"Even God will not be able to save this country," a fuming Supreme Court on Tuesday said while slamming the government for its refusal to amend the law for launching criminal prosecution against those who illegally occupy official houses.
"We are fed up with this government," the apex court said, adding, "They don't have the guts to differ with the opinion of the clerks."
"Even God will not be able to save this country. In India even if God comes down, he cannot change our country. Our country's character has gone. We are helpless," a bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi said.
The apex court said PILs are being filed before it by people who are vexed with the approach of the government on various issues.
"You complain about judicial activism when you are in power. When you are not in power you come to us for remedy," the bench said.
The bench gave vent to its anger as Additional Solicitor General Amarender Saran bluntly told the court that the Centre had decided not to amend Section 441 IPC (criminal trespass) for prosecuting squatters of Government accommodation in the country.
The government took the stance that the existing provisions provided under the Public Premises Act was sufficient to evict those unlawfully occupying government accommodation.
Moreover, it claimed that out of 99,100 government houses only 300-odd dwellings were under unauthorised occupation for which had been made to evict them. But this did not satisfy the apex court which said the Government does not have the guts to take on the offenders
Well. we've our share of problems, and we've got population explosion, zero-ethics politicians, corruption and what not (don't expect me to complete this list in near future!). But, with all that, we're 60....and we roar in many fronts! Vande Mataram!
And salute to those who gave their lives to make us free.......let the sacrifices of those live forever in our minds....
English Verbatim
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai
Karta nahin kyun doosra kuch baat-cheet Dekhta hun main jise woh chup teri mehfil mein hai Aye shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat main tere oopar nisaar Ab teri himmat ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Waqt aanay dey bata denge tujhe aye aasman Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil mein hai Khainch kar layee hai sab ko qatl hone ki ummeed Aashiqon ka aaj jumghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Hai liye hathiyaar dushman taak mein baitha udhar Aur hum taiyyaar hain seena liye apna idhar Khoon se khelenge holi gar vatan muskhil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Haath jin mein ho junoon katt te nahi talvaar se Sar jo uth jaate hain voh jhukte nahi lalkaar se Aur bhadkega jo shola-sa humaare dil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan Jaan hatheli par liye lo bhar chale hain ye qadam Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Yuun khadaa maqtal mein qaatil kah rahaa hai baar baar Kya tamannaa-e-shahaadat bhi kisee ke dil mein hai Dil mein tuufaanon ki toli aur nason mein inqilaab Hosh dushman ke udaa denge humein roko na aaj Duur reh paaye jo humse dam kahaan manzil mein hai
Wo jism bhi kya jism hai jismein na ho khoon-e-junoon Toofaanon se kya lade jo kashti-e-saahil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai. Dekhna hai zor kitna baazuay qaatil mein hai.
The Poem (Devnagari version)
सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है देखना है ज़ोर कितना बाज़ुए कातिल में है
करता नहीं क्यूँ दूसरा कुछ बातचीत, देखता हूँ मैं जिसे वो चुप तेरी महफ़िल में है ए शहीद-ए-मुल्क-ओ-मिल्लत मैं तेरे ऊपर निसार, अब तेरी हिम्मत का चरचा गैर की महफ़िल में है सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है
वक्त आने दे बता देंगे तुझे ए आसमान, हम अभी से क्या बतायें क्या हमारे दिल में है खैंच कर लायी है सब को कत्ल होने की उम्मीद, आशिकों का आज जमघट कूच-ए-कातिल में है सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है
है लिये हथियार दुशमन ताक में बैठा उधर, और हम तैय्यार हैं सीना लिये अपना इधर. खून से खेलेंगे होली गर वतन मुश्किल में है, सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है
हाथ जिन में हो जुनून कटते नही तलवार से, सर जो उठ जाते हैं वो झुकते नहीं ललकार से. और भड़केगा जो शोला-सा हमारे दिल में है, सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है
हम तो घर से निकले ही थे बाँधकर सर पे कफ़न, जान हथेली पर लिये लो बढ चले हैं ये कदम. जिन्दगी तो अपनी मेहमान मौत की महफ़िल में है, सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है
यूँ खड़ा मौकतल में कातिल कह रहा है बार-बार, क्या तमन्ना-ए-शहादत भी किसि के दिल में है. दिल में तूफ़ानों कि टोली और नसों में इन्कलाब, होश दुश्मन के उड़ा देंगे हमें रोको ना आज. दूर रह पाये जो हमसे दम कहाँ मंज़िल में है,
वो जिस्म भी क्या जिस्म है जिसमें ना हो खून-ए-जुनून तूफ़ानों से क्या लड़े जो कश्ती-ए-साहिल में है, सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है देखना है ज़ोर कितना बाज़ुए कातिल में है
The Poem (Urdu Version)
سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے دیکھنا ہے زور کتنا بازوئے قاتل میں ہے
کرتا نہیں کیوں دوسرا کچھ بات چیت دیکھتا ھوں میں جسے وہ چپ تیری محفل میں ہے اے شہید ملک و ملت میں تیرے اوپر نثار اب تیری ہمت کا چرچہ غیر کی محفل میں ہے سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
وقت آنے دے بتا دیں گے تجہے اے آسمان ہم ابھی سے کیا بتائیں کیا ہمارے دل میں ہے کھینج کر لائی ہے سب کو قتل ہونے کی امید عاشقوں کا آج جمگھٹ کوچئہ قاتل میں ہے سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
ہے لئے ہتھیار دشمن تاک میں بیٹھا ادھر اور ہم تیار ھیں سینہ لئے اپنا ادھر خون سے کھیلیں گے ہولی گر وطن مشکل میں ہے سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
ہاتھ جن میں ہو جنون کٹتے نہیں تلوار سے سر جو اٹھ جاتے ہیں وہ جھکتے نہیں للکا ر سے اور بھڑکے گا جو شعلہ سا ہمارے دل میں ہے سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
ہم جو گھر سے نکلے ہی تھے باندہ کے سر پہ کفن جان ہتھیلی پر لئے لو، لے چلے ہیں یہ قدم زندگی تو اپنی مہمان موت کی محفل میں ہے سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے
یوں کھڑا مقتل میں قاتل کہہ رہا ہے بار بار کیا تمناِ شہادت بھی کِسی کے دِل میں ہے دل میں طوفانوں کی تولی اور نسوں میں انقلاب ھوش دشمن کے اڑا دیں گے ھمیں روکو نہ آج دور رہ پائے جو ہم سے دم کہاں منزل میں ہے
وہ جِسم بھی کیا جِسم ہے جس میں نہ ہو خونِ جنون طوفانوں سے کیا لڑے جو کشتیِ ساحل میں ہے
سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے دیکھنا ہے زور کتنا بازوئے قاتل میں ہے
The Urdu Script was used as a base from here and then modified and amended.
