Disclaimer
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Shocking Bias against "Typical" Indians!
Take a look at this one:
While the above link talks about a particular English Channel, from what I've observed, a vast majority of English AND a good number of regional language channels do suffer from a similar bias.
Is there any hope to expect them to change - during our life time???
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N
North vs South
Came across the interesting debate on:
Ruchir Sharma talks about the North catching up and even overtaking the South - at a rapid pase.
And, Srivatsa Krishna defends the South and claims that "All is well" down south.
Regards,
N
Some people are more equal
Came across this interesting article in The Telegraph a few days back:
While the focus of the article was on the Bollywood Badshah, an interesting titbit is about the fact that Ratan Tata has ben issued a diplomatic passport.
Apparently, in the Indian scheme of things, while "All people are equal, some of them are more equal than others".
A few questions come to my mind immediately:
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Why should such a privilege be given to Ratan Tata?
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How many other non-diplomats have been issued such diplomatic passports? (The same article referred to above talks about a whole lot of "friends" of a former PM having been issued such diplomatic passports.)
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Is there any kind of a policy to issue such diplomatic passports?
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If there's no documented policy, who decides (obviously on a discretionary basis) as to an individual's entitlement to a diplomatic passport?
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How do we ensure that there is no petty corruption on the one hand and that there's no gross misuse on the other hand?
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Do other frequent fliers who are equally "important" have such a passport? Some names that come to my mind include Narayanamurthy, Azim Premji, Sunil Mittal, Vishwanathan Anand, Leander Paes, AR Rahman, etc.
Most importantly, if such exceptions can be made to any "Mr. X" or "Ms. Y", is that warranted?
Regards,
N
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