New Age Father's Day!

Naya Savera

॥ नया सवेरा ॥

कितने तारे टूटे कितने संवर गए
इक रात के आगोश में सब बदल गए
जो दाग पड़े थे अंधियारे में खो गए
हम सब भी तो मतवाले से हो गए
अब दिन निकला तो सोचा, गोया, नया सवेरा!
नयी सोच, नयी राह और नया इशारा! 
पर ये क्या? फिर दाग पुराने निखर गए
हम उनको ही मिटाने में फिर सिमट गए
बस रात-दिन, दिन-रात यूँ ही कट गए
हम अपने उन दागों में उलझे रह गये।

- अभिनव सहाय 
* गोया means "As-If"

Mimicry Act at Thales Family Day

Performed Mimicry at Thales Family Day (Deepika's workplace). This time the new inclusion of voice was of Mr. Narendra Modi.

The sequence of voices goes like this: Jagdeep, Shatrughan Sinha, Rajkumar, Pran, Amitabh Bacchan, Hritik Roshan, Narendra Modi, Om Prakash, Sunny Deol, Sachin Tendulkar, Nana Patekar, Shakti Kapoor (on Host's Request)

Singing Performance

Sung a Song at Deepika's office Family Day event on 31/Jan/2015.

Song: Rah pe rehte hain
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Lyrics: Gulzar
Music: R. D, Burman
Movie: Namkeen (1982)

Adyansh reciting Poem

Aadi recited "Old McDonald" poem on 31/Jan/2015 at Thales Family Day event.

Deepika's Dance Performance

Deepika performed Kathak dance on Thales Family Day event. 

The song was "Mere Dholna" from the movie "Bhool Bhulaiya".

Click to see: Deepika's Dance Performance

How a Bill becomes an Act?

Why Government is having tough time these days in getting key Bills passed despite being in clear majority?

A simple answer to above question is that for an Ordinary Bill to become an Act of Parliament; it has to go through various stages and has to be passed in both Houses of the Parliament. Now, while Government is in majority in the House of People (Lok Sabha), it doesn’t enjoy majority in Council of States (Rajya Sabha). Hence, opposition parties are trying all means to kill time in Rajya Sabha and not discuss/debate the key Bills.

How a Bill becomes an Act is a wide and detailed topic. For the sake of ease of understanding of the entire process, here, I have tried to summarize and capture the Life Cycle of an Ordinary Bill from the time it is proposed in either of the Houses till it becomes an Act. Kindly refer to below figure to understand an Ordinary Bill's life cycle.

Figure: Bill's Life Cycle

However, there are few Bills like Money Bills and certain other categories of Financial Bills which can ONLY be introduced in Lok Sabha. After it is passed by Lok Sabha, it is transmitted to Rajya Sabha for its concurrence or recommendation.  Rajya Sabha has to return such a Bill to Lok Sabha within a period of 14 days from its receipt.  If it is not returned to Lok Sabha within that time, the Bill is deemed to have been passed by both Houses.  Again, Rajya Sabha cannot amend a Money Bill; it can only recommend amendments and Lok Sabha may either accept or reject all or any of the recommendations made by Rajya Sabha.

Similarly, Constitution Amendment Bills, like GST in current scenario, has to be passed by both Houses by a Special Majority (2/3^rd of the House) & not simple majority like Ordinary Bills. Also, if both Houses are in dis-agreement, a joint-committee is NOT an option for such Bill.

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References:

1.       http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

2.       http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p5.htm

3.       http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/legislative_process.htm

4.       http://www.slideshare.net/RAJATDIXIT2/how-a-bill-become-law