CLERICS CRUSHED THE FAITHFUL

In a democracy, people’s vote is sacrosanct. If anyone tinkers with it, then chaos is the result. Present day Iran is a classic paradigm for this. In 1970, clergy along with the people waged a revolution and overthrew an American backed corrupt Shah. After the revolution, clerics never ceded power. They indirectly controlled power over parliament through an unelected Guardian Council. From monarchical dictatorship, Iran plunged into religious absolutism.

In the name of faith, rulers enjoyed absolute freedom at the expense of citizens. Rampant unemployment and high inflation rates affected Iran’s society like a cancer. Clergy detested the liberals. They backed religious radical’s election after elections.

Mr. Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president of Iran is considered a favorite to the ruling elite. He is a demagogue who spits violence and hatred. He is against imperialism, but supports the despotic clergy. If recent reports are to be believed the ruling elite rigged national elections and crushed the electorate’s choice. Last week world witnessed incessant public protests against this injustice. Scores of youth thronged streets and engaged in street fights with the revolutionary guards (a military force labeled as terrorist organization by US). Future is at stake for them. Atleast 10 people lost life in the fray.

Rhetoric never satisfies people. Food, job, shelter, security, peace will satisfy common man. War is a boon for ruling class and a bane to the public. With mindless rhetoric, Iran’s clergy pushed their country into the brink of an impending economic collapse.

Iran continues to finance rogue organizations across Middle East to wage war against Israel but hardly did anything to improve the living conditions of impoverished Iranians. Economic collapse will prompt people to take law into their hands. This is a lesson to all governments across world.

This is an opportunity smell out by the Iranians to overthrow religious radicals backed by unelected clergy from the governance. It’s a now or never moment for them. Mistakes are not meant to be repeated. Clergy must realize this.

Images of dying Neda will blossom in the minds of people of Iran. It gave renewed confidence to Iranians to fight for justice. Outside world may never know the circumstances behind her death, but she gave hope to the millions who fight against injustice.

In1979, through a revolution, religious clerics changed the course of Iran’s history. Now it’s the turn of layman to rewrite the history again. Hindsight, we realize that, at both instances malady is same and also the remedy. Only doctor’s changed. And the moral of this whole episode is that, in long term, people will not tolerate totalitarian instincts in any form from anyone.

TRYST WITH DESTINY (Full text)

(This speech was delivered to the Constituent Assembly of India in New Delhi on August 14 1947 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru)

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again.

The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?

Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now. Nevertheless, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.

That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity.

The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

And so we have to labour and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for India, but they are also for the world, for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for anyone of them to imagine that it can live apart.

Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated fragments.

To the people of India, whose representatives we are, we make an appeal to join us with faith and confidence in this great adventure. This is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell.

The appointed day has come - the day appointed by destiny - and India stands forth again, after long slumber and struggle, awake, vital, free and independent. The past clings on to us still in some measure and we have to do much before we redeem the pledges we have so often taken. Yet the turning point is past, and history begins anew for us, the history which we shall live and act and others will write about.

It is a fateful moment for us in India, for all Asia and for the world. A new star rises, the star of freedom in the east, a new hope comes into being, a vision long cherished materialises. May the star never set and that hope never be betrayed!

We rejoice in that freedom, even though clouds surround us, and many of our people are sorrow-stricken and difficult problems encompass us. But freedom brings responsibilities and burdens and we have to face them in the spirit of a free and disciplined people.

On this day our first thoughts go to the architect of this freedom, the father of our nation, who, embodying the old spirit of India, held aloft the torch of freedom and lighted up the darkness that surrounded us.

We have often been unworthy followers of his and have strayed from his message, but not only we but succeeding generations will remember this message and bear the imprint in their hearts of this great son of India, magnificent in his faith and strength and courage and humility. We shall never allow that torch of freedom to be blown out, however high the wind or stormy the tempest.

Our next thoughts must be of the unknown volunteers and soldiers of freedom who, without praise or reward, have served India even unto death.

