INACTION

Inaction

Until last Thursday when the Delhi Gang rape incident, the whole country especially in Delhi, the people were busy with their lives. Even though they knew the problems prevailing in the society and the laws that are at fault, and the less punishments to the criminals is insufficient. Even with the knowledge that every month around 45 women were being raped in Delhi alone, people were roaming freely without worrying, believing that Police/Public will come to their rescue. This is the hope of the society and this hope alone keeps the society sane at all the times. But what triggered the protests, due to which large number of people came out for protesting against the government and demanding actions and also to bring in change in the justice and police systems. 

The events that trigger are not the direct incident, but at large the people are made to emotionally connect with the victim. Media here at large is the key element for the current protests to grow big. The media need not necessarily be press it can be internet communications. But the freedom movement and other movements post independence of much larger scale have happenned in this very country without the presence of the media. The emotions that come out of the people after the reception of the news is more important than the medium in which the information is received. Earlier Anna Hazare has gathered all the anti-corruption anger of the people, which Ramdev also tried to exploit, but finally the media and the government was able to blow it beyond the capacity of the protestors. Finally the movement got punctured.

The problem with the recent protests is the lack of the following and a greed among the followers to get the maximum coverage. Everyone wants to have a share of the power that comes with the leading the protest campaigns. The respect of being a leader, and authority over the people. But question is whether the founder of the movement is good enough to be a leader is highly debatable. Always there are elements become part of a movment who will ultimately hijack the cause and finally become champions of the movement. The most glaring example is MK Gandhi, who now is projected as the sole person responsible for bringing freedom to the country and the masses are fooled, and the surname is being currently misused by a particular family to their personal interests.

The hope of people when diminishes, the protests which start as peaceful can turn into violent or the protest itself may vanish with time. In this beautiful country nobody can be declard without any selfish interests based on past performances. Only death can tell your sincerity, because many a great souls have given their lives for building this country and we have forgotten and we have glorified only the living. When all this is being accepted, why cannot people cannot accept inaction by the government, and this worries the people at power. They have become so insensitive, that even during and after the protests the people in power donot want to act. For them any action means being dictated to do work, and being a largest democracy there can be dictatorship. There must be consensus.

How many times, have we heard about the several assurances given by various ministers to improve the situation? We have even heard one MP saying that in India 99% of terriorist activities are being controlled and he is glorified by his party. PM feels that the anger of the protestors is genuine. The Congress Party President assures that speedy action will taken. This is a government which is more answerable to the party first, and whose promises for removing poverty still are being repeated in election rallies. The Inaction of the people of this country has come a full circle and many will not agree for this but this is the reality.

ALL OF THE 65YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, WE HAVE SHOWN INACTION IN THINKING DURING WHOM WE ELECT, 

NOW WE ARE FACING EVERYDAY THE CUMULATIVE RESULTS OF THE INACTION AND WE PROTEST, 

THIS PROTEST IS AGAINST OURSELVES FOR OUT INACTION BUT MISDIRECTED AT THE PEOPLE IN POWER 

IN THE END, WE NEVER REALIZE OUR INACTION AND KEEP BLAMING OTHERS FOR THE PROBLEMS.