[I am re-posting an article that I wrote on the Indian Independence day, Aug 15th 2005, when I was still doing my undergraduation in India. Sad to say, the situation hasn't changed any further till today, Nov 11, 2008, it has in fact become worse. As I write in the last sentence of the blog, I hope we change for good, and we don't move backwards, but I guess that was inevitable.:(.. I still stand on my '3 Solutions'. Read further ......]
This is an old story retold again n again n again .........
Hello there .... As is the normal case , u might have forgotten the significance of this day...well , u gotta be debased if u thought it was just another day .. Just another Monday .. just another boring day .. just another bromidic start to a grumpy week ahead ....just another day in this stereotyped world of ours ...........
well stop cursing me now .. n stop scrutinizing everywhere and asking everyone what day is it today ....n please don't even think of looking for it in the calender , because u would never find the calender in the RUMMAGE , which u may call ur ROOM/HOUSE/DORM etc ...
Well Wake up to this new Hi-tech age of the ASSIDUOUS and HECTIC life of an average Indian ...Well i wish i cud say anything better bout me ...But i at least know today is OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY and am writing this article ..i know u r giving me one of your insane looks , u might be thinking " You are not the only one who knows about that, i even know this is our 58th year of liberty " !!! Well , First of all KUDOS to ya for knowing that , now let us see what is it that I am trying to address today !!!!! Well the prob is this .....
* A COUNTRY OF POPULATION 1,080,264,388 (rem it keeps changing every few seconds ..LOL..) , Doesn't EVEN PRODUCE A SINGLE GOLD- MEDALIST IN THE OLYMPICS ....
* MOST OF THE ATHLETES , WHO R SUPPOSED TO BE THE CREAM OF INDIA , ALWAYS TEST POSITIVE DURING VARIOUS DRUG TESTS ....
* INDIAN CRICKET ADMINISTRATORS R TRYING THEIR LEVEL BEST TO EMULATE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN INDIAN (insane ) POLITICS ...A CRICKETER GETS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS /REGIONAL / COMMUNAL / LINGUAL FEELINGS RATHER THAN , BY THE CRITERION OF PERFORMANCE ...
* THE SUPPOSEDLY RESPECTABLE MOVIE STARS , DO INSANE ACTIVITIES, LIKE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LESSER KNOWN ARTISTS , TRY TO EARN MILLIONS OF MONEY BY DOING HORRENDOUS ACTIVITIES , HAVING LINKS With UNDERWORLD , INVOLVING IN INFINITE SCANDALS N SCAMS , the list is endless ....
* MOST OF THE GOODS ( read as ALL commodities ) , MANUFACTURED IN INDIA ARE ALL SUB- STANDARD ...THE people AT THE TOP EAT MONEY OF THE people LIKE LEECHES and IN RETURN GIVE THEM NO QUALITY GOODS ...(P.S nobody has a right to question them !!! ) ..
*INDIA WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE THE LARGEST MOVIE BASE IN ENTIRE WORLD , ONLY PRODUCES 3 'GOOD' MOVIES with a message, which can change the people ( aren't movies supposed to be a powerful media ? ). The 3 movies are " APARICHITHUDU " , " BHARATHEEYUDU /INDIAN " , " OKE OKKADU /NAYAK " IN 7-8 YEARS ...MOST OF ITS CRAZY MOVIES REVOLVE AROUND --- LOVE/ LUST / VIOLENCE / SENTIMENTS / FACTION / ABUSE AMONG OTHER THINGS which surely provide entertainment, but don't address the tag of being called a powerful Media. They influence the citizens in areas of violence, romance, etc but do not even try to influence them in other matters, which are more important .... Kudos to the Media...
* A COUNTRY LIKE US STARVES FOR WATER IN THE OFF SEASON. BUT WHEN THE RAINS COME, they destroy everything through floods. THEY CROSS THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF THE DAMS and THEY FINALLY END UP Flowing INTO THE SEAS , THE people just FEED ON THIS STORED WATER FOR FEW MONTHS , BUT AFTER THAT AGAIN , ITS THE SAME STORY ..Y CANT V DO something better TO STORE THIS EXCESS WATER ... All the government does is to allocate millions and millions of rupees to these so called 'Irrigation projects', which come to a halt as soon as they are started. But of course the respective political heads see to it that the money allocated is used ( It is residing safely in their personal SWISS bank accounts !!!!!)
* INDIA LEADS THE WORLD IN AREAS WHICH ONE HAS TO BE REALLY SHAMEFUL - AIDS / CORRUPTION / POPULATION / GROWTH RATE / UNCLEANLINESS / ILLITERACY / POVERTY / WATER PROBLEMS / HOMICIDE / CHILD ABUSE / ABUSE OF WOMEN / POLLUTION / BAD WORLD ECONOMY / ...... etc etc .......
