[www.keralites.net] Leave Application-samples.

 

Leave applications.  

(murdering english language)

 

Infosys, Bangalore:
"Since I have to go to my village to sell my land along with my wife ,
please sanction me one-week leave."
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Oracle, Bangalore:
From an employee who was performing the "mundan" ceremony of his 10 year old son:
"As I want to shave my son's head , please leave me for two days.."
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Leave-letter from a CDAC employee who was
performing his daughter's wedding:
"As I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave.."
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From H.A.L. Administration Dept:
"As my mother-in-law has expired and I am only one responsible for it please grant me 10 days leave."
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Another employee applied for half-day leave as follows:
"Since I've to go to the cremation ground at 10 o'clock and I may not return, please grant me half day casual leave"
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A leave letter:
"I am suffering from fever, please declare one-day holiday."
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A leave letter to a headmaster:
"As I am studying in this school I am suffering from headache. I request you to leave me today"
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Another letter written to a headmaster:
"As my headache is paining , please grant me leave for the day."
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Covering note:
"I am enclosed herewith..."
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Another one:
"Dear Sir: with reference to the above , please refer to my bottom..."
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Actual application for leave:
"My wife is suffering from sickness and as I am her only husband at home I may be granted leave".
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Letter writing:
"I am well here and hope you are also in the same well.

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[www.keralites.net] How the Internet Started (according to scripture)??

 

How the Internet Started (according to scripture)...
 

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of
Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of
Dorothy.

And Dot Com was a comely woman, Large of breast, broad of shoulder and
long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.

And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far
from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever
leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags
short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in
between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will
reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the
drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums.

And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all
the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from
his tent.

To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums were
saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It
was nown as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed
a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People
(HTTP).

And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy
horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical
Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.

And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the
deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were
going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who
bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums
to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and
drumsticks.

And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken
over by others."

And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known.

He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

"YAHOO," said Abraham.

And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.

Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic
Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to
locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's
Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).

That is how it all began. And that's the truth.

And I know you believe it because everything ever written on the
internet has always been the truth.

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[www.keralites.net] G R A F E T T I

 

'Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, or do you want to give it away?'

Sam Manekshaw, the first field marshal in the Indian army, was at the ringside of events when Independent India was being formed. Then a colonel, he was chosen to accompany V P Menon on his historic mission to Kashmir. This is his version of that journey and its aftermath, as recorded in an interview with Prem Shankar Jha.

At about 2.30 in the afternoon, General Sir Roy Bucher walked into my room and said, 'Eh, you, go and pick up your toothbrush. You are going to Srinagar with V P Menon. The flight will take off at about 4 o'clock'. I said, 'why me, sir?'

'Because we are worried about the military situation. V P Menon is going there to get the accession from the Maharaja and Mahajan.' I flew in with V P Menon in a Dakota.   Wing Commander Dewan, who was then squadron leader Dewan, was also there. But his job did not have anything to with assessing the military situation. He was sent by the Air Force because it was the Air Force which was flying us in.'

Since I was in the Directorate of Military Operations, and was responsible for current operations all over India, West Frontier, the Punjab, and elsewhere, I knew what the situation in Kashmir was. I knew that the tribesmen had come in - initially only the tribesmen - supported by the Pakistanis.

Fortunately for us, and for Kashmir, they were busy raiding, raping all along. In Baramulla they killed Colonel D O T Dykes.   Dykes and I were of the same seniority. We did our first year's attachment with the Royal Scots in Lahore, way back in 1934-5. Tom went to the Sikh regiment. I went to the Frontier Force regiment. We'd lost contact with each other. He'd become a lieutenant colonel. I'd become a full colonel.

Tom and his wife were holidaying in Baramulla when the tribesmen killed them.

The Maharaja's forces were 50 per cent Muslim and 50 per cent Dogra.

The Muslim elements had revolted and joined the Pakistani forces. This was the broad military situation. The tribesmen were believed to be about 7 to 9 kilometres from Srinagar. I was sent into get the precise military situation. The army knew that if we had to send soldiers, we would have to fly them in. Therefore, a few days before, we had made arrangements for aircraft and for soldiers to be ready.

