TODAY I CAME HOME FOR LUNCH. AS MY WIFE WAS SERVING ME LUNCH, I SWITCHED ON THE TELEVISION AND THERE WAS “BREAKING NEWS”. THE NEWS WAS ABOUT THE SERIAL BOMBS IN ASSAM.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE TELEVISION SET AND LISTENING AS IF IT WAS ANOTHER MEGA SERIAL RUNNING. NOT A SERIAL BOMB IN MY MOTHER LAND. AFTER FEW SECONDS I CAME TO MY CONSCIENCE AND ASKED MYSELF
“WHAT AM I DOING?”
“HAVE I BECOME IMMUNE TO SUCH A DEADLY NEWS?”
“ARE MY FEELINGS THE SAME AS I HEARD THE NEWS AFTER THE BLASTS IN BANGALORE, AHMEDABAD AND DELHI?”
“DOES SUCH NEWS CAUSE NO SYMPATHY IN ME ANY MORE?”
I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WHILE DRIVING BACK TO MY OFFICE. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND LATER, NOT MORE THAN HALF A KILOMETER I PASSED THROUGH, AND I WAS BACK IN MY THOUGHTS ABOUT MY WORK AND TASKS TO COMPLETE LATER IN THE EVENING.
NOW BACK HOME, I SET MY THOUGHTS BACK ON THE SUBJECT.
IT IS WE, WHO HAVE CREATED THE PRESENT. THIS IS BOUND TO HAPPEN TO A COUNTRY, WHERE THE CITIZENS LACK PATRIOTISM. WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF CITIZENS ARE CORRUPT IN THOUGHTS AND PRACTICE. ‘CHO RAMASWAMI’ – WRITER AND EDITOR IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH, SAID 3 OR 4 DECADES AGO, ‘WE WILL CHECK ALL CREDENTIALS BEFORE GETTING OUR DAUGHTERS MARRIED TO SOMEONE, BUT CHECK NOTHING BEFORE ELECTING OUR RULERS’.
OVER THESE 3, 4 DECADES, WE THE CITIZENS HAVE GROWN TO BE AS CORRUPT AS OUR POLITICIANS, TO THE EXTENT OF OUR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS. THEREFORE WE HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT SELECTING AND ELECTING CORRUPT LEADERS. THEY ARE ALL OURS, IN TRUE SPIRITS.
EARLIER THERE WERE CORRUPT POLITICIANS. TODAY WE HAVE CORRUPT CLERKS, CORRUPT OFFICERS, CORRUPT POLICEMEN, CORRUPT LAWERS, CORRUPT JUDGES, CORRUPT DOCTORS, CORRUPT ENGINEERS, CORRUPT ARMY MEN, AND CORRUPT CITIZENS. THEY ARE THERE EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE TO REAP WHAT WE DID SOW.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BLOODY HARVEST! BY GIVING OUR LIVES. NOT IN A WAR AGAINST OUR ENEMIES. BY THE ENEMIES WE HAVE BUILT IN OUR OWN SELVES IN FREE INDIA.
BHARAT DESH MAHAN!
HUM SAB HINDUSTANI!
VANDE MATARAM!
JAI HIND!
I WAS LOOKING AT THE TELEVISION SET AND LISTENING AS IF IT WAS ANOTHER MEGA SERIAL RUNNING. NOT A SERIAL BOMB IN MY MOTHER LAND. AFTER FEW SECONDS I CAME TO MY CONSCIENCE AND ASKED MYSELF
“WHAT AM I DOING?”
“HAVE I BECOME IMMUNE TO SUCH A DEADLY NEWS?”
“ARE MY FEELINGS THE SAME AS I HEARD THE NEWS AFTER THE BLASTS IN BANGALORE, AHMEDABAD AND DELHI?”
“DOES SUCH NEWS CAUSE NO SYMPATHY IN ME ANY MORE?”
I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WHILE DRIVING BACK TO MY OFFICE. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND LATER, NOT MORE THAN HALF A KILOMETER I PASSED THROUGH, AND I WAS BACK IN MY THOUGHTS ABOUT MY WORK AND TASKS TO COMPLETE LATER IN THE EVENING.
NOW BACK HOME, I SET MY THOUGHTS BACK ON THE SUBJECT.
IT IS WE, WHO HAVE CREATED THE PRESENT. THIS IS BOUND TO HAPPEN TO A COUNTRY, WHERE THE CITIZENS LACK PATRIOTISM. WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF CITIZENS ARE CORRUPT IN THOUGHTS AND PRACTICE. ‘CHO RAMASWAMI’ – WRITER AND EDITOR IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH, SAID 3 OR 4 DECADES AGO, ‘WE WILL CHECK ALL CREDENTIALS BEFORE GETTING OUR DAUGHTERS MARRIED TO SOMEONE, BUT CHECK NOTHING BEFORE ELECTING OUR RULERS’.
OVER THESE 3, 4 DECADES, WE THE CITIZENS HAVE GROWN TO BE AS CORRUPT AS OUR POLITICIANS, TO THE EXTENT OF OUR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS. THEREFORE WE HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT SELECTING AND ELECTING CORRUPT LEADERS. THEY ARE ALL OURS, IN TRUE SPIRITS.
EARLIER THERE WERE CORRUPT POLITICIANS. TODAY WE HAVE CORRUPT CLERKS, CORRUPT OFFICERS, CORRUPT POLICEMEN, CORRUPT LAWERS, CORRUPT JUDGES, CORRUPT DOCTORS, CORRUPT ENGINEERS, CORRUPT ARMY MEN, AND CORRUPT CITIZENS. THEY ARE THERE EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE TO REAP WHAT WE DID SOW.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BLOODY HARVEST! BY GIVING OUR LIVES. NOT IN A WAR AGAINST OUR ENEMIES. BY THE ENEMIES WE HAVE BUILT IN OUR OWN SELVES IN FREE INDIA.
BHARAT DESH MAHAN!
HUM SAB HINDUSTANI!
VANDE MATARAM!
JAI HIND!
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