Thursday, October 25, 2007
Modi is the Hero of Hindus????
Just saw the 'breaking news' on Aaj Tak, a leading Hindi news channel. The channel with the help of Tehelka.com have recorded statements of some of the alleged masterminds behind the Gujarat riots. Thew is really disturbing; timing of the broadcast is definitely smells of mischief.
Gujarat elections are to be held soon. Due to a total banckruptcy of ideas, all the political parties are trying to create storms out of thin air. Narendra Modi is determined to guard his turf as ferociously as a lioness guarding her cubs. Congress wants to recover lost ground, and as history has proven time and again it has no scruples. Congress will stop at nothing to get the power back in Gujarat.
Tehelka's role has been really suspicious in most of its so called stings. Its reports have always found easy and willing victims in form of dubious leaders from one party, time and again. The reportage is more sensational and less investigative.
As the night grows darker, the traffic on roads in Mumbai is trying to ebb away. Last week has seen a sudden rise in traffic on highways, Trucks laden with unkown goods are plying fiercely. In general, air is getting murkier.
I am really scared, with this sudden turn of events. Why do we need to exhumes ghosts from pasts - journalism, in the course of carrying out its rightful duty, is walking a dangerous line. You should see the captions to the news flashed across the TV screens on the subject I have broached.
We know that Lawlessness has set in deep roots in Indian society. Gujrat, Maharashtra, Assam and all other parts of the country, where religious mistrust is smouldering like a fuse tied to a nuclear device, are all waiting to explode. The worst part is that we seem to have accepted this lawlessness as the essence of modern Indian ethos. Voices of protest are muted and rare. As a society we seem to rely more on sensationalism as mode of communication rather than engaging in sincere progressive dialogue.
Shameless hedonism and hunger for power has converted people of this countries into nothing more than a pack of wolves waiting to pounce on the first innocent pray. Self-respect, empathy, real courage and enterprise are sadly absent in the people of a country, which aspire to be a super power.
Whether Modi is a hero for Hindus or not is irrelevant. I am wooried about the utter chaos and anarchy that has been prevailing in the heart of modern Inian metropolises. People can commint any crimes and they can get away with it. Theft, murder, rape and all sorts of crime are being legitimised by a behemoth of a 'Law & Order' machinery.
We haven't had any major wars or massacres in last fifty years as compared to the preceeding eras. I fear, the time is not far when we'll be turned into mass-murderers. Mayhem is waiting to be unleahed in every neighborhood. We'll be killing our friends and relatives, not very far ahead in the future. Fratricide is what I am scraed of not the Genocide.
Hold my hand and pray if you can. We need more believers in this world. People who follow their faiths and yet trust & respect the beliefs of others.
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