on my blog, Chai Ki Dukaan
The money collected would be handed over the Sankalp for its initiatives. Please visit my blog to know more and see if you'd like to contribute as well.
In life and outside...
Recommended visit to my blog, Chai ki Dukaan, for a few more pictures @ rightmore.blogspot.com/2008/01/post-one-too-many.html
He is the guy who owns the tea shop from the previous photograph. Was fun talking to him and his friends while having some nice hot tea. And no he was not pouring the tea this way because he was being photographed. This is his style! interesting eh!
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Dukaan wala and his Dukaan in the oldest european settlement in North America #VieuxQuébec — at Quebec City
Bachpan mein sheekh kabab ka bahut shauk tha .. aaj bhi hai ... magar khate nahi ... khair vazan badhta tha to alteration ki zaroorat nahi padti thi .. lekin jab school mein peeche se awaaz aati "Ae vada panv" ... bhala VADA PAANV koi mujhe kyon pukaare ... to patla hone ka shauk charaata ... aur vazan kam hote hi pants ki alteration ki zaroorat padti .. ghar bahut nazdik tha yahan se ...
kai pants aur jeans yahan alter karai hai .. is dukaan ke saath bahut si yaadein judee hui hai ... dukaan ka haal khaasa kuch badla nahi hai .. vaisi hi hai wahi rang wahi raugan .. wahi teen thuse hue stools .. poorani silai ki machines ... sirf pair aur haath chalane wale darzi badal gaye hai ..
khair duble aur mote hone ka antaheen safar ab bhi jaari hai ... fark itna hai ki ab yahan nahi aata ... shayad bade ho gaye .. shayad sharm bhi aati hai
is taraf se guzar raha tha .. camera saath hi rahta hai aajkal mashooka ki tarah .. fish eye lagi hui thi ... pair achanak pydhonie se Bhoiwada ki taraf mud gaye .. aur ye tasveer nikal li ..
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over the top HDR which goes well with the subject .. though i always do subtle HDR .. but this time i thought i can go a little overboard in doing tonemapping ...
Nikon D90 @ Tokina 10-17mm fisheye
this was a quickie ... stopped taxi for a second ... took the shot ... thts it
Been a part and parcel of my childhood ... lovely memories attached to this area ... i use to catch bus from here to go to my college .. Bhavan's College .... my school "Diamond Jubilee" is round the corner ... from past so many decades it hasnt changed .. looks exactly the same as it looked 30 yrs back ...same choodi walon ki dukaane ... khushboodar attar shops ... the murgi mutton ki khushboo ..... chor bazaar is also round the corner ... the ganne ke ras wale ki dukaan ... the ever popular lungi marts .... the same rush ... traffic .. taxis ... buses ... logon ka hujooom .... i can go on and on ......
Shot with Nikon D90 and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye from The Makhdoom Ali Mahimi Flyover.
My heaven in the walled city! Chandni Chawk... have been visiting this place for years now, and it still remains a mystery for me!
Aankh khul gaye meri
ho gaya main phir zindaa
Pait k andhairon se
zehan k dhundalkon tak
Aik saanmp k jaisa
Reengta khayal aya
Aaj teesra din hai...Aaj teesra din hai
Ik ajeeb khamoshi
Munjamid hai kamray main
Aik farsh aur ik chat
aur chaar deewarain
Mujh say be ta'aluq sub
sub meray tamashayee
samnay ki khirki say
tez dhoop ki kirnain
aa rahe hain bistar per
chubh rahe hain chahray main
is qadar naukeeli hain
jaisay rishtay daron k
TANZ meri ghurbat per
Aankh khul gayee meri
aaj khokhla hoon main
Sirf khaul baqi hai
Aaj meray bistar main
laita hai mera dhancha
Apni murda aankhon se
daikhta hai kamray ko
Aaj teesra din hai...Aaj teesra din hai
Dopehar ki garmi main
be irada qadamon say
Ik sarak per chalta hoon
Tang si sarak per hain
dono samt dukanain
Khali khali ankhon say
har dukaan ka takhta
sirf daikh sakta hoon
Ab parha nahin jata
Log atay jatay hain
pas say guzartay hain
Phir bhi kitnay dhundlay hain
Sub hain jaisay be chahra
Shor in dukaanon ka
Raah chalti ik gaali
Radio ki awazain
Dur ki sadayen hain
Aa rahe hain meelon say
Jo bhi sun raha hoon main
Jo bhi daikhta hoon main
Khawab jaisa lagta hai
Hai bhi aur nahin bhi hai
Dopehar ki garmi main
Be irada qadamon say
Ik sarak pay chalta hoon
Samnay k nukar per
Nal dikhaye daita hai
Sakht kyun hai yeh paani?
