7/11 Mumbai Blasts and Politicians: What can we do?

Following the recent Mumbai Bomb blasts which will be known as 7/11 on the line of 9/11, most of us must have shown our anger in some form or the other against the government (read politicians) blaming them for what happened which at best could be called the worst form of something in the name of JIHAD. Politicians are busy and would largely be busy in the stuffs related to Mandir-Masjid and OBC Reservations because this might be there ONLY way to roti, kapda aur makaan. Fair enough as they say anything is legal in love and war. So every action could be justified in one way or the other. This is perhaps the best form of democracy!!!

Most of us can't do anything about all this because we are normal human beings and we have our own reasons for not doing anything. But what purpose is solved when we blame the system, politicians and a particular section of the people for such kind of atrocity? I guess nothing.

I had an argument with some of my close friends on whether we have a right to blame the government? Most of us believed that we don't have because we were not a part of the election process followed to elect the government in the first place and this was per our WILL. We find pride in not being a participant here. Some of us feel we anyway are not meant to vote and this is a right way to stamp our superiority and modernism over those who wait on long queues to cast their “useless” vote. The people for whom government vows now and then to make reservations and erect Temples best do this job. Fair enough, if we neither elected them nor did we try to oppose them, we don't have a right to get pissed off now. If we thought this government is not for us, why would any action or inaction on their part at this time would irritate and frustrate us?

But one of my friends put up a very strong point which all of us must agree. According to him " Whom should we Vote for? All are the same. If we do decide to cast our so called precious vote, what is the choice before us?”

Well he has a valid point and all of us must agree. But as elderly people say, inaction only aggravates the problem. So its action time albeit in passive form.

What can we do?

Some or most of you might be already knowing about this but even then, I would like to introduce you to something called "Lok Paritran” (http://www.lokparitran.org/ ) in this regard. This is a political group comprising of some of the young enthusiasts like us in some senses yet very unlike to us. They have been very courageous till now but have been struggling for the lack of support from the so-called educated and uneducated lots. To have some impact on a vast democratic country like ours, they need the support of its democratic people. Since this is going to be a tough battle against the well-set players on the pitch of Political affairs, this is not an easy task. This is no daydreaming. This is neither a Maniratnam movie “Yuva” nor another superhit from bollywood “Rang De Basanti”. Most of us can't help them directly for the reasons well known to us and not so well when discussed in public. But I am sure, even if we support them in some way or the other or at least make people aware about them, so that they are recognized and gradually supported, we would help them a great deal.

Then who knows, tomorrow we have something good coming up and some good reasons compelling us to vote and be a part of the process we always criticize and end up being frustrated? At least, a small effort towards this won't kill us.

Please find some time to know about them at http://www.lokparitran.org. Spread the news about them in all manners possible making people aware about them.

Join their yahoo group (paritranaites: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paritranaites/?yguid=262829209 ) today and be an active part of their message forum.

If you already knew about this group, please spread this message to all your near and dear ones.

We might agree that in a country like ours, where its tough to be optimistic, its very difficult for ourselves to be encouraged for doing something like this which has no prompt or direct benefits but remember, there will not be another Rama or Krishna avatar to solve these problems. Let us believe our good small acts will sum up to give the final solution towards this.

Hail Mumbai.

"It is the tragic outcome of the civilised world's struggle with terrorism that the world's largest democracy should be subjected to such attacks"