We should not let personal egos and likings be a deciding factor
With elections round the corner, I can't help but think, what will be different after this election ? From Panchayats to the Parliament, politics is become a business for scoundrels, a family entrepreneurship, a safe haven for stinking mafisos, castiests, extortionists, rapists and murderers. With all the electronic development we have distastefully been witnesses to the horrifying acts in Parliament and the different Vidhan Sabhas over the years, it's been an utter disgrace to Indian Democracy. On one hand we boast of our achievements in science and technology and elected members act like the barbarians of the stone age era, we are eagerly trying to compete with the rest of the world to fill up space with electronic gadgets but fail to alleviate poverty and misery from our land. We claim to be a secular, peaceful, co-existing entourage of diversity when in fact our own politicians have been conceiving and incubating communal and sectarian hatred for the sake of votes and power. We claim to be marching well into the 21st century ideologies, but reluctant to let go of the ideologies of the early centuries, as modern as we might be on the outside our minds and hearts are still of the ancient era. It's pathetic to boast of our most ancient civilization, culture and values and act in the most uncivilized way today, trumpeting about our past that has no relevance to our behaviour today. More than six decades of Independence, while people all over the world fight for equality and we in India are fighting to be declared as SC, ST and BC, are we marching into the 21st century ? Women all over the world have been empowered but in India women are still burnt, chased around, trashed and disgraced in public and the perpetrators roam freely supported by the politicians and the protectors of the law. Our Parliament and our Vidhan Sabhas have been dustbins for a long time, the problem is, are we going to let this continue and till the trash in the bins decompose and spread fatal contagious diseases that will devour our states and our country as well ? We most certainly deserves a better lot to be elected members of our parliament and Vidhan Sabhas. We should not let personal egos and likings be a deciding factor. Can we in a critical time like this rise above the boundaries of political and personal obscenity and decide as a true statesman and the son of the soil ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________