Going Cashless

SBI buddy is a mobile wallet that allows the user to transfer amount to his contacts with the click of a button. If the user is a vegetable vendor he can receive cash from his clients without dealing in paper money. At the end of the day be can transfer his earnings to his bank. Money can also be transferred into the bank account of ones child who may be in a hostel. All this happens instantly along with the confirmation received by SMS. Of course one can recharge his phone or DTH TV . Other shopping options are also available. The wallet  can be loaded by one's debt cum ATM card. If the user wants to send the money back to his bank, he can do it instantly.

The application needs an unrooted Android phone. The application should not be shared with anyone via Shareit  or similar apps. It is because the wallet app would consider this as rooting and start crashing after that. Then it would have to be downloaded again through the Play Store. Perhaps, this is because of the security issues.

In nutshell online business has become much easier now. I feel that this virtual wallet is poised to replace the paper money in the near future.

100 km Cycle rally- A telephonic talk with HS Phoolka

HS Phoolka of Aam Admi Party would be cycling from Ludhiana to Chandigarh. The cycle rally is aimed at promoting simplicity. The rally also wants to tell the Punjab Government to shun the VIP culture. The telephonic talk can be heard from the following links
Arrow Podcasts link - http://wp.me/P4JMou-6d
and
Box link https://app.box.com/s/o2i14z3ge69k83d50etdtapzdntefnod

The emerging political scene in Punjab

Analysing the results

A positive change

All about salt

MC polls in Jagraon

This time there are several independent candidates who are giving a tough fight to the Alkali and Congress candidates. Aam Admi Party is not in the political scene officially. However several people who have a soft corner for AAP are contesting from Jagraon as independents. People of the town want transparency in the utilization of funds. Some of them have even agreed to post the expenditure details on the internet. Honesty and dedication are the qualities that the citizens of Jagraon are looking in their leaders this time. The elections are multi-cornered and it is expected that several new  persons would emerge as winners in the municipality elections that are being held on 25 February.

The present political pulse - my two cents

The things that have been quite determinental in the political scene of our country very recently are as follows.

1 A Naulakha suit (A dress costing 9 Lakhs) worn by someone in a nation whose founder father Mahatma Gandhi had gone half naked to meet the King of Great Britain.
2 The theory of manufacturing four kids proposed by some leader.
3 Day and night slander campaign against Arvind Kejriwal by a bunch of traditional politicians that back fired terribly.
4 A candid statement by an actor turned politician from Bihar in favour of AAM Admi Party. His only fault was that he tried to be honest and straight forward whilst being in a party that can ill afford such moral luxuries.
5 The comments of the American President before and after leaving India. The first one is that India is sure to progress if it does not splinter due to bigotry. The second comment is about the perceived deviation from the path shown by Gandhiji. It meant that India could head towards being a non secular state in the future.

Why are the elections in Delhi so important?

The Great Britain developed a mature political set up much before the rest of the world. Their King gave due space to his political advisors. The Judicial system, the Transport system, the Postal system and the Police evolved much faster. Their Army had a superior command and control system that infused unmatched discipline amongst the soldiers. Disciplne lead to better organisational skills. This discipline was copied by the companies and mercenaries that went about doing their business across the globe.

The British found India much too wanting in organalisation skills and unity. The subcontinent had a vast spectrum of cultures, religious beliefs and languages. They conquered the whole of it and developed the Administrative mechanism, the Railway network and the Canals. But to their utter dismay these developments united the bulky land into a huge elephant. They had no option but to leave India as it had become unmanageable for them.

Democracy got newly introduced in India and somehow it worked despite several shortcomings. The language, caste, religion and regional divides  are still major barriers in the path of unity. Independent institutions like the Election Commission have been greatly weakened by the vested interests. One can only hope that the hardcore religious organisations do not have their Cells operating in the Army.

Presently the people see a ray of hope in the AAM Admi Party. It is based on rational thoughts and humanitarian principles. The elections in Delhi could become a milestone towards true democracy. Now, the future course of our country rests upon the Delhi-wasis.

Vote, Note and Cancer

There has been a substantial change in the government policy pertaining to advertisements of socially harmful substances. For the last several years our televisions were free from Ads  that promoted the consumption of cancer causing materials. Have you noted that these Ads have emerged once again?

Do not be surprised if the kids of your house get attracted towards carcinogenic things like Paan Masaalas. Somewhere in the corridors of power there has been a serious compromise with the welfare of the society. Aajtak channel, in particular is full of such Ads during Prime Time.

Your vote in favour of the corrupt politicians can surely affect the health and moral of the next generation. These far reaching consequences must be borne in mind before one goes to the polling booth. It is better to bring forward people who believe in honesty and humanity rather han those who are corrupt and communally biased. They would take VOTES from you and NOTES from the businessmen who popularise POISON and  give two hoots to the victims of CANCER.

E Coaching

A lot of technology is used in the modern day coaching.
First of all, exercises are prepared on plane sheets. All these exercises, along with some from help books, are scanned. A pdf file is made and uploaded to the Cloud storage. The student is provided with the down loading link on Whatsapp. He finishes the work sheets and takes a picture of each page. He sends them through Whatsapp. He sends audio files either through Gmail or Whatsapp. His work is checked by using various applications on the tablet PC. The checked work is sent back to him via Whatsapp. Thus a student who is doing MTech from Patiala is able to learn English from a teacher in Jagraon. A sample of the checked page is posted below.

Lohri Song

Sunder mundriye ho!
Tera kaun vicharaa ho!
Dullah Bhatti walla ho!
Dullhe di dhee vyayae ho!
Ser shakkar payee ho!
Kudi da laal pathaka ho!
Kudi da saalu paata ho!
Salu kaun samete!
Chache choori kutti! zamidara lutti!
Zamindaar sudhaye!
Bade bhole aaye!
Ek bhola reh gaya!
Sipahee far ke lai gaya!
Sipahee ne mari itt!
Bhaanvey ro te bhaanvey pitt!

It appears a bit difficult to comprehend the meaning of this poem written in Punjabi of the olden times. Despite being Punjabi myself only a little can be deciphered out of it. What ever little comes to my mind after reading it is as follows-

The people and their honour was at the mercy of the powerful in the so called 'Good old times'. Beautiful and innocent girls could not count on anyone except someone with a name called 'Abdulla Bhatti' or 'Dulla Bhatti'. A daughter could be married just by giving her a red Shawl even though it is quite a torn one. For sweets one Kg raw sugar was sufficient over the bonfire made in the woods. Still the big landlords find reason enough to summon the poor guys. And then his Sepoys have the cheek to beat these poor things with bricks because one of them could not turn up.
Quite chilly,Isn't it? But a marriage is a marriage and should be celebrated!
May be there is some other better translation. 
HAPPY LOHRI TO ALL