One befitting reward for a noble soul, Anna should have his next meal in a free India.
December 17th, 2010 Tunisia. The charred blood of a 26 year old Mohammed Bouazizi inhaled by millions of frustrated and raging for Justice citizens sparked off a revolution. It took a can of gasoline, a match stick and a life lived under corruption and bullying by the people "with connection" and in power to make his then ruler to visit him in the hospital. He had just lighted himself, everybody else woke up.
The Middle east revolutions have opened up a chapter and given faith to people. The faith that their voice can be heard too. A cry of pain can be neglected, but for how long ? .. It is that faith in the strength of middle class mass that has made all the difference. Why not in India ?
The patience of middle class has no boundaries, but its very important not to be tested. The incidents like these are like a slap in the face of society which is asleep in its own lethargy and difficulties. We need an awakening. Too many of our concerns and too many of our heroes get buried up in our day to day fight for bread and butter. How many of us have felt that pinch of a guy "with connections" overtake us ? .. How many of us have just let it go. Almost everybody.
We should just hope the anger and frustration now built up doesn't get lost in only "liking" the FB pages and watching news channels excitedly. It has to turn into action. Just inspire one more person next to you to join the force, you will have done your part, perfectly. Probably 60 years of free india has some effect on its people. Lethargy, status quo. Most of Civil services candidates interviews in magazines give out a aura of maintaining a status quo. That has been what we have spent most of our lives trying to achieve. Trying hard not to change the things. Or is it time we change ?
1.2 Billion people, but still very very less leaders for causes they believe. India has great entrepreneurs, greatest of business minds that ofcourse give birth prosperity to millions. But it just has been lacking one main corner stone. Many have been born with firm resolutions for bringing about a good social change. But most of the attempts have been getting diluted. It is getting diluted as much as value of a 100 Rupee note compared to its value 10 years back. Remember it will continue to get diluted with each crore added to pockets of corrupt.
And what else can be a perfect proof of constant degradation except for this ..
"There is no doubt that our grievances against the British Empire had a sound basis. As the painstaking statistical work of the Cambridge historian Angus Maddison has shown, India's share of world income collapsed from 22.6% in 1700, almost equal to Europe's share of 23.3% at that time, to as low as 3.8% in 1952. Indeed, at the beginning of the 20th Century, "the brightest jewel in the British Crown" was the poorest country in the world in terms of per capita income. " - (Prime minister's quote from Wiki)
I think millions would be pondering on the idea, may be it would be better if Manmohan singhji was India's dictator. He would'nt have to listen to anybody.
It is indeed time for change.
It takes a lot more than a world cup win, IPL, bollywood to bring about a change. They don't even know what the last 5 digits in their bank balance look like. It is the working class that has to make all the difference.
Some people with money and power do support the cause, but it is the middle class that has to carry the baton forward. Each one has to believe that he can make a difference. Even a line written by you, a message spread by you or one firm clasp of the jaw can still make a difference. But the best, go out there and feel it. I still wonder how many youngsters would have imagined themselves in the place of Bhagat singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, may be not feeling so happy that they themselves did not get a chance to show the undying patriotism for the country. Now, is the chance.
Of all the things that are going on, the most wonderful thing is that Anna is a Gandhian. No amount of Violence can bring about a change so everlasting. The change has to come today, and what a way to get it. India was freed that way, and would be freed from devil that way too. It definitely has bought a new and refreshing feeling in youngsters who once felt, things are never going to change, Is desh ka kuch nahi ho saktha.
Not until we make it happen.
And one fine day we wake up into a world where once again we get to hear the Gandhian tone of "Raghupathi Raghava Raja Raam... ".
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