The current dispensation of political class is UNWORTHY of ruling we Indians. They are BROWN angrez, nothing less than them. Nothing moves them except selfish goals, nothing- be it abysmal civic infrastructure, constant harassment of citizens when it comes to government services, toxic air pollution, rampant garbage around, crumbling government education and health sectors.
When PM Modi has come out in support of the supreme court on the issue of it getting peeved at ‘corruption in judiciary’ chapter in NCERT books, it has just exposed how the colonial mindset is playing out.
See the level of contempt in the eyes of Supreme Court akkaas (bosses) who are boiling with anger over the mention of corruption in judiciary, but are merry making on a moribund system that has 5 crore pending court cases waiting for justice, where courts take decades to dispense justice.
What a wretched situation! But as I said- nothing moves these Brown Angrez.
The British as rulers hated us, looked down upon us, looted us to enrich themselves- we all agree. Now, juxtapose the same script on our current Me lords and Mai baaps (read political thugs). Do you see the similarity?
The irony is hard to miss out. I quote the elders (survivors of the Angrezi raaj) in 1950-1980s many of those used to say: inse achhe to angrez hee the (The colonials were better than these). Are you ready for a revolution? Or will you keep getting exploited by the garimashali nayaya paalika, mahimamandit Vidheyika and snobbish afsarshahi?
The political ground reality in India is very different. We do not have statesmen in Indian politics. What we largely see is a sad story of corruption, collusion, compromise, capitulation. The political system runs on black money, so you can not expect reformers coming out of that and thinking of nation first. I'm not painting pessimistic picture, but the ground reality is what it is.
And as far as the people are concerned, it's a mobocracy so one can understand in such an atmosphere the right voices are marginalized or silenced. Thus, we need a overhaul of the system to bring about a democracy that truly works for us.
Oh, I forgot about the 4th pillar of Loktantra: Media! Well, the presstitute term was coined by the public for a reason. And what about the Janta (public)? Hmm! Waiting for some new age Bhagat Singhs, Subhash Chandra Boses or even non appeasing truly secular Mahatma Gandhis to get a real Azadi. Amen!
(Writer is the Editor-in-chief of NewsGram)
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