this post is about all our comments like "Politics is crap" "All Politicians are corrupt" "Nothing could happen in this country" "The country is going down in the dumps" "Politicians or leaders just make promises but don't actually do anything" "All Politicians are criminals and a lot of them actually have cases going on against them" and so on....
But my point is aren't we the citizens of this esteemed democracy are the ones who elected these politicians to represent us ? If they were corrupt or criminals or uneducated then why did we elect them in the first place ? I think it's time we realize this as our responsibility and voice against anything that we feel is being done wrong. How many times have we seen problems like bad roads but how many times do we actually go to municipal offices to inquire about what plans have been made for the roads and if not anything then suggest them to do something about it, if they don't listen then there are Parshads, Mayors, MLAs, MPs and so on. And I think if we unite and take these problems of society as problems of our own we can easily get the work done.
Right to Information - a very powerful tool given to us by the government but how many of us know about it, leave aside using it ? I don't have the backing of official statistics but i don't think apart from a very few activists (as compared to 1.2 Billion people in this country) anybody has ever used or even knows how to use RTI.
What i say is instead of cursing our politicians and leaders for not doing their job effectively why don't we play our part and select the best of candidates irrespective of their party, religion or cast but based on their merit. And those of us who think themselves capable enough should come forward and fight elections themselves.
But just crying like babies that politics is bad or our politicians have ruined the country is of no use. So its time we wake up and fight for the problems of society as our own !
For instance if a tube-light in our house goes out don't we replace it immediately then why not the same with those lights on the street shouldn't we make sure that they are in proper shape ?
It might be difficult, tiring & time taking but shaping our Nation the way we want is totally in our own hands.
But my point is aren't we the citizens of this esteemed democracy are the ones who elected these politicians to represent us ? If they were corrupt or criminals or uneducated then why did we elect them in the first place ? I think it's time we realize this as our responsibility and voice against anything that we feel is being done wrong. How many times have we seen problems like bad roads but how many times do we actually go to municipal offices to inquire about what plans have been made for the roads and if not anything then suggest them to do something about it, if they don't listen then there are Parshads, Mayors, MLAs, MPs and so on. And I think if we unite and take these problems of society as problems of our own we can easily get the work done.
Right to Information - a very powerful tool given to us by the government but how many of us know about it, leave aside using it ? I don't have the backing of official statistics but i don't think apart from a very few activists (as compared to 1.2 Billion people in this country) anybody has ever used or even knows how to use RTI.
What i say is instead of cursing our politicians and leaders for not doing their job effectively why don't we play our part and select the best of candidates irrespective of their party, religion or cast but based on their merit. And those of us who think themselves capable enough should come forward and fight elections themselves.
But just crying like babies that politics is bad or our politicians have ruined the country is of no use. So its time we wake up and fight for the problems of society as our own !
For instance if a tube-light in our house goes out don't we replace it immediately then why not the same with those lights on the street shouldn't we make sure that they are in proper shape ?
It might be difficult, tiring & time taking but shaping our Nation the way we want is totally in our own hands.
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