CHANGE IS REQUIRED.....Pavan Survi

----- Is this Government really protecting us??!!

7/11 2006: Mumbai Train Blasts. 209 Killed.
25/8 2007: Hyderbad Blasts: 42 Killed
Oct 11 2007: Ajmer Blasts : 2 Killed
May 13 2008: Jaipur Blasts : 68 Killed
July 16th 2008: Ahmedabad Blasts : 57 Killed
July 25th 2008: Banglaore Blasts: 1 killed
Sept 13th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 26 Killed
Sept 27th 2008: Delhi Blasts: 2 Killed
Sept 29th 2008 : Gujrat Blasts : 1 killed
Oct 21st 2008: Imphal Blasts : 17 Killed
Oct 30th 2008: Assam Blasts : 40 Killed
Nov 26th 2008: Mumbai Attack: 180 killed

Every major city in India has been attacked consistently over the last two years.
Since 2004, 3850 Indians have died in Terror attacks in over 3000 incidents.
Is the common Indian on the streets really safe ?

Did you know that on the day of the Mumbai train blasts, the Government gave Rs 150 crores for earthquake relief in Pakistan ? Last year our Govt. has given Rs 3000 crores (600 Million Dollars) to Afghanistan? This, when victims of terror in India have not yet got aid? What’s going on?

----- Is this Government really secular ?

----- When Madrasas are being shut down in Pakistan, the Indian Government is giving them CBSE status !! It is depriving Muslim children in getting secular education. A Madrasa educated person can get a job in any government office without going through the secular education system. Can India afford to have fundamentalists in government departments? Why cannot the government shut down Madrassas and let Muslim children study with the rest?

---- Our Government has given 25 lakh scholarships ONLY to minority students. What sin have the majority done not to deserve these? Why cannot poor students of all communities be given scholarships instead of only Muslim children?

----Thanks to the Congress led Government, out of 36000 temples in Andhra Pradesh, 28000 have closed down in the last five years. Do you want the same trend to continue in other parts of the country? Do you want a Nagaland type of situation in the whole of India? While government controls most of the Hindu temples, the minority community has had full freedom to organize their religious bodies. The minority communities now have the first right over resources. Is this not a blatant violation of fundamental rights of the majority community?

----- Why have the minorities in Nagaland, Mizoram & Kashmir not got the similar privileges like the minorities in other states? Why

.....Think before you Vote ...Vote 4 change Pavan Survi

Vote For Change--Pavan Survi

It has been a common grouse against the educated youth that they don't participate in elections. But lets for a moment keep the apathy argument aside and search for an alternative theory. If we look at it, most of these youth have jobs which are highly mobile in nature. In the space of one cycle of general elections they move more than once. Even a change of house changes the constituency they fall under and hence changing the contest that we are eligible to vote for. We only have the power to elect locally or at a constituency level and if one doesn't have that connect or understanding of the area it really doesn't make sense to vote. There is no broader election of PM, CM or President that the aam admi's vote counts for. So for someone who is always on the move such narrow voting rights really doesn't make great sense.

I think there are greater merits is shifting from our current system to American model than just making an effort to make these youth relevant.

For one, we can have domain experts as ministers and avoid people like Arjun Singh from embarassing themselves and the nation. This will also give the MPs/MLAs time to work in their constituency rather than handle ministerial responsibilities.

It will help in reducing the complexity of the coalition politics by giving a uninterrupted 5 year term to the head (unless impeached).

It will reduce deep party bias and sychophancy as there are no ministerial berths available, which will make politics lot more bearable.

It empowers people to bring about a change at the top.

Brings in clarity into the elction process. People will be sure what they are voting for in an election. Right now when people go to vote, it is a cocktail of local issues, national politics and the party they represent. A good MP candidate may lose out because the other party had a great Prime ministerial candidate which doesn't at all make sense.

A system overhaul is hard to come by, especially when electoral reforms themselves are moving at snail's pace. But as more and more parties come up, the political parties in the near future will have to make some hard decisions to bring some kind of stability and order. I hope this will be one of them.