I have visited five colleges with my son.He has recently passed the secondary school examination and intends to get admitted in a college of his choice.Everywhere I went,I found large number of students trying to secure admission forms and
depositing the same at the college counters.The numbers of students are very large at all the locations.Students were waiting in very long ques for hours with great patience.Nobody knew what was his fate.But they were very determine to get higher education.I hope the crave for their higher education will be fulfilled.

Blogging has become a way of life nowadays.It is a passion for many peoples.Many creative thought emerges as blogs and published in internet.Some people take pleasure by writing blogs while other groups of people gather enjoyment by reading them.In the mean time some blog writers have become famous for writing blogs.You may be curious on how the word "blog" was coined.Infact,the word was made from the words WEB and LOG where B has been taken from the former and LOG from the latter words.See how a brand new word,'BLOG' was created to conquer the world.It is a matter of great interest to note how the blogging will influence the world of tomorrow.

Failure is the pillar of success.But,this proverb or saying may be very cruel for many peoples.The shock or trauma may overwhelm the person who has just experienced a failure in his life and he/she may not bear he pain of the failure then.He/she may take various undesirable way to mitigate the pain.You know well what they do and may love to provide some cases for sharing with others.I suggest all persons to kindly to have patience and try to attain success again when the failure has come to test your fate.

The cyclonic storm called "AILA" recently hit large areas of Bangladesh and India.The storm was very fatal.It took away many human lives,domestic animals,crops,fruit gardens,homes and many infrastuctures.It was really a fatal storm.It has left miseries and scars of devastation all around.Peoples falling victim of the storm will take uncertain time to recover from the loss and trauma.Let us find means to support the affected peoples and come forward to assist them.

All research is specific, whether you conduct ethnographic or questionnaire research, the first thing you do is describe a process or investigate a relationship among some variables in a population. To get from description to
theory is a big leap and involves asking " What causes the phenomenon in the first place?" The question I posed fellow students is; how far can we take the Freedom of Speech? And what is child pornography?

My purpose is also to show you the danger of using children as sex objects, and the general apathy or acceptance American and Dutch culture has toward these sexual portrayals of children through literature, art, and erotica. Art is not the core issue of my research, but this is a way to soften public resolve. Sexual portrayals of children are common in bookstores, sex shops, video stores, and in private collections, even museums, which may at times be described as art and thus legal. Because of the liberal stand the Netherlands takes on matters of sexual issues, as described later, there could be questionable material concerning young children and adolescents sold directly to anybody in sex shops or video stores anywhere in the country, or on the Internet, internationally, affecting all of us and our children.

It was important to see what was being done in the country about this subject because of its international impact on child sex trade. There was some questions raised to me about the validity of this research because a non-government organization (NGO) is not ‘scientific”. In fact I found that they are the one of the only sources that take an active role in combating the child sex trade, whether it be in a democratic “Western” country or poor country and their resources are based upon fact, and detailed research. As a student doing this solo research project in two countries I also faced obstacles such as funding, and professors willing to work with me on this subject.

Permission was granted by Dutch International NGO’s to conduct interviews, but was denied by GWAK, a new special police force in the Netherlands to combat child sexual exploitation, although I did interview a new special Child Pornography Unit on the telephone. The NGO’s that I have interviewed from were; ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes), Defense for Children International, Terres des Hommes, ChildRight, and a government supported scientific institute in the Netherlands; the Verwey Jonker Instituute. Almost all of these groups are a part of international organizations that work along with the United Nations as well as the Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands, and especially with the Convention of the Rights of the Child. I think it is very important how each of these NGO’s look into the problem of child exploitation, namely child pornography in the Netherlands.


Feelings about the Subject

I have found in doing research many uninformed democratic citizens believe in the idea child pornography is protected by the Freedom of Speech. Child pornography is not protected by the Freedom of Speech, as children must deal with the permanency, longevity, and circulation of the record of the crime long after the act (106th Congress, 1996). This I also feel is true as in one case, that is close to me, the charges were dropped and the thousands were never found of one "collector" pedophile, who was never held in jail for using 4 female children for his own purposes.

