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RS Jassal “Education is the process where the powers of human nature becomes developed by good habit” (L) Prof. J.Adler Mortimer (Education Reformer) Education is enlightenment. Education is the empowerment of masses to shape and mould their destinies. It is also the instrument of the enlightened and the empowered to ignite their vision and of mediocre & less privileged human beings in multi- faceted forms, it may be for understanding the intricacies of the nature i.e., cosmology, strengthening the wisdoms, reaching out to technologies and attaining high standards of in learning at research centres, ethics, morals and the aesthetics . Till independence of India i.e., 1947 and a decade thereafter educationalists depended on conventional education aimed at joining blue/ white collared jobs only. With huge expansion in service sector there was a phenomenal rise in student’s enrolment at schools and colleges which remained managed in conventional manners only miserably lacked in infrastructure. India being a vast country and rural based, educational experts realized that some additional system to spread education to every nook and corner of India be introduced. It saw the introduction of non-formal system of education i.e., open schools, open universities and other related institutions to benefit the under privileged people and persons who could not afford to go for further studies in places like Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Chennai and also to assist those who wished to improve qualification’s while in service. However this type of open, distant education and conventional system in vogue were found not commensurate to accommodate upsurge in student’s community, especially so in the North East. To meet this challenge, Govt. of Manipur approved many private schools and gradually but progressively such schools produced excellent results and today toppers list is shared by them every year. Conversely, governmentally run schools went down and down. But one gets surprised when hears about repeated extortion demands on such schools for the past two decades. Considering this, it has to be said that not raising our voice against extortion demands on our schools that are doing yeoman service in shaping our youth is a big mistake. It does not mean that certain anomalies & malpractices set in educational system in both governmental & privately run schools need not be checked or exposed. There are lawful means available to do it & RTI is the right weapon to be used. Extortion from schools by undergrounds is actually extortion from our children and their parents. Education, whether through non-formal or formal system, conventional or non-conventional, malpractices in overall educational system which are attributed to corruption and extortion in various forms has crept in the system. So with degrees multiplying and honest students scholars lagging behind in selections for jobs where honesty, sincerity and creativity is involved , they feel not only disappointed & frustrated but in many cases they commit suicides too. But still we do make a big cry for quality education. Teachers are honoured every 5th September, by student bodies in a dignified manner and now they are resorting to streets, weeks in advance to fleece money from passers-by and citizens. Constitutions of student welfare bodies must be scrutinised. To meet any demand by non- educational organisations by politicians and undergrounds, through processions be banned. It ignites different and negative ideas in the minds of students which ultimately affect the body and mind of the entire society. Above all, if the parents wish to see their ward(s) come up in progress and growth, they (whether educated or uneducated) must guide their ward(s) to positivities & establish continuous contacts with their teachers and prevail on undergrounds to leave education as a free zone. Some chapters like importance of role of religion in one’s life, understanding the meaning of human rights duties and values, vicious affects of corruption and extortion on the societal order in the services, health & education sectors if adopted in school syllabus will surely lead to give quality education which can bring upright youth to evolution for a peaceful State and better understanding of the human core. As said by Socrates “ Education means bringing out the idea of universal validity which is latent in the mind of every man” This is the story of education. Health sector which is again a major building block of healthy society on the edifice of dependable youths and cheerful adolescents can be acquired only with good health care. During Ashoka period King & philanthropists used to establish free dispensaries & hospitals not only for human beings but for animals too taking health as ‘service to God’. With hundred fold increase in population,, eco-environs sufficiently shaken , global warming, adulterated food, contaminated drinking water, lack of hygienic living conditions for majority of people many new set of diseases are appearing and Govt. Hospitals are not sufficient to meet medical needs of populace , Govt. of India and UNESCO have encouraged setting up of new hospitals privately too. 100% costs cannot be borne by the Govt. so medical experts out of dedication and desire to provide health care and create job opportunities for deserving & the needy opened the private clinics & hospitals depending on availability of the resources & loans. In the context of Manipur, there are many – some of very big but others of medium nature. Here in the last two decades it is found that almost all such hospitals and all the privately run (though Govt. approved) hospitals & schools are being slapped with monetary demands from not one group of undergrounds but as many as are carrying some or the other nomenclature . Many a times, chemists had to close down their businesses for days together due incapacity to meet UGs repeated demands. At times even life saving drugs had run out of stock. Meeting one monetary demand leads to consult the corruption reference book which is patent to Manipur only to make up the losses. Who suffers mostly, the poor or say ‘aam admi’. Many specialised doctors are threatened to send their juniors to attend to suffering UG cadres for treatment at risk to their life. It causes fear psychosis though they might have been looked after well. Thus this corruption & extortion move hand in hand overarching the state machinery. Everyone will agree that in Manipur the practice of corruption, terrorism, insurgency, revolution and extortion criss – crosses various sections of society, hills and valley both. In our contemporary situation much to the dislike of the society, the activity of extortion has come to stay. Anti- social elements are mushrooming day by day. To eke out huge sum of easy money in a materialistic world through unlawful taxes, black mailings, ransom vis- a- vis hostage methods are becoming a matter of research. The drama of extortion has different themes viz, kidnapping on account of business rivalry or the administrative diktat or a political hostage for repatriation or extradition and so on. Even in Manipur where extortion has been sadly accepted as an integral part of one’s day to day life, extortion from schools and hospitals cannot be tolerated. It is like stealing the rice meant for BPL families. Scripturs hold a society where teachers, priests and doctors are not shown respect heads for doom. Or is it our majority choice. It is simply eroding our social base. Please watch out!

