http://www.newindianexpress.com/columns/Judgment-Reflects-Craving-to-Arrogate-Power/2015/10/21/article3089930.ece
Very well written by someone who has been in the thick of
the activity /issue about which there is a huge debate.
His hands on experience, expertise and observations come
very handy to explain things to every common man and are therefore very more valuable.
However, I have an objection to one particular sentence ‘even an issue concerning education’. It
must read instead as ‘ in great ,
important and vital issues like education’ because the very situation
we are in now, is due to lack
of importance given to education and also lack of proper education, [please let us not confuse
education with academic qualifications, knowledge and information in specific
fields] and propensity to exercise authority which forces many to fail to take
into consideration various factors [which includes the obvious relevance of
context in all its aspects like global expectation from/of an evolved
democracy].
Real education ensures following ethical standards expected
in deciding over all professional/public/social/institutional matters and all
these with humanitarian considerations and environmental concerns.
MODI’s clarity of perception and vision are excellent in
terms of not only knowing what the wrongs with India [as a nation in terms of
its political journey in the past 6 decades] are but also prioritizing in addressing
to rectify those wrongs over everything else.
He knows the wrongs are poverty, lack of governance, hygiene
and overall development.
Modi is going about doing all things that are need to be done to correct these wrongs and
how to do it through inevitable long term plans because the rot created over 6
decades cannot be totally corrected even in six years.
In this process he is carrying on every activity
relentlessly one by one addressing every detail ensuring the participation of
many except the hardcore anti-development brigade and certain media houses who
get their sustenance by anti-developmental projections.
Meaning is injected when we emphasis substance over
superficiality; performance over mere planning and projections; actions over
tall talk; properly prioritizing things even if they are not politically
correct [may not get brownie points in terms of vote garnering gimmicks- an
obsession of next election minding politicians].
He wants to inject substance into every area of Indian
governance and sincerely and seriously prefers to push that over
superficiality.
He is improving the image and importance of every vital
institution to enhance its credibility in the eyes of all through certain restructuring
process involving justification through transparent and ethically high
standards for those institutions at all levels.
Closing down certain institutions which have outlived their
relevance, like The Planning Commission of India.
Getting rid of many outdated laws and practices like
attestation by gazetted officers etc.
He wanted to ensure delivery of benefits to the deserving
for example started it by opening bank
accounts, made people voluntarily give up subsidies, started Swatch Bharath, Digital
India, Insurance and pension for many etc.
Started new and improved institutions to ensure transparent,
efficient and better governance and quick delivery like NITI AAYOG etc
To any unbiased observer the present government of India
irrespective of whichever party is ruling, whoever is the leader or whoever is
taking credit for all that is happening, as a nation, India is doing certain
things with long term vision which are very good and vital for not only the
economic development, governance etc but for the very sustenance of faith in
the institutions of governance, delivery of necessary things for decent life of
all and overall sustained growth of civilized life.
However the present Government did two great mistakes:-
One , the government has failed in informing in easily
understandable terms and educating the public about the long terms benefits,
inevitable changes and short term inconveniences in the forms of adjustments to
be made to achieve those long term goals etc or probably it was too naïve to
believe that media would be interested in imparting information in national
interest and still not investigating scam of UPA Govt using tax payers’ money to sponsor the
trips abroad along with PM MMS of only certain select private media houses why?
And also why government has not yet probed all links of all media personalities
because of their pronounced anti- India tirade? These must be done in national
interest because the media is a greater security threat both internally and
internationally.
Two, failed to put a gag on all outfits that are trying in
all seriousness or claiming to address issues relating to the wrongs caused to
India over wrong portrayals of India and its civilization. These are not our
priority now and the worst part is these activities become a very easy tool for
media that assigns labels, propels propaganda and tags everything to the
government in power; even the ones engineered by their pay masters and these
also give room to divide Indian society to facilitate consolidated vote banks
of divided groups.
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