Monday, January 31, 2011

My ban list


1) Sachin’s critic
2) Digvijaya from speaking in public
3) Chamche aka Ass lickers
4) Useless frndzz
5) Real estate messages
6) Corrupt people
7) Pigeons in metro station
6) Cryptic messages on FB
7) Karan thapar’s mouth
8) Barkha dutt and Rajdeep sardesai’s kangaroo shows
9) Arindam chaudhuri from self advertising
10) Rash Drivers
11) Excess cars in Delhi
12) Ex Girl Friends on Social sites
13) Poor Placement coordinators in professional schools
14) Angry friends
15) Delayed judgments
16) Socio-cultural commentary or earth shattering spiritual awakening status on FB
17) DMK and AIADMK from Tamilnadu
18) Lalu from Bihar
19) Mayawati’s garland maker
20) Shoibh Akhtar and Yash raj chopra speaking english
21) Sharukh claiming no. 1
22) Salman’s driving license
23) IHM Ahmedabad’s lunch prepared by second years
24) Under constructions
25) Sanjay bansali, Goldie rajput, Farah Khan and Sajid khan from directing any movies
26) Incumbent Congress
27) Dalal media
29) Liquor shop with out Haywords
30) Loud people
31) Undeserving successful people
32) Chinese products
33) Julian assange’s arrest warrant
34) Cristiano ronaldo
35) Suresh Kalmadi and Ashok Chavan from smiling
36) Power of politicians
37) Hefty school fees
38) Shoba de and Arundhati Roy
39) Bad managers
40) IMI New Delhi
41) Baniyas and Gujrati’s from entering in to any new business
42) Matrimonial adds
43) Targets
44) Certificates or Degrees to prove u worthy!
45) Any team that can beat India in the world cup
46) MANCHESTER UNITED :)
47) Lavish weddings
48) Tax
49) Long tenure associations chairman
AND LAST
50) Any one who does not agree on any of the above!!!!!!
Add your list too.. Lets compile and see what do we g

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Waste collectors in India

Are we ready yet?
Not long ago there was a story in Delhi about a man killed by exposure to radioactive substance in Mayapuri, the news died however, we like always never learn. Recently three waste collector were buried in a heap of garbage near Hyderabad on June 2010. One of the body found was 15 years boy!!

Waste collectors are mostly... ignored section in our society. These are people who provide us the cleanliness we demand and they are ignored as we inhabit their work place. An interesting fact that came out from Stree Mukti Sangathan (women waste collector group) - 85 % waste collectors are women and from age group 7 - 70!! Majority of them dalits from UP and Bihar - wish Mayawati can hear this!


They sleep next to the waste they have sorted, as they need to monetize their wealth. The sell-able items are plastic, Pet bottles, paper, cardboard, glass etc, they sell it to a local scrap dealer (most often a local goon) at rate that can only fetch you two time meals!


The Mayapuri incident was merely a mistake by a local hospital, throwing away an X-ray machine that contains cobolt - 60! One died, two still struggling for their life. Educating waste collector is often an agenda that keeps roaring in our debate, who would educate the educated hospital owners! CPCP (Central Pollution Control Board) has clear guidelines on medical waste treatment. The usage of autoclave is a mandate, still as we never learn,until a catastrophe.