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al over india there are so many working as casual announcers in all india radio stations from above 10, 12, 15 years…so plz first regularise all the posts with them and do good to them. they and their families shall be very thankful and grateful to you sir for necessaray and favourable action and orders.
Honorable Minister is thinking along the right lines. No permanent employees, with their legacy costs. It would be a huge step forward if the “ vacancies “ could be reviewed with a thick red felt pen. We have seen fiscal stress build up in countries like Greece, followed by very painful periods of forced austerity.
When AIR and DD are regular, everyday broadcast, then what could be the meaning of “as and when required”?
As I see it, government only wants to build in the “insecurity” in the incumbents’ minds, so they will blindly follow it’s diktat. Larger wings are being given to DICTATORSHIP 2.0, beyond the much used, MODI. 2.0 So if need be in future, if Narendra Modi relinquishes office, a Prakash Javdekar or a Ravi Shankar Prasad can seamlessly slip into a dictator’s role.
I don’t know why I’m reminded of a dialogue from the movie, GARAM HAWA, an immortal movie in my opinion, directed by MS Sathyu.
It’s time of India’s partition. Balraj Sahni (name, Mirza in the movie) is a leather manufacturer of Agra, who refuses to go across to Pakistan, but now the bank manager asks him for a collateral to grant him a bank loan. Mirza is dismayed, it has never happened to him before! To which the bank manager says sheepishly…
al over india there are so many working as casual announcers in all india radio stations from above 10, 12, 15 years…so plz first regularise all the posts with them and do good to them. they and their families shall be very thankful and grateful to you sir for necessaray and favourable action and orders.
Honorable Minister is thinking along the right lines. No permanent employees, with their legacy costs. It would be a huge step forward if the “ vacancies “ could be reviewed with a thick red felt pen. We have seen fiscal stress build up in countries like Greece, followed by very painful periods of forced austerity.
When AIR and DD are regular, everyday broadcast, then what could be the meaning of “as and when required”?
As I see it, government only wants to build in the “insecurity” in the incumbents’ minds, so they will blindly follow it’s diktat. Larger wings are being given to DICTATORSHIP 2.0, beyond the much used, MODI. 2.0 So if need be in future, if Narendra Modi relinquishes office, a Prakash Javdekar or a Ravi Shankar Prasad can seamlessly slip into a dictator’s role.
I don’t know why I’m reminded of a dialogue from the movie, GARAM HAWA, an immortal movie in my opinion, directed by MS Sathyu.
It’s time of India’s partition. Balraj Sahni (name, Mirza in the movie) is a leather manufacturer of Agra, who refuses to go across to Pakistan, but now the bank manager asks him for a collateral to grant him a bank loan. Mirza is dismayed, it has never happened to him before! To which the bank manager says sheepishly…
AB AISE-AISE LOAG CHALEY GAYE HAIN, MIRZA SAHB!