In cultural anthropology, unobtrusive observation includes all methods for studying behavior where informants don't know that they are being studied. My methods involve unobtrusive questions or observations of American students and Dutch students at New Mexico State University, and in the Netherlands at Leiden University from August 1997 through May 2001.

Student reporter, Sylvia Carlson asked New Mexico State University students how they felt about child pornography on the internet and the accessibility of it. Some students felt aggression and anger and formed a group to block “censorship.” About five hundred students, the President of NMSU, and the Board of Regents openly expressed how they supported the accessibility of child pornography on the internet at NMSU.

Although my questions aimed at Dutch students were not printed in a school journal, their answers I feel remain important. Do Dutch citizens believe the number of children used in exploitation in Holland is a small number, and is this an important subject to them? When I moved to the Netherlands, my new Dutch housemates and I exchanged ideas about the problem of human rights that are violated in their country, namely child pornography. What follows is a summary of a heated discussion between us that provides an example of a typical social reaction about this subject;
Many of my housemates asked, “Why did you decide to come to the Netherlands?” My answer was, “Well, two years ago while doing research about the problem of child pornography in the United States, I discovered there was an amazing amount of child pornography coming from the Netherlands”.

My roommates replied, “You have been misinformed! There is no one in the Netherlands that is interested in child pornography. It is illegal here! You won’t find any child pornography here if you tried. You are wrong. Now don’t go back to the United States and print lies about our country”. Not to mention violence and aggression, on their part. They felt targeted.

During many discussions with fellow students and professors and while reading academic research in the United States and the Netherlands, I discovered several interesting opinions from democratic students/citizens besides persons with empathy for victims, I would like to share with you:

 The person researching the nature and extent of child pornography is actually interested in it for himself/herself!

 Children cannot be harmed by child pornography, it can actually benefit their sex life later as adults! "What about PTSD, depression, suicide, and the like?"

 Why didn’t I study in Belgium or Thailand? It is not a problem in the Netherlands. "Doesn't happen in my backyard?!Only a third world problem?"

 NGO work is not scientifically proven research and therefore not acceptable to use as a resource in an acedemic paper. "Hmm, really? Then get some scientists to work on it."


 Child pornography is not an acceptable topic to discuss and there are no classes that teach students about this topic. "Thats why there are 6 million images on the internet, because no one has a clue. Why can't we talk about it? Fear, anger, apathy?"

 If the Dutch were to make a hard rule about child pornography, the people actually interested in the material would riot and cause too many problems for the government.
"What about the victims? Don't you think they suffer? Don't they deserve justice?"

 People interested in child porno are the same as the people interested in members of the same sex (homosexuals or lesbians)! "Says, what official source?"

 The child pornography that is available now has not been recently made, but it is from the 1960's. "Then why does the Department of Justice say there are 6 million images of child pornography online today? People just stopped after 1969? Not in the cases I have read about and personally am affected by."

 Child pornography is protected by the Freedom of Speech. "Oh really. Tragically many people believe this. The sad case is trying to be made that child pornography is a human right of certain folks who "need" such things to keep them sane. Very dangerous thinking, indeed."


The nature and extent of child pornography is difficult to understand due to the lack of scientific data.Due to the lack of scientific data about the extent of child pornography in the Netherlands, or we may use the term, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, all of the complexities about this issue cannot be answered. This could also be said for the United States.

You may ask yourself if you stumble upon something questionable; is the photo is this child pornography, or adolescent pornography? Did this adolescent make a mature decision about her employment? Could she have been manipulated? Is this legal? I discovered typical photos found in the advertising sections of a popular adult magazine and teenage porn sold in magazine shops in the train stations in the Netherlands. My purpose will be to show the nature of erotica and child pornography and how difficult it is to define.

The United States also needs to take an example from the Netherlands and sign the Convention of the Rights of the Child. For such a large country there are such few places to report child pornography, and few police organizations that work specifically on the issue, as well as research centers for students who like myself, want to end this crime against our children and children's children.