We think also of our brothers and sisters who have been cut off from us by political boundaries and who unhappily cannot share at present in the freedom that has come. They are of us and will remain of us whatever may happen, and we shall be sharers in their good and ill fortune alike.

The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.

We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended them to be.

We are citizens of a great country, on the verge of bold advance, and we have to live up to that high standard. All of us, to whatever religion we may belong, are equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and obligations. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.

To the nations and peoples of the world we send greetings and pledge ourselves to cooperate with them in furthering peace, freedom and democracy.

And to India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service. Jai Hind [Victory to India].

TRIVIA – 1

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FACTS:

Source – Amnesty International, India

- A total of 135 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice
- In 2007, only 24 countries carried out executions
- China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA are the top five perpetrators:
They account for 88 percent of all known executions.
- Argentina, being the most recent example, was the latest to announce
abolition of death penalty on September 12, 2008.
- Contrastingly, on December 18, 2007, India chose to vote against the motion
along with Pakistan and China,in response to the UN General Assembly call for a
Universal Moratorium on Death Penalty. This is shocking for a country, which
advocates non- violence Worldwide. While the judiciary claims to issue Death
penalty only in the rarest of the rare cases, death as a punishment in India is
increasingly being offered as a short cut solution to most problems we face
today

CYBER WARFARE

Evolution of mankind cannot be understood without explaining conflicts. Last century witnessed numerous wars. Post Second World War, colonialism perished swiftly. Great Britain’s supremacy ended. A new world order saw the emergence of US and Soviet Union as super powers. The avalanche of changes materialized with the fall of communism in Soviet Union and Eastern Europe stunned humanity. Market capitalism fortified socialist China to emerge as a threat to US hegemony. Presently, China’s control over South East Asia and Indian Ocean is total.

20th century witnessed a great deal of bloodshed across continents. Two world wars, rise and fall of Cold war, rising tension in the Middle East, Israel- Palestine conflict, Soviet aggression of Afghanistan, Indo- Pak war, Indo- China war, war over Suez Canal and numerous revolutions fought across from Russia to Indonesia are glowing illustrations of man’s unquenchable hunt for power. Conventional wars, violent and non-violent revolutions were the modus operandi to accomplish this.

Human race is yet to comprehend the mystery of 21st century unconventional warfare. Security forces often failed to identify their enemy. This leads to victimization of innocent citizens. Polity is stunned over this mayhem. Fear is slowly creeping into the minds of citizens across countries. Rogue organizations still use guerilla warfare and suicide bomb attacks tactically to terrorize the enemies.

Oil wealth; allow petroleum rich countries to often force their agenda over its client states. This helped Russia to re-emerge as a strong regional power to unsettle former Soviet states and Europe. Venezuela is another major oil producer, which uses their wealth to buy out smaller countries in its fight against US.

Now, countries with malevolent intentions raid enemy’s computer systems diligently to choke their competence. This mode of attack is known as cyber attacks. Cyber attacks means, network and security systems of an enemy country is penetrated to either destruct the entire system or to extract sensitive and confidential intelligence information without using human intelligence or signal interception as commonly adopted. The methods allegedly used by various powers are Denial of service attack or Trojan horse.

Ø Denial of service attack means – attacker sends e-mail bomb (hundreds of emails per second) from randomly generated false addresses; Internet service provider’s email is over loaded and shuts down.

Ø Trojan horse means - unauthorized computer instructions in an authorized and properly functioning program.

There are many other methods also. (The known methods are listed below). Destruction of banking systems and telecommunication networks through cyber attacks will have catastrophic effect. Target country’s silence often acts as an impediment in identifying the culprits. The reason for such silence is the loss of goodwill among its citizen. No law can stop this war. Neither victims nor attackers claim publicly of their success or failures. It’s a dumb war.

Russia and China is often accused of cyber attacks. China sole agenda is to overtake US in every sphere and become a global super power. They use conventional and unconventional techniques to silence its critics.