But we couldn't fly them in until the state of Kashmir had acceded to India. From the political side, Sardar Patel and V P Menon had been dealing with Mahajan and the Maharaja, and the idea was that V.P Menon would get the Accession; I would bring back the military appreciation and report to the government. The troops were already at the airport, ready to be flown in. Air Chief Marshall Elmhurst was the air chief and he had made arrangements for the aircraft from civil and military sources.

Anyway, we were flown in. We went to Srinagar. We went to the palace. I have never seen such disorganisation in my life. The Maharaja was running about from one room to the other. I have never seen so much jewellery in my life --- pearl necklaces, ruby things, lying in one room; packing here, there, everywhere. There was a convoy of vehicles.

The Maharaja was coming out of one room, and going into another saying, 'Alright, if India doesn't help, I will go and join my troops and fight (it) out'.

I couldn't restrain myself, and said, 'That will raise their morale sir'. Eventually, I also got the military situation from everybody around us, asking what the hell was happening, and discovered that the tribesmen were about seven or nine kilometres from what was then that horrible little airfield.

V P Menon was in the meantime discussing with Mahajan and the Maharaja. Eventually the Maharaja signed the accession papers and we flew back in the Dakota late at night. There were no night facilities, and the people who were helping us to fly back, to light the airfield, were Sheikh Abdullah, Kasimsahib, Sadiqsahib, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed, D P Dhar with pine torches, and we flew back to Delhi. I can't remember the exact time. It must have been 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock in the morning.

(On arriving at Delhi) the first thing I did was to go and report to Sir Roy Bucher. He said, 'Eh, you, go and shave and clean up. There is a cabinet meeting at 9 o'clock. I will pick you up and take you there.' So I went home, shaved, dressed, etc. and Roy Bucher picked me up, and we went to the cabinet meeting.

The cabinet meeting was presided by Mountbatten. There was Jawaharlal Nehru, there was Sardar Patel, there was Sardar Baldev Singh. There were other ministers whom I did not know and did not want to know, because I had nothing to do with them. Sardar Baldev Singh I knew because he was the minister for defence, and I knew Sardar Patel, because Patel would insist that V P Menon take me with him to the various states.

Almost every morning the Sardar would send for V P, H M Patel and myself. While Maniben (Patel's daughter and de facto secretary) would sit cross-legged with a Parker fountain pen taking notes, Patel would say, 'V P, I want Baroda. Take him with you.' I was the bogeyman. So I got to know the Sardar very well.

At the morning meeting he handed over the (Accession) thing. Mountbatten turned around and said, ' come on Manekji (He called me Manekji instead of Manekshaw), what is the military situation?' I gave him the military situation, and told him that unless we flew in troops immediately, we would have lost Srinagar, because going by road would take days, and once the tribesmen got to the airport and Srinagar, we couldn't fly troops in. Everything was ready at the airport.

As usual Nehru talked about the United Nations, Russia, Africa, God almighty, everybody, until Sardar Patel lost his temper. He said, 'Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, or do you want to give it away'. He (Nehru) said,' Of course, I want Kashmir (emphasis in original). Then he (Patel) said 'Please give your orders'. And before he could say anything Sardar Patel turned to me and said, 'You have got your orders'.

I walked out, and we started flying in troops at about 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock. I think it was the Sikh regiment under Ranjit Rai that was the first lot to be flown in. And then we continued flying troops in. That is all I know about what happened. Then all the fighting took place. I became a brigadier, and became director of military operations and also if you will see the first signal to be signed ordering the cease-fire on 1 January (1949) had been signed by Colonel Manekshaw on behalf of C-in-C India, General Sir Roy Bucher. That must be lying in the Military Operations Directorate.

Excerpted from Kashmir 1947, Rival Versions of History, by Prem Shankar Jha, Oxford University Press, 1996, Rs 275, with the publisher's permission . Readers in the US may secure a copy of the book from Oxford University Press Inc USA, 198, Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA. Tel: 212-726-6000. Fax: 212-726-6440.

