The Backdrop.
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, after 557 days captivity with the Islamic State terrorists in Yemen, was released last Tuesday. The Holy See, Oman and Yemen had brought about the vicar's final release. Father Tom was immediately transferred to Vatican and he'd the following to say:-
(a) After being kidnapped, he was shifted thrice, always blindfolded.
(b) He was never ill treated by his captors.
(c) They provided him medicines for his diabetic condition.
(d) He used to communicate with them in Arabic and English.
(e) He was forced to wear the same clothes for the entire period of captivity.
The Controversy.
An malicious propaganda has been unleashed saying that the union government had no role to play in his release. This is one of the most juvenile blame game that I've come across. Countries react to the concerned government's call to execute their action and consequently, get into dialogue with the concerned. As the minister put it, the Ministry of External Affairs goes about its job quietly. If the Vatican, Oman and Yemen had finally come round to the negotiations, it was the logical conclusion of the past work, done in this regard, by the government of India.
If you don't like Modi and his policies, hate him but kindly have the decency to acknowledge the good work being done, too.
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Are Our Engineers Not Up to the Mark?
I'd come across an article that's worrying me in an overall context. It's about the making of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh along the banks of the River Krishna and touted as a
model of a planned city. But its residents will have to shell out a lot of money for drinking water and during heavy rains, a threat of floods will loom over them.
This is because the city is coming up on the floodplains and palaeo channels - the extinct course of a river - that play a key role in controlling the overflow from the Krishna and ensuring the availability of potable water, in a region plagued with the scourge of groundwater salinity!
Aren't the engineers, concerned with the work, seized about the problem? They'd better or else they'll be ridiculed by generations for their ignorance/wilful negligence!
Tailpiece.
Another one of those quiet days but finished a few more pending work. I'd gone to a bank to link up my accounts, there, with the Aadhaar card. Rose, at the counter, did an efficient job about it within ten minutes. What was sad was that the entire lot of staff has undergone a change which, of course, invigorates the system but for the customer, it could be a dampener as I'd felt today...... I was reminded of the times when the outgoing and friendly, Mohanachandran was at its helm!
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, after 557 days captivity with the Islamic State terrorists in Yemen, was released last Tuesday. The Holy See, Oman and Yemen had brought about the vicar's final release. Father Tom was immediately transferred to Vatican and he'd the following to say:-
(a) After being kidnapped, he was shifted thrice, always blindfolded.
(b) He was never ill treated by his captors.
(c) They provided him medicines for his diabetic condition.
(d) He used to communicate with them in Arabic and English.
(e) He was forced to wear the same clothes for the entire period of captivity.
The Controversy.
An malicious propaganda has been unleashed saying that the union government had no role to play in his release. This is one of the most juvenile blame game that I've come across. Countries react to the concerned government's call to execute their action and consequently, get into dialogue with the concerned. As the minister put it, the Ministry of External Affairs goes about its job quietly. If the Vatican, Oman and Yemen had finally come round to the negotiations, it was the logical conclusion of the past work, done in this regard, by the government of India.
If you don't like Modi and his policies, hate him but kindly have the decency to acknowledge the good work being done, too.
* * *
Are Our Engineers Not Up to the Mark?
I'd come across an article that's worrying me in an overall context. It's about the making of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh along the banks of the River Krishna and touted as a
model of a planned city. But its residents will have to shell out a lot of money for drinking water and during heavy rains, a threat of floods will loom over them.
This is because the city is coming up on the floodplains and palaeo channels - the extinct course of a river - that play a key role in controlling the overflow from the Krishna and ensuring the availability of potable water, in a region plagued with the scourge of groundwater salinity!
Aren't the engineers, concerned with the work, seized about the problem? They'd better or else they'll be ridiculed by generations for their ignorance/wilful negligence!
Tailpiece.
Another one of those quiet days but finished a few more pending work. I'd gone to a bank to link up my accounts, there, with the Aadhaar card. Rose, at the counter, did an efficient job about it within ten minutes. What was sad was that the entire lot of staff has undergone a change which, of course, invigorates the system but for the customer, it could be a dampener as I'd felt today...... I was reminded of the times when the outgoing and friendly, Mohanachandran was at its helm!
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