At a cost of Rs 304 crore, the Karam dam was built in Dhar district of MP,  a year ago to provide water for irrigation and drinking to nearby villages, surprisingly the dam could not sustain even the first rains and it leaked. Thousands of villagers had to be evacuated.

Floodwaters broke through a dam leaving 150 people missing and 26 people dead in the Uttarakhand dam disaster last year.

A guard wall at the powerhouse of the NHPC’s 2,000 MW Subansiri hydro project along the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh border, collapsed due to rising water level in the Subansiri river .

The 275 MW Kopili Hydropower Dam had again faced a major disaster in March 2022. Earlier, the same project had suffered disaster in October 2019.

Within a week of the inauguration of the 296km Bundelkhand Expressway, by PM a part of it got damaged following heavy rains . The express way got damaged at Chhiriya Salempur village in Jalaun near the 195km milestone of the expressway. A few more damages were also reported at other points of the expressway.

And Finally the hanging cable bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30 killing almost 135 people , many of them were children as young as ONE YEAR OLD. The Local Municipal Authorities had given a contract to Oreva Group for its maintenance, which manufactures watches, clocks and E Bikes.

Modiji after the SNAN on the occasion of inauguration of Kashi Vishwnath Corridor had REITERATED his aim to make India Clean.

Cleanliness does not only mean removal of garbage and litter, it also means cleaning the country from Corruption.

However, at all these places where mishaps have taken place THERE has been a Govt for many years, which has been claiming that IT’S A RELIGIOUS GOVT. It is a Govt which builds temples, maintains temples and preserves Hindu’s heritage.

If they cannot clean their own ministers who proudly shout their lungs out of being Sanatani and wear religion on their sleeves , it’s a dismal performance.

As I always say, There are Good Muslims as well as Bad muslims, There are Good Christians as well as Bad Christians and so are Hindus or the Sanatanis.

Moral character has nothing to do with Religion and it has nothing to do with number of temples, churches or mosques you have in your country, city or village.

In each of the cases quoted above, the Politicians who issued Contracts were Hindus, The Contractors were Hindus and finally those who got killed , majority of them were Hindus – Sanatanis and surprisingly those who saved the drowned people , many of them were from a nearby Muslim village.

So, instead of becoming Religious focus on Character and look within the society. 

All the above mishaps have taken place because of the - " YES MEN " occupying top positions and they are both ; Politicians as well as Bureaucrats. 

Sam had clealry warned us of such men. he had said ; 

"A ‘yes man’ is a dangerous man. He is a menace. He will go very far. He can become a minister, a secretary or a Field Marshal but he can never become a leader nor, ever be respected.”

Ayn Rand a renowned writer and philosopher very aptly said for societies like ours ;

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors–when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed”.

Everything she spoke here makes sense ;

No one has been punished till now for the above mishaps because - Laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you

As per the Govt of India - Political parties have redeemed electoral bonds worth Rs 9,188 crore  since this scheme was implemented in 2018.

The MLAs /MPs who produce nothing & the law enforcing agencies toil hard to protect them from Law, Earn more than a lac per month as salary , in a country where if you earn more than Rs 25,000/month you fall in the bracket of Top 10% in terms of income.

So, We as a Society need to Learn From Sam Manekshaw. He surely has a Solution for our problems.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F1KuikgbWo

The Greeks, the Egyptians, The Persians , the Romans , Sumerians, Mayans, Mesopotamians even the Jews and the Indians lost their political freedom at some point of time in history when they started stagnating and became inward looking . When the idea of superiority creeps in, very aptly described by Alberuni ; There is No King better than ours, there is no maths better than ours, there is no culture better than ours that the stagnation and decline starts.

When these kind of people, who prescribe the above thought process start dominating the society , the common man must wake up and challenge them because it is finally the common man who has to suffer the most.

It is very natural that an old civlisation like ours over a journey of thousands years would have developed a few social evil practices like sati, casteism, untouchability , ill treatment of widows etc.

Hindus Have an Inherent Safety Mechanism

But we had an inherent, built in safe mechanism and as result we threw up our own reformers who stood firm, despite the opposition from Brahmins and brought out the reforms. Sati was abolished, widow remarriage was allowed, and a dent was made in the hierarchical caste system. In ancient times we had Gautam Buddha, Mahavira and in medivel times ; Gurunanakji, Kabir etc who helped immensely in eradicating social evil practices.

 Its quite possible that many may still not agree that caste system has disappeared from Indian society but atleast we ourselves to a great extent removed many caste based barriers and We did not have to bring people from outside to do that.

