NOW HE IS THE BIGG B....

Yes, I am telling about Amitabh Bachchan, the Bollywood's Shanhenshah, Superstar, Star of the Millenium, Demi God, entrepreneur, politician, game-whow host, singer,one-man industry and super human-being with huge fan base. He needs no introduction.

In mid-60, I had the opportunity to be closely associated with one Shri B.D. Khanna residing at Mohini Road, Dehra Dun. Shri Khanna was the most successful Sales Promotor for M/s Walchandnagar Industries Ltd., Lipi Boilers both of Pune. He was importantly associated with Bird & Company of Kolkata, which is dominated by Burmans. The youngest brother of Shri Khanna namely Shri R.S. Khanna, a well-built attractrive personality, was also in the employ of Bird & Company, where I happened to be once. When some one showed me the Chief Executive of Bird, I said "I know him. He is Mr. Jagdish Marwah, younger brother of highy respected quarry owner of my native place (Dehra Dun). It was, however, new thing for me to know that Shri Jagdish Marwah was married to the daughter of one of Burmans. Sudenly, a dark, tall, lean, lanky and intensely brooding person having horse features came before us. My partner said "He is Amith, son of well-know poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan." I promptly enquired "Is it ? What is he doing here ?" My friend replied "He is working as Freight Broker in Bird". Actually, Amitabh looked so unattractive to me that I was surprised to see him in his debute film "Saat Hindustani" though he was awarded for the same. It was beyond my intelligence to imagine how this person got entry in a film - later on I came to know that his entry in Bolywood could be possible on account of an intrductory letter from late Indira Gandhi, the then P.M. of India as Amith was a friend of Rajiv Gandhi. Anyhow, the deep baritone voice of Amitabh Bachchan in Anand made me his admirer.

After seeing the downs and downs, the destiny has finally placed him at his current position where there is no limit for this super-star. To me, in effect, his every major decision was a surprise - like his working in Bird as Freight Broker, his joining films, his marrying Jaya due to heght reasons, his joining politics, his promoting ABCL, his organising Fashion Event, his working in Nishabad opposite Jia and now in Pa...

Any Amitabh Bachchan (Srivastav) deseves Kudos for withstanding intense pressure and all odds.

His journey to stardom justifies the saying IF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY.

May God Bless Him To Achieve More And More Heights.

(ONGC) MISSING EMPLOYEES' SCHEME (???)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has no policy with regard to missing employees. Rather, ONGC is still following the pre-independence days' practice to wait-for-seven-years to settle the dues of such employees in case their death is not established, where-as the things have totally chanaged long back..........

In accordance with the Rules of the Central Goverment, retirement benefits can be paid to the family of an employee who is missing and his/her whereabouts are not known provided the family should have lodged a complaint with the concerned Police Station to this effect and obtained a report that inspite of all efforts the employee has not been traced.

1. Salary due, leave encashment due and the amount of GPF is to be paid in the first instance.

2. (i) Death Gratuity restricted to the Retirement Gratuity. (ii) Family Pension from the date of FIR;and (iii) Accumulations from the Savings Fund under Group Insurance Scheme are to be paid after one year.

For the above purpose, the nominees/dependents should furnish an Indemnity Bond that in case the missing employee appears on the scene at a later date and makes claim, all the payments shall be adjusted against the payment due to such an employee.

3. (i) Difference between Death Gratuity and Retirement Gratuity, (ii) Insurance Cover admissible under Group Insurance Scheme would be paid after the death is estalished or seven years.

The claimants should produce proper and indisputable proof of death or Decree of the Court in terms of Section 108 of the Indian Evidence Act.

Subscriptions for one year and insurance premium alone for the next six years will be recovered with interest from the amounts payable on account of Savings Fund and Insurance Fund respetively under GIS.

4. Benefits can be sanctioned only on the employee being acquitted by the Court or after conclusion of disiplinary proceedings in case the emplyee is missing after committing fraud.

5. Famly pension can be sanctioned as per conditions stated above in the case of Missing Pensioner also.

Note: In the case of mississing employee, Compassionate Appointment can be considered after two years from the date of missing.

(The author has served this esteemed organisation for 42 years. He feels anxiety and intensity for any lapse detrimental the well-being and image of ONGC. Hence, such writings.)

M O R A L

There was a King who kept his harem several miles away from his palace. Each day he used to send a trusted servant to fetch a wife for him.Moral was quite plain. The servant died at 4O while the King lived 87. It is not the woman who kills the man. It is running after them.

CHURCHIL'S PREDICTION

While opposing the Bill to grant independence to our country, several decades ago, late
statesman Sir Winston Churchil said in the House of Commons:-

'Liberty is man's birth-right. However, to give the reins of goverment to Congress at this juncture is to hand-over the destiny of hungry millions into the hands of rascals, rouges and free-booters. Not a bottle of water or a leaf of bread shall escape taxation; only the air will be free and the blood of these hungry millions will be on the head of Mr. Atlee. India would be lost in political squabbles. It will take a thousand years for them to enter the periphery of philosophy or politics. To-day we hand-over the reins of the Goverment to man of straw, of whom no trace will be found after a few years."

Could we ever be so strong enough to disapprove and rebute the grim and poor picture of our abilities presented by this great politician of the world before the British Parliament several years ago ? This question has always been in my mind since the time I came to know about the said statement during my school days in the context of prevailing problems like unemployment, soaring prices, scarcity of foodgrains, adulteration in food and drugs, nepotism, corruption, political instability, black money, acceleration of production and demon of inflation etc. etc.

Still we have to see how we nullify the words of Churchil....................

(ONGC) COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS (???)

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) is under statutory obligation to extend concession for Compassionate Appointment under relaxed standard of norms to the dependent family member of an employee who dies in harness and indigent circumstances while in service (inluding death by suicide, in case of missing employee if he had at least two years to retire and when an employee is retired on medical ground before attaining the age of 57 years).The limitation of such appointments is upto 5% of the direct recruitment made. Financial benefits received need not be a ground for rejecting the proposal viz-a-viz other adverse factors urging acceptance. In exceptional circumstances such appointment can be extended even when there is an earning member in the family.The services of an employees who has been extended Campassionate Appointment cannot be terminated.

It is, however, regretted that in ONGC, the above requirements are not being met with.