Dear friends,

Pls Read this article and think about RAJU
NARAYANASWAMY IAS

First Rank in State in Secondary School Examination

First Rank in University in Plus Two

First Rank in IIT Entrance Examination

First Rank in All India IIT Computer Science

First Rank in IAS Entrance Examination

First Rank in IAS Training Institute



On passing out from IIT Chennai Mr. Narayanaswamy was
offered scholarship by the prestigious Massachusetts
Institute of Technology , USA . He who came from a
middle class family believed that he had a moral
obligation to give something in return for the lakhs
of rupees the government spent on him as an IIT
student. He had the intelligence and conviction to
realize that this money came also from the poorest of
the poor - who pay up the excise duty on textiles when
they buy cloth, who pay up customs, excise and sales
tax on diesel when they travel in a bus, and in
numerous other ways indirectly pay the government. So
he decided to join IAS hoping he could do something
for the people of this country. How many young men
have the will power to resist such an offer from USA ?
Narayanaswamy did never look at IAS as a black money
spinner as his later life bears testimony to this
fact.


After a decade of meritorious service in IAS, today,
Narayanaswamy is being forced out of the IAS
profession. Do you know why?

A real estate agent wanted to fill up a paddy field
which is banned under law. An application came up
before Narayanaswamy who was sub collector the, for an
exemption from this rule for this plot of land. Upon
visiting the site he found that the complaint from 60
poor families that they will face water logging due to
the waste water from a nearby Government Medical
College if this paddy field was filled up was correct.
Narayanswamy came under intense political pressure but
he did what was right - refused permission for filling
up the paddy field. That was his first confrontation
with politicians.
Soon after his marriage his father-in-law closed down
a public road to build compound wall for his plot of
land. People approached Narayanaswamy with complaint.

When talking with his own father-in-law did not help,
he removed the obstructing wall with police help. The
result, his marriage broke up.

As district Collector he raided the house of a liquor
baron who had defaulted Rupees 11 crores payment to
government and carried out revenue recovery. A
Minister directly telephoned him and ordered to return
the forfeited articles to the house of the liquor
baron. Narayanswamy politely replied that it is
difficult. The minister replied that Narayanaswamy
will suffer.

In his district it was a practice to collect crores of
rupees for earthen bunds meant for poor farmers, but
which were never constructed. A bill for rupees 8
crores came up before Narayanaswamy. He inspected the
bund. He found it very weak and said that he will pass
the bill after the rainy season to ensure that the
bund served the purpose. As expected the earthen bund
was too weak to stand the rain and it disappeared in
the rain. But he created a lot of enemies for saving 8
crores public money. The net result of all such unholy
activities was that he was asked to go on leave by
the government. Later such an illustrious officer was
posted as \"State Co-Ordinator, Quality Improvement
Programme for Schools\". This is what the politician
will do to a honest officer with backbone - post him
in the most powerless position to teach him a lesson.
Since he found that nothing can be achieved for the
people if he continued with the State Service he opted
for central service. But that too was denied on some
technical ground.

What will you do when you have a brilliant computer
career anywhere in the world you choose with the
backing of several advanced technical papers too
published in international journals to your credit?

When you are powerless to do anything for the people,
why should you waste your life as the Co-Ordinator for
a Schools Programme?

Mr. Narayanaswamy is on the verge of leaving IAS to go
to Paris to take up a well paid United Nations
assignment. The politicians can laugh thinking
another obstacle has been removed. But it is the
helpless people of this country who will lose - not
Narayanaswamy. But you have the power to support
capable and honest bureaucra ts like Narayaswamy,
G.R.Khairnar and Alphons Kannamthanam who have
suffered a lot under self seeking politicians who rule
us. You have even the power to replace such
politicians with these kind of people dedicated to the
country. The question is will you do the little you
can do NOW? At least a vote or word in support of such
personalities?

Please convey this mail as much as possible.

Good one! It reminds me of a wonderful movie (one of my favourite) named 'Satyakam' - starring Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, and Sharmila Tagore. People who haven't seen it, please watch it. Best performances from each one.

Coming back to the post, yes it's true to most of the honest Govt. Servants who want to do good and not currupt. Either their wings are shredded or they suffer with each of their actions in a Political driven country - India.

Again, I am very much pessimistic on the overall environment in India, regardless of the so-called economic boom there.

Satyakam - - This is a must watch .

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