Raped

The Congress party's 2009 election motto read:
Aam aadmi ke badte kadam, Har kadam par Bharat buland.

Not sarcastic but the truth, the words behind the motto meant:
Bhrashtachar ke badte kadam, Har kadam par Bharat khatam.
                                                   or
Aam aadmi ke bate kadam, har kadam par jurm ki takat buland.

What has corruption done to India? I'll jot down what has been in newspapers in the month of June, just one single month:


17 Jun 2011,21:44
Pune police have booked a 29 year old person for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marrying her
16 Jun 2011,21:06
A tantrik was arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old teen at Larankelo village of Kullu on Thursday evening. The incident came into light when girl narrated her horrific experience to her mother that how tantrik, Sher Singh of the same village raped her on the pretext of removing the scars on her face on Wednesday.
14 Jun 2011,23:09
Gurpreet Singh of Sangrur has been booked under charges of raping a minor girl
10 Jun 2011,19:47
A person was booked on the statement of a woman in Nirmand village that he tried to rape her while she was alone in her garden. Accused has been identified as Bir Bahadur. A case u/s 354 of IPC act has been registered against him.
10 Jun 2011,02:55
A 15-year-old was allegedly raped by another minor in Sultanpuri area.
9 Jun 2011,23:42
Two persons, identified as Sadh Ram and Santosh Kumar, resident of Nirmand village have been booked for 'attempt of rape' at public place in Nirmand today.
9 Jun 2011,21:39
Pune police arrested one person for allegedly raping a 42 year old woman and making her obscene video clip.
7 Jun 2011,18:18
A minor girl belong to the Dalit community was abducted and raped from a slum area in Sikar district of the state. Police have lodged a case but was yet to arrest the accused.
2 Jun 2011,13:45
Sukhpal Singh of village Samao booked for raping a minor girl.
1 Jun 2011,18:48
A person, identified as Dhyan Singh, resident of Chehni village was arrested on Wednesday for raping a girl in Kullu. According to police, the accused first kidnapped the girl and raped her without her consent on May 26. He has been arrested u/s 365, 366, 376 of IPC act.

Every single day n-number of such cases reported/non-reported happen in India and the government says it is worried about the declining sex ratio. Save the girl child. Save her for what? For getting raped one day.

To top that, in many of the rape cases, which come in light now-a-days, the perpetrators of the heinous crime are the ones who are part of the government-POLICEMEN and POLITICIANS. These people with power find it easy to escape any punishment for the crime, all thanks to the Indian Judiciary System. There are no stringent laws to punish the guilty.

Corruption has raped the nation still government says it WILL TRY to tackle corruption. Are you trying to tell me that POLITICIANS can come up with a system which will allow them TO RAPE THEMSELVES.

The Civil Society is demanding the law breakers to draft the laws... There are three more years before the next election. The freedom fighters fought for 200 years can the civil society last for the next three? And even after that will they be able to free India from corruption?

What next Annaji?

My question- "what next Annaji?" is pointed towards the common man.

Quite concisely I knew the fate of Lokpal on April 22, 2011 as I highlighted in Vande Matram, still in some corner of my heart I had some hope not in government but the democracy which is non-existent.

And it is not only me who is perturbed, I read what Kiran Bedi tweeted today, at this moment - "Govt bill reinforces practice of two sets of laws in enforcement. With PM, judiciary and MPs for corruption in the house out of lokpal bill. By its new draft govt makes it three inquiry\ investigating overlapping agencies. CBI, CVC and Lokpal. Not one single anti corruption body. It also bifurcates the bureaucracy into higher and lower. And provides non effective relief for a common man. It also leaves the state ayukts out. Which means states will need to struggle for effective anti corruption institution too. The selection panel is a political heavy weight. Ours was a mixed balance. The removal of a corrupt lokpal was direct. Now indirect via Govt. What is the point of agreeing on minor issues while not agreeing on a basic independent structure proposed for Lokpal needed most."

What will I do next? I'm bound by my own shackles, so should I sit quietly and watch the drama. I'm highly perturbed. My tolerance is not my weakness... the battle has to begin now, it's the time for the wishes to be fulfilled.... I'll keep you posted.

Satyagraha

The government which never questioned why so much corruption is now questioning why so much agitation. The dogs of the corrupt system who are barking over the news channels and in the media that, such agitations are not worthy and have suspicious motives, should atleast do a soul search for what have they done for the nation. They all are corruption beneficiaries wagging their tails for the ministers and now someone, a man, is trampling on these dog's tails and they have started barking. All the political parties and their dogs have vested interest in corruption, and they take care of each other. Corrupt practices are not imposed from outside; people choose to practice them to further their interests!

For how long did the government think that they would continue their naked display of corruption and the nation will keep itself blindfolded to what is happening, aren't six decades enough. We have had enough of scandals, loots, rapes, abductions and murders by the legislators of the democracy.
 
After 64 years of utter frustration in common men, this one time someone is at least raising his voice against corruption. These are rays of hope, I am not sure how far can they penetrate the black cloud but we should fully support every such agitation which ensures to save the country from corruption, let not this be an individual's campaign. We have to fight this cancer of corruption. People are skeptical/pessimistic, some are fully confident that this is just a futile wail or cry and no outcome is going to come out of this. Still the objective is worth pursuing. A true warrior is the one who is almost sure of defeat but still gives his best to defeat the defeat. It is time that we rise above the facebook and twitter campaigns and become real revolutionaries and not internet warriors.**
Let's refurbish our souls and become a SATYAGRAHI...

**Internet as a medium to reach people and raise our voice is highly effective but it is not enough. Shanknaad to jung ka elan karne ke liye hota hai, jung to aakhir kurukshetra me utar ke hi jitni padti hai.

The Comment from :) --
Satyagraha is not the answer for such a long and revolutionary change to take place... If we have dirty politics, then they also possess unbound power of destruction. We have to be tacticle in handling this situation, participation is necessary but change too... First all the people should be united, do you think there really is unity in diversity when we fight on small matters like celebrating festivals and also about those old religious wars? Is there any realisation on the greater front about being one for your better life? Do we ever talk about peace and betterment of this society? We never do.. and when we are not even together, do you think satyagraha is of any help?

"Principles are of help with knowledge, but with conditions applied."
To use any law,or principle there is an exception and are if's and but's... the same is here..

But somewhere to start, unity should be created. The internet is just a medium, creating fan pages and fight groups is not all..we have to go beyond it, and find real courage to fight. In reality no one wants to dirty his or her hands in this fight... but since its the need of the hour rebellious attitude may work wonders..

Dont write it in a newspaper manner, it needs touch of strength and bold courage to make a difference with satirical writings..