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h ttp:/ h/www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/cloak-of-invisibility/article17653191.ece Plea for transparency in election funding

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/sundays-are-for-masala-dosa/article17664361.ece Excerpts: "You don't have to be a poet, painter or author to leave a legacy; you can just be the best masala dosa-maker with a large heart." Disclaimer: My wife Sudha makes good masala dosas! M G Warrier

http://snewsi.com/id/17151363535/Is-Arun-Jaitley-serious-about-pursuing-black-money-cases-asks-Jethmalani Rajya Sabha: Question Hour, March 21, 2017 If the link opens and you are able to read the full text, you will feel sorry for the Upper House! M G Warrier

WEEKEND LIGHTER*: 2017, THE YEAR OF THE VICTIMS  (March 25/26, 2017, No.12/2017) Feel free to mail your views on this edition of WL to   mgwarrier@gmail.com *Weekend Lighter is posted every Saturday @mgwarrier.blogspot.in Section III: Analysing the human mind I Cover Story Make 2017 the year of the victims*: CJI In his inaugural address at the 15th All India meet of State Legal Service Authorities, Chief Justice Khehar, who is also the patron-in-chief of the authority, said he often wondered what had befallen the victims of rape, sexual assault and acid attacks, many of whom were breadwinners for their family. “Ours is a strange country. The bigger the criminal, the bigger is the outrage. As we have seen before that the convict in a terrorist crime who has failed up to the Supreme Court and also in his review, can get access to justice in a manner that we extend,” he said. “I have wondered over the years, what about the victims. I have wondered ov...

http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/explore/longing-for-1980/article9598334.ece Excerpts: "Paradoxically enough, however, we come to be happier when we realize that we shall never be perfectly happy."

http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/time-to-push-credit-for-smart-farming/article9600639.ece The author Dr C L Dadhich is an Exrbite

Time to revisit deposit rates : Interest rates on deposits should be market-based and linked to inflation; minimum balance should fetch FD rates... Excerpts: " At the losing end The SB deposit falls somewhere between the current account deposit and fixed deposit, and therefore such depositors should get an interest rate at least equivalent to average inflation rate, let alone positive real interest rate advocated for fixed deposits. In the case of PSBs, the SB interest rate at 4 per cent is below the average inflation rate. In the case of both PSBs and PvSBs, depositors are denied the fixed deposit rate for their minimum balance, which anyway remains with banks on a continuous basis. In either case, depositors were at the receiving end and lost the market-determined interest rates. RBI regulations permit withdrawal restrictions on savings bank accounts in order to distinguish between SB account and current account on which payment of interest is currently prohibited. This regulati...