Stories we cherish

Stories on irrigation marvel if possible and same being replicated across country.

We admire Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. WE admire blacks and their contribution to Brooklyn bridge. Brooklyn bridge and the traffic that goes over. WE wish the best.

Stories most would desire

Perhaps edits/essays in papers in the national capital could be done by those in 20s and 30s. Once this door opens, this would take away the element of bias and promote the sections on the margins and keeping the eyes and ears open when police brutality takes place from andhra state to other places in the country. Let independent thoughts come and let there be a fair degree of honesty in writing than getting swayed by a cricket tourney or a stock journey where the the ease of doing is not entirely an act of honest sowing.    

Stories on brutality across cities would be welcome
Stories on cockpit would be welcome
Stories on people from northeast would be welcome
Stories on how stocks are not primary motivator or a cricket board that has just people with political affiliations and needs cleansing  

Whitney Houston gave us gems. Songs that have strong recall value. 

Stay in chennai; search for curd

Stay in chennai; search for curd

The story has been done on April 29th.

The stay in Chennai provided an opportunity to take locals on four to five  different days. Tuesday early afternoon i set for a place in search of meals. At the egmore station, some in the crowd were helpful indeed in suggesting mambalam the place where i could try meals.
Two eating joints i visited. First was Adyar ananda bhawan. Second was sarvana bhawan. Probably these are the eating joints i visited which are in proximity to a flyover. The first has no seating capacity, second has the capacity with sprinkling of a staff that may be little reserved. Since the second has the hall to accommodate a large number, some staff members may have been moved by the elaborate size of the client that they would be asked to cater to. After the meals took a local from mambalam to tambaram, came out of station, sought good range of fruits and the lady in the subway came with a good collection. The return to Chennai Park by local was ok. WEdnesday decided to take meals from a  place near Adyar. Took a bus from Broadway. The bus goes past High Court, State Sectt., Presidency College.

Probably the other eating joint i sighted while taking a public transport to adyar was meenakshi bhawan. This eating joint  could be tried at a later stage. the same day i took another bus towards Koyambedu. It went past telephone exchange, subway and mayor ramanathan salai. This area has green gain. Probably some kms later i get down and start working from a cyber cafe.  Later that evening set out in search for Thirumala curd. The curd that could be tried time and again. Taking enough curd with fruits and sunshine for a while can be helpful. Keeping oneself glued to a book or a paper that has contributions from editorial board can be handy. The paper quotes findings done by Balti 're Sun.
Thursday left for the airport and reached there well in time. The chennai airport has nothing spectacular about it. Probably the earlier airport when it was not renovated looked better with no attempt to remove old structures.

Inside Chennai Airport there are
- Balaji Pure Filter Coffee
-Sri Krishna Sweets
- G 1 - 13
The Paper stand are at two places. When we board, Go Air , Sri Lankan Airlines flights are landing
Stationed planes are from Maldivian Airlines, Middle East Airlines (may be Etihad). Those flying are AirAsia and Jet Konnect.
Anna International Airport on left side is domestic and on right side is international if you are on tarmac. Tamil Hindi English departure signboard appear respectively.


As for flight, the Literature on board conveyed
-All clear different situations pilots are trained to handle
-Pink getting back on feet
- Winner takes all (Awards from 2012 to 2014) takes the whole page, trim it to half or even less than that.
- Flights from Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Thiruvanthapuram, to Dubai.
Mumbai- Kozhikode, Dubai-Kozhikode, Delhi-Kozhikode
Bengaluru 11 times Mumbai
Vellore Institute of Technology Ad. How is the institute and what it does to promote corporate social responsibility is not known.
- 5000 biogas units in Chittoor of which 765 are ready to go. Here the emphasis should be to have more biogas units across state/ country.

What one would suggest bring more north east stories in the literature on board. As for the flight from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar, we came across one member of the crew hailing from ziro district in Arunachal Pradesh.   How much we respect the people from northeast in the national capital is less known. How much is the order in the national capital we all know.

