India is a country of huge contradictions. Its gender biased laws is a prime example of this.
Have a look at the below scenarios
- If wife complains(falsely), she gains sympathy of everyone, husband goes to jail, if husband complains of harassment(even if true), everyone laughs at him. People tell him, to be a man !
- IPC 304b is for dowry deaths, 498a was also created for same purpose.
- Only wife has rights, indian law forgets the ancient indian adage, that a women is wife for a short time, and a mother forever. No rights for any other role of women except women.
- If wife lies in court, law is soft on her. She is an abla nari. If husband lies, prosecute him.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Indian Pride Destroyed : Archaic Indian Laws
Many Indians (not all) believe that India is a great nation. These people don't even know what are the qualities that makes a nation "great". Law of any nation, and its implementation is one of the most important and fundamental factor in any countries greatness very important factor. India fails miserably on this front.
The most shameful fact for India is that most of the laws that make up the Indian Judicial system, are derived from the British. The very people, whom they drove out of their country. In fact, much of the criminal code, that is still followed in India is the creation of Lord Macualay, who by some accounts had scant regards of India's past.
In India the conviction rate is terribly less. More then 65% of people in Indian prisons are undertrials. Given the miserable conviction rate in India - hardly 25%. It is very clear that more then half of prisoners are wrongly imprisoned. More then 80% of arrests are made for bailable crimes. Such is the unjust legal system of India, which is actually tyrannical. Most Indians are infact are very much unaware of the reality. Even if they knew, as many of them are apathetic, they would just try to run away from the reality.
For the curious, have a look at data from NCRB (National Crime Research Bureau) http://ncrb.nic.in/
Fellow Indians, Are you still proud to be an Indian ?
The most shameful fact for India is that most of the laws that make up the Indian Judicial system, are derived from the British. The very people, whom they drove out of their country. In fact, much of the criminal code, that is still followed in India is the creation of Lord Macualay, who by some accounts had scant regards of India's past.
In India the conviction rate is terribly less. More then 65% of people in Indian prisons are undertrials. Given the miserable conviction rate in India - hardly 25%. It is very clear that more then half of prisoners are wrongly imprisoned. More then 80% of arrests are made for bailable crimes. Such is the unjust legal system of India, which is actually tyrannical. Most Indians are infact are very much unaware of the reality. Even if they knew, as many of them are apathetic, they would just try to run away from the reality.
For the curious, have a look at data from NCRB (National Crime Research Bureau) http://ncrb.nic.in/
Fellow Indians, Are you still proud to be an Indian ?
Monday, August 31, 2009
India's (pervert) Obsession to be a Super Power
Many (well educated) Indians always dream of India being a Super Power. What adds fuel to this dream, is the continued news barrage, of how India's economy is growing, and how it will overtake United States, and China.
If quality of life is taken into consideration, hundreds of millions of Indians live a miserable life. The government doesn't takes care of them, neither do wealthy Indians. That's the reason, the actual number of people, living in dire poverty actually hasn't came down.
If one looks at India objectively, one sees a nation, whose GDP is amongst the fastest growing in the world. On the the other hand, India is full of corruption, and a very incompetent legal system. Judiciary and Police are the two important arms of the govt, which ensures, that citizens of that country get justice. But both these arms are extremely pathetic. The police force is very corrupt, and incomptent. It has totally failed to maintain law and order.
Same goes for the judiciary. One cannot expect justice from the Indian judiciary. Delays of years is the norm in India's courts. And even after years and years of delay, one cannot expect to get justice.
India is actually light years away from being a Super Power, and it is nowhere on the path to become one. Masses of asses don't mean anything. They are just cannon fodder. The sooner majority of Indians realize this, the better it is for the country.
If quality of life is taken into consideration, hundreds of millions of Indians live a miserable life. The government doesn't takes care of them, neither do wealthy Indians. That's the reason, the actual number of people, living in dire poverty actually hasn't came down.
