08.02.2011 -
Facebook status of one of my frnds....Jana Gana Mana chosen as the BEST national anthem in the world....so she is proud to be an Indian !!! Am i?? answer - an emphatic NO !!!
And i made a scathing comment about what i felt regarding this and how could u feel proud to be an Indian when u look around,when u look at this society...and guess what i found out later in
the evening when i logged into FB?? A bunch of like-minded "PATRIOTS" (unlike me !!) who called me a "naysayer",
and that i didnt understand the "real value of a national anthem"...that it defines a nation...etc etc
...some even doubted whether i was a true Indian !!!! And one moron even pulled a smart one on me,asking if there was a mirror around me when i looked around...MAY HIS GODDAMN SOUL REST IN PEACE...
so much for speaking out my mind....whew...
I gave them all a piece of my mind (which comes very easily to me !!) but what i fail to understand is that
did they really mean what they said?? Should we feel proud to be an Indian just bcoz our National Anthem
was selected as the BEST by UNESCO??? So if it was not selected then i suppose we wouldnt have felt proud
of our national anthem nor about the fact that we are INDIANs...right?? Are we really so desperate to feel proud to be an Indian that we should go looking for such trivial reasons?? Maybe yes...we are....bcoz such instances are rare in this country.
I might sound like a NAYSAYER to some but i ask them...isnt there truth in what i say?? What defines a nation...its national anthem...or its citizens and their deeds?? What we have achieved over the years in the different walks of life,how we conduct ourselves in the global society and the formulation and implementation of policies for the upliftment of the masses are just a few things that truly defines a NATION.If u ask one of the above mentioned PATRIOTS,why they feel proud to be an Indian...lets hazard a few guesses as to what their reasons would be -
a. a diverse country with various religions,languages,customs blah....blah
b. fast emerging nuclear power with an enviable assemble of armed forces
c. rapidly increasing economy and a force to reckon with in all fields
etc...etc...
...to be precise....Indians are everywhere and fast multiplying !! No arguements there but blind optimists would prefer to look just at the rise of this peak and completely ignore the steep decline on the other side,bcoz the best way to tackle a problem is to pretend that it doesnt exist !! Or as we all do...just watch it,condemn it and then forget it....simple !! Somebody had aptly said that MONEY is the root of all evils....add to that,human never-ever satisfying greed for more,and u have a deadly combination. Why is it that the 2 financial extremeties exist on such a large scale in India?? The richer keep on getting richer,the poorer keep on getting poorer....the exploited keeps on getting exploited...a section of the society thrives on the luxuries while the major part struggle in vain to get the 3 basic "luxuries"of life...food,clothing and a roof above their heads.
As if financial inequality was not enough,social inequality is rampant even in this 21st century. People shout slogans against the government,declare strikes,go on rampage to protest against reservations...as if the moment all these are removed every Indian would treat the other as an equal...and we would have a just and equal society....bloody hell !!!
One look at the no of zeroes in the account balance of our Indian babus in the Swiss banks and we are forced to believe that there are really 7 lives for a man,rather,for an Indian atleast...and these are those few lucky ones who have figured out a way to carry over these deposits to their next lives !!
Women enpowerment - sounds nice for the camera and prints...but hardly a trace in real life...where women are exploited,abused,raped,molested at ones own free will and does anyone care?? Women rights activists...media...for a few days and then the waves of time wash them away and replace them with new interesting stories.
Every other day a group of politicians and their chelas feel that they cant live as a part of this state anymore...they want a state of their own...or the name doesnt suit their "culture",so it ought to be replaced with a local version....or the jobs in a state belongs only to the natives of that state,outsiders should not be allowed...or some believe its high time to stop "westernisation" of our society and something must be done to stop it,so boycott Valentines Day,Friendship Day etc,beat up the couples on the streets and parks and pubs,vandalise the shops and hangouts which support all this,burn cinema halls which screens films which "hurt public sentiments and Indian culture",declare strikes whenever their vested interests are not entertained no matter whatever hassles it causes to the public,instigate the young minds against each other and then wait to claim their share of "martyrs"...even the deadliest criminals who have committed henious crimes are tried out in the courts according to our "JUST and UNBIASED" judicial system and then let off due to lack of proof or given life impisonments while the victims family struggle to live out each day watching that bastard getting what he had so cruelly taken away without any remorse...a LIFE...atleast an existence...
.
.
the list is endless....and if we still feel proud to be an Indian bcoz JANA GANA MANA is the BEST national anthem in the world....then....CONGRATS....U R A TRUE INDIAN,but alas...not even close to a HUMAN BEING.....!!
