Bankruptcy
of Imagination ? or a
Conspiracy ?
Hindustan Times ( 30 April ) carried following news :
Excerpt :
District officials, who did
not want to be named, explained that the initials — SC for scheduled caste, ST
for scheduled tribe and O for OBC, or other backward class — were put on the
chests of male candidates from these categories as they have different selection
norms under the reservation policy.
This, they said, was done to
identify one section of candidates from the other and avoid any mix-up.
Elsewhere , there have been cases of similar shameful
ways of tracking people
Eg :
and ,
After staying in a US prison for 18 months, Rajat Gupta , former MD of McKinsey , was
confined to his apartment and required
to wear an ankle bracelet that monitored his
movements
Some years back , a few Indian
students studying in
US , were also forced to wear such
bracelets - ostensibly for tracking
their movements
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It is a pity that the country which prides itself as
being “ Software Super-power “ , could not use technology as described below :
*
Some time back , there was a news report that all foreigners entering
India , will be given special SIM cards that they must install in their smart phones - enabling Indian Authorities to track their movements and to quickly
locate a foreigner who overstays his stay
*
GPS satellites of USA / Russia / China enable their militaries to locate objects on
earth , just ONE CENTIMETER apart !
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RFID sensors inserted in clothes worn by candidates
*
Smart watches , worn
by candidates
* QR
Codes printed on ID cards
of candidates or any papers carried by them
Or , was this a case of those examiners finding
some sadistic pleasure in humiliating those SC / ST / OBC candidates ?
Or , is someone trying to create embarrassing situations
for the NDA government , in order to provide fodder to the opposition parties ?
If such incidences were to repeat , NDA has bleak
future in 2019 !
01
May 2018
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