* INDIA IS THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD .. IT HAS People FROM VARIED RELIGIONS /COMMUNITIES ETC ... EACH ONE BELIEVES IN A SEPARATE GOD and PRAYS TO THEM ...Y IS IT , THEN NOT EVEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM PRAYS TO BE LOYAL TO HIMSELF , AT LEAST FOR THE FEAR OF GOD !!! Strange not even so many Gods from so many different religions can do anything to make our country a better place.
Of course, managing such a diverse population with such varied religions, castes, languages, cultures is a task which no country other than India can pull off. It is truly the only democratic country in the world, but that's where one should stop talking about its democratic nature, because once you start scratching more, only bad shyt is going to ooze out.
* INDIAN POLITICIANS ARE ELECTED BASED ON HOW THEY BRIBE THE PEOPLE ( that's very sad ) ... AFTER GETTING ELECTED , EACH ONE COMPETES With ONE ANOTHER ON HOW WORSE CAN ONE BE !!!
the list is endless ..ITS A CRUEL VICIOUS CIRCLE !!!! ..i guess i have put forward few of the millions n millions of probleme that we have in this country here ..
now here's a small list of how we can ATTEMPT to change it !!!
** THE MOST BASIC THING IS , BE TRUE AND LOYAL TO YOURSELF !! IF U believe IN GOD , ALWAYS FEAR THE JUDGMENT DAY (as you call it in your own religion ) ..WHENEVER U R BOUT TO do ANYTHING BAD , JUST FEAR THE GOD .. Remember you will have to pay for your deeds. Remember the "Power Of Karma". This is one way to keep control over your actions. WELL IF U R AN ATHEIST , THEN U JUST have to BE TRUE TO YOURSELF and still believe in the "power of Karma" , because ONLY THEN WILL GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO YA !!! Just because you don't believe in something, doesn't mean there is nothing out there, right ? So irrespective of your belief's you will have to pay for what you do. So do good and u will b good and the people around you and in the country will be good too. If you are good to someone, there is no reason why they will be bad to you. ( It's easier said than done, but it has to start somewhere, right ? )
* SECONDLY , THE RESERVATION SYSTEM HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM ALL SPHERES OF INDIA ..The society needs to be divided into 2 CATEGORIES - ONE, ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ANNUAL PAY and ANOTHER BELOW IT ...THOSE BELOW IT HAVE TO BE GIVEN REDUCTION / DISCOUNTS / INCENTIVES, irrespective of their religion/caste, etc ... THIS 'LINE' HAS TO REVIEWED ANNUALLY ...BY DOING SO we are providing FAIR JUSTICE TO EVERYONE and GOOD N ABLE people WILL MOVE UP IN LIFE and SHAPE INDIA INTO A FLYING GOLDEN BIRD, that it was before tragedy struck it !!! I know there are problems to this solution too, like what is the authenticity of the 'annual income' of a household, among other things. But as we know, where there is a will, there is a way. It has to start somewhere, so why not start with this good idea. People who need reservations, because they cannot afford basic education, etc, will be provided and people who can do without them, will not be provided. This will eventually result in a balanced economic system.
* THIRDLY , THE POLITICAL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TOO ..We need just 2 PARTIES and BOTH OF THEM Have TO show why either of them need to be elected FOR A SINGLE TERM .. BY DOING SO ,people WILL GET UNITED ...and the chances of VOTES being BIASED would reduce.... Also by doing so we are cutting down one of the main reasons, politicians are demons that we see today. The WANT for POWER is being cut, by limiting the number of POWERFUL SEATS AVAILABLE to rule India. This has its limitations too, in that, how can 2 parties represent the multitude of people in India, but it can be done, with representative from all groups in these 2 parties and they compete with one another for the betterment of India. I would want to go the extent to say that 'democracy' is not the way for India, but let me not get into it for now. I would like to first start with this idea proposed above and see how it goes. If it doesn't go too well, maybe tyranny would be the answer. But as I said, I am not going there for now.
I believe THESE three are THE three MAIN Things TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ...IF WE IMPLEMENT THEM , I M SURE IT WILL AFFECT EACH and EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF OUR LIFE and IT WILL SURELY ELIMINATE most of the things I mentioned before ... For example, it is also going to take care of our medals tally in the Olympics, because what we are trying to achieve in politics and reservation will also rub into the sports system and with corruption out of the way, better and deserving athletes will get a shot at limelight.
Now it's upto the people of India ... if they wish to see INDIA as a bright star in future which they haven't been able to achieve in 58 (shameless) years , they need to implement these things ...
well for starters ,one can forward this message to others, just the way we forward messages to our friends, when it is about some scandal or controversy which excites us. Sadly things about changing the country don't excite no one and we don't forward stuff like this. As I said, the power is in your (our) hands.
Next year i write this mail , i hope my word list reduces n i hope we will take at least one step forward. I pray to God we don't step backwards !!!
Cheers
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