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Societal Sattire

Was watching Paan Singh Tomar recently and wondering how may such satires be blown away. Many such movies have been filmed and released in the past with daring expose of corruption in India. Has anything changed? Perhaps corruption has become a 'masala' item for movie buffs to tickle their entertainment areas of gray cells. There has been quite a show with the producers amassing amazing wealth and directors and actors bagging award after award. Did that change our existing system? a BIG NO! Young officers who couldn't stand in the way of this storm has been blown away into oblivion. Perhaps after a decade, no one would remember the sacrifice (or should we say murder?) of Manunaths, Dubeys,  Yadavs and the endless list. We have inherited an archaic system of governance that dates back to the 19th century. If you disagree with me, check the Acts and Rules that some of them date back to. It is disgusting that we have adopted to copy & paste techniques without verifyi

HYGIENE – OUR (India) & THEIR (UK)

PARAMETER OURS THEIRS TOILETS A rare concept in rural India. Cleaned weekly if exists Equipments & accessories not up to the mark. Those that are up to the mark are too costly to afford Public toilets are dirty even after a paid service Despite best efforts to have clean toilets in trains, privatisation has kept them somewhat clean! Concept of hygienic  disposable toilet seat covers is so new that most of the literate users of the commode do not know about it's existence A must must have Cleaned daily or on alternate days Equipments & accessories are of excellent make and are not of bounds for the commoner Public toilets are clean Toilets are fit for human use Pay & use toilets are super clean FOOTPATHS