If I ruled India
THE ‘one minute
managers’ concept is doing its rounds in the corporate world.
Extending its reach,
I would like to be one month ruler of India and reorganise the country so
thoroughly that no one would want to leave its shores to seek
green pastures.
My strategy is
rather lopsided; methods, high handed and premises illogical, but results
guaranteed. I shall
tackle every thorn that is pricking the sides of the common man and for
once,come out with a solution—good, bad or ugly.
* The first
priority is to sort out the States. The Sikhs will get their Khalistan, the
Telugus their
Desam, the Kannadigas their Rajya, the Tamils their Nadu etc. But there will be a strict stipulation- each
man to his own state. Not even tourist visas will be issued.
The States will
have to be entirely self sufficient in food grains, industry—everything.
If you want to
get Delhi basmati to Bombay, you will have to apply for an import license and
all letters from one State to another will be censored. Having settled everyone
in their respective States. I will turn my attention towards the law and order
situation.
* The police force
will he disbanded. Each locality will have a security unit manned by a retired
Service Officer.
* All youths above
the age of 16, will be recruited as civil defence ‘jawans’
and be given rigorous physical training for two years. During this period, it
is their business to keep their locality clean and safe.
As for the
unemployed policemen, they will be given crash courses in moral science and
then allotted kiosks to sell stationery.
* I will make it
compulsory for every aspiring politician to do a postgraduate course of three
years duration, and learn the art of administration. Public
speaking will be part of the curriculum, in which they will be taught to say
sensible and relevant things in five minutes, with few lectures on punctuality
and simple living.
* On
the education front—all pregnant women have to register their to-be- born
babies’ could-be-name, in the school within the radius of a mile from where
they live. No
school buses will be allowed and all students will-have to start from nursery
and finish the XII std., from the same school, after which all the marks will
be computed and seats automatically allotted in various colleges, depending
upon their performance.
* There
will be no paper work in the university, as all rules of eligibility, domicile,
migration and other certificates will be done away with. Absenteeism in
offices will be minimised with parents not having to go to various ministers
to seek recommendation.
* Housing
situation will improve—all houses will have a rental ceiling fixed, depending
on the present value of land and building costs— notwithstanding where they are
located. Those
owning houses will not be allowed to live in rented ones and as everyone will
be living in their respective states permanently, they will have to own a
house—the government giving them all the building materials at a subsidized
cost.
* I
will hold important international meets in different states by turns so that
the roads are improved, trees are planted and the whole place is given a
facelift.
It
may not be a ‘Ram Rajya’ in its pristine sense, but it certainly will be a country
where people can hope for a ‘mind without fear’ and hold their heads high!
Anyone
interested in making me leader?
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