Well Well, am back, a little bit cooler after all that politico and media bashing. Let me not get into that anymore though kerala CM and other politicos deserve some more. Straight to the point.... Where do we go from here? What do we do now on?
We all have been crying from last Thursday night against the politicos. Will change of heads be enough? What policy changes do we expect? Which party is gonna help us out of this? Do we as citizens have a role to play? What abt the media? and most importantly... are u ready to sacrifice some freedom for more security. Before i get to these stuff let me put to rest the most hot topic discussed these days every where. "Are we gonna hit Pakistan"?
That is an non existent option for me and i don't think any govt for that reason would be foolish to risk that or for our bureaucrats allow that. Why? simple. We all know there are hundreds of sleeper cells in India maintained by the ISI. Do u think they will sleep when India and Pak are at war... The enemy will bleed us from inside. Also the naxals, the terrorists in the North East and most importantly the chinese who claim Sikkim, Arunachal and wat not will not sit quite.... every damn opponent will try to strengthen their position. We 'll loose the war not from outside But from inside.
Secondly, how long can we sustain a war when the world is at financial crisis? Do u think US will really back us when they want the pak army at the afghan border. Neither is Russia as close as it was to us earlier to help us keep the Chinese out of the chess board. Even if we get a truce with the other terror groups inside India what garuntee that they will honor it? Lets be very clear ...... we are cornered..... We can't go and start hitting around...
So wat do we do now? We need Change.. and not in one front
1) Political - either the mentality of the politicos must change or we the people should push them out. We need rules and regulations for who can be a minister and who cannot (would a 10 std pass be recruited as s/w engg?).. he must be some where close to understanding the system. This is the rite time for a CITIZEN MOVEMENT.
2) Media- They should be more responsible. Follow stuff, not let things slip out of memory..... Media has proved its metal by doing this... Priydarsini Matoo, Nitish Katara cases are apt examples. And must play a constructive role via reports and editorials. Must inspire the citizens.
3) Security forces - Should be better equipped, should create specific forces for specific tasks (no more NSG as black cats), Restructuring of intelligence teams, more importance to ground level intelligence. Better use of Technology ....we have the supposedly 3rd largest pool of professionals and still our armed forces have to shout and signal orders.... We should make better use of softwares and hardwares. If we had used softwares and hardwares that can identify people in rooms from outside the army could have much more easily saved ppl earlier. Or they could have relayed info amng various teams inside the hotel. I sometimes feel that the defense forces of India some how are averse to computers. look at the vacancies for IT/Computer engineers. And lets pay them more money damn it!
4) System - There must be a process in the Indian system. If a intelligence input is made there must be a system to track and update. Not just intelligence, whether it be planning, new projects, initiatives. we need smtng at least like a project traq in Indian governing system
5)Corporates - The Tatas, Birlas and Reliances and the big corporate houses need to stop accusing the govt. They have a role to play here. Why cant we have a system where if a software company gives free software for security or govt the govt not give them tax perks or free land in return... rather than paying real money? Why cant instead of the corporates making donations in cash...donate in kind like a hardware company come up with security devices, textile company with clothing (fcrse let them have their name as a logo...no ads plz... i dnt want my army advertising ).
6) Citizens - We have a a much greater role. We should be ready to give up our freedom for more safety. Ready to be frisked every now and then. Have a social security number. Lets not just demand more but do more. One immediate thing that we need to do is not to vote for wrong guyz. If all ur candidates are wrong just dont vote (i think there is smtng called 49-0 or No Vote...will check and blog on that). lesser or greater the devil is he is a devil at the end of the day. We say youth should act, but we are the youth, we should not say but act. Why not a political party to counter all the devils... to clean the system lets get to the system. I am ready for it. And this blog is part of such a campaign.
The great martyrs who gave their life don't need your condolences or need you to attend their cremations. They need your action. By action i don't mean going out on a protest rally, blaming the politicos or anything. What i mean is that we have to work even harder now, in what ever you do from a coolie to a corporate king. We need to double our efforts. To make India a super power in the world. Economically, security wise, medically development wise and what not. We should drive hard for a day when our enemy should ask us for the money to buy the bullets that he is gonna fire at us. This should be the tribute to the martyrs. There can be no greater respect.
I will keep writing on ways to be a better citizen on this blog and do my bit to not let the mumbai carnage slip out of memory.
