What we know so far : #COVID19 1. The fresh infections are mind-boggling. Govts hv a propensity to under report data - cause from day 1 - Modi controlled Godi media has used the metric to bad-mouth the State govts, especially, non-BJP govts that weren't fudging the numbers
So the actual numbers may be close to 5-6 lacs fresh infections per day. 2. It's showing. At hospitals, at crematoriums, at our homes. And, our friend's & neighbor's homes. 3. There hasn't been any significant addition to the health infrastructure. Not of the permanent nature.
4. Temporary #Covid_19 facilities were erected, but the motive was - corruption, favoritism etc. Across the States. There's no BJP/Congress difference in that space. Whoever is in power, has minted the pandemic. 5. GoI's virus surveillance and tracking mechanism has failed.
6. The messaging couldn't have been worse. The PM is doing rallies where he spouts loads of nonsense / abuses and crap. W/o even wearing a mask. From the beginning, he handled the messaging in a puerile and non-serious manner. Thali Bajaao. Taali Bajaao & Now Tika-Utsav. Disaster
7. The Health Minister has been found doing the following stuff :
a. Bad-mouthing Rahul Gandhi over his warnings and suggestions.
b. Promoting pseudo-science & quackery like Thug Baba's Coronil & homeopathy arsenic album pills as prophylactic
c. RTing PM's super-spreader rallies
8. The people at the helm of managing the pandemic have been pandering to humor of Modi. Remember that chap Lav Aggrwal & deliberate disinformation that he disseminated from bully pulpit. Then, the V K Paul graph that indicated ZERO fresh infections by May 2020 end.
9. No surprises that Lav hasn't faced any consequences for the disinformation which derailed the Covid-19 response. While Dr. V K Paul still heads the Task Force. We are a nation where accountability is neither demanded nor enforced. No wonder we are queuing up at crematoriums.
10. Less said the better about about the Modi controlled Godi media [that's 95% of the legacy MSM) - they fabricated Markaz stories, SSR story, Disha story -everything to divert the attention from administration's failures. Modi-Yogi types kept it under a leash of ad spend carrot
11. Who hasn't failed ? - health care workers, front line Doctors, nurses, Asha workers, hospital support staff & a tiny part of civil society. The part of civil society that helped migrants, helped patients, their families, ran community kitchens, medicines etc
My gratitude🙏
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Next day: I traveled to Pune for case. Finished it in first half. Was back home by 5.30 PM. A meeting was scheduled at office at 7 PM
The Boss: you look tired. Touched my forehead & said - u also hv fever.
Boss made me cancel the meeting. Gave a paracetamol tab. I was fine.
We were to travel to Malegaon on Saturday morning for Holi vacation.
Boss said: Let's postpone it by a day. You take rest for the full day on Saturday.
I managed to convince her to let me go to office in the 2nd half.
Let's see if deconstruct RSS gameplan & the Hologram.
Modi is a creation of RSS who managed to find moneybags. Moneybags who owe their wealth to Modi's unlawful assistance to them.
Now, RSS feeds on Modi. He has become everything that RSS stands against at individual level.
Yet, he's everything that RSS stands at collective level.
Putting both in perspective :
I belong to a family that's UC, yet, miles away from the so called UC privileges.
A Brahmin family where the most brilliant boy couldn't afford a college education - Why??
Cause his father, despite being a Chairman of Municipal council & a long time friend of the first CM of a State in independent India, was basically, a Gandhian freedom fighter. For him : non-negotiable principal was - not to take a single rupee from political power.
Unusual points of the SC hearing in #Hathras case: 1. SC questioned the locus of Sr. Adv. Indira Jaising's client [an intervener] but not of the Petitioner. [Though, none of them are affected parties]
2. SG [for State of UP] did not consider the petition as adversarial.
3. Does it mean that the petition is collusive?
4. The SC ignored the precedence of sending the petitioner to jurisdictional HC -Allahabad HC. Despite the jurisdictional HC having taken suo motu cognizance of the very same incidence & notices to UP State have already been issued
5. Judicial restraint in so far as the HC's jurisdiction is concerned - was conspicuous by its absence.
6. On the same day, the same Bench, in other matter, indicated its' choice to observe the judicial restraint and wanted the Petitioner to approach the jurisdictional HC.
#FarmBills2020 - Impulsive Take: 1. No. The stated objective of the Bills - creation of 'free market for agricultural goods' which will benefit the farmers - cannot be achieved with the legislations. 2. #DeMo , #GST , #ElectoralBonds , #20LacCrorePackage - none of it achieved.
3. As it turned out, all were an exercise in irrational policy decisions at best & sinister legislations at worst.
4. No. APMCs are not the 'mafia-dens' as they are being branded. APMCs play a vital role in India's unique agricultural marketing system.
5. There's NOT 1 farmer in India who's lost his money after selling his produce in APMCs.
6. The APMCs have powers to acquire & sell assets of Aratiyas, in case they fail to pay the farmers or fellow Aratiyas or traders.