Media reports of recent attacks on France, US, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, India by the Chinese and alleged Estonian attacks by the Russians are live examples of cyber war. During the recent Caucuses discord, there were media reports that Russians raided Georgian systems too often. (The known attacks are listed below)

Countries must develop the know-how to stop the rogue organization from conducting cyber attacks. Already there are evidences to show their involvement in cyber warfare. Recently in India, terrorist organization targeted unsecured wi-fi networks to send warning mails before bomb blasts.

The term “Cyber Warfare” is not properly defined universally. United Nations must step in to draw a clear policy against Cyber Warfare. The immediate commitment from all countries must be to stop attacking each other. Rescuing our globe from rogue attacks should be the first priority. Freeware technology should be used extensively to develop quality firewalls to thwart such attempts.

Over centuries, greed for power destroyed many a countries and communities. Russians and Chinese never accept Western geo-political positions and vice – versa also. In International relations, to protect their respective positions, super powers often play cat and mouse. It leads to strife and tensions. Until unity happens among major countries, poor citizens across the world suffer silently. Therefore at this juncture, global community must ensure that their activities are not self-destructive to our existence.





CYBER ASSAULTS

- SOURCE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-warfare
Known attacks:

The United States had come under attack from computers and computer networks situated in China and Russia. These attacks are named as Titan Rain and Moonlight Maze. It is not clear if attackers originated in those countries or used compromised computers there.

On May 17, 2007 Estonia came under cyber attack. The Estonian parliament, ministers, banks and media were targeted.

On first week of September 2007, Chinese hackers attacked computers belonging to The Pentagon, French, German and British government. The Chinese government denies any involvement.

On 14 December 2007 the website of the Kyrgyz Central Election Commission was defaced during its election. The message left on the website read “ This site has been hacked by Dream of Estonian organization”. During the election campaigns and riots preceding the election, there were cases of Denial of service attacks against Kyrgyz.

In the second week of April hackers hacked the Indian MEA computers.

Georgia fell under cyber attacks during the 2008 South Ossetia War.

Types of attacks:

There are several methods of attack in cyber-warfare; this list is ranked in order of mildest to most severe.

Cyber Espionage: Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets (sensitive, proprietary of classified information) from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies from military, political or economic advantage using illegal exploitation methods on internet, networks, software and or computers.

Web Vandalism: Attacks that deface web pages or denial of service attacks. This is normally swiftly combated and of little harm.

Propaganda: Political messages can be spread through or to anyone with access to the Internet.

Gathering data: Classified information that is not handled securely can be intercepted and even modified, making espionage possible from the other side of the world.

Distributed Denial of service attacks: Large numbers of computers in one country launch a DoS attack against systems in another country

Equipment disruption: Military activities that use computers and satellites for co-ordination are at risk from this type of attack. Orders and communications can be intercepted or replaced, putting soldiers at risk.

Attacking critical infrastructure: Power, water, fuel, communications, commercial and transportation are all vulnerable to a cyber attack.

Compromised Counterfeit hardware: Common hardware used in computers and networks that have malicious software hidden inside the software, firmware or even the microprocessors.

ABRUPTLY!!! WORLD BECAME ROUND AGAIN

In 2004, seeing the glory of Indian IT industry, noted writer and journalist Mr. Thomas Friedman declared that “World is flat”. In the post Soviet era, market dynamics consumed all countries with vengeance. Executives amassed wealth by undertaking inordinate risks. Regulations were forgotten across markets. Companies extolled their daredevilry.

Alarming wealth betrayed mankind often. Cracks in the system emerged from late 2006. One crisis led to another. First victim was housing sector. Credit crunch forced banks and financial institutions to burst across US and Europe. Global markets crashed due to recession fears in the western markets. World’s ferocious free market ayatollah’s panicked. Taxpayer’s money found their way into failing banks. In hell, Karl Marx should by smiling!!!

