Beware! Anna & team gets back to work!!!

Anna Hazare's team members to on a hunger strike tomorrow on for the demand of creating a system & position of National Ombudsman or Lokpal who would take care of matters like corruption at all levels. Anna, now 75 yrs of age and frail would join the movement 29th on. Commendable!

Anna is a Gandhian and has followed Gandhian methods in all his past activities. Also he has taken up the issue of the Lokpal Bill 4 times in the past year in the public following Gandhian methods of hunger strike etc. We saw the revolution going to great heights past August. I never saw anything close to this movement in my lifetime. At the time of Jayprakash, I was small.

Even though I take the efforts like hunger strike etc as a kind of blackmailing, but here I take Anna's means to be justified by the end. Anna is also asking investigation against 14 corrupt central ministers. Pranab Da escapes as he is the president now and has constitutional immunity.

Only request to Anna is that yes people are with him & his team. Again a revolution will build up. People will be charged. But please under no circumstances drop the revolution when it is on its height, midway.

Bapu or Mahatma Gandhi or Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, after his return from South Africa had hijacked the Indian National Congress; applied his methods of non-violence which were till then not known to common Indians & even Britishers. The illiterate mob worshiped their Bapu and got revolutionized. Impact was huge whether it was Dandi March, Non-cooperation movement or Quit India movement. But Bapu had this uncanny ability to drop the movement when it was on its peak if anywhere from the vast country there was a report of a small incidence of violence. The entire movement had to be dropped. I personally think that when a large country is worked up & agitated small incidences were to occur. Also I estimated we would have achieved independence in the 1920's had revolutions not been dropped by whimsical Bapu for nothing.

Funnily, Bapu agreed for India & Indians to participate in the 2nd World War on behalf of Britain. Guess he wanted us to fight a non-violent war!!

All this only to tell that we are with you Anna in your war against corruption. It is our war too. Only let the fight this time to be an one of the fight to achieve the final frontiers. We do not want you or anyone to die of hunger. We would like you to take the fight to the level that certain addresses on Janpath Road & Race Course Road face immobility till they have agreed to our noble cause without manipulating.

Jai Hind 

Trying To Understand The Mumbo Jumbo Of Petrol Prices In India !

-I am trying to understand this stupid arithmetic of Petrol Prices in India !!!

Majority of petrol, diesel, kerosene, lubricants business in the country is carried out by Government Companies like ONGC, HP, BP etc.

This includes the oil business of importing, exploration, rigging, processing, retailing etc.

These Government owned companies are inefficient, mammoth in size, badly managed.

Majority of the Crude Oil is Imported by these companies and Government charges Import Duty over it. Ultimately the consumer pays for this.

When the Crude Oil is processed or whatever, Government levies Excise Duty, which obviously comes to the Government coffers and in the end is on the consumers wallets.

Now on the transportation of the same finished products, the Transporters are charged Service Tax. Goes to the Government. Ultimately the consumer pays.

Now at the Retail level on every Sales of Petrol Products, Sales Tax is charged by the Government. same result.

There is an Educational Cess too.

These retailers are Corrupt to the core. Consumer gets only 75% value of his money. Consumer pays.


From the Tax Payers Money, to keep these White Elephants floating with merry & retain their NAVRATNA tag; the Government subsidizes these companies Lakhs of Crores annually. This is we Public's money only.

Subsidies lead to Fiscal Deficit and hence overall Inflation.

Government subsidizes Kerosene in the name of poor. Kerosene is distributed through Public Distribution System ( PDS ). PDS in India is all Fucked Up. The subsidies are eaten up by Company Employees & Middlemen. Consumer Pays & Poor do not get Kerosene.

Now, these companies shout that they are incurring losses so increase the Prices or they will be in trouble.

The Private Players are unable to come & compete as the NAVRATNA's are heavily subsidized & corrupt. Consumer has got restricted choice.

Government jacks up the prices. Then Government Jacks up the prices again & again & again !!!!!!


Why the fuck ?????? or What the fuck???

These are Government companies. Government is charging and keeping the money as Import Duty, Excise Duty, Sales Tax, Service Tax etc etc.

Then why the hell is Government Jacking Up the Prices to help its own Mismanaged companies???? Haven't we paid enough already to the Government as various taxes???

I do not understand this. Some economist friend will have to come to my help to explain this Mumbo Jumbo.

Anyone???