Dolphy News Today

Law Should Be Equal To All

I was surprised to read in the recent news that Sonia Gandhi has announced a special package for minorities and this package is especially for Muslims. I have no problem in Muslims getting a special package but what about the other minorities especially Christians. Are they not minorities? Why are Christians always being sidelined every time?

Every time these politicians will try to appease the Minorities to get votes and thereby sometimes creating partiality with the other people, be it illegal slums or for any special permissions to be granted, it is granted instantly for CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE MINORITIES. More over if any action is taken against they, some MLA or a politician will intervene to get them off.

I think this whole attitude of politicians should change; the law should be applied for every community equally. Moreover these politicians fill their OWN POCKETS AND DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO UPLIFT THE POOR PEOPLE, they only give assurances.

Also it's high time Christian Organizations like Bombay Catholic Sabha, etc take a stand on this and demand for a share of developments for Christians also in the form of reservations in Government Jobs, etc. It was after a long wait that Christians got the permission for a cemetery in Mulund, but the same is still pending in Dombivli where a sizable number of Christians reside and they have to go all the way to Vithalwadi Cemetery for the burial of their loved ones.

Mr. Dolphy Mendonsa is a Freelance writer with thoughts for improving the life of the people by observing discipline laid down by nature and the Law of the land.

Encroachment on the Mountains

In a city like Mumbai where space is at a premium and all available open spaces are gobbled up by the Greedy Builders in collusion with the Politicians, the latest encroachments on the Mountains which form part of the Western Ghats are increasingly been inhabited by the illegal shanties often with the blessings of the slumlords who are in cahoots with the Politicians.

The recent tragedy at Saki Naka, Andheri(E) where a part of the hillock came crashing down due to heavy rains resulted in no. of lives been lost. But has someone realised who are the people responsible for this? The people residing on these hills are themselves to blame, they are the ones who are illegally occupying the space.

The general apathy is that not only the persons responsible for the lives lost have gone scot free, they have even managed to get them compensation from the hard earned tax payers money. Why should the law abiding citizens who work hard and pay their taxes have their hard earned money go to these illegal matters.

When will the government sit up and take notice of this illegal encroachments of the mountains by these slums which result in the huge garbage and thrash covering the mountains instead of the green shrubs and plants.

And then we sit down and cry when disastor strikes like the 26/7 deluge which hit Mumbai. Its high time the authorities took some notice of the impending doom that is going to strike the city if we go on destroying the eco-balance.

Mr. Dolphy Mendonsa is a Freelance writer with thoughts for improving the life of the people by observing discipline laid down by nature.

Only Normal Dance Bars Should Operate

First of all, hats off to Mr R.R.Patil (Home Minister & Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra -India) for trying to curb squandering of ill-gotten money. This is because due to the bar owners well connected network, they were over-confident that no one can close the bars; this has sent a message that anything is possible if some honest person wants to do so.

The problem is that many of these Bar Owners had become so greedy that they were willing to go to any lengths to make money and with more and more money flowing in very soon the traditional concept would have vanished and we would have been portrayed as the sex capital of India on the lines of Thailand, etc.

But at the same time, Mr. R.R Patil should have allowed the normal bars to operate as along with these most of the bars that were adhering to the guidelines were also made to suffer.

I would like to point out certain issues detailed below:

1. Most of the Dance Bars have been turned into Disco Dance Bars whereby the girls sit with the customers and the customers can dance with these girls on the small floor which otherwise in normal Dance Bars, only the Bar girls are allowed to Dance. It also serves as a pick-up joint where you have to pay a token amount at the counter to take the girl out.

2. With the onslaught of these bars, the amount of bribes in all sectors has increased. Earlier some minor works were being done without any bribe but now for the same minor work bribes are being charged and the bribes now has risen considerably to fund their nights out of the local authorities.

3. The others who don't have the means of taking bribes do all sorts of cheating, robbery, extortion and in some case even Murder. This is particularly so in farming districts where these youths have no regular work and to fund their habits resort to these methods.

4. Why don't their respective states open up these dance bars and employ these people. Why doesn't Delhi have these Dance Bars and why Mumbai should be used for all these activities? Why should these people travel all the way to Mumbai to satisfy their lust with their ill-gotten wealth?

5. The strategy of sending undercover reporters to these joints is useless because these girls are very clever and will surely not show their real face by accepting your advances; they are now very alert and will be suspicious of even their usual customers.

Solutions:

1. Only normal Dance Bars whereby the girls dance on the stage should be allowed and these so called Disco Dance Bars should be banned.

2. Extend all these timings to 5.00 a.m to avoid bribing of police. This is because anyways most of these bars stay open till early hours of morning by bribing the police.

3. Identify all the bars having links with the Police and close them permanently and punish the officials guilty of the same, President of Bar Owners Association Manjeet Singh has given a list of them, please act on it.

4. Impose a monthly tax on all the Bar girls operating in the bars, this can be done by issuing photo ID whereby they can be issued a certain Income Tax No. to keep tabs on them.

Please have this message conveyed to our Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister R.R.Patil and I pray that some of these suggestions can be implemented and not punish those who are not involved in illegal activities

Mr. Dolphy Mendonsa is a Freelance writer with thoughts for improving the life of the people by observing discipline laid down by nature and the Law of the land.