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Governing our Governers The roll of governer must change from being a cynical political check on opposition-ruled state assessblies to that of guardian of the public interest. How independent should a state Lokayukta be? You can be pregnant or not pregnant-there is nothing in between. The same principle applies to an ombudsman: independence must be total. Kind Regards Sunder Thadani esunder at in dot com

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The Chinese have told Indian diplomats that they worry that the US is trying to prevent China`s rise by lowering the value of the dollar (thus (weaking the China`s vast dollar denominated assets)and csubverting its socialist society through promotion of toxic ideology and culture through the internet. In the face of multiple threats and challenges, China seem to have concluded that mending relationss with India and making common cause on issues they agree upon would bea wise course of action. India has to see if Chinese overtures are more than a mere tactical shift.Kind Regards! Sunder Thadani http://tiny.cc/tr5r7

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To learn something new everyday is a gift. One realizes this only if one`s mind is open to the world and to life. It could be as simple as learning a new word and its meaning; something that enriches one`s life in even in a small way, for every little bit of learning helps one becomes just that wee bit wiser.
One might like to think one is smart and wise-but the truth is, it is only with little experience in life that one realizes that life is a gift; it has something new to offer every single day. Suddenly, one could discover a new flower, tree or painting; one tries to understand what it is- physical enrichment because the physical is beholding something beautiful and one`s mind is trying to assimilate what it means.
One can experience during one`s career and travels, meeting people, exchanging ideas- that have helped one to absorb and learn, to share and spread happiness, transcending geography, culture, and relationship.
Best Wishes!
Sunder Thadani
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One of the favorite sports of India`s middle classes is bureaucracy bashing. It is an easy game to play and can be quite a lot of fun. Everyone has their favorite, outrageous story about an encounter with the bureaucracy. The inefficiency, corruption, insensitivity, stupidity and Kafkaesque circularity of bureaucratic procedures and rules are legendary. That India`s bureaucracy is one the most stifling and difficult to deal with has now been revealed in a survey. Over a thousand expatriate business executive rated India`s bureaucracy the most annoying in Asia.
The problem with India is no, as we in the middle class imagine, that we have too many idle and corrupt bureaucrats. The problem is that we have too many rules and regulations and too few officials to implement and monitor the regimes, and bring to book those who flout the rules and regulations. As India`s population grows, the disequilibrium is only going to grow: more rules and regulations to be applied to more and more people by a bureaucracy that is not high enough.
A conclusion: either we expand the bureaucracy or else the government will gradually wither away to the point that India will join the ranks of failed states. That would be a calamity for the Indian people.
Best Wishes!
Sunder Thadani

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A nation is what it accepts with all its heart and soul. This is true in a deeper sense
than most of us have as yet realized. Belief creates reality. It is what makes a thing exist.
If we go by this test, our Indian may be said toe just a mad ghost. I am not saying that he has no belief; indeed, no; he has so many that it is difficult to assert that he has any. It is said that he who has everything has in truth nothing. Possession means selection.
Now our Indian, be he a saint or a sinner, lacks the power of choosing. He is, if you did deep enough, a veritable beggar`s bowl, into which fate flings pull-mell a little of everything.
So, if you are looking for the authentic Indian, all I can suggest is that “there isn’t any.”
But, we have a very recognizable and very unwieldy bundle. This bundle contains heterogeneous layers of beliefs, some wise, some foolish, some with tremendous depths, other extremely shallow, but all is disharmony with one another.
Our Indian has no core. This is the most essential factor about him. Why, the Buddha even denied that we had any consciousness. He said that it was all a series of flash-points.
This is exactly what our India is. No wonder he looks so mysterious and other-worldly. You cannot pin him down; he is like a will-o`-the-wisp.
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