Pakistanis in terrorist plots by K B Kale on 11 Apr 2009
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Most-terror-plots-in-UK-hatched-in-Pak-Police/445515/
British rulers are paying for their past sins. They favoured and cajoled Muslims in India to create a viable opposition to Hindu majority, encouraged division of India into India and Pakistan and till date they were sleeping when a huge crowd of Pakistani citizen entered British society in various fields - menial jobs, education, administration, government, scientific field etc and it would seem that people who entered in last 10-12 years are more of militant genre.British Government could change their laws and send back all suspects to their mother country and only allow Hindus who are “mild-and-meek” by nature to enter UK.K B Kale, Jakarta
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Comparing the prices of medicine in India and Indonesia
Related letter by Indonesian person* in Dawn
http://www.chowk.com/interacts/11520
Comparing the prices of medicine in India and Indonesia
THIS refers to the letter by Raza Ali Dossa (Jan 4).To eliminate overcharging, the pharmaceutical companies should print the maximum retail price on each medicine. This is obligatory in India.
One wonders why a tube of Canesten, a skin ointment, costs the equivalent of five cents per gram in India but 25 cents per gram in Indonesia. Both versions are manufactured by the same multinational company.
Similarly, 500-milligram tablets of Glycophage cost five times more here than their equivalent, Glycomet, does in India. Daonil in five-milligram tablets costs 17 times than its Indian equivalent. Pioglar-15 costs 6.5 times more. Interestingly, the generic Metformin and Glibenclamide both cost about the same here as the branded variety in India. Why is there so much difference between the costs of generic and branded medicines? And why do Indonesian doctors not prescribe generic medicines?
Thanks to the printed prices on the medicines, Indian pharmacies sell medicines at the proper prices. On the other hand, the Indonesian customer is blissfully ignorant about what the price of the medicine should be. We desperately need to determine who is primarily responsible for the higher costs of medicines. Some NGOs should take up this issue. The government should also step in to curb the retail prices of medicines.
Indians will remain ever grateful to the late prime minister Indira Gandhi, who forced the pharmaceutical industry to print and charge fair prices. By and large, all pharmaceutical companies in India are still doing well.
I feel President Susilo Yudhoyono will win another bigger landslide victory in his quest for a second term if he earns the gratitude of millions of Indonesians who cannot afford medicines.
K.B. KALE, Jakarta, Indonesia
* This refers to me!
http://www.chowk.com/interacts/11520
Comparing the prices of medicine in India and Indonesia
THIS refers to the letter by Raza Ali Dossa (Jan 4).To eliminate overcharging, the pharmaceutical companies should print the maximum retail price on each medicine. This is obligatory in India.
One wonders why a tube of Canesten, a skin ointment, costs the equivalent of five cents per gram in India but 25 cents per gram in Indonesia. Both versions are manufactured by the same multinational company.
Similarly, 500-milligram tablets of Glycophage cost five times more here than their equivalent, Glycomet, does in India. Daonil in five-milligram tablets costs 17 times than its Indian equivalent. Pioglar-15 costs 6.5 times more. Interestingly, the generic Metformin and Glibenclamide both cost about the same here as the branded variety in India. Why is there so much difference between the costs of generic and branded medicines? And why do Indonesian doctors not prescribe generic medicines?
Thanks to the printed prices on the medicines, Indian pharmacies sell medicines at the proper prices. On the other hand, the Indonesian customer is blissfully ignorant about what the price of the medicine should be. We desperately need to determine who is primarily responsible for the higher costs of medicines. Some NGOs should take up this issue. The government should also step in to curb the retail prices of medicines.
Indians will remain ever grateful to the late prime minister Indira Gandhi, who forced the pharmaceutical industry to print and charge fair prices. By and large, all pharmaceutical companies in India are still doing well.
I feel President Susilo Yudhoyono will win another bigger landslide victory in his quest for a second term if he earns the gratitude of millions of Indonesians who cannot afford medicines.
K.B. KALE, Jakarta, Indonesia
* This refers to me!
Saturday, 26 December 2009
The Future of Pakistan
The Future of Pakistan
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1649041,00.html
TIME Magazine [ASIA Edition 2nd August 2007 under "The Future of Pakistan"]
One feels pity for the plight of the Pakistani man on the street: he is either crushed under the heavy boots of military dictators or under pressure from fanatical clergy, and has been allowed only a few fleeting moments of democratic sunshine. But recent signs are very encouraging. People are rising in loud protests against the dismissal of their Chief Justice and the reactions of everyday Pakistani people to Musharraf's invasion of the Red Mosque seem to be sympathetic to the opponents of extremism. Whenever the silent majority remains silent, those countries fall prey to military or theocratic dictatorship. Let us hope that the Pakistani people do not present their country on a silver platter to the mullahs. They must be vocal and resist any attempt of takeover by the clergy.
K.B, Kale, Jakarta
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1649041,00.html
TIME Magazine [ASIA Edition 2nd August 2007 under "The Future of Pakistan"]
One feels pity for the plight of the Pakistani man on the street: he is either crushed under the heavy boots of military dictators or under pressure from fanatical clergy, and has been allowed only a few fleeting moments of democratic sunshine. But recent signs are very encouraging. People are rising in loud protests against the dismissal of their Chief Justice and the reactions of everyday Pakistani people to Musharraf's invasion of the Red Mosque seem to be sympathetic to the opponents of extremism. Whenever the silent majority remains silent, those countries fall prey to military or theocratic dictatorship. Let us hope that the Pakistani people do not present their country on a silver platter to the mullahs. They must be vocal and resist any attempt of takeover by the clergy.
K.B, Kale, Jakarta
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