The aircraft begins to move at 8.23. Halts for over an hour. Finally takes off at 9.36 after 40 sec run. The Metro construction is visible. After 1 minute 40 sec we are right above sea. At 9.48 turbulence for a minute. Since 10.16 more turbulence seen, gets stable at 10.30. At 10.48 the highest form of turbulence seen. Between 10.20 and 11 we are amidst heavy cloud. Around 10.30 the plane is at 36,000 feet cruising at around 900kms an hour. By 11 the flight begins to descend slowly from its highest point. At 11.25 the  announcement to descend is made. At 12.01 Lotus temple in the national capital of delhi is seen.  At 12.05 it finally lands
Gopi Kannan on Chennai airport tarmac looks relaxed.
In Chennai city i came across ATM Guard Manohar, Ansari the automan and  Abi's Net Paradise 1, Kakkan street West Tambaram. THis cyber cafe is quite comfortable, comfort is in its sitting arrangement and amidst the crowd that is simple.

As we hear Take a look at me now, the thoughts don't go wayward.

As for national capital, the true awakening (some would laugh at this thought) would come when the public transport moves with a fair degree of reliability and those on short fuse are able to control their thoughts and actions. Race is a big problem in the us we know. Channelising the energy in right direction could prove beneficial. WAtkins story shows the land we live in and discriminated we are at every passing hour. Perhaps the channel of west and channel of middle east could throw some light on incidents like this.

Perhaps edits/essays in papers in the national capital could be done by those in 20s and 30s. Once this door opens, this would take away the element of bias and promote the sections on the margins than keeping the eyes and ears closed when police brutality takes place from andhra to other places in the country. Let independent thoughts come and let there be a fair degree of honesty in writing than getting swayed by a cricket tourney or a stock journey where the the ease of doing is not entirely an act of honest sowing.     

The regime we come across

The regime we come across

We come across stories that appear from the fief of national capital telling in detail the rise and bumpy performance of stock market and those who are on their target. Days have not turned to a month even when the biggest massacre in the southern state engineered brouhaha across country but it felt silent before it could erupt. If newspapers and channels don't perform where real events and barbaric boasts are not reported then who would have faith in them. Barbarism that news journalists come across but they turn their face the other side because they are paid for that. About some months ago we at home were examining the performance of a paper, critical in some respects and quite justified. We criticised how it performed and unruly elements that had spread their tentacles across and how this was not being reported. For two hours or so we spoke at home. We had finished finding faults with the paper's coverage of news and how in the name of generating revenue big ads were placed and all news that could alert readers on new patterns emerging in society and how it placed at risk the school-going youth, teachers, pedestrians and other commoners were ignored. After a few minutes out came one to two bikewallahs showering us with choicest of abuse as we sat in our room. THis choicest of abuse they have been showering us each time when it suits them . It is not the public which is doing it, it is their men who have been let loose.  They went past our place of stay and all they were asked to convey were choicest of abuse when we sat in the room. That was a realisation that those from police department, their acquaintances and other known people who work in these channels and newspapers. That is why there is never truthful reporting.

