Peacock and the Eagle

US President Obama during his visit to India, made a statement in the Indian parliament that India should stand-up and be counted as the leader by its actions. Well for sure he meant, that India should support US in all that they do be it war, blockades or sanctions. Most of us indians would never want such things and hence its quite un-likely that uncle Sam will ever get indian support and accordingly Obama’s US will take time to recognize this country as a leader, may be even not be fully supportive of the indian demand to be a permanent council seat holder in the UNO

We really have to stand-up, yes its important and where else but for our own nation’s cause/ belief. Over the last couple of months, there has been some instances where Indian people were mistreated in US or Indian law not duly accounted for. Here are few which i thought that our nation should raise its voice and be counted

Radio tagging students  - pictures of those unlucky students walking around with radio collars on their legs was very saddening. While the US Govt says that students are likely to violate rules if they are not tagged, what went forgotten is that people cant leave the borders of that country without their visas or passports, which were already confiscated. Education scam is a big pain and the US should do something about stopping these scamster places. Adding more fuel to the fire was when the US embassy official in india said that those collars looked ‘ fashionable ‘. Can the Indian govt work out its way to see that these students are not humiliated anymore?

PF in India – Recently the Provident Fund Org in India changed a rule that no more expats can withdraw contributions made to EPF unless they turn 58 or so.. immediately after this, there was pressure from US to change it… wonder why when indian expats in the US also cannot withdraw their savings made into the US social security framework

Lawlessness in the enforcers

Police – the word generally evokes a sense of caution to say the least in an average human mind. Most often, it brings about  a fear given the way they actually behave with an average joe. Since they form part of the Law enforcement body, they are supposed to be walking talking law. In Bangalore, the Khaki colored {a mix of Black, Yellow & Red} policemen are the law & those that wear a white shirt and khaki trousers are the traffic

Most bangaloreans would agree with me that these folks no longer bring that sense of caution to mind, instead they are probably mocked at . Why are they mocked at, simply because they don’t stand for any of the morality that they are supposed to guard & enforce.

Today, i was at Shivajinagar -  a commercial center in bangalore – the chaos that i witnessed along with a traffic policeman was maddening. Those from this city will know that Shivajinagar is an utter mess and i would say thanks to this policemen the mess is just getting worse by the day. Its appalling that this has been allowed to happen without any check. Hazrat Kambal Posh Road or the Broadway Rd near the market is a pretty broad one in that area. However, its a lane that has huge number of commercial establishments, its always crowded to say the least

Coming back to today, as i was entering this road from the Russell market side this road was already jammed by a mini truck unloading some stuff into one of the shops. Few minutes into the drama, a traffic policeman rides nearby on a Pulsar bike and is now witness to this jam. He stands by for couple of seconds and then shows some actions at the truck driver… nudges his way into the jam and then rides away. As a commoner, i was happy at the sight of this cop thinking that he will act and clear up the road that never happened. It took me another 20 minutes to clear out of it. As i drove ahead i saw this same constable standing by the side of a road and again chatting around, probably trying to make another roll-call and then turn a blind eye. The department’s boss says, no vehicle should be stopped for checking, unless the vehicle has violated some law, however the constabulary of the Bangalore traffic police and their Senior offices, still hide behind trees and lay wait for people to  ‘make-up’ a cause and fine the gullible

Would the esteem of this department go up in my sight or lower…. ! ?