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Honesty still exists
These days,despite the corruption prevalent in many sections of the society,there is no dearth of good Samaritans,whose moral values are still intact. Recently,retired Army Subedar Vijender Singh,who found a bagful of valuables,including property papers,signed bank cheques,made all the efforts to trace the owner and returned the bag. Banwari Lal,a Sector-30 resident lost his bag on January 12 when it slipped from his scooter on the way to Dera Bassi. Thanks to Vijender Singh,he got his bag back after three hours. While Vijender says it was his moral duty to return the bag,it was not easy for him to keep the valuables safe. He was on his motorcycle when he saw the bag falling from Lals scooter and a truck driver pick it up. He gave chase to the driver and asked him to return the bag. On getting it,he looked up the phone number of Lal from the property papers and returned the bag.
Terror ends,fad remains
It appears that using a siren and red beacon atop official vehicles has become a fad among those holding top posts in government departments. A practice that was taken up by officials during days of terrorism has become a status-symbol for most bureaucrats,who continue to misuse it on city roads. Throwing their weight around with blaring sirens and red beaconss atop the vehicle,disturbing and scaring other motorists has become a common sight these days. Recently,the BBMB chairmans official car with his designation-plate on the vehicle,blaring siren and red light disrupted traffic on city roads. One wonders what emergency these bureaucrats are in always that they use hooters and red lights to make way through the busy roads. The bureaucrats,who are otherwise supposed to be public servants,have become a cause of discomfort for people on roads.
There are certain issues which,in the modern interconnected world,appear as relics of the past. But our politicians still make a great fuss about them. One such example is the language in which chooses to express oneself. It is regrettable that state governments all over the country are so concerned about languages that they have issued strict orders that all official work be done in the local language. Even those who are not in the government do not miss a chance to gain mileage out of it. One such example is that of MNS,whose supremo chooses to speak only in Marathi. Recently,the Punjab government issued strict orders that all the file work be done in Punjabi. Notices have been put up in offices that exhort everyone to read,speak and write Punjabi. While efforts should certainly be made to promote a language,doing so in a manner where you give an impression that other languages are inferior or undesirable is uncalled for. Punjab can obviously point out that other states are doing the same. But it had a chance to show that they were wrong instead of succumbing to the same folly.
Ram Rajya
Home Secretary Ram Niwas has a new nickname courtesy the decisions he takes,especially regarding schools. Since most schools feel that most of these decisions are either arbitrary or knee-jerk reactions and that schools have become Ram Niwass personal fiefdom,he is now being referred to,very tongue-in-cheek,as Lord Ram. A principal remarked that since he wanted to call the shots in every issue pertaining to administration,the city should now be known as Ram Rajya.
Boring Karat
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karats views about international and national issues did not seem to kindle too much interest among the Punjab unit of the party. As Karat went on a US-bashing spree and harped on achievements of the party during the last tenure of the UPA,the cadre decided to catch up on their sleep. While a few people sharing the stage with Karat could be seen taking short naps,same was the case with the audience.
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