Well, I guess Mubarak's gotta go now. What about our own amazing netas?
Everyone here , at least the motivated and the ones yearning for a political change, we're all for doing an Egypt right here in India. Well, there are loads reasons that wont work out. For starters, the World Cups approaching, so no cricket fan in his right mind would help. And by 'cricket fan' , we can safely assume its the whole of India.
And as many have pointed out, we don't have any huge 'Square' in India, which can accommodate millions of people. I guess we could demolish a few 'housing scam' apartments, hell, we have plenty of those in India!
But seriously, the real question is what after we overthrow the government? It will be cake walk for a few million Indians to stand on the streets and protest, and no government dare stay after that. But after one corrupt party goes, the next one will be in power, with possibly new laws in action to prevent any similar protest from us during their rule. We after all, are a democracy... A change in the ruling party wouldn't mean much to us except new faces. So what then?
The key is for us to make sure we don't give any chance for the word 'corrupt' to prevail in India. It sounds impossible, I know, but its not. We just have to start with the small things. Like, the way we just slip the traffic cop a hundred bucks note, the way we buy cheap fake CD's, all that should go. When we're able to say that we're fully law abiding citizens, that's precisely when we can point fingers towards politicians. Our corruption essentially fuels theirs. I'm not saying I'm some saintly corruption free person either, I'm trying to stop it in myself too. I'm just saying that we should start in any small way we can, and in the end we will finally just be perfect. And that's when we can tell them to either mend themselves, or take a walk.
So, though I'm saying that an Egypt won't be possible in India, don't lose hope. I'm just saying it won't be possible NOW. Cross your fingers and keep your hopes up people. And when you see those street side CD stands, take my advice, Run away before it breaks your resolve!
Everyone here , at least the motivated and the ones yearning for a political change, we're all for doing an Egypt right here in India. Well, there are loads reasons that wont work out. For starters, the World Cups approaching, so no cricket fan in his right mind would help. And by 'cricket fan' , we can safely assume its the whole of India.
And as many have pointed out, we don't have any huge 'Square' in India, which can accommodate millions of people. I guess we could demolish a few 'housing scam' apartments, hell, we have plenty of those in India!
But seriously, the real question is what after we overthrow the government? It will be cake walk for a few million Indians to stand on the streets and protest, and no government dare stay after that. But after one corrupt party goes, the next one will be in power, with possibly new laws in action to prevent any similar protest from us during their rule. We after all, are a democracy... A change in the ruling party wouldn't mean much to us except new faces. So what then?
The key is for us to make sure we don't give any chance for the word 'corrupt' to prevail in India. It sounds impossible, I know, but its not. We just have to start with the small things. Like, the way we just slip the traffic cop a hundred bucks note, the way we buy cheap fake CD's, all that should go. When we're able to say that we're fully law abiding citizens, that's precisely when we can point fingers towards politicians. Our corruption essentially fuels theirs. I'm not saying I'm some saintly corruption free person either, I'm trying to stop it in myself too. I'm just saying that we should start in any small way we can, and in the end we will finally just be perfect. And that's when we can tell them to either mend themselves, or take a walk.
So, though I'm saying that an Egypt won't be possible in India, don't lose hope. I'm just saying it won't be possible NOW. Cross your fingers and keep your hopes up people. And when you see those street side CD stands, take my advice, Run away before it breaks your resolve!
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