Saturday, November 8, 2008

The arrest of an army officer

“If it’s true, it’s shame for the Indian Army”, said one senior politician. “It’s highly disturbing to even know that things like this exist at all in this institution”, lamented another politician.
All these statements referred to Lt Col Purohit’s arrest in connection with the Malegaon blast and the growing religious tendencies of Indian Army.
But I wonder why and what this brouhaha is all about? Is it something which happened out of the blue? I thought this is what our politicians wanted for a long time! They should be congratulated on having been able to penetrate in to the last bastion of true secularism of this country which so far thrived on the spirit of co-existence!!
The politicians cutting across the party lines fed the religious sentiments of common men so much so that today it has turned in to a monster, ready to gobble up anything and everything which comes in the way.
Our ‘respected’ leaders could not do away with reservation even after sixty years of Independence so that their vote bank does not migrate to the opposition camp. They couldn’t bring the single law system for all the citizens of India lest one or the other vote bank loses it’s faith in the party and thus causing the harm to the prospect of the party to come in to the power. They always tried to play safe and in the process divided the country socially if not geographically!
No, I wasn’t surprised at all at the turn of the events! It was something which was waiting to happen for a long time, thanks to our politicians and thanks to us who chose them!

3 comments:

maithil said...

Dear me
It is indeed shameful 4 Indian army if the charges are true.
People at large need 2 hv faith in some institutions'.Army is one of them.But we should not lament upon deterioration in one sacred institution.Values and morals are losing their significance.Like pandvas and kauravas,they belong 2 the same society.Then we start blaming the netas, n some soul like ASH blames the electorate.why nt to hit at the deeper malaise?when the so called enlightened and literate lot thinks only of better jobs,luxuries n their own well being,leaving aside governance 2 mob-rulers,society at large will suffer.we cheer Bhagat singh, che etal but we dont allow our sons to lose focus 4m iits and iims.Do we expect people 4m MARS to come to our rescue.LIGHT ONE CANDLE N EXTEND YOUR HAND with faith.entire India will join hands.ABHAY

ash said...

hey abhay...sorry for the late reply...btw...guess you didn't read the last line of my post carefully.Yes indeed somewhere down the line we ourselves are to be blamed.a person gets the government which he/she deserves.

ash said...

hey abhay...sorry for the late reply...btw...guess you didn't read the last line of my post carefully.Yes indeed somewhere down the line we ourselves are to be blamed.a person gets the government which he/she deserves.