Sunday, October 17, 2004
MY COMMENTS TO SUCHETA DALAL'S ARTICLE ON TOOTHLESS CVC
MY COMMENTS ON SUCHETA DALAL ARTICLE on TOOTHLESS CVC ON 8TH FEBRUARY 2004 IN INDIAN EXPRESS
I shall begin with a Quote from speech of William Lloyd Garrison:-
The warrants on the President of the country and on the Chief Justice is classic case. The surprising thing is that the Supreme Court of India lacks the will to pull up various judges of Gujarat High Court by issuing notices to each one of them
I shall begin with a Quote from speech of William Lloyd Garrison:-
“On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.”
This is how I ( P S Mody) as a writer feels, experiences in personal life in relation to the toothless Central Vigilance Commission” This letter is also my whistle even though it may be feeble, I hope that it gets amplified a thousand times.
This refers to the article regarding toothless Central Vigilance Commission which appeared on Sunday 8-02-2004 in Indian Express.I am furnishing extract of complaint letter against two directors general of Income tax –Investigation addressed to Central Vigilance Commission.
When I had brought the matter concerning tax evasion to their knowledge by group connected with Core HealthCare Group against whom Great Bank Robbery article appeared in Indian Express on 7-12-2002.Not only did CVC acted but the CBDT , their member investigation and the new Director Generals – Mr. Roongta and then current Mr.U. P.Singh shielded the group while harassing the undersigned by raising huge tax demands.
This is how they conduct the inquiry.
Not only CVC is toothless, the entire government along with the top officials of the income tax department are cowards, spineless, corrupt and toothless. When Mr. Jashwant Singh goes to Kandhhar to hand over terrorists in view of plane hijacked. What one can expect. I hope that a message is sent to young people not to marry or to stop having children or move to other countires .
I have experienced the suffering so much in my personal life , that I feel helpless – to save my wife and my children from harassment. I am in a similar situation of a plight of a woman in movie ROJA who wanted to save her husband fallen in the hands of terrorists.There is no receptivity to listen. All of us are in a similar situation of concentration camp of Germany. There they were executed in gas chambers, here in our country we are being slowly poisoned – and we do not realize that , we are being poisoned.
It is the media who needs to play vital role in waking up people from deep slumber and ask the government to furnish concrete steps on all fronts. When , a woman like Ms Indira Gandhi could galvanize the functioning during emergency , it is necessary that the emotions of the people are stirred up for future safety of our children..Our elderly politicians has not learnt lessons of Mahabharata- Bhisma indifferent to draupadis being disrobed, Dhristrashtra remaining blind and Gandhari playing blind. The way Lord Krishna – felt that he was not able to change the mind of Duryodhana on account of his pride .
On account of lessons of Gita given by him, Lord Krishna wants each of the citizens of the country to take gandiv to weed out corruption in the country. Only strong persons like you who can understand various issues , who can powerfully communicate thoughts can make a change. Otherwise every family’s HOUSE IS ON FIRE whether he is in power or not in power.
As long as such drastic and radical steps are not taken, the judiciary are pawns to the bureaucrats, politicians, lawyers , chartered accountants.
Only when several judges of supreme court suffer the pain of victimization in their own personal families while in power then only a true understanding to take radical steps would arise. Not till then.
Personal grief and loss is perquisite to change to become a compassionate being . These days are not too far. What has our Prime minister to lose , what has jaylalita to lose, as they do not have personal family and are safe on account of physical security available to them. They do not have any personal families at all to under stand pain and suffering of common people.
It is the same reason that Bhisma- a bachelor , who played indifferent to woes of draupadi. These are the people who lack sensitivity to touch inner plight of common people. On this Sunday , deputy prime minister advani came in my neighborhood to open a free medical camp. Entire administration was at his service, all the litter/garbage was removed (which normally did not happen) and water tankers appeared to sprinkle water on the ground. For saving of one or two lakhs , sum exceeding one crore must have been used up in a day .
When the Prime minister who being captain of the ship gets down first from the ship even before the destination has been reached- shows his own lack of confidence of the performance and his effectiveness that he chooses to prepone the elections What can one expect from him except powerful speeches.
The bureaucracy understand and feel the weaknesses of their masters. Your level of consciousness and understanding is way above all of us as we see it in your columns . You have the flair of communicating and by God’s grace , you are close to media to carry it persuasively. All it needs is focus, persistence and intensity as described under:-
When the sun rays are made to pass through lens, then only the sun rays has the capacity to burn away a dry leaf. Not before. What is needed is persistent and intensified focus of one issue at a time with a total sense of urgency.
Master sitting in a chariot is the one who instructs the sarthi where to go, and if he does not take him to the desired destination, he takes over as sarthi and uses reigns to give directons and uses whip if the horses do not follow the instructions.