Luckily Indian banks escaped unhurt. As expected, stock market crashed to below 10k levels. Government and RBI are overworking to ensure the momentum of Indian growth story. Cash Reserve ratio for banks reduced. In the last 10 days, markets witnessed Government infusion of around one-lakh crore rupees to ease the liquidity pressures.

In India, aviation industry became the first martyr of the current phase of depression. Market recession, high oil prices and heavy duties severely restricted aviation industry’s prospects. To curb further losses, Indian premium airline, Jet Airways initially decided to lay off 1900 employees. Majority of them are probationary staff. Those smiling faces that welcome us in flights unexpectedly turned red. Minister for Civil Aviation shared their grief. He blames his cabinet colleagues for not lending enough support to save aviation companies. He is politically correct.

Exasperated, sacked employees went to Maratha firebrand Raj Thackery. Till recently educated middle class brandished his hatred against North Indians as a threat to Indian federalism. But at this moment of despair, they preferred a known troublemaker to solve their problems. Ideologically, Raj Thackery can interfere in this scuffle. Mr. Naresh Goyal the chairman of Jet Airways, being a North Indian shall be stopped from entering Maharashtra. By grounding all Mumbai bound Jet flights, he can show his profound love towards the Maratha pride. Later wisdom prevailed and Mr. Goyal himself withdrew the retrenchment order. Now the fight is for who must get the name and fame for this sudden withdrawal. Atleast employees are happy and joined for work silently. But our minister and young scaremonger is fighting for limelight.

Indeed, World has become round again. Market pundits who preached capitalism went into hiding. Executives, who are guilty for this mayhem, escaped in ‘golden parachutes’- (fat termination cheques). They will again come back at the onset of next boom.

Poor never get the fruits of boom in the market. Recession makes their life piteous. They are the forgotten lot. This greedy world will always forget them. Therefore they cannot expect a way out.

In a matter of few years, world will be roaring again. Then across globe money will be earned at an alarming rate. Next boom will witness the flattening of world more dynamically. Tightened regulations should be followed strictly. That’s the only way to restrain gluttony. Hope that better sense prevails during the next phase of boom.

POLITICALLY INCORRECT RELIGION

India is a land of many religions with lots of beliefs and superstitions. Infact all religions around the globe push upon such beliefs on their followers that are taken as superstitions. When a religion professes its beliefs, the clergy must ensure that, such beliefs do not become a myth and wedge the governance or stifle the development of a nation. A religion’s mellowness can be known by the acts of its pundits, who bravely allow the country to march ahead even though it hurt its myths and beliefs. Infact that is what true belief is.

Thumba, near Thiruvanthapuram in Southern Kerala was a relatively unknown place. Today, this small village is in the radar of our coveted scientific program, thanks to the pragmatism shown by the Christian bishop, who allowed ISRO to construct its first rocket launching station in the church courtyard back in the early 1960’s. Even the politicians of that era had the bravery to persuade religious authorities to give up their property for a greater cause. But today, this pragmatism has vanished from our political arena and religions have started adopting sheer opportunism as the core behind all religious activities. When a religion declines morally, the civil society also rots.

The battle in the name of Lord Ram has been continuing for a long time now. It started with BJP’s political ascendancy in the late 1980’s. With the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992, it helped in culminating the destruction of the fragile secular credentials of Indian polity. In today’s political scene, Lord Ram has re-emerged in the form of “Ram Sethu” deep under sea scuttling Sethusamudram canal project. The environmental and financial viability of the project is often forgotten. Religious twists taken by this project degraded the debate on its merits to a mere sham.

Religion in India has been shaping each and every aspect of a citizen’s life. Very few in our country actually practice religion in an active manner after having imbibed it in its true spirit. Majority of our citizens will fall into the categories of atheists, religious fanatics or pseudo-secularists. Who is more dangerous?

Atheist means a person who believes that there is no God. He is not dangerous to a civil society. A true atheist, free from all “isms” is a real boon to the society. A civil society can tolerate an atheist easily. He never instigates a fight between various religions. He never hurts any religious sentiments. The mental state of a true atheist and a true believer is one and the same. They both hurt no one and don’t preach fanaticism. They both respect each other and will never use the word ‘Secular’ or ‘God’ or ‘Religion’ in public. They both are above secularism.

