The Cynic and the Sainik

So Arundhati Roy has voiced the belief of most people that Anna Hazare has been used by by foreign-funded NGO s, and that the whole thing, a regressive bill, and the events of the last fortnight were driven by considerations other than the best interests of the Indian people. Lots of people all over India were taken for a ride.

Great.

Political parties and party-men take Indians for a ride.

NGOs and Foreign Agencies take Indians for a ride.

Men posturing as Messaiahs take Indians for a ride.

Babas (Godmen) posturing as Men take Indians for a ride.

White people posturing as bearers of civilization take Indians for a ride.

Indians posing as Indians take Indians for a ride.

You can draw up your lists of people and agencies which take Indians for a ride.

Are Indians so stupid that they lend themselves so easily to impostors? If yes, then we deserve to be… fully.

I don’t believe we are stupid. We are only at loggerheads with each other because of certain laws of Nature by which we are all , in gigantic numbers, fighting for scarce resources. Scarce by political and industrial design, not by Nature.

If we are to survive this exploitative phase, we must leave the cynics to indulge themselves.

And we must follow the Gandhi-Anna Hazare mode… turn into Sainiks and put Sibals, Advanis, Chidambarams, Sushmas and Umas, Manish Tiwaris, Arun Jaitleys in their place.

A huge force of sainiks can keep the cynics from making demoralizing statements. Only demoralized people are taken for a ride. We shall no longer lend our shoulders for these cynics to hop on .Enough of this being taken for a ride. Aundhati Roy speaks the same language as Sibal and Chidambaram … only the dialect is different .Debaters play with idiom… the issue always is I, me, myself.

The cynics are weak ,half-believers in their casual creeds, and talkers.

Sainiks will have to be disciplined, ready to understand the anguish and the language of the people, ready to follow good leaders and build a nation of believers, and workers. The beliefs and the work can be very simple. Food-security for all; desi kapda for all; a shelter over each ones head; complete freedom from harassment, both internal and external.

Very big task. Needs strong sainiks (Volunteers of Shiva and of National Reconstruction must leave their Gods and their ‘heritage-driven’ ideologies before joining this force) .

Are we game?