There could have been many other occasions which can stimulate discussion and anger when we talk about our politics. But this although is a very minor incident which will fade away in no time, never the less this reflected the true attitude of our political system and just shows there is an urgent need for action and a BIG CHANGE.
This happened today at the Padmanabhanagar. Bengaluru is busy and heated for more than one reason. The public are busy in two major things: First the IPL and then themselves!
And our able [!] local [truly local] politicians are busy with BBMP elections.
Elections have never been seen as a time for developmental change but always as peak time for dirty politics involving money, liquor, religion, hatred and lot more which are not worth talking about.
BBMP elections are no exceptions. Amidst the maddening crowd, these politicians roam around like beggars yearning for power. Almost all of them are from criminal background and you will hardly find an educated candidate. The only true agenda of any party is to come to power and nothing else.
Developments do happen and have been happening. But it has never been to its fullest extent.
Bengaluru is the first city in the country to get electricity thanks to unmatched visionaries such as Sir M Vishweshwaraiah. Bengaluru has everything from highest technological development and resources to best education, research and is the home for many of the best brains in the world.
Most importantly Bengaluru has served everyone who came to its door looking for employment. People from almost every part of country have been settling in Bengaluru. Bengaluru is definitely a place for people who want to earn a decent livelihood and more.
I don’t feel there is any other place in India which has so much diversity and yet, being calm silent and subtle. The whole of India can be represented in Bengaluru.
BBMP elections serve as a crucial point for deciding the fate of the development and not just the fate of contesting candidates or parties.
I am not here to promote “go vote” mantra which is everywhere in the air.
Nor am I telling not to vote.
One incident which made me think and I am sure any decent person of Bengaluru would worry about is what happened in a library! Rather what happened to it!
I know the word library would sound archaic in the light of exploding developments in communication technology where everything is available with a mouse click.
But never the less, libraries still represents and would represent a place to read, study and improve oneself. The beauty of the feeling of reading a book can never be matched with anything.
We may get almost everything we may think of in ‘soft’. But it is also a fact that an exponentially huge amount of knowledge including history, literature, basic science and lot more are still in ‘hard’ form.
Now the point is not a discussion with soft or hard. It’s about library and I am sure a decent amount of sensible people wouldn’t contradict the utility of library and that they represent a reading place, a place for gaining knowledge.
Some dramatic incidents happened at Padmanabhanagar and lead to conflict between two parties which are of course very common. It’s almost like stray dogs quarrel - let them pay themselves. But this time it was heart breaking.
The target of the stray dogs this time was unfortunately a library. A library was set to fire and books were burnt. The ill fated library carries the name of the finest visionaries of the whole world – Kuvempu.
Friends, this is clear enough indication that this country is not getting any better with these illiterate politicians. India needs better people. We have best brain in all sectors and why not in administration? Why not in development? Why a well read, well qualified person cannot take charge of the progress of the country? Why the hell he/she has to wait for an illiterate person who is holding a ministry which he never understood?
A small kid joining kindergarten, have to clear an interview before it gets a seat. Why not the top position in this country the toughest to tower and has been left as a job for the least qualified people for whom the first qualification starts from their name entered in the local police station under goonda list?
A major state party president recently was very vocal that he is very ok with criminals being given his party tickets for contesting in the elections and his target is just to win.
This is I guess should be clear:
Least qualified, illiterates [very unlikely that they will ever read this!], school dropouts, degree holders [in braces], religious leaders [former human traffickers and criminals again!], rowdies, and local cheapsters – you are the future of our country! Our system is made just for you! You can make multifold money than the qualified professionals in any field for that matter! You have so many roles to play, from booth capturing to fake votes, to distributing holy water [liquor], distributing saries, what not. You can be instant super hit famous public figure and your past criminal records, hardly any of the well qualified people will ever think of remembering. They are too busy!
Well qualified responsible citizens, stay back home, suffer and keep blaming system and politicians and if you are free, go vote for least criminal amongst the others! Don’t even think of going there! In any case what we need is our salary, our family and prime time news blaming the political drama! Let the libraries burn! Let the capacity and knowledge be wasted!This poor song tries to put in some very interesting facts which nobody cares about. Just introspect that a country of this caliber is ruled by illiterates.
4 comments:
Its highly disheartening to know that people who respect books and almost give the stature of God to knowledge, end up burning the same for lowly reasons. Something,some form of action is required to improve the state of affairs of the country.
Do we even have enough people left who think going to a library as a ritual like we used to when in college!! I doubt... In this age of internet and google, I hardly see youngsters steeping into libraries.... and so how would they realize the value of what is in there. Sad but true...
But what is not realized is books help us actually get us to see a glimpse of the author and his thinking and this I believe is felt only when u read a hard copy of the book!
As for the great leaders who are fighting like dogs for power there is no sense of this and they are there to make a living for themselves... be it at the cost of others or knowledge... Shame on such people and shame on us for letting them come to power calling ourself the World's largest Democratic
Tailing on what Indu has said, I suggest it is time that books get digital and become freely accessible to all! with E-books and book readers now coming into market, and with these over qualified politicians, this is it!
I remember Churchill when asked, what were the chief qualifications of a politician said, "It's the ability to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next month, and next year--and to explain later, why it didn't happen!"
Your thoughts also bring to mind, why are the "educated" not choosing to join politics... and even worse not wanting to even go and vote!
The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species.
I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.Some action should be taken so that this situation will not arise again.
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