Today, we find our PM as prisoner of some commitment he may have made to someone. The situation after the second fast after April '11 by Anna leaves no scope for waiting for a moment but to move ahead without the minutest loss of time.
The doubts raised by some quarters about some undesirable provisions in Jan Lokpal are meaningless as the havens are not going to fall if this is passed as it is. The practicality may call for some amendments when this bill is tested on ground and then it may be taken care of.
The constitution, the shield the Congress is trying to buck under, has been amended umpteen times. The people have demonstrated that the corruption has eaten into the very fabric of Indian morality which, for times immemorial has seen nearly the whole population behave in an appropriate manner.
No doubt there have been some characters in medieval history who have yielded to pressure under foreign powers politically but who still kept a high personal moral character. Now, a nation, after a freedom gained through moral righteousness, finds it self mired in corruption at the first point of contact and upto the highest level of governance.
The corruption apart, the corrupt mentality of those in power has tied all and sundry in jacket of meaningless and pointless laws which are not enforceable on one hand and are used to punish some innocents through selective application on the other hand.
Why then the nation which has had some relief from only caring for just the needs of shelter, food and clothing, not rise up and take the next logical step of seeing India free of corruption. The phenomenon may seem to be urban but it voices the concerns of the villagers too who can not organise protests in a similar manner.
The agitation has put our nation on top of the world because such wide-spread protests without any untoward incident have proved the extent of our civility. So, in a way we may have been called a corrupt nation but the corruption stream emanated from the conduct of a few at the helm and it permeated extensively without affecting the core of Indian character.
Where one can find countless Annas? There could not have been countless Gandhis because he was born high and fully educated. In case of Anna, the background is generally common. He differentiated himself with simple tool of shedding personal comfort and keeping high goals. However, there is one common thing between Gandhi and that is being a devoted Hindu with unshakable faith who can see the same God in the hearts of everyone. This is the core strength of Sanatan Dharma which saves the true followers from any kind of confrontation with anybody else .
The leadership of Manmohan has naturally come to be questioned. He is the first prime minister who is not a politician and he has failed miserable in tackling the challenge thrown up by Anna which could have been converted into an opportunity of taking the nation on the highway of progress and prosperity. The attitude of confrontation has given impression as if a game of one-upmanship is being played by the anti-corrupt and the pro-corrupt. Isn't it a pity that he has allowed such a perception to be generally carried forward. The echo of the Anna's sigh has been heard all around the world as the Indians by and large feel uncomfortable on account of prevalence of corruption in India which has been responsible to some degree in making the sons and daughters of India leave the shores of the country>
The weakness displayed by Manmohan is so stark that I feel it to be good fortune that he has not had to lead a nation fighting a war. Such a PM could never have won it. Today I remember Nehru, Shastry, Indira and Bajpai who led the nation through the dark hour of a war in a wonderful manner .
Nehru may have lost the war but nobody questioned his ability to lead in war time. He lost war due to being very under prepared. Bajpai was a double hero who set economic wheels running faster as well as decisively won a war. Indira won a war but to the economic detriment. Shastry won the war but failed in post-war diplomacy.
Rajiv's case was of just filling a void after Indira but with a few small steps in right direction. Narsimha Rao was lucky himself and lucky for India for he saw a paradigm shift in policy. Manmohan's failures now weigh heavier than the successes. Certainly a politician at helm is better than a non-politician.
The nationalist slogan are reverberating the atmosphere today and fill the hearts craving for the change. Vande Matram, Vande Matram, Vande Matram...kbk
The doubts raised by some quarters about some undesirable provisions in Jan Lokpal are meaningless as the havens are not going to fall if this is passed as it is. The practicality may call for some amendments when this bill is tested on ground and then it may be taken care of.
The constitution, the shield the Congress is trying to buck under, has been amended umpteen times. The people have demonstrated that the corruption has eaten into the very fabric of Indian morality which, for times immemorial has seen nearly the whole population behave in an appropriate manner.
No doubt there have been some characters in medieval history who have yielded to pressure under foreign powers politically but who still kept a high personal moral character. Now, a nation, after a freedom gained through moral righteousness, finds it self mired in corruption at the first point of contact and upto the highest level of governance.
The corruption apart, the corrupt mentality of those in power has tied all and sundry in jacket of meaningless and pointless laws which are not enforceable on one hand and are used to punish some innocents through selective application on the other hand.
Why then the nation which has had some relief from only caring for just the needs of shelter, food and clothing, not rise up and take the next logical step of seeing India free of corruption. The phenomenon may seem to be urban but it voices the concerns of the villagers too who can not organise protests in a similar manner.
The agitation has put our nation on top of the world because such wide-spread protests without any untoward incident have proved the extent of our civility. So, in a way we may have been called a corrupt nation but the corruption stream emanated from the conduct of a few at the helm and it permeated extensively without affecting the core of Indian character.
Where one can find countless Annas? There could not have been countless Gandhis because he was born high and fully educated. In case of Anna, the background is generally common. He differentiated himself with simple tool of shedding personal comfort and keeping high goals. However, there is one common thing between Gandhi and that is being a devoted Hindu with unshakable faith who can see the same God in the hearts of everyone. This is the core strength of Sanatan Dharma which saves the true followers from any kind of confrontation with anybody else .
The leadership of Manmohan has naturally come to be questioned. He is the first prime minister who is not a politician and he has failed miserable in tackling the challenge thrown up by Anna which could have been converted into an opportunity of taking the nation on the highway of progress and prosperity. The attitude of confrontation has given impression as if a game of one-upmanship is being played by the anti-corrupt and the pro-corrupt. Isn't it a pity that he has allowed such a perception to be generally carried forward. The echo of the Anna's sigh has been heard all around the world as the Indians by and large feel uncomfortable on account of prevalence of corruption in India which has been responsible to some degree in making the sons and daughters of India leave the shores of the country>
The weakness displayed by Manmohan is so stark that I feel it to be good fortune that he has not had to lead a nation fighting a war. Such a PM could never have won it. Today I remember Nehru, Shastry, Indira and Bajpai who led the nation through the dark hour of a war in a wonderful manner .
Nehru may have lost the war but nobody questioned his ability to lead in war time. He lost war due to being very under prepared. Bajpai was a double hero who set economic wheels running faster as well as decisively won a war. Indira won a war but to the economic detriment. Shastry won the war but failed in post-war diplomacy.
Rajiv's case was of just filling a void after Indira but with a few small steps in right direction. Narsimha Rao was lucky himself and lucky for India for he saw a paradigm shift in policy. Manmohan's failures now weigh heavier than the successes. Certainly a politician at helm is better than a non-politician.
The nationalist slogan are reverberating the atmosphere today and fill the hearts craving for the change. Vande Matram, Vande Matram, Vande Matram...kbk
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