Chinese Drag-on

2500 years ago, little did Gautama Buddha realize that his preaching would be a topic of ridicule by a power craving nation. That his high-held prayer abode would be a dump-yard of nuclear waste. The “Roof of the world”, whose main principles stood on non-violence, peaceful co-existence not only amongst human beings, but with all living entities, would be a super-power’s military base. Out of billions of people who exist in this world, when a several lakhs of people beg for help and dignity, was it not the moral responsibility of every religion, humanity or nation who boast of their invincible strength to pay atleast a listener’s ears? It is a shame that Tibet had to go through all the suffering it has gone through – probably the worst genocide in Asia – EVER! China – I was wrong about communism. With some superficial knowledge on the way it developed into what it is today in economic, military and industrial fields, I let go its social and civic ethics. No doubt with its Communism it is its own king. But in the end, for what joy? Are the Chinese citizens at peace? In the name of “People’s Liberation”, the crime it has committed is immense - be it Tibet or Tiananmen Square. Moreover, its shameless attempts to blame the suffering party for all of its atrocities, on baseless grounds, with an obvious fact that it is itself that is the culprit, makes it all the more eviler. What does any nation in the end achieve by this? Generations come. Generations go. Government comes. Government goes. The purpose behind the existence of the whole system called government is to have a good infrastructure, provide necessary way to have an organized social life. Development – what are we developing for? -To reach an ideal state. What is its end result? - Human comfort. From micro-technology, we have reached nanotechnology. But there definitely has to be an end to this somewhere! All the development - it is to bring the necessary changes that benefit the society. Like what Emperor Ashoka or King Krishnadevaraya did and nearly attained a Ramaraajya.

China’s crooked ways have been unbound! May be it’s a readers’ and writers’ perspective. But, the injustice it has done (and continues to do) with Tibet (and its own people) is much beyond brutality. The holy Potala palace holds no natural colors it had at the start of this century. It is surrounded by Chinese night-clubs and prostitute homes! Atleast 12 lakh Tibetans have been murdered in the name of Cultural Revolution. Millions of trees have been uprooted causing a great deal of ecological imbalance. A lot of questions flood within me as I learned more about the cultural and moral exploitation of the Tibetan Civilization. Is there no judicial system in the world to inspect such genocides? Why is still China let to be a member of the UN, when it does not serve the guidelines of the UN? Why is the UN itself not taking a firm stand on resolving this issue even after China has been proven guilty in the human rights strand? Tibet was the buffer nation that held three Asian giants – India, China and Russia within their boundaries. India should have realized the threat it was bound to face when a country whose main purpose is land-expansion gulped up a subtle, unarmed friend.

There is an inspirational anecdote from the life of Swami Vivekananda. Once, Swami Vivekananda was coming from a temple in Varanasi, when a chattering group of monkeys surrounded him with a menacing tone and threatening look. Panic stricken, he began to run, the monkeys chased him. A sage who was watching all this, asked him to stop and face the monkeys sternly. He did so. It was now the monkeys’ turn to panic. They fled. “If you ever feel afraid of anything, always turn round and face it. Never think of running away” – Vivekananda. India used the term “LoC” instead of “McMohan Line” in every public gathering and talks with Chinese envoy – definitely what the Chinese wanted. When miles and miles of Indian land were acquired by it, Indian PM described it to be “just a piece of barren land, filled with pebbles and stones!!” and that “It would have not done any good to India!” These words will fill any patriotic Indian with wrath! Motherland can’t be prioritized to be barren land or fertile land and let another person acquire the barren land! When China included Arunachal Pradesh to be its possession in its maps in 1980s, no explanation was demanded! When it republished its maps in 2004, with Arunachal Pradesh to be a state of India, it “thanked” China for giving it back!! Yes, there is no harm in extending a warm and friendly gesture, which India did. In spite of doing it repeatedly, when a hostile response is got, it should stand for its honor and dignity. It should have foresightedness that, it will be under attack too, sooner or later.

By offering generous warmth to The Dalai Lama, Tibetan government in exile and thousands of followers, India has proved that it looks up to humanity and morale. It still holds dharma to be the blood running in its veins of valleys and basins across its land. Athiti devo Bhava! It has time and again proved that the guests are given all amenities and are put at comfort first. Probably an end to all this can be put only with a revolution for free-will within China ignited by Chinese themselves. I hope the Tibetan culture holds on to the dismantling string till that D-day. Else, another rich heritage will disappear into the thin air by merging with other cultures.

Twisted forever

A politician's profession is just another profession. In any profession, when it comes to handling one's duty, the best is delivered and justice done to the job if no emotions come attached as strings to the post one holds. When he/she emotes in profession, it leads to personal prejudices, especially in politics. Evidently, we have all seen on television the maaramaari happening in the parliament sessions. When do we behave in a similar way? Sometimes within our family, within the four walls and with our dear ones; also, one takes to violence (say something like throwing the central government's chairs at opposition parties)when one is extremely angry, seething to revolt and take revenge etc. - which is as good as an animal's behavior. Outrageous! A few months back there was an article by Pratap Simha in a kannada paper on the language used by our politicians (Indians to be specific). A brilliant article! It would have been nice if a copy of that column was posted to every politician in state - Just as a reminder. (But yeah! like it would make a difference to them!)

The most frequently appearing space in kannada news is on "Opposition demands the resignation of the Chief Minister". Why? Because he stumbled on a stone?! Lets go to basic rule of resistance. Why opposition and criticism? - Results when what we think is right is not being done by the one who is actually supposed to be doing it(one with the POWER in hands). And it is not supposed to result in public and press meets just for the sake of doing it and with an intention to snatch the POWER! (Our politicians never give up on this! Every opportunity is well used). As Winston Churchill quoted “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” Criticism should always be healthy in nature and a thoughtful one; a step towards rejuvenating the system by pulling out the drawbacks. It should be such that the one facing criticism provokes within him the same thoughts and inspires himself to turn those thoughts into actions. What we see in the Karnataka government is nowhere close to these simple rules of criticism. Criticism for them is mere opposition. Opposition offered to root out the rulers. Verbally, it is called abusing. Abusing too is not the word. Vulgarity? Nope! I do not know what it can be called. In democracy, the role of the opposition party should be as a supporting entity; joining hands with the ruling government to attain the set goals in a stipulated period of time. Showing them and reminding them of their promises if they deflect from the actual path to be followed. Providing feedback, alternate solutions, plans, policies. Utilize the time for the betterment of their own party, so that they can achieve better than the present government in future. It plays a significant role in democracy and in many ways. What we see instead is a 24X7 attempt by the opposition to crush the ruling party; spy on their moves; create havoc in sensitive situations through the party workers to degenerate the ruling party's thoda bahut bacha hua reputation(remember when Dr. Raj Kumar was kidnapped or similar situation?). But, all of the available time is spent to bring out mistakes in every other move of the ruling party. Sheer waste of time!

With the instance of BSY shedding tears at every criticism he faces in picture -
It would be great if he takes it as a challenge and proves the critics wrong. Nobody is here to sympathize him or get carried away by sentiments. Because almost none of his subjects share a personal relationship with him. Do your duty, gain trust. Deliver your promises, get respect. Anyway, with the suo motto powers debate and the resignation of the Lokayuktha officer(to the exact point of 2 years "celebration" - it simply shows), I think it all reduces to "politics". Be it BJP or Congress or JDS! They all belong to the same class. The class of politicians, until death parts them. All these days I used to repent not casting my vote. It is the duty of every responsible citizen to cast his/her vote. And I was kind of ashamed that I had not. But, for the first time I did not feel bad for holding back my vote.