tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761390804934301572024-03-05T02:51:02.560-08:00The Fifth EstateThe Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-49412389409088346662022-08-22T09:33:00.000-07:002022-08-22T09:33:09.025-07:00Breaking the Spell - Why Covid-19 is a Hoax.<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><span style="color: red;">Breaking the Spell</span></u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To those who wish to evaluate evidence on a "disease" that has cast a spell on all the world, this book with the name mentioned here as the title of this blog will be an eye-opener. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We have been schooled for three centuries in the belief that germs and their invisible cousins, viruses cause diseases. So ingrained is the belief that it is almost like a fundamentalist religious dogma that none dare question 🤔. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You go to a doctor with a fever. The doctor prescribes usually an antibiotic, more often a broad spectrum one. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You ask the doctor, "What is my disease?" He dismisses your anxious query with a smile, "Oh, it's just a <b><u>viral</u></b> fever". You leave, none the wiser. The doctor too does not know what is your illness is. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interestingly, antibiotics do not work against viruses which are supposed to be non-living thing! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then why did the doctor say what he did? He was only parroting what he was told in college. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Antibiotics Prescribing and Use is a CDC article with the link below. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/q-a.html#:~:text=Antibiotics%20are%20medicines%20that%20fight,and%20outside%20of%20our%20bodies.">https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/q-a.html#:~:text=Antibiotics%20are%20medicines%20that%20fight,and%20outside%20of%20our%20bodies.</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Medical science is under intense scrutiny and current dogma under attack, and rightly so.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The very fact that these views are censored by large social media companies reveals more of what their masters wish to hide!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><h1 class="entry-title mb uppercase" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; display: var(--page-title-display); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 30px; text-rendering: optimizespeed; text-transform: uppercase; width: 841.5px;"><a href="https://freeearthalliance.org/life-changing-alert-from-awakened-indians/2-talking-points-plandemic/2-2-evidence-based-medicine-germ-theory/">2.2 – EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE & GERM THEORY</a></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a link to a critique of the existing "Germ theory" on which modern medicine is based.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interestingly, mainstream media continues to parrot conventional medical beliefs. The refrain goes thus: One disease caused by one germ or virus with one medication for cure.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book, Virus Mania, with over 1,400 research papers referenced is an eye opener. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://read.amazon.in/kp/kshare?asin=B08YFBCH2F&id=k4s3p74fpzfebhcin6w2uo5i3i&reshareId=B4DM02SR3SYHD26PC35Z&reshareChannel=system" target="">I think you might like this book – "Virus Mania: Corona/COVID-19, Measles, Swine Flu, Cervical Cancer, Avian Flu, SARS, BSE, Hepatitis C, AIDS, Polio, Spanish Flu. How the Medical Industry ... Billion-Dollar Profits At Our Expense" by Torsten Engelbrecht, Claus Köhnlein, Samantha Bailey, Stefano Scoglio.</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Double click on the link above to visit the book and read it for free!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No virus for any disease has ever been isolated. All of us have heard doctors respond when asked what caused our fevers, "Oh! It's just a viral fever! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-66539470973361168312022-02-22T02:01:00.004-08:002022-02-22T02:01:43.674-08:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Covid-19 - The False Narrative Continues Through News Headlines</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A news paper headline says, </span></p><h1 class="title" itemprop="name" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-family: TundraWeb, serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 15px 30px 0px; width: 660px;"><span style="font-size: small;">"COVID-19 third wave: Over 70% of January deaths in Karnataka were in ICUs"</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Firstly, has any epidemic come in WAVES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjApqtWq9DixpcpU6d20u-m_ActcWYoQh29TZ4kXOV5QV_xY_K0oQ5QA_uFBIWfchbJ-b4oV1RWbn_qoQT_PgljCpUSgcQ-IGqgH7E87VrE5-IT2iGEE-HMi-dZhawVioJzAhsoK66u_82g7VBUvtkfyxgfSDhY8ncnBkZvIuBy8qGJIFAenoZLmkPC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="72" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjApqtWq9DixpcpU6d20u-m_ActcWYoQh29TZ4kXOV5QV_xY_K0oQ5QA_uFBIWfchbJ-b4oV1RWbn_qoQT_PgljCpUSgcQ-IGqgH7E87VrE5-IT2iGEE-HMi-dZhawVioJzAhsoK66u_82g7VBUvtkfyxgfSDhY8ncnBkZvIuBy8qGJIFAenoZLmkPC=w140-h140" width="140" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why are people dying in ICUs? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Were autopsies performed to determine the cause of death?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The news admits that two thirds had comorbidities. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why were these deaths attributed to Covid?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who is interested in keeping the scare mongering going?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They should read Aesop's fables! Like the boy who cried, "Wolf, wolf", people are tired of scare stories and no longer take them seriously.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another news item says that 30 % people of India believe that covid is a myth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Iit show how few people in this country are able to think clearly.