The same goes for Christian world. The church once used to be very powerful and many scientists had to face severe consequences because they took a view contrary to the church.

Thus, when we look at ourselves we find that ours is a society which is open to reforms to a great extent, although, I will not take away the hardships faced by the Reformers, because it was never a cake walk.

Muslims lack this Inbuilt Reformation Process.

However, surprisingly, despite living together for centuries, the Indian Muslims have avoided to  develop this mechanism or learn this skill from their Hindu brothers.

The social evil practices ; like triple Talaq , wearing of hijab or purdah system etc of medieval era have done more harm to their own community than anyone else. And surprisingly,very few reformers from their own community have taken up these issues with the seriousness it deserves. There are handful of them who challenged their priestly class ; The Maulanas. Instead, what we see is that they have rather pushed forward those who want these practices to continue.

Priestly Class thrives on Status quo

The Pundits, the Mualanas, the Padris , the Granthis would always love to maintain status quo and preach the people not only to  adhere to the old norms and customs but also to never  QUESTION those customs , because it suits them. Questioning the norms is an anathema for this class of people.

But, when Hindus and Christians could produce reformers why could n’t the muslims? The educated and influential amongst the muslims need to find an answer to this. And there is no dearth of educated Muslims in India. A democratic and secular India provided them a great opportunity to eradicate the evil practices that have crept into the community over a period of thousand years, its normal.

Eradication of Social Evils is a Diificult task.

Undoubtedly, the eradication of social evils is a wearisome and difficult task, it can therefore not be left to the  poor members of the community to bring about the change and eradicate the evil practices.  It is the job of those who have reached the top and have acquired a status in the society. They need to become Pioneers of Change.

Therefore, they cannot shirk their responsibilities and blame someone else for bringing about the reforms.

If we view the recent social reforms like making Triple Talaq illegal, dispassionately, we would find that what ought to have been done by their own leaders and influential elites from their own community, the current Govt had to do through legislations, because their own leaders and elites were not forthcoming.

Shahbano and many like her could have lived a better life if their own Leadership and the elites had stood firm, instead of succumbing to Maulanas.

Conclusion .

Do the Muslim elites think that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar or Dr Raja Ram Mohun Roy or Jyotiba Phule or Dr Ambedkar or Mahatama Gandhi who fought for social reforms in our society did not face the anger of Brahmins. They faced! But they marched on relentlessly. 

Have the Muslims forgotten what Galileo had said when threatened by Church, he said “Eppur si muove”(“And yet it moves)”, as if to say that they may have won this battle, but in the end, the truth would win out.

If these above people could rise to the occasion, despite the opposition and brought about the changes why cann’t the Muslim elites stand up and be counted ?

India can progress, only when all its people grow without any discrimination. And it would be much better for the society as a whole, if the social reformation  process commences from within. The Govt can only act as a facilitator and not an initiator. 

Many months ago when the world was facing the challenges of the second wave, I had written Corona is not going to go without leaving a deep impact on the societies , The pandemic is likely to have a multi dimensional impact on the societies ; SOCIAL- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS as deep as the World War 1 and 2 had. https://www.bharatamrising.com/challenges-features-2/pandemic-will-have-social-eco-and-political-ramifications

Many might not have still understood the full meaning of it as these implications have a gestation period and they take time to manifest themselves in various forms.

One. Corona made nations and societies look inwards. For eg Almost all nations banned the exports of important items that were needed at home for the treatment. They were more interested in first taking care of their own population.

Two. This inward looking attitude led to a disorderly withdrawal of US from Afghanistan, which emboldened many rogue nations to assert themselves and bully their neighbours ; China intruded in Ladakah and now Russia in Ukraine. No one is interested now to intervene on ground so the war is still continuing. No one could have think a year ago that conventional war could go on for more than 15 days. As a result the world is now facing the fuel crisis that would further lead to increase in inflation and increase in living costs.

Three. The lock downs slowed down and contracted the economies and many nations are now going through worst ever economic turmoil ; Srilanka, Bangladesh and many others. Almost all nations big and small are facing the hardships and their economies have still not fully recovered from the two year shock.

Four. The poor and young are suffering because finding jobs has become a herculean task, in a contracted economy. The violence in Bihar, Rajasthan by the students is an indicator what lies in store, if things are not addressed rightly. According to NSSO surveys, India’s premier agency for surveys, had reported that India’s unemployment rate in 2017-18 was the worst in over four decades and if that was the situation in 2018 imagine what would be now.

All the above have a great risk as economists have warned, they believe that the rising unemployment rates is likely to lead to civil unrest, violent protests, and political and economic disputes.

