Can the Sahitya Akademi awardees be called intellectuals, conscience keepers or opinion makers? They have forfeited their rights to be categorized as such..By returning the awards, they have disgraced their own works that earned them coveted recognition. Awards helped them earn hefty royalties from publishing houses. And, catapult them to sudden name and fame and turn them into insensitive, self-seeking millionaires.
Have the writers made any contribution to society?
Did they ever propose any solutions to solve societal problems?
If, not, let them join the club of pseudo intellectuals.
They merely allowed themselves to be manipulated politically with ulterior motives.-- Just to embarass PMcrats and overcome threats of “ frustration, low productivity, absenteeism, sedentary jobs, increasing workload, image makeover of offices by creating a positive and energetic work force , help in effective discharge of official duties etc.”
DOP&T’s pearls of wisdom or plebian arguments. Insiders reveal on condition of anonymity that suggestion for gyms came from a few top bureaucrats to burn their calories. Juniors do it, anyway, travelling by public transports. Why can’t seniors emulate their subordinates and eliminate VVIP racism? Have they forgotten Modi mantra: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Sweeping would surely keep them healthier and happier. Consider logistics. Shortage of office space in Delhi and outside is well known. Scouting for additional office space in the open market would be prohitively costly. Private gyms have sprouted at every nook and corner. Why not avail of these facilities instead of creating duplicate infra-structure. The cascading effect on the States has not been visualised? Expenditure running into thousands of crores of rupees. This could be utilized on projects/schemes to help the less fortunately circumstanced. People are getting increasingly disillusioned. GOI must get its priorities right. Sooner,the better.
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