THE DOME OF HOPE

SC Empowers voters ,Gives them right to reject electoral candidates.

SC Orders Immediate disqualification of convicted MP/MLAs

SC order restrains contesting election from jails.

Tinted Glass, 2G Scam , Uttrakhand Hydel projects , Reservation in promotion , Tiger Reserves and the list goes on ..

When ever i see The Big Dome of the Supreme court of India on TV or on in a news post I get a good feeling ,a feeling of good's Victory over Evil . Even if i have not been to then bottom of the page or the end of the news , i know that some one is really upset and a lot of people are really happy . The upset one in most of the cases is our Government or people trying to be in the government or some Corporation who was supporting the Government but mostly its our own Government . If i had a good imagination and i could bring to life abstract Big old buildings with my thoughts alone ,the above image of the Dome of Supreme court of India will be The Standing Guardian with the big dome housing one of the most honest , revolutionary and  concerned "LAW Makers" inviting with arms open to all asking 'what is wrong? we will fix it'. "Law Makers" i call them not Judges because in contrast to what must have been the initial idea to house the people who see to it that the laws which our Duly elected representative make are upheld throughout our sovereign union , the People in the Dome make/modify laws very often these days as and when they see it necessary.

If you think of it, the Exercise in overall is very counter-productive. Ideal Situation :Government makes laws and takes decision which benefit people and the Courts of India see to it the decision are honored and laws are upheld . Current Situation : Government makes a law or takes a decision and the court annuls it ,and going by how efficient our government is, they really can't afford any work being nullified. I also believe that the way our Courts are protecting our rights is a temporary solution and it cannot go on for ever , but in this age of political turmoil and transformation its our only hope.

But I think there is another reason along with poor Governance as to why our judiciary is functioning so independently-brilliantly recently . If we go back  to the 90's the Judges of the Supreme Court used to get appointed by the Union Cabinet . Then there was the 'Three Judges Cases' during which the court evolved the principle of judicial independence to mean that no other branch of the state - including the legislature and the executive - would have any say in the appointment of judges. The court then created the collegium system which has been in effect from 1993. So in a nut shell a bunch of Supreme court Judges chose their successors from High Courts through observation of their work over a long period . The qualifications to being a Supreme Court Judge is 10 yrs of Lawyer and 5 Yrs of Judgeship in High-Court or equivalent . So from 1993 what changed is that being a Supreme court judge requires not knowing a minister but being a fantastic lawyer and a judge .  And i am not saying that the Judges or Judgments earlier were any inferior from our apex court but just as a rough assumption to pan out a crude theory, from 1993 adding 15 yrs of minimum Qualification time to become a supreme court judge by 2008 we started getting batches of brilliant  motivated Jurors which will keep coming,these are the ones who have worked hard and made their way into Supreme court through impeccable Service records. These Judges are the ones who have been observed and picked by the pioneers of the Three Judges System and it must have been made sure the selected ones are not effected the legislature or the executive. So when these people got into the Judicial system they had no one to fear or no doubt in their minds as to what is their purpose . They only worked to uphold  the Law of the land and the well being of one and all. 

What i feel is that The law makers should never be the ones who get affected by it other wise even the Good ones will fall . No one is Good enough to make laws for himself so it should always be a body outside , a body unaffected. Why not appoint a panel of election independent reviewers with fixed tenures comprising of the best minds in India in respective fields to review any law and decisions of national scope with public disclosed rejection/modification reasons .Do not take away powers from elected representatives but leave the scope of their work to the demographic region they represent. Though my ideas are really just a drawing room revolution on a lazy Saturday but my Warriors of the Dome would really appreciate a little reduction in their load of work if anything like this is implemented.

Rs 499 ONLY

It was just a while back that i recieved a mail offering me a pair of some very trendy shoes for Rs 499 for a very limited period of time. It was obviously very tempting with numbers ending in'99' and words like 'exclusive' and 'limited period' in it. But the foot and the eye are so far apart that i could not let one of them make the decison for the other.

Soon as days flew by and my exclusive limited period offer turned into a regular deal  it gave birth to many new deals from different sites . The item in offering kept changing but the figure 499 remained same and attained a greater significance than the offered product.

