Jan 23, 2010

Pap or Pun

We often hear that Charity based organizations marry the poor girls.Is
it really a noble act?Is it not an attempt to multiply poverty?Once a
satsangi was quoting(pap pun ki sar na jane bhula phirae ajanhin)He
was saying that sometimes a person may donate money at a gurdwara and
the mony may be misused,In this way a person may earn sin(pap)instead
of earning the holy credit(pun).By marrying away the poor girls a
person may end up earning pap instead of earning any pun as he might
only be helping poverty multiply exponentially.

Jan 5, 2010

Bribeless Son of the Soil award

Whereas the government of India gives civilian awards like Bharat
Bhushan and Bharatratna,it ought to start a Bribeless son of the soil
(BSS)award for the lifetime achievement of staying in India without
ever bribing.Leaving a few persons the Government employees would be
disqualified immediately.The few others would also not qualify
as,perhaps,they might have paid bribe some or the other time in their
life.Chances are less if any business man qualifies.It is hard to
imagine if a farmer couldn't have ever paid a bribe.People in the
private sectors are like post graduates in the art of bribery.It would
be the biggest bluff of the world if a politician in India claims this
award. If ever a person gets this award,his feet must be washed in a
tray and the water thus obtained must be drunk.

Jan 3, 2010

Can someone do experiments with truth living in the present day India?

Gandhiji conducted his experiments with truth in the British Raj.It
would have been a much greater challenge for him had he tried to do
such experiments in the present day India. I cannot say about other
countries but truthful life is near impossible in India. In the
present system a person may find it difficult to not be called a thief leave alone try experimenting with truth.Truthful person if any
must be fighting a losing battle in the government offices.How can an honest official survive in the vast ocean of
corruption?
Is it possible for a businessman to be truthful and honest when he has
to deal with salestax employees?
Can a farmer lead an honest life when he has to deal with the revenue
department?In fact the government does not want its citizens to remain honest.It never makes uniform rules.There usually
two or more set of rules.A citizen is lured to trespass the these rules and thus make room for bribery.For
example Bharat Petroleum is a government owned organisation.It has two
rates for an LPG cylinder.One is the rate for domestic use while the
other is the rate for the commercial use.Now, if one uses it for a
geyser it comes under the commercial category.
Income tax rates are are not uniform.They are different for different
people.People who are of a different age pay differently.Men and women
pay differently.People who save in the government policies pay
differently.One can be called a thief whichever way he pays as he
might be missing something somewhere and has,therefore, stolen the
income tax. People of various castes are
treated differently for the government jobs.One is asked to provide documents of such type
that he would be but forced to write a lie.
A person buys a plot.His residential plot would be marked as a
commercial plot.His registries are done at different rates.He may
register the plot at whatever rate but the government can call him a
thief for stealing the revenue.The government can computerize the
revenue department.It does not as it would make it difficult to
remain corrupt.
Electricity is owned by the Punjab government.It is supplied at
different rates to the different people.Ones house can be raided and
the government can call him a thief by showing him some of its
discriminating rules.I feel that experiments with truth cann't be successful in India.Give bribe you must if not take.