Techie Killer from Cognizant; The Delaware murder and the Indian Techie

The Indian outsourcing Industry has already become a hot subject of debate in the American presidential elections. Obama keeps screaming that the Indians are taking away jobs from Americans and US companies are getting tax breaks for shipping "jobs" overseas. I do not know whether there is truth in this argument but I do know that the Indian "soft ware" industry is becoming too intense a space for some of the young people from backward social and economic classes to handle. Let me explain. Companies like the famous INFOSYS, Cognizant, TCS among others are all doing bit jobs for the US service sector; and of course it earns India nearly 169 billion US dollars every year. Young Indians straight out of college, most of them first generation educated from small towns study courses tailor msde for this sector: in Indian Universities we offer courses like MCA (Masters in Computer Applications) MS in Information Technology and B Tech Electrical and Electronic Engineering. All these courses are all body shop courses tailor made to qualify young Indians to work in the only growth sector in the Indian economy viz. the service sector more specifically the soft ware sector. The young men and women who enter the job market find themselves in secure jobs and they earn by Indian standards lots of money:cars, fast track life, pubs, night life are all part and parcel of the social life of a young Indian. In conservative India where marriages are still "arranged" with parents consent, the soft ware professionals are pioneers in "living together" and recently the Domestic Violence Bill was amended by the Indian parliament to ensure a semblance of legality to such live in relationships should they fracture and end in domestic abuse and violence. I am saying all this to drive home the argument that the ready and steady cash together with the target oriented stressed filled lives has resulted in "soft ware' professionals both men and women taking drugs and alcohol as stress busters. Add to this is the attraction of foreign travel and assignments. In my younger days we could dream of seeing the USA only if we went there for the Ph D program as I did. Nowadays "software" professionals travel quite easily to several locations during the course of the year. Stressed work atmosphere, fairly comfortable disposable income, limited education (by education I do not mean a degree from self financing institutions) and first generation up ward mobility particularly from the SC segment of the Indian population and the Backward sections has resulted in creating a personality which is driven vy violence. Software professionals kill in the most brutal and calculated manner. An employee of INFOSYS killed his wife when she was expecting their first child, another killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for nearly 7 months another drove his car to the outskirts of Mysore and tried to burn his wifes body in the car itself. Such examples can be multiplied. Young semi-literate Indian men possessing MCA and such technical qualifications fill the high tech cubicles of the soft ware segment. From this benighted class we have one particular individual: Pawan Kumar Anjaiah an employee of Cognizant one of the several body shops of the Indian software industry. He was sent to New Jersey in March 2012 from Bangalore, Karnataka. Yes the very place that gave a new verb to American English "banglored" meaning losing the job because of out sourcing. This young man seems to have come from the typical lower middle class which is upwardly mobile has the right caste credentials to get Education loans, bank guarantees and socially engineered admission to Engineering Colleges. This man men a young American woman Danielle Melhalm who was a teacher in a school and the mother of a 4 year old boy. Apparently he was either infatuated with her or caught the wrong signals from this man. Pawan Kumar took her to a motel in Delaware and killed her in the most brutal manner. Her body bearing more than 30 stab injuries. This man bought s large meat cleaver from the local department store in the morning which clearly proves his intention to kill. He took her to the motel killed her and fled. The CCTV both in the Motel and in the Department Store caught his picture and soon the US law enforcement was on his trail. In India he would have called up a politically powerful MP from his OBC caste and the police would just ignore the crime. Probably he was used to this tradition of law enforcement. In any case when he heard from the local Television channel that the police had tracked him down he killed himself by consuming sleeping pills. This is the real story. The Indian media, as usual tried to black out the fact that Pawn was a criminal who had killed a woman. The media tried to make it appear as if an innocent Indian who had met an unfortunate death in the USA was being hounded by the authorities even after death. I am writing this blog to educate all my readers about the truth. My suggestions: US Embassy must do the background check on soft ware professionals. This particular boy has had a reputation of violence even in his college days. Companies sending their employees overseas must teach them the fundamentals of US culture. Americans interact in a different manner and semi-literate Indians might get the wrong cues.

