In the title of this post i have used a hybrid word 'americamay'. Why i have coined this word and what is the meaning of it, i shall explain it in the lines below.
This week two news-stories attracted attention of everyone in this country. First came a story which citing an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court of India said that the Planning Commission of India has set a ceiling for being Below Poverty Line (BPL) - in rural areas Rs.26/- per person per day (Rs.781 per capita per month) and for urban areas Rs.32/- per person per day (Rs.965 per capita per month). The other news was about 8 ministers of Central Government apart from the Prime Minister being in America at one time. That means the PM could hold a meeting of his cabinet in America because corum requirement is 6 ministers!
For those who do not understand the significance of such coincidences, above two news stories do not have any connection, but, those who know where the government's planning is tilting, may easily smell the whiff of wind and gauge its origination.
People often equate my criticism of government's America-centric policy making with Left's anti-Americanism, but, for me, it is same as assigning patent of Shiv bhakti to RSS! Is it so? I ask, the government of India's policy making approach should be based on ground realities of Indians residing in India or it should be learned in the United States and applied here! Why United States? Because Suresh Tendulkar who came to these figures for BPL, became an 'Economist' after sharpening his theories at Harvard University! A look at his wikipedia profile confirms my interpretation of his tilted thinking that he was one of those hardcore-libral-economists who are always lost in their created myth called "world economy" (which is nothing but american economy) in the cool environments of their air-conditioned laboratories..oops rooms. This is where they reach these figures over constant sipping of coffee or fog of smoke generated from cigarettes of "multinational" brand - a product of world economy! Huh!
And, see how proudly his profile boasts of ""pioneering contribution...(of) his extensive work on poverty and estimation of people below poverty line (BPL)"! Mind you, he was the member of Disinvestment Commission (1996-99) too. And, what is disinvestment? It is an art of fooling people with stories of loss and corruption in a government run company in order to sell it to a person (such as VSNL of Tatas) to earn crores in Raja-style (D. Raja of 2-G spectrum scam).
Now, the readers would have fair idea of why i have used the word 'amricamay' (अमेरिकामय).
This week two news-stories attracted attention of everyone in this country. First came a story which citing an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court of India said that the Planning Commission of India has set a ceiling for being Below Poverty Line (BPL) - in rural areas Rs.26/- per person per day (Rs.781 per capita per month) and for urban areas Rs.32/- per person per day (Rs.965 per capita per month). The other news was about 8 ministers of Central Government apart from the Prime Minister being in America at one time. That means the PM could hold a meeting of his cabinet in America because corum requirement is 6 ministers!
For those who do not understand the significance of such coincidences, above two news stories do not have any connection, but, those who know where the government's planning is tilting, may easily smell the whiff of wind and gauge its origination.
People often equate my criticism of government's America-centric policy making with Left's anti-Americanism, but, for me, it is same as assigning patent of Shiv bhakti to RSS! Is it so? I ask, the government of India's policy making approach should be based on ground realities of Indians residing in India or it should be learned in the United States and applied here! Why United States? Because Suresh Tendulkar who came to these figures for BPL, became an 'Economist' after sharpening his theories at Harvard University! A look at his wikipedia profile confirms my interpretation of his tilted thinking that he was one of those hardcore-libral-economists who are always lost in their created myth called "world economy" (which is nothing but american economy) in the cool environments of their air-conditioned laboratories..oops rooms. This is where they reach these figures over constant sipping of coffee or fog of smoke generated from cigarettes of "multinational" brand - a product of world economy! Huh!
And, see how proudly his profile boasts of ""pioneering contribution...(of) his extensive work on poverty and estimation of people below poverty line (BPL)"! Mind you, he was the member of Disinvestment Commission (1996-99) too. And, what is disinvestment? It is an art of fooling people with stories of loss and corruption in a government run company in order to sell it to a person (such as VSNL of Tatas) to earn crores in Raja-style (D. Raja of 2-G spectrum scam).
Now, the readers would have fair idea of why i have used the word 'amricamay' (अमेरिकामय).
Coming back to 8 ministers and the PM himself being in America at present, I am not surprised if Indian cabinet held a meeting in Washington DC under constant briefing of Obama administration, Robert Zoellick and Ben. N. Bernanke! At the same time, I pray to God that after coming back they don't reverse the figure - Rs 187 per capita per month for rural areas and Rs. 569 per capita per month for urban areas!
