Being an Indian, I can do one thing that we Indians possess great proficiency in - Complaining about our government. Like all other governments, our government is quite the power-hungry kind, but then again, we love listening to their crafty speeches and somehow find a lot of pride in choosing one political party.
Our politicians, clad in their white kurta-pajamas, ironically symbolizing peace and transparency, are far from it. The martyrdom of our freedom fighters, the courage of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the valor of Mahatama Gandhi and the fire of each and every person who contributed and hoped in our independence has been extinguished by the corrupt and tacky government that often comes up.
I won't be surprised to see my self at gunpoint for writing such direct, rude and indecent remarks, but then again, the government is quite used to that. Actually, the country's mindset has been totally changed. Amidst complaining about the system, we too have become its slaves. Our patriotic fervor rises on 15th August(Independence Day) and 26th January(Republic Day) and then fades away.
A country where a hero can kill yet get off, where rape is like an everyday page 10 news report, where murder and extortion don't grab eyes of the politicians but what does is porn, in the Parliament. A country which we call our motherland suffers from its children. A nation which has seen selfless blood, but is now being ruled by selfish leaders, at the cost of the blood of the common man. A nation where a red beacon has its power, a white ambassador is the sign of a VIP but the Indian Emblem on every policemen's cap is covered by currency notes. A country where the photo of Gandhi on every note questions itself if India deserved freedom, a country where a farmer can't even buy poison to kill himself.
Its high time we shake ourselves from the shackles of corruption, high time we stop seeing our country and as a self-purifying nation, high time someone steps up, pushes the countrymen out of the Pandoras Box and eutopia and makes us face what we need to face: Reality.
Our politicians, clad in their white kurta-pajamas, ironically symbolizing peace and transparency, are far from it. The martyrdom of our freedom fighters, the courage of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the valor of Mahatama Gandhi and the fire of each and every person who contributed and hoped in our independence has been extinguished by the corrupt and tacky government that often comes up.
I won't be surprised to see my self at gunpoint for writing such direct, rude and indecent remarks, but then again, the government is quite used to that. Actually, the country's mindset has been totally changed. Amidst complaining about the system, we too have become its slaves. Our patriotic fervor rises on 15th August(Independence Day) and 26th January(Republic Day) and then fades away.
A country where a hero can kill yet get off, where rape is like an everyday page 10 news report, where murder and extortion don't grab eyes of the politicians but what does is porn, in the Parliament. A country which we call our motherland suffers from its children. A nation which has seen selfless blood, but is now being ruled by selfish leaders, at the cost of the blood of the common man. A nation where a red beacon has its power, a white ambassador is the sign of a VIP but the Indian Emblem on every policemen's cap is covered by currency notes. A country where the photo of Gandhi on every note questions itself if India deserved freedom, a country where a farmer can't even buy poison to kill himself.
Its high time we shake ourselves from the shackles of corruption, high time we stop seeing our country and as a self-purifying nation, high time someone steps up, pushes the countrymen out of the Pandoras Box and eutopia and makes us face what we need to face: Reality.
