Go through this presentation..not sure about the statistics mentioned but am sure this will make you go mad about how deep rooted the corruption in India is and I will be more than happy if you can keep this in mind and avoid doing something that directly or indirectly adds up to corruption and also request you to spread the awareness.
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The word Patriotism has always drawn my attention and interests me. First of all what is the meaning of the word Patriotism ??
a popular web dictionary described it as below :
pa·tri·ot·ism
[pey-tree-uh-tiz-uhm or, especially Brit., pa-]
–noun
devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
Well first of all, why should one love the country ?? well there are people who say that because it has given us the home and the place to live in. In that case, I feel to be very exact that it is being selfish. And if we have to be selfish then I say love your family and then your hometown and then your state and then finally the country because the order I mentioned is more relevant.
So if we can agree on this point, then there is no point in punishing people who act against the integrity of a country for the wellness of his family, hometown and state in the mentioned order.
Now if we don’t agree to being selfish and we have to be loving people around us, then I feel the concept and Idea of global citizenship should be taught, inculcated and encouraged. Treat people from all around the world, across different nations and places in the same manner we are expected to treat people from the so called fellow country men.
In that case there is no point in having passports, visas and permissions to settle in different parts of the world. The rigorous checks, the anti smuggling laws and such other laws can be thrashed.
After thinking for a while, I personally feel that the concept of country and patriotism is just inculcated from ages to divide people and retain the power in the hands of the selfish rulers and politicians.
Thinking in a bigger plane, it has always been a habit of the human race to move on and settle down in places which offer better living – around water bodies and fertile lands during the prehistoric ages till the 15th and 16th centuries (approximately) and then areas with better industrialization and resources during the 17th and 18th centuries.
I strongly feel that the people who are most benefitted by Independent India are the politicians and above all, the buggers from the family who are indirectly running an Aristocratic form of government from the day India has attained it’s Independence. There used to be a free flow of people in and out of the country when India was a British colony. So what is that we gained by attaining Independence?? It is undoubtedly the chance to loot the powerless people and the resources of the country. I feel India is never – atleast no more a Democratic nation. In fact it is Tyrant form of government following an Aristocracy with a mixture of Kleptocracy, Plutocracy and Oligarchy claiming to be a Democracy. Weird huh??? but TRUE.
Now why is the sudden alertness and strict rules trying to confine people to places where they are born ? isn’t it restricting people of their basic right ?? – the right to live and the right to freedom??
I highly appreciate the European Union in this regard. They atleast allow their people to roam around different countries within the union and settle down where they wanted to without restricting them and providing them with equal opportunities to live.
Want, wish and pray one day the concept of global citizenship comes into practice. But may be by then, I think neither you nor I and also none of us living now will be alive to see the comforts and opportunities it could offer.
The date on the calendar is showing 6th Feb 2011 when I heard the news that the political party PRP started by Chiranjeevi – the Mega Star of Telugu film Industry has decided to merge with the Indian National Congress.
Remembering the path travelled by PRP, the party was started after a lot of publicity and amidst fan hysteria on 26th August 2008 calling itself an alternative to the murky politics that were prevailing in Andhra Pradesh.
The merger came as a shock to many including me. So what are the conditions that must have lead the so called leader of the people to finally and shamelessly merge his party into the party that any person accepts as the party with a history of most number of scams and the most number of law breaks ?
I used to be an advent fan of Chiranjeevi right from my childhood and I was really happy seeing that my hero, the megastar has at last started a party with the intention to clean up the political system. But then, his recent deeds made me not only to lose hope on him and the political system of India but I lost the edge for the actor anymore. He may be a mega star but I understood that it is only in the films. He is not my idol anymore and he hell would not be for many who irrespective of their caste, creed and religion accepted him as their demigod till date.
I feel the main motto of any person entering into politics in India and particularly in Andhra Pradesh is to grab as much money as possible, become rich overnight with the help of few scams in which they will anyway not be punished and then remain in power for as many years as possible may be even generations together.
The first thought that hit me when I heard about this merger is about Pawan Kalyan. He shouted against Congress. He even went to the extent to call all politicians in Congress to be thieves and they should be made to run naked on road and be bashed parallelly. So what about him now? Should it be taken that the Mega Star has kept his younger brother aside in favor of Congress ? Will Pawan Kalyan become a part of the Congress or will he be staying away from politics and his brother ?
