Dear all,
Congrats on this transform India initiative of Mr. Srinivasan and the interview of Mr. Gopalaswami.
We need more upright and honest officers like Mr. Gopalaswami.
But what is more glaring to me is the statement of mr. Gopalaswami that his grand father was irked by corruption and lethargy in government offices in those day. I am sure it continued and has magnified in the days of his father, himself and now we see an escalating level of corruption in his sons and grandsons days. Corruption which was increasing in arithmetic proportions earlier has now escalated to geometric proportions from few thousand crores to a few lakh crores.... No wonder crorepatis and criminals are ruling the roost in our politics....
It's high time we introspect as to what is going wrong in our society and take corrective action and preventive action in line with ISO 9000 principles.
Kris Dev
--- In India_Vision_
>
> Podcast interview with Mr N Gopalaswami
>
> dear friends
>
> Mr N Gopalaswami, retired as Chief Election Commissioner of India, on 20th
> April 2009. A 1966 batch IAS Officer of Gujarat cadre, hails from a small
> village in Tamilnadu and through his hard work and dedication, he reached
> the level of Chief Election Commissioner of India. He has also held very
> high positions in the Government of India, including the Secretary of Home
> Ministry during critical days.
>
> In the last few weeks, he was more spoken in the media for his upright and
> frank recommendations on Mr Navin Chawla, the Election Commissioner and also
> on the case of Ms Sonia Gandhi. On one side, though some of the political
> parties criticise him for his stern actions, on the other side, many of the
> youngsters hail him as a 'role model' or as a 'hero' in their blogs for his
> courageous actions. He is considered as one of the upright and most honest
> officers in his own bureaucratic circles.
>
> Today (28 April 2009) morning, I spoke to Mr Gopalaswami over phone to
> record his podcast interview. In a freewheeling conversation, he spoke on
> his source of inspiration, his spiritual beliefs, usage of technology in
> governance, his achievement, his disappointment, role of youth, etc.
>
> I asked him who was the source of his inspiration for his uprightness in his
> career, spanning forty years in civil service. He told me that before
> joining IAS, he prostrated before his grand father and sought his blessings.
> His grand father, a man of high integrity, advised him in Tamil, "Nermaiyaha
> iru". That means, his grand father advised him to be utmost honest with
> integrity in civil service. Mr Gopalswami was wondering as to what prompted
> his grand father to advise him like that. Later, he came to know about the
> bad experience of his grand father in Government offices due to corruption
> and lethargy, which prompted him to advise. Mr Gopalswami told me that till
> date, he was keeping up the advise given by his grand father.
>
> In the post-retirement period, he wants to study Vaishnavism through contact
> classes. He will be attending classes on Saturdays and Sundays. He has
> already completed one semester. He plans to complete the remaining three
> semesters of this course, by attending classes.
>
> Please listen to the interesting and freewheeling conversation in full in
> the following link
>
> http://www.podunive
>
> Srinivasan
> Prime Point
> 94440 50273
>
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