Ashamed of being an Indian?

This is in reference to two major incidents that is taking place in our country. First is the insanity that is going on in Maharashtra. Even though the municipal corporation ( Maharashtra) had decided to make it mandatory for all shows to have sign boards in Marathi, Raj Thackery and his party works decides that its his moral responsibility to forcible, by causing a lot of destruction, instill fear in the minds of people and make them change their sign boards. I am fed up blaming Raj Thackery so I am not going to do that now, instead I blame the police for its failure to do its duty. If the police cant protect citizens, the god help us all. No wonder why terrorists target our country so often. If people can get away with various crimes in broad daylight then there is no chance in hell that any one will be caught if things are done in a planned fashion. I can understand a riot happening once in a while or disruption of peace occasionally, but the MNS is a party that is causing harm to the citizens of India time after time. Its a shame that neither the election commission nor the law enforcement agencies nor the judiciary has done anything to stop this madness. The situation is setting a wrong precedent. Every single organization would think that to achieve its goals violence is the best way forward. Its a shame that the citizens of India have no guarantee of their security. This issue needs to be addressed as soon as possible before it gets out of hand.

The second issue is the communal violence that is happening in Orrisa. The VHP leader was killed and I dont know who killed him. But the killings done by the VHP is absolutely dis speakable. If they are so damn sure that some christian works killed them, why couldn't they have killed the works who committed the crime instead of going after innocent people. Burning a nun alive! what kind of country do we live in. After committing the crime VHP leaders are defending what they did. I would have had no problems with them had they killed the people responsible for the murder of their leader. This is just plane insane. One of the problems that lead to all this is the religious conversion which take place in Orrisa. The people who get converted are the poor and the downtrodden. Why are the Hindu organizations getting anxious about them only when they get converted not when they are need of help. The BJP is a party which if affiliated to the VHP and many of its top leaders are active members of the VHP. If the VHP justifies the killings then so does each of its members. Defending a crime and provoking people to commit crimes should be punished.

All these communal riots shows the weakness of our society. People don't even have the slightest of fear in taking the law in their own hands. There is no use talking sense with these law breakers because they have a very different agenda from what they preach. We should have stricter laws. The problem with our democracy is that too much power is there in the hands of the people, at least people with political backing. A serious introspection is needed and a solution needs to be found or else the whole nation will be burn in no time

Helpless!

These are times in which one feel absolutely helpless and hopeless as an Indian. It makes one give up the hope of seeing a developed and prosperous India. I am talking about the absolutely unnecessary events that are taking place in Jammu and Kashmir and the even more unnecessary events that are taking place at various other parts of India as a result of the violence in J&K.

Mahatma Gandhi would be banging his head on the walls in heaven on seeing the consequence of his idea of "peaceful" protests\agitations taken to a all new level. What Gandhi did was necessary for getting India's freedom. Unfortunately total people are misusing the idea of satayagrah for their selfish needs. Right now in India the answer to any problem is to block roads, damage public\private property and injure civilians. I do not know what term can be used to describe the recent events in J&K. The protests and violence is no more about the Amarnath Land deal. It has become personal. It has become a fight between Jammu and Kashmir. The worst part is that people are falling for the separatist and other anti social groups in the region and causing violence.

The situation in Jammu is very volatile and communal. The thing that makes me so fucking angry is that when a region is divided and when the division is communal, the way parties and organizations such as the BJP, VHP, Shiva Sena behave. For getting a few votes/supporters they are willing to risk the national unity. In politics people will have different ideologies but its really sad to see that there are political parties in India which justify violence and are even willing to kill for getting more supporters. I remember L K Advani in an interview saying that, rules which are broken in political agitations cannot be considered criminal. This was his reaction when asked about the various deaths that occurred as a direct result of the various communal agitations that BJP and its affiliated groups have caused.

Today one person died as a result of the strike called by the VHP. This person was ill and was being taken to the hospital. His vehicle was not allowed to go by the VHP protesters. There are plenty of times when i feel patriotic and want to do something for the development of the nation, but at times like this I feel its much better if i migrate to some other country. In India violent protests occur for no reason at all and the more often than not the aim of the protest and destruction is to let people know about the party conduction the protest. Violence in Mumbai because at places they use the word "Bombay" or because of English sign boards at shops.

The recent so called agitations by the VHP and various Hindu hardliner groups is something which is to be condemned using the hardest possible words. The sad part is many people join these groups and believe what they are doing is right. The BJP is dilly dallying with being secular and communal. According to its convince it chose to be secular or communal. 61 years ago when the freedom fighters fought for India's independence they had one thing in their mind. An united India, an India where all its citizens are given equal rights, an India where people can follow any religion that they choose and have the freedom to express themselves. The problem with India is that we don't give enough importance to the constitution. Each and every individual should be made aware of his/her constitutional rights and then the situation here will change. The only difference between the Muslim extremist and Hindu extremist is that, Muslim extremist kill through out the world and the Hindu extremist kill just in India.

Protest are good and is essential for a democracy. But what is happening in India is not good, its an exploitation of the constitution. Citizens of India should do what ever it takes to ensure that its constitution is not violated. We should fight against all the groups which try to divide this nation on the basis of religion. India wont be India if its constitution is violated this often.