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Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Time has come to remove caste-based reservation system' that was published in Newsband

Time has come to remove caste-based reservation system

The Patel reservation agitation in support of a separate reservation quota for it is drawing many youth to the movement, and to its leader Hardik Patel, who launched the Akhil Bharatiya Patel Navnirman Sena. Hardik Patel is thus taking a big gamble. Instead of being able to pressurize the BJP government in Gujarat to back their demand, the Patels could now find themselves further alienated from the power centres. The new Sena would have to adopt an all-or-nothing political strategy while taking on the BJP.

Patels account for more than 10 per cent of Gujarat’s population. It appears that political power is what Hardik Patel is after. He has taken a big risk of opposing BJP and supporting Nitish Kumar in Bihar.

Hardik Patel could be just another politician who is finding a way to enter the Indian Political Arena and form another party on the basis of communalism. If he is fighting for Patels only then why he is supporting anti-Modi powers? There is no need for any separate party to be formed on the basis of community only. One can see a fire of casteism in this agitation. If one has to make demand for reservation then it must be for all youth of Gujarat, who are economically weak and belong to poorest families. Reservation should be provided on economic basis. Caste based reservation doesn’t provide quality selection.

Hardik Patel is clever. First of all he checked the pulse of the people using the reservation agenda. Depending upon the response from the people he transformed his social movement to political outfit. His ultimate aim was to become the leader of the political party. That's why he used his social movement for his gateway to politics. Given the style of politics that is practised in India it cannot be that difficult for Hardik. All he has to do is keep the Patel agitation alive. Hardik Patel not only extended his support to Sri Nitish Kumar but also declared that Shiv Sena's Bal Thackeray was his hero.

The question is what Hardik Patel is fighting for - removal of reservation system, or reservation for Patel under OBC or simply to gain popularity to become a politician representing his Patel community? However, such fights can only create far more serious problems like increased marginalization of General category which is shrinking with every such agitation by caste based communities. Pushed to the wall the General category will sooner or later pose much greater challenge to the government than all the caste based communities put together which the government should try to avoid at all cost. Now the time has come to remove caste based reservation system. Economic status should be the only criteria to form the basis for reservation irrespective of their caste or community affiliation.

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Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Modi’s mission to impart skills training is great' that was published in Newsband

Modi’s mission to impart skills training is great

Only 10% of Indian population has undergone vocational training, and even among those who have, the type of training is not the sort of formal skilling that employers seek – the majority had either acquired a hereditary skill or learned on the job. Just 2.2 per cent in all had received formal vocational training. In comparison, 75 per cent of the workforce in Germany and 80 per cent in Japan have received formal skills training. Even among the BRICS countries, India lags behind – nearly half the Chinese workforce, for example, is skilled. Fewer than one in ten Indians is a graduate,

The Narendra Modi government has made skills and jobs one of its focus areas from the beginning of its term. The Prime Minister launched an ambitious mission to impart skills training to 40 crore people by 2022, and the new government has a dedicated Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Job creation has not kept pace with India’s demographic momentum, and that will in the coming days pose a problem for a skilled workforce.

In India the major problem is the tag "degree". People just aspire to have a degree rather than having thorough knowledge of the concerned subject. Government on its part is adding to this problem by running many schemes to increase the overall education percentage, just to show the improvement in record but it is concerned very little about the quality education. It is the quality which matters the most than the quantity of people to whom it has been imparted.

Young India is having lot of potential. But Indian government specially is concentrating on youngsters from branded oganizations and institutions. For example, Modi visited IITs and other top level institutions but he never visited a college from rural area where there are no basic facilities like lab, sports ground, skilled and experienced staff. If this is the case, how can India's young brigade improve itself? Government provides funds to Institutions but they don't come to ask whether they spent it on same reason or on management's own needs. Modi’s ideas and dreams are good and will take India to the top position but he should consider youngsters from all level.

Today the technical colleges of our country are creating the "factory of unemployed". The main purpose of these institutes is to provide quantitative education not qualitative education. Other demerits of these institutions is that their course fee is very high, which can't be affordable for financially weak students. Only skilled and efficient worker can give his contribution in the way of improvement of social and economical condition.

Training is essential for both skilled and non-skilled workers for effective task completion. Moreover, in a clamour for professional education, humanities and social sciences are being grossly neglected and consequently. There has been an erosion in social and moral behavior of the younger generation. Sensitivity on social issues has not been shown by most youngsters which is not a healthy sign for flourishing of democracy.

