Saturday, December 6, 2008

Breaking apart the system

Open any television channel these days and what you hear is anger of the people. The anger is justified. The politicians are corrupt. Otherwise with the kind of money India has, our security forces can be so well equipped that nobody dare attack us. But at the same time I start hearing views like-
* Stop paying taxes
* Stop voting
*"I want to hear from Mr Singh tomorrow morning that we are going to destroy all camps in POK and Pakistan"- heard on NDTV
*Comparison with America on how they had no more terror strikes.

Now this is what I feel. People (from here on including me) dont want any responsibility but just know how to shout and show their anger. Who are those politicians? They are from among us. We voted for them. I know we can have better politicians but where are those better persons? Why aren't people like Murthy or Shreedharan fighting elections. I'll support them and I know many else will too. And for those who are shouting to stop paying taxes here is my question to you: Why dont you join politics? Why dont you even go for IAS, IPS where you can really change the system (am on purpose not mentioning the defence academy because in armed forces you can serve the country but you cant change the country). And I dont know personally any of those shouting but I can tell from their remarks that 99% of them will be even worse politicians than we have today. They may be energetic, may even not be corrupt (not for sure how any human will react when 10000000 Rs is placed in front of him but I assume positively) but do they really have the knowledge to run this country? Is India just in Mumbai, Delhi and other big cities. Have any of us even visited any village to understand its problems? Its very easy to sit and shout but nobody is willing to take the responsibility.

Now for war on Pakistan. They talk as if its a big joke! My question is for that man who said on NDTV: "Will you yourself go and fight along with your sons if any?" Do they have any idea what the loss of lives would be if there is a war. I agree it would not be intheir city Mumbai then but still a human life would be lost. But yeah that man will feel safe. I dont think thousands of men should go and fight to keep that man safe. Especially when it wont achieve anything as it will just destroy the government and maybe army but not terrorism.
And another thing, India is not USA and Pakistan is not Afghanistan. Any Indian fighet jet that goes into Pakistan has no surety of coming back. Probability is that it wont. Also in America the public is more organised (it may be good for security but I still prefer the carefree attitude). They dont mind the security checks or waiting in line. And most importantly they are very less in number. 1/5 th of India's population. Its just not possible to achieve same levels of security in India with the kind of density we have. That too when many are in poverty.

Its not that I dont mourn the dead or am trying to be pro-government. Its just that breaking aprat the system is the worst thing we can do. Instead of shouting outside it would be much more fruitful to look what we did or didnt do. These acts are such that whether it be BJP or Congress, they will still happen. Both the parties are corrupt. Both have Z-plus security and hence their leaders are safe. Although in the current scenario I'd support Congress anyday but its just like "andho mein kana raja". Its not that they have the best leaders or anything. But for BJP i'll just say that no matter how tough they are on terrorists (read muslims) every Babri, every Godhra creates a 1000 more terrorists inside our own country which is the worst thing we can ahve as far as security is concerned. Its much better to stop those 1000 from getting misled.

So guys, stop blaming and start acting. Our system is good enough, its just that no one is managing it efficiently.

2 comments:

  1. IMPACT

    A blast in a remote part of India

    SHOT

    An extreme long shot

    Reaction

    Media not worried, devoted not much time-frame, people not bothered, because it's somewhere in a remote place of India so images not transmitted, texts are not devoted and the sounds is never heard. Inspite of the fact that this could be an important foreground to understanding the depth of every subsequent shifts of spaces.


    IMPACT

    A blast in a small town in India

    Shot

    A long shot

    Reaction

    The media responds with little speculation, security still not tight anywhere in the country. People go about their lives unless of that respective town. Images devoted, but if, a filmstar or cricketer gets sick, there is a shift in transmission. Newspaper and Magazine do devote some time towards the event. Sound is heard. But all three don’t make an impact on the collective conscious.


    Impact

    A blast in a mini-metro

    Shot

    A Medium shot

    Reaction

    The media find this as a good information to report (Speculating) it could go on for few days there is still no collective reflection of the event. It has happened still somewhere away from the ‘central’ idea of India. Hence the notion that video stands for “ I see” its finally forces us not to see, because than the image is becoming redundant, and as a ' mass' we are not able to realize things and it seems far removed from us(passive) instead of questioning(active) every element that is important for our own safeguard.

    Impact

    A blast in a metro

    Shot

    A close-up

    Reaction

    The country wakes up: politician to common man, everyone is hurt or rather awakens form the deep slumber. Suddenly the security agency wakes up. The media goes in a state of frenzy. We are bombarded with images from television, cinema and text about what has just happened in ‘central’ India.

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  2. really nice post.Blogs are most read and written by proactive person than reactive persons.hence blogging community is well aware of these points but we have to convert talking into action...

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