Recently I traveled several districts of Bangladesh.The time was very critical as the temperature was very high though
some rain was very desirable.We were lucky to see some rain along the trip though constant thunders frightened us.
We saw many cropped fields and fruit gardens along the long way.Flowering plants were showing their gorgeous colors too.
There was paddy fields in some areas.Most of them were harvested recently.Sesame,jute,pulses and many other crops were seen.
Mango trees were bearing diversified varieties of shapes,sizes and colors.Jackfruit,palmyra palm fruit,wax apple were some other fruits on the sight.But we were excited to see the festival of mango on the way.Particularly in Sathkhira we saw many orchards of mango
laden with many varieties of mango.Farmers were selling the HIMSAGAR variety with pleasure.We visited some orchards and enjoyed the beauty of the fruits in the garden.It was a great festival of the celebrated mango.We always love to taste mango and it was a great opportunity for us to see the festival.

This year we are blessed with a golden harvest of paddy.Our farmers are apparently happy for getting a good harvest.You will be amazed to see the standing paddy fields with the golden color just before the harvest.But the problem of glut comes with a good harvest for all commodities of commerce.It appears that glut may affect the farmers.Their peace may be lost partly due to the low price at the time of harvest.I hope the concerned agencies will come forward and demonstrate their sympathy and action to retain the smile of farmers who feed the whole world.Let the blessed harvest remain blessed for ever and is not tarnished by the profit seekers.

You will be astonished to see the gorgeous flowers that are blooming now in Bangladesh.They have stunning colors,shapes
and sizes.So many names and so many varieties of flowers,it is simply impossible to remember them.Despite this you will
be tempted to learn that red Krishnachura on small to large tree kindle your memories of love in your old days.You will find Cassia fistula everywhere from the megacity to the countryside.The whole tree is golden from to bottom.You may write a poem on this superb beauty now.You may be maddened by the beauty of Jarul awaiting all the way from the metropolis to the cool countryside.The dreamy blue-violet flowers play with your lovely past.
Like to see and enjoy more.Please just throw your glance and discover the stunning beauty that will be unfolded in front of your amazing vision.

Last night was a memorable one.My sleep was disturbed by a bad smell.I found a narrow long bug after a frantic search in the room.It was about an inch long.It was emitting such a bad smell that it was almost impossible for me to tolerate.I collected a broom and tried to drive it away.It emitted more
bad smell.When I threw this out of the room,I felt more bad smell.I was surprised to see a number of the same bug in the corners and walls of the room.They were stinking badly.I tried to drive them one by one.It was a horrible event.I felt that there was chemicals all around the room with irritating bad smell.Lasly,I killed around 25 bugs and broomed them downstair.To make my room habitable,I sprayed air freshener.Then,I took a book and searched for the bad smelling insect.Finally,I found that the insect was rice bug.It sucks its food from the rice at the milky stage and thus damage the rice.As the paddy field is being harvested now,the rice bug was flying to find alternative host.Then it was attracted by the light of our home causing inconvenience for me and to them simultaneously.The scientific name of the bug is

Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius).It may cause some kind of allergy or blister by the emitted chemicals.In fact,the bugs spray or emit chemical when they feel they are being attacked for their safety.
The invasion of the rice bug took away about an hour of my sleep but gave me wealth of knowledge and experience.Thanks to bad smelling rice bug.

When Jeremy fell through the ice,
George put a gun to his head,
Erica overdosed a floor above me,
Darrin lay in my arms with white lips,
It could have been me.

Full of moot,
It could have been me, dead,
long ago.


The phonecalls, the threats,
the fists, and heavy voices.
Intimidations,
loose doorknobs and moot,
It could have been me.

Am I ready?
I don't know when I will go,
or where it will be,
full of moot
because it could have been me.

