Continued from Part I: What it takes to stand up and fight …Yesterday you read how Prahlad decided against spending the night with his relatives in Jabalpur…
I had a couple of relatives in Jabalpur but I wanted to see to what extent a common man has to suffer to get justice.
11:30 pm, Railway Police Station Jabalpur
I decided to spend the night on the dusty bench at the railway police station because I wanted to put myself in the shoes of a poor man who wants to fight against …

Dear Friends, when I first read Prahlad’s story, I  could not stop myself from sharing it with my wife…and both of us felt like saluting Prahlad. His story is a searingly honest, awe-inspiring first-hand account of what it takes to stand up and fight. Please read and share widely…Prahlad and countless others like him – who stand up and fight for their rights daily – against massive odds – and by staying within the law – give me hope…They are the true leaders in our movement to Reclaim India – …

Thanks to Radha-ji for alerting me to this extraordinary story of Uday Gatti…Pl read on (emphasis added)…
Say ‘stray dog menace’ and you’re bound to hear opinions from all sides of the spectrum. But when a stray dies, so does the clamour and it’s left to the likes of Uday Gatti to bury the dead.
Gatti (42), who runs a shop near Pilar in Someshwara gram panchayat limits near Tokottu in Mangalore, has buried at least 40 dogs so far though he’s lost count of the actual number. “This is my service …

To those who keep saying hoisting the national flag in Lal Chowk will disturb peace, I say, if the peace in my country is so fragile that hoisting the national flag disturbs it, perhaps it is time for our sleep to get disturbed…
If this will cause polarisation, perhaps it is time to get polarised…if it will aggravate tension, perhaps it is time to ratchet up the tension. It is time to show our anger…It is time to show that when it comes to national pride, there can …

This is  the story of Jayakumar, a free TV and hope…Read on…Extracts from Gnani Sankaran’s “The king has no clothes, only freebies“:
Jayakumar, a humble farmer of Kothamangalam village in the Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, has shamed the intellectuals of the state who dare not speak openly about the freebie culture unleashed by Karunanidhi’s regime to corner the votes.
He was one of the ‘beneficiaries’ listed to get a free colour television set on December 23. When his name was called, he went to the stage, took the set, then immediately …

Actually, “Non-Performance”.  Thanks to Srinivasan-ji for alerting me to this spreadsheet detailing performance of individual MPs, courtesy PRS. (emphasis added). The performance has been measured along a number of dimensions including
debates participated, private bills introduced and questions raised…

PRS believes
This reflects how the members take interest in presenting the problems of the constituency/ country in the Lok Sabha.

The top five performers (in terms of total of debates, private bills and questions) are:

Ananda Rao Adsul (Shiva Sena, Maharashtra – 516)
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (BJP, Maharashtra -513)
Asaduddin Owaisis (AIMM, Andhra – 473)
Pradeep Kumar (Congress, …