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[www.keralites.net] Maggi Fiasco -- Not As Simple As It Seems!

 

Maggi Fiasco –- Not As Simple As It Seems!

Author – Anil Chawla Noted Lawyer
Let me at the outset make it clear that I hold no brief for Nestle. I have never had any business connections with Nestle. Moreover, personally I have never liked eating Maggi noodles and have always discouraged my children from the same.
Having clarified the above points, let me also add that I have been watching Indian food industry for almost three decades from close quarters. No one who has any exposure to food inspectors and government food laboratories in India will vouch for their honesty. Everyone knows too well that the whole setup is notoriously corrupt. In most districts of India, it is the Food Inspector's solemn duty to ensure that the Collector's residence receives adequate groceries (of course, free of cost). Every retailer, distributor and manufacturer dealing in food products has a regular system of greasing the palms of food inspectors so that they are cooperative. The food inspectors regularly collect samples and send them to the designated laboratories where officers of concerned manufacturers take care of the officers and get the samples passed. Even if one has the best product quality, one will be a naïve fool to expect one's product samples to clear the laboratory tests unless properly stuffed envelopes are given to the right hands. The whole system is a very well-oiled machinery that food industry insiders know and stick to.

Having understood the basic eco-system of Indian food industry, let us now try to understand the Maggi fiasco. Surely, there must have been innumerable times when samples of Maggi noodles were picked up by some food inspector or the other somewhere in India during the past three decades. It is also certain that all such samples duly cleared all tests conducted at various government laboratories across the country. After having passed all tests for three decades, suddenly something went wrong and the samples started failing in April / May 2015.
There is no reason to suspect that Nestle, the makers of Maggi noodles, made any changes in the manufacturing process of their noodles in the past few months. They have a set formula which has been successful and they have been following it for past more than three decades. If this is true, there appear to be only three possibilities:-

Option A – Nestle was getting samples of Maggi noodles passed using the time tested method of stuffed envelope below the table for so many years; suddenly some food tester turned honest and refused to accept the envelope and spilled the beans. Government of India and all state governments want us to believe that this is indeed the case. If Magi noodles were clearing all tests before April 2015 even though they contained all the harmful ingredients, the governments should first of all start prosecution against all the food laboratory scientists who gave the false reports. If food inspectors were not picking up Maggi noodles samples since their hands were properly greased, prosecution should be launched against all such food inspectors. Ironically, while there is talk to taking action against celebrities like Amitabh Bachhan and Madhuri Dixit who endorsed Maggi, no one is talking about putting the government food testing establishment behind bars.

Option B – The theory that some food tester developed conscience may well be true, but it seems more likely that the growth of this honest conscience was aided by dollops of cash handed by a competitor. For example, if the going rate for clearing a sample is, say, Rs. 10,000- a competitor may go to the scientist at the laboratory and offer, say, Rs. 100,000- for failing the sample. After all the scientist has only to shift a decimal a bit to the right – lead content has to go up from 1.70 ppm to 17.0 ppm. Everyone needs money and a lakh of rupees to just shift a decimal is a temptation too strong to resist. If this sort of deal is struck the company whose samples are being tested will suddenly find the doors at the laboratories closed and language of people who used to bow to them in past change suddenly. Let us say, a competitor of Nestle budgeted only Rs. 1,00,00,000- (Rupees One Crore / Ten million), it may be sufficient to get Maggi samples show all sorts of harmful substances at more than ten government laboratories across the country. That is surely small money when one is out to destroy a market giant with annual sales of more than Rs. Thirteen Billion.

Option C – The third possibility is that Nestle did not need a competitor to knock it down and they might have done a self-goal. Negotiation of bribery rates is an ongoing process in Indian system. Years ago, it was customary to hand over a five-rupee note to peons in government offices. Now, a five-rupee note will get you a contemptuous look. To get an appreciative look of obligation, a fifty rupee note has become necessary. Government officers, inspectors, testers, engineers etc. keep raising their rates as it pleases them from time to time. Surely, the ones handing over money do not like it and some haggling takes place. But often it is like a goat negotiating with a wolf, who is bound to win at the end. Nestle officials may have refused the enhanced demands of some officials of the government food standards establishment and landed up a fiasco beyond their wildest nightmares.