</div><br /></span></div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-17785437393437638342021-03-26T23:42:00.003-07:002021-03-26T23:56:54.958-07:00Covid Cases and The "Testing Positive" Hoax<p> Every day media reports the number of new cases of Covid-19. These are based on RT-PCR tests. Those who give the data say that these are the numbers of people who have "tested positive". (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction.)</p><p>As you will see from the explanation of the process and its author's statement that the so-called test and inference of infections are merely hoaxes to continue the fear mongering.</p><p>The inventor of the PCR procedure is Kary Mullis. He received the Nobel prize for it. He has categorically stated on record that the procedure CANNOT be used to tell if one is sick or not. <a href="https://youtu.be/iVkznRJx1bE" target="_blank">The link to his video is here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://youtu.be/iVkznRJx1bE" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="192" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yiV0yoiSw-VJMzRVhw4dBMl1wqzDFc5dSuOgCRo_haPpQJtAZBfDopmQD_NDl4rTlOfY0lNT6sKmb8Vd887YwPCCC1pRym-PNxq80AXeFc14gUrKR-JwnkCUySM2XPEXjPK8eWuRXhs/" width="288" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kary Mullis</div><a href="https://youtu.be/iVkznRJx1bE" target="_blank"></a><p></p><p>It is wonder that many countries are using the test. </p><p>It is ONLY a method of amplifying (replicating) small strands or fragments of RNA (Ribonucleic acid). The amplification is done by dissolving the RNA in a liquid and processing the solution through heating and cooling cycles. This cycling results in replication of the RNA fragment. If in a given (recommended number of cycles is 25 to 30) number of cycles a sufficient quantity of RNA is present / found, it could be concluded that the RNA is present in adequate quantities in the test subject. </p><p>The reason why this does NOT lead to the conclusion that a person is sick is because, it has not been shown that the RNA fragment is an external pathogen and not part of the test subject's own DNA. </p><p>To conclude that the RNA found in nasal or throat swabs are causative agents of the disease, it would also have to be shown that all people with the disease have it, that people without the disease don't have the RNA and lastly, if the RNA is introduced into a healthy person she/he will fall ill. (This could be done by trials using monkeys). </p><p>Pictures of the so-called virus you see in media are merely computer generated images and have nothing to do with the reality.</p><p>So also, the alleged code sequence of the RNA claimed by some is also computer generated. </p><p>Hence, drawing inferences of infections from RT-PCR of "cases" is a complete HOAX!</p>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-51107942310596643952020-06-29T10:45:00.000-07:002020-06-29T10:45:51.283-07:00Covid-19 Pandemic-Government Decisions taken in Ignorance and Panic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The first thing to understand about Coronavirus is that it is the generic name for ALL viruses which, are believed to cause influenza or Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI). </div>
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Coronavirus is the name of the virus and the disease is called Covid-19 - Cov for corona (since it resembles a crown) VID for Virus ID and 19 to represent the year 2019 when it was first noticed. </div>
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If you had the opinion that Covid-19 is some strange disease and would NOT like change that view, please do NOT read any further. </div>
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If you wish to find out the truth and facts, you would get some here and more later.<br />
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Please watch this video of an expert,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqGSnVt8c8" target="_blank"> Dr. Scott Atlas.</a> </div>
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The virus that causes Covid-19 is more easily spread than some other viruses. However, we have NO explanation for the world wide spread of the "Spanish flu" that killed millions in 1918. How did it spread in so short a time when travel tooks months and weeks and hardy anyone travelled?<br />
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Lockdown is not just useless, it actually harms more people than Covid-19. The number of lost-years-of-life is orders of magnitude higher due to lockdown than die to Covid-19.<br />
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Then why are governments going ahead with lockdowns?<br />
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Politicians are damned if they do and damned if the don't do. So, the easy way out for them is to be seen as taking firm action. Just now, a news says the Indian PM will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow.<br />
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He is among the many political leaders who wish to be seen as taking effective action.<br />
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I do not know who is advising him and what advice he is being given. I have sought this through RTI. but have NOT received any reply. <br />
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Please join me in requesting governments in India and all over the world to pause and reflect on the harm they are causing to the hapless populations subject to their control. </div>
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.4764182 76.9491157 13.4667792 78.2400097tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-16740339205840447732020-06-16T03:31:00.001-07:002020-06-16T03:31:36.232-07:00ROSE/ICKE IV – We Will Not Be Silenced – Digital Freedom Platform<a href="https://freedomplatform.londonreal.tv/rose-icke-iv-we-will-not-be-silenced/">ROSE/ICKE IV – We Will Not Be Silenced – Digital Freedom Platform</a><br /><br />
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Worth watching.<br /><br />
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Why does trillion-dollar social media censor this?<br /><br />
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Why does the 1% fund BLM?<br /><br />
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What would you say if government censors media?<br /><br />
