Tuning Out of Community Reach
What began enthusiastically eleven years back came to a nought on a cold December afternoon in 2021 and SCOTRWA's efforts to obtain a license for a community radio station were shelved for good. The community radio licensing process proved to be time consuming, expensive and frustrating as this letter to the PMO elucidates. It is totally opposite of the spirit of community radio. Supreme Court ruling of 1995 asserts that radio waves/ frequencies are public property. Community radio aspirants need to remember that there is a good chance of…
Ten Reasons for a New Foreign Policy
Rao VBJ Chelikani The invasion of Ukraine is a brutal reminder to us that it is high time that we radically revise our policies regarding our External Affairs and our defence preparations. Though wars are going on in many other places as in Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar, etc. this particular war is an occasion to draw many lessons for us, as we are living, today in a globalised world and we are no more a poor country. 1. The wars hereafter are the most visible and open in terms of all damage and destruction that is taking plac…
Workshop on Elections in RWAs
A Workshop on “Elections in RWAs” was held on 20 th March in Alwal with the objective that selfless service of the members would generate ‘love of the neighbour’ which is very much needed for living together harmoniously. The selfless love of the neighbour is the foundation and the external expression of our inner love of god. Every time, elections are held in a micro urban community where people live as good neighbours, they should lead to more harmony and not further divisions.
Citizen to be More Active as a Consumer
I. Political Democracy is Unable to Deliver Political democracy is not a complete democracy, though we have taken up ordering political relations among human beings as the most pressing problem since human security and the security of the groups has been dependent upon it from times immemorial. Political democracy has been, essentially, devised to avoid the bad experiences of the arbitrary rule of the kings and dictators in ancient, medieval and early modern societies i.e. till the 20th century. Though it has been accepted as a uni…
National Voters' Day - Meeting with Chief Electoral Officer
On the eve of National Voters Day, the Election Watch team in Telangana consisting of Sri. V.V. Rao, Convener, Sri. B. Srinivasa Reddy, Society for Rural Development, Sri. Rajendra Prasad, M.V. Foundation, Sri. Madhu, Praja Pariarakshana Vedika, Sri. C. Veerraju, Indian Red Cross, Sri. Syed Khaled Shah, United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations and Miss. V. Sridha, a student of Political Science from Hyderabad Central University met Dr. Shashank Goel, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer, E.C.I. on 19th January, 22. Points that came for discu…
An Agenda for Civil Society Action in Our Democracy
Rao VBJ Chelikan i The present Government is intentionally throwing away the baby along with the bath water. Ignoring the indispensable role and place of the civil society organisations in a democracy, as it is visible in advanced liberal democracies, there is a clear tendency on the part of the Government to change the rules of the game, constantly, so as not to allow the Indian citizens to enjoy their constitutional right to freely form associations and to operate them efficiently. The present authorities are unable to see the ro…
Recent Summit for Democracy and Its Implications
A Summit for Democracy was held on December 9-10,2021, with nearly a hundred government delegations, 50 world leaders on the screen, many civil society actors, many members of various Parliaments, and the private sector. The President of the oldest democracy in the world, Mr Biden said in this context: ” Democracy doesn’t happen by accident. We have to renew it with each generation”. One of the organising officials also said: “And our hope is that through the entirety of this process, we can really have a dialogue between participating govern…
U-FERWAs and CoRWA Meet at Alwal
Dr. Rao Chelikani Founder-Chairman of U-FERWAS and CoRWA has organized a get-together of U-FERWAS members on 5 th December in Alwal, Hyderabad to discuss various issues of RWAs in their area. Members Sri. B. Venkateswara Rao (Retd. Professor in JNTU), Dr. B. Uma Maheswara Rao, CA. S.N.Sarma, Sri. M. Ravindra Babu,advocate, Sri. V.V.B. Satayanarayana, President, Jawahar Nagar, Moula Ali and other office-bearers of RWAs have joined. Sri. Ravindra Babu discussed about the re-registration of the RWAs in Telangana under the Co-Op. Societies Ac…
National Status Report and Directory of RWA Across India
C o R W A Welfare Associations (CoRWA) RWA Status and Directory Migration to urban areas has become common across the world. In order to use the scare resources of land effectively, the multi-storey buildings are planned in urban areas. Thus, in an RWA, the land and most of the parts of the multi-storey building, such as lift, staircase, terrace, lobby, etc. become the common area to be shared by the residents. To manage such a common area, registration of a legal entity has become necessary and accordingly, residents welfare association …
We are in a Participatory Democracy
What Do We Want ? Firstly, democracy is a method of ordering human relations in a civilised way, so as not to allow the brute force of one person or several of them to dominate the persons in the society. We have adopted the method of governance by the Representatives elected periodically by the people, who make laws which rule all of us, including the Representatives. The process would see that ultimately the Absolute Power vests with the people and that they could effectively exercise it. To implement that objective, firstly, the Pow…
Eighth National Conference of RWAs Held Successfully
Hon'ble Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurating the meet virtually The eighth national conference of RWAs was organized at Ghaziabad UP from 23rd to 24th November 2021, at Krishna Engineering College by the Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CoRWA): the National Apex Body of RWAs and Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations-Uttar Pradesh (CoRWA-UP) -an Apex body of RWAs at state level of Uttar Pradesh. The focal theme of this conference was “Drinking Water”. The 8th NCRWA was endorsed and supported by M…
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