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Parmanand Pandey God-man Stya Sai Baba has passed away in the morning of 24th April. He was a divine man or God incarnate or not— I cannot say it for sure; but there is no doubt in my mind that Sai Baba certainly was an evolved person and a great human being. The work done by him in the fields of education, health and drinking water facilities to the people is phenomenal indeed. People belonging to every walk of life cutting across the linguistic, religious and national boundaries became his disciples. Although he was surrounded with many controversies in his life time like; sexploitation of many lady devotees and amassing of huge wealth etc., yet he was respected like God by his disciples. According to newspaper reports he has left behind a fabulous empire worth Rs. more than 1.20 to 2 lakh crore in scores of countries. As it generally happens, when there is no clear cut and strict mechanism to handle the financial matters, controversy, bad blood and rancour is sure to crop up and it

Parmanand Pandey An unnecessary controversy is raging these days with regard to the presence two Bhusans - father son duo— Shanti and Prashant in the Jan Lokpal Drafting Committee. Right from the day, the government accepted the demand of Anna Hazare to draft and enact the Jan Lokpal Bill with the help of the representatives of the Civil Society, a section of influential persons is not able to digest it. These people are raising innumerable objections, which are frivolous in nature but ulterior in motive. There are some publicity hungry people, who are knocking at the doors of the various courts and questioning the very constitutionality of the Drafting Committee. They say that it is the job of Parliament, which cannot be given to others under threat and duress. They are umbrage as to how the civil society can subvert the democracy and usurp the powers of Parliament. As it is was not enough, a group of people, whose interests would be hit hard after and who do not have any hesitation i

Parmanand Pandey Hail Anna Hazare. Doubtless, his victory is people's victory. Those who have been cocking the snook to the fast unto death of Anna had to eat to humble pie. The amount of spontaneous support that came for the cause of weeding out the corruption has been unprecedented in the real sense of the term. This type of movement has not been seen in Independent India. Anna Hazare's movement has brought forth at least two important features. One; almost every body in India has become the victim of the corruption. It has not only spread its tentacles widely but has dug its roots so deep that people are groaning with its pain. Two; if any sincere person starts an agitation, he or she is sure to get the overwhelming support of the people. The fast unto death of Anna Hazare has made it evident that there was no need for any publicity. Entire country would come for support as if pulled by ropes. In our country we have been talking about corruption, blaming politicians and offi

Parmanand Pandey Entire country has been in the grip of cricket fever for more than one and half months. It reached its peak at the time of semi-final with Pakistan and in the final against Sri Lanka. Cricket has obtained the status of the cult game in the country mainly because of two reasons. Firstly; it is a colonial game and is played exclusively in commonwealth countries which were the slaves of Great Britain once upon a time. The subjects of slave countries took pride in emulating the game of their Saheb masters. Thus, it became popular because of the Britishers. Secondly; the big money is involved in this game, particularly in India where the number of cricket fans is growing by leaps and bounds with every passing year. Paranoia about cricket can be gauged from the fact that so much so; a villager, who does not know about the game of cricket, suffers from a complex. Business houses and gamblers make huge money out of this game. They just capitalise the emotions of the public by

By: Parmanand Pandey I read a front paged lead story in the daily 'Mail Today' of today. The news story is based on a petition of an Advocate to the President of India. It has high lighted the nexus between some advocates and the judges of the Supreme Court. It also tells about the modus operandi of some manipulative advocates, who sow the seeds of corruption to reap the fruits later for their enrichment. The story is bound to shock the conscience of any conscientious person. It is an open secret although much talked about in the circles of legal practitioners that some advocates believe more in manoeuvring than in the lawyering. They often give the impression that justice is manageable and this is how they have accumulated fortunes. These unscrupulous advocates and the judges do not realise the damage they cause to the very institution of judiciary. In the instant story a senior advocate PH Parekh has floated an organisation for the protection of Human Rights of which he is th