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Why are you silent when social media giants censor this?The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-90441784716790628072020-05-10T03:11:00.001-07:002020-05-10T03:11:53.931-07:00The Truth Behind The Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Lockdown & The Economic Crash - David Icke - London Real<a href="https://londonreal.tv/the-truth-behind-the-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-lockdown-the-economic-crash-david-icke/">The Truth Behind The Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Lockdown & The Economic Crash - David Icke - London Real</a>: David Icke is an English professional conspiracy theorist and former footballer and sports broadcaster. He is the author of over 20 books and numerous DVDs.<br /><br />
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Very interesting. You Tube has banned him. And it has also removed videos of Dr. Andrew Kaufman exposing the lies about Covid-19.The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-48257929227819994302020-04-10T08:38:00.001-07:002020-04-10T08:38:51.090-07:00The Fifth Estate: Corona Virus - The Panic and Resultant Pandemonium...<a href="https://thefifthestateworld.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-virus-panic-and-resultant.html?spref=bl">The Fifth Estate: Corona Virus - The Panic and Resultant Pandemonium...</a>: Corona Virus - The Unwarranted Panic and Resultant Pandemonium Ignorance is bliss now. Many flus are called 'corona virus' beca...The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-56555685662702754892020-04-09T23:32:00.000-07:002020-04-10T11:40:44.174-07:00Corona Virus - The Panic and Resultant Pandemonium <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Ignorance is bliss now. Many flus are called 'corona virus' because they are similar in structure and action. <a href="http://www.labnews.co.uk/article/2030503/coronavirus-is-it-just-a-type-of-flu" target="_blank">Here's a link to UK's Lab News that says so. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The normal number of deaths in USA from flu is 646,000 EACH YEAR. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The deaths due to the present virus is not more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are 4 videos of experts giving views on flus, corona viruses and how to tackle them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is being done today is just the opposite of what should be done? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Video 1 - Dr. Knut Wittowski </span><a href="https://youtu.be/lGC5sGdz4kg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">https://youtu.be/lGC5sGdz4kg</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Video 2 - Dr. Ayyadurai </span><a href="https://youtu.be/1BiM1YYIPCo" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">https://youtu.be/1BiM1YYIPCo</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Video 3 - Dr. Sam Vaknin </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/fYWWvSTQkNI" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">https://youtu.be/fYWWvSTQkNI</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Video 4 - Dr. Jay Bhattacharya </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">https://youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is astonishing how a whole nation or many nations could be fooled into such mindless action. The fable of the chicken which ran saying that the sky is falling and all other chickens running after her comes to mind. That's how panic starts and spreads. It is the same as a stampede. Stampedes kill many. This one also will. Some from starvation, others from diseases caused by malnutrition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's prevent it by spreading the facts in the videos shared and asking questions of the government and bureaucrats and medical professionals here.</span></div>
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-55085693101295572532018-12-22T06:46:00.000-08:002018-12-22T06:46:19.766-08:00Snoopers' Charter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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computer of everyone in this great country of ours (?).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The order is
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-59445858719399208632017-05-20T09:50:00.000-07:002017-05-20T09:50:50.858-07:00Central Election Commission and Electronic Voting Machines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-91623958625022682062016-05-08T08:50:00.000-07:002016-05-08T09:01:48.295-07:00Academic Freedoms Among Others<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Freedom is something priceless. How could one define it? How could one know what it is? </div>
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It is like life. Difficult to define, except as what it is not. Life is that which is not death! So too, freedom is that which is not constrained, fettered or in shackles, mental or physical.</div>
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Mental restraint may be as cruel, if not more so, than physical curtailment of liberty. </div>
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There are many kinds of freedoms - to travel (remember one take off from an aircraft for dissent), to speak, to think, to practice and propagate religion, to carry on professions, to write, to subscribe to political ideologies, to gather in protest and so on.</div>
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When there are so many varieties of freedoms, why is it that on academia there are many kinds of manacles?</div>
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Teachers and students experience all kinds of restrictions. Should we not have a more liberal academic world where many flowers may bloom?</div>
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Could we attribute the lack of innovative or original work out from our academia as due to lack of freedoms?</div>
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Take a look at three websites; one is Kingston University of the UK, the second is our own JNU and the third, IIT, Chennai.</div>
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Here are the links.</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.kingston.ac.uk/">Kingston</a></li>
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The difference is so striking that one wonders where has all our fabled IT prowess gone!</div>
