Wednesday, June 20, 2007
This was how I started
(These were my ideas about 3 years ago when I was a 10th std. student)Intellectuals never had high opinions about the rulers. Anatole France says, every government is both foolish and selfish. Hayden says, the State is always repressive. Emerson feels, the State breeds corruption. And Paine holds that any government in its best forms is still a necessary hazard.But how would it have been if there was no provision for state or government? Man would have done anything – anything anyone wished! Result: anarchy. Therefore, there is need for government. Again anyone who becomes a ruler gets power in his hands. In modern times, democracy has replaced absolutism. Still the ruler has remained the ruler or “the master” in Arvind Kejriwal’s words. Yes, due to the presence of Constitution, maybe the government does not rule (or exploit) the people limitlessly. Let us now see this topic from our country’s viewpoint. Why is our country still in apathetic condition? Because, members of the ruling faction do take some unfair advantages of their positions and use their power for wrong causes. You will say, what new thing is this? Yes, this is nothing new and if King Canidot doesn’t sit on the throne, this will not stop. But can’t we make the Constitution stricter, restrict the rulers a little more and involve the masses a lot more? But who will bell the cat?Now let us discuss the decadence of modern democracy. Liberty has been let out of the bag in such extent and in such unscrupulous manner that, if we proceed a little further we will experience anarchy. And this is the age of privatization and decentralization! Freedom from the centre is leading to matters hanging detachedly. And quite a few more people are turning selfish. Now you will say that the centre has become such an idiot that the terms ‘central’ or ‘governmental’ belong to the ancient age. Then, apart from his aggressive foreign policy to an extent, how did Augustus Caesar control the whole of the Roman Empire? Yes, for effective central surveillance is needed an able ruler. There is a real lack of that able ruler. Why, the political market seems really hot! Then, is all in it made of second-class material? Come on, you know, politics means corruption. Seat on the chair and enjoy! How can an able ruler rise from this system? He will rise from proper education. This education is non-directional and goalless. Why? For proper education, we need an efficient educational system and curriculum, which is formulated by the government. Government is the gift of politics. Politics means corruption. It’s the same old story, all around.Let us return to personal liberty. Nowadays people have become too much self-centred. To feel one with our nation is a distant expectation, but we have even forgotten our fundamental duties towards the nation. We are only crying for rights, but are not ready to give away anything. Just think! If everyone acts the same, how can the people ever satisfactorily retain something for both their private and common public interest? Deprivation is causing man’s self-centredness add more fuel to corruption or arouse separatism, which is giving birth to terrorism. Getting shattered is our national integration. (Some sections of the society, again, on getting more and more, are even for so much more, that we can call it as ‘silent separatism’.) Evolving is the deprived man’s extremist communism. Solution? Personal liberty should be reasonably limited. People should be made conscious of their duties to the society. Their patriotism has to be woken up. For that, a national feeling has to be developed. To bring this, it is necessary to uproot political and social differences. And in this context, we need powerful central control. But who will realize this? What is going on is in favour of our ‘pilots’! So, the arrival of a leader like the ‘Fuehrer’ is very important, who can be an able ruler.History is witness – rise of leader, rise of the people. If the king is upright, the subjects follow the lesson of constancy too. The moral improvement of the Romans during the reign of Caesar Augustus is one of the best examples of this.But in the present situation, where to find an able leader? How can appropriate administration come into the picture? It can. With giving due respect to the Constitution makers, I say it is possible by amending the Constitution on a huge scale. But the power thirsty politicians will never do that.Then what to do? There is only one way. Revolution. Revolution? Isn’t it what the People’s War Group, MCC etc Maoist groups are doing? Please, it is not; I call this rebellion. Revolution does not always have to be violent. Then, what is revolution? Revolution is a big turnaround of the State and social system. Rebellion is the last stage of revolution. The result of years of efficient planning is called revolution. The awakening of a dormant nation is called revolution.But who will bring the revolution? The nation is dozing…I hope there are still quite a few real Indians residing here. They have to find out, recognize and realize themselves. They have to bond together. They will show the nation light, which will lead us to the path of a political and social revolution. Revolution is our only way out. Therefore, I feel like quoting Swami Vivekananda – “Arise, awake, countrymen…”
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Friends: Vivekananda's quote "Arise, awake and stop not" has become a near cliche owing to excess use on Net. Besides, V. himself stopped many things in the middle. www.vivekanandayb.blogspot.com.
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