While writing this blog i created a mail id indiaagain@gmail.com and thought of asking all of you to mail to that email address and say that we will create a political party and send petitions and all.. Spending another moment on it i feel, its not worth it. If u still feel like joining me, mail me at indiaagain@gmail.com, lets get together and do our little part. Remember the story of the squirrel when Ram built the bridge to Lanka. India now needs hundreds of such squirrels. We cant start mass movements by signing petitions or sending emails. What we need is to be proactive.
First thing i would like to happen is a PIL asking for a law to allow me to recall my elected representative or say that none of the candidates deserve to be my representative, because democracy is not a Yes or No question.
(plz forgive my mistakes with spellings and grammers, was never good with them)
Hi da,
ReplyDeleteAnother good one..something imp n useful for u..
Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote anyone!
Yes such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called "49-O".
Why should you go and say "I VOTE NOBODY"... because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received
"49-O" votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them. This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public....
@Ratna
ReplyDeletetnx for the info,
ya i too have heard abt that. Actually i am tryin to find that out! as soon as i ahve some information about that i will be blogging here about it.
anyway thx a lot for the support
Hello everybody
ReplyDeleteThe need of the moment is to spread the right message to everybody in this world and it is that there is NO RELIGION.
None of the entities that we consider as our religious God, when they were alive set up any religion and ask anyone to be followers of that.
They all spread good message and asked people to love, care and help each other. But people mistook and misunderstood everything. They became followers of these great people instead of following the message and got themselves labelled as being of a particular religion.
From then & there everything has been going wrong and will keep on going wrong until someone really very different, courageous and confident person comes in and corrects everything and spreads the right message.
Those great people might be looking from up above and laughing on all of us, from the very top to the bottom for being fools and not understanding what God wants us to actually do.
Think about it guys. Lets take the good from everywhere and become better rather than following vain things and spreading darkness and pain.
Paddy - I must say you have really thought deeply about improving the current scenario which India is fighting. I appreciate that. I completely endorse what you have mentioned in your post.
ReplyDeleteTo add to that, I think the need of the hour is -
-Security Policy: to have a very clear and effective policy to comabat terrorism. Capable people should be assigned the task of chalking out such a policy, and not those moron politicians who never for a single instance think about the welfare of their country.
-The security policy should be implemented thouroughly and completely
-Transparency & Accountability: This is the need of the hour. Each politicion and every move of his should be tracked and should be shared with the citizens of India. Everything right from assignment of money to a project to the implmentation of that project, it should be shared how and where has all the money flown and what is the status
-Decoupling of police force and any security force in India with the policiticians. This would ensure that the officials will be free to render their duty w/o any undue pressures and demands from corrupt politician.
@Davis- I do agree with youthat we all are creations of God and we should have love and care and respect for each other. Untill we learn this we will never rest in peace.
~Jyoti
@jyoti - thnx for the response. I agree with ur points. We need to think right now on how to go about and force the hand or the rulers. I don't think any political party would be ready to buy the suggestions unless they are forced to..and thts exactly what we must do.
ReplyDeleteIf I were a leader, I would want to show people what should be given importance. Let's suppose that I am the CM or PM. The things that I would do is:-
ReplyDelete1.)Throw off my security. I have not been elected to be secure but to serve the people. Also, the forces will be ordered that If at all I need to be secured then secure me from a distance, but no one close to me. I think this will improve their skills as well, in securing the people of the nation.
2.)I will trow open my office door. No one should be stopped from meeting me. But the people should also learn that I am a normal government official and that I should not be disturbed unnecessarily when I am working hard. People will also learn to respect the other person's time in doing this.
3.)Spread the message that I had posted before.
4.)Won't travel in official vehicles. I have travelled by public transport and will continue to do that. Or else I will use a vehicle that won't pollute the environment like a cycle. Doing that, I can also be an example how to work against global warming.
5.) Stop all the construction work. as it is, we don't have enough electricity and water supply. I don't know why are still buildings being build.
Only a person who has seen and felt the pain of a normal citizen can do this and will do this and only pain and suffering will keep you on earth and understand things around you and make you think of solutions.
Life is not about enjoying. It is about living the way that everyone else around you also will be happy. It is kind of impossible at the moment but we should not stop dreaming.
We should all be simple and humble and The almighty God will also have compassion and help us in whatever we wish to do. And you know 'if God is with us then who can be against us'.
@Davis
ReplyDelete"Life is not about enjoying. It is about living the way that everyone else around you also will be happy."
True words my friend i completly agree with you