Kyun galay main phansta hai?
Meray pait main jaisay
Ghonsa aik lagta hai
Aa raha hai chakar sa
Jism per paseena hai
Ab sakat nahin baaqi
Aaj teesra din hai....Aaj teesra din hai
Har taraf andhaira hai
Ghaat per akaila hoon
Seerhiyan hain pathar ki
seerhyon per laita hoon
Ab main uth nahin sakta
Asmaan ko takta hoon
Aasmaan ki thaali main
Chaand aik roti hai
Jhuk rahe hain ab palkain
doobta hai yeh manzar
hai zameen gardish main
Meray ghar main choolha tha
Roz khana pakta tha
Rotiyaan sunehri hain
Garm garm yeh khana
Khul nahin rahe ankhain
Kya main marnay wala hoon?
Maa ajeeb thi meri
Roz apnay hathon say
mujhko woh khilati the
Kaun sard hathon say
Choo raha hai chahray ko
IK NIWALA HATHI KA
IK NIWALA GHORAY KA
IK NIWALA BHALOO KA
Maut hai k behoshi
Jo bhi hai ghaneemat hai
Aaj teesra din tha....Aaj teesra din tha
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One of many roads in the Kanha National Park which jeeps follow for a Safari... Routes are carefully assigned to Safari Jeeps to ensure that the traffic in the park is equally distributed...
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0218. Common Citizens` duty to give Orders via SMS/Mail to public servants – MPs, PM, CM, MLAs, Judges etc.
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1. YOU, the common-citizens of the country are sovereign (possessing supreme or ultimate power) and public masters of the country and it is your constitutional right and duty to send orders to your public servants - judges, PM, CM, MPs, MLAs etc.
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1.1 What is the preamble of the constitution and how it gives sovereignty to the citizens of the country
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The preamble is the introductory part of a document such as a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification. Please google on “preamble” “Constitution of India”. It says "we the people ..." and thus we people have ALL powers vested in Constitution. Under the Preamble of Constitution, a citizen of India is SOVEREIGN and empowered to send orders to President, Prime Minister and Supreme Court judge of India or any employee of the sovereign on any matter in which the citizen thinks that prompt due actions needed to protect the fundamental rights are not being taken. So under Preamble of Constitution, we should do our DUTY as a citizen and send orders to the public servants - judges, PM, CM, MPs, MLAs etc.
1.2 Full text of the preamble and meaning of sovereignty of the citizens
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“WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY, of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, DO HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_Constitution_of_India
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“the people of India... in our constituent assembly... do here by adopt, enact and give to ourselves this constitution", signifies the democratic principle that power ultimately rests in the hands of the people. It also emphasizes that the constitution is made by and for the Indian people and is not given to them by any outside power (such as the British Parliament).
Meaning of Sovereign - People have supreme right to make decisions on internal as well as external matters. No external power can dictate the government of India.
Most texts interpretation depends on mindset of reader and what mindset speaker wants to install in the listener. The ku-buddheejeevies (corrupt intellectuals) such as newspaper-columnists, professors of political science department etc. want us to have slave-mentality. And so they give us FALSE interpretation that it is NOT duty of us citizens to send necessary orders to MPs, PM etc. via SMS. But people like us, who want citizens to shed this slave-mentality give interpretation that "it is duty of citizens to give necessary orders to PM, Supreme Court Chief justice etc.”
1.3 Preamble of the Constitution to interpret ambiguous and undefined areas of the constitution
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The Supreme Court of India has, in the Kesavananda case, recognised that the preamble may be used to interpret ambiguous areas of the constitution where differing interpretations present themselves. In the 1995 case of Union Government Vs LIC of India also the Supreme Court has once again held that the Preamble is an integral part of the Constitution.
2. Why sending necessary orders to MPs and other public servants – CM, MLAs, Judges etc. via SMS is better than slogan-shouting, neta-pujan and waiting for elections
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2.1. Summary
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We, concerned activists are promoting campaign method that activists should read and make up their mind on EXACT law-draft they want, and then activist should send order to PM\MP to print that law-draft in the Gazette. And then activists should ask all citizens to take these steps.
