CHAPTER 150. The Highest Platform

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THE HIGHEST PLATFORM

Presenting the Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award, Her Excellency the President of India on 22 July 2010 said:

1 A movement like Satyagraha could not have been possible without the help from the newspapers.

2. Issues can be trivialized, while trivial issues can be headlines.

3. Yesterday, the objective was freedom from colonial rule. Today, a nation with a leading voice in the world inspires the entire nation.

4. The media must function as a positive catalyst for change.

5. The media had highlighted the achievements of ordinary men in the past.

6. The media must profile the ability of ordinary people to overcome challenges.

7. The media must keep the national security interests in the forefront.

8. The media must play an important role in nation building.

9. The media should not be dictated by the market.

10. The media must introspect for course correction.

11. The media must be characterised by honesty, integrity and conviction.

The newspapers blacked out the speech. The present writer noticed the above points in the presidentofindia website.

Having invited the President to present the awards, The Indian Express newspaper must have published the full text of her speech. But the newspaper found it so repugnant that even its Delhi edition chose to publish the second point only. Two or three other newspapers also mentioned the same point without conveying any significant meaning.

Obviously, the above awards are being given for the best organized crime in India.

Addressing the students of a Sainik school, Her Excellency the President of India on the next day said:

1. The armed forces are the pride of the nation.

2. The education system is one that responds to the challenges of its times.

3. The teachers should make students aware of their social and cultural milieu so that they could contribute meaningfully to society.

4. The education should enable the students to work intelligently and in a systematic manner.

5. The teachers must analyse everyday experiences and make them search for solution to problems.

Ignoring the above speech of the President, a Union Minister now said that India would become a $2 trillion economy within a short time.

Nigeria on 22 July 2010 seized $2.2 million worth Chinese origin “Made in India” false medicines. This is another way of breaking the backbone of the Indian industry.

The Vice President of an Indian company was on 23 July 2010 arrested for $ 170 million. The charge was that he sold copper rods to domestic buyers at higher prices instead of selling them to foreigners at lower prices. It was, further, alleged that the company created fake documents.

In this connection, the following points may be noted:

1. The Vice President of a company cannot be solely responsible for this.

2. The above company had been charge sheeted earlier. Though the company was disqualified from bidding for Air India (AI) and Indian Airlines (IA) as in Chapter 1, nothing came out of the charge sheet.

3. As the foreigners get copper at lower prices, they are able to sell their manufactured item inside India at lower prices. This destroys Indian industry. How the Indian manufacturers bear this is not known. However, this policy is nothing but base ingratitude and treachery.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on 25 July 2010 said that all decisions of the present Union Minister for Communication were being probed.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) says that it has no power to probe the corruption charges against the Union Ministers. The CVC cannot be different from the CBI.

The Government on 26 July 2010 put to death eight militant people, including a leader and a woman.

The father of the slain leader said, “I am proud of my son. He fought for our motherland. We were all scared of the atrocities of the police forces. At least he stood against them and fought”

It is not customary for the newspapers to report what the relatives of the militant people talk. However, the Deccan Chronicle reported the above statement on 28 July 2010.

Some people usurp the ores. The local people obstruct this. The beneficiaries, including the ruler, consider them as their adversaries.

A newspaper on 26 July 2010 said that the Prime Minister was following a clear sighted neo-liberal economic policy. In this way, the media mafia warned the ruler not to substitute the Prime Minister of India by any other person. In order to console the ruler, the paper said that she was ignorant of the death of militant people.

The Supreme Court on 26 July 2010 asked the army to show the rule that barred women from getting permanent commission. The court pointed out that the attitude of the army was against article 14 of the Constitution of India.

The Supreme Court could not do anything when the armed forces lighted fire as in Chapter 135. Now it is approaching them through another way. Otherwise, the Supreme Court would not have published this observation without mentioning the names of the judges. Apparently, the fundamental rights of 1000 million people - as a body - are not as important to the Supreme Court as the fundamental rights of a few individuals. Thus the Supreme Court now functions by craft rather than by law.

