Somehow for last ............as far as I can remember, all I’ve been doing is running after time, trying to catch up on work, things to do and probably sleep too. I definitely need to relax!
Yesterday being Sunday, I was lucky enough to be at home and not really working the entire day or going out DRIVING again for something. It was a really peaceful day, washed my car, kind of started to fix my bike’s battery problem (still pending) and just be at home.
Almost finished the current book I’m reading- In Xanadu, by William Dalrymple, although his previous book I read was far better, looking forward to his new book ‘The Last Mughal’.
Managed to watch the movie- Gangajal the other day, have watched it earlier too in parts but saw the complete thing yesterday. I would say I was really impressed but superb direction, acting and most importantly the authenticity of the subject and the locations. It was as real as it gets, though in reality the ending would have been less dramatic and lots more disappointing then what was portrayed.
Coincidently watching the special report on Satyendra Dubey, and IIT Kanpur engineer who was killed 3 years back for standing upto the corruption in our government. Poor guy's only fault was to stand upto his given name and fight against the evil of corruption which has now completely plagued the entire governance mechanism in
Even after so much hue and cry by hundreds,thousands of people, media and masses on so many similar issues on these shameful acts of injustice nothing seems to bring about any change in the way things work. My salute to you Mr.Dubey may we also have the same courage when required.
But isn’t that completely obvious, when people who are meant to impart these judgments and investigations are them selves corrupt, so how can one see any fairness from the system? Or how can one stand against it?
The only possible answer that I can think of, though it really can’t bring any big difference but nevertheless, is to be as much fair and just to the things that we do, how we interact with people around us, be truthful about our work, our responsibilities and maybe once in a while help somebody without expecting anything in return for it.
I always use hate all those people who go to a 5 star Hotel and spend couple of thousand rupees per person on a single meal! Imagine in a country where there is such vast disparity between rich and the poor, isn’t it criminal for all of us to do that. I agree we are not saints but it always seems to baffle me when I see people spending hundreds of rupees for a few minutes of pleasure over a drink or something more trivial and at the same time bargaining with a rickshaw wallah or a poor guy on the street selling a ‘Bhutta’ for a rupee or two. I think we do become hypocrites many a times on these issues including myself but as long as we remember to respect and value the basic principles of humanity we should be managing to be good human beings and citizens.
I think as a race, being Indians we have become almost blind and worthless that we have stopped fighting for the best. We have now even stopped appreciating the good from the bad. Our cities are dying; dying by simply loosing there character, there identity, culture as a whole; we have lost so much over the years that the damage cannot be even reversed.
Even with so many negatives you do find some good things, some good gesture, a smile, a happy moment and a ray of light coming out from the thick cover of sheer madness all around us.
Smiling back to a kid making funny faces looking at you from the car in front; middle of a mad traffic jam.
Catching up a cricket match on pan shop with so many unknown faces throwing up intelligent remarks on the game.
Will continue more…………………………………………………..
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