Had written a note for my page on facebook for my most active friends there to pass on a message. One that I believed would be reach out more quickly there than here.
Been to People's plaza at Necklace road thrice in support of the IAC movement.. & see the crowd fading by the day. As days go, the crowd should only
increase.. not decrease! The people genuinely interested are there..but the in- between ones get restless too soon.. & then there are many cynics
who don't even believe in this!
An old man is fasting there for a cause which he will most probably not even enjoy. That's Big! How many of us will even think of it.. let alone do it?
Does his cause not even deserve support by showing up at the given respective places for an hour or two?
Its not a social gathering where one shows their face once & their attendance is done. Its a social Cause which needs a little more attention &
attendance than that.
Think Over.
I'm asked what will I do there? Burn candles, shout slogans? Wave the Tiranga? Its not important what am I going to do there, what I am adding there...
Me being there is important. I am a head count.. I make the crowd. I represent my aware conscience. Think Over.
We like to wish each other 'Happy Independence Day', we like to pour out our patriotism by what not means on that one day... & we also would love to
enjoy the fruits of a correct governance; would love to enjoy the maybe benefits this draft will set rolling.. once passed, at some future date; but we do
not want to/have time to/feel to spend a little effort towards what's happening in our now. When the time has really come to do something & we got a
chance to be a part of a real struggle, we do not wish to care more. Then why do we wish each other "Happy Independence/Republic day", I fail to see.
Think Over.
If 'what is this draft going to do'...' nothing can happen in this country...' mindset was true, then we probably would never have attained Independence.
Imagine Gandhi standing up against the Britishers [who were believed to be brutal & violent towards their treatment towards Indians] & saying, 'I shall fight for
Indian Independence the Non Violent way'; how many people must've laughed or discounted him? Had today's junta been there, then I guess we would
still be struggling!! But People had more faith then... & by that very non- violent movement we started a whole new movement for our Independence then.
Think Over.
Posting it here too as this IS the original address to my all posts. :)
increase.. not decrease! The people genuinely interested are there..but the in- between ones get restless too soon.. & then there are many cynics
who don't even believe in this!
An old man is fasting there for a cause which he will most probably not even enjoy. That's Big! How many of us will even think of it.. let alone do it?
Does his cause not even deserve support by showing up at the given respective places for an hour or two?
Its not a social gathering where one shows their face once & their attendance is done. Its a social Cause which needs a little more attention &
attendance than that.
Think Over.
I'm asked what will I do there? Burn candles, shout slogans? Wave the Tiranga? Its not important what am I going to do there, what I am adding there...
Me being there is important. I am a head count.. I make the crowd. I represent my aware conscience. Think Over.
We like to wish each other 'Happy Independence Day', we like to pour out our patriotism by what not means on that one day... & we also would love to
enjoy the fruits of a correct governance; would love to enjoy the maybe benefits this draft will set rolling.. once passed, at some future date; but we do
not want to/have time to/feel to spend a little effort towards what's happening in our now. When the time has really come to do something & we got a
chance to be a part of a real struggle, we do not wish to care more. Then why do we wish each other "Happy Independence/Republic day", I fail to see.
Think Over.
If 'what is this draft going to do'...' nothing can happen in this country...' mindset was true, then we probably would never have attained Independence.
Imagine Gandhi standing up against the Britishers [who were believed to be brutal & violent towards their treatment towards Indians] & saying, 'I shall fight for
Indian Independence the Non Violent way'; how many people must've laughed or discounted him? Had today's junta been there, then I guess we would
still be struggling!! But People had more faith then... & by that very non- violent movement we started a whole new movement for our Independence then.
Think Over.
Have Faith. Come Join. Think Over.
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