Worth spending serious thought on it.......?
One wonders how much money and manpower is spent by our country's administration on "security and freebees" for our VIPs and their families. "Do they actually deserve it?", is a question frequently asked.
Now, these and many other things are "inheritances" from the so-called "Raj-culture" which was construed primarily to favour the English rulers.
Time to think that we Indians give up the Raj-culture-perks and develop and project national unity towards the outside world. We showed this unity in the fight for independence, led by Mahatma Gandhi. Today, the name India has re-found international recognition. One should protect it.
With the red-beacon culture having been removed, with the Railways having shrunk the "reserved" VIP-quota for seats down to 50%, it would not be out of place to take some practical steps to reduce or even remove the benefits from some of the not-so-important VIPs in this country.
Our country needs "transformation through reforms".... more