Irony, Irony…
Hang on for a moment and look at the world around you, what do you notice? A bunch of Ironies in each and every aspect of it…
Most people want something, but their representatives want quite the opposite. For some strange reason I find it very hilarious when Rajdeep shifts from his energetic tone and accepts defeat in front of the whole country almost every night, “But sir, the Poll results seem to be pointing something else…”
If you belong to one of the (“So called”) socially backward classes please do not consider these as my personal remarks. I am just trying to make some general statements… Before we delve with the nitty-gritty’s of the issue, I want to make it clear that I am not attempting to either support or discount the concept of reservations, it’s the inherent incoherence that I want to point at.
Switch on your television these days and all you can see is hundreds of young people dressed in their pristine aprons shouting and desperately trying to make their point heard. Not a new phenomenon one might say, “It is the same old tamasaha, Medha Patkar did it sometime back too”. But isn’t there an anomaly in the entire event, a Hunger strike by a veteran (at the art of it) caused so much uproar in the system making so many political, bureaucratic and theatrical personalities reach for her to convince her and make her withdraw, where as a Hundred medicos striking didn’t get much attention beyond the electronic and print media.
Why are our politicians so oblivious of the situation? Till date, I haven’t heard a single politician coming out in the open and commenting (leave alone supporting) the issue. The answer might be simple but is it easy to digest? What is happening to all the mandate of the students and community that is protesting? Their representatives who should have been talking on their behalf seem to have held their peace and let things happen.
“This government does not seem to understand peaceful protests, all they need are people like the Naxalites and the Maoists” – An agitated student who was manhandled by the policemen in Mumbai. Though this was an emotional statement, it can be an eventuality considering the levels of frustration in today’s youth.
“People should not be afraid of their Governments, Governments should be afraid of their people” - ‘V’
Hang on for a moment and look at the world around you, what do you notice? A bunch of Ironies in each and every aspect of it…
Most people want something, but their representatives want quite the opposite. For some strange reason I find it very hilarious when Rajdeep shifts from his energetic tone and accepts defeat in front of the whole country almost every night, “But sir, the Poll results seem to be pointing something else…”
If you belong to one of the (“So called”) socially backward classes please do not consider these as my personal remarks. I am just trying to make some general statements… Before we delve with the nitty-gritty’s of the issue, I want to make it clear that I am not attempting to either support or discount the concept of reservations, it’s the inherent incoherence that I want to point at.
Switch on your television these days and all you can see is hundreds of young people dressed in their pristine aprons shouting and desperately trying to make their point heard. Not a new phenomenon one might say, “It is the same old tamasaha, Medha Patkar did it sometime back too”. But isn’t there an anomaly in the entire event, a Hunger strike by a veteran (at the art of it) caused so much uproar in the system making so many political, bureaucratic and theatrical personalities reach for her to convince her and make her withdraw, where as a Hundred medicos striking didn’t get much attention beyond the electronic and print media.
Why are our politicians so oblivious of the situation? Till date, I haven’t heard a single politician coming out in the open and commenting (leave alone supporting) the issue. The answer might be simple but is it easy to digest? What is happening to all the mandate of the students and community that is protesting? Their representatives who should have been talking on their behalf seem to have held their peace and let things happen.
“This government does not seem to understand peaceful protests, all they need are people like the Naxalites and the Maoists” – An agitated student who was manhandled by the policemen in Mumbai. Though this was an emotional statement, it can be an eventuality considering the levels of frustration in today’s youth.
“People should not be afraid of their Governments, Governments should be afraid of their people” - ‘V’
3 comments:
it would mean a lot when u see that one of the non-vetran AIMS docs conked out today... what do u have to say about that??? I think this should make an impact if not anything else
I gave a cursory reading to all your posts. Apparently, I noticed a trend; they all are missing the crux of the matter. The vocabulary used is apt though...but again, being overtly verbose often baulks the very intent of your posts. Also you might want to rethink the title. "Vendetta" is rarely used figuratively. No pun intended whatsoever;just some constructive critisism.
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Thanks for dropping by. The cynic in me was hitting out at you when using "Trying to be different,trying to make a difference". About Orkut, I was hitting out at a bunch of my other friends.( Just one of those nights when things seem to get inanely fraught). Hey but again, it was the cynic in me hiiting out, not me. Keep up the work and drop by again sometime.
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