12-29-2005, 06:34 AM
<b>Let some one Like Mr.Murthy come forward and form a national party with top class professionals and/or retired military officers and fight elections. Let them turn around Bharat in 10 years.... Any takers???</b> <!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Murthy tears into 'inept' politicians
[ Thursday, December 29, 2005 02:19:26 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES ]
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BANGALORE: It could have been a pure coincidence but even as the Karnataka panchayat election results poured in, IT czar N R Narayana Murthy tore into the political system, calling it inept in handling the vast changes needed to achieve a sustained economic growth and end poverty in the country.
Chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies Ltd Murthy appeared to have picked up the issue left behind in his spat with former prime minister H D Deve Gowda who had said IT companies were not creating enough jobs and giving back to the society and had accused Infy of land-grabbing.
Murthy denied the charges in a long written rebuttal. "Politicians must learn to respect those who create jobs," Murthy said at the valedictory function of the second international alumni meet organised by the National Institute of Technology's Bangalore chapter.
Then, he raised his voice and declared, "There is no point in blaming the IT industry for the city (its woes). It's their responsibility in fact to plan the city better because they have sought power, they have sought seats."
Just as I will be held responsible if Infosys did not do well, the politicians must take responsibility if the city did not do well, state did not do well, country did not do well."
"Our institutions â from Parliament and legislatures to courts and distribution systems â have become pervaded with corruption," Murthy said.
Indians, Murthy said, spent over Rs 21,000 crore in bribes and illegal payouts in 2004 â close to 1% of the country's GDP.
Giving an example, he said India's private radio stations are only allowed to broadcast entertainment, and not news and informational programmes.
"There is absolutely no good reason for this restriction. Only reason is they (politicians) do not want the poor people to know what's happening in the country."
He pointed out that radio is a low-cost media with the highest penetration in India â it reaches 27 of every 100 households in the country.
It is easily accessible to low-income, illiterate people, and can be an important source of knowledge, news and information.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...350489.cms
<b>Murthy tears into 'inept' politicians
[ Thursday, December 29, 2005 02:19:26 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES ]
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BANGALORE: It could have been a pure coincidence but even as the Karnataka panchayat election results poured in, IT czar N R Narayana Murthy tore into the political system, calling it inept in handling the vast changes needed to achieve a sustained economic growth and end poverty in the country.
Chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies Ltd Murthy appeared to have picked up the issue left behind in his spat with former prime minister H D Deve Gowda who had said IT companies were not creating enough jobs and giving back to the society and had accused Infy of land-grabbing.
Murthy denied the charges in a long written rebuttal. "Politicians must learn to respect those who create jobs," Murthy said at the valedictory function of the second international alumni meet organised by the National Institute of Technology's Bangalore chapter.
Then, he raised his voice and declared, "There is no point in blaming the IT industry for the city (its woes). It's their responsibility in fact to plan the city better because they have sought power, they have sought seats."
Just as I will be held responsible if Infosys did not do well, the politicians must take responsibility if the city did not do well, state did not do well, country did not do well."
"Our institutions â from Parliament and legislatures to courts and distribution systems â have become pervaded with corruption," Murthy said.
Indians, Murthy said, spent over Rs 21,000 crore in bribes and illegal payouts in 2004 â close to 1% of the country's GDP.
Giving an example, he said India's private radio stations are only allowed to broadcast entertainment, and not news and informational programmes.
"There is absolutely no good reason for this restriction. Only reason is they (politicians) do not want the poor people to know what's happening in the country."
He pointed out that radio is a low-cost media with the highest penetration in India â it reaches 27 of every 100 households in the country.
It is easily accessible to low-income, illiterate people, and can be an important source of knowledge, news and information.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...350489.cms