So if crores of citizens send orders to MP\PM via SMS, then it will have following effects -
(1) it will create a verifiable proof of count, and so
(2) the count will motivate Mahatma Udham Singh like brave persons to visit PM and ask them to print that law in Gazette
(3) so either due to orders of citizens PM will print the draft OR due to request of Udham Singh, PM or next PM will print the draft.
And thus, that law-draft will get printed in Gazette.
But Congress-apex, RSS-apex, Anna, Arvind bhai, Subramaniam Swamy have all opposed this proposal vehemently. Personally, they have refused to order PM\MPs via SMS and till date, they have NOT sent a single order to PM\MP via SMS to pass any draft which empowers the aam-aadmi. And they insisted that activists must NOT send any orders to PM\MPs via SMS, and activists must confine to slogan shouting, rallying, leader worshiping and finally just wait for elections. In our opinion, their methods are time-waste, but we don`t oppose them nor do we instruct activists not to do these activities. But Congress-apex, RSS-apex, Anna, Arvind bhai, Subramaniam etc. expressly are instructing their activists NOT to send orders to PM\MP via SMS. Why? Please ask them.
In this section, we have compared two approaches and explained why sending orders to PM\MP\etc via SMS is a superior method. And also cited are possible motives Congress-apex, RSS-apex, Anna, Arvind bhai, Subramaniam etc. have in opposing the method of activists directly sending orders to PM\MP via SMS.
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2.2. Details of method of “SMS orders to public servants by the commons”
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Obtaining Cell numbers of Public servants -
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1) My suggestions to activists to get cell phone numbers of Chief judge of India, PM, President and start sending them orders via SMS. Citizens should send orders only on Government cell (which is paid by the citizens) and his not private cell.
2) Measures for avoiding disturbance of routine lives of public servants -
If these worthies think that SMS will overflood them, they can have special separate number to collect orders of citizens via SMS and connect with server. So it will not disturb their routine lives.
3) The first order can be that Chief justice of India, PM, CM, etc. should post orders they get from citizens via SMS on their Government cell (not private cell) on their website. The public servants can create one public number to take orders from citizens via SMS, and connect that number of PC with 10 TB hard disk. Now limit is in billions. The servers can accept millions of SMS per minute.
4) Creation of codes -
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The public servants don`t need to see all messages individually. They can create codes and ask citizens to send SMS using codes and PC can tabulate them by codes like “HangAfzal yes”, “HangAfzal no”, “MLA resign” “MLA continue” etc. This will save time of the public servants. And by paying Rs 100 fee and an affidavit, a citizen can add a new code in system such as “HangAfzal yes”, “HangAfzal no” etc.
5) Tagging of mobile no. with voter id and later finger prints to create uniqueness and to ensure verifiability and removal of duplicates -
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The cell numbers can be tagged with voter-id and later finger prints to ensure uniqueness. So if some citizen has two cell numbers, only one will be in system and the computer connected to mobile number of PM will reject the other cell. This will create (phone-number, voter-ID) database. The voters will be requested to call their phone company to send their address and name to MLA’s email address. Thus names and address of phone numbers can be verified. The duplicates can be removed by the software. Initially, there may be say 10% errors. But it is still better than pure whim of a public servant.Now a voter can send “MLA resign” or “MLA continue” SMS to server and his last SMS will be counted. Permanent record of all SMS with phone numbers will be kept in public. The SMS will come on web with sender's name and voter-id.
6) Feedback SMS -
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The server will send feedback SMS - ` thanks, we received your “resign MLA” sms' or thanks , we received your “continue MLA” sms' If someone fakes 100-200 SMS, it won`t make any difference in the result. And if someone tries to fake 1000s of SMS, then he will be provably exposed via feedback sms and website. Now can anyone rig the website? Well, only system-admin can. But then next minute whole world will know and old data can be restored. There are many techniques to accomplish that. So feedback and permanent record makes system "fake proof" i.e. if someone tries to create even 1% faked entries, he will get provably caught.
7) Auto-grouping of SMSes on a single issue -
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If a person sends multiple orders using same cell, the computer will combine them by cell no, and on one topic, it will take only last order sent from that cell. E.g. if I send "HANG AFZAL YES" and then later send "HANG AFZAL NO", the computer will take the last send SMS only. And as the trend of "citizens sending orders to PM, Supreme Court Chief justice via SMS" catches, the system will evolve. Only thing is needed in system -- tagging phone ID with voter-ID to ensure that one person doesn`t use two cell numbers in this system. And charge can be 10 paise for first 100 SMS in month and 50 paise there-after.
