War On Mumbai - II

I am feeling downright disgusted, appalled, furious and ashamed as I write this letter. I have continuously been seeing the situations unfold in Mumbai and as expected soon after the operation is over, I have also been witnessing the developments in the country’s political scenario. To quote you an example I was watching the BIG FIGHT program on NDTV 24X7 on this Saturday and I was absolutely horrified and angered at the particular reactions of Maharashtra Deputy CM R.R. Patil and Congress Spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan’s reactions on the issue. R.R. Patil actually had the audacity to say that Mumbai was a big city and that such one off things happen at such places! I mean what the bloody hell was he thinking about when he uttered these words? Was he drunk? Similarly Jayanti Natarajan reacted violently to Shobha De’s statements on the show and in the end ended up saying that we should not bicker on such issues and must solve these things peacefully and that we should remain calm. In a span of 2minutes this lady completely contradicted herself and proved what a bunch of ignorant, stupid, blasphemous fools our politicians are. At the same time came a sms from someone from the MNS that such things happened in Mumbai because of the overcrowding of this city and tried to drive in the MNS’s long standing point of view. This message was not only pathetic in the worst sense of the word but I am amazed that this brainless git actually sent this message?
I mean what are these guys thinking? We are not playthings who can be dealt with in any manner possible. I can say that the responsibility of the deaths of so many people in this attack lies in its entirety on these politicians.
This brings me to another set of thoughts. I am proud that channels like NDTV, CNN – IBN, etc showcase such shows where accountability is demanded from the individuals responsible but I have to say that these shows are but effective only to this educated class of people in our country and in them only those who watch these English channels. But what about that other large part of our socio economic strata of society that is illiterate or semi literate? What about people like our drivers, maids etc. who do not see things the way we do, who do not understand these issues the way we do? These arguments on these shows are definitely not seen by them and they are exposed to those irritating, senseless masala dosages of Hindi news channels.
So the point is that all these shows and viewpoints expressed may probably awaken us and perhaps lead us to exercise our constitutional powers that we understand, but about which these people have not the remotest idea. We may in anger perhaps abstain from voting but these individuals do not think in the same way we do and these shameless politicians are smart enough to target them and gain their precious votes. So where really is the efficacy of all the steps that we take when they are so undermined by these individuals? Promise them colour TVs and rice at Rs.1.5/kg and they will readily vote for these morons.
Thus all these issues are of no use, absolutely no use if the communication does not reach and affect these individuals from the lower strata of society. To get to the core of all these issues, these people need to be made to understand all of these issues and bring them to the same plane of thinking that we are at. It is then that we can think of getting things done effectively. So where and how do we start? Think about it. Lemme know.
Jai Hind