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“GOOD GOVERNANCE IS....!” -Fr. Cedric Prakash sj* Good governance is the courage to protect the sanctity of the Constitution not doing or permitting anything towards its destruction Good governance is about the rights and freedom of every citizen not treating some particular people as alien Good governance is the honesty to mainstream ‘satyameva jayate’ not indulging in lies and myths extremely petty Good governance is about authenticity and transparency not about hype and false vibrancy Good governance is preserving our environment and fragile bio-diversity not to be destroyed by the likes of Ambani and Adani Good governance is about development with a genuine human face not terror, plunder and loot which is often the case Good governance is owning responsibility for those killed in the Gujarat Carnage with exemplary punishment for those who went on rampage Good governance is always taking a stand for what is non-violent, just and right, not crushing human rights defenders with all your might Good governance is reaching out to the country’s marginalised and poor rather than making the powerful and rich your core Good governance is ensuring that all freely practise and propagate their faith not subscribing to a fundamentalist and fascist bait Good governance is about meaningful and participative democracy not about dictatorship and controlling authority Good governance is celebrating the birth of Jesus on Christmas day and his message of peace, love, hope and joy Good governance is to be observed on December 25th for sure but what happens to the other days of the year? 22nd December, 2014 (*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ is the Director of PRASHANT, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace) Address: ‘PRASHANT’ (A Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace), Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad-380052 Phone: (079) 27455913, 66522333 Fax: (079) 27489018 Email: [email protected] www.humanrightsindia.in
