Reflections of Rajaram Bojji

You may have read about the experience of the retired army officer who met a lot of people at Ram Lila Maidan where Anna Hazare was on fast. Here is something experienced by my cousin who happened to be in Delhi that time. "I was in Delhi to attend a meeting in the Planning Commission's Office. When I got out of Delhi airport, some youngster approached me and gave me a small national flag to pin on my shirt. This is something which I could obviously not refuse. Then they gave me a white cap with "I am Anna Hazare" written printed it in. I decided to wear the cap, got into a taxi and told him to take me to my lodging. On the way there was a police check point, and the cop peeped into the taxi and waved us on. The cabbie seemed to be happy. and said "Aap ki wajah se bach gaye" (Escaped, thanks to you). When I asked what I had doen to save him, he said 'Every day, these police guys make us pay 100 rupees to pass this point, and if someone does not pay he i...

I do not understand the uncalled for confidence that, we, by issue of order or making a severe law can make some event stop. Somehow our respected IAS and many intellectuals think that it is lack of a law that allows bad things to happen. Typically delay in issue of rules is being pointed out for some one to keep a watch on ammonium nitrate. The moment it is declared as an explosive...what other rules one needs to act? The rules applicable to explosives all of us know. They are there. Why again wait for issue of fresh rules A District Collector does not need any new rules specially for Ammonium Nitrate because it is an explosive of a particular class under the explosive act. All the existing rules kick in. The district collectors and the explosive inspectors merely give this kind of excuse to avoid accountability. Even carriage by ship in to Vizag in huge quantities becomes a case of violating the ACt, under the existing Act and rules available for explosives mutatis mutandis for Ammo...