Every morning I read
the newspaper, my first reaction is to pity my own country dealing with the
unresolved political issues. A country where everything seems good on the
outside and when you scrutinize it, you see the loopholes in the system; though
now there are loopholes everywhere! When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a
leader and the way I see everything now; I would rather be a servile than a
government servant. Politicians say that the common people can only criticize everything and it’s not easy to stay in
that dirty puddle and rather tough to survive in it. Is it our perception to
conclude politics as we see or is it really that ugly?
We have had good
leaders in the past, leaders who thought for the country and the people as well
and who were genuinely concerned about various issues. I agree to the fact that
corruption has been there in the system from the very beginning, at least we
dint have businessmen in the form of ministers, who before the elections
promise a common man every little necessity, to let him pursue dreams with a
false promise of fulfilling them in return of a mere vote; and he is fooled. A
common man is fooled yet again and has given up dreaming by now. Politicians are doing nothing but to make a common man dance to their tunes like a snake
charmer.
All the demons like
inflation, corruption, poverty, racism follow the common man and have been clinging
to him since years. The fear from the landlords, undue debts being passed on to
generations, the unfulfilled hunger of just three wishes- food, clothing and
shelter. He toils, begs, cries and pleads; he sweats for a penny and sleeps
with empty stomach only to feed his family. He is the common man who struggles
only to face every hurdle the politicians toss in his life. Couldn’t a human,
who was one among us, who asked for just three things all his life and still
undeserved it? It’s not the system to blame but the human who has become so
heartless.
Look at how politics
has become the most criticized field. The reason being our politicians, whom we voted for just to see, how juvenile they could be! How in the same
political party, two leaders are fighting amongst each other with caricatures
and various cheap tricks displayed on hoardings and newspapers, where every
state has at least one minister to commit scams of 1000s of crores, where a
minister makes a deal with a gas firm only leading to gas prices becoming more
and more expensive, an agriculture minister coming up with more advanced
schemes to fool the farmers, where the president who was hailed the most for
being the first woman president did nothing for a country, demands for three
times increase in her salary. This shit we hear every day, is politics indeed.
Why can’t we have a
minister like our former President APJ Abdul Kalam who did so much for us to
bring a good change and asked for nothing in return? Why is it that every human
who stands for the truth, who takes a stand for what is right is shut and
banished in the country? Why were the modest and honest people like Anna
Hazare, Kiran Bedi and many more amongst them asked to stand aback when their
motive was to serve the poor? Where are the leaders gone, the ones we had when
we fought for the prolonged freedom? The thoughts of this country’s youth have
been washed away as the politics they see is only getting filthier and ugly.
The lessons and values learnt have been forgotten and the “Satyamev Jayate” we
talk about- this is the truth behind it.
Politics has made its
way to drugs and medicines, schools and colleges, clerks and officers,
education and educationalists, sports and sportsmen and every little spot. The
sad part is, among these villains stay the innocent, who have tried to survive
in this system, who shall stand in a queue for hours, won’t cheat in an exam
and will visit an office umpteen times only to regain their pension. I just
hope that in the time, when the only way to get things done is to go against
the system; we don’t end up losing the people who actually stood for the truth and
shall give up to the wrongs, who shall be forced to accept dishonesty and learn
to lie looking right in one’s eyes and our country shall indeed go against the
Truth; that once triumphed.
