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Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Make in India – not a bad idea!' that was published in Newsband

Make in India – not a bad idea!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India campaign deserves to be appreciated. It shows that the new government has both the willingness and capacity to implement reforms necessary to restore some of India’s lost growth potential. His FDI — First Develop India — was a signal to companies that his government would create an enabling environment for investment,

His promise to create a ‘business-friendly’ environment is probably more appropriate in today’s context of fiscal prudence. It is indeed imperative that the government’s actions should match its words. The idea of Make in India is good but is it pragmatic in its ideals? How many of these new schemes are beneficial for the poor Indians who are the first and foremost stakeholders of this country in the sense they have been living with their basic rights such as food, education and health not fulfilled? Is Make in India a pro rich project and not a pro poor which is what we are expecting from this government?

It is said that 'Make in India' is a step forward towards having an effective government policy. There is no doubt that Modi is indeed trying his best to set his priorities straight without any ambiguity.

From that angle, Make In India and FDI (First Develop India) is a welcome step. Diplomatic relation and Persuasion power of Modi will certainly be helpful in terms of transfer of modern technology and share of knowledge between countries. Prosperity of India is linked with prosperity of Asia and World too. Major challenge would be to make the Make In India and FDI initiative inclusive. Every section of society should be get benefited out of it.

Business-friendly should not mean the kind of crony capitalism encouraged and exploited by politician-corporate nexus in UPA government. The policy framework should be transparent unlike the allocation of coal mines or 2G waves to illegally benefit the crooks in politics and business. Modi's policies and decisions will be x-rayed by people and at the same time Congress and anti-BJP media will be ready to punch which is any way their job to do that.

Along with encouraging foreign investors, it is very important that Modi also promotes research and development in India. By doing so, the term 'Make in India' will attain its full meaning. Many technicians and engineers are migrating to foreign nations due to lesser opportunities of research in their home country. This should stop.

Modi's anticipation for pushing India to development mode is appreciable, but at the same time these are to be dealt in a pragmatic way. As today's industry along with public representatives is caught up with overwhelming corruption and fiscal condition is in precarious situation, there is an urgent need of reciprocity and trust of transparent nature between the government and industry.

As far as PM is concerned he is doing his best to breathe new life to India's financial condition, but the onus also lies on council of ministers who are heading various departments as they should be conscious of their individual responsibilities and expertise in such a way that they could find certain pros and cons for implementing various policies.

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'End poverty in India' that was published in Newsband

End poverty in India

We should curb illiteracy and poverty. Both are inter-related. During the elections, the poors are lured on false promises for benefits, mainly financial temptations are given. It clearly shows that the governments should do as much as possible to remove poverty. Utmost importance should be given to education, skill development and jobs creation. Unless and until at least one member of the family is not given work to earn enough to sustain his/her family, poors will not be able to give education to their children or will have to stop sending their children in between. Poverty is the foremost problem and reason behind so many evils.

India as a democratic state should concentrate on eradication of poverty. The Indian government has to do a lot to eradicate mass poverty in India and to raise the living standard of common people in India. Government should make provisions of housing, education and also create skills, employment, electricity, roads, drinking water, modernisation of agriculture etc in rural India and provide basic amenities in urban India. And to make people self-sufficient there is a need of skill formation. The main motive of country should be eradication of poverty. People want food and shelter and not just speeches. Millions of people in India have just one religion i.e. food and shelter.

There is an urgent need to fight poverty, discrimination, embezzlement, bribery and corruption. An empty stomach understands only the religion of food. Poverty leads people to trespass conviction and leads them to a stage of utter confusion. It is a sorry state of affairs.

 During elections, only Media gets business profits; leaders get political mileage and the poor are drawn into the mirage of some trivial benefits ultimately leading to a ‘neither here nor there’ situation of confusing ideals.

Those government officials who deny these hapless souls basic credentials like ration cards should be punished. Poor and socially backward sections are treated as outcasts by the well off people of all the religious groups. This has led to the yearning for social up-gradation of the oppressed. The people belonging to the creamy layer are guilty of practicing this in many ways.

Media should echo the grievances of those sections of our society that are prone to conversions due to extreme poverty and gross deprivation of their fundamental rights. Neglecting poverty will only take the nation back to the Dark Age: Mass illiteracy, poverty and hunger.

Bharatiya Janata Party who fought election on Development Plank should not  cheat the voters. Instead it should live up to the slogans like Development, Make in India jibes, Toilets etc. raised by the Prime Minister. What is also important is the safety of women, drinking water and employment.

Fighting poverty is a gigantic task by an individual and the state which will go on for many more centuries to improve the per capita income and quality of life but one should stop playing hell with the poor in the name of democracy.

Only during the elections the poor are shown the dream of better life. Is not that inducement? It is not a hidden fact, and the so called fourth pillar, Indian media and intelligentsia are not unaware of it. Why is it not debated? It is high time every Indian concentrated on fighting poverty and deprivation.  

