Respecting the right to information

My last post was about the ease of using the right to information act.
The friend whose blog i linked to who had described his RTI application, has received a reply from the Public Information Officer (PIO)

Every question asked has been answered.While I would say that the answers were not 100% satisfactory but not far from it either!

They give you the information which is a good start point for pursuing the cause further. The RTI gives you the ammunition to take what are the recognised facts to the authrities. Media can quote this information as this is on record.

The authorities can be questioned as to the whys and why nots of what the PIO tells you. More importantly it gives you an indication as to who is responsible for the problem /issue at hand and you can think of a targeted approach to this

I am through the experience of this friend convinced that RTI is a good starting point and we all must use it as and when

Update on personal front - second post in not such a long time - so the 'revival' attempt seems on track - too early to say though

Gymming has begun to happen three days a week at least - and it has been more than three days :)

I have an interesting angle to the Raj Thackrey point of view on us Non - Mumbaikars which i shall reserve for the next post!

adios

'Reviving' something that never took off

If I say that I am making an attempt to revive 'jhola' I run two risks -

1)Of attempting to 'revive' something that never really took off - which in this case is the blog

2)Of making a promise that I may not be able to keep up with - blogging is one of those good to do things which often get left out in the race to finish all the "required to do things" which may not be as good to do. Will I or most of us ever achieve a convergence of the 'good to do' with the 'required to do' things

So a smart way of reviving was to proxy blog - ride on someone's post which i found extermely useful.

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A student of IIT Powai has used the right to information act to inquire into why trees in his hostel were shown the axe.

I personally gained from this as I always thought using the RTI would be like another bureaucratic tangle where the formalities of it may be too burdensome to reap the benefits

This post will tell you its otherwise.

Not the best way to 'return' but hope i will blog more often now, like I hope i will go to the gym, read more regularly and a never ending wish list...

Here's inviting all of you to share your perceptions, knowledge and experience about RTI as i feel like filing a couple of RTIs on a few issues myself.