'My India - Higher & higher everyday' by K.J.S.Chatrath

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"Sanad of 'Sardar Sahib' Gurbux Singh Chatrath" by K.J.S.Chatrath

The 'Sanad' which my late father received in 1946 at an early age of 41.

May his soul rest in peace.

'These anaap-shnaap (skewed) priorities...'by K.J.S.Chatrath

“Air India plane catches fire while in the air” is one of the terrifying headlines of today’s news. Two days back the news was that the newly appointed top man of Air India has declared on his first day in the assignment that Air India planes should be the shiniest of them all. One wishes he had said ‘the safest of them all’.

I remember a few years back a newly appointed top chap of the then Air-India ordered all the planes of Air India to be got re-painted with a new logo. It must have cost a packet. One wishes the same amounthad been spent in improving the safety standards.

Yet a few more years back, a newly appointed MD of the state owned ITDC ordered the iconic Ashoka Hotel in Delhi’s exteriors to be white washed from the then existing red stones (yes with white paint).

The same skewed priority can be seen in the Railways. Instead of focusing on safety and cleanliness, the endevour is to run trains faster and faster...

Yeh kya Anaap-Shnaap ho raha hai.........

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"Residential Peon facility for Haryana IAS & other senior officers": by K.J.S.Chatrath

Here is a news to note.

Haryana Government has decided to provide peons at home to certain categories of officers. This facility would be provided to all IAS officers, judicial officers and HoDs . Similarly, all HCS officers exercising the magisterial powerswould also be given this facility.
These officers would be allowed to engage a home peon at their own level at the statutory minimum wages for unskilled labour as fixed by the state government.

It is hoped that other state governments and UT administrations will soon follow suit.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/governance/peon-facility-for-haryana-babus-at-home/130040.html

'What happens if a place has no historical heritage and no historical icons? by K.J.S.Chatrath

What happens if a place has no historical heritage and no historical icons? It quite simply creates those.
This is my take on the desperate attempts of some to cover Chandigarh with the mantle of 'heritage' and make Le Corbusier its icon.

Oh come on. Take a look at the 5000 year old monument from Egypt. THAT is heritage.

And what are these chairs?

'Baba Ramdev ji launches his own brand of noodles- news'-

'Baba Ramdev ji launches his own brand of noodles- news'

Pssst...These would be called 'Instant Yoga Noodles'...

Bhaag..Maggi...Bhaag...

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'Et tu, Shekhar Gupta?' by K.J.S.Chatrath

I am dismayed to find a senior respectable journalist like Shekhar Gupta falling for the Peter Muherjee-Indrani Mukherji trash and writing articles on it. Why doesn't the media understand that the common man is fed up with this story.

I respect The Hindu and The Tribune for not giving shrieking headlines to this 'story'. Similarly Doordarshan News has done well to keep itself away from sensationilizing it.

Let the law take its own course and let the media not try to become super sleuths.