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Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Nehruvian ideas kept the nation poor' that was published in Newsband

Nehruvian ideas kept the nation poor

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is fighting over the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. There was a controversy over the appointment of Mahesh Rangarajan as the director of the NMML. Dr. Rangarajan, a respected scholar and academic, was eventually forced to tender his resignation. The Congress party thinks of the Memorial as its fiefdom and thought nothing of rushing through the appointment process just before the country went into election mode.

Despite assurances from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revere the memory of Nehru, it is now quite apparent that members of his Cabinet, who draw their strength and inspiration from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, are not willing to let the Museum be. Murmurs about changing the basic structure of the Museum to make it “more contemporary” have slowly gained ground. There is a proposal to turn the NMML into a memorial for governance.

According to the followers of Nehru, the NMML is a tribute to independent India’s first Prime Minister, his vision and dreams for the country. Tribute for what? Keeping this nation poor in perpetuity and feeling insecure in its own land at the hands of descendents of invaders and marauders? Nehru's vision may be visionary on document for leftists and secularists. The historiography is a received one and not the factual one. It is received from biased leftists based on Marxism and thrust on the Nation by the selfish Nehru family. Yes these collective memories are to be erased and truth established.

History has been manipulated by the ruling Congress Governments from 1947 onwards. Indian freedom struggle, Indian constitution, Vision of Indian secularism are the contributions of a large number of people and not just by the Nehruvian Ideas. Even after 68 years of independence we are fed stories about so called sacrifices made by the Aristocratic Nehru family whose laundry used to go to Paris during the fight for independence. This dynasty used its influence to reward their kith & kin ir-respective of whether they were eligible or not. The communists toed the dynasties line because of its so called 'socialist' leaning. The media too takes up cudgels of dynasty for it has been fed with crumbs. The Congress blacklisted many freedom fighters as they bravely spoke against the dynasty. Had Sardar Patel or Subhash Chandra Bose become our PM after independence we would have been better off than we are today.

Why retain the megalomaniacal artifacts of the Nehru era? We all know that his Fabian concept of Socialism, and the Garibi Hatao, the empty slogan of his daughter, has only increased the number of Garibs to a shocking 50 percent or more.

It is a big surprise that most of these 'intellectual' news papers do not know any other contributor to the welfare of our country other than Nehru family members! Shameful!!

Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie released in Navi Mumbai’ (Puli, Singh is Bling, The Martian and Talvar) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

Puli

Puli (English: Tiger) is an Indian Tamil fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film features Vijay in a dual role alongside an ensemble cast including Sudeep, Sridevi, Shruti Haasan, Hansika Motwani, Prabhu and Nandita Swetha. Produced by Vijay's public relations officer Selvakumar, the project has music composed by Devi Sri Prasad, Natarajan Subramaniam as the cinematographer and has T. Muthuraj as the production designer.

As Maru Dheeran, Vijay plays a valiant hero -- whose village and folks are at the cruel mercy of a wicked general of what seems like a mythical kingdom and in mythical times. It is ruled by Sridevi’s Queen, and her princess-daughter (Hansika Motwani) flips for our hero, when he dares into the kingdom after being pushed by his people, hurt and killed and humiliated by the general. Maru Dheeran hopes to meet the Queen to find out whether better sense will prevail.

Thus the Ancient kingdom is under the rule of the powerful queen (Sridevi) and her clever Marshall (Sudeep) who like to control the people with their twisted ways. Puli, is a story of Good (Vijay) vs Evil presented with never seen visuals, romance and comedy. Puli is a fantasy adventure that will both dazzle and entertain you.

Singh is Bling

Singh Is Bliing is a Bollywood action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Ashvini Yardi and Jayantilal Gada under the banners Grazing Goat Pictures and Pen India Pvt. Ltd. The film features Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta and Kay Kay Menon in lead roles.

Raftaar Singh (Akshay Kumar), the apple of his mother's (Rati Agnihotri) eye, is also the biggest irritant for his father (Yograj Singh). He is always looking to have fun and runs away from responsibility. This displeases his father to no end. One day, fed up of his dalliances, his father orders Raftaar to go to Goa and work for his friend there, and learn to take on responsibility.

Respecting his father's wishes, Raftaar leaves. Once in Goa, he impresses his new boss with his enthusiasm and out of the box thinking. Soon he gets an important assignment from his boss which gets him to meet Sara (Amy Jackson) and thus begins their unique love story.

Raftaar is joined in this unique romance by the loveable Emily (Lara Dutta) who almost ruins their budding love. What ensues is a great comedy of errors, as one hilarious situation after another unfolds. Raftaar slowly begins to fall head over heels for this exotic, mysterious girl.

