That is a nice pie. And I want a piece of it. And do you know what gives me the right to that pie? I have a stick in my hand. And I will break your leg if you dont give it to me. I will make you choke. The other people in this room who are not even remotely interested in this pie, I will make their life hell too. You know why? I think this pie tastes good and I want a slice of it.
It is not what you are guessing. I am a little loose in the head but I havent lost it completely (not yet at least). But the Gujjars seem to have lost whatever little they had (no offence to those who believe in peaceful co-existence and are not a part of the madness).
Today morning I switched on the television while I sat down to finish my breakfast and what do I see? Groups of young men, sturdy able men, men with many years full of possibility ahead of them, thronging streets, wielding sticks, hockeys, burning tyres, blocking roads, and waving frantically at the tv cameras like new found celebrities (just so you know why they are on the streets in the first place. I hate reality tv.. :)P). Shame was the first emotion I felt. I wondered how many of them would be ready to claim individual responsiblity for their acts of hysteria. Would they show the same courage if they were not a part of a mob? What gives them this right to so paralyse the functioning of the society?
How I wish they showed similar enthusiasm when it comes to facing challenges that life throws at them (oh yes I havent forgotten that I am the privileged one and have nothing else to do but to blabber about things that I dont understand). And I shudder when I imagine the fate of a nation whose youth don't believe in the virtue of hard work and take to begging by force as their claim to prosperity. It belies the illusion of a progressive India, an India which would lay its claim as one of the major player on the global arena. What is beyond my understanding is how can reservation be a one stop solution to all problems. But clearly solutions are on no one's mind. This is just an issue to spend all the hoarded energy on, a vent for all frustations, disappointments and shared misery (this reminds me of what Sunil Dutt says to the thief in Munna Bhai MBBS).
I guess Arjun Singh would be the happiest man on earth today. May be he should migrate to Rajasthan where he will find his most avid followers.
What I dread the most is the government giving into their demands. That would be one of the biggest failure of our country as a democracy (how many such failures could be counted I wonder).
I am lost now I guess. There is no way this rant is going to benefit anyone so I stop here with a solemn prayer that may some sanity prevail. Were bomb blasts not enough reason for distress that people are subjected to inconveniences such as this.. all driven by whims of a handful of people.
It is not what you are guessing. I am a little loose in the head but I havent lost it completely (not yet at least). But the Gujjars seem to have lost whatever little they had (no offence to those who believe in peaceful co-existence and are not a part of the madness).
Today morning I switched on the television while I sat down to finish my breakfast and what do I see? Groups of young men, sturdy able men, men with many years full of possibility ahead of them, thronging streets, wielding sticks, hockeys, burning tyres, blocking roads, and waving frantically at the tv cameras like new found celebrities (just so you know why they are on the streets in the first place. I hate reality tv.. :)P). Shame was the first emotion I felt. I wondered how many of them would be ready to claim individual responsiblity for their acts of hysteria. Would they show the same courage if they were not a part of a mob? What gives them this right to so paralyse the functioning of the society?
How I wish they showed similar enthusiasm when it comes to facing challenges that life throws at them (oh yes I havent forgotten that I am the privileged one and have nothing else to do but to blabber about things that I dont understand). And I shudder when I imagine the fate of a nation whose youth don't believe in the virtue of hard work and take to begging by force as their claim to prosperity. It belies the illusion of a progressive India, an India which would lay its claim as one of the major player on the global arena. What is beyond my understanding is how can reservation be a one stop solution to all problems. But clearly solutions are on no one's mind. This is just an issue to spend all the hoarded energy on, a vent for all frustations, disappointments and shared misery (this reminds me of what Sunil Dutt says to the thief in Munna Bhai MBBS).
I guess Arjun Singh would be the happiest man on earth today. May be he should migrate to Rajasthan where he will find his most avid followers.
What I dread the most is the government giving into their demands. That would be one of the biggest failure of our country as a democracy (how many such failures could be counted I wonder).
I am lost now I guess. There is no way this rant is going to benefit anyone so I stop here with a solemn prayer that may some sanity prevail. Were bomb blasts not enough reason for distress that people are subjected to inconveniences such as this.. all driven by whims of a handful of people.
