तिरछी नजरिया के प्रिय पाठंकों को दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ! दीपावली पर भेंट स्वरूप इस छत्तीसगढ़ी गीत का आनंद लें।

ऐसे और भी सुंदर गीत आप यहाँ से पढ़ सकते हैं।

हाय रे कुंदरु करेला,

मोर छैला

अलबेला मोर तीर आजा

मोर तीर आजा राजा

खवाहूं बीरो पान।

हाय रे पड़की परेवना मोर

कोईली मैना मोर तीर आजा

मोर तीर आजा रानी

खवाहूँ बीरो पान।

कोहरा के लोवा नारे म सरगे

तोर बीना हिरदे म भुर्री बरगे।

मोर तीर आजा

कोचई कांदा मही म राधे

नहीं बता मन कोन कइसे बांधे?

मोर तीर आजा

अमारी भाजी रे अमसुरहा लागे,

आते तै डरेऊठी करम फुटहा जागे।

मोर तीर आजा

खाये रे खीरा चाने पंदोली,

मयार्रूंक सुन लेतेंद मया के बोली।

मोर तीर आजा ….

हिन्दी में अनुवाद -

ओ ! मेरे कुंदरु और करेला की तरह

मजेदार अलबेले छैला तुम

मेरे निकट आओ

मैं तुम्हें बीड़ा पान खिलाऊँगी।

पड़ूंगी और कबूतर की तरह सुन्दर

कोयल और मैना की तरह गाने वाली

मेरी रानी

तुम मेरे करीब आ जाओ

मैं तुम्हें अपने हाथों से पान खिलाऊँगा।

कुम्हड़ा की बातीं (छोटा फल)

उसकी बेल में ही खराब हो गई।

और तुम्हारे बिना मेरे हृदय में आग लगी हुई है।

कचालू की सब्जी बनाने के लिये मठा (छाँछ)

की जरुरत पड़ती है

पर तुम्हीं बताओ मैं अपने इस मतवाले मन

को किस प्रकार बाँध कर रखूं।

अमारी की भाजी खट्टी लगती है,

मेरे जीवन में तुम्हारे बिना खटास आ गया है,

यदि तुम मेरे दरवाज़े आ पाओ

तो मेरी फूटी किस्मत जाग जायेगी।

ककड़ी को खाने से पहले उसके अगले (कड़ु़वा)

भाग को काट कर फेंक देते हैं

मेरे प्रिय तुम भी कड़वाहट छोड़ और अपनी प्यार भरी बोली बोलो।

Pune is one of the most modern cities in India, also called ‘Oxford of the East’. In this city, was exposed how human values were ignored by its municipal council, how those who work for a better living conditions for others were sacrificing their own lives.

“In just two years 227 Pune conservancy staff died cleaning city’s filth.” This was a shocking story in the Indian Express of Pune on October 12^th. A conservancy staffer’s duty is to clean the city’s garbage, toilets and sewage they also dispose unclaimed dead bodies.  The story, says that 40 have died in the first six month of 2007-08 itself; 107 died in the previous year and 80 in 2005-06. Majority of cases have been registered as merely “sickness” in the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) records. The most shocking part is the average age of those who lost their lives, 45. Of the 107 who died in 2006-07, 70 were under the age of 50 and of those, 32 were under 40. The deaths have also been attributed to cancer, tuberculosis jaundice and heart diseases. The deaths include both men and women. PMC employs over 6000 such staff but the number of deaths can not be just ignored seeing the early age deaths and the reasons.

 Working Conditions:  

‘Kachra Kondi’ (Garbage Jam) is a 55 minute documentary made by Pune based theatre director Atul Pethe. The film is produced by PMC worker’s union. The movies shoes that although the PMC officials claim that workers are provided with gumboots, gloves and rain suits etc, workers hardly get any of these. This is also common to see a conservancy staff working bare handed inside a gutter. There are also workers who are hired by contractors. No records are available for them but one can imagine what they must be getting from their employers. While cleaning humane waste, working inside gutters, the workers are exposed to methane gas, and harmful viruses.

  Life Insurance: 

The family members of those PMC workers who died are no struggling for compensation. It shatters the family when a key bread earner dies at the age of 30 to 45.

The Life Insurance Corporation of India, which was earlier offering a group insurance of Rs, 30000 to the class IV employees recently closed the scheme saying that this was nit viable to them due to the increased number of deaths. Now the only compensation possible to the family members of dead workers is a meager amount Rs. 15,000 under the “Kamgar Kalyan Yojna”. Now the PMC is talking to SBI to provide an insurance coverage of Rs. 50,000 to its workers. So, not even a satisfactory compensation package is available.

