By Vaishali Jain:
I don’t understand why an Indian man was killed because he was an Indian in a Pakistan jail after 22 years of misery, and all the authorities did was talks. Hollow talks.
I don’t understand why a celebrity accused of homicide runs a campaign called Being Human. Talk about irony.
I don’t understand why a certain man is called The Silent Sikh when he can still ask questions like ‘Theek Hai?’ on his own behalf!
I don’t understand why the political parties don’t pause for a minute from their agendas and show us their humane side. The recent floods in a sacred place could really do without their power showcase. Someone tell them — accusations don’t help.
I don’t understand why the worst painting I’ve come across is not by my dog but by the politicians who paint on the canvas of my country.
I don’t understand why everything foreign dazzles us. The breaths of the newborns of our own nation might be suffocating since decades but the media is more interested in the newborn of a nation whose monarchy has lost its power.
I don’t understand why the population of lizards, roaches, and worms have increased so much that they take a dive in mid-day meals these days — so very often.
I don’t understand why the handful of honest people we have, get suspended for being right. But, really, when people can be put to jail for putting forth their views on the internet, they must think twice and this is something we are already accustomed to by now. Honesty is certainly a risky parameter.
I don’t understand why terrorists don’t realize that they are not required to throw our dear lives into a catastrophe. Our politicians make special efforts everyday to achieve that feat.
I don’t understand why people admire the men on the cricket ground a hundred times more than the men on the battlefield.
I don’t understand why a celebrity convicted for being involved in a gruesome terrorist activity presents Gandhigiri in his movies.
I don’t understand why freedom of speech comes with a price.
I don’t understand why they like to make small pieces even smaller. I have a strong feeling that my age will never outdo the number of states in India.
I don’t understand why we get zero tolerance back into our faces when we ask for zero tolerance for crime and corruption. This is intolerable.
I don’t understand why my country is suddenly being associated with all things wrong. Maybe we’ve earned it.
This is not our culture. This is not our morality. This is not our Incredible India. If there are two sides of everything, then perhaps we have been enduring the wrong side for way too long.
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sambhav
Absolutely brilliant! Kudos to the writer! 🙂
Anonna
Only a person who write poems could have come up with such a piece. Bring all the problems faced by our nation in the recent past into a single article is a feat. The article was a really good read.
Aditi Thakker
Agree with most of what you’ve said except the smaller states bit and Indian man in Pakistani jail. Why exactly are smaller states a problem? When we gained Independence from the British, Ambedkar had said that states are administrative provinces that should not only focus on linguistic and cultural affinities but also represent realistic administrative units. There is no point of one state housing a fifth of the country’s population, while the smaller ones only have a few lakh. When the State’s Reorganisation Commission was formed, they recommended creating states on the basis of language and culture. The critiques of that had said, states need to be made on the basis of population. No more than 2-3 crore people a state, with dedicated Ministries, Courts, Welfare Committees and funds directly aimed at reaching that state. Federalism doesn’t work if we maintain false affinities in the form of huge states.
As for the Indian man in Pakistani jail, he was a convicted terrorist. Even if he wasn’t really a terrorist, he was illegally in Pakistan, without passport or visa. Just because some man decides to get drunk and crosses an international border, and get convicted of a crime there, doesn’t mean our government has to be dedicated to get him back to India. More important issues deserve the government’s attention, like Indians jailed in Indian jails on false accusations living a life of misery for 22 years.
Nevertheless, you’ve written an amazing piece. These are just my views on States and the Indian man in Pakistani jail.
Raj
Liked your point about Indians being convicted abroad
Ridhi Murari
So simplistic yet accurately voicing what every Indian somewhere feels. Great job ! Share the sentiments.
Raj
Well this is indeed our culture and our morality since we subscribe to a socialist mindset in which the politicians and the intellectuals treat the masses as mere pawns who are to be controlled in the manner they see fit and to be sacrificed for their designs.. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Pretty much everything you have listed can be attributed to this