I never thought I would be writing on a political subject here but wherever I go, I listen to the people talking about a movement led by an old man, the new age Gandhi as some of you would like to describe him.A few days back he called for a movement yet again and (‘the so called real Indians’) were there supporting him. It’s an astonishing site, people supporting in huge numbers, our ‘so damn responsible’ media covering every second of it. Its time now, we are all tired of corruption, aren’t we? Like each one of you the country is calling out for me too, and here I am, trying to reach out to a number of people through this blog.
First of all, my love for the country is not going to be decided by news channels like India TV, we all know how responsible they are. The biggest contribution to this, what I would say is the most embarrassing revolution of recent times. The reason behind the crowd getting on the streets is probably the urge to be next Bhagat Singh and Gandhi, the most respected people of the country. And hell we are supporting it, India is against corruption by being…online!! How many of us have really read each and every draft of the Jan-Lokpal bill. Trust me most of them are like Facebook- Support Lokpal, “Like”, Twitter-Support Lokpal, “Follow”.
Government’s Lokpal is rotten, and it certainly is and so is Anna’s bill. Team Anna’s lokpal gives us centralized power in the hands of an angel who won’t be corrupt. I don’t understand, are they even close to practicality? They are just gaining popularity by showing us a dream of ‘mere sapno ka bharat’, which is no different from dreams shown by our dear politicians before every election. And the people (only those who get on the streets for every fast unto death) are supporting them blindly. It’s like a mental hijack.
Anna’s methods are not justified. I am a supporter of Democracy and not Mobocracy. As team Anna paints every politician with the same brush, I see them with the same lens, which I use to see Maoists and Hurriyat leaders. Anna shows me a corruption free India, Maoists promise to give me the India with no poverty, Hurriyat is giving me peace in the valley of Kashmir. But do you really see the practicality needed to make it a reality. We are completely ignoring the means in order to achieve the end results. And we have fresh saints like Anna out of the kitchen to get us there.
Dear Anna ji, I want to ask you how many of the people wearing those “I am Anna” caps don’t have their electricity meters in their houses tweaked, how many are paying their taxes, how many of them make sure that they take tickets while travelling in rails and buses. In short how many of them really fighting corruption every day? And I want to ask you, if you really are such a selfless old man fighting for the country, Why did you support Marathi Manoos slogan in Maharashtra? Why did you support violence when Pawar was slapped? Why are you not against reservation? Why do you think only you are concerned with this corruption issue and your bill is perfect. I’ve heard Arvind Kejriwal (or Crazywal is it?) making inflexible remarks. He totally sounds like a hijacker at times. I am sorry to say, but your mask just comes off every now and then and you yourself are no less than a politician. My advice to you is that you should stop wasting money spent in arranging for tour protests and let the democracy work. If you really want to do something good then try to change hearts of the people, not encouraging them to blame the system but encourage them to clean their ways as they are also a part of it.
To the people, I would like to say that, just don’t decide based on your emotion, think before you support anyone. I have often faced questions like ‘Anna ko support na karein to kya karein?’. If we have problems in our life, we are supposed solve them and not commit suicide. So don’t go by the fairytale way. Improve yourself, your surroundings, rather than blaming the system and supporting fake leaders. Listen to people who talk practical and sense, and are flexible. I have my choice of a Lokpal draft which makes sense, the one which was presented by BJP (It’s just my choice you can have yours). Each one of us should have one. And please stop getting on the streets every now and then, if you skip work not only your company, but your country is at loss. I felt great when Anna was protesting in Mumbai and I was working in my office. That’s what every Indian should do.
For me means is as important as the end result. While some of you (“the so called true Indians”) demand to make year 2011 as “The year of Anna”, I hope that in the coming year we will avoid
“The ‘Anna’wanted way”Happy New Year!!
Cheers!!
