After having watched an entire day of coverage of anti corruption movement , I logged into facebook to check what was happening. I was surprised to see that almost all status messages were about the jan lokpal bill and anna hazare's fast unto death. Very strong messages abusing politicians, supporting the jan lokpal bill and slogans about corrupt free India. My question was, why has everybody become an activist all of sudden? Where were all these anti corruption messages when the scams broke out?
For all those people who posted slogans about the Jan lokpal bill, my question to them-
1 have you even bothered to read the provisions in the bill?
2. Do you even know what the bill is all about?
3. Do you know the differences between the government version of same bill and the Jan lokpal bill which is being demanded?
The problem with my generation or the youth is the instant knee jerk reactions. There was a euphoria among people about this mass movement. For some people, it was mostly follow the crowd mentality, ' everybody is supporting and I want to support too'. Hold on! Do you know what you are supporting? It is the sudden sentiments of the people that triggered the upsurge. But for how long will these sentiments last? A few years may be!
I might sound very pessimistic, but let's face it, a completely corrupt free India is a utopian idea. Jan lokpal bill is a positive step, but let's not forget that the bill has its own flaws.
I totally agree with you, Madhura.
ReplyDeletePeople think it's cool to follow the crowd, they don't want other people who are into this mad-rush to think that they are corruption-supportive.
But, it is just so stupid!
Like you said, I'm very sure not many know what the Jan Lokpal Bill actually is. All they know is that it's against corruption and it's good to support it because many others are...
Nice one, the youth is not aware of the facts. But it wants to copy the others and juts follow without understanding the issue. that's a sad reality we are facing now.
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