Controversial?? Nope, not this time!

I am pretty sure that after reading this note, some people will be mad at me. But, I am also sure that majority of the readers will support and agree with me. This is against some views brought up during a discussion in "The Colloquium" group of IIT Madras and by Nandan Nilekani, Sarthak Pathak, Varun Krishnan and Nishant Sah.
The subject of the note would be very obvious, as everyone is talking/putting up status messages/writing notes about the most pressing issue of the moment - Anna Hazare's Anti Corruption Movement.

I appreciate the fact that, you guys, instead of blindly supporting the movement and raising slogans(Like most of us are doing right now), have actually given a thought to it. You have realised that just one more organisation wouldnt make much of a difference to the corruption problem. Just making another committee is not sufficient to eradicate corruption. The LokPal itself might get corrupted as there is no one else to check it. And two years is too little a time to discuss such a huge magnitude of issues in court. Also Nandan Nilekani has rightly pointed out that it is a "naive" way to attack such a major issue.

Hmmm, true. Whatever you have said and argued is true. I totally support and respect your thoughts. But you need to realise the impact this movement has. For the past 60 years, have you ever seen the whole of India uniting together and joining hands for one cause? Have you ever seen the youth of the nation work so hard for a common issue? Swami Vivekananda had said that youth are the wheels of the nation. But frankly, I had never seen that happen. I never saw the young generation thinking about government related issues, up untill now. I seriously never believed that the youth would care about protesting for the development of India. But they did... They are doing it right now...

Now that is a change. Even if the results might not be that satisfactory for you people. Even if you call the whole Anna movement a farce. It still is a change. A change that brought the whole country together and gave a huge jerk to the government. A change where everyone is aware about the various issues and people are ACTUALLY doing something about it. A change where one old man is going on a fast for the benefit of the nation and the country is moved by it. A change where people are fighting for its rights by physically hurting themselves.
We might get what we demand or not, that is a different issue. Here, we need to concentrate on the psychology of the people. This CHANGE is a must as we need the country to wake up,atleast now. Even though Anna hazare's ideals may not be entirely correct, it still has brought the whole nation under one umbrella. We need to recognise this behaviour that has crept into people's minds. We need to be happy that we are doing something atlast.

So stop thinking whether an organisation like LokPal is needed or not. Instead of doing nothing about the corruption issue. Instead of just saying "This wont be of any use". Instead of sitting quietly, like we all did for the past 60 years. Join the movement. Lets show that India can be united and we will not be played with anymore. The government should realise that India is still a democracy and people are not dumbfucks.

And the good thing about such a movement is, government officials will now be scared to ask for bribes. They will be beaten up to death because of the mob scenario. Everyone in the country would have grown bolder and would have stopped giving bribes, as they have support right now. So please dont criticise mass hysteria and please dont criticise the movement just because you think the final result is not worthy enough. The whole idea of a revolution is sufficient to bring changes.
Anyways I still do respect your thoughts. But please think in all angles too. Any Change is good Change. Be a part of it.

Jai Hind.
Akand Sitra.

PS - Ooohh forgot, During the IITm students' march supporting the lokpal bill, I heard some people shouting slogans against Congress. WTF?? Do these people think the whole corruption issue is only due to Congress?? Im not a fan of congress but come on guys, corruption is a global phenomenon! We are not against any particular party. We are against corruption!! We are marching to get a bill passed!! Not to remove the government!! Just because some assholes were caught in a controversy doesnt mean that all politicians are bad. We need to respect them, as most of them are hard working and good at heart.(I think so) :P

Did India just have the worst two years of its history??

I have been silently observing, even though I never talk about it. I have been reading newspapers everyday.. But never raised my opinion about it... But, I think its high time we need to think and start discussing the issues going on in the country which in every way has affected all of us and also the reputation of this country....

Well, the last few years can be called as the "Age of Scams", seriously man.. WTF?? Even though I dont pay any tax, I have seen my parents paying taxes.. I have seen people who work their asses off, get monthly income, pay a "significant" amount of it to the govt. And these bloody bastards just eat away all the hard work which we do?

Most notably, the pioneer of huge recent scams - The great "2G Scam".. Initially, I dint care about it. It was too technical for me to understand.. Then I have started realising..man, WTF? Who the hell is A Raja and this bitch Kanimozhi?and how dare he would do such a fraud?? I once sat, and counted the number of zeroes in 176000 crores!!

Then, came the CWG scam... This hurt me the most, as soon as I read in the newspaper and in some blogs.. The most important thing which India had! "Its reputation" and "respect" was thrown into the gutter.. Even though India was a poor country, it atleast had some respect with other countries as a culturally enhanced nation.. But everything was washed away because of this bastard called Kalmadi.

Then, a more painful scam happened which dint even show mercy to dead war people.. Yaa, Im talking about the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Its just inhuman, these widows whose husbands have fought so bravely in the Kargil War and who have lost everything were also slaughtered under the axe of corruption... I dont get it.. How much money do these big junta want in a life time???

Also, there are many many other scams like Satyam, Bofors, Telgi to name a few.. I got an awesome pic on the net, which summarised everything
I am seriously impressed by seeing my mallu friends cope up with the Indosulfan issue and the way they raised their concern was truly amazing.. :)

Then, biggest shocker(for me) atleast, the illegal mining going on in Karnataka. I personally liked Yeddy because, before him, Kumaraswamy HD had been a big ass chooth by refusing to resign his CM post. So I had supported Yeddy back then, impressed by his clean record.. And WTF do I find just after 2 yrs?? Oh god, I dont even wanna talk about it coz I personally feel that this is back stabbing.. Yes, Yeddy backstabbed me. I trusted him, I had faith in him(Mainly coz I hated HDK) and he does this.. And the latest news I hear is HE DOESNT NOT WANT TO RESIGN!! I mean, seriously WTF is he upto?

