Recently India suffered one of the most devastating terror attack. It is called as 9/11 of India and now people refer to it as 26/11 . More than 180 people killed and hundreds of people rendered injured in this tragic incident. People now have anger against weak and unorganized security of India. People showed anger against Indian Leaders in form of Peace March at Gateway of India. There is unrest among whole nation regarding the security of common man. While various Govt. agencies are blaming each for this disastrous event, India certainly need a REFORM.
There was a phrase which kept popping around "Reform India Movement" and also link to a website. Looking into that website, they were showing text : Unity is power. Let's unite by registering here. and asking for registration. Seems that they do not have any immediate use or they are in phase of planning that what to do with this domain. I guess by now thousands of people may have registered there.
They may have their plans but what we can do which is practical yet reforming. 26/11 turned out to be a big change in political environment of India. However, how long it is going to sustain and what will be the real effect, we can see only in long term. Definitely, security has been tightened throughout the country but is this a permanent change ?
Apart of immediate effect of 26/11 in social, political and security status of India, we need a reform which is going to sustain for long in Indian Society. We need a positive change. I saw political parties trying to use this incident as their political agenda. Their special emphasis were against current Govt. However, I found it part of cheap politics. They are just acting as opportunist and trying to cash the situation. Even I doubt that reformindiamovement.com site, which is asking for registration will come out to be a part of political campaign for a particular party.
Currently, politics is considered as a game of power and dominance as well a dirty game. We often, in India, call it DIRTY POLITICS. No wonder, today's youth never give consideration to politics as their career. But need of the time is that biggest change is required in leadership of India. Currently, the way politics is framed in India, emphasis are more on personal interest rather than interest of whole nation. I may not be a expert of Politics but as a citizen, like others, I too have very very very little faith on current form of politics and leadership. Or consider it as no faith at all. Politics gave us social discrimination. Even, that was not enough, because of politics we now face regional discrimination. I hope most of you remember case of "Rahul Raj", a youth who died as victim of such politics. And I am surprised how easily people are influenced. Do we as citizen do not have our own perspectives ? I have seen people blindly following the leaders they believe and leaders easily manipulating them.
Do we not have our independent thinking ?
As citizen of country, we have several responsibilities and one of them is to choose the path which is favourable for country but not for the fovour of some individual..
Aren't We Indian's have ability to decide between RIGHT and WRONG ?
Keep aside those politician who are playing their dirty games for the personal interest. Aren't we having ability to decide what is wrong and what is right? May be their are manipulating us but why we are allowing them to do so? I see many so called political groups every now and then disrupts peace of society in name of religion, cause violence and yet they are free to do so. Neither you, nor me wants to be part of such groups then who are those people? Clearly those are bunch of people who want to use medium of politics to make big money and their only motive is money. So how come they can justify? Moreover, we act as blind when such incidents are happening around.
So its dirty politics root cause ? No ! its not the only reason...
As I hinted, at great extent we ourselves are also responsible. How and why we allow some chunk of cunning people to manipulate us? Our Ignorance is biggest threat. And it is true. How many times you tried to complain about corruption of such and such Govt. employee? Corruption is so much prevailing in society that we have accepted it as a part of system. But its us who are responsible for it. We are also part of it. Tell me how many times you cared about the low quality of material used in the road building next to your house? Me, you all knows that its because corruption, Govt's money is going vain. Did you care to complain it?
Lots of Ignorance and Lack of Awarness
Because of our ignorance we allow corruption. If at first place we refuse and we rather complain against the corrupted officials and officers then how come it will spread. But rather people among us use corruption as the way to get favours. Everytime when Govt. introduces something new and useful I usually find that it is just one more opportunity for corrupted to earn money while all work is restricted to paper and nothing is done in real. A guy I know works Govt. and his work is something regarding survey etc. for new Petrol Pumps and what he get, for every new Petrol Pump he get almost 1 lakh along with his officials to issue no objection certificate. Another example is Govt. tenders, I do not much details but I know that there fix commission set for clerks etc to pass tenders etc. The fix commission is open bribe. I met an contractor, he told me that there is fix percentage of commission he has to pay to Govt. guys to get his payment. He said that they have to finish JOB in 50% of sanctioned amount, though on paper its 100% but rest 50% goes as bribe as well some more benefits for him. He said, even if he wants to do things following all rules and regulation, he can't do.
So it is a kind of system we have developed that without bribe there is no work.
Need of time is to come forward
Still, many of us wants to stand against the corruption and exploitation in the society but are hesitant. Few starts but when the real effort is required, they give up. And sometimes, who get success, joins the mainstream and becomes the part of infected system and original cause to reform disappears.
We need a way to unite the people of same thoughts, same thinking and single cause to reform India. As said earlier, no youth wants to choose politics as career hence we see very few news and capable faces in this field. Do you remember any single Political Personal whom you think is justified for his designation. How come a person who can't even speak properly can do justice to nation? Or a person who is can not connect himself to the current need of nation can do the best for the nation?
We had Mr. APJ Kalam as President of India but he was not able to remain in Politics because he was least concerned about it. Rather his main concern was Nation. We have many political personals who are well qualified and highly educated but how many of them are innovative and updated ? I guess no one. Mr. Kalam was one who was updated as well concerned about development and was connected to citizens. You can read his speeches and then you can realize that he was one of the right person for leadership.But sadly in our Nation, a President is not powerful as it is in other nations.
Why youth do not make their own political party and spread their agendas of reforming India? We should come forward and form our own party that can directly connect to every citizen and for them the welfare of the nation must be first cause. Mostly people who join Politics are those who are dominating position in society in form of Money or Force. Around me, I see MPs, MLA are basically from such back grounds. And their motive of joining the Politics is to make money and get more power. But we need those for whom money is not the objective. MLA, MPs already get sufficient amount of pay. Still these people wants more. As career its not bad choice but the amount of dirty game in politics hinders most of us.. is it true? I say, at a certain extent its true. But every job / career has its own part of difficulties and so do politics. Being Politician you get opportunity to serve nation, serve public and if you are getting something in back then should be considered as bonus.
Recently, same idea was sited on blog of celebrity Aamir Khan, he requested youth to create their own Political Party to serve nation. May be you and me can do same ?
There are many more thing I want to express through this page but it will be endless. All I can say that youth of India is frustrated of current leadership, current system and infrastructure. May be it appears that things are going fine but it is not the case. We are just sitting on a bomb of frustration which can explode anytime. The youth action post crisis of 26/11 just showed only a part of it. Real is yet to come.
We need to spread awareness and have to unite people / youth so that can come forward and can Reform India. Everyone must be part of Reform India Movement. I would you to spread the word and come forward to share your thoughts too.
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