The Judicial Coup in Pakistan

Pakistan at best is a state trying to imitate the protocols of democracy with all the external trappings: it has a written constitution, a bi-cameral legislature, a senate, a cabinet and a supreme court. In the history of Pakistan the Judiciary has at best played a passive role and has not stood up to the Army which is breathing down the necks of people. During the 1970s we saw the ugly spectacle of Shri Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being sentenced to death and hanged on ther most flimsy of grounds. The Pakistani Judiciary was nand in glove with Zia-ul-Naq's regime and carried out a judicial assasination. Till this day there are doubts about the legality of the process and until the Supreme Court overturns the Bhutto judgement it cannot be called "supreme". President Asaf Ali Zardari, the beneficiary of his wife's brutal killing is known to be corrupt and like our criminal politicians has stashed away money in Swiss banks. There is no doubt about that. However as President of Pakistan he does enjoy immunity from procecution and this principle of immunity is a well known aspect of political and legal theory. In fact the history of this principle goes back to the English Civil War when Cromwell decided to have Charles I executed for treason, high crimes and misdemenours. "Cut off his head with the crown on it" Cromwell is said to have remarked when his attention was drawn to the "immunity" enjoyed by the Crown. Now thew Prime Minister of Pakistan is responsible to Parliament and not to the Supreme Court. The chief Justice of Pakistan, Iktihar Choudhary is no stranger to factional and institutional squabbles. The same PPP which today has fallen victim to the judicial coup of the chief Justice supported the agitation for ther reinstatement of this Judge when he was sacked by the former Presideny thr wise and sagacious Parvez Musharaf, the best Presideny Pakistan has ever had. Now the PPP must be rueing its own stupidity when it is hoist on its own petard. Of course, action must be taken to bring back the ill gotten wealth and Pakistan could learn a lesson or two from India. Here we have a Mahatma called Baba Ramdev who is inspiring the people to fight corruption. In Pakistan the mad mullahs who run the country will not let any civil society movement take root. So you will only have army coups, judicial coups and palace coups in Pakistan. The removal of the Prime Minister Yousaf Ali Gelani will certainly weaken the roots of an already withering Democracy. The USA is launching drone strikes by the dozens against targets in Pakistan killing a large number of militants and scores of civilians. This judicial coup will only make matters worse for the political class.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN INDIA THE CONGRESS HAS LOST THE PLOT

The main reason which prompts the Congress Party to snap at the feet of Pranab Mukerjee is its obsession with dynastic fascism: when Indira Gandhi was eliminated by two Sikhs, Pranab Mukerjee was her Finance mInister and held the number 2 position in the Cabinet. He went up to Zail Singh and advanced his name for the Prime Ministership on the sould constitutional principle of precedent. When Indira Gandhi's father kicked the bucket, the number 2 in the Cabiner Shri Guzrilal Nanda was sworn in and the same thing happened when Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri met his untimely end in Tashkent. So Pranab Mukerjee was not upstaging anyone whern he advanced his name for the post of Prime Minister. However, the Gnani being a "loyal" courtier as indeed every Congressman is, had other ideas. He immediately had Rajiv Gandhi sworn in even though no election was held by the CPP the decide on the successor to Indira Gandhi. Such high drama preceded the appointment of Rajiv Gandhi. Result as expected: Pranab Mukerjee was dropped from the Cabinet and had to use all his Bengali wiles to inveighl himself back into the corridors of power. This is the record of the most distinguished Hon'ble Pranab Mukerjee. However, I must say that unlike most Congressmen Pranabda is well behaved, sober and articulate. In the last Presidential election the name of Pranab made the rounds but the Congress shot down the proposal by saying that the "services" of this man were needed in the Government. Translation: it is safer to have Pranab Mukerjee in the Cabinet than outside, a clear indication that the Dynasty does not support the most distinguished Congressman. This time around the ooalition of the Congress is extrmely weak and in all likelihood will fare very poorly in the next election. The Crown Prince of the Congress Party is like my Prince ( my pet cat is called Prince) not too good at anything and wants things to fall into his hands without any effort. Under his leadership the Congress is headed for a massive defeat. What keeps the hopes of the Courtiers in the party alive is that with a pliable President a wafer thin majority can be managed as the fake secular forces can come together to craft a coalition of convenience as it did in 2009. The massive fraud and corruption of the UPA regime would mean that it is headed for a total rout. Pranab Mukerjee will make a text book President and will go by the letter and spirit of the constitution and will not allow identity politics or politics of personal likes and dislikes to dictate his agenda. This aspect of his personality will not make him the first choice of the congress Party. Hence Mamta Banerjee and Mulayam Singh Yadava are actually doing the Dynasty a favor when they say that pranabda is not no their list of probable candidates for the post of President. Sonia Gandhi has put paid to the presidential ambitions of Pranabda by using mata and Mulayam to spike his chances. Hence there is no set back to the plans of the congress Party. This is exactly the scenario the Dynasty wants as it does not trust Pranab Mukerjee. A P J Abdul Kalam will make a good President. However the two Dravidian parties in his home state have yet to endorse his candidature. I think Hon'ble J Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister, may be persuaded to support him which means that the corruption and violence infested DMK will not. However, P A Sangama has entered the field and his exit could be negotiated by offering him the Vice Presidency. Jaswant Singh, a Rajput aristorcrat has not the whit of a chance and he should just gracefully retire from the race. It will not be politically correct to offer the Vice Presidency to a Rajput at this stage The Mandal darkness still shrouds India.

