It is the tragedy of the people
of this nation that we have such insensitive scoundrels as elites. From feudal
to colonial to democratic the egalitarian shift has been rather peripheral, add
to it the neo brahminical aspirations and feudal references for mobility. The
crude market and entry of American nonchalance as values has made it a mockery.
It needed a girl to be raped brutally in the middle of Delhi for these
scoundrels to wake up (or have they really woken?…they surely are showing signs
of it). Now they are talking of fast track courts and so on. There are some
heinous crimes happening across the country, why are not systems in place. What
have they done in last many years? Mostly
they expertise in scuttling the issue or fix ad hoc measures without any long
term significance.
It is in the nature of National
Parties (like Congress, BJP, as also CPM) that the power is concentrated in Delhi,
they really are not connected to people across the country. Regional leaders
and issues are automatically subordinated. They are confined to petty power
plays in corridors of command. It is here that the sycophants and fixers gain
credence. These includes senior bureaucrats as also marketers, it really isn’t
shocking that a “Communication guru” throws a party and none less than half the
union cabinet turn up, all dressed up for great get together. Elitist leaders
and people with absolutely no mass base or credibility work out their game plan,
if scrutinized they really are the springboard of nepotism and corruption. It
is what makes India a mediocre nation. The exaggeration of clout is done
through market media and networking. In effect Delhi (and Mumbai) based media
are elevated as national media, concocting as representing the interest of
people of the country. Each complementing other in this networking, these
entrenched groups then decides and twists the issues into agendas of national
importance. The Union Government (represented by National party) play ball,
with cabinet ministers degrading their position by choosing to give personal
favors as exclusive interviews. Majority of people are kept out of these. It’s
about few thousand people in a nation of a billion people. Assuaging the tantrums
of exaggerated presence of these TV channels is how issues are dealt and
addressed. Encouraged the market media (surely with corporate) arm twist, takes
side. The market media isn’t concern about trivializing while people struggle,
as they encourage scum (read celebrities with high ambitions) to participate in
discussion that is farce, it is about culture clout!! Radia tape is nothing, if
Levenson like investigation is conducted here you will understand the gravity
of intrusion into pillars of democracy. Indeed democracy is reduced to loot. They
spread their tentacles across the nation, encouraging nepotism. In the meanwhile
entrenched status quoists in power deal important legal and executive (even
legislative) issues with remarkable candor as people suffer, short term piece
meal measures are thrown to control, if that doesn’t work then delay. Take the
urgent need for Police reforms, that has been recommended/suggested/requested
for so many decades, as these leaders hang to colonial IPCs that not very
ironically was meant to control Indians (look at the anachronistic absurdity of law on treason!), should be seen in this context. They
keep the law lax since it helps them to manipulate. Indeed they need anti
social elements as fixers. Delhi rape case has gained wide support because
people are sick of inaction, indeed if it had not happened
in Delhi nobody would have been bothered. It is one of the rare events (of
course at the expense of hapless victim), maybe God forbid but more cases like these in Delhi will help people of India. That is
what we are reduced to. That is the hope, unless
it happens in front of them unless people go up their throat they aren’t
bothered. To think that millions of rupees were spend to elect these people,
with so much hope. They say its democracy but in reality it is bunch of self serving
connivers. Clearly they don’t deserve to
rule this huge country, they lack the competence.
Wonder on what basis was Manmohan
Singh chosen the Prime Minister of India? He wasn’t elected by the people. He
lacks everything that is needed to address the concerns of people. A politician
need be first a communicator apart from being competent person, it is very important.
Our man even has to read out the fact that he has three daughters and ask theekh hai?!! Pity. He is a metaphor of
this incompetent government and a cruel joke on people. Indeed even the Home
minister says he has daughters, so does the Lt Governor of Delhi who says he
had gone to meet his, guess what, daughters in US! In plain language it is called
emotional bullshitting.
This blogger is very much against
the protests, elites masquerading as victims. Need add here there are many
genuinely concerned people, but they are mere fodder for fixers. Delhi is an
insensitive city with uncouth people. They are nobody to fight for the country,
they lack the credentials. A person in Delhi has only as much right as the
person in Tripura. Property in and around Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Parliament, India Gate so on are national property of significant importance, these cannot
be breached by aggrieved Delhites whatever maybe the grievance. It should be
dealt severely, and I support the Delhi police for the action taken. Indeed
there should be stricter laws that prevent these from happening in future.
It cannot be denied that the
brutal market with regressive western references chosen as modernity has only
given credibility to patriarchy. They objectified women (indeed even men) and are
used to sell commodities. Humans are stripped of reason and gagged into
consumers. Body is used to attract consumers, celebrities are vying for these
exalted status. Market media’s job here is to give them credibility (crude
woman’s surrogate anguish gives brand credibility to Lusaka ka pure paani gleeful sellers. Wonder how much is her cut.
She must be positioning for future gains for abla nari sake). They have veneer of sophistication but at the
street level there aren’t any pretensions. While little girls are pushed by
parents to gyrate on the song sheela ki
jawani,I am too sexy for you … as small time celebrities’ clap and give
marks. Sexuality is reduced to vulgarism and titillations. It is celebration of
mediocrity. Some say freedom is expression. Champu Khan in the meanwhile tells
fair and lovely. In this context rape is just a minor offense. 