Pseudo-secularists are those who preach secularism and practice religious fanaticism. They believe in god. They are unsure about their religious identity and are not ready to accept it publicly. They do not understand the concept of God or religion. They use it merely as a tool to gain advantage or significant influence over the other. Rule of the country by a pseudo-secularist is a danger to a nation’s fragile religious co-existence.



Religious fanatics are, in a sense, terrorists. They preach and practice fanaticism. They believe violently in their religion. They do not respect the existence of other beliefs. Infact, they often forget the truth that, every religious text preaches religious co-existence and not destruction. They believe that their way of living is the only route to salvation. They are a curse to the society.

Ever since independence, India is being ruled by a combination of pseudo-secularists and fanatics. Their rhetoric often crossed the line of decency which leads to the instigation of communal violence in one form or another to gain political advantage over illiterate and socially disadvantaged classes.

India is expected to become a developed country within the next 50 years. But in such a religiously bewildered state, her route to becoming one is hindered. Religious gurus, intelligentsia and political leaders of our times have to steer the youth in the direction that will help them identify their true religious identity and make them aware about the existence of believers and atheists. But today, unfortunately, India will be the only country which rakes up names of various gods and stalls governance or more clearly, puts a break in the country’s growth prospects.

Religion is for the people and not people for religion. Therefore, the rules and myths that guide a religion should not be rigid. Religious preachers should allow its believers to look beyond the accepted norms and myths. A religion which has true confidence in its values will allow it. But in today’s world, religion is forcing people to look more inwards, thereby giving out an ominous sign about its un-surety over its own values. Or could it be that a true religion which has inherent strength in its own beliefs and thoughts that allows its people to think beyond its sacred rules is yet to come? Till then we may have to contend ourselves with these inward looking religions and its pseudo secular preachers.

A GLIMPSE INTO KERALA CAMPUS POLITICS

Campus confrontations among various political student organizations are regular in Kerala. Unlike the politics at DU (Delhi University) or JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University), here, at college and university levels rarely do altercations crop up based on ideologies or values. The unique facet of campus politics in Kerala is that, confrontations are more physical than ideological. Campus politics are often based on local party foot soldier’s whims and fancies rather than a beginning to the ideological growth of a student who desires to go into the coveted political life. Every year, a handful of students belonging to some political organizations die in such struggles. The recent death of an ASI (Assistant Sub Inspector) of the Kerala Police at NSS Hindu College, Changanasherry during a campus showdown between the ABVP (Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishadh) and SFI (Student Federation of India) protesters is very unfortunate.

Asking campuses to ban politics due to this is gibberish. Infact, healthy political practices in a college campus will help a student to take part in the nation building process. The objective of a political process in college campuses should end there. Often it crosses that sacrosanct line. But why? Reasons are many and old. Criminals among students, impartiality of law enforcing agencies in providing a just inquiry into cases relating to campus politics, corruption in the police force, outside goons entering college campuses, lack of good student leaders with vision who can really channalize the resources of youth towards right direction and on goes the list.

In Kerala, clergy supported managements run most colleges. Managements are responsible for the peaceful atmosphere in a campus. They should not meddle with student politics and must take timely corrective measures as and when these political outbreaks breach the harmony in a college campus. A strict and impartial action from managements can very well stop this lawlessness in our college campuses, which they often fail to do. Now why do they fail to stop such activities? Are they ready to think and act impartially on these matter or atleast help police forces to take correct action? In reality, managements are quite happy with the way politics are being carried out in our campuses. It helps them to groom political slaves with no clear ideological reputation. By this, they ensure that these slaves will help to save their political interests in the future.

Due to the pressure from vote bank politics, a political party becomes a hock to various castes and communities. The group representing managements are often seen as puppets in the hands of clergies who inturn control these colleges and institutions. Various political parties are depended on them to get votes in elections, thereby becoming an outside supporter to this drama played out on the life of numerous students who are involved in the campus politics.

