[Reader-list] National wastage system.?

[subhrodip sengupta]

Dear all,
          Lets briefly investigate into Security matters. What I'd call security for whom. There is a clear class-bias while provision of security is concerned. Thus Security is of two types- eye-wash security and high-profile security, eg security provided or that used to be provided at metro stations and still is, and for the genuine one, lets say PM's personal security. Rightly such ventures are an account to increase production and leave consumption intact( solve economic problems without dwelving deep into endowments), this is indeed a case for increased millitary expenses, loot,destroying peace etc.  But here is my point to all the nation chauvinists who would typically brush away such issues as anarchic and attempting to reduce security cover of the Nation and it's people:
The people, whom I recognise never benifit or are being protected, it's an eyewash, and an excuse to beef up security for the have's those who get it anyway, to make them feel fearless at the cost of thousand innocent people of the street, whom I count as the people of this nation, (who clearly do not matter to the agencies, except when on plunder!). One might check out the city streets places where fool proof checking is carried out, why when and how. It's either to protect Capital of state or VVIP's at there home functions etc. Everyplace else it's an eye-wash, to prevent stampede, rampage or bring in more discpline among people. With Nic's I do not expect stronger checking at every plavce or vigilance to be beefed up. The obvious benificiary will be members of upper buergois and ruling class. I have not yet forgotten the M.C. Sharma death at Batla house( the reader is referred to Batla house encounter case) where it was claimed that there do exist
 people in police and intelligence who can make out over the phone the difference between a Bangladeshi mulsim, an Indian one and a Pakistani muslim. Then why bother about NIC and not spend some more on training up more such peopple, which is clearly inefficient in providing security. Or Mr Advani or Chidambaram might clarify if this were a bluff? So security endangered( creating retaliat
ory feelings and gestures) for the common man? Well this poor species has always been put at the recieving end of any distribution system. And as far as protection of information and e-security is concerned let me remind you, that the PMO's official mailing system was infected by a Virus, or may be a Zombie for four months two months ago! 
Well the question is with two alternative rulers having got mad in showing strength and harshness, who might stop it, how or on what grounds? Reminds me of an evening time imagery to be read with Cofee or snacks!
Regards,
       Subhrodip.

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From: Rajen Uppinangadi <rajen882uppinangadi at gmail.com>
To: Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>
Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
Sent: Sunday, 3 May, 2009 12:40:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] National wastage system.?

Dear Taha,

  no piece of plastic or paper can give me national identity unless I
identify myself with the nation of which I am citizen.
    A Arundhathi Roy  and such others, born in the nation declaring herself
as sovereign nation herself, but using all the resources of the nation is
the worst example of bad citizen.As I identify with this nation, which gives
me right by my act of accepting its constitution as democratic nation, also
implies that it ordains duties on me to the nation.So, the venture of
providing the plastic piece for id as citizen at huge cost is not a big
issue but a ploy to divert big money in to busines of the venture.

Regards,

Rajen.

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Taha Mehmood <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Dear Rajen,
>
> All that is commendable however my questions were about a more mundane
> matter. They were about plastic tokens. I would be grateful if you
> could share your thoughts about what seems like a whim to invest such
> a huge amount of public money on a national identity card. When even
> in so called developed countries like UK, people are asking questions
> about the validity of such an investment.
>
> Do you think we would be better off as a nation in 2011, when the
> survey related to the national population register would be complete?
> If yes, then in what manner? How will a NPR benefit the country as a
> whole? How do we know that funds appropriated for such an exercise
> will not be directed for purposes of political patronage? What about
> margin of error by the data entry people? When even in this general
> election we have hundreds of thousands of instances of names being
> fudged, addresses being misplaced and a submission by a minister
> himself that it is not possible to identify all the voters. How are we
> going to identify all Indians? How are we going to categorize people
> who are undocumented as Indians in the first place? What about people
> belonging to the third sex? What about migrant population? What about
> beggars? Who will document them? How will they be documented? There
> are 300-400 million transient population in India. IDP's add to this
> figure. If on the one hand there seems to be no thought by the policy
> makers on this issue, then don't you think, that this whole identity
> card business seems like one more big scam, a money making enterprise,
> inaugurated by the NDA and followed by the UPA in the name of
> providing security to the people?? Even the most fundamental issue,
> like the identity of person is still not resolved, why are we being
> fed this propaganda that carrying a card will help us identify
> ourselves as ourselves?
>
> Taha
>
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