A safeguard which can be used by common-citizens can be added - a voter can change approvals anyday; this safeguard will make it immune to money power, gangster power and media power. No one can buy lakhs of people by paying crores daily nor can one hire goons daily.
2.3. Campaign methods Anna and Arvind bhai, Subramaniam,BJP, etc. suggest to their activists
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Say goal is to get a law-draft printed in the Gazette. The law-draft can be Anna's "Janlokpal with NO Right to Recall Janlokpal" or our proposed "Right to Recall PM via SMS" or whatever.
Then what methods aam aadmi can use to show his support or opposition in an objectively verifiable way?
Our proposal is that aam-aadmi should order PM\MP via SMS to print that specific law-draft in the Gazette (or to be passed in parliament if constitutional amendment is required).
Anna and Arvind bhai have both opposed the proposals that aam aadmi and aam activists should read and decide on law-drafts and order PM\MP via SMS to print that specific law.
Anna and Arvind bhai have proposed following methods -
1) holding press conferences --- neta will hold press conference and activists will just watch.
2) asting --- neta will fast on a manch (dias) and activists will shout slogans.
3) neta-pujan --- the activists will approach other activists and citizens, and cite virtues of the neta, and create illusion that neta will NOT sell out after he wins elections.
4) slogan shouting
5) rallying, holding banners
6) candle burning
7) and above all, wait till elections come
8) if someone asks for drafts, tell him that committee has been formed to write drafts
9) Cheering netas running around in Courts endlessly without any conviction or result.
etc etc and never give TIME SCHEDULE on their website when the drafts for their proposals will be given even when they demand the time-schedule from the government officials by giving a Citizens` charter.
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2.4. Advantages of sending orders to PM\MP etc via SMS over anshans and rallies
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1) first and foremost, it is constitutional duty of every citizen to send necessary and proper orders to PM\MP\CM\MLAs and Supreme judges etc. via SMS/mail.
2) It is an objective way, which needs no paid-media support, to verify headcount and public support. The actual SMS as well as the sender can verified in objective (or less subjective) way. By tagging cell phone number to voter-id, PM can cancel duplications and get accurate voter-count.
3) Cannot be manipulated -
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paid-media, money, gangsters cannot manipulate information on head-count i.e. public support easily because the info. available on the website can be verified easily by the masses anytime.
4) The method puts leader, activist and aam aadmi on same plane --- none become taller than other.
5) It gives a way to aam-aadmi to show his opposition in objective way.
6) Decentralised movement which is not possible to be suppressed by the government –
- It is very easy for the government to suppress a centralised movement like Anna movement, `Swami Ramdev` Movement where the leaders give instructions to start a anshan and give instructions to finish a anshan and also give other orders.
Because of huge number of participants and all the info coming on the website, it is not possible for the government to suppress a decentralised method like “SMS orders by the common-citizens to the public servants”, without the public servants being exposed with PROOF.
7) Any possible atrocities by the government will be spread out amongst the masses and so chances of few individuals suffering huge damages are very less compared to rally,
Anshan methods -
- If PM decides to punish SMS-sender, he will have to punish all ; whereas in lathi-charge some unfortunate ones will get beaten badly and others may survive.
- If PM decides to punish SMS-senders, then axe will first fall on leader and then supporters ; unlike in rallying where supporters get beaten black and blue, and leaders live long even when they stay hungry for days and weeks !!!
8) Reliable record of “SMS Orders of citizens to public servants” -
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a reliable record of SMS stays in servers of two phone companies and also with receiver
9) Cheap -
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sending order to PM\MP via SMS is cheap, and PM\MP can also make sending 100 SMS a month to his selected number as free. So much of the population can very much afford it.
10) Can be used by majority of population -
it is cheapest source for some 70% of adult population ; rest can be give free mobile ; a cheap mobile costs below Rs 500 and giving to some 20 crore citizens who still don`t have mobile is manageable.
11) Auto-grouping - if citizens order and PM wants, then PM can ask citizens to use SMS with shortcodes (such as "ShortCode HangAfzal YES" or "ShortCode HangAfzal NO" ) and thus PM can take inputs from crores of citizens on some issues, if not all issues, in a way which is cheap for his office.
Whereas methods that Anna, Arvind Gandhi etc. propose --- such as slogan shouting, candle burning, banner holding, neta-pujan and finally waiting for election --- do not have any of these features.
2.5. Disadvantages of sloganeering, candle burning, wait for elections etc. over sending orders to PM\MP via SMS
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Now, I will compare the method of time waster netas with Citizens` sending order via SMS to PM and other public servants.
