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RAPE IN DELHI,WHAT IS HAPPENING TO INDIA?????

Yet another blog for me. But it has special significance as I am again forced to write about the increasing violence against our mothers and sisters in India. A few months ago, I had written a blog about the infamous rape and murder of Sowmya by a hooligan. I always prayed that I should again be forced to deal with the subject. Yet again another rape has taken place, this time in our national capital region. What has hurt me the most is the sheer brutality with which the girl was raped and treated later including insertion of rods?I keep wondering what type of animals can do such a thing to a young girl?An animal  who does not have any remorse or humane feelings? What is happening to our country where lawlessness are growing day in and day out. Corruption, violence has become part of our lives. Criminals has a field day and the law increasingly seems to be helpless and ineffective in doing anything to stop such atrocities.  As a lawyer, I see hundreds of criminal cases everyd

HARTAL, BANDH- WHO IS THE LOSER AND WHO GAINS?

                                   ( A view of deserted Court Road, Palakkad during a hartal day) I am re posting an extract from my earlier blog concerning Hartals that I posted in 2010 . Shocking to say nothing much has changed in the last 2 years. HARTAL (REFER WIKIPEDIA) Hartal is a form of civil disobedience movement. The word has it's origin in Gujarathi which was imbibed by the great Mahatma as an effective tool of civil and mass disobedience movement and an effective protest. BANDHS (REFER WIKIPEDIA) Bandhs in hindi means closed. It is perhaps the most feared form of protest where in a political party call for protest and it is expected that the public will comply, in most cases forcibly complied.  The most affected are the states of West Bengal and Kerala which is ruled by the left parties which has seen the maximum number of hartals and bandhs. In Kerala, the Honorable High Court had banned bandhs. The political parties being ingenious re branded bandhs as hart

FUEL PRICES THAT BURN OUR POCKET

                                                                                                                           I had  been out of blogging for the past one month. In this time many things had been going on including coalgate (not to be confused with the toothpaste). Yet again I am not going to write another blog lamenting about the corruption in India. I am a great believer in time and a time will come when there will be a change in the system and all the evils will disappear. So I have decided to concentrate on the impending fuel price hike in India. In the last two years, the prices of fuel have sky rocketed in India with Petrol currently being sold at about ₹70/- a litre. The continues rise has been attributed to the steep rise in the global crude oil prices. Now the price of the diesel has been increased by ₹5. The government has decided to  ration the number of gas cylinders being supplied to each household every year. In a way, the common man is put to grea

LAWYER JOKES

There is a book called Disorder in the Court. These are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters - who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Some of these are excellent ... Q: What is your date of birth? A: July fifteenth. Q: What year? A: Every year. Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the accident? A: Gucci sweatshirt and Reeboks. Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? A: Yes. Q: And what were you doing at that time? Q: She had three children, right? A: Yes. Q: How many were boys? A: None. Q: Were there any girls? Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. Q: By whose death was it terminated? Q: Can you describe the individual? A: He was about medium height and had a beard. Q: Was this a male, or a female? Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Q: All your respon

IN MEMORY OF THE HEROES AT KARGIL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY

In the memory of our fallen heroes of kargil . In order to keep the honour of their motherland , Many gave away their life for her holy sand... To give an answer to foreign armies, They jumped into the jaws of death.... They fought till their very last breath, They are our nation's true wealth.... They are the great warriors. "No mind we die" they said. "We have to fight" "We have to fight" The last word that we heard from them was nothing else than " The 13'th Anniversary of India's victory against Pakistan in Kargil, celebrated as Vijay Diwas. Let us pray for all the brave soldiers who gave up their lives defending our great country and let us thank and cherish their glorious sacrifice for us and our country. JAI HIND"

KERALA- WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE GOD'S OWN COUNTRY