The above three options are conjectures. I have no way of knowing what exactly happened. But based on my discussions with food industry insiders and also based on my own experience, I can assert that one of the three scenarios is most likely to have happened.

Irrespective of the exact turn of events that preceded a sudden showing up of harmful substances in a brand that had been sold for three decades without any major consumer complaints about health, let us now look at the actions of various state governments and also of central state government. It seemed that the governments fell over one other in their eagerness to ban the product. No government seemed interested in even hearing the company's side of story. No inspections were ordered to be carried out at the company's manufacturing facilities. Obviously, no company could be stupid enough to add lead to its products. If lead is showing up in the test reports, will it not be proper to analyze the cause of appearance of lead? Surely, governments could have constituted a panel of experts, including some international ones, to carry out thorough and transparent testing of Maggi noodles. There is no denying that the present system of testing in Indian government laboratories is opaque and is not in line with the way science is conducted.

The reason why I have chosen to write about the issue is not because I have any sympathies with the makers of Maggi noodles. I am more concerned with the damage that this whole episode has done to the reputation of India as a place to do business. A country, where the government does not believe in appearing to be fair and scientific in all its decisions, cannot command respect in the global arena. Let us face it that the state governments and also the central government have acted in a knee-jerk manner. The governments could have done more to show that they are mindful of their actions; that decisions involving billions of rupees must be based on scientific tests that are beyond all doubts; and that principle of natural justice of giving opportunity to the accused company to prove innocence is duly followed. In case Maggi noodles contain all the harmful substances that they are alleged to contain, surely Maggi noodles must be banned and all company officers in knowledge of the product must be put behind bars. But if this is indeed the case, all food laboratory scientists who passed Maggi noodles in the past must also be put behind bars; Government officers who allowed Maggi noodles to be sold for so many years must not be allowed to escape punishment.

Before I conclude let me give an instance of action by Indian food standards establishment which benefitted a multinational food company and destroyed many small traditional sweetmeat shops. A few years back, suddenly there were raids on mawa / khoya (a product made by drying of milk in a hot pan) across most of North India. Tons of mawa was seized as adulterated. Even before the mawa could be sent to laboratory for testing, newspapers were screaming about the great job that had been done. Newspapers started writing editorials about how people should avoid eating sweets made of mawa. In other words, the message was to shun traditional Indian sweets and shift to chocolates. At the same time, Cadbury launched an advertisement blitz with Amitabh Bachan talking about "Kuch Meetha Ho Jai" (Let us have something sweet). Cadbury's campaign was clearly trying to position chocolates as any-time sweet for adults (instead of an indulgence for children) clearly targeting the slot occupied by traditional Indian sweets till then. It is indeed ironical to allege adulteration in mawa and shift to chocolates. Most samples of mawa were found to be adulterated with vegetable oil, a harmless food; while chocolates have large quantities of vegetables fat. There were no complaints of any widespread health hazard caused by consumption of mawa. Large numbers of food poisoning cases are reported every year across the country due to spoilt paneer (cottage cheese), but the authorities were not interested in collecting samples of paneer. They were only interested in breaking the back of the mawa and traditional Indian sweets industry. Unfortunately, they succeeded. Sales of Cadbury chocolates have soared in the past few years as people have moved away from mawa-based sweets. I am not in a position to directly allege that Cadbury masterminded the whole campaign to malign mawa, but if you point the finger of suspicion in that direction it is your decision.

Whether it is the traditional mawa-based sweets or Maggi noodles, the fact is that Indian food standards establishment and the governments as well as media, who act based on their inputs, have not acted in a manner that we Indians can be proud of. The issue is not about Maggi noodles or mawa-based sweets. The issue is about the reputation of India as a place to do business. Let us use the Maggi fiasco to set our house in order!

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