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Lai Loyumba
(This article was written and sent to various newspapers about 3 years ago at the height of networking & MLM but pity nobody published it or else it may have helped saved at least some people from these financial scams, broken homes & broken dreams)
Picture this scenario… in the outskirts of Imphal a girl of 7-6 yrs, in tattered clothes with a small oil stained plastic bottle clutched in one hand and a ten rupee note in the other hand, coming to the dilapidated local grocer to buy mustard oil for Rs. 5 and ngari for Rs. 4 and Re. 1 for her bubble gum. But going to her house it may turn out to be no surprise if they happen to use a tooth paste tube costing more than Rs. 120/- made by a multi level marketing (MLM) company, wash utensils with a solution costing more than Rs. 200. All these and much much more when most of them are not sure from where their next meal will come from.

The newspapers and magazines in the metropolises as well as the small towns are flooded with lines like these “Earn Rs. 30,000 to 50,000 a month, work from your home, no qualification needed. Call Preity/ Rahul at 9860000000” enticing and alluring more and more unsuspecting prey.

Ever seen those people in ill fitting suits and shabbily tied ties on Sundays and holidays congregating in stadia and halls across the length and breadth of this poor country with a glint in their eyes like those of possessed people. This is simply mass hypnosis triggering a mass hysteria.

Ever heard the refrain -what do you want from life? What are you missing in your life? Are you satisfied with your job and how much money you’re getting? Promises of an easy and considerable sum as income sound so alluring as also the added world tour while working at your own pace, why Mr. so and so from your locality has left his job and became a fulltime runner or is it distributor(hic ! so confusing) Mrs. X has gone so many times to foreign lands courtesy this organization.

There are so many of them…Amway, Conybio, DXN, Herbalife, Avon, Oriflame, Aviance, FreeIndia concepts, RCM etc. etc. They come in all shape and sizes and in a myriad number of hues. Under their skin they are all the same except for a little difference here a difference there. Such easy and get rich quick schemes, have struck root in our society exploiting the basic human trait…greed. For every sane voice there are 10 who are ready to fall into this trap. Many have sank their savings while others have landed up with broken families, worse still some have paid with their lives believing in the cure-all, magic potion like qualities of their products and ignoring doctors orders for their diabetes, hypertension, cancers. Doctors too are not beyond reproach as some of them have flouted all ethics and jumped into this bandwagon and are prescribing this magic potions to their gullible patients, woe to them and their ilk. Why prescribe vitamin c tablets costing more than Rs. 15 when the same is available from leading pharma brands for less than Re.1, even eating a heikru (gooseberry) is much better. Same is the case with calcium, ginseng and many other products. Amways nutrilite ginseng tablet cost Rs 2300 for a pack of 100 tablets amounting to a whopping Rs. 23 per tablet after giving it some exotic name like Siberian ginseng while the original Panax ginseng imported by leading pharmaceuticals like Ranbaxy are available for around Rs. 7 per capsule.
The greatest irony is that Amway is forcing the poor citizens who otherwise find it hard to have a roof over their heads let alone own a car to buy car wash which cost more than Rs. 250 per bottle. Do they expect them to drink car wash?