The Political masters have a great responsiility to act maturely. Any short cut taken by political masters to divert the attention of the masses or decisions taken for petty political reasons is likely to boomerang severely at some point of time. The nations need to address the issues in right earnest instead of taking short cuts.

The Film is a Milestone.

The Indian Film industry has right through its initial days has churned out many movies on controversial topics that concerned the contemporary society and compelled the people to introspect ; Garam Hawa, Sujata , Pink, Peepli Live and so on .

The recent much talked about Film - Kashmir Files also should fall in that category as it has undoubtedly stirred the emotions of millions of Indians.

However, we need to understand who comprise those millions, who have been emotionally stirred. Besides the Kashmiri Pundits, who lived this traumatic experience, They are mainly those who were perhaps not born then when this tragedy happened or were born in mid 90s so were unable to read the newspapers or those adults who seldom bothered to read newspapers and journals in 90s and have suddenly woken up from deep slumber and are now questioning ; AREY YEH SUB HUYA THA HUMEN TO PATA HI NAHIN CHALLA.

Now, when such people look at this kind of film, they are unable to manage their emotions and more importantly  they fail to take a holistic view of the tragedy because they have no idea of the SOCIO-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT that existed then.

Hence, they tend to believe, what is shown to them and they also overlook the fact that the Film is a commercial activity; it has a financer, a producer and a band of people who have vested interests in the success of the film. The film maker, therefore, discloses things and hides things to suit the commercial interests of those who have interest in the film.

The movie – Kashmir Files, has brilliantly depicted the emotional trauma that Pundits underwent during those scary nights which shattered their whole life due to the callousness and indifference of the politicians who were governing the country then.

Although, the director had the right to hide who were governing then and What was the socio-political environment in the country, Who was the Governor then who did nothing and watched this whole tragedy happen from his Governor’s house.

Because, if the Director is questioned on this, he may state that his aim was to highlight the agony of the Kashmiri pundits and not getting involved in the political aspect of it.

What About the Intentions

When the Film maker hides certain facts advertently or inadvertently and stands alongside the Political Head, whose party was in ruling alliance when the tragedy occurred and was also instrumental in spoiling the communal environment of the country then, I have my doubts with the real intentions of the film maker, particularly when this director had made a film like TASHKENT FILES.

It then creates a suspicion in the mind that ; THIS MAN IS LOOKING FOR SUBJECTS WHICH IN CURRENT SOCIO -POLITICAL ENVIRONEMENT WILL GET HIM MONEY. And that he has made now and gone all the way to the Bank laughing.

No Doubts that We as a Nation Failed our People.

I have no doubts in my mind that as a Nation we failed in providing security and safety to our people, why Kashmir only everywhere, not because we did/do not have the resources but because of POLITICS.

Its really shameful that a nation which has got the fourth largest military in the world and the Largest paramilitary forces in the form of BSF and CRPF, even then we could not provide security to the People in Kashmir and they had to migrate in fear because the NATION COULD NOT TAKE DECISION BECAUSE OF ITS POLITICS.

I have no doubts in my mind that Some wanted to en cash that tragedy for the furtherance of their politics and some wanted to get rid of them for their own interests and those who really wanted to take action and save them must have been in minority that night.

The Emerging Pattern.

Its time for the society to understand this fact- The political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of being taken over by others. 

And its not difficult to see that pattern emerging in the country. 

All you have to do is compile the messages on SOCIAL MEDIA being circulated and one will see that pattern emerging.

This film is also, although well made, but is a part of that pattern which hides more and reveals only that portion which suits the political masters and that is once again a travesty of justice and exploitation of the  traumatic EMOTIONAL experience of those who suffered at the cost of POLITICS AND MISGOVERNANCE.

The Best Example to Understand The Emerging Pattern

 Our honourable PM during his visit to Bangladesh in Mar 21, when the elections in West Bengal were in process, he went to Jeshoreshwari and Orkandi temples there. The Gopalganj's Orakandi is the abode of hundreds of Hindu Matua community, a large number of whom are also residents of West Bengal and were important from elections point of view in West Bengal.  However, his visit led to violence in Bangladesh and many Hindus had to face the anger of Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh and their temples were desecrated and some lost their lives.

Notwithstanding the desecration of temples and loss of Hindus life, the Indian social media carried the news ; The First ever PM of India to have visited the temple of Matua community.

Its now left for the people to judge - was it Bhakti or Politics. One is deliberately creating a situation  which leads to Polarisation and Loss of human life. 

Unfortunately in India every Political party is deep into this.

This movie is just serving that purpose ;Politics and EXPLOITING Sentiments of those who suffered.

Congratulations Mr Director !