What was our fault? WE were critical of the paper and its coverage of news. This the police head could not tolerate. We are not banking on any paper/ channel. We express views at home. THat is all we do. You have your acquaintances and other known people in different channels/ papers working in different capacity. That is your right. But who gives you the right to pass abuse at us and only then when we are sitting in the room. Or send unruly elements when we are sitting in the verandah.
We are not even talking about middlemen who perform different tasks in different departments. A common Indian when approaching someone for justified work is turned away just because he can't offer suitable compensation. For how long the common indian would be asked to pay for a service that should come in the normal course. Right from big vegetable/fruit godowns (also called subzi mandi) to big malls, big convocations, all have potential to do things at least honestly by 80 per cent. But because of them they have become easy targets for dishonesty to thrive and have become potential targets for extreme forces. WE get orders passed by courts saying this and that force is facing shortage. Ask any commoner, he will tell you each and every force is adequately filled perhaps in some cases have more than requisite numbers.
     We come across stories in a paper about the rise of two sons in the southern state; the entire piece looks to be out and out plant. You had this barbaric assault on labourers in the south, not even fifteen days ago and other such incidents later and you have the temerity to carry the story on sons and their rise.  
In the 50s itself, had the police force been on contract, most indians would agree that the issues related to maoists, naxalites would not have surfaced. Even if someone does not have employment won't take to arms immediately only when he or she , yes he or she comes across people in uniform or those in civilian clothes acting at the behest of law and order department begin to fleece here or there. If someone's hard earned money is snatched or someone's savings are forcefully taken away then that person would tend to deviate from his/her path. A sanction to get house constructed keeps getting delayed on one ground or the other, then that person would deviate from his/her path.
If papers, news channel from national capital can't take their eyes away from a cricket tourney that is pathetic to say the least and these news channel/ paper don't report on alarming situation in national capital and which gets translated to other towns/cities, then those papers/channels should diversify to some other business. If papers/ channels had taken a stand that even if newsprint delivery and tv studios are disrupted we would do at least 70 per cent of truthful reporting, the poor law and order that we see today would not have been there. Just employing people from police department across the country (both directly and indirectly and in allied industries) and keeping them in good humour is not your job. Report on how AIIMS across country can improve its services, report on how public schools can be restrained from charging high fees for which the parents tend to deviate, report on institutions (from colleges, schools, govt bodies, finance institutions, private institutions )where people from class iv or above pass filthy talk about their seniors and those who don't join their rubbish conduct are shown the door and this translates to a big law and order problem across country. Employing huge staff since we have to run the paper, channel or an institution is devoid of merit if it can't keep even basic discipline.
There are institutions in southeast asia, in central america, in states of us, in bolivia, in middle east, in asia and pacific where order looks to an enduring concept, not privilege.       

Staying in Chennai; the lodge; the local rides

Staying in chennai

Having reached Chennai on a thursday, the rush at the platforms suggested the never-ending desire of people to reach their destinations, long distance and local trains traced as enduring motivator. A sense of indiscipline you come across stations across country but you should consider yourself lucky if you leave the premises unscathed. It was no point arguing with autos as rates had been set by higher authorities and if you beg to disagree the lawlessness is all rampant. Reached the lodge in an auto decided by them, charging a little less than 100 for a distance that won't be even two-and-half km. The place is dug up, the forlorn look is a reminder how far it has travelled from the vibrant setting seen in madrasapattinam, the movie. And the pollution in the air suggests some remedial measures are called for.  As for autos and their need to go by fare chart, it won't be hard to trace the roots for non compliance  If such episodes do  get repeated across cities/towns of the country, some would argue there is a need for course correction. Starting from national capital where law and order does not evoke promise, a quick check on number of autos that ply, their actual strength, the accretion over the years and how it could be made more hospitable would be beneficial. An exchange of transactions that leads to adding to their strength won't prove handy for commuters. Drawing a blueprint of their functioning, keeping all papers in order where they don't fleece anyone and they also don't get fleeced would lead to a great deal of order. Same is the need for checking the number of buses on roads and if indulging in rash driving, the need to set things in order. A lax law and order in delhi has a reflection in other places.

Autos, lodges, stores, laundry set up,fleet of buses and their pliable conduct  and most places seen as one for public to  collect and converse do send an impression of the city/town and its reliability. Is there an order that spells good tidings or on order that spells mischief and disorder depends a lot on how city has come up, freed from varying degree of consternation.  Mischief they indulge in or don't indulge depends on the support they have garnered.  