In the case of Herbalife, you pay about Rs.4000 per person to either gain or lose weight, which is even more than the whole month’s expenditure of a middle class kitchen of around 4 persons. It is even more than two times the monthly salary of a private school teacher. Forget third world countries like us it is even on the costlier side for the developed western world. Their motto “Lose weight now, ask me how” should better read “Lose wealth now, ask me how”

So how come you earn quick? You form a team below you who in turn form a team below them and it goes on. And you get a share from what business they do. Sounds a little confusing. But whatever, they claim that you can earn so much that you can resign your regular job and do MLM full time. And many fall for this ploy. I have known many a people who unable to sell these products use it themselves.

The tag line they use for these products is that the “quality is superior; you don’t get it in shops”. May be true then may not be. People are willing to spend now…the ball pen made the revolution but does everyone have the selling ability and is it wise to take up this business as an alternative to you regular job?

NETWORKING:
JIT, FOREX. UNIPAY, VISAREV…when the going was good, those of us who did not join into the bandwagon were made to look like fools, even our wifes started complaining why we did not join so and such network and get rich quick like tomba, chaoba, ibethoi…why even so and so doctor, MLA and chief engineer are raking in moolahs. Now what happened…these companies just fed on one basic drive of humans…greed just plain greed nothing else. Its all boil down to something called the PONZI scheme, just google it or visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme and the secret will be unravelled(sic…everyone of those investors seemingly know the net these days waiting for another date set by these companies, a la waiting for Godot)
An excerpt from Wikipedia “A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors, not from any actual profit earned by the organization, but from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors. The Ponzi scheme usually entices new investors by offering returns other investments cannot guarantee, in the form of short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. The perpetuation of the returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises and pays requires an ever-increasing flow of money from investors to keep the scheme going.

The system is destined to collapse because the earnings, if any, are less than the payments to investors. Usually, the scheme is interrupted by legal authorities before it collapses because a Ponzi scheme is suspected or because the promoter is selling unregistered securities. As more investors become involved, the likelihood of the scheme coming to the attention of authorities increases. While the system eventually will collapse under its own weight, the example of Bernard Madoff’s investment scandal demonstrates the ability of a Ponzi scheme to delude both individual and institutional investors as well as securities authorities for long periods: Madoff’s variant of the Ponzi scheme stands as the largest financial investor fraud committed by a single person in history. Prosecutors estimate losses at Madoff’s hand totaling roughly $21 billion, as estimated by the money invested by his victims. If the promised returns are added, the losses amount to $64.8 billion, but a New York court dismissed this estimation method during the Madoff trial.

Coming back to Manipur…it’s a classic Ponzi, first you entice a few with very regular payments from Unipay then float another company Visarev.The people already bedazzled by the earlier scheme came in troves that’s when the squeeze came, classic and it could have succeded so well only in our state Manipur. It’s mostly in our state that people want to get rich quick…damn quick not even pondering to check out the status of the company where you are investing thousands and lakhs of rupees. In other states people do think twice if a company or organization is offering astronomical returns for their investment but the gullible people of our state seemed to be tricked time and again…remember “Golden forests” of yore. The present scams have made our state poorer by about Rs.1500 crores according to modest estimates, maybe even more. This is going to impact us more than the our wars with Burma and the subsequent seven years devastation!!!

Our state which already has a bleak future due to the law and order and lack of development has been looted again and again by such nefarious networks/ companies making our economy poorer and poorer. We will not be victims of such scams if we remember two simple quotes “ All that glitter is not gold” and the other being “ Work is worship”. Lets forget the dreams of being rich without doing any work and one also need to just keep one’s eyes and ears open to witness such heart rending stories.

This article is intended to make the citizens of my poor state think, yes… think and decide. There will be many angry rebuttals to this article, but I don’t have the time and the inclination to reply to them, I am just urging my brethren to at least start thinking, keep their eyes open and do what they think is best.
Lai Loyumba
Khwai Lalambung Makhong, Imphal

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Original Source: The Imphal Free Press

B B Sharma

It is always fascinating to look back in the past events. No doubt, Manipur’s insurgency story has been quit repulsive, though 2010 proves to be the twilight zone for a better future. The level of violence has decidedly come down in 2010 as compared with the past. The Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreements with Kuki militant outfits were signed and since effectively monitored. Consequently, violence level has considerably gone down in Kuki-dominated areas of the state. Also a large number of militants surrendered after a long spell and continuing in 2011. No complaint of human rights violation against security forces was noticed during the year. Agitations against the Army and the Central paramilitary forces were hard to come by. The scenario is aptly described by top brass of the security forces as “…the clouds of insurgency are being blown away by winds of change, a perceptible shift in the mindsets of the common man whose yearning for peace and development is becoming increasingly palpable as there are very clear and visible manifestations of sign of return to normalcy”.

