As a preamble to this post, I must put across my value system and these are a few of the things that I strongly believe in:-
(a) I love my country and am proud of being an Indian.
(b) JFK's saying, "Ask not what the country would do for you, but what you would do for the
country" should drive each one of us.
(c) There's too much freedom in our country. What do people foul mouthing the country and asking
for 'azadi' actually want? To me, they seem to have another agenda and need to be questioned
about their requirements/intentions.
(d) Protests by the common man for their rights show the vibrancy of a democracy but it does not
give anyone the right to destroy public property.
(e) And also, protests cannot be at the cost of the normal lives of the other citizens in the vicinity.
I, as an ordinary citizen of this country, have been keeping abreast of all the happenings at Shaheen
Bagh till this date. I've still not understood its aim because, from the start, it has been advertised that it was the protesters' reaction to the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
Therein lies the problem for this Act does not affect any of them, taking part in the protests! So, why are the protests continuing?
And as I understand, while the Act gives immediate citizenship to the minorities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who have migrated into this country till 31 Dec 2014, the proviso of offering citizenship to the Muslims of these three countries after the mandatory residency period of 11 years continues.
And what can't be accepted is that the protesters have been using little children in shouting out the provocative slogans like, "Azadi chahiye". It can be noticed that the little ones do not know what they are shouting out but are enthusiastic because of being egged on by their parents and the people that they have been seeing around.
Perhaps, in the initial stages, people from other communities must have given their silent support to the protesters but as days went by, even they realised the evil intentions of the protesters and were aghast. Their vociferous support has started waning as the true colours started becoming visible.
So, why did it start in the first place?
* Was it out of ignorance about the CAA?
* Was it due to the wrong inputs about the act, by people who wanted to spark off riots in the
country to show Modi and his government in bad light?
* Was it to influence the outcome of the Delhi elections?
* Were huge sums of money and other resources pumped in to keep the protests going?
Tomorrow the election results will be out. Let's see as to whether the protests wind up. Or if it were to continue, it will fall through, in due course of time, by its inherent contradictions and of course, fatigue! The game plan has been understood.
Tailpiece.
Got up at our usual time to a massive power interruption. Thankfully, the power was restored soon after. I'd gone to the Geeyem Motors to hand over our Chevy for doing up the front bumper and liner while Lekha had gone to the Mammiyoor Siva kshetram and do a few other work.
Had gone to Amigos by 1800 hrs to have a haircut. Sajish, who did the honours had a bad cold. Pramod brought in the Chevy soon after. Had wanted to get these jobs done before our trip to my parents' place the day after tomorrow.
(a) I love my country and am proud of being an Indian.
(b) JFK's saying, "Ask not what the country would do for you, but what you would do for the
country" should drive each one of us.
(c) There's too much freedom in our country. What do people foul mouthing the country and asking
for 'azadi' actually want? To me, they seem to have another agenda and need to be questioned
about their requirements/intentions.
(d) Protests by the common man for their rights show the vibrancy of a democracy but it does not
give anyone the right to destroy public property.
(e) And also, protests cannot be at the cost of the normal lives of the other citizens in the vicinity.
I, as an ordinary citizen of this country, have been keeping abreast of all the happenings at Shaheen
Bagh till this date. I've still not understood its aim because, from the start, it has been advertised that it was the protesters' reaction to the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.
Therein lies the problem for this Act does not affect any of them, taking part in the protests! So, why are the protests continuing?
And as I understand, while the Act gives immediate citizenship to the minorities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who have migrated into this country till 31 Dec 2014, the proviso of offering citizenship to the Muslims of these three countries after the mandatory residency period of 11 years continues.
And what can't be accepted is that the protesters have been using little children in shouting out the provocative slogans like, "Azadi chahiye". It can be noticed that the little ones do not know what they are shouting out but are enthusiastic because of being egged on by their parents and the people that they have been seeing around.
Perhaps, in the initial stages, people from other communities must have given their silent support to the protesters but as days went by, even they realised the evil intentions of the protesters and were aghast. Their vociferous support has started waning as the true colours started becoming visible.
So, why did it start in the first place?
* Was it out of ignorance about the CAA?
* Was it due to the wrong inputs about the act, by people who wanted to spark off riots in the
country to show Modi and his government in bad light?
* Was it to influence the outcome of the Delhi elections?
* Were huge sums of money and other resources pumped in to keep the protests going?
Tomorrow the election results will be out. Let's see as to whether the protests wind up. Or if it were to continue, it will fall through, in due course of time, by its inherent contradictions and of course, fatigue! The game plan has been understood.
Tailpiece.
Got up at our usual time to a massive power interruption. Thankfully, the power was restored soon after. I'd gone to the Geeyem Motors to hand over our Chevy for doing up the front bumper and liner while Lekha had gone to the Mammiyoor Siva kshetram and do a few other work.
Had gone to Amigos by 1800 hrs to have a haircut. Sajish, who did the honours had a bad cold. Pramod brought in the Chevy soon after. Had wanted to get these jobs done before our trip to my parents' place the day after tomorrow.
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