Whispers Forum

A very good and relevant case in which every CPIO, SPIO, FAA and everyone in contact with RTI should read. In most cases, the RTI reply is not specific and the reference would be made to the website. The websites are clumsy containing information dumped in a random manner from where retrieval is not possible. An applicant cannot be expected to keep searching for the information. If the reply contains specific reference to the page where the information is kept on the website, it would save a large number of unnecessary appeals.
Chudasama V

The news that election strategist Prashant Kishor i.e. P K joining the Congress may not be good news for many senior party leaders. The leaders are beginning to fear that now their chair could go. So far they have been successful in getting tickets despite failing to win in the election and they must now be worried about their future. Can party High Command give precedence to P K over established and senior leaders. Many of them must not be happy, especially G-23 members. Apart from this, some party leaders are also mobilizing against P K in the name of preserving the established party ideology. They argue that they cannot keep silent as the reins of the party are being handed over to an outsider in a jiffy, while they worked all their life for the party.
Harsh Saxena

Honor and respect to our senior citizens starting from Satya Yug to Treta to Dwapar Yug we have followed our culture/tradition and paid respect and regard to our elders or senior citizens. This has to continue in Kali Yug also. We are following the tradition even today to pay respect and regard to elders. Let us call senior citizens. There are various ways to pay respect and honor to our senior citizens. Senior citizens are being treated with respect in many spheres of life including society. They are being given preferential treatment. They deserve it also. Respecting our elders should be a courtesy ingrained in every one of us. Senior citizens have a lifetime of experience. Recently Air India now owned by TATA kept the tradition of giving 50% discount on base fare to senior citizens. Worth praising step by corporate entity.
Naveen

It seems inflation spiraled out of control in the country. The prices of essential commodities are skyrocketing astronomically. An unemployed country with a burgeoning population is posing a serious threat to the existence of the common herd.
Sunil Kumar
Festivals losing their cultural significance?
Hindu festivals are being increasingly used by politicians for political gains to woo Hindu voters and so these festivals are slowly beginning to lose their religious and cultural significance and are becoming a tool for politicians, especially those belonging to BJP, to increase their popularity among Hindu voters. Crores of rupees are being spent on celebrating these festivals in a grand manner with large gatherings and extravagant ceremonies are organized. In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress state unit has decided to hold religious programmes on Hindu festivals in a bid to end BJP’s monopoly on these festivals. Who will gain from all this as it is leading to only wasteful expenditures?
Vinay Kumar