Saturday, September 23, 2023

Paradox, Hypocrisy or just news

Reading the news today, sometimes I wonder if people listen to their own words.

A "Young Child" Being Targeted: Kamal Haasan On 'Sanatana' Remark Row

Having been a teacher half my life, a young child is someone from age 10, till max 25.  Till 10, he or she is a kid.  Now, when a 45 year old man is referred to as a young child, I wonder......  can I call myself a young child ?  I laugh at the very thought of that.  Calling oneself the next leader and uttering lines that speak of wiping out a billion people is more than what Hitler called for.  So, pardon us Mr. Kamal Haasan if we don't accept your young child for his utterance and yourself for not being a good elder and showing him the right path.  Grow up man.
 
"You Don't Have To Prove...": Punjab MP Backs Singer Shubh Amid Row

Of course he does not need to prove his patriotism till he does not become anti-national.  At age of 25+, if he posts a map of his own country without her head and outstretched arms that welcome her children and the world, then his patriotism will be questioned.  News says,  "Shubh had shared a distorted map of India on his Instagram handle earlier this year, which omitted the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and the Northeastern states".  No patriotic son of the soil will do that, ever.  So, this MP or whoever supports him, needs to rethink or reset.

"Films Like 'Singham' Send Very Harmful Message," Says High Court Judge


A High Court judge, speaking at a function organised by the Indian Police Foundation to mark its annual day and Police Reforms Day, questioned people's "impatience" with the process of law.  Respected Sir, it shows the desperation of the common man that a film with such a subject works.  To what length the judiciary has failed us the citizens does not need any explanation.  For stealing two buffaloes and a calf in 1965, a 78 year old man was arrested.  His co-accused died and he will get bail given that he is 78.  A case as simple as this should have finished in a few(meaning countable on one hand) back to back hearings.  Why did it drag for 58 years ?  What was the police doing ?  What were the lawyers doing and to top it what was the judiciary doing?  We find reform and an acceptance of reform in every sphere including among the political class.  The judiciary is the one thing in India which resists reforms the most.  I don't need to state here that if there were a poll that asked which institution is more corrupt and if corrected will correct all others, 99.99%(leaving out some of the judges and lawyers) of your countrymen including me will point to the judiciary.  Even the President pointed out that something needs to be done to implement judgements.  You the judiciary are the gangrene affecting the body.  If there was a strong judicial system that will give judgment's on time(with cutoff in two years) without favouring anyone, especially the rich and the mighty, you might have had some sympathy. One hears about small time pickpockets spending years in jail, but rapists, arsonists, murderers and drug peddlers getting immediate bail.  How is that a good system ?  Stay after stay after stay to infinity is the norm of any case. We the common man can't even question you because your easy retort is 'contempt of court'.   So, instead of pointing the finger outwards, please point it inwards.  And do something soon.  For your time is running out, if you haven't noticed, because the common man is getting tired and impatient with your system.

BJP's Nishikant Dubey Questions Muslim MP's Conduct Day After He Was Abused


If you are going to insult and abuse someone, do it in your own home as a commoner, not as an MP.  If you get sued for that it will be as a commoner, not as a Parliament member.  This holds for every member, rich, hereditary or commoner, across party lines.  The hallowed halls of the Parliament, built by countless workers from across India, who dream that what they built with their blood and tears and sweat, including risking their lives during Covid, hoping it will serve to have a better life for their children is not the place.  The place we common Indians dream that our MPs will work hard and use their all to make our lives and the lives of our brethren better, will work to find ways to help us achieve our dreams is not the place.  So, go home and do it in your home.  Or just shut that mouth of yours. We are growing tired of your nonsense. 

P.S.  All of above are my own thoughts.  They are based on what is written in the news.  T

Dreamers vs Doers

There can be a billion dreamers, but a few among them are the doers. Lucky are the chosen ones, for they write and define history by their sense of purpose, conviction in their goals and their never say never attitude. To be admired is that they dared, dared to move against the current, dared to raise their hand and be counted, dared to hold their own against an army of naysayers, dared to take the insults and ridicule, dared to be hurt, dared to rise every morning to fight another battle. Salute to the doers, the go getters. May their ilk grow.