Anyways, amidst all this nonsense I thought we would have no hope.. Then, Anna Hazare had come. And since, we the youth of the nation were sitting joblessly gave him super natural support and the fucking govt still doesnt pass the goddamn Lokpal bill!! I know that If they pass the bill, most of their asses will be on fire and they will be locked up till death.. but come on guys, havent you eaten enough of our money? How much more do you want? Just pass the bill..

I also personally feel that it is OK to let the PM be out of the bill.. Come on, when all the people under him are scared of corruption, how far will he alone go?? Anna and Ramu should think upon this point.

Yet, Ill stop this article by giving my appreciation to the LokAyukta and Santosh Hegde, who are truly devoted to eradicate corruption.. Come on, he single handedy kicked out a CM of a state!! You can imagine how stud he really is!!

A Very Sensitive Issue Indeed

Not so very long ago, there was a joke circulating on facebook which was somewhat like this - " PM - We are sending Indians to moon next year.
Obama- OH! how many ???
PM- 100 .........35 OBC , 25 SC , 20 ST, 10 handicapped , 5 Sports quota , 4 minority &
if possible 1 Astronaut......."

Hmmm It was funny to some extent, it became very popular because the joke was related to all of us. It did show the injustice done to the unreserved class(Im not taking sides, atleast not yet). It is a mockery on one of the most controversial bills ever to be passed in this country.

Incidentally, a movie by Prakash Jha (Aarakshan) is also about to be released based on the same topic. It has already created a huge hype because it tackles very serious political and social affairs.

Anyways, coming back to the joke. It is brilliantly written, the mixture of reservation, space technology and the PM turn out to give nice laughs to the Unreserved class. But I think its plain fart, as it shows only one side of the reservation coin and conveniently leaves the other.

Now lets unravel the truth. The truth may be bitter to most of us, but the absence of the truth is creating unnecessary havoc and unwanted hatred towards the reserved community. Lets analyse the scenario when this law had come into existence(About 5 decades ago?) India was divided into two major parts - The upper caste people and the lower caste people.

The upper caste people(Read as unreserved) had all in thier hands - political power, financial stability and education. They also had mastery over lower caste people. On the other hand, most of the backward communities were illiterate, downtrodden and filthily poor. Most of them worked for the unreserved guys and were humiliated sometimes too.(I dont want to go into the 'brahmin-untouchability' issue right now) So at that time the govt had come up with the idea of the "quota system".

In order to mitigate and to remove the cultural disintegrity, this law was made. This was a fabulous achievement to India. At a point of time, when education was the property of only "upper class" people and the downtrodden had NO right/NO money to educate and improve themselves, this had come as a boon.The unreserved poeple always had an upper hand. They were rich to afford quality education and culturally on the better side for acceptance by the society. After centuries of historic oppression, respect being denied and under-represented in all walks of life, the time of 'reserved class people' had come to shine.

The scenario had changed.

Children who saw their parents being thrown out of temples, who werent supposed to drink water from "some peoples'" houses and who were considered to be "impure", atlast had a chance to stand at par with them. The mistreatment for the past few centuries ceased to exist and a ray of hope and respect was shone onto them.

Now after half a century,when the quota was increased, the unreserved felt the cringe, but, that is what the resolution aimed at, because to empower the weak we need to disarm the strong or else whats the point ?? But any way they started revolting and started creating a mess, but unfortunately for them their long established political influence could not help them this time and they were soon lulled into silence.

When this joke came up(and many such jokes), the young unreserved junta gleefully shared it, each with a snug sarcastically outraged comment, which im sure they don't mean to intend. The very fact that these guys are able to share the post makes them a minority in the country and it reflects upon the opportunities and advantages they possess, so i ask them to stop crying and buckle up to face the truth. Reservation is a fact and you have to face it !! I remind each one of the ill informed fools out there that a reservation candidate does NOT mean in any way under trained or brain dead candidate, which is a wrong perception unfortunately that even the most educated people have. One more myth is that reservation candidates are stealing the jobs and seats of unreserved classes, it not true they are just being protected so that their jobs and seats aren't stolen.

I tell you all unreserved cry babies out there, your fore fathers got away with all theirs deeds and injustices, you should bear their burden now and suffer after all you did inherit their wealth and prestige without complaint. I feel that that reservation for the backward classes should and am sure will be continued in the future.

And now lets analyse the other side of the coin. I have seen many many people who misuse this golden opportunity given to the backwards. Even though they are financially stable,in fact richer than many of thier unreserved counterparts, even though their parents are educationally qualified they still use the category to get thier seats in educational institutions and also in jobs.

Personally, I think the govt should remove the reservation law after a few years and make a new law which gives quota/reserve seats to under privileged and 'poor' people, whose family income can be made the basis of reservation rather than the caste itself.This is almost being done as its already implemented in OBC candidates.(Yes im talking about the usage of creamy layer)

I hope to see a better India where its own people do not fight on illogical issues like caste. I want to see a country where every law is fair to every citizen. A law which helps the deserved to shine. A law which unites people and also improve standards of everyone.
Jai Hind.

PS - Eagerly waiting for Aarakshan :P :P
PPS - I am an OBC candidate and I swear I will never use the category again for anything in the future. I will use my own merit and hardwork.

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