Re: [HumJanenge] Re: Rules for Improving India using the Right to Information laws

Dear Sandeep

Since Diwali is approaching I shall try and explain in metaphors of fireworks.

1) RTI request is like a :"phooljari", in itself it is of no use (except for teaching babies about fireworks) but for the fact that it possesses a suffciently hot flame to ignite OTHER FIREWORKS.

2) Like a Phooljhari RTI request is cheap and must burn long enough to light MANY other fireworks with.

3) So longer the RTI phooljhari burns the more bang we get for our (10) bucks.

Sarbajit

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:46 AM, sandeep kumar <drsandgupta@gmail.com> wrote:

Please elaborate.

On 10/10/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since Rule # 2 was so easy and well accepted, lets move on to Rule # 3.
>
> Rule # 3
>

> *DELAY IS GOOD !!! The more time the CPIO / FAA / CIC takes to dispose our
> request the better for us.*

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now that members are clear on Rule #1, we move on to Rule #2
>>
>> Rule # 2
>>

>> *RTI is not used to get good things done, but is "mis"used by responsible
>> citizens to stop bad things from being done.*

>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> RULE # 1:
>>>

>>> *RTI Act is not to be used, it is to be "mis"used.*

>>>
>>> This simple rule must be strictly followed if one is to achieve anything
>>> useful using RTI.
>>>
>>> Whenever you ask an "RTI activist" why they file RTIs and what they will
>>> do with the info (if they ever get it), the usual reply they give you is
>>> because the Govt "babus" are completely corrupt they will a) expose this
>>> information in the media b) file a PIL. Both these strategies are so
>>> hollow
>>> that it is no wonder that nothing substantial ever gets achieved.The real
>>> ways for an average citizen to use RTI to make a difference are
>>> counter-intuitive and firmly grounded in Rule # 1 as stated above.
>>
>>
>>
>

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