*m.t.*

Regional Educational Imbalance

The southern and western states are in the forefront of educational development in India. Now it is reaching such a flashpoint that higher educational institutes are popping up everywhere. Is this going to create heavy migration of students?


Hemali Chhapla writes in The Times of India “A common wisecrack among engineering aspirants in Andra Pradesh is that every second building in the state is an engineering college. It may cease to be a joke when institutes dishing out management and engineering degrees start mushrooming all over the country.

Global depression may have taken the wind out of campus placements but the rush for starting professional institutions is at an all time high. Data from the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) shows that the dash to start professional colleges is more pronounced when it comes to engineering and management as compared to other streams like pharmacy, hotel management and catering technology or architecture.

AICTE has received 886 applications for starting engineering colleges and 1,084 applications for new anagement institutes. Fie states – Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, Maharastra, Karnataka and Kerala – account for 69% of engineering graduates , implying that they also have most of India’s engineering colleges

Rush year
States Engineering MBA
Existing Fresh Existing Fresh
Maharashtra 239 85 216 160
MP 161 50 63 80
Tamil Nadu 352 144 158 41
AP 527 176 255 209
UP 241 83 213 214
Haryana 116 38 66 47
Across India 2388 886 1516 1084

Source: AICTE. Fresh applications are for colleges from academic year 2009-10

Five Indian sties – Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala – account for almost 69% of the country’s engineering graduates, implying that these states also have most of India’s engineering colleges.

This year, too, most applications for starting new institutes have come from these states, making educationists worry about a high regional imbalance creepin in; states like UP, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Orissa together account for a measly 14% of Indian’s technological colleges.

Colleges that receive a nod by June 30 will be allowed to start classes this academic year itself; so officials expect even more applications to pour in.

Several academicians feel quality is losing out in the race to expand seats. “Can the country boast of even 100 engineering colleges that impart cutting-edge education?” asked a principal of Pune engineering college.
“So what is the point in a thousand new colleges every year? He asked. Part of the problem lies in the fact that most trusts running professional colleges are backed by politicians who pay little attention to quality, he added.

But the AICTE feels that meeting the massive demand for professional education is imperative. Twenty years ago, merely one per cent of a aspiring engineers got a seat.
Now nearly 70% manage to find a place, note AICTE officials, “It may come as a surprise but very few engineering seats wee left vacant last year”. AICTE chairman R.A.Yadav told TOI. “There is also a yawning gap between management aspirants and the number of seats in Indian B-schools.

“But how many management schools boast of full campus placement? And are even 30% of MBA institutes accredited by the NBA (National Board of Accreditation) asked an IIM-Bangalore faculty member.

Increasing the existing number of professional colleges is a must. In a view of the galloping population and raising educational aspirations of people more availability of higher educational institutes are must. But not by compromising the quality of the education offered.

Guesses were in the air. Whether Pranab Mukherjee, the acting Prime Minister and finance minister will unveil a voter populist interim budget? Contrary to the popular expectations he just presented the economic scenario and expenditure statement. In the past most of the heavy loaded interim budgets got backfired. The government which presented voter-centric interim budgets got defeated. This may be the dampener on the UPA dispensation. Nevertheless the politics of budget presentation was much stronger than any astrological calculations.

Sudipto Mundle writes in The Times of India (17.2.2009, p.20), reacting to the great bull run in US markets a few years ago, Allan Greenspan famously remarked that the market displayed ‘irrational exuberance’. Today it is tempting to misquote Greenspan that our our markets are suffering from ‘irrational pessimism’. The sensex dropped by about 3 per cent and the Nifty too headed down, while Pranab Mukherjee was still reading his Budget speech.

The Interim Budget is more a stock taking, along with expenditure proposals for parliamentary approval to keep the government running till the regular Budget by the next government. But even in such an exercise, which is by design underwhelming, there are a few important points worth noting. We had hoped in these columns earlier, as had others, that the government would temporarily shelve the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. This has been done. The government has provided a huge fiscal stimulus during the fiscal 2008-09 amounting to over Rs.1,93,000 crore or 4.5 per cent of GDP over and above what was envisaged in last year’s Budget, which already provided for a deficit of over Rs.1,33,000 crore.