Dinesh Kamath wishes all his Readers a Happy New Year

Here are the photographs of Online Star and Editor of Newsband Dinesh Kamath clicked by Reporter of Newsband Chandrashekhar Hendve on New Year Day - 1 January 2015

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'BJP and PDP should join hands' that was published in Newsband

BJP and PDP should join hands

The election in Jammu and Kashmir has thrown up a fragmented verdict. The performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the People’s Democratic Party, the National Conference and the Congress shows that the contest was truly a four-cornered one. The Hindus of the Jammu region voted overwhelmingly for the BJP, and the Muslims of the Kashmir valley split their approval among the PDP, the NC and the Congress. But on the whole, it was an outright disapproval of the NC government led by outgoing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

Second, the popular approval of the BJP is the highest of all four contestants — it won 23 per cent of the votes polled. The PDP, despite scoring lower than the BJP in terms of vote share, has won the highest number of seats and has become eligible to be invited to form the government. Now there is a need for at least two parties to come together to form a government in the State

The best thing is that the people of J & K turned out in large numbers and did their democratic duty. In the present scenario, only a coalition government is likely to happen, if people's verdict is to be respected and the Governor's rule is to be avoided.

However, a beginning has been made by the people of the valley for bringing tranquility in the region. After analysing all the permutations and combinations, BJP and PDP are the two likely parties that are to join hands to form the government. Normalcy is certain to bloom and the people will gradually join the mainstream.

Despite the less number of seats from pure mandate, BJP is most likely to go for all the options and form a government for the sake of the people who showed a lot of confidence in Modi and his party. Being at the Centre and led by Narendra Modi and also the majority having clearly showed the belief in BJP, the second largest party in J & K, it should participate in formation of new government.

The coming together of BJP and PDP is beneficial for the both parties in Jammu & Kashmir. Coming together of Hindu and Muslim parties will be an example for both Hindus and Muslims throughout the country. With the help of Modi government, Kashmir can also see faster development and economic growth. The center is also best placed to assuage their alienation feelings and bring them to main stream. If PDP is any wiser, it will follow this path for the betterment of Kashmir and its people.

Undoubtedly, BJP has won from Jammu in a grand way. One cannot forget that the people of Jammu have just not voted for BJP on the basis of religious differences but also because they have been cornered by the rest all political parties of Kashmir. Abdullahs and Muftis were always the chief ministers of Kashmir and they never cared about Jammu and now when these people got their chance they took their revenge and voted for BJP. So these results project a much larger picture.

For the first Time the Political Parties are given an opportunity to have an introspection on what they did in the past and what they can do for the future. In a way the show of strength by PDP in Kashmir and by BJP in Jammu is a good omen. The verdict demands the coalition of PDP-BJP to heal the wounds caused by the previous government and for the real development of the state. With a strong Government in the Centre much can be achieved. Tremendous work needs to be done - first rebuilding after the disastrous flood and rain fury and then real development

It is clear from the two election results that the family owned political parties are suffering and people no more trust them.

Dinesh Kamath’s movie column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Mumbai Can Dance Saala, Kabuli Pathan, Luv…Phir Kabhi, Baadshahi Angti, The Woman in Black, Take It Easy and Unbroken) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Mumbai Can Dance Saala

Mumbai Can Dance Saala is a Bollywood film written and directed by Sachindra Sharma and the film stars Ashima Sharma, Aditya Pancholi, Shakti Kapoor and Rakhi Sawant in lead roles.

The film narrates the story about the gangsters of Mumbai. It is the reflection of our society. The film show swhat prevails in the society. It talks about the life of bar dancers. Jodhpur-based Ashima Sharma plays the protagonist in this movie that marks the revival of dance bars and depicts the story of Crorepati dance. The movie has been made after researching on bar dancers from Mumbai. It was found that theirs is a dark and mostly misunderstood world and that they are women like any normal women; with dreams and problems of their own.

Kabuli Pathan

Kabuli Pathan is an Indo-Afghan joint production Film which is entirely shot in Chattisgarh India for the very first time. Film stars International actors from different parts of the world, Lead actors Marshal Ibrahimi (from Kabul), Fazal Hakimi (from London) both Superstars from Afghani Industry, Heroine Lida Aria (from Canada), Wahid Froghi (from Holland), second lead heroine Dhriti Patel (from Bhilai, Chattisgarh) along with Vinod Khemani, Gopal Khemani and Ehsaan Khan.

This International project is directed by Heerdeshh Kaamble (erstwhile assistants of John Mathew Mathan, Mahesh Bhatt &Vikram Bhatt). Film is written by Fazal Hakimi, D.O.P is Mahesh Rajan, Choreography by Deepak Singh, Action by Mohamad Ali, and Editing by Sushil A Gothankar.

It is a hate story as well as a tale of love. The movie is inspired by Karim Lala (1911 - February 19, 2002), born as Abdul Karim Sher Khan in Kunar province of Afghanistan, who was popularly known as the 'don of Mumbai' in India. He is widely recognized as the founder and pioneer of the Indian mafia in the Mumbai area. He went to work in Mumbai’s docks in the early 1940s via Peshawar, but his rise to prominence, along with Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar, is now part of Bollywood film lore. Karim Lala and his fellow mafia leaders were based in Bombay (now called Mumbai). They were involved in smuggling jewelry, running gambling and liquor dens, extortion rackets and selling Hashish. Karim Lala was an ethnic Pashtun, he died on February 19, 2002, at the age of 90.

