Friedman & Michael author of - Growing up in America writes that No matter where he went , he always discovered that land of 10000 lakes where politics actually worked to make peoples life better and not pull them apart.
Sadly, in India our politicians are still busy in dividing people and scratching old wounds. Either some outfits used Secularism and Social justice to divide people by appeasing them and some dug in old wounds in the guise of uniting people. Actually they were all as a matter of fact Dividing people for their own vested interests. None said that ; Lets establish the rule of the law.
There is not a single country which doesn’t have an unpleasant History of wars, of subjugation, of deprivation; USA, UK, Japan, China, Germany, Italy, Switzerland …each one of them have historical grievances and many nations have one or more communities who might be carrying grouses and complains against the other. But by and large their politics worked to make peoples life better and that’s why they have prospered.
However, in India we find even after 70 years of independence we have not come to terms with our history. We have, despite our founding fathers making all efforts to move on ahead in life and look towards better future we are still stuck in our past.
This reminds me of the reply ; Will it Change the History of India ? given by Dr Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India to a sarcastic remark ; “ I thought you would have removed these paintings” made by the British King when he noticed the Paintings of old British Kings and Queen still on display in the Rashtrapati Bhawan during his visit in 1950.
Add a comment
Its been a year now that we as a society are passing through trying times...
Be it Gujarat, Maharashtra , UP, MP every state is facing shortages ; of ambulances, of medicines, of oxygen, of beds, of health care staff and finally even there is a long queue outside the funeral grounds. I have personally been involved in managing Remsdvir for a friend who is still in hospital and it costed Rs 5500/ per dose. So if someone claims everything is hunky dory then I am not going to bloody accept this non sense.
Many of my friends are now recommending that we should arrange for our own personal Oxygen cylinder or a convertor.
Its time to ponder - Why have we reached this stage, particularly when things had started looking comfortable?
Why did the Govts not plan properly when already in Europe , in Japan etc there was a sudden surge in corona cases particularly when we ourselves were having a festival ; Holi.
In a democratic federal structure one can argue endlessly as to who is to be blamed for this messy situation and still not arrive at an appropriate answer. However, We may have come to this situation because ;
People roamed around carelessly despite all warnings.
May be the State Govts did not plan properly.
May be the Central Govt failed in ensuring a proper supply chain management of essential medicines, oxygen etc.
It appears that it is a collective failure of all ; People, State as well as Central Govt.
So, there is a larger question ; How China, much bigger and more populous than us, could manage this better when it had no knowledge of dealing with this virus in 2020 and we failed despite an year’s experience behind us.
Add a comment