This is what is expected of Our respected President of India who has compassion and sensitivity to children and citizens of the country and the awareness of root problem of corruption. He has to personally see that leaking pipes are replaced all along. He has the experience of being a mission director and he believes in frugality and he has a sensitive heart of Lord Krishna to understand the feelings of Draupadi who is being stripped by Dushashana and to top it all he does not have any personal motive or axe to grind.
He has personally experienced that the warrants can be issued against him, that his own security force is involved in raping. All we need to do is request our beloved President , that as a Supreme Commander of Internal chaos in the country , he takes a direct charge, he opens a war office to fight corruption equipping it as a call centre , having facilites of fax, telephone numbers and young people. These young people would attend to email and faxes, on authority of the President of the country , they send out faxes/ post for fast response followed up by direct and unfiltered communication of our dear president by phone calls in case the concerned officer does not respond or behaves indifferently or dodges the issue.
All he has to do is to punish the person. Such direct action has creating an impact of atleast 1000 times. This is the way Ambani functioned or the way Indira functioned during emergency. He would not be able to accomplish any thing if he depends on sansad members. As a mission director , he would understand that too many cooks spoil the broth.
The way Chanaykya did not move out of his hut, he can remain in his residential house and can change course of entire nation with help of TV camera. being installed in all the courts, police stations through out the country. The fear of being watched by some one would make the administrators, lawyers and the judges to behave properly. Only then he would be worthy of love of children that he cares otherwise he will be despised by the same children whose ambitions have been aroused as they would be one day frustrated on account of lack of vision of their fathers and forefathers. Only you can make them see differently.
We need to focus on the roots and not on the leaves to change the system. CVC is just like one of the leaves not a root. We have to provide water to the roots so that the flowers and fruit blossoms.By taking care of one leaf of CVC or CBI , the tree is not going to bear flowers or fruits. This is my personal experience.
Besides, all of these is needed to be changed before the elections. That is trump card for common people – so that the politicians do not run away with empty promises. They have to be made to slog , to sweat like what we saw in Lawrence of Arabia to win the hearts of people. These are the kinds of people who are being needed by the country. They may play a small role but they deliver what is being needed.
Otherwise the Titanic moving at high speed is heading towards an iceberg not knowing that nine tenths is concealed underneath while the people may rejoice being on Titanic for time being, not knowing what future has been stored for them. All of us are on aboard this Titanic.
I have experienced it in my life, I was deaf, dumb and blind that I did not realize and assimilate the message when I saw it when the movie was released in the country.
The words of director/producer of Titanic are “ Titanic is not just a myth, a parable, a metaphor for the ills of mankind. It is also a story of faith, courage, sacrifice and above all else, love.” We are aboard such leaking Titanic- Can Our Finance Minister and experienced in Defence studies, can save us from such leaking Titanic of government administration. The way he saved life of terrorists and the passengers on flight to Kandhar? Or he wants us to enjoy Christmas party to rejoice and drink –feel good factor being served to us aboard the Titanic.
Even in war, the supreme commander inspects his troops. Has he ever been to various incometax departments and the excise department and had felt the voices of common people. This is what needs to be done.
All of us have to ignite our own minds and spread the message , the way our beloved President refers in his book. And we the citizens need to ask ourselves ask not what country can do for you, ask what we the citizens can do for our country by making the bureaucrats and the politicians offer their blood and sweat for the country to save the nation.
This is what Kennedy and Churchill not as politicians in power would have said but would have uttered these same words if they were ordinary citizens of the country.All of us need to make such plea to our current President of India who is our Lord Krishna, like draupadi to Lord Krishna – Only he has the receptivity and understanding to listen.
He is our only savior and hope of the nation who can do true inner introspection without any ulterior motive. Fortunately, he is our Bhismahpitamah who understands Bhisma of Kurkshetra and plight of Arjun and rebirth of Lord Krishna.
All of them would be angry on such bitter comment , when we utter such harsh words but still we have to persist to change their hearts. Music can be played on an instrument only if the strings are pulled in opposite ends adequately and then tied. Not otherwise.
One needs only one drop of curd to set the milk to curd to extract ghee. Even if we imagine ourselves to be one such single drop of curd , it is sufficient enough to make impact for lives of our children to enjoy taste of such ghee if not us.
Believe me, in case our dear President directly intervenes in a case described as under, opening his third eye, his mission is successful. Fortunately, even the Chief Justice of Supreme Court has experienced of mischief of meghaninagar in Ahmedabad. This can be just a beginning to make sweeping changes in the revenue department for overall benefit of the country.
I may become a guniepig and a target and be consumed in the process. I am willing to take such risk even if I may be consumed like a common person like Jack- Leonardo of Titanic who freezes to death but can be hope for life to millions of Rose to survive and quench their thirst of real life. Let this start with the undersigned .
All I need is your support to blow whistle –loudly, persistently so that it can be heard finally. It may not help me or my family but I am damn sure that it will create an impact a change for others.
Yours sincerely,
P S Mody
