Wishing all of you a very happy republic day!!!
'Republic'...The dictionary defines it as the right of commonality to elect the people who they think are deserving to run their nation. But sometimes I feel, does it really make a difference? Coming from me , who has never voted once in her life ... or coming from those who see no point in voting anymore, are we really the people who care about who is running this country ?
Days have passed, and so have years,but the motto of elections still remains the same - " Reduction in unemployment", "Reduction in poverty","to control taxation" and "to curb terrorism" . As a nation, as a country have we really grown? Have we changed at all ? Or are we the same since 60 years, facing the same problems we faced 60 years ago? has there been any improvement at all ?
To counter that there has been some increase... the population, Amount of Brain drain... , Number of states in the country... , the rift between the rich and the poor...amount of money in the world bank, the size of terrorist clans, number of rapes in the cities, prices of vegetables, and the percentage in tax! (to name a few)
'Republic'...The dictionary defines it as the right of commonality to elect the people who they think are deserving to run their nation. But sometimes I feel, does it really make a difference? Coming from me , who has never voted once in her life ... or coming from those who see no point in voting anymore, are we really the people who care about who is running this country ?
Days have passed, and so have years,but the motto of elections still remains the same - " Reduction in unemployment", "Reduction in poverty","to control taxation" and "to curb terrorism" . As a nation, as a country have we really grown? Have we changed at all ? Or are we the same since 60 years, facing the same problems we faced 60 years ago? has there been any improvement at all ?
To counter that there has been some increase... the population, Amount of Brain drain... , Number of states in the country... , the rift between the rich and the poor...amount of money in the world bank, the size of terrorist clans, number of rapes in the cities, prices of vegetables, and the percentage in tax! (to name a few)
Do we take our voting rights seriously? Are the people contesting elections worthy enough to think about the society ,apart from their bank balance? What do these politicians have in mind when they stand for elections? Do they bear the sanctity and the courage which takes to run a community? what are their motives?
Seems like the term defining India as a 'developing country' will soon cease to exist.If all the country is left with, are people who are living there just because they didn't get a chance to settle abroad, politicians who are finally "thinking about " - thinking about the country because they have reached their account limit... or frustrated , tired and helpless citizens who have to fight for their right to live with respect in their own country. how will this country call itself 'developing'?, when all the factors leading to progress slowly seem to diminish!!!
When will we grow above our petty issues of separating states, educating taxi drivers or fostering a terrorist (who btw eventually learns Marathi but residents don't !!! ) or blaming the occurence of any tragic social event on some movie ... when will this never ending blame game cease? Who should take the responsibility of the issues haunting the indian society ?
We should . We are responsible for todays scenario in every sense. We the people, who take pride in saying 'we broke the rules' are responsible for corruption. we, who have no respect for the law, are responsible. We, who are so self engrossed , that we end up exploiting every opportunity we face , are responsible. we have no discipline in our blood. We are taught to break rules, bribe , lie , do anything to 'survive'. Todays India is our reflection. Our attitude, our discipline, our behaviour and our approach all have given birth to the Republic of India we see and pity today.
So let us make an attempt to change ourselves, to change the people around us, to nurture the hope, that one day we will become a part of India we all will be proud of. And like education, any change begins at home. So lets make a move and brace ourselves, change ourselves, educate ourselves for a better tomorrow. For a better future. Let us be the politicians, the community will fight to vote for, let us be the leaders who have no better interest than the renovation of todays scenario, let us be the society who values and respects every human and animal alive. Let us be a parent, for a better tomorrow.
Happy Republic day.
Seems like the term defining India as a 'developing country' will soon cease to exist.If all the country is left with, are people who are living there just because they didn't get a chance to settle abroad, politicians who are finally "thinking about " - thinking about the country because they have reached their account limit... or frustrated , tired and helpless citizens who have to fight for their right to live with respect in their own country. how will this country call itself 'developing'?, when all the factors leading to progress slowly seem to diminish!!!
When will we grow above our petty issues of separating states, educating taxi drivers or fostering a terrorist (who btw eventually learns Marathi but residents don't !!! ) or blaming the occurence of any tragic social event on some movie ... when will this never ending blame game cease? Who should take the responsibility of the issues haunting the indian society ?
We should . We are responsible for todays scenario in every sense. We the people, who take pride in saying 'we broke the rules' are responsible for corruption. we, who have no respect for the law, are responsible. We, who are so self engrossed , that we end up exploiting every opportunity we face , are responsible. we have no discipline in our blood. We are taught to break rules, bribe , lie , do anything to 'survive'. Todays India is our reflection. Our attitude, our discipline, our behaviour and our approach all have given birth to the Republic of India we see and pity today.
So let us make an attempt to change ourselves, to change the people around us, to nurture the hope, that one day we will become a part of India we all will be proud of. And like education, any change begins at home. So lets make a move and brace ourselves, change ourselves, educate ourselves for a better tomorrow. For a better future. Let us be the politicians, the community will fight to vote for, let us be the leaders who have no better interest than the renovation of todays scenario, let us be the society who values and respects every human and animal alive. Let us be a parent, for a better tomorrow.
Happy Republic day.
so true.....if we expect any change it has to start from us....we need to make sure that we have a better tomorrow....lets get the dirt out of indian politics and lets start a new beginning.....we can and we will do it.
ReplyDeleteJAI HIND
I agree! well, mostly anyways.. especially bout voting and involvement. But i disagree on the part where you highlight only the increase in bad things. Check (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BPL_Data_GOI.png) out for instance, look at recent GDP growth... things are getting better..
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think of Indian macrocosm as an effect of Chaos (..as in the theory), but then again ... Ive only read the wikipedia article on it.
"hey, thats exactly what I wanted to say"....I'm sure most of us will react this way...coz we care about our nation and its future.But if we really do care,we ought to do something.
ReplyDeleteThere is a whole clan of trojans in our system and we have to format our system, cleanse the whole ******system.
Please suggest how we can do this indomitable and formidable task.
A GOOD START. KEEP IT UP
Ofcourse... things are getting better, but not to the extent where we should be satisfied with ourselves. This improvement is slower that stagnation !!!
ReplyDeleteWe have to buck up .. and for every progressive step we need a good leader. And we have to be our own leaders.we have to bring about this change.
well said..... yeah things havent changed at the rate one would expect but i believe they are better & getting better. on the political system.......loads of work is needed. unfortunately its one place where the rich & powerful have a greater say. however recent statements from some big politicians regarding restriction of criminals into politics & a call for greater honesty are some positives......lets hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Club!!
btw ur blog is excellently designed. very appealing! i'll call u for help in 'upgrading' my site!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aniket!!! anytime... well i still need to insert the "inspired by" caption ... :)
ReplyDeleteAgainst the backdrop of release of movie "rann",I would like to say that news channels have been growing like mushrooms past few years.But it is sad that there is dearth of real content.The quality and authenticity has gone down.(unlike the doordarshan news which gave real truth without any frills)
ReplyDeleteToday all channels are after trp ratings.they will downgrade themselves to any level to increase the trp ratings of their channel.Shame on the media!
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