We're definitely passing through interesting times and the media is all agog with covering diverse issues for the benefit of the masses and passing it on real time! I'm just going through some of these happenings that make me wonder as to whether tolerance and accepting the other's point of view are slowly becoming alien to us. Are the behaviours that we're being exposed to becoming the rule rather than the exception?
1. Tamasha in the Kerala Assembly.
Our elected representatives - both in Parliament and state legislatures - are many-a-time prone to exhibit outrageous behaviour just to score brownie points over their rivals. Yesterday, it was the turn of Kerala's opposition to ride roughshod over the 'watch and ward staff' and one amongst them, who bore the brunt, was a young lady. The histrionics and the theatrics, post tamasha, make it even more disgusting.
Why don't these people understand that we'd elected them to look after our interests and pass legislations that would ensure safe and prosperous life to each one of us? And do they consider us as imbeciles, unable to separate the grain from the chaffe? Some of their explanations are outright putrid and pathetic. And why're the elders in the house not guiding the misguided ones? Perhaps, they too are equally guilty of such misdemeanour!
2. Mayawati's Dalit Park at NOIDA.
Mayawati has dedicated the Rs. 684 cr Dalit Park to the nation yesterday. What a colossal wastage of resources? The money could have been used for activities aimed at providing meaningful livelihood for the weaker sections of the society. Or it could have been used for setting up minor power generation schemes against the backdrop of what we hear about UP, alongwith quite a few other states, reeling under a serious power shortage.
Voices had been heard - right from the beginning of the work on this project - about everything from land acquisition to its execution that were horribly wrong. But Mayawati just didn't seem to bother about criticisms saying that people were opposing her schemes just because she is a 'dalit ki beti'. And people had decided to keep quiet for fear of her party lumpens getting after them!
3. Ex-Babus nuking projects earlier worked on.
It's interesting to read about ex-bureaucrats torpedoing the projects that they'd once steered while in service, as members of the new organisations(mainly NGOs) that they're working for. How can one even think of doing that? I'm of the opinion that if they'd serious differences, they should have put across their point of view in an unambiguous manner to their political masters who'd have definitely listened to them! What's considered beneficial for the country's interests have to be given its due importance. One cannot change one's loyalties that fast, can one?
4. Big Boss.
On to another entirely different stuff. I've been watching this reality show out of sheer curiosity. I'm still trying to understand as to who ultimately benefits from the show.
1. Tamasha in the Kerala Assembly.
Our elected representatives - both in Parliament and state legislatures - are many-a-time prone to exhibit outrageous behaviour just to score brownie points over their rivals. Yesterday, it was the turn of Kerala's opposition to ride roughshod over the 'watch and ward staff' and one amongst them, who bore the brunt, was a young lady. The histrionics and the theatrics, post tamasha, make it even more disgusting.
Why don't these people understand that we'd elected them to look after our interests and pass legislations that would ensure safe and prosperous life to each one of us? And do they consider us as imbeciles, unable to separate the grain from the chaffe? Some of their explanations are outright putrid and pathetic. And why're the elders in the house not guiding the misguided ones? Perhaps, they too are equally guilty of such misdemeanour!
2. Mayawati's Dalit Park at NOIDA.
Mayawati has dedicated the Rs. 684 cr Dalit Park to the nation yesterday. What a colossal wastage of resources? The money could have been used for activities aimed at providing meaningful livelihood for the weaker sections of the society. Or it could have been used for setting up minor power generation schemes against the backdrop of what we hear about UP, alongwith quite a few other states, reeling under a serious power shortage.
Voices had been heard - right from the beginning of the work on this project - about everything from land acquisition to its execution that were horribly wrong. But Mayawati just didn't seem to bother about criticisms saying that people were opposing her schemes just because she is a 'dalit ki beti'. And people had decided to keep quiet for fear of her party lumpens getting after them!
3. Ex-Babus nuking projects earlier worked on.
It's interesting to read about ex-bureaucrats torpedoing the projects that they'd once steered while in service, as members of the new organisations(mainly NGOs) that they're working for. How can one even think of doing that? I'm of the opinion that if they'd serious differences, they should have put across their point of view in an unambiguous manner to their political masters who'd have definitely listened to them! What's considered beneficial for the country's interests have to be given its due importance. One cannot change one's loyalties that fast, can one?
4. Big Boss.
On to another entirely different stuff. I've been watching this reality show out of sheer curiosity. I'm still trying to understand as to who ultimately benefits from the show.
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