Engineers and their dignity

Today as I was walking and talking about Engineers and their dignity I remember that once Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru ji our first Prime Minister once said that the Engineers are the pillars our country and we are proud of them.As the country became independent so many developments have taken place and our country is due to become world power.On the contrary the general public is pointing fingers on engineers leaving apart their dedications towards their profession,This is the issue that our engineers should ponder as to why their image is being tarnished.We should take special care and should avoid greed and corrupt practice to fill our own pocket and we should adhere to specifications and improve the quality .Any way this is my endeavor that engineers should be seen with respectful eyes in our society.I am pained when some layman talks about the corruption among engineers.When any body says that if any one is engineer then he must have taken commission I feel pity on some of black sheep's who are bent upon to tarnish the image of engineers. As a matter of fact that corruption in all departments and all walks of life should be uprooted.This is my personnel view and in no way against any body or society or govt and I am expressing my heart felt agony and want that our society should respect our achievements and profession.

Idependence Day (15 /08/2010)

As the Independence day is yet to be celebrated we should take pledge that we shall preserve the honour of our mother land and shun away the jealousy , hatred and all the evils which are prevailing in our society and will promote the brotherhood among the communities.Corruption should be rooted out as this is the main evil which erodes the progress of any nation.This is my wish and I am feeling pride in spreading this message to the whole world.

Jhansi Ki Rani on Zee TV Serial dated 12/08/2010

As reported that Jhansi Ki Rani serial as dramatised may have some historical facts but showing to public in such a fashion is not in a good taste .It has revealed so many cruelties en lashed in the old days by the the then rulers of British Empire.The canning's of the Frangies and the torture scenes in the the serial will serve no purpose except spreading hatred among our people.The small child sitting by my side was inquiring so many unsolved questions which I did not answer as that will spoil his growth .As I requested earlier that now the TV serials should be censored and segregated in some categories such as Adult viewing and children or family viewing.We all know that had Jhansi Ki Rani succeeded we would have got independence about a century before 1947.I hope most of us agree that Britishers succeeded in dividing our people on the basis of caste and religion basis and they had ruled on us for decades .I have seen some of the incidents during partition and those sad memories haunt me whenever I sit and ponder on those sad events of past .

Happy birth day of Shashi Sethi on 30 th July 2010

A s I woke up in the morning I just forgot to wish a happy birth day to Shashi Sethi and at the same time a bell of telephone rang and I picked up the phone and I was just heard "",hello dad where is mummy and asked Shashi that Montoo wants to convey good wishes on her Birth day "".Shashi has also reciprocated the feelings of Montoo and the kids and kitty and conveyed thanks to them.Only then I realised that it was my mistake and conveyed sorry to Shashi.In the evening I along with my little friend Soni brought the cake and celebrated it with some of our PGS and took some of the snaps.This was a simple event but we enjoyed with a zeal and refreshed our old memories.On this occasion Anu and Gaurav and P N Anand ,Santosh ,Dolly Subhash and Ashish Anand conveyed their good and sincere wishes to Shashi.We are grateful to them.It is noted here that Ashish Anand s birth day is on 30 th July .We recollect that we celebrated the birth day of both Shashi and Ashish Anand when we were in Canada during our visit to Canada in year 2007

Ragging in educational institutions

A few days back I have read in the newspaper that Govt is serious and has the intentions to get rid of menace of ragging and started taking affidavits from the students as well as from the parents that they will not take part in ragging of junior students.If the institutions and the students make up their mind then and then only we can heave a sigh of relief.After the court rulings no body should risk his whole career by indulging in ragging .Let us hope for the better and a day is not far when the freshers will feel a congenial environment in their colleges and will attend to their studies in a peaceful manner.I again recall how a sort of introduction of freshers was arranged by College authorities in year 1959 in Roorkee University.It was all official as I have narrated in my earlier blog.

Lost things regained partially

When I was making account of my life I am satisfied that some of the lost things are found.It is a good sign that not every thing is lost.I got my L I C claim although I have to try again and again.I also found a tenant and the financial position is easing but slowly.I shall win the case of Janakpuri also.I am loosing the hope of getting any claim for the money which has been stollen through ATM misuse.I am happy and enjoying a peaceful life with little kids and fellow aged friends who go on telling their happy and sorrow experiences of their lives.

Jaipur fire in I O C depot about 8 months back

On 3/7/10 when I was viewing the TV I noticed the news that GM along with 9 0officer s of IOC were arrested on the charge of negligence for the unfortunate of fire which took place about 8 months back in JAIPUR IOC DEPOT.On seeing this news I was shocked as I knew that Mr Sayal was on sanctioned leave due to his brothers son marriage and more over his father was bed ridden and he came to Delhi to attend his ailing father.On hearing the sad accident he rushed back to attend his duties .At the time of accident he was not at the site and in his absence some other officer was looking after his duties in addition to his own. It is also worth mentioning that father of Mr R Sayal died after the incident .We know that Mr Sayal is quite efficient and hardworking and most dedicated employee of IOC who keep a point in mind that work is worship. In IOC the duties of each manager are distributed and all the staff are accordingly are placed in different beats and sections and more over vigilance is kept round the clock .Even then the accidents do happen as accidents are unseen occurrences.In this particular case the fire broke and engulfed the vast area and some people and IOC were killed .The departmental inquiry is pending to ascertain the actual reason and the precautions thereof have been taken or not.When the inquiry is pending the action of arresting all the officers en block and putting behind bars is not justified in my personal knowledge.The charges are yet to be framed and in eyes of law no one is guilty unless it is proved beyond doubt.More over suspension of the servant is only imposed when it is proved in the departmental inquiry that the concerned servant will be ultimately dismissed.When the officers or the servant is cooperating to the inquiry officer or the police arresting en block the whole unit will not serve the purpose .On the other hand the Govt will pay the suspension allowance and will not take any work from the suspended employees .This matter is technical and only techno crates can solve the issue and inquiry should be done as per CCA rules.In my opinion speedy inquiry should be made by technical experts committee and report its findings to the Govt for taking suitable action accordingly.All the above suggestions are quite my personal views and not prejudice against any one and the Govt should also consider the quantum of compensation to the IOC persons.labour and the public at large who were killed due this devastating fire to heel the pain of the kith and kin and family members .I have much regard for IOC as this govt undertaking has changed our lives and helping India in fields of oils and petroleum products.In my opinion arresting and suspensions are not cure and on the other hand demoralises the morale of employees concerned.Our sympathies are with those who were killed or injured in that fire in I O C DEPOT AT JAIPURE