1) Calling press-conference : in this option, Arvind bhai etc. will become tall leaders and it will make an aam aadmi a nobody. Why? Well, can every aam aadmi in India call a press conference? NO. And even if say 1 crore aam aadmies in India call press-conference, then will paid-journalist attend even 5 lakh of these conferences and give it same coverage as press conference held by Arvind bhai? NO. The paid-journalist attend and cover only those conferences for which jindal-like people pay them or pay their owner-bosses; and most of us aam aadmies don`t have that kind of money to pay journalists or owner-bosses.
2) Anna, Arvind bhai will fast on an issue : well, can every aam aamdi in India fast? difficult, but say 1 crore aam aadmies go on a fast. Then will paid-media cover even 10 lakh fasts with same detail? NO. Paid-media will cover ONLY those fast for which Jindal etc. have paid them.
3) Can every aam aadami attend rally everyday? NO.
4) Can every aam aadami attend rally even once a week? NO.
5) Can every aam aadami do neta-pujan? YES, he can. But what if that new neta later sells out? Like Laloo Yadav, Mulayam Yadav, Nitishkumar etc. were worshiped in 1977 and all of them sold out within 6 months after they got elected?
But can every aam aadmi send an order to PM via SMS? Well over 70% voters in India have cell phone, and so surely, they all can send order PM\MP via SMS if they wish to.
So sending necessary order to PM\MP via SMS is possible for HIGHEST number of citizens --- out of 75 crore adult citizens, some 30 crore to 40 crore can do it. Whereas option like holding press conference and fasting is something only a few lakh or just few thousand elitemen can do. And attending rally is also something that most citizens in India can`t do as they do not have money to travel to rally site, nor do they have hours and hours of time to spare. Besides, what if paid-media refuses to report rallies and prints false reports on head count?SMS can be sent by millions to one person like corrupt Sonia Gandhi or corrupt Supreme Court judge Khare or corrupt MMS etc. But millions cannot surround such corrupt leaders.
A physical protest like rally or slogan shouting leaves no long term record. SMS is stored by phone companies for a year and ministers, judges can be ordered to post orders they receive over SMS via citizens on their websites, where record will remain for ever and will be visible to all.
Also, physical protests are too expensive, drain out energy, are possible only on holidays or work is lost and lose visibility if and when paid-media ditches. Whereas sending orders by SMS is inexpensive, can be done without taking away too much time and record can be made visible without mercy of paid-media.
So "order sending by SMS" can prove numerical strength in much less cost and in far more effective way. Sloganeering and candles will take away hours and hours of activists` time and also cost him Rs 100 to Rs 300 of transportation etc. whereas SMS cost is near zero.
So all in all, sending orders to PM\MP via SMS is more effective in proving head count at national/state level, needs much much less support from paid-media, it is cheaper and so forth.
A counter argument is "many persons in India don`t have mobile phone". Well, then how many have time and money both to attend rallies again and again and again? Surely, those who can order PM via SMS are over 60% of adults. Whereas not that many people can spare time and money to attend rallies again and again and again. So in every way, sending orders to PM\MP via SMS is better means to prove public support.
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2.6. Why corrupt netas and elite insist on slogan shouting, rallying, candle burning, neta pujan etc. (Hidden purpose) and oppose “SMS Orders to public servants by common-citizens” --- to tire the genuine activists, to maintain influence of tall leaders and to maintain the present corrupt system
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Now I don`t ask volunteers to give up slogan shouting and candle burning. But I request them to send necessary orders to Chief justice of India, PM, President etc. (e.g. please order President via SMS to dismiss mercy petition of Afzal Guru). But strangely, time-wasting leaders asked their volunteers not to send orders to Chief judge, President, PM etc. via SMS !!!!
One reason why Congress-apex, RSS-apex, Anna, Arvind bhai etc. insist on slogan shouting and rallying is that that way, they can tire out their workers and drain away their energy so that status-quo (existing state of affairs) continues. Another reason is that these time-wasters do not want a method that is leaderless and self-governing. In general, staging large scale sloganeering, candle burning etc. needs organization whereas sending orders by SMS can be done alone and in small group, and if SMS-message is good, it will spread on its own without leaders' instructions. Thus if citizens “send orders to President, PM, Supreme Court judges via SMS", the leaders all lose their hold over politics, and true-activism gains.
