Why blame the Government?

It has become a routine for us to blame the Government for any thing that happens around the society. Perhaps, all of us are unaware that the Government is working tirelessly to combat terrorism in India. Our Home Minister, Mr. Shivraj Patil is busy working out road-maps on combating terrorism that he could not find time to come out of his office and have a look around.

Soniaji, committed to secularism and equality to Muslims all over the world had directed the Prime Minister of India to issue statements against terrorism. To be precise, we should not call it as Islamic terrorism just because some people who claim themselves as Muslims are involved in it. It is an act of cowardice and the Government had repeatedly reiterated it whenever bomb blasts shook our cities. This efficient act of Government is supported by the likes of Laluji, CPM and CPI, of late Mulayamji, Paswanji.

Just because some fake emails are sent challenging Indian intelligence and Police agencies, the Government is not stupid enough to ban a committed organization like SIMI. As long as SIMI is convicted in Indian courts, we cannot ban this organization. They are on a noble cause that their religion had advised them to carry out. A secular government cannot interfere and why don’t the right wing parties and their supporters understand this? The Government will ensure that its police force will not gather details against SIMI so as to ban and the minorities can be rest assured of being harassed wrongly.

The Government never hesitated to dole out the tax payers’ money to the victims of blasts in the name of solatium though it failed to counter it. After all Indian tax payers are paying tax for what? Don't they know it is just to compensate the wrong doings of the Government? If the citizens thought that these taxes supposed to be utilized for infra-structural development, is it the fault of the Government? Why blame the Government always?

Why don’t the citizens of India consider this? Because of the efforts of the Government they are alive today to make a comment. If at all the citizens realize this, they should not be criticizing the Government. The Government is taking cautious approach to the problems faced by it from time and again. Elections are due next year and we count on the votes. None of the Government’s action should antagonize the voters? Those who criticize the government on blogsites would never come out to vote and why should the government bother about them?

Those who blame the Government should first take initiatives to select a Government. They have no other job but to keep on barking. Government knows what to do and how to do? There are many innocent muslims in India who are harassed by the Police in the name of investigation. HR activists groups will pounce on us and the Government will go all out to protect the minorities’ rights. If some died on bomb blasts so what? It’s good that the population has got reduced and isn’t this a great service to the nation?

JAI HIND!

Action & Inaction costs the nation

No longer are we Indians. At the least this is the perception one gets as we scroll through news reports. Taking law into one’s hands is no longer a surprise however; it gets legitimacy if the tag named regionalism is added to it.

I am not here to write about the misdeeds of Raj or Bal Thackrey. They do not deserve a space in this blogsite. All of us are aware that these are cheap tactics applied by the goondas dressed as politicians. All I want to do is to record my protest on the Government both State & Central who turned a blind eye to all these happenings.

Here is a man, who sets a deadline to all the vendors across the state to change the name-boards to Marathi. He also gives an implicit threat that if they did not oblige they will meet dire consequences created by his army-men! I understand that a common man cannot risk himself to question them on who is he to make such statements. But the common man is let down by the Government, who was elected by him, when they preferred to keep silent instead of assuring vendors of protection from such an unruly act!

The same man preferred to forgive (or forget) Priyanka Chopra when she said she would like to speak in Hindi but his marathi ego was challenged when Jaya Bachan said the same thing. Perhaps, because she is a member of SP, a party that can wrest seats from these Senas! He gave an open challenge on damaging every business even pertained to them. Still, my Government preferred to keep silent as they did not want to antagonize Marathi ego that can cost votes in the forth coming elections. Is speaking in Hindi, our national language anti-Marathi? If so, will these Thackreys reject Indian currency?

This man had the audacity to challenge the Police in a typical filmy fashion (he copied Amitabh style while opposing him in & out). An ordinary, decent citizen would think twice before uttering such words but these words were uttered by a leader of a political party! Still, my Government instead of appreciating and supporting this servant who did his duty kept silent & de-moralized the officer from doing his duty!

Mumbai, for its geographical location, would have been a popular city even if it falls under any State. The contribution of non-Marathis on the development of Mumbai cannot be ignored. By such deeds and inaction both the Thackreys and the Government are ensuring businessmen moving away from Mumbai. Already most of the industries are out of it. Now, they are desperate on driving out Bollywood. (They are selective again, why don’t they target Kapoors, Khans)

If the Senas proved that they are no different from the likes of Dawood Ibrahim, the inactive Government proves that they are hand in glove to these anti-national elements! Are not they both harmful to our nation?

Story of an Ant & a Grasshopper..

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

We all are aware of this old Story and the moral of "Think in advance and plan your life"

Now goes the modern version....

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

NDTV, Star News, Aajtak, Tej, Headlines, show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance).

Indian Television channels conduct SMS survey on who is right and Ant wins with huge margin.

Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for Bharat Bandh in West Bengal wuth Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.

Laloo Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the Grasshopper Rath.

Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' or POTAGA, with effect from the beginning of the winter.

Arjun Singh sets up Special Reservation for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & Government Services.

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, has his home confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by TV News Channels and the media.

Arundhati Roy calls it A Triumph of Justice.

Lalu calls it Socialistic Justice .

CPM calls it the Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden.

Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly .

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multibillion dollar company in Silicon Valley .

Hundreds of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ..

As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country!

This is not a story just to read and laugh. Please ponder over this. We all are, one of the reasons for this status to be present here. We simply read, laugh or comment and simply do not bother about this. We have a tool with us but we are not ready to use. We are not ready to spend even a single day in protest of what we feel is not right. Then, how can we change this? Please think about it !!!!