Sunday, April 17, 2011
Naked News Today: Anna is No Leader!
The UPA govt. besieged by the nuclear radiation of corruption scams from all sides may yet complete its full term in power so long as it has friendly supporters in the media like Vinita Dawra Nangia of timeslife. In her write-up 'Waiting for the Mahatma' (April 17) she makes fantastic statements to discredit Anna Hazare's Movement against corruption which has actually become a people's movement though celebrities might have also jumped on the bandwagon to sell their image. On the one hand she claims that 'we are a nation that sadly lacks leaders who will spearhead' the causes we must fight. In another breath , berating and condemning Anna Hazare's Movement as 'a very dangerous trend', she dangerously asks, 'Who is to say who represents civil society? No offence to Anna (what else it is?), but what if tomorrow another and another and yet another Anna fasts unto death for as many causes? Would we throw in the nation's support behind them all? So actually there is no dearth of Anna-like leaders in India, according to Nangia, but scarcity of leaders who will truly represent 'civil society' as perceived by her. Of course, congress leaders and politicians of A. Raja variety must be her ideal candidates to spearhead a revolution against corruption, as the adage goes, 'Set a thief to catch a thief.'
Making self-contradictory statements is the habit that media persons like Nangia have cultivated, perfected and fine-tuned to the extent of making them sound plausible. Nangia has not only discredited Anna Hazare as a leader and a true Gandhian,but also lampooned the whole crowd of supporters that spontaneously rose as one to be with him in his anti-corruption drive. . When Anna's supporters point to he govt. functionaries and enemies of civil society as ';they' Nangia bursts with righteous anger: "But who is 'they'? The first thing to understand is that there is no 'they'. It is 'us', We, the people of India fighting ourselves and the corruption inherent in us.We need to cleanse ourselves first before we set out to teach others a lesson." So guys, shut up shop, go back home, cleanse yourselves and the space around yourselves.The corruption will just wither away and there would be no need for candle light vigils, silent marches, or fasts unto death. Bravo! What a simple solution! 'Bharat Ratna' should be awarded for such an excellent discovery that solves the problem of corruption in a jiffy!
Making self-contradictory statements is the habit that media persons like Nangia have cultivated, perfected and fine-tuned to the extent of making them sound plausible. Nangia has not only discredited Anna Hazare as a leader and a true Gandhian,but also lampooned the whole crowd of supporters that spontaneously rose as one to be with him in his anti-corruption drive. . When Anna's supporters point to he govt. functionaries and enemies of civil society as ';they' Nangia bursts with righteous anger: "But who is 'they'? The first thing to understand is that there is no 'they'. It is 'us', We, the people of India fighting ourselves and the corruption inherent in us.We need to cleanse ourselves first before we set out to teach others a lesson." So guys, shut up shop, go back home, cleanse yourselves and the space around yourselves.The corruption will just wither away and there would be no need for candle light vigils, silent marches, or fasts unto death. Bravo! What a simple solution! 'Bharat Ratna' should be awarded for such an excellent discovery that solves the problem of corruption in a jiffy!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Mediocrity Zindabad
While our corporatized media, politicians, educationists, bureaucrats and businessmen illustrate the sheer dominance of all-round MEDIOCRITY everywhere, they keep on making the noises about India shining. While millions of Indians are dying of hunger and poverty, some ending their lives in sheer desperation, these noise-makers make the entire world believe that ALL IS WELL and that India is the best possible destination for foreign investors and charitably inclined donors. They know very well that whatever noises are made about corruption,they will die out soon. Under such a dispensation of fixedness, what role is left for excellence to thrive ? Corruption will continue to be seen as an essential and inevitable concomitant and price of progress.How could Commonwealth Games have been organized on such a lavish scale unless the organizers had plenty of motivation to make crores on the sideline? It's not only cricket matches that are fixed. Everything is fixed from the appointment of Prime Minister to the appointment of Ministers like Radia's A.Raja.It is fixed which political dynasty will rule India and for how many years. Under such a dispensation how can excellence thrive or even survive when mediocrity is the absolute ruler? Intellectual and moral excellence have no place in an India where mediocrity is worshipped. Sycophancy breeds mediocrity and it is what determines what plum posts you get.Every five years or even before, the people of India are befooled by the enactment of the great circus called'Elections' which are meant only for the benefit of crooks and scamsters.Decent, noble and intelligent people have no place in this circus of buffoons. What should be done?
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