So if SMS-sending catches on, then all these anshan leaders will lose their shop (dukaan) to SMS-sending. No wonder why most leaders opposed the proposal that "citizens should order PM etc. via SMS"
They also insist on waiting for elections - so that only difference activists can make is change persons in Parliament, and so that status-quo will go on because some at least 80% of the new-comers will sell out in few days. And when that happens, some of the activists will get so frustrated that they will quit political activism for whole of their life.
But if activists start sending orders to PM\MP on their own, then influence of tall leaders in Congress-apex, RSS-apex, Anna, Arvind bhai etc. amongst activists will decrease.
Today, activists believe that bringing change is not possible without tall leaders and they all keep waiting for tall leaders to give instructions, and this waste away their time, and thus present state of conditions go on. But if activists directly start deciding what change in law will be good and directly start working on it, then tall leaders will not be able to waste away their time. Then elite-men’s ability to continue status-quo will decrease.
2.7 Cultivating habit in all activists and citizens to send orders DIRECTLY to their public servants
If we recallists manage to cultivate this habit in all activists and citizens, that they should directly send order to PM, CM, MP, MLA etc., then it can end the time-wasting activism spread by Anna, Arvind bhai, Subramaniam, BJP, Congress etc.
And activism will become directed and become "accumulative" i.e. once a certain level is reached, it can only increase and not decrease. And merely sending SMS will create activism for TCP (TCP = Transparent Complaint Procedure, see section-1.3 of book at righttorecall[.] info/301[.]pdf ). Every time, a group of activists are campaigning on problem, we recallists can ask activists to send necessary orders for implementing solution-drafts to PM\CM via SMS. And then ask them to order PM\CM to post their SMS on the website of PM\SM.
Also, every time, a citizen has problem, we recallists can submit proposed gazette drafts to CM\PM etc and ask activists to send necessary order to PM\CM via SMS. Also we can
(1) ask activists to submit the drafts that they think are better to PM\CM , and then
(2) ask activists to order PM\CM via SMS to print their chosen solution-draft in Gazette
(3) ask activists to order PM\CM to post SMS on the website of PM\CM
(4) ask activists to ask their activist leader to order PM\CM etc. via SMS as well
(5) ask activists to ask their activist leader to order to PM\CM etc via SMS to show all SMS on website of PM\CM
Then their activities themselves become campaign for TCP !!!!
The point to to create habit in citizens, that they start sending orders to PM, CM, MP, MLA via SMS. Once that habit is formed, citizens will automatically demand that their SMS should come on website and also get tabulated.
2.8. My suggestion to activists
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In our opinion, fasting, slogan shouting, rallying, candle burning, neta-puja etc. are all waste of time. But still, if you must do these tasks, then please do them. But along with that, please do something that those who don`t have time and money to attend rallies, shout slogans, burn candles etc. can do --- please send order to PM\MP via SMS that they should print the draft, that you wanted to be printed in the Gazette. And you should send that draft to PM or Collector via personal visit or email or whatever means you prefer.
You can also put what you put on the sms on your blog, website, FB notes etc. so that other citizens are also inspired to send sms to their public servants. If you do not have a blog etc. you can also write to righttorecall.rtr@gmail.com the sms you have sent and the same will be published and grouped on blog, righttorecallmails.blogspot.in/ .
If and when SMS count reaches in crores, Mahatma Udham Singh like brave persons will be prompted to visit PM, and then PM or next PM will print that draft in Gazette.
3. If crores of citizens order MPs via SMS to print a law, then Mahatma Udham Singh / Bhagat Singh like brave persons will visit PM, his visit will make PM print law or make next PM print the law in Gazette Notification
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An often asked question : So now say crores of citizens order PM\MPs via SMS to print a specific law in the Gazette. But our politicians have crocodile skins. So will these crocodile-skinned PM\MPs obey these orders via SMS?
Answer : If crores of citizens order PM\MPs via SMS to print a law-draft in Gazette, then those SMS alone won`t make PM print that law ; but these SMS would make AMUS = Ahmisamurti Mahatma Udham Singh visit PM, and AMUS will convince and make PM (or next PM) to print that law in Gazette.
Let us elaborate.
We have proposed a new campaign method for activists and in our opinion, it is far far superior that slogan-shouting, charkha-spinning, candle burning and election-contest-only methods. We propose to activists that activists that
1) Activists should first make up their mind on what law-drafts they want to be printed Gazette, with comma and full stop.
2) Activists should send that draft to PM\MP etc. via mail or via PM's website, and get a serial number or activists can even submit it to local collector and get date and inward number OR if another activist has already sent draft, then get serial number from him.
