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Babu saroj replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
vijay wrote:
All solutions can be viable only if a reliable public transport is available, otherwise people will use their own vehicles to commute.
Yeah it is a good idea !! But it is only possible if the driver and his conductor is trustworthy to the person who is travelling in their vehicles
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Can there be another division of India on religious lines?.
Aurangzeb was the first Mughal ruler who came under control of the Islamic religious elements and under their influence took many anti Hindu decisions like introduction of Jiziya tac on Hindus. Beheading of Guru Tegh Bahadur was a religion based decision. It was because of such decisions the Mughal empire started collapsing. The lesson we should draw is that when political deciioins are taken on basis of religion they will cause the downfall of the system/country. that is why in a pluralistic country like ours the constitution should be the guiding factor and not any religion.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic How to tackle juvenile criminals?.
I think that the juvenile crimes are the psychological crimes and that should treated very patently and calmly.we shouldn't treat them as intensional criminals.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
India is a tourists delight but dirty surroundings and inadequate infrastructure makes it a not overall good experience.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
Well yeah everyone should tour to different places for a change and to live a life in his/her own way.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic BJP and coming elections in states.
It is all becoming too confusing. India indeed is a complex country.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
vijay wrote:
It is my feeling that the more quantity of words written gets more money. That should not be a main criterion however.
I totally agree with you, my only intension is that if the article is approved then it should be justified by giving minimum amount of rs. 15
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
It would be helpful if the terms were known to writers as they can then accordingly structure their articles and also know how much reward they can expect. Transparency is the key operating parameter these days. Your answer I am sorry to state, sounds somewhat arrogant.
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
vijay wrote:
Extra payment is not being demanded but adequate payment is being demanded. Now who will define what is adequate?
The one that owns this site and allots cash for an articles will decide and define what is adequate
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
All solutions can be viable only if a reliable public transport is available, otherwise people will use their own vehicles to commute.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
It is my feeling that the more quantity of words written gets more money. That should not be a main criterion however.
9 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
Travelling opens an inner eye. If one is not fond of reading and is not even interested in travelling then his/her thought remains quite narrow. Once a person starts exploring through travelling then it helps to understand and do comparative study from which one is able to pick the good points.
9 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Possibly the articles receiving Rs. 5/ or 8/- must be such as are not worth publishing but the admin is just giving some consolation. I feel that minimum amount should be Rs. 50/- Any article deserving lesser amount should be considered sub standard and not approved.
If any article does not qualify to get Rs. 50/- should be considered as substandard cannot be a right judgement. To qualify for the minimum amount the site should lay down some fixed criteria such as word limit, error free article or minimum mistakes, must have headings and subheadings and so on. Without some fixed conditions the writers cannot understand the requirement of the site.
There is minimum 300 words requirement for article. The guidelines for writing articles are given in the site itself. It should be appreciated that an article is not like mathematics and so it is not possible to give rigid criterion. Apart from words limit, an article should be grammatically correct, not copied, properly formatted and presentable. An article need not be merely informative as all information is available on web sites. an author should give his own original thoughts and opinion with reasons, divide article in paragraphs and give sub headings to these. It will be best to read the articles first to get an idea about model articles.
Thanks for the details and the given criteria are well known but suppose you reject an article and consider it as substandard then I feel it would be of great help if you convey the reasons in a well defined manner. I know it will be an extra pressure on the editors still it's a humble request because it will help the writers to assess their write-up in a much better way. Even if you are giving a minimum amount then also the reason should be mentioned or else we writers will never try to assess our fault and accuse the editors.
While rejecting, I give reasons and also suggestion to improve the article and resubmit. When I feel that article has good content but with bad grammar and mistakes, I even attempt to make correction though this is very time consuming. Normally editors cannot be expected to take so much pains. They do not get such remuneration as would compensate the efforts in making too many corrections. If the article contains mistakes in every line, editors would normally reject and you can't blame them for this.