Coming to the scenario that must have lead our dear hero to merge his party, is it because he has lost hope in his capabilities or is it because he thought he can no more draw crowds to make his party stronger ? Had he played his moves well, he would have undoubtedly become the king maker in 2014 elections. Is it that he has changed and become just one more politician in the murky Indian Politics or is it that he wants to retire from politics and get back to his Mother Industry – the Telugu Film Industry and because of that, he wanted to show a path to his party members ?
I used to believe or atleast listen to what he used to say a few days ago but then, he lost his credibility – all of it with just one mindless and selfish move.
Rumors were that all his party tickets were sold during the elections in 2009 but then, I am not very sure about it. Seeing his moves these days, I have to finally give up my doubt and concluded on the thought that ‘yes he must have sold his tickets’. So a whopping amount of income by just starting a political party; not a bad idea – not bad at all !!!
I am more amazed to see that despite such deceitful deeds, he still got followers !!! He is still being supported and he is still being appreciated by a few people who are getting very much violent when people are sharing their ideas about the merger on social networking sites.
So the straight question here is what drives politics in India particularly in Andhra Pradesh ?? the Sure shot answers are : Caste, Money and then political backup. May be that is the reason, Mr. Jagan still is being followed and has supporters. may be that is the reason, Indian politics only are getting murkier and insanely corrupt day by day.
With the current conditions and the mindset of people, India can sure never become a developed country. It will remain a developing nation forever with it’s blood like resources and opportunities being sucked by leeches called the Politicians.
The thought about a profile called Ideas for a Better Nation struck my mind when I was rolling on my bed at 12:00 Mid night - sleepless after a tiresome day.
The thing I understood about this is you needn’t be very high on your moods or very creative and attentive in your thoughts to try to make a change. The only thing required is focus and thinking about the areas where in which we are lagging behind.
Now one of my very first ideas/ suggestions :
Being the citizen of a country, we sure are expected to follow the constitution of the country but then there are ways to make the habit better.
I heard and understood from what I saw that there is no educational qualification to become a politician or a minister as educational qualification wouldn’t be a checklist for the capabilities of a person. – True I do agree for that but then, we would atleast like to know the attitude of our politicians.
I don’t expect that the political parties that are already present might take up this idea but can this be adapted by the newly formed and the parties that might form in the future.
May be the parties can hire some professionals like psychiatrist, and some others to develop few tests which can be used to assess the attitude, logic and the personality of the person who wanted to join the party. In that manner, we will sure know that the person who might one day be a politician has some good attitude towards the fellow countrymen.
There are exams that can be rated as few of the toughest ones in the world for securing seats in the best rated B schools and Tech schools in India but isn’t it pathetic to know that there are no qualifying tests or minimum requirements defined to become a politician ??
Now the question is : what would be the qualifying thing for such tests and why would any parties take up such a thing ??
my answer is : This I was expecting to be adapted by only parties that are not into politics to loot people but help them in building a better nation. I don’t want to name the parties which have looted the country but I see the Young Generation Party – The Jago Party - http://www.jago.in/ can take up this.
Why can’t people’s vote be considered in deciding the fate of an offender ?
For this I do understand that there are many issues involved but then. some of the points I can think of as of now :
There should be computer kiosks everywhere to capture the vote of the citizens. These should only register the vote submitted by a person who identifies himself with his UID number, his eye scanner (IRIS), his date of birth and finger prints. These kiosks should be run and maintained by the government and this can generate huge amount of job opportunities for the unemployed. There should also be an option of a helper who can help people with no knowledge on computers to register their votes and any fraud done there could be filed in a toll free call number.
Now what about the logistics behind ? There should be a government run website always showing various votings available and would be updated on a regular basis as a multiple choice questions. Say for in the case of the above mentioned terrorist, the only options available (that I could think about are) 1) Hang him to death 2) Prosecute him for further information, 3) Set him Free – on humanitarian grounds and 4) cannot say.
The voting for every question should have a deadline and the final number of votes should be taken into account for passing on the judgment. Also there should be a government run television channel and a news paper (irrespective of the ruling political party) to update the news on results of the votings and the decision taken.
I do understand that many of the above said thoughts are highly impossible and they take a lot to implement but I was only saying them with an Utopia called India in my mind 
P.S: A very comfortable format of the Indian constitution can be found at : http://bit.ly/f0h2Q3