Also in the changed scenario, the security forces engaged in the counter insurgency operations have now indicated their strategy for a ‘civic face’. This was evident from the speech of the GOC-57 Mountain Division, Major General D.S.Hooda in his address to the one-day seminar on “Fostering Civil-Military Relations” jointly organized by Manipur University and Red Shield Division of the Army (7-1-2011) at Manipur University, Imphal. According to him, the Army have been called to protect ‘the rights and freedom of the common man’, challenged by ‘terrorist organizations’. The Major General said, “the rationale of counter-insurgency operations is to protect the human right and democracy”. Therefore, what the GOC meant was that human right should not be violated in any counter insurgency operation as its purpose is to restore human rights. In that light he said during 1990-2009, as many as 1500 cases of human rights violations have been filed against the Army. Of these, 53 cases were established while in 17 cases the Army took suo muto cognizance. Altogether, 104 personnel including 39 officers have been punished for human right violations.

Almost all the speakers in the seminar expressed concern over human right violation with reference to the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958. Thus, the discussion lay centred around the issue of human right violations by both state and non-state actors. Prof. Gangmumei Kamei, a national fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, in his key note address supported the demand for a more human face to the AFSPA while referring to Kautilya’s dictum, “Army is an important limb of the State”. He said, the main role of the Army would be to fight against external threat.
The other speakers also aired almost similar views on the AFSPA vis-à-vis human right violation by security forces. Irom Chanu Sharmila, who is still continuing her fast-unto-death since 2nd November 2001 demanding repeal of the AFSPA, has built up a strong public opinion in Manipur against the Act. Against this backdrop, Major General, D.S.Hooda laid bare a security stance that “we also attempt to the best of our ability to make a clear distinction between the civilian and underground. Let an underground escape, it does not matter, we can catch him another day but try to make sure that no innocent life is lost. I know mistakes are made, I know mistakes happen in the heat of the moment but principally the approach is that no innocent civilian should be killed”.

Having heard people’s expectation, the Major General on his part did some plain speaking. He said, young soldiers who come to Manipur from other parts of the country never witnessed insurgency situation and find themselves at odds for not knowing the local language.

It is common place knowledge that security forces are only helping state administration in counter insurgency operation since 1958 and continued use of army may not be solution to the problem. The long term solution therefore lies in streamlining and modernizing the state police force.

Much to the surprise of the general public, security forces have effectively controlled militancy in the state, among others, by bringing Kuki militant outfits to the negotiating table in the hills. It has also effected similar arrangement with at least one militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Lallumba Group) in the valley. Consequently, the level of violence has considerably gone down in the state. The people of the trouble torn state are now seen yearning for a ‘positive peace’ through a negotiated settlement of the vexed insurgency problem of the state. Now, it is for the political leadership to take over and bring it to its logical conclusion.

The viewpoints of the academia and other elite participants in the seminar will accelerate the peace process, so long hard to achieve. Ultimately, failure is crowned by success if one persists.

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Original Source: The Imphal Free Press

By: G.S.Oinam
It is cliché, but it is true—things are changing rapidly around us.” Munni Badnam Hogi; Sheila Jawan Hogi”—it is unpredictable, anything can be happen! Peoples forces are whirlwind storm lasted for few minutes. They are innocent, emotional and believe in miracles. In such an environment, you need an understanding of the forces that shape a domain—technique, technology and skills—so that you can anticipate changes. You need to have rigorous data oriented approach for creating scenarios. No one believe that Sheila Dixit will regain her lost glory after common wealth games swan song but now, retained her glory slowly and slowly. Her focus on social sectors to improvise in basic amenities in city like housing for poor priority, regularization of unauthorized colonies, e-governance, RTE Act, bidding for heritage city, Service Level Augments (SLA) for timely delivery of service to put an end to harassment faced by citizens, Project management Institution etc. attracts the common people. Design for future—to be one step ahead of the curve; you need the confidence to extrapolate the curve. That is what a good politician does. That is why powered by intellect and driven by values—face for new world. Their culture is all about enabling people to excel and work with pride—ethics, tenacity, rigour and analytics.

No matter—common people are not politicians- have the courage to say good or bad if somebody do good or bad. We appreciate Shri Pranab Babu, Union Minister of Finance for his new initiatives of “Swabhiman”—special campaign for financial inclusion to bring banking to the masses. It will facilitate opening bank accounts, provide need based credit, remittance facilities and help to promote financial literacy in rural area to cover up the economic distance between rural and urban areas. I was among the foremost advocate of financial literacy in rural and urban poor of India. My definition of financial literacy is simple and it has inclusion of skills development—how to earn one rupee and where to spend it through safety net (modern banking). NABARD’s infrastructural loan for river improvement projects in Manipur is his initiative.