Kerala, the land created by gods to be the heaven on earth. Blessed with abundance of natural resources, beauty with all the green mountains, rivers, lakes, sea etc, she has everything  that a person can only dream off. I had always a certain pride being born as an Indian in Kerala. With high literacy rate, health care etc, Kerala exhibited all the parameters of a highly developed society. She also had the lowest crime rate comparable to any state in India. But there was something that was always wrong with Kerala. Kerala also lacked in any credible industrialization, with militant trade unionism, no entrepreneur  worth his name was ready to invest in Kerala. Being a person born in Palakkad, I could always see the huge difference of development between Palakkad and Coimbatore which is in Tamilnadu just across the border about 50Km away. Each and everyday Coimbatore was changing with huge industries and prosperity of the masses. Many of the younger generation migrates to other state

WHO IS THERE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF COMMON MAN

This is not a blog to analyse the price hike. It is just an expression of the frustration of common man.  Once again the price of petrol has been increased and this time by a whopping ₹7.50/- to ₹8/-. And to protest that we had a hartal in Kerala. When there is a hartal, India looses crore of rupees. Those persons who are relying on daily wages will go starving. Now I am posing this question, what did we achieve by this hartal? Is it to protest the price hike. If that is the intention, did we get the results and the fuel prices get revised? It is an answer that the political parties are bound to give the common man.                   Now coming to the fuel hike, despite whatever the ministers may say, was such a huge increase warranted?  Statics tell us that a whopping ₹32 is taken by the government as taxes. If this tax is reduced, then the price can be brought down atleast by ₹15/-.  But who cares about the common man? The ministers are bound answer this simple questi

LAWYER JOKES

How many personal injury attorneys does it take to change a light bulb? How many can you afford? Three - one to turn the bulb, one to shake him off the ladder, and the third to sue the ladder company. What's the difference between a good lawyer and a great lawyer? A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge. What do you call 5000 dead criminal defense lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start! What's the difference between an attorney and a pit bull? Jewelry. How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? His lips are moving. How does an attorney sleep? First he lies on one side, and then on the other. Ho w do you get a group of personal injury lawyers to smile for a picture? Just say "Fe es!" "You seem to be in some distress," said the kindly judge to the witness. "Is anything the matter?" "Well, your Honour," said the witness, "I swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and no

AGNIPARVA (THE ERA OF THE AGNI)

On Thursday, India created history by launching the Agni-5 missile, it's longest and the most potent missile to date. What sets Agni-5 apart is that it carries with several advanced technologies that is tested for the first time including ( Multiple Independently Re-entry  vehicles) was tested. In lay man terms what this means is that one Agni-5 missile can carry several warheads each one of which will be capable of Independently targeting  different sites. Further Agni-5 gibes India the potential to reach entire China. That in many ways lays ground for effective deterrence against Chinese designs against India. THE GENESIS OF INDIA MISSILE PROGRAM India initiated the Integrated Missile Development Program (IGMDP) in the year 1983 with the intention develop several missiles for different missions. These included Agni  Missile (Medium to Intercontinental family of Missiles) , Prithvi Missile ( Short range Ballistic Missile) , Akash ( Medium to long Range Surface to Air Missil

We should all work together for the benefit of the country : Atal Bihari...

India is supreme. There is nobody above her, beyond her. No leader, no family. Each day when you do your job in your chosen vocation, you are ensuring building another block for this great entity called India. Make India powerful- Vante Mathram

ENRICA LEXIE- AN INDO-ITALIAN DIPLOMATIC TANGLE

(MY FIRST IN THE NEW YEAR. FEELS SORRY THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHICH HAS TAKEN AWAY THE LIVES OF TWO INNOCENT INDIAN BROTHERS) India was shocked to wake up and learn that two Indian national fishermen was shot top death by gunmen from a foreign ship. A news that shocked the entire nation. What  followed was a meticulous investigation by Indian Security Agencies, carefully perusing through the data to identify and pinpoint the guilty from thousands of ships that pass through possibly the busiest sea line in the world. After careful and meticulous perusal, finally Indians were able to pinpoint the ship, an Italian Oil Tanker, "Enrica Lexie". What has followed has been a carefully calibrated diplomatic and strategic move on the part of India to bring the guilty to justice.  THE INDIAN VERSION India says that the shooting took place in Indian waters and hence India has the right to take up the case and conduct trial as per Indian laws. In