Gujarat Election : Election commissioner bans Bulk SMS

The Election commissioner has banned bulk text (SMS) messaging by political parties & their members to voters in the 48 hour period before start of voting in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

Indian Political parties started using IT and Mobile as a medium to spread their message to common man during LOKSABHA 2004 elections. They contact direct marketing agencies & send bulk messages at very low cost. But they wont be able to do in last 48 hours before the Gujarat election in December. Will they loose ?

I think no. The actual losers will be Telecom companies. Although they had to agree with Election commissioner , they have loose good revenue source. For political parties it should not be a big issue. Bulk SMS was one of the Communication mediums being used by Political parties like BJP & Congress. They are using websites , bulk emails , Social Networking sites like Orkut , Youtube , forums which can not be banned by Election commissioner.

One thing I don't understand is Do people vote on the basis of what they hear or read in 48 hours before the election or what the opinion they have developed on the basis of what they have seen & experienced in last 5 years ?

Killer Not Murderer says Supremecourt of India

Throwing waste into someone’s place is a “grave and sudden provocation,” and a person who kills such an offender cannot be convicted for murder,the Supreme Court has said. Source

The offense took place at a town in TamilNadu, where a tea stall and a waste paper shop did business next to each other. Muthu worked with the waste paper merchant and used to arrange the articles inside the shop. Shiva, a rag picker, used to come and throw waste paper and rubbish inside the shop. He continued to do so despite being warned several times. Source

Supreme court of India reduced the punishment from Life Imprisonment to 5 years. The argument by SC of India is that Shiva did not kill mutthu intentionally. He did it because muthu harassed him. Supreme court must be right in legal terms. I also agree with their argument that Shiva should get less punishment compared to professional killers. Still 5 year imprisonment is very less punishment according to me.

Lets compare the case of Sanjay Dutt with this. Sanjay Dutt gets 6 years jail for keeping weapon with him. Shiva gets 5 year imprisonment for killing muthu. A guy who has kept weapons with him with which he can kill but have not killed anyone is getting 6 year imprisonment and a guy who has killed a person is getting less punishment ?

Ye baat kuchh hajam nahi hui.

The Indian Gender Bias : Male vs female

"Excuse me. Please vacate these seats for girls. " one of the female volunteers said to the group of boys. The occasion was inauguration of MBA - Agribusiness ( Ganpat University ). We students of General MBA were also invited to attend the event as many Top level Industry people were coming for the event. One of them was B.S.Shekhawat , Chief General Manager NABARD.

"Sure". We said with a small smile on our face. We stood up & took a seat in "Boys Zone". Not a big deal. But the thing is that .... they were dividing the seminar hall in 2 parts. Girls on the Left side & Boys on the right side. I thought Why are they doing MBA ?

They talk of Woman Empowerment.
They give examples of Indira Nooyi & Sunita williams.
They created chaos at the time of Jaymala - Sabrimala case.

But They themselves are creating gender bias. Irony Isn't it ?

Indian Competitive Entrance Exams - Golmaal hai

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) cancelled the common proficiency test (CPT) due to a paper leak at some examination centres. However exam was continued in Ahmedabad that day. its later they declared that they will re conduct the CA entrance exam.

Some angry students from Ahmedabad did a protest outside the ICAI branch office in ahmedabad with Board .... ‘What’s our mistake?’

I believe that Their Biggest mistake is that they are Indian Students.

CPT paper Leak might be shock to CA aspirants. But not a shocking news to me. Same has happened with MBA aspirants also when CAT ( an MBA entrance exam conducted by IIM ) leaked in 2003. Same happened in national level Medical entrance exam.

IIM is seen as one of the best business school in India & Asia. more than 1,50,000 student appear for CAT.& Last year's CAT Fiasco made it sure that Indian Entrance Exams Suck. & the evaluation method they carried out was worst ever thing they can do for MBA admissions. Yours truly is also a victim of this fiasco & Indian Education System.

Protest karo ya Petition Sign karo kuchh Honewala nahi hai. Golmaal hai bhai Sab Golmaal hai. You don't have option , just go & prepare for next entrance exam. All the Best !