What starts as a harmless romance takes a deadly turn when he realizes that Sara is not who he thinks she is and is here with an agenda which takes him to Romania. The question is, will a village simpleton, who can't even communicate properly be able to win her over in a distant and dangerous land?

The film has Akshay Kumar as Raftaar Singh, Kay Kay Menon as Mark, Amy Jackson as Sara, Lara Dutta as Emily, Pradeep Rawat as Raftaar's Boss, Anil Mange as Pappi, Arfi Lamba as Pompi, Rati Agnihotri as Raftaar's Mother, Yograj Singh as Raftaar's Father, Kunal Kapoor as Sara's Father and Murali Sharma.

The music for Singh Is Bliing is composed by Sneha Khanwalkar, Manj Musik, Sajid-Wajid, Meet Bros. The film has songs like "Tung Tung Baje", "Singh And Kaur", "Cinema Dekhe Mamma", "Mahi Aaja", "Dil Kare Chu Che", "Mahi Aaja (Unplugged Version)", "Singh And Kaur (Remix)" and "Mahi Aaja (Remix)".

The Martian

The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The film is based on Andy Weir's 2011 novel The Martian, which was adapted into a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Damon stars as an astronaut who is presumed dead and left behind on the planet Mars, and he fights to survive the situation. The film also features Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in supporting roles.

The movie has an interesting story. A human mission to Mars goes awry, and astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is presumed dead and left behind on the planet by his crew. Watney manages to survive. He then fights for his survival in the harsh environment of Mars, to signal others on Earth that he is still alive. Upon discovering Watney's signal, NASA, scientists all around Earth, and his crew members collaborate to find a way to rescue him.

Talvar

Talvar (English title: Guilty) is a 2015 Bollywood murder mystery thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar. The film is based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, in which a teenage girl and her family servant were found murdered, and her parents were convicted for the murders.

The film stars Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah in leading roles and Tabu in a guest appearance. The film is produced by Junglee Pictures, the films division of The Times of India Group. Originally Nyodda, the film's title was changed to Talvar in February 2015. The film's premiere was at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Like the 1950 Japanese film Rashomon, Talvar presents three contradictory accounts of the case, which variously portray the parents as guilty or innocent.

On the night of 15-16 March 2008, Shruti Tandon (Ayesha Parveen), a 14-year girl is found dead at her home in Sameer Vihar of Noida. The family's missing domestic help Khempal is initially sought as a suspect. However, the next day, his dead body is found on terrace of the building. The police suspect that the girl's parents, Ramesh (Neeraj Kabi) and Nutan (Konkona Sen Sharma), to be the murderers. On 25 March, the Noida police arrest Ramesh Tandon for the two murders. On 1 April, the state's Chief Minister Malawati hands over the case to CDI, the country's elite investigating police agency.

The CDI detective Ashwin Kumar (Irrfan Khan) holds contempt for the sloppy first responders who botched the initial crime-scene investigation. He believes the parents to be innocent, and methodically builds a case against the father's resentful assistant. His team uses narco tests, attempting to prove that the assistant and his two accomplices committed the murders. On 22 June 2008, he officially exonerates the parents, and Ramesh Tandon is released from the jail. The narrative also briefly discusses the dissolution of Kumar's marriage.

On 9 July 2008, CDI hands over the case to a new probe team. Khan's new superior refocuses the investigation on the parents as the suspects. On 20 February 2011, CDI files a closure report in Ghaziabad court, naming parents as the prime suspects, but states that the evidence is insufficient to initiate prosecution. On 15 March, the Tandons file a protest plea opposing CDI's report. On 25 March, the judge rejects the closure report and makes the parents an accused in the case. The trial begins on 8 June 2012. In the final act, rival camps with opposing hypotheses then make their cases before a judge. The Tandons are convicted for the murders on 26 November 2013.

The cast includes Irrfan Khan as Ashwin Kumar, investigation officer of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Tabu as Reema Kumar, wife of Ashwin Kumar (cameo appearance), Ayesha Parveen as Shruti Tandon (based on Aarushi Talwar), Neeraj Kabi as Shruti's father Ramesh Tandon (based on Rajesh Talwar), Konkona Sen Sharma as Nutan Tandon, Shruti's mother (based on Nupur Talwar), Sohum Shah as ACP Vedant Mishra, Gajraj Rao as Inspector Dhaniram andAtul Kumar as Paul.