“United we stand, Divided we fall” is been strongly followed by selected few and rest are wondering how do we get united with so many reasons to fight. The one who follow are the ones in parliament and legislative assemblies following it rigorously, as and when they desire. Let’s take two cases to demonstrate their unity; RTI for political parties and the other is disqualification of convicted MP/MLA’s. All of them sitting in parliament have agreed to reject the idea unanimously and are figuring out a way to pass it as a bill shortly. On the other side, look at rest of the Indians, how united are we on issues like corruption, ensuring that only educated, clean politicians are elected and on our day to day problem, healthcare, security? How many of us have continued our fight against for better law and security. There are so many Activists, NGO’s and few celebrities working in the best interest of Indians. However, when it comes to raising a common voice, we all have difference of opinion.
It’s not wrong only with the current generation but it has been a problem for generations and to corroborate it nothing can be better than our history. Look back in history from Mughal Era to British regime – Few thousands have ruled us for hundreds of years and we had not single leader or king who could unite the then or current Indians. Our weakness was the strength for the outsiders. Moreover, we are divided by religion, states, villages, status, language, gender, age, and not sure how many more categorization we shall be creating. Those who are not divided on above terms are allured with worldly gains, so that the devil in us overpowers the good. Lastly, fear is the mother of all strategies; it works irrespective of gender, state, religion & it’s universal. Yes, we fear for even sharing our thoughts or raise our voice because we fear what the other person would do or what government would do?
None of the parties think for the people and it’s all about safe guarding their own interest. They talk of reducing CAD but end up designing ways of giving freebies in some form or the other to win the votes. They talk about bringing dollar in control but end up giving laptops and tablets which need to be imported. I don’t think so we should be complaining about the politicians or government officials. We ourselves are wrong because we have been so engrossed in our life. We are in the so called rat race not realizing that we are contributing towards creation of a hell. I wonder would it have been good, if the British had ruled us for few more years, would they have made this country better?
Mumbai Auto union’s can take the city to ransom and ensure they bring it to a standstill – that’s their power, because they are united. Whereas look at all of us, we do not support the activists who fight for us, we do not believe in car pooling or helping others or using public transport for a day because convenience is important over supporting a cause.
If you watch the news channel on any debate, people have their own view point and they want to superimpose it on others. Most of the Indians follow a simple rule ‘volume of your voice should be inversely proportionate to your listening ability’. However, we are so lazy or are in a comfort zone that we have closed our eyes, but remember not all of us can pack our bags and stay abroad for lifetime. Let’s be real, whether rich or poor, you got to wipe your own ***. You are lucky that you were not the one in the Delhi bus or it was not your kid who gets molested in bus or raped. Can you guarantee your family that you will protect your kid, give best medical care for your old parents, ensure wife is secured when she goes out and assure them you will return home safely. If you make a blind eye to others, you will get in return the same - As you sow, so shall you reap.
They are public servants elected by us with our power to vote but look at the irony of life, we fear them once we elect them and they feel more powerful. Can anything be done about the non united problem? The answer was and is always yes. First we have to awaken ourselves and kick ourselves to act and move out of comfort zone. The problem is not outside, unfortunately or fortunately, it is within ourselves and the beauty is that no one except yourself can change you. Its matter of a second that you decide that you will do your bit and walk together with all others as Indian and no further difference. This change itself shall make a lot of difference. Second action would be to bring in unity starting with family, friends, colleagues and then the society where you stay. Start talking and sharing to bring in consensus. Hundreds of ways are there on what can be done to bring a significant change and making our country a better place.
The idea is never to do Egyptian like protest or unrest or get on to street and shout slogans or speak badly about politicians or be non-violent; we can still do small things and get united. The rule of our unity should be not to find one leader but to have one common voice. More the numbers we have and longer we stay together, stronger we shall emerge. Sparing an hour of a week shall be more than helpful.
Imagine, you are able to bring just 5 friends/family members or colleagues who believe in your belief to bring a change and then they bring in 5 more and that’s the we increase our numbers. Once we have grown enough we will start focusing for better India and not on yours or my problems. Nothing shall be lost, if we make this small effort today. It is time to start the Modern Satyagraha, technology is the key. Would you like to do your bit - one more time?
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