PANCHAYATIRAJ: THE FRAUD THAT FRUSTRATES DEMOCRACY

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Agents against Indian Democracy have, in the guise of decentralization of power, been ruining our social fabric by politicizing the Panchayats.
Navin Patnaik has surpassed every body in this endeavor by not only planting party candidates but also by encouraging unfathomable expenditure in Panchayat electioneering. One was to see to believe how lavishly his [...]

POLITICS MAY BE A RACE HORSE; BUT THEY ARENT JOCKEYS

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage, had said Edouard Herriot.
For the Speaker of Orissa Legislative Assembly Mr. Maheswar Mohanty as well as for his antagonist in his home town of Puri Mr. Uma Ballav Rath politics is, no doubt, a [...]

STOP THE PADMA FARCE

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
The farce that is going on in the name of awarding civilian titles like Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree needs to be stopped. The highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna, excepting the nomenclatural difference, also belongs to this spectrum.
The Constitution of India has put a blatant ban on such titles. Article 18 [...]

SAY NO TO NGOs TAKING OVER GOVT. HOSPITALS

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak

In the guise of volunteer service, the Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) have become insurmountable mediums of looting public money. Their activities are in presenting projects and executing them in files, not in the fields.
This observation does not come from any official auditor or from any administrative authority that has the experience of granting money [...]