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Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Realpolitiks!

During these days when I was a bit busy in adjusting myself for the new atmosphere, there occurred so many incidents that rock the whole country.

so many stomachs to be fed
THE COMMON MAN has adapted themselves for the unfavorable circumstances due to persistent price rise, but the actual common men are about to be extinct. People are dying of hunger and children suffer nutrition related problems. We spend a lot without a planned and determined approach in agriculture. Our poor farmers work hard to get us more than sufficient to be used as election bait in the elections. Our leaders are not ready to distribute the food to the poorest of the poor instead they want it to be rot in the open. It’s really disgraceful that the Supreme Court has to intervene in activities, our representatives are elected for.

improper strategy kills so many innocents
The common men’s problems do not end with this. Unwillingly they have to support some people who are called the unsatisfied, enemies of the state. They fight for the poor (might pretend, I am confused) with the police, with the government officials to get food, shelter, wages, sometimes even jobs. Because of the confusion between the government and the de facto government, the poor people are deprived of their human rights. Lack of proper strategy and contingency planning cost us some innocent lives- people as security personal and youngsters who are unaware of the rightful ways of getting their rights.

While these problems lie basically in central or eastern India, in the north the situation is graver. It was a very tough time for the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Young minds including children and women are protesting against the government, seen as ‘struggle for freedom’ by some of the so called liberals in India and abroad. I am again confused here what the people of Kashmir actually want. The poll results say something whereas their protests and their anger by a significant group of youth on India as I witness in social networking sites depict something else.

On the other hand, China is trying to show its hegemony over the Asian countries. Deliberately they are refuting Indian concerns over so many areas. The staple visa issue, Chinese troupes in PoK, assisting Pakistan in defence against us, all suggests us to envisage properly before trusting them to avoid any humiliating situations like in 1962. They are too conceited to ignore us and our potential. Obviously is not a solution, it always remains uncertain who will it benefit to but, it is certain that it will cost both sides heavily.

Pakistan even in these six decades has not understood their neighbors. Perhaps it is the feeling of humiliation of losing (for the army) and jealousy of our progress (for the extremists) that they always try to find solace in others’ arms but not in India. Even at the time of great calamity of flood, their refusal to accept the Indian aid offered against a significant protest shows our concern for our neighbor. Their quest ends only at New Delhi and they have to understand the situation before it is too late to re-write the history.

Lastly, there were so many hue and cries for our long-neglected environment. I am not sure about concerns of the government in denying some of the projects which might prove crucial for our transition from no-respected developing country to high-respected. It’s may be for taking political advantage of the situation, position and power. But one thing is clear that we are still in developing stage and until our people have some more serious issues like malnutrition, unemployment, poverty, discrimination, etc, environment may not be their concern at all. We have to compromise the environment with the development up to a certain extent as we cannot have the environment norms what the developed countries have.

At the time of political, social, economical turmoil all over the country, our respected self-proclaimed leaders were trying to secure their future. They forgot the legacy of our great leaders who would join politics for serving others rather than themselves. Now when politics is also a place of gigantic money with power, at least it will create some competition in politics and there will be no place for graduate illiterates and social illiterates. If this happens really, that will be the greatest satire to our so called leaders of the masses.

Friday, August 29, 2008

The Illusion!!!

"Hum Pakistani hain, Pakistan hamara hai", you can hear these words enchanted in few streets of Jammu and Kashmir. It is really unfortunate that some people Mind-washed by some separatist Organizations having close links with Pakistan think so, living in India from more than 6 decades. Only few people with their narrow mindedness cripple the communal harmony of the country. Further some say in public, "We are Pakistanis and Pakistan is ours because we are tied with the country through Islam." Is religion is the only thing to be connected with a country?

Started with the government decision to hand over 100acres of land to a panel that administers Amarnath. The government dared not to consider this issue if it was not able to foresee the repercussions of their step. It proved a spark for those who were in search of their chance to make their presence felt. The small issue was communalized as before because they know our weakest nerve. They did not miss the opportunity to dig the burials. Some Muslim organizations demand their independence and merger to Pakistan only because that is a Muslim country. Some Hindu organizations pretended to provide shoulders to cry on for the Hindus for their political gain before the general elections. The situation became worse and the minor dispute between some groups resulted in some protests in the Shrinagar- Jammu highway. But this was dealt soon and police and the army ensured that no problem occurs in the highway.

The separatists again got the chance and they named it “economic blockade” nicely and started provoking the fruit growers to march towards Muzzafarabad, the capital of PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir). Some people think they should have been allowed to sale their products there. But I think this is a matter of the pride for a country to take care of its people especially when it is a democratic one. What message would have been sent to the world?

In Jammu & Kashmir, the situation needs serious attention of the whole country and the problems should be solved pragmatically to not let Pakistan to take advantage of the situation. Young minds are being exploited on the name of God; their brains are being white-washed by our people for their personal advantages. In this atmosphere, if some communal incidents occur then they got examples for their theory. Some people also find the solution of the problem in the separation of the state. But will it be a solution really as all the states here are independent up to a certain level but inter-dependent for their prospects. All knows J&K is an integral part of India and we are proud of it. But for keeping peace and harmony there, how long we have to pay in installments???

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