The true fiscal stimulus must include not only what was announced under the two packages in December 208 and January 2009, but also the expenditure under the two supplementary demands for grants approved by Parliament last September and December. It is another matter that these supplementary demands made up for the creative under provisioning of some known items of expenditure in last year’s Budget to remain within the fiscal parameters of the FRBM. The total consolidated deficit for 2008-09, including the actual budget deficit of the central government (6 per cent), the state governments (3.5 per cent) and some off-budget items such as the additional contingent liability for oil and fertilizer bonds (1.8 per cent), amounts to over 11.5 per cent of GDP or nearly Rs.6,26,000 crore.

It is this massive fiscal stimulus combined with sustained monetary stimulus measures from the RBI, that have kept the Indian economy chugging along at 6-7 per cent growth, even as most of the developed world has gone into a deep recession. It has also helped to arrest the free fall of stock market and the depreciation of the rupee. Conventional wisdom suggests that to be successful, such stimulus packages have to be timely, targeted and temporary. With these measures having come within a few weeks of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, and with much of the stimulus directed at the worst affected sectors – exports, infrastructure, real estate, transport – the government and the central bank have clearly passed the first two tests.

But what does the Interim Budget have to tell us about the future? It provides for a central government deficit of 5.5 per cent in 2009-10, though Mukherjee indicated that this could rise by a further 1 per cent. Adding to that 3.5 per cent deficit of state governments, and possibly some further off-budget provisions, 2009-10 could also end up with a massive deficit of 10-11 per cent. Coming on top of the huge stimulus this year, this could indeed go a long way in pump priming demand, compensating for the loss in export demand from developed countries. Moreover, much of the additional spending is targeted at infrastructure, employment programmes and education and health programmes.

However, the question is how this massive deficit will be financed. The large government borrowing this year has crowded out the private sector. This is why interest-rates have not come down substantially, and banks are still shy of lending to private borrowers despite all the policy measures taken by the RBI. If next year’s deficit too is to be financed by market borrowing, that could be bad news for the private sector, and severely put at risk the recovery of private investment.

It is important, therefore, that a large part of the deficit be monetized .e financed by government borrowing from the RBI which prevents RBI financing of government deficits. The finance secretary did indicate that something of this kind may be in the offing. Low inflation minimizes the risk of inflationary pressures arising from the consequent increase in money supply. The shelving of the FRBM and the putting on hold of the MoU with RBI would set aside the two key anchors of prudence that have guided fiscal policy in recent years However, exceptional times require exceptional measures.

That being, said, it has to be added that abandoning fiscal prudence is fraught with risk, as we have learned to our cost in the past. Hence the third test of the stimulus, that it must be temporary. The fiscal and monetary stimuli are like major shocks being applied now to revive the economy. Research shows that the lag generated by such shocks being applied now to revive the economy.

Research shows that the lag generated by such shocks can last for years, making the recover itself fragile. It is imperative that the fiscal and monetary breaks be applied as soon as the economy returns to a high growth path. As Mukherjee indicated, strong fiscal and monetary compression, return to the FRBM regime and the MoU with RBI must remain high priorities. Hopefully, recovery will occur by 2010, so the fiscal consolidation can be initiated within the first half of the next government’s tenure, before the compulsions of the next electoral cycle take over.

Wisely the UPA government had presented the economic scenario as the interim budget. Without stirring the hornet’s nest it has moved to face the electoral battle. It is true that major decisions can be announced few days before the election code of conduct comes into force. In that sense one has wait for the last minute to see the government’s mood to restructure the economy. Anyway, decision without many controversies affecting public lives with adequate coalition arithmetic can win elections. One can assume that the government is steering the no controversy ship rather than high pro activity with controversies. This cool and calm may win another term for UPA not its ability to put the economy on the high speed track.