The room allotted in Virudhnagar Nadar Mansion, Poonamallee high road, Periamet, the tea taken from nearby vendor, it was time to retire for the day. What followed was a night of pain and suffering. An upset stomach followed by vomit suggested the food taken on train that evening was not that palatable. The appearance of bedbugs added to the unforgettable night. Early morning left for Choolai Medical Point, Hunters Road where the doctor suggested another set of medicines, with special emphasis on curd rice as meals. From the appearance of the automan who took me to Hunters Road and to the lodge, one could believe this was one who believed in going by the rules. During the course of seven day stay in Chennai, it was Bell restaurant that provided the requisite dose of curd rice.
This Bell Hotel is on other side of the lodge and one has to walk a fair distance before taking a u turn and again walking the same set of distance. There are no overbridges here.  And if you have to go past stores, travel agents shops and other stores some would spit next to you as you go past them.
SAturday as well had the opportunity to visit Egmore. The one store serving as medicine dispenser and general store seem to have airs of his own. Better to ignore. As for Vasanta Bhawan one day appeared to stay on line, the second day as i went to take meals and as i began to wash hands, from nowhere one waiter appeared and began to spit repeatedly in the second wash basin. Same thing happenned in Mambalam where after finishing meals from a second eating joint as i came out, one boy came near to me and spat and moved in a different direction. This was followed by a search for oranges which took me to a lady where as i was negotiating the price, a coconut vendor came from nowhere and repeatedly spat, this time a little away. Mambalam is a fairly crowded area. As for Virudhnagar nadar mansion, the place is good, the jayanthi restaurant can on occasions be difficult if law and order machinery begins to spread its presence in an odd way. One staff boy seem to relish his rude conduct there.
SAturday the day i had taken train ticket, the visit to shops in the premises of railway station helped me to get a good tidy halwa (sweet confections), perhaps flour-based.   Sunday was meant for a local train ride from Chennai Park to Tambaram.  Monday i came across a crowded local which was meant to take me to tirusulam.  And that too on a public holiday. Some told me this local went all the way to Kancheepuram.


On a Sunday after doing story from a cyber cafe in Tambaram, which i should admit was very cooperative, reached the local station. It was a long line to the window counter. The local left at 4.53, reaching tambaram sanatorium 4.56, chrompet 4.58, pallavaram 5.03, tirusulam 5.05,  minambakkam 5.07,  (woman guard), palavanthangal 5.10, st thomas mount 5.12, guindy 5.15, saidapet 5.20,
mambalam 5.22, kodambakkam, 5.22, nungambakkam 5.27, chetpet 5.31 and egmore 5.34 pm.

The rides across city in locals brought me face to face with people from northeast. Perhaps they were there for study or doing service. For reaching airport took a local from egmore at 8.40 in the morning, reached trisulum at 9.20. Way back left tirusulam at 10.35, going past  minambakkam 10.37, st thomas mount 10.42, guindy 10.45, saidapet  10.49, Kodambakkam 10.55, nungabakkam 10.57, chetpet 11. On a Tuesday visited two eating joints in Mambalam. THe Ganesh temple there looks good. The security guard looked to be relaxed.
As for the lodge, two stores nearby were handy, one run by arun kumar. Nilgris departmental store was equally good.

Staying in chennai; other thoughts


One should be cautious while going to take shower. One should watch out for surface beneath them. Bathrooms should have least tiles or marble on floor. It can be slippery. Across countries the way to shower and the floor should not be slippery/wet. It is better to skip shower or bathing. If noises of high level are repeatedly coming from outside it can hurt bathing enormously. Across countries most people would argue to have a floor that is not made from tiles/marble and if so it should not be wet/slippery. People have to be cautious while bathing. A simple bathing would do.
Keeping engaged to some creative pursuits would do. A tennis match here, reading there would do. While taking a train from Puri towards another town we came across a gentleman who if not deep in books, at least a fraction of his mind was towards a book.      

Holding no one accountable

Holding no one accountable

Rash driving,  poor order and poor infrastructure that we see everyday


There has been no dearth of reports on the pollution patience that the national capital is grappling with. Some would disagree that huge structures add to the mess. But it does. So does the creation of multiplexes when single screen theatres let people take most of the public transport.

