Missionaries: African Episode

"When the missionaries came to Africa we had the land; they had the Bible. They asked us to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them they had our land, we had the Bible." — Jomo Kenyatta (1897-1978), First prime minister of Kenya

Partial breakdown of UP Budget for 2009-2010

* Amount in Crores

Establishment of Homes for Old Women : 6
Marriage of Poor girls (minority class) : 12
Treatment of Serious Illness of Poor : 40
Housing of Schedule Castes : 200
Drinking Water for rural areas : 378

Ambedkar Park & Kanshi Ram Memorial, Lucknow : 4436
The budget for just 2 of these projects (4436 crores) also exceeded the budget earmarked for ‘Agriculture’ in the entire state. But obviously in a state like Uttar Pradesh, there is little use for agriculture.

*Based on information obtained through RTI Source : wah sarkar.com

Mayawati's Assets... (Self Declared only)

Cash & Deposits : 11 crores +
Jewellery (gold-1 kilo, diamonds-380 carats, silver-18.5 kilos) : 90 lakhs +
Murals : 15 lakhs +
Buildings : 74 crores +

*Based on information from the Election Commission of India

* probably as of last election at the date of posting (12 - May - 2011)

Political Thoughts

Secularists must be either extremely poor judges of characters, or bad learners from experience, or just way too optimistic.

Coal Rich ones the most poor ones! Ironic Paradox.

Coal, the black gold, is one of the most valuable thing being the source of Energy. Bihar, Jharkhand, Vidarbh, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal are the cities where Coal is obtained in India. Poverty, Unemployment, Illiteracy, No Electricity, bad situation of life in villages and Jungles and getting worse is the phenomenon in same states most profound. These are the states where Naxalism is most effective. These are the places where Police and state can't reach to Naxalites owing to common man support. Ideally these states should be one of the most progressive and rich ones in normal circumstances. Now WHAT IS ABNORMAL THERE?