Yanpvuo Kikon: Opposing Lokayukta Bill basing it on Article 371 A is highly contradictory, because Article 371A seeks to protect our Naga culture and heritage. Those who are banning the Anti-Corruption ombudsman are simply showing the people that they directly encouraging corruption. Our ancestors lived a corruption free life of honesty, integrity and hardwork. And taking the name of Naga customary laws to SUPPORT CORRUPTION is an insult to our Naga tradition and culture. The new Naga generation hopes that the necessary amendments are made and the bill is passed at the earliest.
Jumping to a conclusion by relating high crime rate and pre-paid sim card is a flawed perception. Look at the crime rate in Nagaland when there was no pre-paid card or even mobile phones, criminals will always find a way to perpetrate criminal activities! We just need to outsmart them; not send us backward. Decision making such as these and the one where Korean movies was confirmed as the catalyst of rape are all flawed and myopic analysis which can hamper our progress on the national lines, forget about the global level.
Hangkum Chang: I sincerely doubt if it will bear any fruit. Linking pre paid phones to crimes is like linking diabetes to rice consumption order, or linking the usage of internet to fundamentalism. Ban rice altogether to cure diabetes? Or ban internet to curb fundamentalism? Rice does increase the risk of diabetes and the internet is not a tool for sowing seeds of fundamentalism. But the answer lies in monitoring the intake of rice just like monitoring internet to censor fundamentalist ideas. Crimes will inevitably occur with or without mobile phones. Yes, pre paid services do assist the perpetrators of crime. At the same time, we have the highest police personal ratio in the whole country. They should be employed to tackle crimes. Modernise the police force in order to make them competent to handle the challenges of a modern society. Pre paid service as such is not the problem. It is its misuse that is the problem. Monitor it if the need arises. Monitor the internet if it is assisting crime. But to ban a common man's technology is definitely not the answer. When our elected representatives tend to take such steps the bureaucracy should step in as they act as assistants in decision making.
Abei Mere: I’m pretty sure it will make it to the top 10 list of the worst decisions by the state government
I quote here - "Almost 90 per cent of the crimes in the state are committed using pre-paid SIM card and since law and order is a state subject, we are planning to ban all the pre-paid mobile services”- Home minister.
And how are the pre-paid subscribers (who makes up majority of the mobile users) expected to get post paid SIM cards within this month, come on, don’t create a J&K here at home!
And as someone stated above, many crimes are committed using small cars.
I say, go ahead, ban all the small cars and impose a rule (since law and order is a state subject) that all citizens use/buy buses and trucks only. How about that?
Dedicated to those who buy Government jobs
Aien Changkija: Another knock (This time it's more like a thumping) on my heart so here I am. O_O
IT ALL BEGINS WITH: A call from one of my uncles. We discuss mundane things; he about his life back home and I about mine here in the city. Some minutes into the conversation and he suggests that I come back home. Of course, I miss family and friends and would very much like to be home but I tell him "Not yet, uncle, just not yet." The next thing he tells me takes away any pre-planned answers I might have had. I am left feeling really insulted, outraged, saddened and nostalgic all at the same time when he tells me he would help me 'buy' a job once I am home. Here are the reasons for each of the feelings I felt :
Insulted and Outraged: Yes! It was a direct insult to my intellect. Am I not qualified or cap...able enough to apply and get selected for a job? Do my life and work experiences not count? Hello! I may not exactly be Bill Gates material but I think I can land myself a job without money being passed under the table. If I don't land one, I will happily sell 'chai' and 'tamul' on the streets of Dimapur when I am back.
Saddened : That an elderly figure of the society, one of my very own uncles ( Supposedly someone who is otherwise living an exemplary life and is looked up to) is reduced to accepting and contemplating resorting to such measures.
Nostalgic: Remembering all those people who once studied or worked in Bangalore; those that spoke of betterment of Nagaland and debated ever so passionately about wanting to make changes in Nagaland ( Now sitting comfortably at some bought chair at some government office). Sigh! Where did that passion go? Did they once think about the changes they wanted to make before settling into those chairs?
Conclusion: So I replied, "Thanks, but no thanks. Donate the money you wish to spend on my job-buying plan to the 'Lets make a difference for the little ones' campaign currently being run by TNB." My uncle might never think of helping me again and I may never find a job in Nagaland but I know I wouldn't have taken a job away from someone more deserving. Most importantly, I wouldn't have paid someone to find out what I am deserving and capable of.
Dear bloggers,
It could be you next. Your father, your uncle or your neighbour could be the one telling you there's a job on sale. Will you be gracing that bought chair next? What will your answer be or will you let money do your talking?
