tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post7546357658015648234..comments2023-12-01T07:51:20.505+01:00Comments on Animesh Pathak's Online Journal: Two Years of Not ForgettingAnimeshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412663541603155070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-49059855597963261312011-03-16T23:58:12.224+01:002011-03-16T23:58:12.224+01:00Hi Krishna,
Great idea!
I checked with Vishal, my...Hi Krishna,<br />Great idea!<br /><br />I checked with Vishal, my go-to guy for all things RTI, and he pointed me to the following:<br /><br />the largest and perhaps the oldest:<br /><a href="http://www.rtiindia.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.rtiindia.org</a><br /><br />a slightly more recent one<br /><a href="http://www.digitalrtimission.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitalrtimission.com/</a><br /><br />and a new one from last week<br /><a href="http://www.legallyindia.com/rti/about/" rel="nofollow">http://www.legallyindia.com/rti/about/</a><br /><br />Thanks,<br />AnimeshAnimeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412663541603155070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-76436325276522681112011-03-13T13:28:19.316+01:002011-03-13T13:28:19.316+01:00How about learning how to use, and using, the RTI ...How about learning how to use, and using, the RTI Act? We could build a kind of social network around this concept; where people could hook up with each other, file RTI applications and share the results with their peers. I need to look into this idea a bit more to know whether it will actually work or not. Thoughts?<br /><br />-Krishna AradhiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363484390683171364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-85326962392675135482011-01-27T10:54:04.554+01:002011-01-27T10:54:04.554+01:00Starman, Harshit, Furobiker: Thanks for the inputs...Starman, Harshit, Furobiker: Thanks for the inputs. All are good points, and we will surely take them into account as we prepare for the second iteration.<br /><br />Keep 'em coming!<br />-AAnimeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412663541603155070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-46435778329665079382011-01-27T10:25:54.721+01:002011-01-27T10:25:54.721+01:00The idea was good and imho, the website should got...The idea was good and imho, the website should got a good list of volunteers, especially after the coverage in a couple of local dailies of the mumbai/pune area. <br /><br />The problem area, according to me, is the net effect of such efforts. For example the arushi case, the cwg scams, and take 20 other things happening in India. Every single day, if you search on google news, you will find 100+ articles from esteemed blogs/dailies on these issues. But what happens is zilch, because there is too much money involved behind all this and any amount of articles or such efforts are not driving all these scams to concrete judgements. <br /><br />So i guess people just think that this too shall pass away and get busy with their own dal-roti..The Furobikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887484361810467760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-20655865665745501652011-01-27T08:41:29.661+01:002011-01-27T08:41:29.661+01:00There are a couple of problems:
1. Public memory ...There are a couple of problems:<br /><br />1. Public memory in India (and us Indians in general) is short-lived. Remember the mass movements, the candle-light vigils, a lot of things were forgotten. People were happy to know that R R Patil (of Bade Deshon mein Chhoti baatein fame ) and Vilasrao Deshmukh (of Ram Gopal Verma fame) resigned immediately in the aftermath. Both were re-instated pretty soon in different positions (Patil became home minister and Deskmukh got a position in the Union Govt)<br /><br />All promises, all those great stands people took are all gone. IPL comes and the memory becomes weaker than ever.<br /><br />A blogpost by greatbong (http://greatbong.net/2008/05/16/the-usual/) is of the apt summaries of this.<br /><br />2. Neverforget had a little bit of misfortune. I think with every e-venture, you need that little bit of luck. While some will just spread like wildfire, some will die down very soon. Nevertheless, maybe a second try might push it ahead.<br /><br />Add to it that the people of India are power-users of cellphones. I have seen that in modern India, nothing spreads more awareness than well-written sms messages. I could never comprehend it till I saw it for myself :) .<br /><br />3. Tools like promise-trackers, knowing someone's background is good. But one gentleman told me something which was very true. He said, in his constituency, there were 3 candidates, all past legislators with a corrupt and lax record. It was just a matter of choosing one of the worst. The truth is , till educated people like you and me, need to enter head-on into politics- and that's the ultimate solution :). <br /><br />Finally, from the perspective of an engineer and not an Indian, one thing that neverforget might do is- some kind of unique features, some kind of features that people would say "Oh, you just have to check this website out" . Google had a good one put up in http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/landing/loksabha2009/ . It is sad but true that patriotism works better if supported by a flashy-multi-featured site .Harshit Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046300044759159505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954254.post-47732766512692998162011-01-27T04:57:58.400+01:002011-01-27T04:57:58.400+01:00Congratulations on your freedom. Everyone should ...Congratulations on your freedom. Everyone should be free. Being a non-Indian (is that correct?), I've never heard of NF. Perhaps that's the main problem.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.com