@ Contd from "Why I love Amrika?"
Kashmira, I think am unable to make my point clear here either because I am not a good writer or because we have different expectation, from the country and its people, including me and you.
I will give it one more try with examples -
I am not comfortable with the idea that if I am stuck alone in a railway station at night I do not have access to any system where I can call and seek help. If somehow I managed to get hold of a constable to ask for help, I regret it to find out that he is drunk himself.
I am not comfortable when I'm traveling by myself in AC-2 tier and I have bunch of drunken men next to me ogling, and I feel helpless that i cannot reach a secure system that can throw those men down from the train coz they are breaking the law of drinking at a public place.
Fortunately, I have survived both the situations. In both cases I was up whole night, and on guard. Thankfully my phone was working and I was talking to my family thought I was in a hotel!
I don't know whom to blame for this fear - the system as in the govt. or just those people, who have accepted it as the way of life and do not expect the basic security or feel the need to respect law or be responsible either.
Yes, life is still going on and will probably go on and I wonder how many people each day are joining the crowd who eventually give in to corruption, law breaking and bribery as the normal and only way of life.
I am positive that there are still many good people who are fighting everyday to stick to their principle and leading a normal life, but none of those people, are among the people who are leading the country.
And that bother's me.
Every society works on the principle of 'Top-Down' its never 'Bottom-Up'. Whatever happens in the top trickles down to the bottom. That's the basic principle of life and flow. And I am not happy with what has been trickling down for last 60 years. I do not accept it and I will not support or blindly accept that everything is fine!
I form the bottom of this society. I cannot turn around the system. I can only leave a positive mark hoping that it remains positive in future and ripples a positive circle around it.
There is a big problem in the attitude and mindset of people. And I have a right to say or take a stand on what is wrong. If I can do something about fixing it, great. If, not I can atleast take a stand and say, what is wrong is wrong. Period.
And the fixing, by each individual is done in their own way, in their daily life by following whatever they believe in or they abide by and if they believe in fixing in the first place. But again fixing at an individual level can only ensure few fixed points here and there at the bottom line. It won't help in the long run.
It's not a working principle to take a step forward. If one has to step forward you have to get up, stand on your feet and leap forward. THAT'S it. Simple principle of walking.
And that's not what we have been doing all these years. We have been sitting, lazing around and talking for past 100 - 200 years!
With few people here and there from the bottom taking the effort to walk! But not ONE effort from the TOP towards the goal of walking.
And that's my problem.
Do let me know if I could make my point. If not, then I guess, I just do not have the ability to convey my thoughts.
Tanu
**" the comment was too big to read in the comment section. Do get back. I want to know if I was able to make my point or not? If I fail to convey my thoughts to you, then I need to work more towards conveying my thoughts on this issue in future" :) ****
Kashmira, I think am unable to make my point clear here either because I am not a good writer or because we have different expectation, from the country and its people, including me and you.
I will give it one more try with examples -
I am not comfortable with the idea that if I am stuck alone in a railway station at night I do not have access to any system where I can call and seek help. If somehow I managed to get hold of a constable to ask for help, I regret it to find out that he is drunk himself.
I am not comfortable when I'm traveling by myself in AC-2 tier and I have bunch of drunken men next to me ogling, and I feel helpless that i cannot reach a secure system that can throw those men down from the train coz they are breaking the law of drinking at a public place.
Fortunately, I have survived both the situations. In both cases I was up whole night, and on guard. Thankfully my phone was working and I was talking to my family thought I was in a hotel!
I don't know whom to blame for this fear - the system as in the govt. or just those people, who have accepted it as the way of life and do not expect the basic security or feel the need to respect law or be responsible either.
Yes, life is still going on and will probably go on and I wonder how many people each day are joining the crowd who eventually give in to corruption, law breaking and bribery as the normal and only way of life.
I am positive that there are still many good people who are fighting everyday to stick to their principle and leading a normal life, but none of those people, are among the people who are leading the country.
And that bother's me.
Every society works on the principle of 'Top-Down' its never 'Bottom-Up'. Whatever happens in the top trickles down to the bottom. That's the basic principle of life and flow. And I am not happy with what has been trickling down for last 60 years. I do not accept it and I will not support or blindly accept that everything is fine!
I form the bottom of this society. I cannot turn around the system. I can only leave a positive mark hoping that it remains positive in future and ripples a positive circle around it.
There is a big problem in the attitude and mindset of people. And I have a right to say or take a stand on what is wrong. If I can do something about fixing it, great. If, not I can atleast take a stand and say, what is wrong is wrong. Period.
And the fixing, by each individual is done in their own way, in their daily life by following whatever they believe in or they abide by and if they believe in fixing in the first place. But again fixing at an individual level can only ensure few fixed points here and there at the bottom line. It won't help in the long run.
It's not a working principle to take a step forward. If one has to step forward you have to get up, stand on your feet and leap forward. THAT'S it. Simple principle of walking.
And that's not what we have been doing all these years. We have been sitting, lazing around and talking for past 100 - 200 years!
With few people here and there from the bottom taking the effort to walk! But not ONE effort from the TOP towards the goal of walking.
And that's my problem.
Do let me know if I could make my point. If not, then I guess, I just do not have the ability to convey my thoughts.
Tanu
**" the comment was too big to read in the comment section. Do get back. I want to know if I was able to make my point or not? If I fail to convey my thoughts to you, then I need to work more towards conveying my thoughts on this issue in future" :) ****
1 comment:
Baapre! Itna bada post!
I am not saying that you do not have the right to say something is wrong.
But not everything is going to be right, not in India, not in US, not anywhere.
The people at the top have it good, they will probably not do anything to change it. The ones who don't like it are the ones who need to bring about change. Expecting the ones on the top to change is like expecting that the British understand that they are wrong in occupying India and leave. Aisa nahi na hota!
You know about the Gulabi Gang? They got fed up of the way things were and set about to change it. No one else is going to do it for them.
Anyway :) End of discussion from my side :)
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