On this day a lot of people have flogged themselves and the country and also the administrators of the country.
I agree with them that what we are undergoing is something very sad and
pathetic.However blaming the entire 65 years of existence on someone
else is something totally unwarranted.
How many of us have not been
able to live upto the expectations of our parents and how many of our
parents have not lived upto the expectations of their parents.
Further how many of us have actually been able to FORCE our childfren to live our dreams (if that is correct at all).
How many joint families do we live in anymore.
There are so many couples getting divorced after 15-20 years of marriage.
What I'm driving at is that in our small lives and small families , how
many of us have been able to achieve an ideally desirable state .
If not how can we ever think of expecting some of us to rise to the positions of power and achieve a state of perfection .
If Japan rose- after 1945 it had to do with the national character of the common man.
If US achieved something of greatness- it was due to the inherent pride of the common man.
If Germany after WW II it was due to the decadence in the society which bred hatred.
In essence what we can achieve in our personal lives- will in turn determine what we will achieve as a nation.
We as middle class made a crore for the first time- well our leaders made a few thousands of them too.
Why? Because they are us. It is I who is up there.
If lacs of crores are stashed abroad , it is because the small unit of
the country started making black money in their small deals. Whether it
is land deals or small amount via Hawala from abroad.
How many of us small time earners from abroad changed our $s in the black market /
The intention is that whether it is a Raja or a Kalamadi- they have arisen from us in OUR lifetime and rose to dubious fame.
It is not them that we should hate - in fact we don't hate them - we
are jealous of them. My God! Why could I not do the same thing?
Moment someone achieves his 100 crores we either idolize him or start admiring how a stupid fool could make so much money.
We are not different from the country that we live in.
We are not becoming because the country is corrupt and inefficient.
The country is so(if it is so) because of us,
Across all ages we have waited for a messiah to deliver us from OUR sins.
Now how convenient is that. we sin and wait for the Ganges to come to our doorstep to wash away our sins.
Pls promise yourselves if you have to .
Because if you want to see a change- you have to be that change.
There are so many couples getting divorced after 15-20 years of marriage.
What I'm driving at is that in our small lives and small families , how many of us have been able to achieve an ideally desirable state .
If not how can we ever think of expecting some of us to rise to the positions of power and achieve a state of perfection .
If Japan rose- after 1945 it had to do with the national character of the common man.
If US achieved something of greatness- it was due to the inherent pride of the common man.
If Germany after WW II it was due to the decadence in the society which bred hatred.
In essence what we can achieve in our personal lives- will in turn determine what we will achieve as a nation.
We as middle class made a crore for the first time- well our leaders made a few thousands of them too.
Why? Because they are us. It is I who is up there.
If lacs of crores are stashed abroad , it is because the small unit of the country started making black money in their small deals. Whether it is land deals or small amount via Hawala from abroad.
How many of us small time earners from abroad changed our $s in the black market /
The intention is that whether it is a Raja or a Kalamadi- they have arisen from us in OUR lifetime and rose to dubious fame.
It is not them that we should hate - in fact we don't hate them - we are jealous of them. My God! Why could I not do the same thing?
Moment someone achieves his 100 crores we either idolize him or start admiring how a stupid fool could make so much money.
We are not different from the country that we live in.
We are not becoming because the country is corrupt and inefficient.
The country is so(if it is so) because of us,
Across all ages we have waited for a messiah to deliver us from OUR sins.
Now how convenient is that. we sin and wait for the Ganges to come to our doorstep to wash away our sins.
Pls promise yourselves if you have to .
Because if you want to see a change- you have to be that change.
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