Necessity of Awakening of the young people in India

These are the times when population of youth is at high on percentage in the recent history of India. The kind of Democracy which tolerated corrupted political leaders incompetent people in power warrant a change now. The people of this nation should awake from the lull which allowed many social evils to thrive.

Social concerns like poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, etc., still out there in large scale in India.
Gender inequality and violence against woman and children are at large.
Sustained development could not spread to the whole India and there are still large portion of the nation fare poorly at various social development scales, and long periods of dissatisfaction and contempt on governance resulting in law and order problems, insurgency and terrorism.
Religion, caste, gender, money etc are still used to divide the nation by people in power to achieve their selfish motives and to ensure their existence.
They failed to safeguard the wealth of nature and natural resources and importance of protecting our forests took a back seat in policy making in the prospect of short sited commercial benefits and we now bear the burnt of environmental degradation and unpredictable climate changes that affects the badly affects the main livelihood and key sector of the nation, agriculture.   

The politics in India, means a profession where a person can profit financially and in terms of authoritative power over a group of people, which is totally different from its word meaning:
"The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs."(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/politics) 

But with current scenarios and experiences of the many generations of people after Independence, the word 'politics' can be given a new meaning as:
"The art or science of cheating and exploiting the people of a nation in the name of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs."

A political party means a group of people who adopts a particular set of ideologies and line of action to influence and exploit a majority among the population and they will faithfully and bluntly cover each other's back when they face any questions or challenges from the public on their selfish motives.

The politicians have failed to deliver on the promises of democracy. The people who are elected by the people , for the people became myopic and can no longer see, hear or understand the demands and concerns of the very people who elected them to lead and represent in nation building beyond the possibility of exploiting. And in the current scenario we see people gathering en masse and coming out in the open very often, conducting mass protests, strikes and processions to voice their concerns and demands to the government, which more often uses highly efficient political tactics and succeeds either in changing the people's attention from the demands at hand or accepts it to be thrown into the long churning machinery of bureaucracy and policy making, later.

The current spur in mass protests and gatherings hints at growing dissatisfaction among the public, and the danger of anarchy which rises from failure of democracy, lurks in the corner.

It is beyond doubt, Democracy is the best available tool to govern and guide a nation forward. But with the experiences we have had as a democratic nation, it is clear that democracy in our nation requires more control features and transparency in governance to stop corruption and inefficiency and also it should be able to attract more skilled and young people to power.

Wake up! Our Country needs you.

Our country, our beloved mother, is in pain. She suffers from terrorism, hunger, corrupt leaders and her irresponsible, lazy people. Attacks on our motherland with help from outside the country and with the traitors inside, in the name of terrorism is killing her children, young and old. The freedom and unity of our country is in danger; from our enemies, religious fanaticism (of Hindu, Muslim and Christian), local favoritism and separatism of regions (of Tamil people in Tamil Nadu, of Telungu people for Telungana, of Maradthi's in Maharashtra, as in Assam, Bihar). The factors that hurt our progress are increasing and getting stronger day by day. Where are the men and women of Iron-Will in our country? Are you still sleeping in this hour of distress?

The infidel politicians of our country are making her weak and insecure. They 'serve' our country to satisfy their own greed of money, power and other selfish-needs. They value their respective political parties than our beloved country. The principles and policies of each political party in our country are so diverse that some of them are contradictory in nature. The basic principles and ideologies of some political parties even weakens our nation's integrity and often times over rides the common interests of the public. Often times there are cases when the different States of our country and the Center is ruled by different political parties and the decisions, policies, recommendations and programs by the Central Government is not followed and duly ignored by the State governments and vice verse. This includes policies on our national security and overall development of the country.

Our country has a diverse culture. Our countrymen follow different ideas, principles, religions, languages, clothing, etiquette, cuisines, etc. We in the middle of all these diversities are united in our Indianess. We unite in the name of one country, INDIA. But the politicians in our country see we people as their 'vote banks'. They cash in on our diversities. They treat us in groups based on religions, castes, wealth, etc. It is necessary for them to divide the people into small groups, the interests and opinions of which can be easily manipulated to their favour in elections and to get to power.

It is easy to break a stick than a bundle. If we are divided into different fractions or groups of people, based on our religion, castes, mother toung, ect., it will be easy for the politicians to keep us occupied in silly pursuits, like the progress of a particular group of people based on different factors, say religion or caste, etc., rather than focusing on the development of the entire nation. Focusing on identifiable groups of 'vote-banks' and catering to their petty needs, will make the job of the politicians and political parties easy and it will help them to enjoy their tenure at the government without bothering much into the core problems of our country and its overall development. The interests and needs of a particular community, when compared to that of the whole country will be very meager. Raising a cat is much easier than raising a Tiger. It is more beneficial for the politicians to appease a small group with small appetite which will in return will make the number and support them in power, than the country as a whole for the collective good.

Now we are in an age where the patriotism in our country is very low. (We show some glimpse of it for brief periods only when some national disasters happens.) Now a days we often mistake communalism, separatism, local or regional favouritism for 'patriotism', thanks to powerful politicians and so called ‘national leaders’ who manipulates and misguides people’s mind and perception beyond rationale. Our own people can conspire against our country for money, greed or for personal gains.

The values in our society are degenerating, we became more selfish, and globalization made us slaves of consumerism and materiality. We were so engrossed in the pleasures inside our four walls that when the alarm bell of terrorism at Mumbai (26-29Nov 2008)shook our consciousness and woke us up through the little black box (T.V.). By just changing the channels could have given anybody to realise what the mess we are in. We are in deep muddle of our own ignorance. We are in a fool’s heaven. When the terror strike was showing 'live' on T.V. by News channels for three days the other channels were showing the daily soup opera's, reality shows and the like as usual. This shows that we are missing something in our lives as an Indian. There are no uniting factors other than a less productive, time consuming slothful game of cricket, and most depressingly most people just prefer to watch than play. There are no role models or national heroes or ideas which can lead this country into a new era, or which can be looked upon by our younger generation for inspiration and run the wheel of progress faster in the right direction.

It is in the youth that she looks for hope. It is in her children she has faith.

Wake up! Act now! for a better tomorrow. Awake Arise and Go on for a peaceful and productive tomorrow.
Dated 11/30/08 7:33 AM