We tend to believe that giving a fickle coverage here and there would serve the purpose. It is all to do with a lax law and order machinery. They say over 80,000 trucks enter/exit the national capital through night. That number would have been fairly less in the 80s.  A lax law and order machinery that lets rash driving, speed thrills and this has become more commonplace. An entire network of road construction that stands suspended; that stretch of road that would cover the outer fringe thereby not letting the trucks / machinery enter the inner courtyard/battleground of city should be the priority. No amount of graft in this completion of project should be tried. The poor law and order in delhi is more to do with state of affairs; you run these number of poorly maintained buses; you run these number of ill-tempered staff on public transport and trucks and any aberration would go unreported as all ob vans are under their patronage. Media and those singing praise of the administration despite knowing the facts is something a poor reflection on them.
In the media we tend to cover the massacre in the southern state for a while; forgetting the aftershocks that would be felt for a long time. Those in the call of duty and having taken part in excesses should be taken away from all responsibilities.A delay knowing pretty well that media would happily converge on other unimportant stories should be avoided. A police force that is on contract would bring dramatic results as far as maintaining good order is concerned.

Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
We tend to cover someone returning from exile and some going abroad to exchange file. These are not priorities. The vast army of unemployed youths and how they should be channelised should be the priority. Sarva siksha abhiyan and the loopholes it has and how it can be addressed should be a way forward. THe entire media should pick up 40 -odd districts across country; at least cover 70 per cent of schools; see the enrolment process, cover the number of students completing entire education and those dropping out and suggest measures where these dropouts could be discouraged. First randomly pick 40-odd districts across country; cover 70 per cent of schools and review the sarva siksha abhiyan project. Find the faultlines and suggest remedial measures. If students are not able to complete schools/colleges, then it is as good as being waylaid and this can become a big challenge to the order we seek to restore. Similarly the media as a contingent should cover the functioning of India's premier medical institution AIIMS and report the positive and not that positive picture. By announcing AIIMS in every state is nothing; more important is to see they function to their optimal level and more efforts engineered to see best doctors, nurses work for them.
Media behaves irrationally by covering this stock market and that cricket tourney that is ill-tempered. Bring the true face of the massacre in southern india, try to report the true happenings, try to report how railways can improve its infrastructure. Because in national capital when people come from far away place for treatment in AIIMS, at the very station/bus stop they come face to face with a dishonest administration and get swayed by middlemen. Middlemen that exist in plenty in law and order department, govt set up and in medical centres. More transparency is the need of the hour.   Similarly the media should report on A'pur subzi mandi because from here all exchanges take place leading to skyrocketing prices of essentials and other commodities.
In the US and in some places in China despite ban the media is doing pretty well. The paper of new york city covers stories with no bias. The channel of middle east and channel of west do their job with sincerity. As they have been covering airports across country, so too the media here has to cover the infrastructure in different govt areas and how they can be improved.

In nagar and tiru as well, you tend to go to extreme and despite being told to not to do so, you don't stay in order. A calm proceeding and a restraint conduct would itself ensure monitoring. Not offending someone or crossing the line of moderate conduct. Even the air that comes from these sacred theatres should make you show compassion and not try to indulge in acts that few can justify.      

