When I take up an issue of social importance,and try and pen down my views,i am left utterly confused,to say the least.The issues are far too many and at first glance seems too varied to cover with the limited knowledge of the world that i have.
But look at any problem we have,from national to local level,be it acute poverty,dismal health care and education system,to poor sanitation…u get the idea,right.The biggest mystery then:What forms the core of all these myriad and seemingly never ending problems that we face?
Is our political class responsible, which lacks the vision n the will to implement the innumerable welfare projects,but do have cunningness to siphone off the money being poured down in the schemes.This they do with so much impunity,that one wonders whether the Constitution of India(CoI) which was thought out by the then politicians-cum-freedom fighters,was written to hand over the power to “rule”(rather than serve) from the British to a class of people that is willing to make personal gains by any means possible,the kind that is the majority in our country;that the makers of the CoI had the misconception that their countrymen were indeed ready to work for collective good,the process of which the government is only the reflection of the collective consciousness,and thus effectively the tool by which the citizens can implement their betterment in an inclusive manner.But the 60 odd years of our so called independence proves otherwise.
We were indeed not ready.We blame our political class,but that is not that is not the complete truth.We all need to ask ourselves what we do in our daily life apart from amassing means for our personal lives,what we do for the society.Yes,it is possible to justify most of our actions on the grounds that we need to fend for ourselves.But what is certainly not justified is our complacency,the blind eye and the deaf ear that we put on display.”All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”.We learn to put our moral n social responsibility on the backburner very early in our lives,and this attitude has lead to the decay of the feeling of national belongingness,that which was at its zenith when we were led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The question remains ,what do we do now?Where should we direct our intellect,anger,dissatisfaction towards?
2 comments:
I can identify with your feelings. I feel the reason we feel lost when it comes to social issues is that we hardly have the time or energy to delve into the grass-root level or step into the shoes of the people who are actually living through it. And then, there's the media, which is like a double-edged sword. You never know how much truth there is in what our minds are constantly fed by journalists. Good post!
WHAT I CONSIDER MOST IMPORTANT,IS NOT GIVING IN TO THE INJUSTICE,THRUST UPON US.WE SHOULD, AT OUR VERY BEST LEVEL OPPOSE ANYTHING THAT WE THINK IS AGAINST OUR CONSCIENCE.BUT THEN MOST OF US ARE UTTERLY CONFUSED ABOUT IT.JUST LOOK AT THE WAY THE YOUTH POPULATION OF OUR COUNTRY SPILLS MONEY ON THE SERVICES THAT DO NO GOOD TO OUR SOCIETY N STILL FLOURISH ( YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS ). A GOOD SOCIETY DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE EVERYONE WORKING IN THEIR GOOD SPIRITS ALL THE TIME.BUT IT ALWAYS HAD SOME GOOD PEOPLE GIVING THEIR BEST.NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE HARDCORE POLITICAL ROBBERS AT THEIR BEST,EATING OUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE RESOURCE OF OUR GENERATION,WITH OUR YOUTH STILL CONFUSED ON EVEN WHAT HELPS OUR SOCIETY GROW AND PROSPER,AND WHICH BRAND OF JEANS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR POST.HATS OFF.
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