Lies ,damned lies and statistics

Stanford University researchers conducted study about the "laziness" of people from various countries.They used data collected by the smartphones.Most of the smartphones are equipped with step counters which are installed in these sets. Researchers collected data from 700,000 smart phones owned  by people in 46 countries.

We do not know how many smartphones owned by Indians were counted by these researchers.

About 30% or less of Indians own smartphones.At present smartphones are owned by upper middle class and rich people.It is incorrect to conclude about entire Indian population based on data from this small segment.People from poorer sections,lower middle classes and house wives do walk miles every day to do a myriad chores.These data is "beyond" the rich of Stanford researchers.

Our farmers,farm labourers,shop floor people,shop assistants,people working in small businesses number more than 40 crores.And all of them do lot of walking- every day.

It is wrong on the part of our main stream media and social media to pick up such "phoney" research and condemn all of us as the laziest people in the world.

Attack by terrorists on Amarnath Pilgrims

Country has witnessed one more attack on unarmed,innocent pilgrims to Amarnath.8 pilgrims are killed.7 of them are women.14 more are injured.All those who are dead or injured are from south Gujarat.
This marks one more change in the strategy of the terrorists.After Modi govt assumed office in May 2014, all terror attacks were directed at security forces [Pathankot,Uri...].Now again they are back to killing unarmed civilians.Does this mean that their strength is depleted and hence can't attack army camps? Or do they expect people to "react" to such violence and start one more communal conflagration? Terrorists involved appear to be from across the border.This will mean they are being "directed" to indulge in acts which have "consequences".Both China and Pakistan could be interested in creating a communal flashpoint in India.

GST and its critics

July 1st 2017 was a historic day for independent India.On this day the country has been transformed into a unified economic unit with launch of GST - Goods and Services Tax - that is applicable across the country.This GST will subsume scores of local taxes and cesses which were introduced over a period of time.

This historic reform measure is being opposed by two sets of people
[1] Those who are opposed to Modi,BJP and the NDA government
[2] Those who now find that they can't avoid tax.