Visiting Chennai

Visiting Chennai

Some weeks ago had the opportunity to visit Chennai. The ride to Nizamuddin station was accomplished with ease.At the entrance of the station as we reached they put up a barrier and one had to go all the way and then take a u turn where the entire premises is packed with vehicles on either side and to reach the entry point of the stairs that take you to platforms is quite tedious. The alley through which one vehicle can go at a time is both challenging and divulging a little about not that secured set up.
As i hailed a porter, he showed his willingness to carry the little load for 100rs. Inside the coach, the lower berth amidst not that loitering crowd made for a simple setting.   The train left delhi at 3.55 pm. It went past  Tughlaqabad 4.10, palwal 4.40, Hodal 4.59 and Mathura at 5.32. I was seated among three lads dedicated to work towards a company making towels and allied products. No sooner the train left the calls and the accompanying thunder began to register. One among them appeared so agitated that he banged the cell at a pitch that sounded as if ringing a bell. As narrated by them and not confirmed by others they had come from the state of punjab having taken a morning train and reaching national capital of delhi in the afternoon when weather was cold and there weren't any attempt to get bold. Some among them deprived of adequate sleep decided to take a break only to get up and go back to rest time and again; the chasm showing on what they desired to do and what actually they were going through. Some among them having graduated from a private college in the outskirts of national capital brought the debate back on plethora of private colleges and the vast army of students with professional qualifications from these private colleges and yet failing to get the requisite job.
As for train ride, Raja Ki Mandi Agra came at 6 , main Agra station 6.15, Gwalior 7.30, Jhansi 8.50, Bhopal 11.58, Nagpur around 6 the next morning. Agni station which comes a little later is fairly clean, Sewagram 7.05, some station with letter H comes at 7.30; between 7.30 and 8.30 comes chandrapur. In and around this area what one could make out is the need to apprise people about  hygiene. Balharshah came at  8.45, Sirupur Kazhak Nagar 9.53, Belampalli 10.18, Pedammpet 10.38, Ramagundam 10.41 (fairly clean), warangal around 12, mahubabad 1.10, Gundrati Matugai 1.18, Errupalem 2.40, Vijaywada 3.30, Surareddipalem 5.35, Bitragunta 6.23, Nellore 6.28, Gudur 7.30 and Chennai 9.20.
The meals on board was ok except for the night meals the second day and its after effects. The fruit salad should have been avoided. As i reach Chennai and stay there for a week, the stay in a lodge near chennai central station is a mixed one. Stay in virudhnagar nadar mansion.

AS for outings in the city they were neither limited nor liberating. On a Sunday left  chennai park station at 11.20 am on a local and reached tambaram at 11.45. After doing stories from a cyber cafe, left at  4.40 and reached at 5.24 in  chennai park. On a monday left chennai egmore at 8.40 am and reached trisulum at 9.20. From Trisulum leave at 10.35, minambakkam coming at 10.37, st thomas mount 10.42,  guindy 10.45, saidapet 10.49, kodambakkam 10.55, nungabakkam 10.57 and chetpet at. 11. There used to be a govinda temple in the airport premises. In the renovated airport surroundings i could not locate that.
The phone booth at the airport is a big farce. It does not operate.  Nothing spectacular about the renovated airport.Yes inside it carries a warmth of its own.  A word of praise solely for Trisulum station and the entry /exit point. There is an expansive flyover coupled with a fast moving traffic that does not engineer praise. AS for Tambaram there is an expansive market adjoining a huge flyover. Outside local station there are fewer ATMs and at nearby bus stand, i am told it takes two hours for a bus to reach periamet, egmore.

As for mambalam, it has a fairly cowded market, so congested is this that some people begin to lose their sanity. Two eating joints i visited was ok. One can fairly assume the market has fewer concerns about how to keep its surroundings safe. the book stall in mambalam station looks good and here i happen to meet soundarajan and s murthy. 

The stay for seven days had its share of pain and mixed tidings. One could feel the pollution in the air in the area around lodge near chennai central station; made more difficult by digging and construction work. The ride to Adyar saw me go past broadway market, high court, chief secretariat, university of madras and presidency college.

