2012 continued from 2011 is a reflection of what is there in
store in 2013. There is enough to be happy and worried. The great happiness is on the
young people’s readiness to protest in a matured way on issues touching or had
been touching us for decades. They understood the need to be in touch with
issues and to become a catalyst of change from “Chalta Hai” to “Aise Chalna
Nahin Doonga”. We have seen the decades of struggle of many suppressed coming
to main stream politics and occupying their position. But it was a big “vote”
bank. Here the most oppressed through generations was the 50% population which
never appeared as a vote bank. Even now, it is not. But, one thing we could see
is that, there is anger, there is frustration, there is willingness to leave
arm chair and come forward. The young has shown, even in corruption issues and
in some criminal cases the way it has been handled in Delhi and somewhere else,
cannot be tolerated any more. The lethargy and corruption in system do not give
justice. The delayed justice obviously like convicting Narasimha Rao after his
death do not make any sense.
Secondly, the happiness has overflown when we saw people
united without the help of any political party. Infact, they have given clear
message, you will not get us to think a rape by Congress is bad but a rape by
BJP, SP, BSP, DMK or Marxist is fine.
People woke up to say, a rape is a rape and corruption is a corruption whether
it is by blue, saffron, red or green. If this is going to get momentum, people
will solve issues on street and parliament has to just abide. I am hopeful of seeing a radical change the
way our democracy worked or not worked in the past.
All happiness comes with its own worries. We are scared of
the tricks being recalled from the annals of political parties to sway such public
anger in their way to win elections. It is time, for us to show, we the common
people are indifferent to your communal manipulative politics. We have seen
enough of “I am bad you are worse” kind of verbal wars. We understood all are
two sides of same coin with motive of Power, money and with blind nepotism. Dynastic
politics, dynastic celebrities etc have taken its worst roots not only in
politics, but also in business, art and culture. There is a real urgency to
address this mafia.
We are sitting on a ticking bomb of grave issues starting
from population explosion to not reaching the benefits to poor. We have lost
faith in administration, investigation agencies and delayed or unaffordable
cost of justice. There are news of vice chancellors with fake certificates,
doctors with no proper medical qualification, politicians with rape and
extortion charges. We are unhappy the way our resources are getting sold. This
anger is slowly taking shape in many ways in many part of India. The
possibility is that the multiple views on same issue and there is no single
common identification of any kind to such movements may turn to anarchy and may
turn out to be uncontrollable and may end up aimless. Governments are hell bound
on cracking down even the agitations of public for corporate. We have seen that
in Singoor and now seeing at Koodamkulam. If the government is not able to
convince the people, better they drop their initiative is my view. Why people
do not believe politicians is obvious. When they are in opposition the issues
they raise and fights against changes their stand when they become part of
ruling class.
The number of agitations by urban middle class going to
increase in 2013. It will remain as issue based so the unity will be there for
sometime. But, once it spells to rural, it will take the shape of just one aim
and may even overthrow our well protected democratic symbols. Which is dangerous
and India needs to set things right now. We don’t want the bomb to explode. We
would like to see the woman’s reservation bill to be passed. We would like to
see our daughters, sisters, wives and mothers walk in India fearlessly and
achieve their dream. The accusing game by ruling party saying, others playing
spoil sport is not going to work anymore. We have seen the way Govt passed
Nuclear Bill and FDI bill. If there is will, they can do this on amending the
laws on sexual harassment, police and judicial accountability bill, woman’s
reservation bill which are all in cold storage for long time. Address these
issues or else, together we will sink. Let us congratulate these young Indian
for not following the two generations before them who after independence, just
looked at survival without any virtue. Forgive us for our apathy, and march forward
to correct us.The generation gone by ruined your confidence on institutions. Which was the worst to happen. I wish you bring back that confidence.
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