Hi Folks !Inspite of fifty-eight years of democracy being practised in our gigantic country having a history of thousands of years and great cultural values, what we have achieved till this date, is hardly significant !
The people already started debating, whether the Britishers erred in conferring an independence to this country, or they ought not to have left India so early. Inspite of 150 years of British Raj, we Indians could never master their qualities, like a sense of duty, their down to earth attitude, an urge to find the truth, their passion for justice and democracy and above all their foresight !.
What we have witnessed during the last fifty-odd years in the Indian politics is only nepotism, dynasty, parochialism, hypocrisy, sycophancy, groupism, myopic tendencies, etc. which are all evident in the spheres of Indian life.
On the other hand, inspite of completely being decimated after WWII, the countries like Germany and Japan have achieved is simplely phenomenal. Both these countries have come out like a Phoneix bird, something akin to rags to riches story. Even the progress made by the countries in SE Asia like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, etc. are quite enthralling.What we Indians lack is the 'patriotism', sense of 'brotherhood' and respect for our social and cultural values.
Today's Indian society in general and its youth in particular has virtually become a directionless. No more 'Idol' exists in our society from whom one can take an inspiration from.If the politicans have failed our democracy, we the citizens, more so the intellectual and middle-class people are equally responsible for our idle or 'chalta hai' attitude on which the politicians capitalize. How long we are doing to tolerate it ?No body in our country has any appreciation for 'Rule of law' !
Moreover, there is lack of appreciation of it's significance even amongst the educated people of our country. Ignorance of law is not an excuse.'Corruption' in every sphere of life has become a dubious distinction in our country. It is only a corrupt person who can hope to survive on the politics, on the other hand, even if you are honest and intellegent and if you have no idea to accumulate an 'ill-gotten wealth', you can sustain in the politics.Judiciary is the only ray of hope for a common man in our country, as the institution of Parliament has become redundent, as it is often boycotted by the opposition on flimsy pretext and the ruling party never allows a debate take place on any serious issue, where it is going to find itself in troubled waters.
The only way to 'save India' is to revitalize Parliamentary form of democracy, Pro-active judiciary, Free Press and above all infusing an accountability and transparancy in the public administration at all levels, right from Grampanchayat upto Union Government level.The newly enacted 'The Right to Information Act - 2005' is a fantastic legislation which can definately help to curb the present menace in our country, if not to eliminate in our country permanently.Be an alert citizen, be vocal on all those issues which you are currently facing.
Have a sense of duty and brotherhood no matter what position you are currently holding. Unless there is a consorted effort, nothing will move in our country.Do not let our country to loose it's past heritage and glory, and do not push it into the darkness of uncertanity.
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