My anger to UPA-II has cooled down gradually after Mr. Rahul Gandhi asked the nation to give a chance to clean the corruption within 10 years. He wants to bring back all the black money stashed away in those secretive Swiss banks. The money belongs to India’s poor. Young Ajay Maken—I called him in 2003, today, an experience politician want to make a different in Youth Affairs and Sports—good governance, PPP model in sports, fund raising from corporate bodies for sports infrastructural in North East are his first priority. But, please do not give everything to Thoubal District of Manipur. Our hill people love sports too!

Corporations are congregation of various stakeholders, namely customers, employees, investors, vendor partners, government and society. Politician can learn many things from corporate governance which are applicable to political organization. Corporate governance is about ethical conduct of business. Ethics are concerned with the code of values and principles that enables a person to choose between right and wrong, and therefore, select from alternative course of action. Further, ethical dilemmas arise from conflicting interests of the parties involved. In this regard, directors/ managers make decisions based on a set of principles influenced by the values, context and culture of the organization. Ethical leadership is good for business as the organization is seen to conduct its business in line with the exceptions of all stakeholders.

The ministry of company affairs, which is finalizing the new companies Bill, has accepted a parliamentary Standing Committee’s recommendation on the issue of 2% net profits of corporate social responsibility programme. It has proposed the companies with a turnover of Rs.1000 crore or net profit of Rs5 crore earn mark 2% of net profit for the preceding three years on corporate social responsibility (CSR).Coal ministry toying with idea of mandating CSR levy on mining in no go areas.
If your heart is pure, your dealing will be beautiful. If your behaviour is gentle and sweet, there will be peace in your home. The domestic atmosphere of peace will result in good law and order in the nation. If there is orderliness in a nation, there will be peace and happiness in the whole world. A few drops of honey dripped down on the floor. Some flies came to lick it up. A lizard jumped over the flies. A cat comes into catch the lizard. Two or three dogs appeared on the scene to make a pray of the cat. There was fight among the dogs. The owners of dogs come in. They were in two groups. One group took the help of police while the other mustered the support of strong armed citizens. This resulted in a riot through the city. The rioters burnt palace. Thus, two drops of honey destroyed a kingdom. An insignificant careless action of big people leads to dangerous consequences.

To my interaction with group of civil service aspirants from Assam, Bihar, UP and Uttara khand, I advice them Mr. Rahul Gandhi must be protect if India want to go forward. We will protect BJP youth leader if any one they projected. You can not call it is dynasty rule- they are enter into politics directly quarter final round from their family background because political relationship, organizational skills and personality development can not take place overnight. Only a few people are successful in politics. They are learned and experience from their family and entered in quarter final directly but it does not mean they will not fight election and will rule forever. There is ups and down in politics.

Congress problems comes from middle level congressmen want to be minister / chief minister. A white paper you send through proper channel from the ground congress worker will take many days, perhaps, the colour of the paper may be change in the process and finally, will put into dust bin because, the colour of the paper is unrecognized when it reached to top. Right hand, left hand, so many hands of middle congressmen in the figure of “Goddess Kali” looking at Aam adami! Aam Admi! Honestly, we are scared. Please come to your original human figure so that common people may worship you. From collation party mistakes to collective responsibly of the mistakes to total responsibility of the congress party in UPA-II- can not be separated. Congress will require focusing distinctively what is the solution? In the UPA-II, I like Mr.PC. He is perfect, clean and result oriented. His coordination with his secretary GK Pillai is outstanding. Mr. Digvijoy Singh is most confident politician- in organization. He saved the CN-IBN penalty shot on 15 Lok Sabha poll analysis.

BJP problems are mostly at the top level– kingless war they want to fight. A good decision can not be made in right time, right place. Enemy is within in every political party of India. But, Nitin Gotkani management in politics is something different–top class management in political organization. He will receive any message send up from field workers within 24 hours but the reply will be within 10 days. Weekend video conference, organizational training programme, interactive programme, leadership programme, Researchers coordination, and recently added- North Eastern India Sampart Cell etc are working actively and faithfully. Mild strike at the centre and ground home work like recruitments of new members, relationship and village level works had achieved the target in Bihar Assembly election.

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