Well with the General Elections over last fortnight and the Congress govt. coming back to power, there were exclamations of huge relief all over the country,especially the media and the so called free lancers and free thinkers. The stock market rose expectedly by nearly 2000 points and analysts seemed happy that a stable govt. has been voted to power which bode well for the country during such a self created recession.
However several questions remained unanswered. What happened to the Mumbai attack victims and what happened to the very same people who had raised their voices against terrorism? Why is Indian law so snail paced and bureaucratic that it took more than 4 months to formally file criminal charges against the perpetrators?
What will happen to the Naxal infested places and what steps will the new Govt. take especially after a much weaker army of a neighbouring nation finished off the world’s supposedly deadliest guerrilla army and its leader in a matter of 3 years? Has the govt. thought of any agenda to solve this age old problem prevalent in Andhra, Jharkhand,West Orissa, Chhattisgarh and East Maharashtra? Whenever and wherever I have gone, people always comment about North East and Kashmir but not a single one cares to recognize this fundamental headache that is gradually eating away the integrity of this nation. What will the govt. do and how will it react if tomorrow’s youth across the length and breadth of the country take up arms and follow the Naxalites saying that politics is nonsense.
Why are the Indian people not far sighted especially when it comes to deciding their future and electing leaders who could have done better in tackling this country’s perennial problems? Only 58% of the electorate voted in this elections and in Mumbai-the centre of India’s deadliest attack just months ago, the turn out was around 44%. Or do us Indians are so selfish that we exclaim “What is there for me” at each and every instant? Is it a part of our inherent culture that we look for our own personal “faidas” and benefits rather than leaving a much stronger and prosperous country for our future generations? Ha it looks like we are so blinded by self glorification that we don’t even reason for a moment for what the future lies for our descendants?
Is merely writing in newspapers,blogs and giving speeches enough to provoke the gullible Indian public or is it a platform for us to prove our own opportunistic tendencies? See that. We have to look for the greater good at each and every step. I am not denying the fact that personal gratifications are important but we should also think of the future while taking a decision for our very own kith,kin and self.
A fundamental doubt I have which has been troubling me is why I can’t speak freely of my own religion? Is it banned in a “secular” country like India? If I am proud of my religion why can’t I proclaim myself as a proud Hindu? My being a Hindu has nothing to do with my political or professional ambitions or even presence or absence of any political or cultural affiliations. Although Hinduism as a religion constitute more than 80% in this country, why are we being loathed whenever we talk about our religion in open forums. Why are we bracketed as anti-secularists just because I am claiming to be a proud Hindu? In any case I am not belittling other religions or communities. So,why this hypocrisy and pseudo secularism? Can anyone please clear this point?
Oh and I almost forgot the main point and veered away from it too much. So how come more people participation be ensured in the democratic processes? Has the Govt. made any attempt to find out the several problems hindering non participation? The problems are manifold like sheer disillusionment with the system to inability to caste votes because of mismatch between enrolment place and work place. Or is the govt. happy that turn out is low so that it can maintain its power?
Now I ask a lot of questions,don’t I? What to do? None have been answered so far and going by the set patterns, there is extremely low probability that they will be answered in the next 5 years.
That's all for now. Will again come back.
