Do you have the habit of speaking the truth? Does the rampant growth of corruption in our country boil your blood? Do you have this gut-wrenching feeling in you to kick our dirty leaders out of the nation? You want a clean India? Is it like you don't give a damn to pin point the corrupt in the public? If you give a 'yes' to all the above questions, then yes, one day you might end up in jail.
Our system was designed in a way that paves way for development, but it is now being changed into something that punishes the ones who go for development. We are born in the land of great leaders and freedom fighters, the men who are one of the greatest human beings on earth, and whose names our country pronounces with pride. But unfortunately, following those 'men of miracle' today, would give you nothing but a cemented floor to sit on and rusted iron bars to count. Yes, you would be imprisoned.
This blog is in regard to the recent arrest of Aseem Trivedi, the Kanpur based cartoonist who was held for having portraying our leaders in their true colours, that is, as corrupt. If showing the leaders as what they are is a crime in the eyes of the government, then what does raping the nation mean? Our government has one of the biggest collections of thieves in the world; thieves who are completely secured within the walls of a term called 'democracy'.
What is democracy? Is it doing something for the people, or at the cost of the people? We have a number of rights listed in our constitution, termed as 'fundamental rights', which means that they belong to each and every being of this country, irrespective of their race or creed or religion or sex. Then why is it that when a man from the common populace comes out with something, and that which is absolutely true, does our government portray him as a traitor? Who is a traitor; the ones who ravage the country or the ones who point the people who do so? Do our leaders deserve what they enjoy today? Do they deserve the power and the votes? Do they deserve respect or security? And above all, do they deserve to be alive?
Our system was designed in a way that paves way for development, but it is now being changed into something that punishes the ones who go for development. We are born in the land of great leaders and freedom fighters, the men who are one of the greatest human beings on earth, and whose names our country pronounces with pride. But unfortunately, following those 'men of miracle' today, would give you nothing but a cemented floor to sit on and rusted iron bars to count. Yes, you would be imprisoned.
This blog is in regard to the recent arrest of Aseem Trivedi, the Kanpur based cartoonist who was held for having portraying our leaders in their true colours, that is, as corrupt. If showing the leaders as what they are is a crime in the eyes of the government, then what does raping the nation mean? Our government has one of the biggest collections of thieves in the world; thieves who are completely secured within the walls of a term called 'democracy'.
What is democracy? Is it doing something for the people, or at the cost of the people? We have a number of rights listed in our constitution, termed as 'fundamental rights', which means that they belong to each and every being of this country, irrespective of their race or creed or religion or sex. Then why is it that when a man from the common populace comes out with something, and that which is absolutely true, does our government portray him as a traitor? Who is a traitor; the ones who ravage the country or the ones who point the people who do so? Do our leaders deserve what they enjoy today? Do they deserve the power and the votes? Do they deserve respect or security? And above all, do they deserve to be alive?
