The papers report bigger and bigger scams every day. Culprits are mostly those we entrust with the running of our country's affairs. Families and loved ones of Politicians become Billionaires while the country heads towards growth-stagnation and uncontrolled inflation.
Politicians are busy with their divide and rule- Mr MNS wants to isolate Maharashtra from the rest of India, while Mr Sibbal would like to take offence on harmless cartoons to inflate passions among his followers. BSP wants a quota in promotion to please its vote bank, while the SP opposes the move to please their supporters. The BJP takes its role in the opposition very seriously- They oppose everything be it good, bad or ugly- again to please their supporters. The TRS wants Telangana and is busy in firing up public passion and emotion. The Congress- well never mind.
Political parties all around are busy in pleasing their supporters, in gathering votes just so they can come to power next term. And behind this veil of power, of the so called democracy are the scams that have been neatly covered up all this while.
So of course if someone like Mr.Aseem Trivedi brings it up and puts a glaring spotlight on their activities, the so-called well wishers of our country, our very own elected members of the parliament would naturally take offence at this act of disrespect to the national emblem.
But if we look at the cartoon in isolation, we see a frustrated Indian, who out of love for his country and despair at the state of affairs had to cross the line in order to be heard. And then again we are familiar with the situation. Not very long ago there was 3 brave young men who were hanged till death for a similar act, ideologically, if not in scale and proportion. They believed that an explosion was needed to be heard by the deaf. That was a different era, and in today's time Aseem may very well be the new Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev or Rajguru.
Too drastic? Not really! Here is a citizen who had to distort the National Emblem to get his point across, to be heard. His cause and intentions are crystal clear- End corruption and help the country. While Mr Trivedi goes to Jail in-spite of having the best of intentions for our country, the perpetrators of the scams are happy sitting in their luxury cars.
What the police, and all those who take offence at his cartoon fail to notice is that the national emblem, by definition is something that symbolizes the state. The corrupt go around singing praises of and worshiping the country and its emblem, yet stealing without a second thought and thus disrespecting and disregarding the National well being. While our convict cartoonist here might have disrespected the national emblem, but not once has he disrespected the Country (state) which the emblem itself "Symbolizes". That was an act out of the love of his country.Our laws and procedures pay too much importance to the symbolic and the redundant.
This brings us to the question of the hour- where is the country headed? Lots of depressing news daily- scams, policy paralysis, parliament logjam, and oh yeah Digvijay Singh's words of wisdom. Is this the time to put our heads down and wonder what went wrong?
On the contrary this is the time to rejoice for it is now that finally the truth comes out in the news. It is now that finally the scams which had been going on for decades under the shadows, are laid bare for all to see. It is now that the public is aware, angry and disturbed at what their elected representatives have made of the country they so love. It is NOW that the storm is brewing- that those who seek the truth, are laying it out for the world. It is NOW that truth is starting to prevail. For the road may be long, and the night dark, but eventually - Satyamev Jayate . truth alone triumphs.
Mr. Trivedi got that part wrong I guess. Its not over yet- not by far.
Politicians are busy with their divide and rule- Mr MNS wants to isolate Maharashtra from the rest of India, while Mr Sibbal would like to take offence on harmless cartoons to inflate passions among his followers. BSP wants a quota in promotion to please its vote bank, while the SP opposes the move to please their supporters. The BJP takes its role in the opposition very seriously- They oppose everything be it good, bad or ugly- again to please their supporters. The TRS wants Telangana and is busy in firing up public passion and emotion. The Congress- well never mind.
Political parties all around are busy in pleasing their supporters, in gathering votes just so they can come to power next term. And behind this veil of power, of the so called democracy are the scams that have been neatly covered up all this while.
So of course if someone like Mr.Aseem Trivedi brings it up and puts a glaring spotlight on their activities, the so-called well wishers of our country, our very own elected members of the parliament would naturally take offence at this act of disrespect to the national emblem.
But if we look at the cartoon in isolation, we see a frustrated Indian, who out of love for his country and despair at the state of affairs had to cross the line in order to be heard. And then again we are familiar with the situation. Not very long ago there was 3 brave young men who were hanged till death for a similar act, ideologically, if not in scale and proportion. They believed that an explosion was needed to be heard by the deaf. That was a different era, and in today's time Aseem may very well be the new Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev or Rajguru.
Too drastic? Not really! Here is a citizen who had to distort the National Emblem to get his point across, to be heard. His cause and intentions are crystal clear- End corruption and help the country. While Mr Trivedi goes to Jail in-spite of having the best of intentions for our country, the perpetrators of the scams are happy sitting in their luxury cars.
What the police, and all those who take offence at his cartoon fail to notice is that the national emblem, by definition is something that symbolizes the state. The corrupt go around singing praises of and worshiping the country and its emblem, yet stealing without a second thought and thus disrespecting and disregarding the National well being. While our convict cartoonist here might have disrespected the national emblem, but not once has he disrespected the Country (state) which the emblem itself "Symbolizes". That was an act out of the love of his country.Our laws and procedures pay too much importance to the symbolic and the redundant.
This brings us to the question of the hour- where is the country headed? Lots of depressing news daily- scams, policy paralysis, parliament logjam, and oh yeah Digvijay Singh's words of wisdom. Is this the time to put our heads down and wonder what went wrong?
On the contrary this is the time to rejoice for it is now that finally the truth comes out in the news. It is now that finally the scams which had been going on for decades under the shadows, are laid bare for all to see. It is now that the public is aware, angry and disturbed at what their elected representatives have made of the country they so love. It is NOW that the storm is brewing- that those who seek the truth, are laying it out for the world. It is NOW that truth is starting to prevail. For the road may be long, and the night dark, but eventually - Satyamev Jayate . truth alone triumphs.
Mr. Trivedi got that part wrong I guess. Its not over yet- not by far.
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