THE GOLDEN TELEPHONE-

This is really a nice story , I found it  somewhere

 

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.

So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.

On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he
noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read
"$10,000 per call".

The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for.

The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.

The American thanked the priest and went along his way.

Next stop was in japan. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it.

He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in china and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.

She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000
he could talk to God.

"O.K., thank you," said the American.

He then travelled to Pakistan, Srilanka, Russia, Germany and France.

In every church he saw the same golden telephone
 with the same "$10,000 per call" sign under it. The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel to up to India to see if Indians had the same phone.

He arrived in India, and again, in the first church he entered, there
was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read
"One Rupee per call."

The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
"Father, I've travelled all over World and I've seen this same golden
telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to
Heaven,
but in the US the price was $10,000 per call.

Why is it so cheap here?"

The priest smiled and answered, "You're in India now, son - it's a
local call".

KEEP SMILING

 

CAST NEGATIVE VOTES IF YOU DONT FIND ANY GOOD CANDIDATE

An e-mail has recently been circulating in which it has been argued that section 49-O of Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 gives a voter the right to cast negative vote, i.e. right to cast vote but not to vote any particular candidate. It has also been stated in this e-mail that if the total number of “NO VOTES” exceeds the total number of valid votes, then that polling will be cancelled and there will have to be re-polling. Besides, the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.

It is true that there is a section 49-O in The Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 in which voters have been given the right not to vote. Section 49-O says:

Elector  deciding  not  to  vote - If  an  elector,  after  his
electoral  roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters
in  Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon  as
required  under  sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to  record  his
vote,  a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in
Form  17A  by  the  presiding  officer  and  the  signature  or  thumb
impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark.

 http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/cer1.htm 

 
But there is no rule according to which if the total number of “NO VOTES” exceeds the total number of valid votes, then that polling will be cancelled and there will have to be re-polling. There is also no provision for cancellation of candidature of contestants or forfeiture of their right to re-contest.

It appears that many people believe that by not voting, all problems of corruption in politics will disappear. While we understand the desperation of a voter about the corrupt candidates, just casting negative votes cannot solve this problem. Since negative votes are not counted, the bad candidates would still be elected on the basis of whatever valid votes have been cast.

If, just for the sake of argument, it is assumed that everybody had cast negative votes, what would happen? Re-polling will take place and the same candidates will be eligible to contest election again! So there will be simply extra expenditure of tax payers’ money, nothing else!

In any democratic system, people will have to elect their representatives for governance. Not choosing any representative would be inviting only anarchy and chaos. Without elected representatives, who would run the government?

Hence, the solution lies not in rejecting all candidates, but in electing the best available candidate in each constituency.

I found this article  from following webpage http://jago.in/news.php?id=54

 

Life these days

Oh its again the classes are over  and 5 days great  preparatory leave has begun

Indeed these are the days which I often lounge for. You know why? Because, the boring classes are not there.

One is free to do whatever one likes.

However  me very tensed these  and I am afraid  whether they will be completed. One is my semester long  dream of WEBMARKET . I won’t disclose much (although I know that nobody is going to read it) but   this is one in which I  have used the best of my LAMP skills and  the day it gets finished , it will  be a instant hit( at least I believe).

 The other is Energy assessment work by NPC. One more is BIT Alumni Portal for BITOSA  Bihar Chapter.

You know I have a very bad habit of aggregating all  works and pending it to the last minute. But you see I am not to be blamed for this  I was too much involved in TECHNIKA and thus I could not finish them.

 

Hey I  want to ask one question to all readers ,whether my English  has gone below par standards(in terms of  vocabulary and idiomatic usage). I am out of touch to any literature books past 3 years  hence I feel that my writing skills are degrading. Thank you in advance