tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post6151916448601473091..comments2023-08-08T12:56:23.709+05:30Comments on RESEARCH: Against Or Allied To Corruption?Surajit Dasguptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678536841163806350noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-3697720693703036692012-07-25T10:59:00.734+05:302012-07-25T10:59:00.734+05:30For a Machiavellian, end surely justifies means. B...For a Machiavellian, end surely justifies means. But the end how much noble it may sound was not right with the kind of means the team got into. Lay aside the conspiracy theories, or lucrative profiles to buy out loyalties, these so called activists were conducting themselves in no better light. And what revolution? Revolution is when an entire society either changes it's civic system or Abbas Jalis Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569148849397929855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-43665875313504524622011-11-08T13:03:04.943+05:302011-11-08T13:03:04.943+05:30The mainstream media is finally acknowledging this...The mainstream media is finally acknowledging this story: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/94yrold-gandhian-regrets-handing-over-lokpal-baton-to-team-anna/872591/<br /><br />When this blog-post was published, however, all parties with starry eyes or some vested interest had dismissed this as a conspiracy theory.Surajit Dasguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678536841163806350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-47949155803227513832011-07-28T09:50:40.189+05:302011-07-28T09:50:40.189+05:30About the Jan Lokpal Bill:
I am against bringing ...About the Jan Lokpal Bill:<br /><br />I am against bringing judges into the ambit, as the issue of corruption in the judiciary can be addressed more competently and constitutionally by the Judicial Accountability Bill.<br /><br />However, I favour bringing both the prime minister and the whole bureaucracy under Lokpal's jurisdiction.Surajit Dasguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678536841163806350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-31862994716964709422011-07-28T00:03:22.587+05:302011-07-28T00:03:22.587+05:30Sir,
Let me be very unambiguous. Frankly speaking...Sir,<br /><br />Let me be very unambiguous. Frankly speaking, before going through your blog on this issue, I had just heard the name of veteran activist Shambhu Dutt Sharma and didn't about the whole episode in such depth. I repeat that if IaC has committed this act, then I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Also if IaC refuses to share dias and credit with the like minded people Banjot Kaur Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515454869968028737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-11462697592162383932011-07-27T09:57:20.803+05:302011-07-27T09:57:20.803+05:30Banjot,
First, as far as Kejriwal is concerned, o...Banjot,<br /><br />First, as far as Kejriwal is concerned, of course you are considered worth a movement only after you have had some track record in the field to write home about. This applies to his being approached by activists as well as the target of the activists (the government, that is) -- to lead a movement or to sabotage the movement respectively.<br /><br />Second, the possibility of Surajit Dasguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678536841163806350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-43091842785766200972011-07-26T03:10:03.045+05:302011-07-26T03:10:03.045+05:30At the outset I would rather not like to venture i...At the outset I would rather not like to venture into the credentials of the activists, but rather the merits of the bill drafted by them. The rationale behind saying so is that if their version is in actuality superior to the government's one and would help us to better deal with corruption (against which there seems to be no handy weapon at present), and if the peoople's support behindBanjot Kaurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-22095676097757312772011-06-08T10:41:06.589+05:302011-06-08T10:41:06.589+05:30Bear in mind that it is virtually impossible to gu...Bear in mind that it is virtually impossible to guide a people's movement exactly according to a predetermined script even after its leaders are bought up. Here two things are important: the credentials of Anna Hazare and public expectation. If you have read my article carefully, you must have noticed that I have cast no aspersions on the septuagenarian Gandhian. In all probability, he did/Surajit Dasguptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678536841163806350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054895229751317673.post-91710839992531052222011-06-07T23:35:53.598+05:302011-06-07T23:35:53.598+05:30After reading your article should we still support...After reading your article should we still support Anna Hazare and his team? Is there no hope remained for citizens of this country?sandeepnoreply@blogger.com