As more skeltons keep tumbling out of the cupboard (Ratan Tata, BJP, N K Singh, Arun Shourie), I am opening this thread to hear your thoughts and comments on how deep you think the rot is…and what can be done?
To trigger the conversation, excerpts from three links..the first from a post by Churumuri, ” Has Ratan Tata ruined the Tata brand image?
…as he prepares to step into the shadows, having turned a quiet Parsi outfit into a global conquistador, willRatan Tata—under whose leadership the revenue of the Tata group has …

Stumbled on this yesterday in the NY Times (emphasis added):
“We started this, really, for our kids,” said Dr. Shukla, a urologist and a second-generation Indian-American. “When our kids go to school and say they are Hindu, nobody says, ‘Oh, yeah, Hindus gave the world yoga.’ They say, ‘What caste are you?’ Or ‘Do you pray to a monkey god?’ Because that’s all Americans know about Hinduism.”
The “Dr Shukla” mentioned in the article is Dr Aseem Shukla and what he is talking about is the “take Yoga Back movement..Below, some excerpts …

Dear Friends, Join us for a live chat on 12th December, Sunday at 7pm IST on the root cause(s) of “corruption” and what you and I can do about this…
This event is jointly hosted by the Indian Army Fans on facebook and || Satyameva Jayate ||
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A Scandal Bigger than India’s Defence Budget: What can YOU and I do about it?

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Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!
Also see: A rotting judiciary, a decaying polity and a stinking system – What are YOU doing about it?

More than four years ago, I reproduced a post by Bibhasdas on Bharat-Rakshak on my blog…In his post Bibhasdas gave several reasons for not getting upset (following the terrorist attack in Varanasi). Amongst them, he mentioned:

These (terrorist attacks) are regular incidences now-a-days which happens almost at few months interval
State Govt has already fulfilled its duty (by announcing “compensation”)
Central Govt has done its duty (by sending Home Minister to review the situation and file report..)
Rashtrapati has done his duty; he condemed the incidence
Opposition has already done its duty (..called for UP …

From the Indian Army website:
The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. The decoration may be awarded posthumously.
*** Saluting our Heores – Major R Parameshwaran, PVC ***

This is my humble tribute to Major R Parameshwaran, a Param Veer who sacrificed his life on this date,  23 years ago.
Late October 1987, somewhere in northern Sri Lanka: “Operation Pawan” – the campaign in Jaffna …