The general public are either ignorant or often forget this truth. Parent Teacher Associations at colleges can play an active role in putting pressure on these managements to desist from such dangerous practices. Biggest fall out of our college educations system is the presence of the so-called managements who see colleges with a biased and business mind. They simply fail to understand the pulse of students and there by, invite more trouble that leads to many unfortunate events.

How can a college management be regulated in this matter effectively? Since politician – management nexus has always played a crucial role in campus politics; regulating management through a political process will not fetch the desired result.

Clergy backed managements should be given a strict warning from interfering with campus politics. Action must be taken immediately for erring students. Security in college campus should be strengthened, especially during election days, strike, important college gatherings and student’s entry should strictly on the basis of identification. It is to be ensured that on such days students are checked for possession of arms. Campuses also should be kept under strict security surveillance. Students with criminal background should be monitored. Civic society and courts need to ponder on this subject in detail to find out workable solutions.

Death of a police officer during a fight in a campus is unfortunate and dangerous. It points out to two aspects. How nasty students can be and how ill prepared our police force are? Now, it can be argued that the whole thing was an accident. It might be correct and mostly it will be. In such a campus fight it is very rare that students actually want to kill a police officer. That answers the first part. But the second part needs deep reflection within the think-tank of the police. Here too it can be argued that the whole thing was an accident. But will this argument help them from facing the reality? In future, police forces in action will think twice before hitting an angry crowd.

Our police forces are not trained according to the demands of 21st century governance. It is sad to see, many a times, in electronic media, how badly at many places rioters beat and attack police men. Sending an ageing force to face a young and angry mob can at times be stupid. In this case, the policeman who died was 47 year old. Another official, 51 years of age, had a heart failure seeing his fellow officer die after getting hit on his forehead. It is ridiculous, even though this statement is harsh on the said policeman. This is the state of many police officers at different part of our country. How often are they able to stop the protestors from destroying public property?

How many of our police officers are actually physically fit to face a protesting mob? The answer will be, shockingly, a very few. A fresh police officer out from a police academy looks excellently fit. Over the years, why is it that the same officer is not able to maintain this fitness level? A modern day physique of a police officer at the age of 45 + will give a strong competition to a pregnant woman expecting her kid the next week. While facing an angry mob of agitators, sometimes with weapons, a policeman often needs the fitness to atleast protect him. Even at times he may have to run behind an agitator to arrest him. How many police officers have the physical fitness to really do that? In movies it’s very common that stars with huge figures run behind villain through difficult terrain for a long distance. Unfortunately, many of our high-tech policemen who travel in AC Qualis, Innovas and Accents may find this very difficult to achieve. The up gradation of our police force often stops with the brand of new vehicles the department buys for their day-to-day use.

It is the responsibility of the home department to give security to those police officers that are facing these agitators. In this recent case, the home department clearly failed in giving them the required protection. The department must ensure the safety of police officers that are in the field. Otherwise it will demoralize the forces. . State Intelligence should be strengthened to identify the possible threats.

Police training system should be overhauled immediately and effectively to meet the requirement of modern days. Strict fitness rules should be adopted. Present police officers should be given a time frame to regain their fitness. Training systems should match the crime profile of that era. Annual drilling camps should be conducted, so that the present force will receive proper training yearly.

Police forces should be encouraged to develop leadership among their cadres. A good leader can motivate police forces to a very great extent. A well-trained police officer should be properly maintained emotionally, physically and economically. Else it will fire back at the time of an emergency.

Also it is the responsibility of a civil society to respect and treat a police officer well. An underutilized or an over worked police force can become a liability to the society.

Regulation of student politics by passing a law is not a workable solution. It needs action and thought beyond the law book. Healthy campus politics projects the maturity of various interest groups like college managements, student organization, parent-teacher associations etc. Unbiased politics will ensure a serene and healthy atmosphere within a campus.