Worst massacre in Andhra Pradesh's history

Worst massacre in Andhra Pradesh's history

This point blank shooting of 20 labourers in Andhra Pradesh clearly shows the brutality of police and its accompanying force. You had a video of a black man being shot in South Carolina and that helped to prove culpability of a police officer. Here no such video existed. Police version was all about firing in self defence. All shots were fired by them in the chest or face. Second there were marks on their wrists. Third there were torture marks on other parts of body. One police personnel present there stated that labourers whom they found to be smugglers attacked them with sickle and stones. If being attacked with sickle and stones how could these police personnel shoot them and that too with so much of precision. The marks on wrists suggests they were tied, tortured in other parts of the body (burn marks) and then shot. Only shooting from a close range can explain the shots in chest and face. And they say firing in self defence for being attacked by sickle and stones. If they were attacked by sickle and stones they would have fired from some distance and in that case shots in the chest and face could not happen in all the cases. The reality is some labourers as one witness stated were picked  up by plainclothesmen from a bus, taken to these spots. The witness who fears for his life has gone into hiding as immeasurable pressure would be brought on him to retract his version or his relations/acquaintances would be pressurised to make him change his version. If this witness had a video, it would have been amply clear that these 20 labourers were shot from a close range (given the shots in the face and chest), before being shot they were tied as signs on wrists clearly suggest that and torture marks on parts of body suggest before being shot they were subjected to that. Even if there is no video the entire sequence of events clearly point towards the labourers being first arrested, subjected to torture on different body parts and being shot from a close range. Shooting with precision in self defence when it is pitch dark/ wee hours is something that does not carry conviction. And all these labourers have been described as smugglers, well in reality those picked up from the bus were going to get some work.

This barbaric shooting by policemen shows the least control the administration has on them Still the police chief of the state says is there a law to suggest that shots are to be fired below knee. Perhaps the supreme court guideline he is not aware of. Today this barbaric incident, tomorrow another barbaric incident would happen, the policemen would go scot free, and police chief would ask media to ask intelligent questions. Twenty labourers have been shot and the entire clamour for suspension of police personnel involved in the incident and sacking of police chief has been seen across different news channels/media. One writer suggested that had this incident taken place in the US where these number of people belonging to one race/community being shot, the govt's days in office would have been numbered. No one would like such incidents to have a repeat in any part of the world.

As for comments to this report of barbaric shooting in the net stated that police action is justified, the rationale can be traced to these comments being made by acquaintances of policemen. Otherwise if neutral opinion has to be sought, the clamour among responsible citizens would be to sack the police chief and sack the police personnel involved in this barbaric act. One black man being shot in South Carolina and the video surfacing of the same saw the policeman being  dismissed and put behind  bars. Here in national capital this sort of fake encounter in the 90s saw two businessperson being shot and the police chief being dismissed the very next day. Though he tendered his resignation, it almost amounted to being dismissed. When such fake encounters take place in national capital, quick action some govts take, in other cases 20 labourers being shot in one place and in other case five convicts being shot in telangana shows the arrogant style of police functioning and no action being taken against state police chief and police personnel involved. Such barbaric acts are taking place in a country where political class has least intention to set corrective measures and with such inaction only things are going to get bad. Already repercussions have been felt across border and take measures before things go out of hand.
The paper of new york city had the story of a black being shot as the lead story. Though media highlighted this incident, there were sections of media putting this as second or third lead or some carrying as single column and some even not bothering to carry the story. They are so fearful of police brutality that they carried just as single column or no mention of the same. Media has to rise, the police brutality has to be brought out in the open otherwise repercussions would be felt across different layers of society.   Had the video existed of this barbaric shooting then and only then a set of corrective measures would have been taken. The entire population of the country is over 1.2 billion and the number of those who are disgruntled/dissatisfied or could sway this way or that way outnumbers the population of north america as a continent.  There is no need to draw a parallel but
given the low net penetration and low circulation of news one could live with these barbaric shootings for a day. It won't take long before these barbaric incidents if not checked leads to a wider problem.       

Developments in Africa
Intelligence could help to contain the extreme elements; all have to join hands together from Nigeria to Kenya; madrasas have to dedicate towards teaching

North East people we cherish; the ride to Chennai

North East people staying in the national capital

Inclement weather and unseasonal rains