Author: SN Sharma

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A Short Love Story

Started with meetings and greetings
Talked a lot in few sublime seatings
When I asked her name
She told very soon
My name is moon
I asked what do you want and why
She told me with a shy, sky
My dream is to fly so high
When I asked when you will meet next
She remained silent and later text
During the dawn of Doomsday
I thought and pondered all day
She had told with eyes filled of tear
I asked from what you fear my dear
She expressed the consequences of love
I thought she must have experienced love
Wanted to know who hurt her feeling
The last question shattered my dreaming
I enquired her whom do you hate
She responded without any late
It’s you and only you
Go out of my life and view
The love story ended in few days 
I am penning it in a mood of craze


{Poem written during stay Patna, Bihar in the December of 2003} 
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child

If we raise our children the right way, with respect and manners,   there will   never be a need to put hands on them.   School   staff   gets abused   by   students,   and when   parents   are   called, they   say   they   will   handle it.   Next   day,   the   same student comes and laughs at the staff member, calling their names,   telling   them their parents did nothing. Parents do their children a great disservice when they prevent   them   from   being punished   at   school   for misbehaving. There must be a balance between affection and punishment.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma  

Second Green Revolution

The proposal in Union budget for bring in Second Green Revolution is an ambitious step. This is a matter of great rejoice for the eastern states of India that in the current budget proposals there is a significant increase in the outlays for the initiation of the Second Green Revolution. The states like Bihar and West Bengal has initiated Green Revolution in their own capacity which is evident from the significant increase in the agricultural produce in these states.
 During the First Green Revolution states like Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh got a boost and the economy of Punjab and Haryana improved significantly and we hope that the new initiate of the UPA-2 will bear fruit in long run. The centre is a booster of development in India Union of States and the government is shouldering its responsibility very well and in a praiseworthy manner.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

US in Afghanistan

The US is not playing fair in Afghanistan and its high time the world community must condemn the US intervention in the internal affairs of the new Afghan Regime. The role of UN is minimalized and overshadowed by the proactive role that US and the NATO forces are playing in the world affairs.
The time has come when there should be more reforms in the UN so that is become more powerful than any individual county for the sake for which the organisation was crated after the Second World War. The relief works done by many other countries including India is nowhere highlighted and the role of US in Afghan affairs keeps on coming in news.
I think it is the conspiracy of US to make his base in Afghanistan to keep a check on the influences of Russia and India in the Middle East. I think the alliance among Russia, China and India should be strengthened to counter the undue influence and intervention in the affairs of the West Asia and the Middle East. There is difficulty in reforming UN.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC)

The proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre in India is an ambitious programme and it will boost not our intelligence system but also make the terrorism response mechanism more proactive. The lack of coordination among the different agencies dealing with the counter terror and internal peace and security is very alarming and many terrorist or insurgent groups operating in India get away easily. Very often we hear that that a particular agency took the responsibility of a terror attack and the news fades away. Why this is happening in India? If you see for example the stand of USA against the terror is clear and quite appreciable. They nuke down the terror infrastructure even in foreign land and here in India we even can’t uproot their training camps running in various parts of the country either known or unknown to the intelligence agencies. The state government should cooperate with the initiative of the Home Ministry and NCTC a great success and example for the rest of the world. Very often the intelligence is able to collect information but there is no agency responsible for acting on it. This can be either due to the lack of skilled personnel and the training of the state police department or the lack of coordination between various law enforcing agencies.
    The negative point that I have thought out are as follows. First, the state consensus must be taken into account. This can be done either through persuasion of effective high level meeting between the official of different states. Secondly, I would try to draw attention to the lack of upgradation of the existing agencies and state police departments. Thirdly, there is perception that giving intelligence and law enforcing powers in same hands will make them more powerful and they might be puppet in the hand of Centre to wield more power and intimidate state police power.
 My suggestion would be that it is not yet late to initiate a comprehensive discussion and debate in parliament or in a meeting of all state Chief Ministers and high level bureaucrats.
Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Circumventing Tax System

 I don’t find any reason why Vodafone should not be taxed for capital gains no matter where is deal is finalized but the true impact is in India so the Indian government must have right to tax. Many pseudo outsourcing companies based in Mauritius evade tax on account the treaty signed with Govt. of Mauritius which seeks to avoid double taxation and companies will have to pay taxes to domicile county.
I think it is high time our policy framers should devise more rational taxing policy to plug the existing loopholes in the current tax system or legislation.
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A New Chapter in Indian Democracy

Yes, I feel that a new chapter in Indian Democracy has got unfolded in recent times due to various initiatives of government, NGOs and civil society activist. The devolution of powers and financial resources to third tier of administration i.e., local level in both urban as well as rural areas is now boring fruit.. The strengthening of local bodies through various measures like social auditing by Gram Sabha, plan preparation by urban local bodies and monitoring of development by RWAs, Panchayats etc. is showing result. The NREGA has also empowered the rural people and panchayats are playing a crucial role in implementing the schemes at grassroots level. The active participation of people in campaign against corruption initiated and led by Anna Hazare is a good example of active role of civil society. In many slums of Mumbai NGOs are very active in creating a more democratic vies in people. The 50% reservation for women in Bihar has empowered the village women and the system of sub- reservation within reservation has ensured full benefits to the disadvantaged groups of the society. The Right to Services and Citizens charters granted by many states like Bihar, Uttarakhand, Delhi etc has not only made the officials accountable but also people more assured of services and this measure will surely curb the widespread corruption at grassroots level in bureaucracy.
On the whole, we can say that a new chapter in Indian Democracy has got unfolded and we hope that it will get sustained over time.

— Shashikant Nishant Sharma
SPA, Delhi

Fight Against Corruption

Fighting against corruption should not make us corrupt. The society is not as bad as it is propagated. The problems of the society amplifies not due to the misdeeds of the corrupt but the inaction of the good one and their silence when thing turn bad to worse. If we scan the media we will find that the news is full of corruption, play of politics, tidbits of entertainments and sports. The good news is seldom highlighted. The social acceptance and recognition promotes a thing more than anything else. If government awards the police for good deeds then automatically overs years they will do good things than bad. Similarly, if dedication of the agencies like Union Public Service Commission, Chief Vigilance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Election Commission is highlighted and praised by media and people then other institution and agencies will follow the suit. We must overcome our colonial mentality of blaming the government but taking responsibility on our own.

— Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Right to Education

Right to Education is an ambitious act and its enactment in the true spirit will surely have a good impact on creating an inclusive growth and development. It is a matter of shape that some private educational institutional are more of a economic enterprise and they admit those who can afford high but the poor feel social exclusion in this whole process of commercialization. The poor have equal right to quality education. The private institutions should take the Supreme Court order seriously and they should devise selection suitable criteria for selection of bright students from the underprivileged communities. One suggested criteria can be free admission of wards of the staffs of the institutions that come from those underprivileged communities and areas. Other criteria can be the nearness of the candidate for admission so that other overhead cost of education like travelling is reduced. Talent search can be conducted to select meritorious students among the poor students of nearby area.

— Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Investment Tips

There can be many parameters to decide the best investment opportunity but so far as I think investing in service industries give you more dividend in short term than in manufacturing sector. The service industry doesn’t have to produce goods but make his reach to more customers and improving the quality of services. There is very low risk of making losses as investment has been made and only revenue expenditure is needed to keep the service delivery and expansion moving.
Investment in Gold is another stable and reliable investment option in India. Every year during the wedding seasons the prices rises and you get an assured returns. It is very safe investment as it is hardly affected by the fluctuating inflation rates in the international market.

Shashikant Nishant Sharma