Third Front frivolities are damaging the image of president's office

By dragging President Kalam's name into the Presidential race, all they have been able to achieve is "discrediting the highest constitutional office in the country and sullying the image of an honest and capable President," said Union Minister, Priyaranjan Das Munshi to B&E.

It indeed is bad politics to drag the President into the race, when preparations for his last days in office are in full swing at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and other government offices connected with the final ceremony. If only our politicians would learn to indulge in value based politics and conduct their affairs in a dignified manner, rather than acting as 'king makers'. One may earnestly wish that one day they will realize that politics is more than being power hungry.

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To ‘Sir’ with hate!

“How fragile civilisation is… How easily and merrily a book burns!” wrote Salman Rushdie way back in 1988, in response to the burning of Satanic Verses by British Muslims. Fatwa & fame have been following him like a shadow, confining his existence either as an ‘apostate’ for Islamists or a loyal servant of Britain. It is uncommon for authors to be used & misused in a broader international political game. But Rushdie has willy-nilly allowed himself to be a tool in the long-standing dispute between the West and Iran.

When the world was on the verge of forgetting Rushdie and Iran was ready to forgive his alleged misdemeanours, the British establishment has rekindled the dormant indignation in Iran, Pakistan and other Muslim nations against the author, by blatantly conferring on him the much coveted knighthood. “Any more violence related to Rushdie affair from any section is certainly unpardonable & unacceptable,” Nadeem Ahmed, a Dubai based journalist, told B&E.

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Can solar be the ultimate energy source on Earth?

Electricity can also be produced directly from sunlight by photovoltaic (PV) cells, which use the photoelectric effect. The international space station and most satellites are powered by PV cells. In 2005, Germany & Japan each had approximately 1400 MW of installed PV capacity both off -and on grid. Since 2006, PV electricity in Italy has been cheaper than retail grid electricity at 21.08 €-cents per kWh and costs the same as grid electricity in Hawaii & other islands, where diesel fuel is used for electricity.

Like the wind energy market, the solar energy market too is growing rapidly. According to MARKET BUZZ 2007: Annual World Solar Photovoltaic Industry Report, the 2006 growth rate for PV alone was 19% while installed PV capacity increased 42% in 2005. This will certainly attract additional investment, which will lower solar energy costs. And like wind energy, solar energy produces no pollution and has no adverse environmental effects. Makes one think that British Petroleum was onto something in changing its name to BP, Beyond Petroleum.

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“We are not competing in the mass market as we are a premium brand"

Uhh ohh, not only is it a fact that the localisation level of BMW is still only 10% (they expect it to reach 30% soon), the fact also is that not one of the luxury car makers (take any name, whether it’s Mercedes with its own assembling plant, or even Honda & Toyota) after so many years of operations, and despite whatever sales, is into profits. And not one reveals profitability figures, of course due to fear of analytical retribution.

Peter respectfully provides the dismissive, yet sweet defence, “We are not competing in the mass market as we are a premium brand. These cars are very advanced and employ technology, which is very expensive. BMW has a streaming strategy and not a penetrating one. We have already set benchmarks and we communicate to the consumer what we do.” So what do Indian consumers expect from the BMW? Peter’s responses are just short of tub thumping, “From a car of this class, a consumer expects high technology. As far as our branding is concerned, a consumer can expect the same experience as a consumer in any other BMW market... We have already sold 424 units of the 3 series and 7 series till now; and we will start selling the 5 series July 2007 onwards. BMW will sell 1,000-1,200 units in nine months, between March and end of this year. Th is comes to a 60% increase if the full year is considered.”

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Is this the millennium melt down, or maybe, the time of change and atonement by humankind

All these tragic things are happening. I feel strongly though and embrace, the stirrings of discontentment within civil society today, and the collective demand for social and ecological sense to prevail. We the world over, have simply had enough. This is the dawning of an age of change from within our human hearts. Never before have we as individuals, or as a collective group, had such an opportunity to demand that our voices be heard strongly, forcefully. Politicians and big business of an outdated order are now skating on the flimsy ice of their own making.

Our platform, in contrast is solid though. Simply because our very survival depends on it...

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Famous author Amitav Ghosh’s book, The Hungry Tide, on Sunderbans might have earned numerous accolades

Dr. Saugata Hazra of Oceanography Department, Jadavpur University told B&E, “The sea levels are likely to rise by 5 mm/year. As Bangladesh is a deeper centre of the delta, the land is subsiding more there, which means the coastal floods are more likely and the cyclone inundation is more.” Though government came up with the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) in 1992 it’s inadequate so far, as there are no guidelines. A National Water Policy was established in the year 1999 to get public & private participation in the utilisation of water resources. Recently, there was the National Environment Policy, National Conservation Strategy & the National Environment Management Action Plan, formulated by the government, but concrete steps need to be taken to save the nation. It’s a catch- 22, and best is to take decision now! The government of Bangladesh cannot wait for a miracle to happen.

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... for HCL, if it won’t go green!

Look behind the scenes and there’s more to it than meets the eye. Greenpeace, which is actually proving to be the ‘villain of peace’ for environment unfriendly technology companies, is taking HCL to task now. Greenpeace toxics campaigner Ramapati Kumar states, “The plan (by HCL for eco-friendly products) is not only shockingly inadequate, but also ignores the responsibility on their part to manufacture clean products.” He even calls HCL’s statement on RoHS compliance “specious & misleading”.

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