Everything is not politics.

Pundits never stop talking, even if it is confused mish-mash. Two events have got them terribly excited recently. The present government, on coming to power, has politely asked several governors, appointed by the Congress, to resign. For Congress stooges this is completely unacceptable, never mind that the Congress did the same when they came to power in 2004. Governors are ceremonial officials, they say, and not employees that they can be thrown out at will. They have been appointed at the President's pleasure and can only be removed by the President or on completion of their terms. The President is also ceremonial and must work on the advice of the council of ministers and if that is what they want then that should be ' his pleasure '. The bigger problem is that every governor is a political appointment, some as a reward for doing the dirty work for the Congress, some to harass opposition parties in power in the states while some were appointed to protect them from allegations of crime. Governors are there to provide a dispassionate report on the functioning of the state government to the center but if they are political stooges then they are clearly unfit for office. The other event that has the pseuds frothing at their mouths is a report from the Intelligence Bureau that NGOs funded by foreign money are working actively to stop development of India. In scathing criticism they allege that the IB is working for the government, that NGOs protect the vulnerable in the society and that the government wants to destroy the environment and livelihood of tribal people. There is obviously some truth in that but it is also true that if foreign money is coming from unknown sources then there is great scope for creating disturbances and undermining the state. Sadly for the pseuds the Secretary-General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused Putin of supporting NGOs to stop fracking for shale gas in Europe. " I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations - environmental organisations working against shale gas - to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas," he said. Russia recently banned US educational NGOs, blaming them for creating the riots in Ukraine. The US has over 450,000 productive gas wells. How many do we have? With over 7000 miles of coastline how much has been explored?. We are even buying coal with more than 250 billion tonnes in reserve. Some NGOs do good work but most are probably agents of foreign governments or companies. Time to get rid of them.