Auto-mate : Launching collective fight against rogue auto drivers

Hi there,

F.A.C.T is back with a new idea called “Auto-Mate”. This time it looks to fight corruption beyond public places.

• Have you ever been harassed by an auto-driver demanding more than the actual fare?
• Have you ever been refused ride by a rogue auto-driver?
• Have you ever felt you want to fight back in the above situations but felt helpless?

If the answer is ‘yes’ to all the three questions, you are at the right place.

Art of War, Rule 1 : The best way to win a war is to avoid it

“Gift of Life” is a movement of saving children who are suffering from heart diseases and on the verge of death if medical help is not provided. It is a noble initiative started by Rotary and now many more foundations and medical community are involved.

http://www.giftoflifeinternational.org/aboutus.html

Common Man’s Shamelist of corrupt beaurocrats/politicians of India

In our country we have several ways to fight corrupt and inefficiencient beaurocrats and politicians.

For eg:

• Complaint box in government offices
• Giving a representation to the immediate superiors of a corrupt official.
• Some public offices run consumer grievance cells.
• Some times corrupt officers and politicians can be referred to Lokayukta, who will try to catch the corrupt redhanded.
• Using Right To Information act to force corrupt and inefficient public servants do their duty and get the jobs done without paying bribe.
• Television channels and newspapers doing sting operations to uncover the corrupt faces.

First rule of self-improvement : Don’t forget your mistakes

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Take a look at this blog. Yes, its about the same Mumabi train blasts, where scores of Indians were killed by terrorists. To be specific the death toll was put at 209. And more than 700 injured. So approximately around 1000 families living in Mumbai were directly affected by this tragedy.

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Dec 3rd 2008. It was one week after the Mumbai massacre. More than 2.5 lakhs of Mumbaikers thronged the Gateway of India. Anger and frustration filled in the air. Some were angry. The rest were really angry.