Some of the news bytes that caught my attention over the past few days need to be discussed for the sheer audacity of their having taken place. What amazes me is that, in one case, the elected government chose to dabble in questionable means to sound the death knell of one of its own organisations to favour a private player! And so, here I go:-
(a) The plight of the BSNL.
Happened to come across an investigative program that was analysing threadbare, the current woes of the communications' public sector undertaking, the BSNL. Formed early in the first half of the
last decade, it was a very healthy organisation to begin with - the entire telecommunication set up
under the government of India was bifurcated into MTNL(to service the metropolitan cities) and
the BSNL(to service the rest of the country). And then, the latter got the step motherly treatment.
The periodic proposals for the modernisation programme of the organisation to absorb 3G and 4G
technologies were tardily addressed, delayed deliberately and at times, even refused quoting lack
of funds by the government. The connected auctions of the spectrum where a private player gained
undue advantage is history and currently under the scanner! But the outcome is that the BSNL's 3G
services is yet to take off thanks to glitches and it has gone on to state that it doesn't have the
wherewithal to take on 4G technology. That successive pliant managements coupled with a restive
labour force sounded the death knell of this once, healthy organisation speaks of the governmental
apathy. And mind you, the one private player who has made enormous strides in this field is the
Reliance company - during this period - making further discussions unnecessary!
It's my sincere hope that the guilty, who brought about this decline of the BSNL, are brought to
book at the earliest.
(b) The rising tide of the 'Kiss of Love'.
Kerala, of late, has been witnessing this craze of the 'Kiss of Love' protests against moral policing.
What started of as a 'strong statement' against obscurantist groups resorting to violent means to
question the individual's right to normal life has now become a sort of irritating and an unnecessary
show of exhibitionism!
Kissing a loved one is a personal thing and it carries much more meaning and intensity when done
in private. The expression of love does not need exhibition. In fact, I feel that there is a negative
streak in the recent episodes that's highly provocative to the aesthetics, coupled with a 'see what you can do to us' sort of an attitude.
The point is taken that moral policing is simply not acceptable. But stop this public show of 'kiss
of love', please!
(c) The sad story of Shweta Prasad Basu.
Am saddened at the plight of young Shweta Prasad Basu, starlet and TV actress, who was initially
sent to a rescue home after being arrested from a hotel in Hyderabad for questionable
activities. She was later released by the police with a clean chit. My melancholy was basically
because I'd loved watching her as a child actress on television, as well as in the movies and thought
that she'd a great future because of her histrionic talent.
Sincerely hope that she's able to come out clean with her reputation intact!
Tailpiece.
Strange stories! Stranger explanations!!
(a) The plight of the BSNL.
Happened to come across an investigative program that was analysing threadbare, the current woes of the communications' public sector undertaking, the BSNL. Formed early in the first half of the
last decade, it was a very healthy organisation to begin with - the entire telecommunication set up
under the government of India was bifurcated into MTNL(to service the metropolitan cities) and
the BSNL(to service the rest of the country). And then, the latter got the step motherly treatment.
The periodic proposals for the modernisation programme of the organisation to absorb 3G and 4G
technologies were tardily addressed, delayed deliberately and at times, even refused quoting lack
of funds by the government. The connected auctions of the spectrum where a private player gained
undue advantage is history and currently under the scanner! But the outcome is that the BSNL's 3G
services is yet to take off thanks to glitches and it has gone on to state that it doesn't have the
wherewithal to take on 4G technology. That successive pliant managements coupled with a restive
labour force sounded the death knell of this once, healthy organisation speaks of the governmental
apathy. And mind you, the one private player who has made enormous strides in this field is the
Reliance company - during this period - making further discussions unnecessary!
It's my sincere hope that the guilty, who brought about this decline of the BSNL, are brought to
book at the earliest.
(b) The rising tide of the 'Kiss of Love'.
Kerala, of late, has been witnessing this craze of the 'Kiss of Love' protests against moral policing.
What started of as a 'strong statement' against obscurantist groups resorting to violent means to
question the individual's right to normal life has now become a sort of irritating and an unnecessary
show of exhibitionism!
Kissing a loved one is a personal thing and it carries much more meaning and intensity when done
in private. The expression of love does not need exhibition. In fact, I feel that there is a negative
streak in the recent episodes that's highly provocative to the aesthetics, coupled with a 'see what you can do to us' sort of an attitude.
The point is taken that moral policing is simply not acceptable. But stop this public show of 'kiss
of love', please!
(c) The sad story of Shweta Prasad Basu.
Am saddened at the plight of young Shweta Prasad Basu, starlet and TV actress, who was initially
sent to a rescue home after being arrested from a hotel in Hyderabad for questionable
activities. She was later released by the police with a clean chit. My melancholy was basically
because I'd loved watching her as a child actress on television, as well as in the movies and thought
that she'd a great future because of her histrionic talent.
Sincerely hope that she's able to come out clean with her reputation intact!
Tailpiece.
Strange stories! Stranger explanations!!
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