Death Of A System

Dear One,

Couple of days ago, a NID college student, slashed the face of an accused child molester DGP with a knife - RDB (Rang De Basanti) style. I think, that was one of the bravest acts of desperation; turning the lawless victor into a victim. What the law courts couldn't met out, a common man executed it. I am not supporting vigilantism, but when law treats such highly placed criminals with callous apathy, someone has to take matters in their own hands.

I know, many righteous "Upholders of Morality" will condemn such blatant actions, but what are they doing about it? Discussing it on national television or writing about it in newspapers won't solve it one bit. Ultimately, after all the tall talks, they go home and sleep over it. All they need is cheap publicity at the cost of someone's dignity. Do they care of the pain and agony the victim and their families go through? No. As a matter of fact, we too, fail to understand, as crime has become nothing but a sort of reality show for us. 

I am definitely for peace; no doubt, but at times you have to wage a moral war to protect this peace. Gone are the days, when the hearts of our leaders were moist with conscience and candor. It has been taken over by an intense struggle for power, leaving no stone unturned to usurp the rest. Also, the power of money and position, have made many of these bureaucrats virtually untouchables - i.e., untouched by law. Law, they seem to think, are only for the common man; who is always exploited and helpless.

However, the dormant wrath of the common man is being provoked time and again by these "Protectors Of The State." We have come to realize that both, the law and the law makers are mere puppets in the hands of the powerful. It takes ages to deliver justice to the oppressed. Remember the case of Jesicca Lal and others similar. It was such a shame on our so called "democratic rights", for the way they had to struggle for justice, even after having all the facts in place.

How long do we grope in this national impotence and apathy. India is getting murkier than the waters of the Ganges. The hearts of men have turned impervious to any human emotions, save their own. And all we do, is just keep wagging our tongues about empty love and peace, and let our hearts be damned with foul blackness and contempt.

This is definitely not the India I am proud to be associated with. The India I dream of, is where no one is above the law and where money and power does not dictate the last word. We live in a nation where men and women, by their exemplary lives, managed to etch their rightful names in the pages of history. No doubt, they had their flaws, however, they outweighed them with their sense of solidarity and patriotism.

All these words seem so alien to us, isn't it. All we know about patriotism is, when there is a cricket match between India and Pakistan. The rest are for the power brokers to handle and worry about. We seldom care to know about our constitutional rights; let alone stand for them. It's time we change the system and ourselves. Stop passing the buck and stop blaming. Raise your voice against corruption or anything that is unlawful. Anything that is morally crippling, let us stand against it together.

Let us support the select brave ones, who are trying lawfully to clean up the system and restore it back to it's pristine state; so that people like you and me can live in peace - without any fear.

Stop existing and start living.

Peace in oneself. Peace in the world. (And if need be, fight for peace)