Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Dude! Where is my coutnry going?


This is not a review on Michale Moore, best seller "Dude, where is my Country?" But regarding the judicial system and other related issues in India.

As Nanavati Commission (The Justice G T Nanavati Commission was appointed on May 8, 2000, by the National Democratic Alliance government to probe the sequence of events that led to the anti-Sikh riots across India after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.) has tabled the report. Some congress leaders' names (Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and the then police commissioner S. C. Tandon) have come to lime light. But, I was really surprised to see that Rajiv Gandhi was given a clean chit. Did any one of you know what Rajiv Gandhi said on the 1984 riots? Just to refresh your memory -"Jab koi bada peyd girta hai to zameen hilti hai." I am not saying to prosecute Rajiv Gandhi just because he said that, but I can't digest that he didn't play any role in 1984 riots. That's my opnion, you don't need to agree with me.

If you think what happened in Gujarat was the worst violence since 1947, then I have to say you need to refresh your memory regarding what happened in Delhi and Punjab in the first week of November 1984. More than 4500 Sikhs were killed in two days. If at all government had been cautious, this could have been stopped or at least minimized to a great extent. All it would have taken was, a batallion of soldiers in the streets of New Delhi, with orders to shoot at sight. Mobilization of army was not required as there were many Army bases in New Delhi, if the government had wanted them to do so. A massacre at this level cannot be without the support of local administration.

When, even after 20 years, the victims of 1984 riots could not get the justice, then how can I expect that culprits of Ghodhra massacre will be punished? Or are we telling the victims of Gujarat, "Aap qatar mne hain, kripya pratiksh keejiye" (You are in queue, please wait!)?

Let's stop singing "Sare jahan se achha hindustan hamara....".

  • How can we say that, when Our leader's neck is deep down in corruption. And some of our leaders sitting in Lok Sabha, are having criminal cases registered against them.
  • How can you say that, when, even after 20 years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy, victims are still waiting for the justice and compensation.
  • How can we say that when the aid for flood victims goes to some corrupt bureaucrat .
  • How can we say that when, an innocent and honest engineering graduate is murdered, because he reported malfunctioning of public fund in Bihar.
  • How can you say that when a woman gets raped by her father-in-law and finally she is forced to marry him. What is the message we are sending to women ? "Hey lady, I gonna rape you, and if you gonna complain about it later, the I am gonna rape you daily". I feel a shit about that law and I feel more shit about the Govt. for keeping their wide mouth shut, which they open only in parliament to abuse fellow politician or at the time of asking a vote.

So please stop saying that, and first let's make it a better place to live. One day we definitely will be "Sare jahan se achha...". Who is suppose to start to make a better India? It's me and you. No one else. So let's start.

If we don't wake up now, there will be one more communal violence after a few year, there will be one more Godhra massacare, there will be one more flood scam, there will be one more Satyendra Dubey murdered, there will be one more Imrana raped by her father-in-law and some shit law will ask her " abandon your children, and marry the rapist"

And what our govt will do, they will keep their mouth shut and if that is not going to help, they will form some commission or committee who will do the investigation for next 25 years and then produce the report (which is written by some of the bureaucrats, sitting in New Delhi). The report will be discussed in media for some time, and then will be thrown into the darkest corner of PMO.

I have a suggestion for the government, - stop making these committees and commissions, at least you can save some money. But the big question for you will be how to divert the public attention. Don't worry about them, they will forget it soon. Or some people like me will go to some website and publish a blog like this.

So now question is "Where is my country going?" -It is going there, where we are taking it to.

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