The biggest question that comes to my mind after reading and hearing a hoopla of editorials and expert advice on free and liberal media, political reforms and unreliable stances taken by people in power is, is it really going to make a difference? Will there actually be a time when one would be able to raise his voice against the powerful and be heard and be safe? Will there ever be a time when there will only be real reforms and no political and powerplays working towards individual benefits?
I don’t really need to answer any of these questions. The answer is pretty clear. The tendency of someone else making a benefit in a conflict between two people has always been there and it will continue till there are conflicts. As a person sitting in my room wanting to get real information which is unbiased and reliable is a far off dream for its probably impossible to get one. My biggest worry relating to getting a hand on factual and unaltered information is the unreliability of the sources. The news media refuses to bring out real news and instead relies on created masala to sell. Laundered with power and money, unfazed with the lowered reputation and credibility we continue to get information that is hard to believe.
And this unreliability is not just restricted to the news medium. The news itself is about the erratic behaviours, scandals and scams, the blame game and unauthoritative dispositions. Whether its is the government or the corporate there are innumerable instances being reported everyday that destroys your trust for things around you. I sometimes crave to kill all in news for all the news are such where there is nothing but anger to be born.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
why should we suffer?
We, the common people are destined to suffer, mutely. This is our fate and we have so very well learned to live with it. People who are capable of taking and implementing decisions that can make a difference are not responsible enough to actually make anything different. The big hoopla of the India Beaming and Shinning seems to like a big hoax to me. With anger and frustration within I read endless sagas of bigger and better scams hitting the news papers with the politicians smiling at the wake of their victory. I can sure say that we are fast developing in this one respect that every other scam is bigger than the previous one.
2010 can be marked as the year of scams with herculean magnanimity that not only effect the Indian demographics but take us to another level internationally. Days are not far when we would be known as the nation of scams, a shift for better from the nation of the largest population. Every big name, every person sitting on an influential position and every sharp mind is working towards finding out ways to create a fool proof scam scheme to rock the nation.
The list is not small, CWG, Sukna, Adarsh, 2G and what not. Defence, ministries, sports, business, media, bureaucrats all of them are engrossed and extremely busy in their lives revolving around these scams. And what the resultant is the common people suffering.
Why should we pay for onions more just because the government left it rotting in the godowns?
Why should we suffer a ‘bandh’ or a loss of public buses just because a certain party leader was found guilty of a scam and his party supports didn’t like the verdict?
Why should we be scared and sitting at home for safety just because few political leaders find it highly profitable to make two communities fight and rot to death?
Why should we face never ending governing discrepancies due to a lack of proper governance?
Why should we live our life adjusting to what is happening just because the government is oblivious of our plight, or pretends to be oblivious?
Why should we shut our shops and face heavy losses because someone has a problem with the language English?
Why should we change the course of our lives because someone is still thinking in the 18th century?
There are so many questions exploding in my mind, so much so that words are coming hard and thick. Someone long back told me, reading newspaper helps you create a broader perspective of what is happening around you. I say, if this is what is happening around me and if this is what the newspapers give me then I don’t want to have a broader perspective. I am happy in my ignorant world, atleast I am not enraged with the level of degraded souls operating our country.
2010 can be marked as the year of scams with herculean magnanimity that not only effect the Indian demographics but take us to another level internationally. Days are not far when we would be known as the nation of scams, a shift for better from the nation of the largest population. Every big name, every person sitting on an influential position and every sharp mind is working towards finding out ways to create a fool proof scam scheme to rock the nation.
The list is not small, CWG, Sukna, Adarsh, 2G and what not. Defence, ministries, sports, business, media, bureaucrats all of them are engrossed and extremely busy in their lives revolving around these scams. And what the resultant is the common people suffering.
Why should we pay for onions more just because the government left it rotting in the godowns?
Why should we suffer a ‘bandh’ or a loss of public buses just because a certain party leader was found guilty of a scam and his party supports didn’t like the verdict?
Why should we be scared and sitting at home for safety just because few political leaders find it highly profitable to make two communities fight and rot to death?
Why should we face never ending governing discrepancies due to a lack of proper governance?
Why should we live our life adjusting to what is happening just because the government is oblivious of our plight, or pretends to be oblivious?
Why should we shut our shops and face heavy losses because someone has a problem with the language English?
Why should we change the course of our lives because someone is still thinking in the 18th century?
There are so many questions exploding in my mind, so much so that words are coming hard and thick. Someone long back told me, reading newspaper helps you create a broader perspective of what is happening around you. I say, if this is what is happening around me and if this is what the newspapers give me then I don’t want to have a broader perspective. I am happy in my ignorant world, atleast I am not enraged with the level of degraded souls operating our country.
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