This might be a stale topic to write on considering the life expectancy of a scam in India depends solely on Indian news channels blasting our TV screens for that day/evening. Nevertheless I had to pen my views...
The tapes show/expose the thirst for power and information in this rat-eat-man-race (rats' appetite has burgeoned over the years) with ulterior motives. We all knew politics as a dirty game played by saathvi aur paanchvi kaksha pheil goondas or even worse angutha chaaps. But even the fairly educated ones who we thought can be entrusted with the job of development want the kursi to simply satisfy their ego or personal ambitions. One-upmanship or at least attempting to show one’s superiority by its lobbying for a post in the Union cabinet shows these MPs will go to any extent to become a power centre (we know that they are masters rigging polls anyways). Ministries & portfolios were being selected just like ticking an option from a multiple choice question without any knowledge or understanding of any of the sectors available.
If erring ministers getting the way were not enough, we had our multi-tasking lobbyist having play insider to the top guns of the Industry as well. Now little did we know that even the Emperor of the “Titans” who is known for his integrity didn't play fair when it came to beating his rivals for a better share of the 2G spectrum.
In all this I wonder, why eminent journalists who claim to safeguard the nations’ interest and get the truth out in the open should be party to such conspiracy theories. Every night when I watch the news channels and their reportage, I get the feeling that even this bit of news could not be the truth, or could be straight from a mantri’s personal assistant who wants the public to hear just what he wants to say.
All this would make the average Indian more cynical about his future and make him wonder when his country, that was once a sone ki chidiya be free from plunderers that emerge from its own soil; from people who think only about their own gains and not about social well being; from legitimate businessmen who want to illegitimately get their way by feeding the corrupt politician and from the cronies and chamchas who make everyone so openly say, sab gandha hai par dandha hai yeh.
But despite this aura of negativity, I personally feel that there’s light at the end of the tunnel albeit a little far away. There will come a time when all this garbage will be incinerated and the world will be free from the ever lingering stench of corruption and deceit.
http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-kind-of-story-do-you-want
Nice article
ReplyDeleteNice to ponder & write about such issues
Nice to hope & be optimistic
But, is all this worth it???
What makes you think that there is light at the end of the tunnel & that all this garbage will be incinerated ever???
Well. I don't think/mean this is the job of P.C Sorcar's wand. It has to be done by me and you. We need to speak out and make ourselves heard. By merely writing a blog, we don't expect to bring about a revolution. But we still write, my friend with the hope that pretty soon, the ignorant will realise what they are losing by simply staying mum. So its for us stakeholders of this society to get up and do something.
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