Polls 1

I want to see a national debate between the prime ministerial candidates. For once , something which would have a direct impact on the middle class , instigating them to vote , and that too for the right people.
Yesterday, one of my batchmates forwarded me BJP's IT vision.

I have never read a manifesto as such. But , seeing this, I think , being overtly optimistic about it's implementation , BJP with such points could bring in the digital revolution.
But then, the points specified are so generic that they can be the summary of a GD that takes place on Sundays.
Also, the implementation details are missing. It's something like their erstwhile India Shining , where a rosy picture is being painted, but which is far away from reality.
For example, how in 3 years can they give a national identity device to every citizen of India, when we do not even have a total count of Indian citizens?
Also, once this identity is with every citizen , won't the militant forces have a free access to get this identity of being an Indian citizen.
The country cannot afford to give a billion of identification devices which would be tamper proof.
This seems , on a cursory analysis to be , if implemented , something like the dotcom bust.
Mr. Advani , it would be better if this vision of yours could be tranformed from 'in your dreams' to something realistic.
But I like the idea of all the post offices being given broadband access ( well I feel even a dial-up would be just fine, considering the length and breadth of our nation).
Post offices can serve the dual porpose of being a place for the snail communication and the e-communication.
Advani's IT vision.

The presentation culture

It has been nearly three years since I started my bachelors.
And no matter how much I have been trying to avert the presentation culture which is pervasive in each of my semester, it seems that I am at last accepting it as a necessity to accustom myself to this way of teaching.
But I still have my doubts.

I cannot have the patience nor the tolerance to just let go any piece of information that might be necessary.Nor the ignorance or the co-relating ability , whichever way it might be comprehended , to understand the material in the presentation.
The authors of the books are not crazy to write reams of papers with nothing significant in them , not like in some of the answer scripts which some of my batchmates and even a few of my lecturers urge us to do.

Do presentations save time?
I think if one wants a clearer picture, a book is needed , and a clearer picture is what one should strive for.

I think this very presentation culture is in some way responsible for the economic crisis that the world is seeing these days.
Everything was in the form of the high level presentations, the presentors in no way wanted to present the bad-grade mortage debts.
The high level just talked about the AAA securities which they had been cast into.
The managerial fraternity , which has been groomed on this ' presentation culture' were only interested in the high level presentations, forgetting about what actually constituted the AAA securities.
The presentors were paid hefty sums , so were the ones who were presented the slide-shows , either for them turning a blind eye or else for them accustoming themselves to the presentation culture.

If the presentation culture has such consequences that countries could go bankrupt , that people are stripped off their security,stability and peace of mind , I am sorry but I refuse the presentation culture to pollute me.

A grade lost here or there for my incompetence of finishing off with the course ,well I could manage that.