3) and then activists should order PM\MP via SMS to print that draft in Gazette, and state their voter# and date/serial# in that SMS
4) Activists should ask their leaders such as Arvind bhai, Anna, Subramaniam etc. to send orders to PM\MP\CM\MLAs via SMS. If their tall leaders actually send order to PM\MP via SMS, then use it to convince more citizens to send orders to PM\MPs via SMS or expose these leaders.
5) The activists should ask fellow activists to take step-1 to step-4 and also step-5.
So activists ask us a valid question -- that will crocodile-skinned PM\MPs obey these orders sent via SMS, even if crores of citizens were to send such SMS? If not, why are we asking activists to send orders to PM\MPs via SMS?
Well, we are NOT making any assumption that PM\MP will print the draft only because of crores of citizens have ordered them via SMS. The crores of orders via SMS, without media support, will convince AMUS = Ahimsamurti Mahatma Udham Singh (same as AMBS = Ahimsamurti Mahatma Bhagat Singh) that he should meet PM with or without appointment. And he will try to convince PM that he should print this draft in the Gazette.
And AMUS\AMBS have great convincing skills. PM will surely agree, or next PM will agree. After all AMUS\AMBS could convince British MPs to print Indian Independence Act in British Gazette in 1947 and could convince Indira to print in gazette that `Emergency is being ended`. AMUS\AMBUS did this once there was proof that crores of citizens had consensus on what should be printed in the gazette. (Gazette is monthly or weekly magazine printed by the government which has laws giving instructions to lakhs of government employees) Same way AMUS\AMBS can convince PM (or next PM) to print the draft demanded by masses in Gazette.
4. Meaning of Udham Singh
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Udham Singh or Udham Singhs are those persons who are brave, willing to take risk of life, patriotic, intelligent, work alone without anyone`s orders. To bring about positive change in the country, they do not indulge in time-wasting methods which ultimately result in lot of violence like Anshan, dharna, etc and they adopt most non-violent methods to bring about positive change in the country. They act according to the common opinion of the masses for obtaining the rights of the commons from the public appointed authorities and therefore they have support of the crores of commons. Some examples of Udham Singh or Udham Singhs – Bhagat Singh, Udham Singh, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, revolting Indian Navy Soldiers of 1946, activists of anti-emergency movement, 1977, etc.
AMUS = Ahinsa Murti Udham Singh means common who is more committed that average common man. There are levels of commitment ---
(a) someone will spend 4 hrs a week, someone will spend 20 hrs a week and so forth.
(b) someone will spend 1% of his income, someone will spend 10% of income and so forth.
(c) someone will take zero risk, someone will risk few days in prison, someone will risk his life
AMUS is very-high side case in all three categories.
AMUS acts when he is CONVINCED that majority wants a specific change. In absence of proven will of majority, AMUS will remain dormant. )
The "leaders" only want control so that they can encash in terms of fame-power-money etc.
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So essentially, we are NOT asking to have faith in PM, who is anyway "American Viceroy to India". We are asking you to look at proven track record of AMUS\AMBS. The citizens in 1940s appealed AMUS\AMBS to act, and AMUS\AMBS did act, and they got us freedom in 1947 and ended emergency in 1977. Same way, if we ask AMUS\AMBS to act again, then they will act again and get us second freedom.
In 1910-1947, Mohanbhai Gandhi delayed freedom by asking citizens to oppose AMUS\AMBS (he called Udham Singh as mentally unsound and called Bhagat Singh as misguided youth) , and waste away time in charkha-spinning, bhajan-singing, khaadi-selling etc. The British paid media like ToI etc projected him as Mahatma. But most citizens never took him even as a guide, forget Mahatma.
Example in 1938 elections, Mahatma Subhashchandra Bose won the election inside Congress against wish of Mohanbhai Gandhi. Same way, today US-elitemen want Indian activists to waste away time in candle-burning, slogan shouting, waiting for elections, election-contest only and do NOT want us to appeal to AMUS\AMBS to convince PM to print necessary law-drafts in the Gazette.
Likewise, if crores of citizens send request to Supreme Court Chief judge to process PIL rapidly, then those SMS alone won`t make Supreme Court Chief judge process that PIL rapidly. But these SMS would make AMUS = Ahmisamurti Mahatma Udham Singh appear in favor of that PIL and AMUS's arguments will convince the Supreme Court Chief justice (or next Supreme Court Chief justice) to process that PIL speedily.