Personally, I don't want to accept an article with glaring mistakes and spelling errors even for small cash like Rs. five or ten. A badly written article must be rejected rather than approved with small amount like Rs. 5/.
There is no reason to blame the editors. Writing an article and submission of it is just like an examination. If it's good then one will be well paid and if it's poor in quality then it should be rejected. There can be no second choice. When we send an article to the print media then we have no say just like that we should not have any say on the decisions made by the editors. I was talking about suggestion only because it will point out the mistakes which will be of great help but certainly if there are numerous errors in an article then it should be rejected because making correction is possible only if there are a few careless mistakes.
9 years ago
Bajirao replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
I agree it is better to increase the public transportation to reduce the number of vehicles on street.
In case if public transportation is not possible or does not cover the route, I think car pooling I better choice..
People should either walk or use bicycle instead of car for short distance commute.. Unecessary use of private vehicle should be reduced which can be done by educating the community and telling them the advantages of reducing the use of private vehicles..
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Are we conscious of our voting rights?.
With Jen Dhan and Aadhar card funds are suposef to go directly into beneficiaries account. That is what PM and FM have been telling us all along.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic BJP and coming elections in states.
There is a limit to BJP's expansion. We know that the rise of BJP is mainly for emotive issues. The emotive issues work only where you have sizable Hindu population. It depends on how much BJP/ RSS can make use of emotive issues. Overdoing boomerangs. In Bihar, they gave slogan- "If BJP loses in Bihar, crackers will be burst in Pakistan." This did not work there. In some states, local politicians easily change side depending on the politics at center. In Arunachal Pradesh, the legislators will join either the BJP or congress whosoever rules at center. such local politicians are fair weather friends and cannot be considered reliable either by congress or BJP. They will also not give up their local culture. For example, even BJP members will eat beef in North East, Bengal and Kerala. They cannot be relied for Hindutva brand politics. Most probably, the fact of beef eating BJP members in these states would affect the fortune of BJP in cow belt.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
vijay wrote:
All solutions can be viable only if a reliable public transport is available, otherwise people will use their own vehicles to commute.
Yeah it is a good idea !! But it is only possible if the driver and his conductor is trustworthy to the person who is travelling in their vehicles
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Can there be another division of India on religious lines?.
Aurangzeb was the first Mughal ruler who came under control of the Islamic religious elements and under their influence took many anti Hindu decisions like introduction of Jiziya tac on Hindus. Beheading of Guru Tegh Bahadur was a religion based decision. It was because of such decisions the Mughal empire started collapsing. The lesson we should draw is that when political deciioins are taken on basis of religion they will cause the downfall of the system/country. that is why in a pluralistic country like ours the constitution should be the guiding factor and not any religion.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic How to tackle juvenile criminals?.
I think that the juvenile crimes are the psychological crimes and that should treated very patently and calmly.we shouldn't treat them as intensional criminals.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
India is a tourists delight but dirty surroundings and inadequate infrastructure makes it a not overall good experience.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
Well yeah everyone should tour to different places for a change and to live a life in his/her own way.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic BJP and coming elections in states.
It is all becoming too confusing. India indeed is a complex country.
9 years ago
Babu saroj replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
vijay wrote:
It is my feeling that the more quantity of words written gets more money. That should not be a main criterion however.
I totally agree with you, my only intension is that if the article is approved then it should be justified by giving minimum amount of rs. 15
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
It would be helpful if the terms were known to writers as they can then accordingly structure their articles and also know how much reward they can expect. Transparency is the key operating parameter these days. Your answer I am sorry to state, sounds somewhat arrogant.
9 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
vijay wrote:
Extra payment is not being demanded but adequate payment is being demanded. Now who will define what is adequate?
The one that owns this site and allots cash for an articles will decide and define what is adequate
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
All solutions can be viable only if a reliable public transport is available, otherwise people will use their own vehicles to commute.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
It is my feeling that the more quantity of words written gets more money. That should not be a main criterion however.
9 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic The importance of travelling and going places.
