I am a citizen of India, I was born here,
raised here and I have received all my education in this country and
specifically Mumbai. I have seen all the facets of this city may it be good or
bad. I have suffered through the terrorist attacks, the bandhs and live through
the hustle and bustle of this remarkable city daily.
I am sure you who have stayed in this city
for a while have gone through the same in your own way. My observations have
brought to me to a conclusion, the conclusion being that we are a city of world
class malls and third class government facilities, of highly educated
professionals and hardly educated politicians, we have a world class mentality
and third class sense of social responsibility. The most amusing part about
this whole situation is that we have excelled at giving blame to government and
do nothing as citizens to rectify our situation.
But the fault may not be ours all together we
ourselves don’t know how we can rectify this situation that we see ourselves in
or maybe it is our fault and we have forgotten that our country is a democracy
although it feels more like a demo-crazy at the moment. Our country has one of
the most democratic systems wherein our constitution itself says that it a
government of the people, by the people and it’s for the people of this
country. Us the people need to be
reminded what we are capable of, what we can do, how we can do it. For the ones
who want to study it by themselves we have to study only 3 books, i.e., the
Constitution of India, the Indian penal code and the code of civil procedure.
These three books govern our country for the most part, these books give you
the power of equality because all Indians are equal there is no religion,
caste, creed, social standing or gender that is superior to another we are all
equal as per our rights as citizens of this Country. There is no difference
between you and the Government because we are the Government. Thus the
situation that we see ourselves in, in a religious ideology based conundrum
that bothers us today is of our own doing, the corruption, lies and deceit we
face is because we allow such corruption, lies and deceit to prevail. We must
take the power back into our own hands and make this country the country that
we deserve and want. Pool our intelligence and resources to make a difference
to guide the next generation to a better tomorrow. Us as Indians have made a
mark worldwide we are regarded as one of the most hardworking and successful
immigrants in foreign countries which ever country that we may go to. Why can’t
we be a successful nation? It is because
we fear that our efforts may not be recognised, that we may face adversity,
that we may face violence from the people in power.
The People are in power because we have put
them in power, they can bully maybe a 100 people, but we are not just 100 we
are a billion. We must become more responsible for ourselves, we must ensure we
are not handed substandard leadership, disgusting government facilities and a
bang for our tax payer’s buck. For this we must educate ourselves in electoral
politics and we must ensure that the best of our community strive to become our
leaders, we must eradicate the taboo behind politics and perform our duty as
citizens to lead one another, to help one another and ensure that we grow
together.
It is us who is responsible for the growth
and development of our own societies and communities. Spreading our influence
in a 5 kilo-meter radius from where we live can contribute towards the
development of our own areas. We must ensure that our Public service sector
like the BMC should be properly manned with qualified professionals, who give
us quality service. A proper corporate structure is required in the Public
sector of our Governance that can be ensured by having our qualified and
educated youth to choose Public sector job. Local governance of localities must
be emphasised upon. The Local population of a locality must be responsible for
the governance of their own locality, the local populace must strive to occupy
the government positions responsible for the development of their own area.
There must be an assured 5 year plan which is to be followed step by step for
ensuring development specific to each locality. Local problems must be
identified and solved as per the priority of the problems, meaning that local
polls and research must be conducted to identify problems and the issued must
be solved as per the urgency and requirement.
This is a mere example of the ideas we can
employ to ensure that we develop our own city, state and country. We must study
the ways of developed nations and institute a local system based on proper
scientific process and competence. This may seem idealistic but this must be a
goal so that we involve ourselves in our own development. We must strive to think
globally and act locally. We must make a global culture based on mutual respect
and admiration rather than lies and deceit.
Wonderful thought young man. Agree that we have to do much more to make this city of ours livable and lovable. And yes we need to take the onus of getting things done. As responsible citizens if we can make a difference in our own area of influence ....it's well begun.
ReplyDeleteYou have penned it well now let's try and get it pinned down in our own small way.
These thoughts in young minds in itself are a great inspiration.....hopefully together we can implement a few of these to make our city a better place to live for ourselves and the generations to follow. Cheers
Great Trish! Well said
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with you completely.
Well said Trish
ReplyDeleteSincere,well-organised thoughts expressed by a responsible citizen!Well begun,young man!
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