Whispers Forum

The impending delimitation of constituencies for Lok Sabha and the States’ legislative assemblies, instead of population, should be based on a scientific formula like the one followed in case of Jammu & Kashmir. The population-based approach will increase the divide between the North and South Indian States.Why should the southern states be penalised for practising population control and suffer decline in the number of constituencies? On the contrary, some northern states will register disproportionate increase in the number. There is a need for introspection for evolving an even-handed approach.
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

Many top level bureaucrats get extensions again and again as if nobody cannot be equal to them in performance. All these bureaucrats performed as per the whims and fancies of the ruling governments. During the BRS regime nearly 15 retired bureaucrats got extensions again and again with fancy designations getting perks equivalent to ministers. This should be stopped and many young efficient persons in the respective fields are available. In Telangana , the new elected Government came to know that almost every body's top persons' phones were tapped ,even including judges. All these fallacies are due to unreasonable extensions of retired bureaucrats.
RAJOLU RAMAM

In a country where, unfortunately, horrendous crimes against women continue to shock the conscience of the nation repeatedly, the matter of "marital rape" is taking centre stage of discourse. This is a case of misplaced priorities. What is needed is to ensure that crimes against women are punished quickly and severely, rather than seeking to clog an already strained judicial system which is groaning under pending caseload of crores of cases by creating new needless classes of offences by blindly aping the west disregarding Indian society which will do nothing but destroy the institution of marriage by giving a handle to any spouse who is temporarily disgruntled for any reason to file criminal cases and enhance the opportunity to the unscrupulous in the police to misuse such law for corruption.
V K Reddy