As a people, are we Indians too serious or frivolous?
Let's just take two recent issues that had occupied much space of the visual media. The first is the gruesome killing of a forest official just because he'd asked some tourists to refrain from misbehaving and to maintain etiquette that was expected of them. The guys who're requested thus must have felt that they're above the law and didn't quite relish the audacity of the government official to teach them a thing or two in manners. Their reaction led to the unfortunate incident!
The second was the uproar caused in parliament regarding a cartoon on Dr. BR Ambedkar in one of the text books published for the schools. Our worthy lawmakers feel that the great man has been belittled.
My take.
In the first case what were the others doing when they realised that something unfair was going on? Isn't it the oft repeated case of not reacting till it affects 'me and my close ones'? And what about the culprits in this case? A simple example about taking themselves seriously and assuming to be more important than the others!
And it's a known fact that every citizen of this country understands the great contributions of Dr. Ambedkar. His role in evolving our 'Constitution' is an established fact. No cartoon can lower the greatness of the man. Period! The fracas in Parliament is basically the antics of votebank politics and nothing else!!
Tailpiece.
We've so many milestones that need to be achieved for our country to be prosperous and yes, to be a superpower! Let's not waste our energies and efforts on frivolous matters! And let's make an earnest effort to like our countrymen and work together to achieve our noble aims!
Let's just take two recent issues that had occupied much space of the visual media. The first is the gruesome killing of a forest official just because he'd asked some tourists to refrain from misbehaving and to maintain etiquette that was expected of them. The guys who're requested thus must have felt that they're above the law and didn't quite relish the audacity of the government official to teach them a thing or two in manners. Their reaction led to the unfortunate incident!
The second was the uproar caused in parliament regarding a cartoon on Dr. BR Ambedkar in one of the text books published for the schools. Our worthy lawmakers feel that the great man has been belittled.
My take.
In the first case what were the others doing when they realised that something unfair was going on? Isn't it the oft repeated case of not reacting till it affects 'me and my close ones'? And what about the culprits in this case? A simple example about taking themselves seriously and assuming to be more important than the others!
And it's a known fact that every citizen of this country understands the great contributions of Dr. Ambedkar. His role in evolving our 'Constitution' is an established fact. No cartoon can lower the greatness of the man. Period! The fracas in Parliament is basically the antics of votebank politics and nothing else!!
Tailpiece.
We've so many milestones that need to be achieved for our country to be prosperous and yes, to be a superpower! Let's not waste our energies and efforts on frivolous matters! And let's make an earnest effort to like our countrymen and work together to achieve our noble aims!
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