And i made a scathing comment about what i felt regarding this and how could u feel proud to be an Indian when u look around,when u look at this society...and guess what i found out later in
the evening when i logged into FB?? A bunch of like-minded "PATRIOTS" (unlike me !!) who called me a "naysayer",
and that i didnt understand the "real value of a national anthem"...that it defines a nation...etc etc
...some even doubted whether i was a true Indian !!!! And one moron even pulled a smart one on me,asking if there was a mirror around me when i looked around...MAY HIS GODDAMN SOUL REST IN PEACE...
so much for speaking out my mind....whew...
I gave them all a piece of my mind (which comes very easily to me !!) but what i fail to understand is that
did they really mean what they said?? Should we feel proud to be an Indian just bcoz our National Anthem
was selected as the BEST by UNESCO??? So if it was not selected then i suppose we wouldnt have felt proud
of our national anthem nor about the fact that we are INDIANs...right?? Are we really so desperate to feel proud to be an Indian that we should go looking for such trivial reasons?? Maybe yes...we are....bcoz such instances are rare in this country.
I might sound like a NAYSAYER to some but i ask them...isnt there truth in what i say?? What defines a nation...its national anthem...or its citizens and their deeds?? What we have achieved over the years in the different walks of life,how we conduct ourselves in the global society and the formulation and implementation of policies for the upliftment of the masses are just a few things that truly defines a NATION.If u ask one of the above mentioned PATRIOTS,why they feel proud to be an Indian...lets hazard a few guesses as to what their reasons would be -
a. a diverse country with various religions,languages,customs blah....blah
b. fast emerging nuclear power with an enviable assemble of armed forces
c. rapidly increasing economy and a force to reckon with in all fields
etc...etc...
...to be precise....Indians are everywhere and fast multiplying !! No arguements there but blind optimists would prefer to look just at the rise of this peak and completely ignore the steep decline on the other side,bcoz the best way to tackle a problem is to pretend that it doesnt exist !! Or as we all do...just watch it,condemn it and then forget it....simple !! Somebody had aptly said that MONEY is the root of all evils....add to that,human never-ever satisfying greed for more,and u have a deadly combination. Why is it that the 2 financial extremeties exist on such a large scale in India?? The richer keep on getting richer,the poorer keep on getting poorer....the exploited keeps on getting exploited...a section of the society thrives on the luxuries while the major part struggle in vain to get the 3 basic "luxuries"of life...food,clothing and a roof above their heads.
As if financial inequality was not enough,social inequality is rampant even in this 21st century. People shout slogans against the government,declare strikes,go on rampage to protest against reservations...as if the moment all these are removed every Indian would treat the other as an equal...and we would have a just and equal society....bloody hell !!!
One look at the no of zeroes in the account balance of our Indian babus in the Swiss banks and we are forced to believe that there are really 7 lives for a man,rather,for an Indian atleast...and these are those few lucky ones who have figured out a way to carry over these deposits to their next lives !!
Women enpowerment - sounds nice for the camera and prints...but hardly a trace in real life...where women are exploited,abused,raped,molested at ones own free will and does anyone care?? Women rights activists...media...for a few days and then the waves of time wash them away and replace them with new interesting stories.
Every other day a group of politicians and their chelas feel that they cant live as a part of this state anymore...they want a state of their own...or the name doesnt suit their "culture",so it ought to be replaced with a local version....or the jobs in a state belongs only to the natives of that state,outsiders should not be allowed...or some believe its high time to stop "westernisation" of our society and something must be done to stop it,so boycott Valentines Day,Friendship Day etc,beat up the couples on the streets and parks and pubs,vandalise the shops and hangouts which support all this,burn cinema halls which screens films which "hurt public sentiments and Indian culture",declare strikes whenever their vested interests are not entertained no matter whatever hassles it causes to the public,instigate the young minds against each other and then wait to claim their share of "martyrs"...even the deadliest criminals who have committed henious crimes are tried out in the courts according to our "JUST and UNBIASED" judicial system and then let off due to lack of proof or given life impisonments while the victims family struggle to live out each day watching that bastard getting what he had so cruelly taken away without any remorse...a LIFE...atleast an existence...
.
.
the list is endless....and if we still feel proud to be an Indian bcoz JANA GANA MANA is the BEST national anthem in the world....then....CONGRATS....U R A TRUE INDIAN,but alas...not even close to a HUMAN BEING.....!!
