Assam - First State to Guarantee Right to Health - The Sun Rises in the East

Just imagine a scene: An army bus hits a rickshaw puller while taking a wrong U-turn. A young guy in his early thirties (who is on board the rickshaw) is hit badly by that bus. The Army Personnel takes him to a Government Hospital. As expected, he is not provided appropriate treatment and he breathes his last. The Army Personnel could have taken him to a good private hospital, but they didn’t because of fear of too many formalities and above all ‘exorbitant’ cost of treatment.

This actually happened August 2009.

There are lots of such cases. Many a times those who are not able to afford these so called ‘appropriate’ treatment in private hospitals are forced to shift the patient to a Government Hospital waiting for the patient breathe his/her last.

By the way, do Government hospitals deserve to be termed as ‘hospitals’?? Just visit GB Pant Hospital, Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital in Delhi once and you will know the answer. They look more like garbage bins).

Anyway this is not what my post is all about. My post is about giving Kudos to the Government of Assam!!

Assam became the first state in India to enact right to health. Wow! Simply unbelievable. Its now mandatory for all hospitals and nursing homes (including the private ones) to provide free treatment for at least first 24 hours to emergency patients. This is path breaking!! This will ensure that emergency patients will not be denied ‘appropriate’ treatment for lack of funds. Great Job!!

Its time that other State Government also enacts similar law immediately.

Kudos to the Health Minister of Assam for presenting the People of Assam with such a Gift before immediately before the Festival of Bihu.

The Sun Rises in the East!!

Chetan Bhagat answers his critic

I want to keep this post very simple. Chetan Bhagat has been included in Time's 100 Most Influential People List. He deserves it. Inclusion in this poll along with famous personalities such as Bill Clinton, Barak Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs, Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, etc. itself proves his greatness.

This post is dedicated to those who said that his comment on 3 idiots was a publicity stunt. Inclusion in this list proves that he does not need such cheap publicity.

Those who wants to vote for him can vote at

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972075_1972078_1972620,00.html

Mumbai not safe for Bitches - The Curious Incident With the Dog in the Night-Time

Some of you must have read the famous book ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ by Mark Haddon. My name is Khan’s character, Rizwan Khan, is loosely based on the protagonist in the book. Anyway, now let me share a story, based on a true event, titled, ‘The Curious Incident with the Dog in the Night-Time’ by Mahesh Kamath.

By the way, before I proceed I want to give 100% credit for the story to my friend Shivani. I don’t want to land up in an Aamir-Chetan type controversy later.

It’s quite natural for Indians to compare Delhi and Mumbai. They say Delhi is not safe for Girls while Mumbai is safe and similar other craps. Right? Now here’s an incident that demonstrates that Mumbai is not safe for Bitches. The incident took place in September 2009.

A stray Dog was raped by a Taxi Driver (named Mahesh Kamath) in Mumbai. The Driver was drunk when he committed the crime. The Bitch was so shocked that she didn’t have food for almost a week after the crime. The Police have given assurance to the owner of the Bitch that she (the Bitch and not the owner) won’t be asked to attend the proceedings in the Court.

The Police are confused as to what section of Criminal Code to charge the accused. Initially they were not even sure if they should file a case. This is considered to be one of the most challenging cases for the Indian law makers. The biggest challenge being how to prove that it was infact a rape.

One important factor in deciding such cases is to decide on the issue of consent, ‘whether consent was given’. The challenge being faced by the Police is how to determine whether this act was consensual. According to a gay activist, ‘animal can’t give consent to human’.

Some of the path-breaking steps being taken include testing of semen samples, injury marks and dog's hair in the nails of the suspect. This case might lead to a change in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code by inclusion of unnatural sex in the definition of crime.

Once, there was a similar case registered against a man in Delhi for raping a buffalo.

I am sure, incidents like these, would keep the Animal Rights Activists busy for a couple of weeks.

It’s high time that India should legalize prostitution like many other countries.

Thanks to people like Mahesh Kamath, Girls are safe in Mumbai!!

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