India loses its 'Comman Man'

Freedom of expression

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.-Nelson Mandela

How do you define freedom of expression?
How do we measure the quatum of “hurt” or “offence” against any other person?
Do we also require Censor board for newspapers and books?

My questions are when Perumal Murugan, a Tamil Nadu-based writer, has decided not to write anymore, and has withdrawn all his books. His decision comes on the back of raging protests against his latest book, 'Madhorubagan', by Hindu and caste-based outfits.

How does one define “hurt” to a particular religion,society,caste,creed?
How do we define the boundaries of freedom of expression?

They say that while having freedom of expression the writer has a responsibility, not to hurt anyone ?
Each writer and author has a different boundaries of freedom of expression…so how do we measure ‘responsibility’?



Do we recall the book or ban it if it is offensive to certain people?
Sometimes I can understand if a film is offensive to me I may not watch it, ditto with a book...

If the intent of the writer is blasphemy or riots or to offend, the writer should be put behind bars.

RFP for government funded Healthcare insurance

                                                            

In India thousands of children die for want of better and timely healthcare ,and with every death, a dream. Government hospitals inadequately equipped to handle  patients as seen in the Delhi rape case and in many places no access of government hospitals, leaving the poor in a lurch, H+Care to aid them.

   ·    H+ Care to be a government funded healthcare insurance providing healthcare to people below poverty line.(An amount for BPL to be specified).

   ·     Every person entitled to pay Rs 100 as premium per month.( Rs 200 in case of family of four)

   ·     Aadhar no. to be used as a tool to verify eligibility and identity of patients .

   ·     Constituents and stakeholders–

Ø  Government of India

Ø  Patients

Ø  Private and government hospitals

Ø  Private practitioners

VAPOUR+ to implement H+ Care

 VAPOUR+ software product used to implement the H+Care.

   ·     The UI screen using which a doctor/hospital can apply and check status(Accept,under process,Deny )for a claim from any place or by submitting to a H+ Care executive.

   ·     A database storing the claims received from various parts of the country.

   ·     A claim engine that processes (Accepts/ Denies) the various claims received by running of a claim cycle at a prespecified time of the day.

   ·  Also a report generated stating the reason in case of denial of a claim.

UI screen and claim processing to be implemented in Java, Database in Oracle.

A summary of how the H+ Care product would work.

A doctor makes a claim using the UI screen of Vapour+ Care, the claim gets stored into the database and gets processed at the specified time the claim cycle runs. The money is credited into the account of the doctor as per the claim status of being denied or accepted.

Education is business

Education has become a business. The fees for an MBBS degree and engineering have increased manifolds that it has become a distant dream for the common man .Now a common man can only hope to become an engineer or a doctor.

The talent and merit has given way to money and power. The minority quotas introduced are being sold to the highest bidder. Only people with money can dream to be a doctor or an engineer

The government and judiciary has to intervene in order to make education affordable to meritorious students. There is a realistic possibility that ,becoming doctors, will be a distant dream for meritorious students.

In turn these students who pass out, charge exorbitant charges as doctors increasing the healthcare costs.

Education and healthcare should not become a business it should be a social endeviour.

To Serve:The highest ideal

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it,
live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, 
be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. 
This is the way to success.-Swami Vivekananda

India’s sole lies in its villages and if the villages are destroyed ,

the nation decays,its culture and its vibrancy is lost.

If the nation has to prosper, its villages have to be preserved.

If the villages are self reliant, the culture retains and the nation 

prospers and there is happiness around.

The major source of  livelihood for the villages is agriculture.

And the failure of one crop often leads to starvation and 

farmer suicides.Many villages still do not have access to 

clean drinking water and electricity. The picture of healthcare 

and sanitation is also glim.The infant mortality rate is very alarming.

These villages need to be preserved in its entirety. They have 

to be made self sufficient in all respects such that there is no 

need for migration of people from villages to cities.Only then 

can the nation retain its essence and prosper.

There has to be a doctor in each village,villages need to have 

access to clean drinking water and toilets.Villages need to be 

skilled in alternate professions like sewing ,carpentry,pumbing,

construction so that lack of rainfall or crop failure do not rob 

them of their livelihood.

Shree Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, an epitome of experience 

and embodiment of compassion, though her project Amrita Serve

 is trying to build gaps in 101 villages all over India .Amrita Serve 

has adopted these villages with the aim to make each of them self
reliant.There have been committees of villagers made consisting of
women as well as youth in order to propel the activities,be it
skill transfer or solar powered electricity.

The project also provides students of Amrita and volunteers 

with an opportunity to serve in turn bridging the gaps and 

also leading to effective innovations.

The mission of the project is to preserve the essence of India 
by making villages self reliant by empowering the villagers

Criminalization of Sex

Prostitude(n):A lady who sells her body to those who have sold their morals.

There is a increase in crime rates against women in India in the recent times.

I think there are supposed to be proper measures that will make an effective change in the society and bring a stop to crime rates against women. I think judges, MP’s, MLA’s should start writing on measures they intent to take to stop crimes against women. In

India everything works undertable form therefore to bring daylight to women should be the first measure.

I would say India should do well to learn from Sweden and criminalize buying of sex i.e. punish men who buy sex .This method adopted in Sweden has led to decline and has put an end to sex trade of women and children. This has also reduced crime rates against women and children.A special fund should be established for prostitutes who want to get out of the trade. The police should be provided with intensive training to handle the women involved.Also the people who recruit, transport and the hosts  should be punished heavily.

I think in India, prostitution cannot and should not be legalised as this would only be adding to crimes against women and be counterproductive.

The patriarchal system should not stop us from saving our women and children.

The link

http://esnoticia.co/noticia-8790-swedens-prostitution-solution-why-hasnt-anyone-tried-this-before

Rahul Dravid should be India’ s new coach

              “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”  -John Wooden

Indian batsmen seems  to have lost concentration and their technique seems to have been deteriorating  which was very much evident  in the test series vs England. There way to come out of the poor form  seems to be through slogging, saying that to be their natural style ,rather than concentrating on their technique as is evident in the case as Shikhar Dhawan,Virat Kolhi and Ravinder Jadeja.

This calls for special attention and a batsmen with strong technique is required to be the Indian  coach, and who better than Rahul Dravid.

MS Dhoni’s, is still the best Indian captain. But his selection of playing 11 seems to be sometimes baffling.Jadeja’s selection over Rohit Sharma and omission of India’s best bowler R Ashwin seems to be baffling.

Dunchan Fletcher seems to be more of a spectator, following Dhoni’s instruction’s rather than the other way round.     

To rescue India’s cricketing phobia, I think Rahul Dravid appointment as coach would be in the right direction as for transforming Indian batsmen’s mindset and thus making their technique stronger.