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                                      My participation in democratic Indian Polity begins with a Facebook status update, languishes for likes of or comments about my status, gratifies when I get one, and the ‘vicious’ cycle fuels itself. I would superficially opine about all happenings around me, be it the foreign policy of Barack Obama or the financial exigency of  Power Star, the Mao-ism or the NaMo-ism. 
                                 I do not depend on the government for provision of basic essentiality- the food. In the exigency of food price going uncontrolled I have the extra comfort of affording the inflated price for the unbalanced demand-supply. So I am neither worried about monetised food subsidy nor about food security legislation.

                                     I am not a direct beneficiary of the supposedly flagship programme of Union Government - Right To Education and I can afford to educate my kids in any renowned private run educational institutions. May be my only demand in education front is that the government school teachers shall be vested with the same leniency as is the case now so that my father who is a government teacher earns extraordinarily through his private tuition. He is a nice gentleman who works hard and has consistently shaped centum scorers in his tuition. His dedication towards his tuition students is so outstanding that I envy him for it. Even Right To Information (RTI) is redundant to me for I enjoyed the privilege of assessing the information that are surreptitiously held in dark by our executives. The government was, is and would forever be transparent and accountable to me as I am a faithful client who pays the ‘service’ charges without any bargain.

                                   I am thankful to the government which have in successive years waived off agricultural loan. My farm with a farm house in it qualified under agricultural loan waiver. Here I wish to submit my gratitude to the bank officials who had not just helped me in availing of such a farm-loan but are also so affable when I approach them for any of the financial services. Prompt repayment of loans is an obsolete value belonging to the Kamba-Ramayana period.  But I feel depressed whenever I hear of suicides by farmers for being unable to repay their debts. I wish to inform them that the sub-prime customers in USA who couldn’t repay their debt back were the impetus to the 2008 economic crisis and wish our fellows too learn a lesson or two from them. Perhaps we can avail of different facilities like restructuring of loans  just like the Mallayas if we aren’t able to pay it else we must ensure that we avail a loan from a public sector bank or a co-operatives and wait till the government waives them off. 

                                    The shoddy implementation of tougher labour laws by the government in collusion with the private corporate companies isn’t an issue for me as I would put my conscientious effort in completing my official responsibilities. Hence the worry of being laid off by the company without serving proper notices and complying with legalities, and without due compensation being paid are matters of least interest to me. Neither the economic recession in 2008 could nor would the present grim services market cost me my job for I am confident about out-performing my fellow colleague.

                                  In this juncture I wish to present my suggestion to the customs authorities regarding an issue faced by us software professionals. Even though many of the officials are humane enough to allow us to carry objects like electronic goods, gold bullions, and foreign liquors in excess to the endorsed limit when we import them from a foreign country, some insensitive, non-humanistic officials restrict us and charge us a hefty customs duty. Keeping in mind the foreign currency we inject in to the Indian economic system, I wish the authorities concerned would increase the customs-exemption limit and show some leniency in its implementation. I do have many other suggestions which I would certainly take to the appropriate fora.