BENGAL'S HOT POTATO

THE STORY IS THAT BENGAL IS THE BIGGEST OR ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF POTATO IN OUR COUNTRY.

BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISCONCEPTION THAT IT CAN BE RULED LIKE A COUNTRY.THE FACT IS EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY IS OF FEDERAL NATURE,SOMETIMES,GOVT. OF DIFFERENT STATES TREAT THEIR  PARTY'S RULED STATE AS A COUNTRY,THROUGH,REGULATIONS AND OTHER ACTIONS TO SUIT THEIR PERSONAL TASTES ONLY.

THE RECENT ABNORMAL RISE IN RATES OF THIS ......POTATO IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS IN BENGAL(    BIGGEST   PRODUCER OF POTATO    )  ,BOUGHT A SHARP REACTION IN THE GOVT.

IT TOOK A STEP TO BAN MOVEMENT OF THIS POTATO TO OTHER STATES.TECHNICALLY,IT DID NOT PREVENTED MOVEMENT OF THIS VEGETABLE.BUT IT PUT SEVERAL CONDITIONS 4 A CONSIGNOR TO TAKE BEFORE ACTUAL SHIPMENT.

CAN ONE IMAGINE,IT PUT A REQUIREMENT OF A WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM STATE HEAD QUARTERS  7 DAY IN ADVANCE.OTHER WISE,ANY SHIPMENT BE SEIZED AND SOLD AT GOVT.CONTROLLED RATES, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER REMEDIES  TO THEM .

CAN ANY ONE,A COMMON MAN,GET A  FILE MOVED FROM A TABLE OF A GOVT OFFICER  TO ANOTHER TABLE WITHIN 7 DAYS ,EVEN IF THE REQUIRED TABLE IN SAME BLDG OR SAME FLOOR.ONLY THOSE WHO CAN PAY BY CORRUPT MEANS OR HAVE LINK UP FROM THE TOP TO BOTTOM CAN ACHIEVE THIS HERCULEAN WORK IN MODERN DAYS.

THE RESULT WAS SELF EXPLANATORY BUT THE GOVT. FAILED TO UNDERSTAND.THE PRICE OF POTATO  REMAINED MORE OR LESS THE SAME BUT THE QUALITY OF IT VANISHED FROM THE LOCAL MARKETS IN BENGAL.IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THE RATES OF POTATO GRADUALLY TOOK A DOWNTREND.BUT AT WHAT COST ?

A TIT FOR TAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IF OTHER STATES ADJOINING BENGAL DID THE SAME 4 MOVEMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS.

WHAT WILL ONE DO,IF JHARKHAND BAN OR REGULATE SUPPLIES OF IRON ORE AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM THEIR TERRITORY.

THERE WAS A THREAT OF REGULATION OF SUPPLIES FROM ORISSA BUT BENGAL GOVT.RELENTED TO IT'S REQUEST AND A REGULATED SUPPLY SYSTEM WAS ENFORCED.BUT WHAT OF NORTH EAST AND ASSAM ?

THESE STATES WERE LEFT TO FEND THEMSELVES AND THE MINISTERS THERE JUST FAILED TO  EVEN LODGE A DISSENT.

REGULATION OF POTATO MOVEMENT WHICH  GOVT. RESORTED TO ,WAS NOTHING BUT A POPULIST KNEE JERK ACTIONS AND EVEN THERE IT FAILED TO GET THE DESIRED RESULTS.

WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE DONE ,WAS TO ,REGULATE A CERTAIN MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF POTATO 4 SHIPMENT TO ALL HER ADJOINING STATES ON A SINGLE DATE WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS.

ANY EXCESS OF THAT STIPULATED QUANTITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.

THAT COULD HAVE BOUGHT DESIRED RESULTS FOR THE GOVT.

THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG IN DECIDING SUCH GUIDELINES FOR TRADE BETWEEN STATES NEIGHBORING EACH OTHER.

AND WE WISH TO EXPORT GOODS TO ALL OVER THE WORLD !!!