As we all google(know) internet Shopping(e-Commerce) in India has now a very strong foothold with amounts of the range 1.6billion USD in the year 2012. The forecasts are of going upto 8.8 Bil USD by the year 2016. This is an amazing growth forecast considering the global and local overalls being not so bright. And these are not just forecasts but are backed in belief by the venture capitalists who are coming up with a new online store in every few weeks.
This scenario is a lot like the IT bubble of 2000 before its burst when a lot of money was pumped into the e-commerce but results will not be similar i guess, As technology is at a far more superior level and the penetration is at the penultimate stage.Also the Indian companies are providing On time deliveries,free return , very simple interfaces at very competitive prices.

So now coming back to 499, Internet shopping in India has attained a lot of trust with all the best practices these companies follow but still there is a level of insecurity when dealing in larger amounts.I think 499 will be a tipping point for the apparel/accessories sites. It can be generally said that 499 is the value that a normal e-commerce customer is ready to spend on buying anything which the Internet can convince him to buy ,whether he needs it or not dosent matter .Also 499 is the value that the user is ready to willingly risk and is not worried about not getting a suitable return back for it.499 was also very critical as it is less than the 500 Note which is a feel good to have in your pocket and not so much to take it out.

As per a survey of all the internet transactions only 25% are paid with COD rest all are wired.The products which you may get online for 499, that same product you may get outside in a local unbranded shop for the same amount or may be even less .But we care less about online money than the Green Gandhis so its easier to buy something that we are not sure of online than buying it face to face.

Currently 57 % of e-com revenues are from the non metros,so we will see the Sites going into regional languages and competition getting tougher . It may reach even up to the village levels but not with personal computers but more like small internet cafes acting as multi-brand online stores. So its  happy days for the Indian Companies ahead :)        

The BIHARI !

Even though i have started keying down my thoughts i am unable to decide on whose side i am .. mine or yours.

Your side has the socially evolved creatures who don't use the Royal 'we'(hum) , who don't spit on the road (Swallow it) ,Take care of public properties, Don't ogle at a Girl in a miniskirt, hold the Fork in the RIGHT hand and a lot of other Amazing Stuff.

On my side are the Crude ,Ill Mannered , unsophisticated creatures called BIHARIS. You wont have any trouble recognizing my kind you can pretty much identify us with the way we Stand, Dress.Though some of us might be able to Deceive you with our outer appearance but as soon as we Open our mouth .. i mean just open it not even Speak ... the case is closed.

Honestly Speaking i don't like my kind much either .. frankly whats there to like but still its my side so i am standing by it. I will not tell u about the president from our kind or a young CEO as we have had one and your side has all the rest of them so its not that great either.

People attach all kinds of stereotypes with us .. Today i came across a new one that "Sare Biharis Dealing bahut Dete hai". So now that its in the open i will give one more.

Do you like INDIA?

Yes you do .. its mandatory.

Do you like Indians?

No not very much .

Now I SAY--- If INDIA is the WORLD .. Bihar is the INDIA of the WORLD and BIHARIS are the INDIANS.

Now i am an Indian and you are the rest of the world. We come to your place . We talk with a different accent .. we steal your jobs, we take your money.

Now

Do you like Indians ??

Now You don't you are the rest of the world you hate Indians.

So its pretty obvious why you dont like biharis we come here , We steal your jobs , We feed on the economic progress you have made , Use your infrastructure and Send back money home.

But its a Natural Inevitable process India does it on a Global Level .. Bihar Does it on a National Level. So IF INDIA was the World - Bihar is its INDIA.

Now by writing all this i understand why i am on my side Coz i am an Indian whos abroad and loves his country and its poeple howsoever they are and you are the Helpless American not ready do a shitty JOB but grumpy about why i am doing it.

I AM the INDIAN OF INDIA.

RAM RAM.

A new beginning.

I started this Blog coz people said that "All you have to do is start a BLOG , copy paste stuff and get clicks and Google pays you in US Dollars". I wasn't that stupid to entirely believe that but i have always been greedy :). But google is SMART even with clicks from all around the world by my online friends i received a mail soon after i reached 20$ that your account has been banned for trying to fool us and there ended my short blogging career.

Now with my engineering over I am waiting at home for the joining date and my mind is overflowing with thoughts. So I came back to my blog and read my old posts and realized how bad they were . Now I think Google banned my ad-sense account for the pathetic articles rather than the dubious clicks.

But now I intend to be a real serious Blogger like the ones that make it to the news ;)