Inactive Government, Hyperactive People

When Akhilesh Yadav took charge as the new CM of UP and flushed the state cabinet with rowdies and goondas, little did we know how the state of the state would turn out to be subsequently. But now, after the Baghpat region issue, where senseless laws were levied on women, there is something more from the same village that is creating turmoil across the nation.

The rules laid on the women were simply insane and awful, and what was more horrible was the way the villagers reacted to the policemen who had come to investigate the matter. The policemen had taken two panchayat members into custody, and then had to face an alarming and brutal attack from the villagers including their motorcycles being set on fire, after which the villages fled away upon freeing the arrested panchayat members.

Now, lets try to raise a few questions. Where do the terrorists and talibans come from? Even in the modern era, when the world is opening up to new horizons of development, why are there still such narrow minded people? Why do we tend to be hyperactive with irrelevant issues and completely inactive with serious issues? Why are parents afraid to give freedom to their children, or rather, why aren't the children brought up in a way where the freedom they get is not misused? Why are we not taught about the importance and sweetness of love in our schools? Why do the school and university application forms still have religion and caste columns? And above all, why are we still developing?

For all the questions above, most of us point our fingers at the government and wash down our complaints over it. We blame the government for everything. We complain, and the worst part is we are not willing to take action and clean the messed up and muddy government. Our government is anyway inactive, and it's of absolutely no use if we wait for it to take steps.

The solution lies within us; to WAKE UP and GO ACTIVE.

Sometimes, Old is NOT Gold

64 years of independence, and still a girl doesn't have the freedom to choose her better half.
64 years of independence, and still religion and caste are more important than humanity.
64 years of independence, and we are still developing.

Is love a sin? Is choosing our better half no less than an unpardonable crime? Are we really worth to enjoy the freedom our leaders have given us? And above all, in the first place, do we really have the real freedom?

Religion and caste have been so respected and regarded in our country, that we are unknowingly separating ourselves from the wonderful bonds of love. Now, let me come to the actual point. There is this village in UP that has got the 'determination' to still cling onto the old and mindless tradition. Here, women under 40 are not allowed to marry the man they love, or to use mobile phones, or to go alone to the market. And yes, there is something more; they can't step out of their houses without their heads being covered.

The Panchayat has issued an order that anyone resorting to love marriage or anyone found helping them will be boycotted by the community. And the justification they give is far far away from being sensible.

The Panchayat blames the booming telecom industry in our country for the sharp increase in eve-teasing and elopement. The issues which can be curbed through strict monitoring and rules now seem to come in the way of development.

The question is, instead of catching and punishing the wrongdoers, why do these people bring out senseless laws and lay limitations on women? Why do they still cling on to the old culture and tradition, which in no way seem to be sensible or beneficial to the common people? Today, it is just one village. But as more and more tomorrows keep coming, this 'blind love for religion and going blind for real love' disease will sweep across the entire nation.

Well, the solution for this? Love marriages. I would like to end this article by putting forward that only when there is a rise in love marriages, love that doesn't see religion or culture or caste or nationality, only then people will come together. Only then we can break free from the rusted chains of religion and the so called tradition, and taste the real freedom; the freedom for which our leaders have fought their sweat and blood; the freedom to love and be loved.

We got to remember that, sometimes, Old is NOT Gold.

Fall in love, and out of mindless tradition.