Everyone is in a hurry. No one knows where they are heading. This speed breaker free world is dangerous. Money, career, achievements, promotions ----- there is no end to the human desires. But at the end of the day those high end chasers are not happy. They are anywhere and everywhere but without happiness. After the recession they have added financial worry to their kitty of troubles. Are we in the right direction?

Sadhu Vishwamurtidas writes in The Times of India (17.2.2009 p.20)“ The best of countries and corporations are so because they have the best of budgets. Hence the concern over the national budget. However, if people spent as much time worrying about their domestic budget as they did about the national one, globally, things would be different. How many focus inwards to analyse how exactly they have budgeted their own hard-earned money.

Many of us continue to spend well beyond our income, inviting debts. Bhagwan Swaminarayan advises in his Shikshapatri, “One should keep a daily record of one’s expenditure and income and should always live within one’s means. All of us, rich or poor, should give something to charity”.

Still fewer people have worked out a ‘life’ budget for themselves. A life budget includes committing time to self, family, society and God. The lives of those who do this get enriched not just financially, but also socially and spiritually.

Many corporate executives invest all their time and effort in pursuing their careers and climbing the professional ladder. It is at all worthwhile? Most discover that their victory is empty and that they won it at an irreparable loss to their health, family and psyche, incurring obesity, heart disease and fatigue on the physiological front; separated spouse, estranged children and uncared-for-parents on the familial front; frustration, depression and stress on the physio-psychological front.

In many societies, this phenomenon has resulted in a tragic burgeoning of societies and cardiovascular and cancer-related deaths. The Royal bank of Canada devoted one of its monthly letters to this problem with the title, “Let’s Slow Down’, “we are victims of mounting tensions”, it enunciated. “We have difficulty relaxing: we are not living fully”.

For many in India too, life has taken on these contours, and living it is rather like going downhill in a truck without brakes. But it is still not too late. The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts that stress will be the Number One killer in the world by 2020. And stress is usually nothing more than an individual’s failure to balance his lifestyle.

Living life is a healthy manner and living it fully means we have to maintain regular food habits and follow a sensible diet, regular exercise and rest, going out with family, working for charity and spending some time in reflection, mediation and prayer.

There is only one way to survive overwork or burnout. Be brave and bailout or you will be a loser. Life’s rat race only produces losers. It has no winners. Even if it does, the winner is still a rat. And usually a very large one.

A sage asked a prosperous king, “If you were about to die of thirst and starvation and someone offered you a glass of water and a loaf of bread in exchange for your wealth and kingdom, would you give them to him?” “of course I would”, replied the king. “Anybody would”. “then why”, asked the sage, “have you wasted your entire life amassing all this land and wealth when they are worth no more to you than a glass of water and a loaf of bread?”

Human life is priceless. God has bequeathed this limitless treasure trove to all. And as diversification is one of the secrets to successful investment, so is it the secret to a joyous and blessed life. Reach into your soul, and reach out to your family, society and God. Budget well.

Fast driving on the lifeway without control over the vehicle amounts to suicidal attempt. No one’s live is a straight line. Ups and downs are normal. There is no prediction or forecast which can help us to avoid. Crisis and cyclone can come without prior warning. Knowing this one should slow down and take time out to read the bold signals on the sides. Calm going can help to get rid of the bad consequences and make life ha

There is not a single culprit in the climate change crisis who wants to mend their ways. Every day new pollutants are emerging with more dangerous contributions. From electronic junks to eating habits air, water, soil and other essential common properties are damaged. In this nature destructive game advanced countries are the real villains.

The Times of India (16.2.2009) writes “When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the real Hummers of food, scientists say. Simply switching from steak to salad could cut as much carbon as leaving the car at home a couple days a week. That’s because beef is such an incredibly inefficient food to produce and cows release so much harmful methane into the atmosphere, said Nathan Pelletier of Dalhousie University in Canada.

The livestock sector is estimated to account for 18% of the global greenhouse gas emissions and beef is the biggest culprit. Even though beef only accounts for 30% of meat consumption in the developed world it’s responsible for 78% of the emissions, Pelletier, said.

