India poised?

India poised campaign seems to be over-hyped.

The campaigners opine that it's time to stop the whining and complaining, and start doing. I feel that complaining and whining about injustice is a decent sign of trying to seek justice (having faith in justice too). We cannot keep "adjusting" everywhere. Why focus only on traffic and roads only? Why can't people in armchair do anything?

On one hand India is making strides in the global arena in various areas - takeovers, growing as an emerging economy, space capsule returning to earth, catching up well in sports, IT, BT, BPO, etc. On the other hand, there are unruly elements spoiling the fragile fabric of India - murderers, carnage administrators, rioters & umpteen kind of law breakers - most of them freely roaming. Moreover, there are millions of downtrodden people, who struggle to find basic amenities like food, water and shelter.

If 'India poised' campaign is beefing up, 'India abused' campaign is growing in strength too. Some people are working on both the categories with increasing results. We cannot play down the 'India abused' campaign, because 'India poised' will never gain momentum when the other isn't terminating.

Future plans of "India poised" campaigns like - successfully launching next generation satellites, takeovers, etc. - are gaining momentum. So are the future plans of "India abused" - new scams, innovative ways of corruption, administering fresh riots & carnages, increasing aids and polio cases, etc., to name a few. Which campaign gains more momentum - only time will tell. Apathy of the general public to the abuse of India is very much evident from the fact that they are not keen in voting, lowering voices against unruly elements & accepting the unlawful activities as a way of life. If a person of certain affiliation has committed a crime, the whole group is targeted. When the group wants justice, they are maligned as unsocial, who are not willing to move on in life. How could people move on when justice seems to be far-off.

Last but not least, the media is creating a large hype over the 'India poised' campaign. They try to create a *hype* around the news they get, and try to give *judgments*. Cauvery verdict is an example for the irresponsible behavior of stirring up the emotions of the people by concluding it as injustice or justice. Do the media care to even read the judgment reports? Does the media intend to act as another law-body? Quite often the "breaking" news, is only "head breaking" news.

So is it - 'India poised to rise' or 'India poised to dive'? Hope, it is the former.

Do! With due respects, and also support, to the people behind this campaign, what are they asking us to do? Do some voodoo? Do the dew?

Bottom line: I'm not being a pessimist; just trying to be anti-hoopla. Let's focus on providing some basic facilities - like water, food, shelter to every citizen. Let's not forget about giving security to the majority and minority. Let's not bask in the 'glory of the past', and also not play down the 'gory of the past'. JFK's quote, "Don't ask what the country can do for you; ask what you can do for the country" was meant to be taken in the "right" spirit. Along with changing self, let's also change the corrupt people.