"Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation."
—Henry Fielding (English, 1707-1754)
Word for the day
Cannikin (n)
A small can or drinking cup or a small wooden bucket.
Malice towards none
Why did Tubelight flopped on box office?
(a) It's a bad film
(b) People had already spent all their movie budget for the
quarter on Bahubali - 2.
(c) Spiderman
(d) Salman Khan's statement on talks with Pakistan
(e) Any other, pl specify.
First random thought this morning
Some recent reports have suggested that public sector behemoth and
world's largest miner of dirty fuel, Coal India is betting big on renewable
energy (see
here).
The minister was quoted as having said that "This is a
contribution towards a better planet, towards greening the country and greening
the world."
What would you call it - Paradox. Irony. Sham. Bizarre.
Incongruous. Droll.
Or something else!
Set the priorities right - 2
Spending couple of days there and interacting with some other NGOs
working in the area, we could figure out very effective solutions (that would
cost almost nothing and are very easy to implement) to minimize the misery of
people.
The objective of writing this is to highlight two things:
(a) The political (and therefore administrative)
priorities in the country may be seriously misplaced.
(b) The administration lacks both innovation and
initiative, insofar as dealings with people's common problems are concerned.
Some of this banality might be due to recurrent political snubs. But that is a
weak defense, in my view.
Imagine if this happens to you every year.
We suggest the least the administration could do is to provide a
durable survival kit to the people in the areas frequently affected by floods.
The kit may contain small, convenient, and efficient self-help tools to improve the
sustaining power of poor and underprivileged people who totally rely on the
government's help for survival.
The kit may for example contain:
- A water proof all weather roof for temporary, kutcha and semi-pucca dwelling units.
- Durable, water proof, inflatable containers to preserve Ration, Medicine and Valuables during the flood period. The container may also be used to safeguard Infants under extreme conditions.
- A foldable 10x10 tent to be used as temporary accommodation during the floods.
- A solar charged LED lantern for emergency lightening
Our market survey suggests that this entire kit would cost less
than Rs7500 per household. It would last for 7-10years. It can save many
precious lives; reduce hardship to millions of people, and materially enhance
people's sustenance power.
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