That’s because a single kilogram of beef produces 16 killograms carbon dioxide equivalent emissions: four times higher than pork and more than ten times as much as a kilogram of poultry. Pelletier said. If people were to simply switch from beef to chicken, emissions would be cut by 70%, Pelletier said.

Another part of the problem is people are eating far more meat than they need to. “Meat once was a luxury in our diet,” Pelletier said. “we used to eat it once a week. Now we eat it every day.”

If meat consumption in the developed world was cut from the current level of about 90kg a year to 53kg a year, livestock related emissions would fall by 44%.

“Given the projected doubling of meat production by 2050, we’re going to have to cut emissions by half just to maintain current levels.” Pelletier said.


No one knows the consequence of beef eating. The awareness about beef and pollution should be spread intensely. Anything excess is detrimental to both people and environment. What affects personally in certain matters undermine the environment too. Unlimited beef eating is dangerous for individuals health and ecology.

Indian courts are notorious for prolonging the legal battles. People who filled petitions in their young age of 30 are not alive today to hear the final pronouncement. It takes decades for the courts to arrive at a conclusion. By the time court decides the petitioner is not alive. Due to this inordinate delay few people have faith in the judiciary. Rape, murder, property misappropriation or arson not many people would like to lodge a police complaint and seek judicial recourse. They know very well the petitioner will be harassed endlessly without any justice coming in his or her life time. The immediate help for any justice to the crime committed is underworld and criminal gangs. The instant revenge and justice are vented by these gangsters who are fully time involved in killing. If the situation is allowed to continue the judicial and police systems will lose its relevance permanently.

According to The Times of India report (11.2.2009, p.1 & 7), 3,32,141 cases came up before the Delhi High Court in 2007-08. Each of these cases received five minutes of hearing (4 minutes, 55 seconds to be precise) and each minute of the court’s time cost a staggering Rs.6,327 to the state exchequer. Even adjournements without hearing don’t come cheap. All listed cases cost the court Rs.1,300 (on average), even if many got adjourned. The report released by Chief Justice A.P. Shah, claims HC disposed of 56,612 cases, including 47,017 filled in that year alone.

While clearing 56,612 cases, Delhi High Court worked with 32 judges, much below its sanctioned strength of 48, Chief Justice A.P. Shah said. While pointing to the “Crushing load” on the courts, the Chief Justice said at present rate of disposal, it would take 466 years for the high court to clear its backlog of cases entirely. He, however said “we have been able to reduce the cases of arrears from 79,818 in 2007 to 74,599 in 2008”.

The report adds that the rate of disposal of criminal cases in the year worked out to be 0.5 case per day. While such “working ours” analyses are done every year for bodies like Parliament and state legislatures, this is perhaps the first time a judicial body has come up with its figure.

Case study
No of cases listed before HC 332,141
Total expenditure incurred Rs. 42,45,47,490
No of cases dealt on a single day 64
Total number of working days 213
Time available for one hearing 4 min 55 sec
Cost incurred for one minute of a hearing 6,327
Average number of benches during ’07-08 24(8 division & 16 single)

The time and money spent have been worked out excluding “matters handled during summer vacation (June) and on three working Saturdays during 2007-08”. In order to calculate the time judges gave for each hearing. HC factored in the total number of cases dealt by judges. Sitting as a single bench or division bench, in a day (64 cases on average) with the total time available for them to hold court (315 minutes).

The total expenditure incurred by the court last year was Rs.42.45 crore for 213 working days. “the average cost of listing each case before a judge worked out to Rs.1,297 and the average court expenditure per minute by the court was Rs.6,327 or Rs.19,93,180 for each working days.

The judiciary must ensure justice is dispensed atleast during the life time of the petitioner if not immediately. With multiple options available for reformation, courts should not delay further. Immediately it should implement all the suggested reforms. Decentralising and expanding the judiciary are two crucial steps. Above all the top leadership should have the requisite will to cleanse the system and make it functional.