T /''' 3.....TARUN TEHALKA TEJPAL

THE WORDS TRIPLE T SOUNDS LIKE AN ALTERNATE TO AN ANOTHER TRIPLE WORDED IDIOM BECAUSE IT SIGNIFIES  THE TAINTED ,FALLEN FROM GRACE,ACE JOUNALIST TARUN TEJPAL OF TEHALKA. THE   T/'''3.

THE RECENT HAPPENINGS AT THE SO CALLED  ''THINKFEST'' IN GOA HAS TURNED THE LIFE OF MANY PEOPLES ,UPSIDE DOWN.THAT THE MORAL CONDUCT OF THE PERSON BEHIND THIS ENGAGEMENT IS UNDER THE SCANNER,HAS COME UP AS A WIDE BLOW TO MANY JOURNALISTS WHO KNOW THIS MAN OR HAVE WORKED WITH HIM IN ASSOCIATION.

PERSONAL VIEWS ON THESE ENGAGEMENTS, WHERE THERE IS ROOM 4 OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTELS,IS THAT,THESE ENGAGEMENTS ARE, MORE OR LESS ARRANGED TO FACILITATE MANY THINGS WHICH IS HARD TO EVEN DESCRIBE. ONE DOES'NT RESIST TO GENERALISE THESE ENGAGEMENTS.BUT,AFTER THIS INCIDENT,QUESTIONS ARE BOUND TO CREEP UP.AND MANY.

THAT,A JOURNALIST OF ALL INDIA STATUS, CHOOSE TO DO, REPEATEDLY,THINGS DESCRIBED TO BE, HARASSMENT ,TO HIS OWN ASSISTANT/EMPLOYEE /SENIOR JOURNALIST,THAT TOO,HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIEND,............IS  LIKE TO CUT THE BRANCH OF A TREE ON WHICH YOU ARE ,YOURSELF SITTING.


THAT,AFTER FIRST ADMITTING THE ACT AND DESCRIBING IT A  HUGE MISJUDGEMENT OF SITUATION UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR ,THAN,DENYING THE WHOLE EPISODE IS ONLY PLAIN EXCUSE.AND EVEN A LAY MAN WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.LEAVE ALONE THE LAW.

AND THIS MAN,WHO,TALKED ABOUT AND GAVE LECTURES ON MORALITIES.WHY DID HE FORGOT THAT SHE IS HER FRIEND'S DAUGHTER ALONG WITH HIS OWN DAUGHTER'S FRIEND.HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS A PROTECTOR BUT HE.............!


THE SWIFT ACTION OF GOA POLICE HAS TO BE COMPLIMENTED.BECAUSE,WITHOUT ACTIVITIES AND 100% SUPPORT FROM GOA POLICE,THE GIRL COULD NOT HAVE COME OUT TO TESTIFY.JUST BECAUSE GOA POLICE TOOK ACTION ON ITSELF,WE ARE SEEING OUTCOME OF A OFFENCE COMMITTED.


LET'S SEE THAT THE HARSHEST PUNISHMENT IS GIVEN AND AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY ACT AS A DETERRENT OF REPEAT OF SUCH INCIDENTS.IT IS HARD TO SAY THAT SUCH CASES WILL NOT BE REPEATED ,BUT AT LEAST,EMPLOYERS SHALL HAVE FEAR .


WHAT EVER THE PROSECUTION OR THE ACCUSED SAY NOW , LIKE CONSENT OF THE VICTIM OR HER LIFE STYLE ETC,  IS NOTHING BUT CHARACTER ASSISNATION OF THE POOR GIRL.AND THIS WILL GO AGAINST THE  T/3,EVEN IF THE DEFENCE  PROLONG THE JUDGEMENT.

VERY DARK DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN,FOR THE COUNTRY,ITS PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY HER FEMALE CITIZENS.

IN THE END WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE A OLD HINDI SONG OF MY CHILDHOOD,WHICH I STILL REMEMBER,LIKE AND AWE.....................      ================================


nirbal sey ladai ,balwaan ki,,nirbal sey ladai,balwaan ki
yeh kahani hai, diye ki, aur, toofan ki ........


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