If one looks at India objectively, one sees a nation, whose GDP is amongst the fastest growing in the world. On the the other hand, India is full of corruption, and a very incompetent legal system. Judiciary and Police are the two important arms of the govt, which ensures, that citizens of that country get justice. But both these arms are extremely pathetic. The police force is very corrupt, and incomptent. It has totally failed to maintain law and order.
Same goes for the judiciary. One cannot expect justice from the Indian judiciary. Delays of years is the norm in India's courts. And even after years and years of delay, one cannot expect to get justice.
India is actually light years away from being a Super Power, and it is nowhere on the path to become one. Masses of asses don't mean anything. They are just cannon fodder. The sooner majority of Indians realize this, the better it is for the country.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Dubai - Paradise for some, hell for some
Nice article about Dubai
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
Explains its dark side, which isn't revealed often. How people(mostly construction workers) are exploited, in a modern-day form of slavery.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
Explains its dark side, which isn't revealed often. How people(mostly construction workers) are exploited, in a modern-day form of slavery.
Monday, January 05, 2009
The Recession
So we have a recession now, which is best defined by Harry Truman, as "It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours "
This is the second recession, that I am seeing. The previous one, was the one in 2001, when the dot-com bubble burst. There are some differences though.
That recession, was mostly IT specific. Other industries, were hit, but not as bad. People knew, that dot com bubble, was going to burst, though, most of them (including me) hadn't thought, it would be so bad. That also saw layoffs in indian s/w companies, a thing, many people, never dreamt of, at that time.
Till 2000, indian s/w companies, were hiring like crazy, and suddenly got hit, by the recession. Till the time, they knew about the recession, it was a bit late, and they had excess employees on their payroll. The size of IT industry in India was comparatively very less. I guess it was below $10 billion.Though, within 2-3 years, the recession in Indian IT was gone, and it was back to hiring binge, and the pace was greater then the one in late 90's.
This time, things are different. I am no longer a guy with 1-2 years experience :-) which might actually be a bad thing in a recession. The recession has hit most of the sectors. Auto, finance and realty are the worst hit. And it is spreading to other sectors. Though layoffs haven't yet started on a large scale. If the recession continues for a longer time, there might be layoffs. There are recruitment freezes everywhere now. Projects are being put on hold, and the usual recession related stuff is doing the rounds(no pay hikes, though in these times, most people are happy enough to have a job) .
Actually even this time, the recession was in the offing. Most people just didn't took a clue from the downward slide of the BSE sensex.
On the positive side, the hit on realty, was very much expected. The rates were (and still are) pretty inflated by speculators. Hopefully the downward slide in realty will last longer then the recession.
This is the second recession, that I am seeing. The previous one, was the one in 2001, when the dot-com bubble burst. There are some differences though.
That recession, was mostly IT specific. Other industries, were hit, but not as bad. People knew, that dot com bubble, was going to burst, though, most of them (including me) hadn't thought, it would be so bad. That also saw layoffs in indian s/w companies, a thing, many people, never dreamt of, at that time.
Till 2000, indian s/w companies, were hiring like crazy, and suddenly got hit, by the recession. Till the time, they knew about the recession, it was a bit late, and they had excess employees on their payroll. The size of IT industry in India was comparatively very less. I guess it was below $10 billion.Though, within 2-3 years, the recession in Indian IT was gone, and it was back to hiring binge, and the pace was greater then the one in late 90's.
This time, things are different. I am no longer a guy with 1-2 years experience :-) which might actually be a bad thing in a recession. The recession has hit most of the sectors. Auto, finance and realty are the worst hit. And it is spreading to other sectors. Though layoffs haven't yet started on a large scale. If the recession continues for a longer time, there might be layoffs. There are recruitment freezes everywhere now. Projects are being put on hold, and the usual recession related stuff is doing the rounds(no pay hikes, though in these times, most people are happy enough to have a job) .
Actually even this time, the recession was in the offing. Most people just didn't took a clue from the downward slide of the BSE sensex.
On the positive side, the hit on realty, was very much expected. The rates were (and still are) pretty inflated by speculators. Hopefully the downward slide in realty will last longer then the recession.
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