English Translation
The desire for struggle is in our hearts We shall now see what strength there is in the boughs of the enemy
Why do you remain silent thus? Whoever I see, is gathered quiet so... O martyr of country, of nation, I submit myself to thee For yet even the enemy speaks of thy courage The desire for struggle is in our hearts...
When the time comes, we shall show thee, O heaven For why should we tell thee now, what lurks in our hearts? We have been dragged to service, by the hope of blood, of vengeance Yea, by our love for nation divine, we go to the streets of the enemy The desire for struggle is in our hearts...
Armed does the enemy sit, ready to open fire Ready too are we, our bosoms thrust out to him With blood we shall play Holi, if our nation need us The desire for struggle is in our hearts...
No sword can sever hands that have the heat of battle within, No threat can bow heads that have risen so... Yea, for in our insides has risen a flame, and the desire for struggle is in our hearts...
Set we out from our homes, our heads shrouded with cloth, Taking our lives in our hands, do we march so... In our assembly of death, life is now but a guest The desire for struggle is in our hearts...
Stands the enemy in the gallows thus, asking, Does anyone wish to bear testimony?... With a host of storms in our heart, and with revolution in our breath, We shall knock the enemy cold, and no one shall stop us...
What is that body that does not have hot blood in it, How can a person conquer a Typhoon while sitting in a boat near the shore.
The desire for struggle is in our hearts, We shall now see what strength there is in the boughs of the enemy.
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My wife and i have been feeling pretty down recently since perhaps the most popular president in Indian history is about to be dethroned in unseemly backroom horse-trading. We have tried to console ourselves, saying that politics is competitive by nature and what else can you expect from political parties who are only ruled by self-interest. What finally lifted our spirits, however, was the news that our niece had landed a good job. She called to say that she had signed a lease for a lovely room at an ‘unbelievably low’ rent. But after two weeks she was in tears. She had arrived bag and baggage at her ‘new home’ to find that the villainous landlord had given away her room on a much higher rent. She blamed her plight on the ‘greed of capitalism’. I told her that the landlord is not at fault for wanting more rent; he is guilty of breaking an agreement. She could go to court but it would take a lifetime to get justice. What had failed my niece was governance not capitalism. If our courts enforced contracts speedily, the landlord would not have dared. People behave more morally in the capitalist countries of the West because the rule of law allows one to be good. On the other hand, millions of workers in the government of India do not work because they have the ‘socialist’ guarantee of a lifetime job. Their moral failure, it seems to me, is far greater than the landlord’s. My niece’s room hunting woes soon got submerged by murky reports that had the potential of gravely damaging the highest office in the land. Indeed, what should we make of the news that the frontrunner for the President, Pratibha Patil, had started a cooperative bank whose licence was cancelled by the Reserve Bank four years ago? The bank, it seems, gave Pratibha’s relatives ‘illegal loans’ that exceeded the bank’s share capital. It also gave a loan to Pratibha’s own sugar mill which was never repaid. The bank waived these loans, and this drove the bank into liquidation. The government liquidator of the bank, PD Nigam, said this week, “The fact that relatives of the founder chairperson (Pratibha Patil) were among those indiscriminately granted loans and that some illegal loan waivers were done has come up in our audit.” Six of the top 10 defaulters in Pratibha’s bank were linked to her relatives. If these facts are true, then it is a serious moral lapse. If allegations against Pratibha Patil are just ‘mudslinging’ as the prime minister says, then the charges will not stick. However, if she does become President and the charges turn out to be true, then the citizens of India will punish the UPA government in the only way that they can, and that is by throwing it out at the next elections. In the meantime, severe harm would have been done in diminishing the President’s office as well as the Indian nation. Whether it is presidential or capitalist ethics, the starting point is the recognition that both democratic politics and capitalism are based on competition and this is what keeps people honest in the long term. Both democracy and capitalism are decentralised systems where no single person is in charge. Adam Smith wrote more than 200 years ago that when millions of self-interested individuals act in their own interest in the marketplace, an ‘invisible hand’ promotes the common good of society. However, institutions are not perfect and the examples of my niece’s landlord and the UPA presidential candidate teach us that ethics matter profoundly in our democratic capitalist system.
Historically, the Internet service market in India was monopolized by VSNL. However, the private players have also entered the Indian market, thereby providing more options to the enterprise customer. While government organizations like BSNL have focused on strengthening the backbone infrastructure with laying of fiber optic cables, the private players have also laid their own fiber optic network throughout the country. The primary players in this sector have been Reliance and Bharti. As per earlier estimates, major cities in India would have a bandwidth requirement of over 60Gbps in 2006. It is estimated that the broadband players in the market have the capability to provide the required bandwidth for enterprises.
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