Are we capable of another revolution?




We have seen the Anna Hazare movement fall flat on the ground after touching the peak and today it is just another topic of drawing room discussion. Are we too tired of revolutions?  May be, after the first war of Independence of 1857, the freedom movement, the war of 1971, the Kargil we seem to have lost interest in trying to make a change or to fight. The country has learnt to adjust and take whatever comes their way. That can include corruption, poverty, and terrorism. Nothing seems to affect us too much, it is a day or two of mourning and then back to normal. Is it natural human nature or are we too tired to make an attempt.

Anna Hazare sahib had tried hard to get the nation together but he had forgotten, nothing affects until it hits you personally, we have become self-centred. The Gandhian way seemed to have failed; I guess it was to happen, there needs to be a change in the approach especially when the times are changing. How are people expected to fight against corruption when there is a burden of inflation, high cost of living, and with the added pressure of supporting families? The situation was different in 1857, people had no choice then, but today we have options and till we have options we will keep drifting and things will never change. Today we are free to travel wherever we want, free to work wherever we want, free to go abroad and settle down. It is easy said than done, people left homes and joined Anna Hazare sahib’s movement to show their frustrations,  and that didn’t work, we need passion to make a change and frustrations don’t help in the long run. It cools off as fast as it gathers.

Freedom was the reason we fought for and today when we have freedom we want reforms. It is a cyclic process at times it appears that the democracy is not foolproof. First the politicians fool the people into voting for them and then they fool them and loot the national. We sit mum and look at the show, the rich keeps getting richer and the one with power becomes more powerful. Yet we believe “our country is the best, we have culture”!

A country where the killing of female foeticides is high, the right to equality is only in books, were the vote banks are caste biased, honour killings which honour no one, education which destroys students more than it creates.



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