Just the next day after large hoardings of a life-size picture of Orissa CM, Navin Patanaik, with the words ---"Nua Orissa, Navin ra Asaa" (New Orissa, Navin's Hope)-- were placed all over our city, news of communal riots all over the state started flowing in. Incredible!! Is'nt it?
When the word "Secular" was inserted in the Preamble of our constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, it gave the people right to profess , practice and propagate the religion of their own choice and also meant that all the religions will be equally respected. But, today, after 30 yrs, it does'nt seem that the Preamble holds any significance in the country. The killing of Swami Laxmananda and the subsequent events prove the same and expose the negative elements of our society before us. By attacking schools, which lessons do they wish to impart-- COMMUNALISM?
Everyone here is "seduced" by the power of power. Each small thing is dug to make a big issue out of it and then the politicians plunge into it to soil the reputation of the other, rather than solving the problem toghether. If this kind of politics continued in our country then we can never hope to be a developed country by 2020.
Take for example, the Nuclear Deal. The Deal allows India for trading separately with individual countries and still have the independence to conduct its own researches and teats, but the Opposition and the Left were determined to oppose it and without looking at its benefits for the country, said that the "Government has sold the country".
Another issue which troubles me a lot is that of reservations made on the basis of caste and that too in institutions of higher education and government jobs. Reservations should be made at the primary level for the "financially weaker" sections of the society and must be funded by the government so that the foundation is stron. Not at the IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, et al which are meant for researches and hence the progress of the country.
"UNITY IN DIVERSITY"-- at school we used to write this about India in our essays. But, today, with communal riots, reservations and power-oriented politics, there is a rise among the faction of society which are threatening this unity.
Nevertheless, amazingly we have succeeded in retaining this unity to some extent and wish the same for the future. Amen
2 comments:
aditi I will give you an honest opinion..good writing and definitely a great start.. but since you are preparing for mass communication.. i feel there are some things you should work on.. 1st is subtlety.. you have a point and a strong feeling against or towards it understandable.. but try putting it across without being so direct about it.. and always remember to go through all your writings at least twice for grammatical mistakes.. at least initially..now on the good parts.. firstly i found it good that you are updated about the world around you.. secondly thoughts and presentation is also good.. hope you find the feedback useful.. and keep writing.. I want to read more..
Story is next to superb but on the other end the excitement of expressing something is missing in the story.
On the whole i can simply say you are not there in the story :)
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