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The first is all about students, faculty, courses, facilities, admissions - information useful to those seeking to enter it.</div>
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The second two are pathetic. They open with photos of functions, mostly of some government minister or official.</div>
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The ethos prevalent here.</div>
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A reflection of this is in the recent JNU controversy. Even a judge while granting bail imagined it necessary to the student to curb his youthful exuberance. </div>
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In this context an article in 'The Hindu' of 3 May 2016, titled, "<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/a-case-for-open-academic-spaces/article8548565.ece">A case for open academic spaces</a>", by Thelma Raju and Noor Ameena makes interesting reading. (Please click the title to access the article.)</div>
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-19822985091270158622014-08-13T09:46:00.001-07:002014-08-13T09:46:18.151-07:00Techno Legal News: Aadhaar Must Be Scrapped Immediately Opines Praveen DalalTechno Legal News: Aadhaar Must Be Scrapped Immediately Opines Praveen Dalal<br /><br />
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One cannot but agree with this posting.The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-30127909057503273722013-06-27T08:54:00.003-07:002013-06-27T08:54:37.890-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the new game politicians are playing in many countries across the globe. The motivation is obvious, privatise public assets and make money in the bargain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In democracies politicians are elected to serve people. Once elected, most politicians behave like rulers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the problem with democracy, which if not solved, would lead to the collapse of democratic system of governance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Privatisation of public, that is, people's assets is a symptom of the disease of elected representatives who have visions of regal grandeur .</span></div>
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-4509044917989496582012-12-04T22:51:00.001-08:002012-12-04T22:51:59.613-08:00UID is NOT Yours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>UID is NOT Yours</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We, Gopal, Somasekhar and I, are three who have been campaigning against the obnoxious UID scheme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have published a Monograph with the above title and released it a press meet at Delhi on 27 Nov 2012. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While many from media attended the meet and even purchased the Monograph, as anticipated, news coverage of the event was meager. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The reasons are not difficult to understand. Media is gagged indirectly through dark hints and inducements of advertisements. Media is after all a business and business interests of media owners always overtake national interests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Monograph contains articles by six authors who contributed to it. It has news about RTI replies received from UIDAI, which would reveal attempts to hide the dirty secrets about UID from people. It also contains resources from the Internet about UIDAI and its contractors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hard copies are available for purchase. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A soft copy is available on the clicking the <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByFVGYRcgU7MRFQxUzNPN09UMEU/edit">link</a> here. </span></div>
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The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-71406393583415203272012-06-06T09:50:00.001-07:002012-06-06T09:50:47.922-07:00Planning Commission spends Rs. 35 lakh to renovate two toilets in Delhi<a href="http://on-msn.com/L8T9fO#scpti27">Planning Commission spends Rs. 35 lakh to renovate two toilets in Delhi</a><br />
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I always thought it was silly to have separate toilets for staff / workers / managerial persons in organisations. My rationale was that we all have the same biological systems for excretion and physiological relief. It is not that different levels of the organisational hierarchy are Physiologically different. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://news.in.msn.com/national/planning-commission-spends-rs-35-lakh-to-renovate-two-toilets-in-delhi</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The installation of smart cards is interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">During the early days of the debate on UID, a justification was that it has "millions of uses". <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Application builders should note that the UIDAI application portal would soon be updated to include smart toilets to enable application development in the area. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, here is another use of UID, perhaps the best way it could be used. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After all, if the government is feeding the poor by uniquely identifying them, the government must uniquely identify those who excrete, as an audit to know how much of the intake is coming out! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The input / output ration would indicate whether the welfare benefits are actually reaching the beneficiaries!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Unbelievable wastage of precious food when millions starve is criminal.<br />
Follow the <a href="http://www.timesnow.tv/Criminal-waste-of-food-grain-in-Punjab/articleshow/4401414.cms">link for Times Now TV story.</a></div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-86537858559512396012011-12-12T04:42:00.000-08:002011-12-12T04:42:13.722-08:00Thinking Aloud: Time to wake up UID supporters<a href="http://sastrytumuluri.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-to-wake-up-uid-supporters.html#comment-form">Thinking Aloud: Time to wake up UID supporters</a>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-81296328546053492872011-10-15T01:42:00.000-07:002011-10-15T01:42:23.020-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is what the Afghans believe. They have fought off whoever tried to subdue them. This, they done for centuries. </div>
