The burning issues

With all the candle marching, discussions on social platforms, mourning for the rape victims, demand for capital punishment for the accused, and resolution of boycotting the Republic Day celebrations, we seemed to have precipitated down on one burning issue-to have a safe and free India that our forefathers had dreamed of.

We are a democracy with equal rights for all in the eyes of the world, but how many of us have been able to understand the true meaning of it?

The marches are over, the days of praying for the rape victim are over, but the issue still remains. The issues of the deteriorating condition of our country’s law and order system, the dereliction of duty of our police force, the widely criticized techniques used for grappling power by our politicians, the blindfolded nature of our Indian Penal Code, the increasing terrorist activities of some antisocial elements in our society, and most importantly our safety in and out of our homes.

Instead of thinking about the incidents that have rocked the peace of our country till date, it is time that we start thinking of the issues at hand. Instead of presenting our country as an embellished and ornamented nation with elements of a true democracy, let us ponder on the precipitated issue at hand and all that we have learnt and experienced.

Let us take a resolution of participating in the country’s system rather than laying back and criticizing it. Let us understand the meaning of the most famous saying in The Three Musketeers, “One for all and all for one.” Let us act collectively and also on an individual level towards the building of a society which our forefathers wished to see and we still dream to live in.

Increasing number of malls, fluctuating stock markets, spiraling growth in prices of commodities and metals do not define a nation. It is the people who define a nation. It is the people who make it work. Lamenting, mourning, grieving, and languishing on certain instances of crime would not help solve the issue. It is time we move back and understand why it went wrong; it is time we realize that we enough potential and power to bring about a resolution – a drastic change, if not a revolution.

It is necessary to identify the issues before we think to act upon them. The issues of rape, domestic violence, marital rape, dowry killing, mental and physical agony in a relationship, honor killing, rulings and decisions of khaap panchayats, use of quota system to gain power, safety of the grey population, rising prices, female infanticide, female foeticide, our corrupt politicians, black marketing, embezzlement of money for evasion of tax duties, money laundering acts, increasing LPG prices, our corrupt bureaucracy, J & K issue, our borders being captured and the local population being harassed by the Chinese army, use of antique artillery by our army, spiraling prices of essential commodities, rates of sugar being controlled by sugar barons (who are actually politicians and have manipulated the prices for their own benefits), lack of proper insurance guidelines for a secure society, ignorance of people about their rights and duties, lack of proper infrastructure, roads found in pits and pits in roads, improper facilities of clean drinking water, loss of electricity by our power stations due to lack of supervision, ever increasing school fees, lack of proper educational curriculum due to our ineffective education ministry, shortage of facilities for the jawans fighting on the border, improper behavior of the members in our Legislative Assembly, over dependence on reservation and quota system by our parties to grapple power, liberal outlook towards our neighboring countries, overrated opinions by our netas, the goons being given tickets to contest elections, cases pending against politicians and their henchmen being inefficiently dealt with or hushed up owing to bribery and other malpractices, people’s taxes being inappropriately spent on the comfort and security of politicians, and many more which I may be forgetting at this stage or am unaware of.

But, then there are solutions to all if we just decide to deal with them rather than wait for some angel to fall from Heaven and do the needful for us.

The issues are at hand; let us deal with them and solve them. We just need to change our outlook and do away with our lethargy. Let us stop looking at the things as they are and concentrate on how they should be. Accepting our faults and acknowledging the need for change is the desire of the hour. Tolerance may be good but being intimidated is bad.

Let us raise our bottoms and make a move. The society will conscientiously follow us. But, we must be the first to make a move.

Jai Hind!!!