CHIDAMBARAM ELCTORAL FRAUD CATCHES UP WITH HIM; HE MUST GO

In several of my blogs on this site I have predicted that the law will surely catch up with the "Home Minister" of India, Thiru P Chidambaram. I have in my several earlier blogs drawn attention to his misguided policies, his involvement in the 2G Spectrum Scam and his ridiculous handling of the Tlengana issue and of course, the declining law and order situation in India. His war on the tribal population of India called Green Hunt has already drawn flak from all sides. This vehti clad, Harvard returned Cettiyar from Tamil Nadu is supposed to look menacing with a pose of gun toting commandos following him. I saw on a Delhi-Chennai flight recently and believe me the man looks every inch a clown. And now the stritures from the court. Te case filed against P Chidambaram is simple and straightforward. In Sivangangai in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Shri Raja Kanappan was in the lead in all the rounds of counting. At one stage.in the eleventh round of counting Kanappan had a lead of 35,000 votes. With this margin it is statistically impossible for one to make up, catch up and then lead. This statistical impossiblity was achieved by P Chidambaram when invalid votes were gathered together and counted as votes in favor of the Home Minister. P Chidambaram is an embarassment to thr doddering UPA regime and he has become a liability to the Government and Party. The involvement of his son in the Aircle-Maxis deal has been talked about and though Chidambaram may say "God Forgive them for they know not what they are doing" it is clear as daylight that the Fater-Son Duo are in it together. Karti is an AICC member and in the dynastic fascist Party called the Congress only familynties matter and no wonder the secular congress party attracts men like Chidambaram. The High Court rejected the petition of P Chidambaram and has ordered him to stand trial for electoral mal practices. Any self respecting politician would have resighned after having had his name stained in such a manner. The Home MInister Petition seeking discharge from the case has been rejected and all that Chidambaram says is that the verdict is a"setback" to the petitioner. In Tamil Nadu there is an earthy proverb which goes somewhat like this: A man falls is the worst muck possible and has filth all over him, gets up and declares to anyone who cares to listen that his moustouche is free of muck. Such is the defence of this dothi zero from Harvard. I think P Chidambaram must be sacked by the President even if Man Mohan singh does not have the courage to reccomend his dismissal. I have laready written several essays on the inevitability of P Chidambaram from this scam tainted Government. The politics of the Congress Party revolves around a dynasty and constant jostlimg between and within that faction ridden pafrty provide ther basis for survival in that Party. I cannot imagine even the communist parties--and they are straight from the Jurrasic Park--keeping a man like Chidambaram who is not an asset politically, intellectually or as is the case here electorally. Yet this man sits in the North Block as the Home Minister of India. With Home Ministers like Chidambaram who needs the Mumbai terrorists.