Saturday, November 29, 2008

COUNTRY OF COWARDS, RULED BY THE CORRUPT


I WRITE THIS ARTICLE WITH DUE APOLOGIES TO THE BRAVE HEARTS IN THE POLICE, THE ARMY, AND THE STATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES.

OUR COUNTRY'S POPULATION AT LARGE IS SELF CENTRIC, FALSELY EGOISTIC, UNPATRIOTIC, COWARDS. NATURALLY WE ARE RULED BY THE POLITICIANS, WHO ARE UNPATRIOTIC AND CORRUPT TO THE ROOTS. WATCHING THE HAPPENINGS AT TAJ, TRIDENT AND NARIMAN HOUSE FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, IT IS COMMON SENSE TO UNDERSTAND, HOW MALFUNCTIONING OUR ENTIRE SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE. FOR THE LAST ONE WEEK I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING A LOT ON ROAD, RAIL AND AIR. WHILE ALL THESE ARE HAPPENING IN MUMBAI, I SAW NO PANIC, NO ANXIETY, ON ANYONE'S FACE DOWN SOUTH. OF COURSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TROUBLE OF SWIMMING OUT OF THEIR HOMES, OR AT LEAST WALKING OUT IN KNEE DEEP WATER, WITHOUT POWER SUPPLY AND FOOD.

THE TRUTH BEYOND THIS, NO WHERE, THAT IS IN BUS DEPOTS, OR RAILWAY STATIONS I SAW ANY ENHANCEMENT OF SECURITY SYSTEMS AND PERSONNEL. BACK IN MY ROOM ON THE T.V. SCREEN, I SAW AND HEARD THE NEWS READER, READING "THE SECURITY SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN BEEFED UP IN THE STATE". WHAT NON-SENSE AND WHOM ARE THEY FOOLING? THE SECURITY PERSONNEL WERE BUSY ESCORTING THE C.M, OTHER MINISTERS AND M.L.As VISITING THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS. THEY ARE AFTER ALL THE VVIPs AND THEY NEED ALL THE SECURITY. THAT IS ABOUT OUR LEADERS.

WHAT ABOUT OUR PEOPLE?

FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY I HEAR LOT OF ANGER AGAINST THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND PAKISTAN IN PARTICULAR. WHAT KIND OF ANGER IS THIS? I OPINE THAT IT IS NOT ANGER ARISING OUT OF AWARENESS AND REALIZATION. IT IS JUST ONE MORE CHANCE TO SPIT ON THE FACE OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. NOTHING BEYOND THAT.

IF IT WERE THE OUTCOME OF AWARENESS RESULTING IN ACTUAL REALIZATION, THERE WILL BE A GREAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP. WE WILL STOP BLAMING THE POLITICIANS AND START LOOKING INTO OUR OWN CHARACTERS. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ANY CHANGE. SUBSEQUENTLY, ALL OUR BEHAVIORS WILL BE BASED ON SOUND PATRIOTIC VALUES.

THIS HAS TO BEGIN FROM THE LEVEL OF NOT THROWING AWAY WASTES, SPITTING ON OUR ROADS, AND SO ON TO HIGHER LEVELS OF THOUGHT AND ACTION. MOST IMPORTANTLY NOT TO GIVE OR TAKE BRIBE. TILL THEN I CAN ONLY SAY "WE" "WE ARE THE CULPRITS, WE ARE THE ASSASSINS, WE ARE THE SOCIETAL TERRORISTS". AND WE GET PUNISHED ONCE IN A WAY BY THE PEOPLE WE CREATE.





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