Delhi is burning despite the showers it had in the last two days. The temperature has come down a little but the humidity has gone up like anything. The result is that the people are suffering. This is an annual punishment for the people in the North. But it is hoped that the moonsoon may reach Delhi by the last week of June since it has arrived 3-4 days earlier in Kerala.
We wait for the early moonsoon.

If you go through the ‘Times of India’,’Hindustan Times’ or any other newspaper published from Delhi, you can see a lot of local news regarding chain snatching, goondaism, rape, muder, cheating, vandalism and so on. It is here that Jessica, a bar attender, was shot and murdered in front of dozens or even hundreds of people, but there was nobody to give evidence, and even the few prepared to give evidences changed their versions due to fear or otherwise.
I had a personal experience today, 15th June. It was about 07.30 hours in the morning and I was having my morning walk on the foot path on the side of the road from Gole Market to Connaught place. Just before Connaught place, in front of the Medical College, three youngsters, seemingly goondas, were harassing a women about 20-25 years and threatening her. She, all of a sudden crossed the road to the other side and started walking quickly. One of the goonda ran after her, pulled her and started beating. The other two also reached by the time. She was pleading something but the goonda continued to hit her on her shoulder and abodmen. Security persons engaged at the Medical College gate, on the gates of the Sivaji Stadium and other people on the way were looking but nobody intervened. An auto riksha came by that time and she was bundled and the the goondas also got in and sped away. Since I was not having the mobile phone, I could not even contact the police.
Whatever it was, a young woman was harassed and beaten on a busy road, but nobody came to her rescue. The goondas could have been stopped or got arrested, if at least some five-ten people joined together. But nothing happened. It is not only the fear of goondas, I think. The people take it casually and they are never bothered what is happening to a poor woman.
I just thought about what will be the position in Kerala if a such a thing happened on the busy road. I am sure that the goondas might have been tackled by the people and the woman saved. In many other places also.
The people of Delhi has to rise up against injustice and crimes.

Four more sick PSUs are going to be sold shortly. The Government is finalising its programme for sale of Hindustan Cables Limited, Hindustan Machine Tools Limited, Thungabhadra Steel Limited and Richardson & Cruddas. Hindustan Cables Limited is closely connected with telecom and has been supplying Cables for the DoT earlier and to BSNL and MTNL later.
Already the Government has sold Power Finance Corporation Limited for a meagre amount of Rs. Rs. 1,162 crore. Scooters India Limited is also under sale.
The UPA II government is on an agressive selling mode. Before the completion of its five year term it wants to hand over maximum number of PSUs to the private sector as part of the LPG policy.