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The Mongols, the British, the Russians and now the Americans - all have failed in their attempt to rule Afghanistan. </div>
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Have we not learnt anything from history. Now, our government has entered into an agreement with the Afghan government to train their soldiers. Could anything be more foolish.<br />
Time was when India had a strictly neutral foreign policy. We did not suffer the consequences of alignment in the cold and not-so-cold wars of the past.<br />
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Now, with the tilt, nay, active connivance between US and India in Afghan affairs, we are bound to attract increased militancy of a fundamentalist religious variety.<br />
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Is being dragged into fighting America's Afghan war? </div>
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The Prime Minister's statement, which he read, was astonishing. Is this is his view or was he merely reading from a text given to him by someone else? While paying lip service to RTI, he was laying the basis for diluting the RTI Act. He attempted to make a few points decrying RTI. These were lame apologies for shutting out public scrutiny of government's actions. One was that it is detrimental to efficacy of institutions. Is he of the view that transparency detracts from efficiency.<br />
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Democratic Governments are not a rulers. They are servants of the people. They are mere representatives. <br />
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A second point he made was that RTI increases work of government employees. Is he not aware of Sec 4 of the Act that seeks <i>suo motu </i>disclosure; Or was the person who wrote his prepared text oblivious of this requirement of the Act?<br />
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Courageous and honest government officials do not fear transparency. As a former government officer, this writer was never inhibited by the thought of his decisions and notes being made public. <br />
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant. The tree of corruption wilts under the glare of sunlight. Only children of darkness prefer the shelter of pitch black nights to hide their conspiracies and deeds.<br />
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Let the people of India rise with one voice to strengthen people's right to information. </div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-3908687935520657832011-10-13T06:18:00.000-07:002011-10-17T03:47:01.332-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Law Minister believes that arresting business persons affects investment. Would it be right to conclude that the corollary is that business people are not be arrested, even for crimes?<br />
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Coming from none other than the highest law officer directly responsible for rule of law, his thinking is perverse. No explanation, such as the ones being put out, would be of any use.<br />
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The explanation is that he was responding to media queries and was a "spur of the moment remark of general nature, and not specific to 2 G". This was in response to questions from the Supreme Court bench hearing the 2 G case. <br />
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With such thinking and obfuscation, would rule of law be
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Our netas need to be protected from the people. The Mahatma was gunned down by a religious bigot. There was incessant communal violence, then. Yet, Nehru never had any security.<br />
Why do the present-day netas require protection from the people, who they claim to "Represent"? Haven't we heard Renuka Chowdary protesting on TV that the neta-class to which she belongs, represent the will of 120 Crores of Indians. She too has some protection from her representative, perhaps not as vigilant and obvious as seen in the picture.</div>
The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-62006052998999155092011-04-06T10:53:00.000-07:002011-04-06T10:53:58.597-07:00India Against Corruption - Anna's great beginning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Anna Hazare has made an excellent beginning. Youth have take to the cause of fighting corruption that he has launched.<br />
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Let us understand that this just a beginning. The road to a corruption-free India is long and hard. Many maladies require immediate remedy. The judicial and electoral systems need overhaul.<br />
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Let us join in and continue the struggle.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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Mathew </div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-18526497182340249442011-03-04T09:51:00.000-08:002011-03-04T09:51:20.305-08:00PM in the dock on CVC appointment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">PM has accepted responsibility for what he called a mistake in appointing the CVC.<br />
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Is this an adequate response to the Supreme Court's scathing indictment of his action?<br />
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Should he resign? </div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476139080493430157.post-15274860610275402102011-01-28T09:18:00.000-08:002011-01-28T09:18:27.098-08:00Oil Mafia & UID<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The major benefit claimed for UID is that it would eliminate leakages of welfare subsidies for the poor.<br />
Given the evidence of the politician - Mafia nexus in the oil trade, who would be fool enough to believe this story?<br />
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Here is a link to the 'Times Now' TV story on it. <a href="http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4363889.cms">Mehendale disclosures</a></div>The Fifth Estate Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295143162789439416noreply@blogger.com0