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Take care to understand the nature of medicines you consume

On a sunny morning I had been to my friend’s home to meet him. He is a graduate engineer.  In his house I saw him sneezing, holding a hand kerchief in his hands and all the time rubbing his nose with it. I saw his eyes were red and swollen.  He should have been suffering from common cold I guessed. I asked him whether he had taken any mild medicine for the cold. He said that he had been to a doctor and the doctor had prescribed four tablets and one tonic. I asked him whether the cold is very severe and is there for a more than three days. He said that the trouble started only the previous day and he promptly consulted a senior doctor after waiting in the queue for more than two hours.  He also added that the doctor he consulted is an MD and cure is guaranteed for those who go to him. I was so eager to see the medicines prescribed because normally I take an analgesic and antipyretic like Paracetamol and may not require anything more to cure the common cold. I have also heard

Some thoughts to share about the recent Lok Sabha Election Results.

At last majority Indians lost faith in the Congress Government and have opted an alternative. The victory of NDA is tremendous. NDA 337 seats and BJP alone 283 seats puts the BJP in absolute majority. So India is going to see a dynamic Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi and so we can look out for many changes and rapid growth.  Mr.Modi’s election campaigning was simply awesome. He travelled nook and corner of the country and addressed huge gathering. The majority who has voted for BJP and NDA were eager to see a drastic change in the government and Mr. Modi is the leader they long to try in the interest of the country.  So BJP will form a very stable parliament with Mr.Modi as Prime Minister. Mr.Modi has a proven track record in Gujarat for his rapid action and great developments. He has to be even more aggressive to see things happen nationally. There is always the state Government and some of them might cooperate and others will simply go on their own proven inefficient w

The Elections

In a democratic set up, in the process of electing the leaders by a voting process offers equal right to all citizens or members of association. This idea of one vote per citizen or a member will be great if all are equally committed to elect an able leader who will work for the collective gain. But unfortunately people are utterly selfish. They want to gain in terms of their profession, status, caste, religion and in whatever way they can identify themselves. It is obvious that the value of each vote is not the same. However the very basis of democracy is that it values all vote equally. So the smart candidate does a home work and devices ways and means of accumulating vote. Votes can be gained by fueling caste feeling, by promising support for minority religion, promising good pay packages for the people in government services and by offering free benefits to the so called economically backward people.  Votes can also be bought with money. Sadly very few votes can be gained b