What excites us Indians the most?
This question
struck me recently after the Mumbai gang rape incident. The answers I got from
my friends were very diverse. Some said it is cricket, some said politics & few
said Bollywood movies. I agree with them all but my question was what excites
us the most and I couldn't find a justified answer. We are ready to break
houses of cricketers if they lose a match, we demolish a famous Mosque for some
historical myth, we even go insane for rising fuel prices. All of these actions
we perform is tantamount to our cultural beliefs, our collective ego and
economical priorities. But we never rise up to a cause which is basic and will
affect our generations. Our ancestors were rich in knowledge but for them
priority was our well being but we Indians have become so selfish today that we
don't think about our children even. We have grown a habit of acceptance to
whatever bad is happening around us. Media looses focus on a topic as soon as
it sees the TRP going down. We can't blame the media because they are running a
business and they are no way justice delivering agencies. The TRP goes down
because we are not really concerned about the girl who suffered; rather we forget
everything as soon as our family members are safe. The justice delivery system
in India is slow, the government policies are bad, police is inefficient &
a lot of other excuses to hide our own inability is causing the problems our
society is facing today. We never react to a person passing some lewd comment
to a girl on the road because we think it is casual but how about a person
passing a comment at you & that too a vulgar one. We think it is casual in
India but the person who passed the comment, gains the confidence & moves a
step forward. In India every 20 minutes a woman is raped and it makes the woman
of India less confident & more pessimistic. We teach our daughters to stay
at home as much as possible but isn't it hampering India's growth as they can
add so much value to our economy. The day we won't be able to digest our food
while listening to a rape case, that day will call for a true national
awakening.If we don't wake up now there will be a time when we will be like Taliban countries & believe me that will be a hell of a country for our daughters.
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