ONE RIGHT: April 2017

I always stand up for what I believe in and what is right even if it means standing alone...In life standing up for your rights is never easy but it is very important to embark on this Long and difficult path to enforce and protect your individual and consumer rights.We all must be aware of our rights.In exercising our rights are we truly free individuals.

I have won many long customer battles against Banks,Phone Companies, Airlines, Electronics Companies etc. I have devoted time and energy to demand positive resolutions for myself and people around me. I hate it when one is denied what every customer has a right to...and that is when I find it important to address it and complain about it. I know it takes time to escalate matters but somehow I prefer to address it no matter what. Having lived in America for sometime, I give a lot of importance to Individual Rights.

It is my nephew who inspired me to write this blog. He felt the importance of his rights and the need to address this subject in a blog very early in age when he was unhappy with the services of a certain Airline. It was then that he suggested that I should write a blog concerning such matters too.

Everyone has certain rights but we are usually not informed about them or do not exercise them. We have a right to be heard...and we must never forget that. There is One Right for All and None should be discriminated. One has the right to question and a right to information. With growing middle class touch 400 million and consumerism, Indian Companies need to become responsive to Consumer complaints and grievances. Ignoring such complaints could lead to big financial losses for the company on consumer complaints being upheld by Consumer Courts.

In this blog, I would like us to share our knowledge about how best to address our complaints effectively as a customer or consumer. It is also important to inform people about the poor customer services provided by reputed brand names. But I would also like to hi-light the names of companies and brands who have co-operated with customers and given positive responses. Please do share your experiences too.

You do not win every battle in life but you learn lessons from it and hopefully live to win it some day. Through this blog ,I would like to inspire people to stand up for their rights and if needed fight for it but the fight for your rights has to be fair and honest. I aim to create a direction and awareness for people who are not given their due rights as an individual first and then as a consumer. There are always solutions and there are way to reach those solutions or alternatives as customers through proper channels.

Whenever you have been able to get your rights heard, you should generously share that knowledge as how best to achieve that so that others could follow that too. Pay it forward ! We should share knowledge and in doing so we will learn more from each other. Alone you can stand up for your rights but with people behind you and with you , there will be more force in it and consumers and customers will not be taken for granted. United we stand in getting value for our hard earned money...United we stand in ensuring we get good customer service.

When there is a will there is a way. When you stand up for your rights and for others , somebody will listen to you sooner or later. Your voice will be heard ! But for that you have to speak out ! Silence can sometimes be mistaken as weakness or indifference. Always know your rights and request for those rights to be implemented but if they are not then demand that justice be served.

Always stand up for your rights...

Consumer Rights Consumer Might !

" Sadaa Haq Aithe Rakh ! "

"Manzil mushkil to Kya... Humhe to us rah par chalna hi hai..."

Friday, April 7, 2017

Delhi Haat administration's unfair treatment ! - Word with a certain craftsman

Delhi Haat is no longer as authentic as it used to be in the early days when it gave equal opportunity to all craftsmen and artisans from different States to showcase their talents. Now it has become very commercial because stalls are basically given to the same shopkeepers and same States every time because of which many craftsmen from other States feel left out and harassed.

It seems Delhi Haat administration is clearly becoming very selective and partial to some by giving the best spots and stalls to states of their choices only which clearly demonstrates their discrimination. Or is it that corruption is eroding the Delhi Haat administration ? Word and feedback from certain craftsmen has it that how ever much they may appeal to the administration, they are never ever given a chance to display their handicrafts at the best location at Delhi Haat or perform even free puppet shows for that matter any more.

In fact they are pushed to the farther most dark side or the extreme end of Delhi Haat which does not do justice to their handicrafts as that end is hardly frequented that much by visitors. According to one craftsman from Rajasthan, the people or shopkeepers who are winning good positions of stalls at Delhi Haat are apparently giving expensive gifts or bribes to ensure that their positions of stalls remain permanent.

Stalls should be given on rotation basis. Denying people every time the right, chance and opportunity to display their handicrafts at the best spot there and always giving them the worst positions of stalls is highly discriminatory. Such matters should be thoroughly investigated based on the feedback of the craftsmen to weigh the truth and get to the bottom of the issue to resolve it.

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