JUSTICE PREVAILS                                                              

The rich and the powerful get convicted too, in India. The conviction of vikas and Vishaql Yadav, son and nephew of UP politician and muscleman D.P. Yadav in the Nitish katara murder case shows the continuing trend in high- profile cases. This conviction reinforces the faith of ‘Aam Aadmi’ in judiciary system–being rich and influential doesn’t mean they can get away with just anything.
The outcry after the acquittal of all the accused, including vikas yadav, in the Jessica Lal murder case became a turning point in the history of Indian criminal justice system. It had , in some way or the other, affected the trial of other high profile case- Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case, Shivani Bhatnagar murder case- being most talked about of all. Acquittal of all the accused after Jessica verdict came as a shock for otherwise dormant Indian public and these was a massive campaign launched against police sluggishness, shoddy trial and hostile witnesses. In all the cases where the guilty have been nailed, steely resolve from family and the civil society stood against all the odds to seek justice have been the key crusaders.
Media also played a significant role in keeping the presume on authorities to nail the guilty. And this led to formation of human chain against people who take riches and power for granted. Sometimes though media tends to over step its limit and pushes for results overnight like in Aarushi Talwar murder case in Noida however in a country where criminal justice system seemed to be a toy in the hands of those, in gallery of power, this kind of pressure does play an important role and leads to justice, as in many cases it has been proved.
After a similar campaign by Media and public, the CBI had brought out the appeal in the Mattoo case from a six-year-old cold storage. The high court fast tracked the hearing and awarded capital punishment to Santosh Singh, a practicing lawyers and son of a retied IPS officer.
“It seems the new criminal justice rules are being authored by Jessica Lal posthumously “summed up a lawyers and probably he was very right.

                                                                                                         Big O for America
In America, Fatigued by the Washington consensus and itching to break away from the Clinton   Bush duopoly overpower, Obama represents ‘Change’ and equal opportunity. The path of Democratic Candidature for the us presidency has been paved with merit and hard work by a 46-year old charismatic le leader. Bark Obama has ignited passion and excitement with in the younger Americans and that was the reason. Why he won a major patty nomination, color of skin notwithstanding and not many are astonished that such a large section  of  American population has cast centuries of prejudice aside and taken this unprecedented step. 
             
Take a plunge inside and what comes in hand is the situation Americans never know before across the political spectrum there is an all pervasive feel that the this feeling can be traced back three decades to the onset of De-industrialization in the '70s as more and more industries and retail chains began to move or outsource their manufacturing operation to a head in the eight disastrous years of Bush-presidency.   
         
That presidency is ending with America best by a banking-cum-financial mess that will take years. To untangle and threatened by a recession that several analysts predict will rival the ‘Great Depression’ of the 1930s. The value of the dollar is plummeting, its vast middle class is fighting a losing battle to maintain its real income, and the poor face growing impoverishment and increasing insecurity in their daily lives. It has lost more than 5ooo soldiers in a totally unnecessary war, is caught in a military quagmire in both Iraq and Afghanistan that it does not how to get out of and is certainly not winning the war was against terror. It was in dies need of breath of fresh air.
 

For the first time since WW2, Americans feel lost and longer trust their leaders. That is why a young one -teem ‘black’ senator has been able to come out of now here and in a sense 'steal' the primaries and probably the presidency from Hillary Clinton. Hillary relentlessly ‘Emphasized her experience’ and consensus-building capability-she therefore came to represent continuity in American politics when more and more Americans wanted a change of direction and red are cover of national purpose exactly what Obama is offering. Instead of getting a team of researchers to fell him what Americans want, he is shaping his electoral policy entirely from within himself and using his researchers to sound out

the reactions.

In his entire campaign, he has never ducked a difficult question, never pretended to be different things to different people. However, for India the news might not be good. For Indo-us nuclear deal is certainly leading towards fire from the frying pan. Obama has said with his with his characteristic bluntness, that ‘India’ has taken us to the cleaners; as a result, even if the Manmohan Singh government musters the resolve. To sing the safeguards agreement with the IAEA now, it is a safe bet that in the few months of bush administration that remain, no state department of facial will stick his/her neck out to the nuclear suppliers Group, much less exert American influence to make it lift the embargo on the supply of sensitive technology to India. Left won but India certain has lost, for we have thrown away a chance that will not come our way again for a longer time.

Sumi

A big bang called Gurgaon

Till just a few years ago it was just another dusty village dotting the Haryana landscape. But a foray by a construction giant turned it into an address that is most sought after by the India Inc.
Welcome to Gurgaon. One of the newest Indian cities and perhaps the fastest growing corporate centre in the country. Gurgaon is a success story—an entire transformation from a once sleepy settlement into an insomniac face of urban modern India.

Now, the dusty, barren lands are no more to be found. Instead, as far as eyes go one can only see skyscrapers, industries and malls. Village chaupals have given way to restaurants and farms have turned into farmhouses. Now, Gurgaon has come to be everything that defines a Millennium City. The story of the city is a classic case of evolution of a dusty suburb into a BPO and IT hub- a perfect example of co-existence of two Indias- the old one which remains rooted in the tradition but is making a transition, a process which is often awkward and the one which is known for swanky corporate offices, malls stocked with world’s best luxury brands, pubs, discotheques, exotically named gated apartments, 24/7 BPO centers, liberated youth and stands at par with best cities of the world.

But it was not always like this. What really triggered the sudden, gigantic change?
Abhay Tiwari, a teacher at a business school says, “Some cities’ entire fate is defined by one central event. Gurgaon’s fate was decided the day DLF started buying land from farmers here for constructing buildings for residential and commercial purposes. The Delhi Development Act, 1946, paved the way.”

“The city has seen tremendous change during last decade. Availability of land at reasonable rates caught the attention of construction giants like DLF. Its location on Delhi-Jaipur national highway combined with proximity to the domestic and international airports served as icing on the cake.” Says Manul Batra who works for DLF.
As Gurgaon caught the attention of industry, construction and real estate majors, the fates of landowners here took a pleasant turn. Lands were bought for astronomical prices and those who till the other day tilled fields, were now owners of fleet of SUVs and sprawling bungalows.

Saurabh Verma, who works in a BPO unit here, has seen Gurgaon grow in the last decade. He pinpoints the city’s growth on its proximity to Delhi. “Being near to National Capital meant that a vast pool of competent manpower could shift here to work -- one of the reasons why Gurgaon emerged as a major outsourcing destination and real estate market,” Verma said. He puts the number of people working in call centers here at a ‘conservative’ two lakh.

With major names in the world economy making the city a hub for their corporate operations, it only led to more professionals shifting base to Gurgaon leading to real estate and retail sector boom.
A software engineer by profession, Taru, 25, says youngsters prefer to make a living here rather than in national capital or the Silicon Valet that Bangalore has become. “Home to multinationals such as GE, Microsoft, Sapient, IBM Daksh, Oracle, American Express, among a host of others, the city has a lot to offer,” she adds.

Retail sector too has come to be the sunrise industry for the city, which swears by its swanky malls—one of them, Ambi Mall being spread over one km area. “Increasing population with high disposable income and battalion of youngsters who love to hang around and indulge in shopping sprees, have propelled the growth in this sector. The living standard has gone up here. Shopping in malls is no more once an year luxury, it is now need and habit with the people here,” says Bhaumik Grover, owner of a cloth store at a popular mall here.