The last from Kurukshetra here... I recommend viewing a large size of this please... I don't remember taking a picture as sharp as this one in a very very long time..
Some more pictures I would be posting on Chai Ki Dukaan Soon...
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Could have been better composed...not sure if i like the blur, maybe i do...cant make up my mind!
Something that i have always loved... every place I go in India... i find one of these... muah to INDIA...
And this also happens to be an apt foto for my blog... rightmore.blogspot.com
Flickr was getting too serious with the last few pictures, so thought of taking up the tag that Coolclix suggested... here we go... 10 things about me and a selfie!
1. I am allergic to idiots
2. I watch movies for characters and actors mostly... Ice Age for Sid, Kungfu Panda for Panda Po, Golmal for Ram Prasad, Chupke Chupke for Sukumar Sinha, and so on...
3. I want to own a Mustang one day
4. I like Gatorade
5. I would chose India over any other country in this world to live in, any day without a second thought
6. I am scared of what will happen to India with its current leaders
7. I believe in God, but I never ask him for anything
8. I like my blog Chai ki Dukaan (www.chaikidukaan.com)... am kind of proud of myself to have that name as well !
9. I am scared of roller costers
10. I love to have fun
The wet nurse's little sister's palace (in Hindi: "Dai ki choti bahan ka mahal") in Mandu surrounded by a landscape of Baobab trees and lush greenery on a rainy monsoon day. There are many such peculiarly named buildings in Mandu, like another one is called "Gada Shah ki Dukaan" (Gada Shah's Shop) which is more of a palace than a shop.
JANG GROUP and TIMES OF INDIA stole my photography for their 'Aman Ki Asha' video. They did not even bother to inform me, forget about asking my permission to use it.
Halvaai ki dukaan pay dada ji ka faateha!!
SHAME ON YOU JANG!!! GEO TV was better off banned!
(You Tube link to video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsGFKkX-jeE)
hah! another RANDOM upload. hah! idont know if i should say sorry, is it a disappointment? if it is, i apologize. But ahh, being with fizza is like a dream come true, i can't believe that once we actually lived in the same city... now all of it seems like a dream:( I missed her so much. And now when she is with me, everything is sooooo wonderful.
We have been going out everyday to eat and movies and shopping or just walking around in the streets of chicago pretending to be drunk. lol. Its so much FUN! i cant even explain in words what it means to us. Life is just so perfect when i am with her.
And it's so freaking cold in Chicago!!!! snow everywhere, and super windy too, but even that doesnt stop us, we still go out every day and every night. hah!
Today we went to the theatres, for like the 10th time in two weeks. We watched 'four christmases,' it was a fine movie. Kind a funny. We also watched twilight, the day the earth stood still, yes man, the tale of despereaux, thirteen ghosts, dostana, dead at seventeen, one missed call, and ahh a lot more.
And we eat so much! you guys cant even imagine, we eat non stop, we eat even when we're not hungry, we wake up in the middle of the night and go to the kitchen and just eat, we wake up and eat, we walk and eat, we talk and eat, we eat and eat and eat. Eating with Fizza is FUN!
ahh there is so much stuff to say! if i come to write, i'll never stop. Anyhow, next time, there is going to be a better upload. I promise!
oh btw, we have been addicted to this song lately
enjoy.
and thankyou guys for your sweet comments, it was wonderful to read all of them!
Bananas are sold in every corner of the town. And customers like to buy bananas from me because of my unique style and manner.
I have been selling these bananas from the past 40 years, firstly at Churchgate and now I have moved to Flora Fountain.
The style in which i shout is mine and I have not learned from anyone.
Customers have caught and liked it and now they too are habituated to it.
Before they buy they tell me "just give a little shout .. Aapka to dhyan kidhar hai .. Kele ka dukaan idhar hai”.
हर कोने मैं केले बिकते है, ऐसे बुलाता हूँ तो ग्राहक मेरे से हि केले खरीदते है|
चालीस साल से बेच रहा हूँ ऐसे हि आवाज़ लगाकर .. पहले चर्चगेट स्टेशन के बहार बेचता था और अब पिछले १० साल से यहाँ फ़्लोरा फाउंटेन पर बेचता हूँ|
ऐसी आवाज़ लगाना किसी से सीखा नहीं बस आदत पद गई और अब तो ग्राहक भी डिमांड करते है और बोलते है ज़रा आवाज़ तो लगा कि आपका का ध्यान किधर है केले का दूकान इधर है |
To listen and see how he sells his bananas .. click here: