Editor,
The insinuation under the above headlines in your esteemed daily (ST Dec 23, 2016) makes interesting reading. It casts PM Modi himself in the character of the Grinch ( a fictional character that takes away the joy of Christmas). The Prime Minister took the drastic step to fulfil his slogan of ‘sab ka sath, sab ka vikas” meant to bring the poor and the rich alike on equal footing. But here again the rich and the powerful manipulated the chaotic situation to their advantage and the duo, that is the bankers and the rich and powerful played the part of Grinch.
National television channels have shown more than 30 bank officials including two RBI officials four postal employees of the Govt.of India were sacked and arrested the latest list includes the VIP from TN i.e. Chief Secretary and some more officials are reportedly under the lens of the ED and the IT. More than 500 banks are under the scanner. More than 70K black money hoarders are being zeroed in.
PM Modi is nobody’s fool and with GPS tracking system in place it is easy to catch the Grinch wherever they are hiding and stocking “the pink paper”. The Grinch who stole the bundles of pink currency meant for the common man were some crooked HDFC sales managers , etc etc So far SBI (Tura) branches has a clean slate and cash crunch was because the money seemed to have been siphoned off elsewhere before
it even entered or reached Tura or Baghmara. The Grinch tried to achieve 2(two) fold agenda (1) to tarnish the image of the sitting PM but the result of recent civic polls sweep tells quite a different story to make hay while the sun shines at the cost of common man, and they almost succeeded in their efforts but for the sharp-shooter system. The present PM is a globe-trotter who learnt and also taught many things to the Indian diaspora outside of India. He also learnt from Israelites the Mossad -type strike. To all he may appear to be simple but appearances can be deceptive. He is smart and with high IQ rate he could persuade the global community to adopt “yoga” and observe it on June 21 every year. Out of 210 big global countries 192 countries accepted his diktat .None of my business to poke my nose in but would it not be beneficial for the local BJP bigwigs do their home work to educate the common people of the reasons for such cash crunch throughout India? We know why but it is the rural common folk in Garo hills are used to be fed with all kinds of junk. Those responsible for cash chaos are the banks having quid pro quo with certain rich and powerful people. Only few days ago two people were caught on Dalu-Purakhasia road at Nokchi with Rs 2000 new notes amounting to Rs 29.73 lakhs. Where did they get so much “‘pink papers” if it was not being facilitated through back door banking system? This is exactly what angers the common people! I don’t personally support mob frenzy against the good banks anywhere who are also sometimes incidentalvictims like those in the queue. Looks like this is the time when people call ‘good’ the evil and the ‘evil’ good.
Yours etc.,
Sonaram M Sangma,
Tura.
Conditions to improve creative writing
Editor,
On December 18, the Khasis remember the death of U Soso Tham. Among Khasi poets, U Soso Tham stands unrivaled and unmatched. Considering the lack of quality in today’s Khasi poems, Mr Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih had rightly remarked that Khasi poets need to read extensively and intensively. Furthermore, one may say that in order to improve poetic contributions, ‘creative writing’ must indeed be part of the curriculum in colleges and universities to help sharpen the skills and perhaps chisel out the rough edges that might hinder the perfection of the same. There is much potential in this generation to produce quality poetry but being unguided, the prospective poets would only end up producing mere doggerels. It would perhaps be an added advantage if in creative writing classes, students are guided by teachers who have some literary work to their names. There, moreover, needs to be numerous platforms in which emerging poets and writers can showcase their works. Your reputed daily would do good to come up with a magazine or anything of the sort in which to publish creative works. The special Sunday edition is a commendable step towards the same.
Yours etc.,
Mebaaihun Blah.
Shillong – 6
Timely article
Editor,
This is in response to Poonam I Kaushish’s timely article, “Govt money, nobody’s money” (ST, December 27). Indeed, voters are regarded as if they are tenants in our democracy. As a result, our due is considered as freebies in spite of the fact that it is we who send politicians to the House of the People. Such mindset is dangerous for democracy. We need to understand that in a democracy, MPs and MLAs are not zamindars. They are our representatives and therefore our clients. Like the consumers, we should have similar rights and protections if our political representatives fail us and spend Govt money without considering our urgent need.
Yours etc.,
Sujit De,
Kolkata