So, I'm back to blog writing again - and as usual I'll end up writing stuff which no one will read. But then, let this be my online diary. If you care, you are free to drop a comment anytime! Looking at the current state of affairs. Slow & Unsteady - that's what my life is like (I'm sure it is so for a lot of you out there, but its ok - no need to admit it). In any case, it's imperative I get to the point soon.
There's a lot going on out there, especially in the political scene in our country. Since I hail from the so-called 2nd Red Fort of India - West Bengal - let me use this post to be biased and talk about the state of affairs here. I will state in no uncertain terms that the breed of violence sympathisers calling themselves Maoists are no more than a horribly misguided lot. Why do I say so? Simply look at what their leader Kishenji says: "This attack is our answer to Operation Green Hunt. Unless this inhuman act stops, we will continue this." Pardon me if I get any of the word wrong in the quote. What matters is the extent of absurdity that the state allows to perpetrate, right under its nose. The answer to an 'inhuman' act is an act of butchery - what can be more irrational? Or, is it a twisted explanantion of Nietzsche's Ubermenschen?What was Prashant Layek's fault - he was only obeying the orders of the state. So, Kishenji, will you hunt down all civil servants and show them how development happens?
And what does the state have to answer for this? "Let's all witch-hunt the Naxal sympathisers first, the actual work can be done later." How convenient - escaping from the real issue and giving undue attention to the Arundhati Roys of the world than they deserve. Where do the sympathisers at all come into the picture? Do the Jagori Baskes ask an Arundhati Roy on how to loot a state armoury? Or, do they need advice on how many security personnel to kill. Fine, if they want an eyeball for an eyeball - let them have it. When will Chidambaram & Co will have the guts to stand up and say this clearly and loudly? Or, will we continue to sit back and watch the hysteria unfold on our TV screens???
1 comment:
Violence cannot kill Violence.... 'Ism' has to be ended with an 'Ism'. Ideologies can be changed, but not stopped... And Chiddu would do better to understand this. As far as Kishenji, and the rest of the pack is concerned, its very difficult to absolve them. Blood is blood... and u cannot wash it away. Probably that is why, Communist Governments have not succeeded in any part of the globe.
If only... the bloody capitalists and the bloodier maoists could understand this...
Post a Comment