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Saturday, June 06, 2015

बिहार के उभरते चेहरे

Bihar: My Projections
बिहार में आम की राजनीति
सुशील मोदी क्या कह रहे हैं?
Sushil Modi In Janakpurdham
मोदी के चाय दोकान पे चर्चा
बिहार के लिए फोर्मुला

औरत एक भी नहीं --- ये तो प्रॉब्लम हो गयी।

The M-Pesa Concept Applied To Voting

Just like the blockchain technology can be used for bitcoins but also for many other things, I believe the basic technology and promise behind the wonderful m-pesa can be leveraged for the cause of democracy in the developing world.

You should be able to vote through SMS. You should be able to participate in internal voting inside political parties. You should be able to use this for what is often called electronic voting. You would reply to a SMS, send 1 for candidate A, send 2 for candidate B and so on.

Mobile phones that do voice calls and text messages are pretty widespread by now. Almost everyone has one.

I believe SMS can also have ecommerce applications.

Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money?

Paying for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi than it is in New York ...... now used by over 17m Kenyans, equivalent to more than two-thirds of the adult population; around 25% of the country’s gross national product flows through it. M-PESA lets people transfer cash using their phones, and is by far the most successful scheme of its type on earth. Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money? ...... Once you have signed up, you pay money into the system by handing cash to one of Safaricom’s 40,000 agents (typically in a corner shop selling airtime), who credits the money to your M-PESA account. You withdraw money by visiting another agent, who checks that you have sufficient funds before debiting your account and handing over the cash. You can also transfer money to others using a menu on your phone. Cash can thus be sent one place to another more quickly, safely and easily than taking bundles of money in person, or asking others to carry it for you. This is particularly useful in a country where many workers in cities send money back home to their families in rural villages. Electronic transfers save people time, freeing them to do other, more productive things instead. ........ M-PESA has since been extended to offer loans and savings products, and can also be used to disburse salaries or pay bills, which saves users further time and money (because they do not need to waste hours queuing up at the bank). One study found that in rural Kenyan households that adopted M-PESA, incomes increased by 5-30%. In addition, the availability of a reliable mobile-payments platform has spawned a host of start-ups in Nairobi, whose business models build on M-PESA’s foundations. Mobile-money schemes in other countries, meanwhile, have been held up by opposition from banks and regulators and concerns over money-laundering.

Bihar: My Projections

It was advantage Modi during the Lok Sabha election last year. It was advantage Nitish during the bypolls that followed. But much has changed since then. Nitish has lost Jitan Majhi and Laloo has lost Pappu Yadav. Not only has Nitish lost Jitan Majhi, he has lost him to the BJP camp.

बिहार में आम की राजनीति

If it were the BJP, Paswan and Kushwaha one one side, and Nitish, Laloo, Congress, NCP, Left, Jitan, Pappu on the other side, it was a 50-50 contest with a slight advantage to the BJP still. That was the case during the bypolls, but that is no longer the case. Pappu is in neither camp right now.

So right now, the way I see it, it is Advantage Sushil Modi.

But that is if Nitish and Laloo manage to stick together. If they contest separately, the BJP sweep of the state might mirror its sweep during the Lok Sabha elections last year.

Sushil Modi In Janakpurdham
Janakpur Patna Kolkata Industrial Corridor
बिहार के लिए फोर्मुला
World, India, Bihar
The Next Chief Minister Of Bihar?

A nightmare scenario for Nitish would be if even Pappu decides to join the BJP led front. At that point it is a no contest. It will be a clear BJP sweep.

Nitish gave seven excellent years to Bihar, उसके बाद उन्होने अडवाणी के लिए आत्म दाह कर लिया।

The BJP has declared a desire to contest 185 seats, Paswan wants 60, Kushwaha 40, Jitan wants 40, Pappu is open to being part of the alliance. Considering there are only 245 seats available, they might go for a 130-35-25-30-25 kind of split.

बिहार में आम की राजनीति

एक कह रहे हैं आम का पेड़ मैंने लगाया,इस लिए आम मेरा है। एक कह रहे हैं मुख्य मंत्री मैं तो पेड़ मेरा है। एक कह रहे हैं मुख्य मंत्री होंगे आप लेकिन मुख्य मंत्री निवास में रहता मैं तो पेड़ मेरा है!

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Amitabh's Best Is Yet To Come

इनके जैसा कोइ है ही नहीं इस दुनिया में, ना तो हॉलीवुड में है ना बॉलीवुड में। ये बेमिसाल हैं, ये हैं अमिताभ।

वैज्ञानिको के बारे में कहा जाता है they do their best work at a young age. Einstein ने relativity किस उम्र में दिया? कलाकारों के बारे में कहा जाता है it is the opposite. Marlon Brando का सबसे अच्छा फिल्म कौन? Godfather ना? तो वो तो रिटायर हो चुके थे। फिल्म डायरेक्टर ने रिटायरमेंट से घसीट के लाया, कि चलो, और कोइ ये रोल कर ही नहीं सकता। अमिताभ का अभी तक का सबसे अच्छा रोल कौन? Black ना? But I genuinely believe the best is yet to come. अमिताभ अभी २० साल और दौडेंगे। The brain stays youthful until the very end. That is the only organ that stays at top speed until the very end. तो अमिताभ का खेल तो दिमाग का खेल है। कम उम्र में गुंडों की पिटाई करते थे, अब वो गुंडो की पिटाई करवाएंगे। Which is more powerful?

अमिताभ के सामने २० साल है, मोदी के सामने भी २० साल है। That is enough time to turn India into a First World Country, more than enough time.

Family man का रोल, love story, माफिया डॉन, teacher, coach ---- सब कर सकते हैं अमिताभ। एक लव स्टोरी चाहिए अब next ----- रेखा/वसंती तो तैयार है। रेखा भी तैयार, दीपिका भी तैयार। दोनों के साथ हो जाए एक एक।

Amitabh's best is yet to come, I just don't know what that will be, or when it might come.

But speaking just for me, I am a quantity man, quality तो मेरे को अमिताभ के प्रत्येक फिल्म में मिल जाती है। And right now it feels like the early 80s, एक के बाद एक अमिताभ फिल्म आने लगे हैं।

राजीव गांधी ने अच्छा नहीं किया, इनको राजनीति में घसीट के ले गए। २० साल का लॉस हुवा हम लोगों को, हम अमिताभ के फैन लोगों को। But now we are back on track. I want non stop Amitabh movies for the next 20 years. Keep them coming, Big B!

Amitabh On Arnab's Show
Piku, Shamitabh
ह्रदय सम्राट अमिताभ
भारतका विश्व शक्ति बनना और बॉलीवुड

100 Smart Cities, 100 World Class Universities

Modi talked of "100 Smart Cities" on the campaign trail in 2014. In 2019 he should perhaps talk of 100 World Class Universities. A world class university is one where people from all over the world come to study. He should also talk of 100 World Class Hospitals doing cutting edge work that caters not only to domestic needs but also to medical tourism.

India is a big, diverse, rich-poor country where you have to come from the low end, but also from the high end. It has to build toilets, but also missions to Mars. It has to wipe out poverty but also think of creating the industries of tomorrow at the same time. And you can not create the industries of tomorrow without having a stable of world class universities.

A world class university of today will be built around all that is available and possible online. MOOCs will be at the core of it. All journals will be available. Guest lectures will be the norm.

You get NRIs to contribute to the endowment.

India's Goal: $50 Trillion