 The Employee Care Factor: 

The government jobs in India are most sought after ones on the society for it provides job security and retirement benefits. Also, there is not much accountability fixed with many of the jobs, neither there are targets unlike the private sector. Often these reasons are cited to explain the in efficient and slow functioning of government departments. But does the government departments and civic bodies like PMC, really care for the lives of their people? Not only in the conservancy staff, proper uniform, which is according to one’s working conditions, is hardly seen in any of the government departments. Tools and equipments are ignored upon. Medical checkups are not regular or are there only in papers.

There is another issue of the civic body employees. In case of sub-governmental agencies like municipalities and panchayati raj institutions, employee benefits do not match with that in the government. In states like Chhattisgarh, Shiksha-karmis (teachers employed by local governing bodies) have long been demanding equal treatment for equal responsibilities. It is funny on part of the governments to shrug such issues by disowning these teachers, saying that they are not employed by the government.  So, for these employees, there is no fifth or sixth pay commission.

Awareness is another front. Not only in case of conservancy staff but even in small scale industries one hardly sees safety precautions being taken or proper tools and safety equipment used.

 The Un-Organized Sector: 

There are around 5000 people working as conservancy staff in Pune who are employed by small private contractors. These workers do not have a union of themselves. As the jobs for these contractors are not stable, workers can not fight for their rights, or one does not know whether they are aware of their rights! While the unions for PMC employees fight for the rights of their members, who will carry the voices of the contract conservancy workers.

  The Role of the Society: 

The urban society is also responsible for these kinds of problems. If citizens keep their surroundings clean and do not let others loiter around, this will be a good contribution, unfortunately we as citizens forget that we have other duties after paying taxes. No one cares about the people who clean the places we live in.

 About Other Cities: 

Pune is not alone; the situation of conservancy staff in other cities can not be different. And hence this is time when there is a national attention to this problem. There are reports that the central government has taken note of the news in Pune and is planning some action over it.

 What can be done? Modernization of Sewage Systems:

Indian cities still depend on age old drainage systems. Some cities even do not even have a citywide underground sewage system, Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh is one example. The drainage system should be modern and should meet international standards.

 Safety and Social Security for Workers: 

Workers should be provided with modern safety tools and equipment without a compromise on cost. There shall be government intervention if public sector insurance agencies are denying a security cover to the conservancy workers. Regular health checkups and free medical facilities should be provided.

The United National Progressive Alliance, also known as third front, has taken a decision to abstain form the presidential election’s votings. This is wrong for the following reasons:-1. In presidential elections, the electoral college consists of the members of the parliament and the state legislatures. There is no whip system. So morally, it should be left to the voter to decide whether to vote or for him or her.2. The electoral college members affiliated to the UNPA(which consists of some prominent political parties), are supposed to vote in place of the people they represent. What in case a majority of those who have elected these MP’s and MLA’s may actualy want them to vote for a particular candidate?3. The reason behind the decision to abstain are political. But UNPA’s political compulsions (Practically, failing to have their own candidate) should not deter the presidential election’s voters(who are also part of the UNPA) to neglect the larger will of the real voters of this country.4. Political leaders in India should not set such examples like abstaining form an election. In this case one of the most important elections for the Republic of India.5. This blogger has earlier argued for a more transparent and apolitical system of presidential elections. The political compulsions of a handful of party bosses should not decide the fate of the highest office in this country.

आदरणीया श्रीमती प्रतिभा पाटिल जी,

राष्ट्रपति पद के रा.ज.ग. समर्थित निर्दलीय उम्मीदवार श्री भैरों सिंह शेखावत ने कल संपत्ति की घोषणा कर दी है। देखें यहाँ। और यहाँ। तो अब संप्रग उम्मीदवार होने के नाते आपसे भारतवासियों की अपेक्षा है कि आप भी अपनी संपत्ति की घोषणा करें ताकि हमें मालूम हो कि हमारी संभावित राष्ट्रपति महोदया की कुल संपत्ति कितनी है। ऐसा इसलिये भी ज़रूरी है क्योंकि हमें आपके बारे में बहुत कुछ सुनने को मिल रहा है। पढ़ें  यहाँ।  और यहाँ

चूँकि चुनाव में अब अधिक दिन शेष नहीं हैं, अतः अच्छा होगा यदि आप शीघ्र ही यह घोषणा करें। हम यह जानते हैं कि विधिवत आप ऐसा करने को बाध्य नहीं हैं। किंतु आपसे इतना निवेदन तो देशवासी कर ही सकते हैं!

धन्यवाद।

 That should be the question on every Indian’s mind. To know more worth is you visit these link. First of which is a website launched by Bhartiya Janata Party. This blogger is no su[pporter of BJP, but the the candidate of the UPA, Mrs. Patil is facing some serious allegations. The nation has all rigths to know about its presidential candidates.

http://www.knowpratibhapatil.com/