The military ruler of Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe, came to India on 27 July 2010. Many agreements were signed. It is not clear whether Myanmar agreed to desist from acquiring nuclear reactors from any other country or not.

As an answer to the question of a Member of Parliament (MP), the Government on 27 July 2010 said that iron ore export would not be banned. The Government said that iron ore “fine” constituted 87 per cent of exports. It was done to prevent stock filing and environmental hazards.

The Government did not mention the name of the above MP through the print media. It does not want to show any new leader - apart from the present set of leaders- to the people.

In this connection, it must be noted that India is exporting over 110 million tonne of iron ore at the rate of $140 per tonne. The countries like China buy this and, apparently, sell iron to their domestic consumers at the rate of about $ 300 per tonne.

In India, the domestic consumers get iron at the rate of about $800 per tonne. It was as high as $1100 a few years ago.

Evidently, a cycle for the children manufactured in India costs about $ 40. China supplies an identical cycle for $15 to the consumers in India. Indian manufacturers fail to understand the trick of producing cheap cycles and break their heads. This is one of the ways followed by China –in collusion with a few manipulators- to break the backbone of the Indian industry.

Similarly, an industrialist might produce a car in India for, say, $ 6000. Another person might produce an identical car for, say, $ 4000 if he happened to be a steel producer. This is because the latter could use his steel at about 50 per cent of the market price.

The Government could have debarred the steel manufacturers from entering other manufacturing works involving steel.

Similarly, the Government could have exported iron ore at a certain price so that the steel produced by them would be costlier than the same in India.

Now Her Excellency could advise the Government to ascertain the views of all Indian manufacturers to establish justice in this matter. 99 per cent of them would demand the Government to take over all natural resources for a level playing field.

The Prime Minister of Britain, Mr. David Cameron, came to India on 28 July 2010. India had received the President of the USA consistent with Point No.8 of Chapter 45. India could have extended this protocol to the Prime Minister of Britain also.

The Government now stipulated that the importers of telephone equipment must obtain the secret code numbers citing security reasons. The hand of Her Excellency the President of India could be discerned in this.

The militant people killed five soldiers in Assam State on 30 July 2010.

A Union Minister now addressed the people of Jammu & Kashmir State as “his people” and invited them for talks.

His Royal Highness Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma, on 30 July 2010 said that the Travancore kingdom had earned the unique distinction of being the only Asian military power to ever have defeated a leading European power. He added that the Dutch forces were defeated on 31 July 1741 by the people and the army. He said this after laying a wreath at the victory pillar erected by the then king Marthanda Verma at Colachel to commemorate the victory. The Indian army, for the first time, attended the war memorial service in full strength. There were reports that the army had sought permission to transfer the memorial to army control for its protection. This news was seen in the editions of newspapers circulated in the vicinity of Colachel alone. However, it is consistent with Chapter 71.

The Union Government now started selling the remaining surplus land of the public sector National Textile Corporation (NTC) through e-auction. The unconstitutional nature of this action had been mentioned in Chapter 41 and many other Chapters.

According to some newspapers, the ruler of India was not seen in Delhi in last few days and she cancelled even her scheduled meeting with the Prime Minister of Britain.

The ruler might have advised the Prime Minister of India to declare FREEDOM to Indians. The latter might have ignored this. The former might have, therefore, decided to quit politics for good. The above mentioned sale of the NTC properties might have hastened her decision. Thus she, apparently, escaped from the gigantic vices of the evil forces that surrounded her. Surely, she is rising to a higher platform.

The Supreme Court must appreciate the speeches of Her Excellency the President of India and enforce FREEDOM of expression so that the people would come to know about the existence of this work and similar works –if any – of others.

It is said that a man –instead of degrading his life- must try to elevate his life to the highest platform.

The facts from 19 July 2010 to 30 July 2010 are being submitted to Her Excellency the President of India on 31 July 2010.

V. SABARIMUTHU