Luv…Phir Kabhi

LUV.....Phir Kabhie is produced and directed by Ajay Yadav. The star cast consists of Saurabh Roy, Arijita Roy, Meghna Patel and Narendra Bedi. The story writer is Vikas Sharma. Music Director is Bubli Haque. The singers are Altamash Faridi, Amit Mishra, Aman Trikha and Nambardar. Lyricist is Tanveer Gazi.

This film is a story of love that is narrated from a different angle altogether.

 

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (also known as The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death) is a 2015 British horror film, directed by Tom Harper and written by Jon Croker from a story by Susan Hill. It is the sequel to the 2012 film The Woman in Black, and is produced by Hammer Film Productions and Entertainment One.

The movie has an interesting plot. As bombs rain down on London during the Blitz of World War II, a group of schoolchildren are evacuated with Eve, their young schoolteacher, to the safety of the British countryside. Taken to an old and empty estate, cut off by a causeway from the mainland, they are left at Eel Marsh House.

One by one, the children begin acting strangely and Eve, with the help of local military commander Harry, discovers that the group has awoken a dark force even more terrifying and evil than the city’s air raids. Eve must now confront her own demons to save the children and survive the woman in black.

Take It Easy

Take It Easy is a drama film directed by Sunil Prem Vyas and produced by Dharmesh Pandit and Narendra Singh. The film has Prasad Reddy, Smera Jadhav, Yash Ghanekar and Vikram Gokhale in main roles.

The film narrates a story of almost every family, almost every father and son and almost every child in today's metro cities.

The film is an emotional journey of two friends 'Ajay' & 'Raghu', (age 10-12). The movie is about how their friendship turns into jealously and later into rivalry when they are constantly forced to compete with each other and how their sweet, innocent and unbiased humanity rebinds their friendship leaving a moral message for the parents, teachers, school or rather for the whole social & educational structure of our country.

The current situation is really alarming when 8th-10th grade kids are committing suicide due to constant pressure from parents, who are unknowingly forcing them into a rat race. The subject deals with how parents should be guided not to be over-protective and not to keep high expectations from their children. Parents hardly realize that the comparison is becoming judgmental, creating all the adequate reasons to affect the psychological upbringing of the child.

The focus is on how & why it is so important to make them a good human being first, rather than a good doctor/engineer/architect/or any professional. The concept that 'The First School' starts at home is reiterated throughout the script.

Unbroken

Unbroken is a 2014 American war drama film, produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, and based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The film revolves around the life of USA Olympian and athlete Louis "Louie" Zamperini, portrayed by Jack O'Connell. Zamperini, who died on July 2, 2014, at the age of 97, survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber was downed in WWII, and was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps.

The film is a chronicle of the life of Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), an Olympic runner who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in World War II—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fight for his life against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Joel and Ethan Coen provide the script. Louis (Jack O'Connell) grows up a rough-hewn kid on the verge of becoming a full-on delinquent, until his brother starts training him to be a track star. Louis excels at the sport, and eventually represents America at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. During his training, he learns to become resilient and disciplined; his brother's words of advice, "If you can take it, you can make it," push him to overcome any adversity.

He must live up to that adage under the most extreme circumstances after his plane is shot down during another bombing raid. He is stranded at sea for more than a month, only to be found by the Japanese and forced to endure constant physical abuse at the hands of sadistic prison-camp guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Japanese pop star Miyavi), who wants to break Louis' indomitable spirit. 

Dinesh Kamath's news 'Together we serve...' that was published in Newsband

Together we serve...

By Dinesh Kamath (as shared by Dr. Jayakar Ellis)

Above picture:- Kandaswamy serving Tea and Biscuits with Sr PI Redkar and his staff on Palm Beach Road

NAVI MUMBAI: In a time when most of them were getting ready to party and some were enjoying in the warmth of their homes, there were few youngsters who decided otherwise. They felt the need to serve the Navi Mumbai Police with hot Tea and biscuits to over 700 deployed for the bandobast from 10:30 pm to 3 am on 31st December 2014.

"We have been thinking for quite sometime to take care of the Police as this is the night they leave their families to safeguard ours in the cold night," said Dr. Jayakar Ellis, Founder President, Heart Foundation, the brain behind this unique service.

"It was so heart warming to see that we are loved and being served at the time when we ourselves are serving them," said Senior PI Redkar, NRI Police Station.

"As the night was getting pretty chill, my subordinates were wondering if we could get some tea at 1 am and here we saw two cars pull up and few youngsters came out to serve us with hot cup of Tea and biscuits," said Senior PI Shekar Bagde, Turbhe Police Station.

Shri Vivek Massal, ACP, Zone - 1 said, "It’s so awesome to see such desire to come out in the cold and also leave the celebration of the New Year and spend time with us on the road especially by the youngsters."

"I was excited when Dr. Ellis told us that we would be serving the police and it was amazing to see the smiles on their face," said Kandaswamy Konar, Youth Director, Heart Foundation.