Travelling opens an inner eye. If one is not fond of reading and is not even interested in travelling then his/her thought remains quite narrow. Once a person starts exploring through travelling then it helps to understand and do comparative study from which one is able to pick the good points.
9 years ago
Shampa Sadhya replied to the topic Minimum amount for article should be rs.15.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Shampa Sadhya wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Possibly the articles receiving Rs. 5/ or 8/- must be such as are not worth publishing but the admin is just giving some consolation. I feel that minimum amount should be Rs. 50/- Any article deserving lesser amount should be considered sub standard and not approved.
If any article does not qualify to get Rs. 50/- should be considered as substandard cannot be a right judgement. To qualify for the minimum amount the site should lay down some fixed criteria such as word limit, error free article or minimum mistakes, must have headings and subheadings and so on. Without some fixed conditions the writers cannot understand the requirement of the site.
There is minimum 300 words requirement for article. The guidelines for writing articles are given in the site itself. It should be appreciated that an article is not like mathematics and so it is not possible to give rigid criterion. Apart from words limit, an article should be grammatically correct, not copied, properly formatted and presentable. An article need not be merely informative as all information is available on web sites. an author should give his own original thoughts and opinion with reasons, divide article in paragraphs and give sub headings to these. It will be best to read the articles first to get an idea about model articles.
Thanks for the details and the given criteria are well known but suppose you reject an article and consider it as substandard then I feel it would be of great help if you convey the reasons in a well defined manner. I know it will be an extra pressure on the editors still it's a humble request because it will help the writers to assess their write-up in a much better way. Even if you are giving a minimum amount then also the reason should be mentioned or else we writers will never try to assess our fault and accuse the editors.
While rejecting, I give reasons and also suggestion to improve the article and resubmit. When I feel that article has good content but with bad grammar and mistakes, I even attempt to make correction though this is very time consuming. Normally editors cannot be expected to take so much pains. They do not get such remuneration as would compensate the efforts in making too many corrections. If the article contains mistakes in every line, editors would normally reject and you can't blame them for this.
Personally, I don't want to accept an article with glaring mistakes and spelling errors even for small cash like Rs. five or ten. A badly written article must be rejected rather than approved with small amount like Rs. 5/.
There is no reason to blame the editors. Writing an article and submission of it is just like an examination. If it's good then one will be well paid and if it's poor in quality then it should be rejected. There can be no second choice. When we send an article to the print media then we have no say just like that we should not have any say on the decisions made by the editors. I was talking about suggestion only because it will point out the mistakes which will be of great help but certainly if there are numerous errors in an article then it should be rejected because making correction is possible only if there are a few careless mistakes.
9 years ago
Bajirao replied to the topic How do we make public travel far better?.
I agree it is better to increase the public transportation to reduce the number of vehicles on street.
In case if public transportation is not possible or does not cover the route, I think car pooling I better choice..
People should either walk or use bicycle instead of car for short distance commute.. Unecessary use of private vehicle should be reduced which can be done by educating the community and telling them the advantages of reducing the use of private vehicles..
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Are we conscious of our voting rights?.
With Jen Dhan and Aadhar card funds are suposef to go directly into beneficiaries account. That is what PM and FM have been telling us all along.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic BJP and coming elections in states.
There is a limit to BJP's expansion. We know that the rise of BJP is mainly for emotive issues. The emotive issues work only where you have sizable Hindu population. It depends on how much BJP/ RSS can make use of emotive issues. Overdoing boomerangs. In Bihar, they gave slogan- "If BJP loses in Bihar, crackers will be burst in Pakistan." This did not work there. In some states, local politicians easily change side depending on the politics at center. In Arunachal Pradesh, the legislators will join either the BJP or congress whosoever rules at center. such local politicians are fair weather friends and cannot be considered reliable either by congress or BJP. They will also not give up their local culture. For example, even BJP members will eat beef in North East, Bengal and Kerala. They cannot be relied for Hindutva brand politics. Most probably, the fact of beef eating BJP members in these states would affect the fortune of BJP in cow belt.
9 years ago