How spectacular event it has been and what a attention it got when Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narinder Modi launched his flag mission-Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. Reading about and thinking about it number of educated urbanised Indians might have thought now everything will be fine or maybe we will emulate culture of clean streets,clean houses,hygienic living as in Western Countries.
How lovely are our dreams!! Believing in Fairy tales are our habit right? But,to achieve that no individual efforts needed to be done,as our sheer belief in a superpower to come and providing us with all our dreams. How classic!
And we are a developing nation. We claim to be living in a modern world where we have a trust that we will become superpower in like next 20-30 years and yea baby we are done. We achieved. But,need to ask is it done by you? A guy in my locality market talking about Modi ji's mission and claiming for better future and in next second he is dropping a wraper on the street after having his favourite Sub.
Paradoxically,still we are carrying a mindset where we are putting a onus of street cleaning on safayiwala and municipalities,and not doing even a little effort ourself to pick that wraper and throw it in a dustbin. Is it so hard to do?
Paradoxically we want to take it as a fun for one time to clean an area and click a picture to show how patriotic and responsible we are and on the second day same person himself throwing a wrapper over there and criticizing that these safayi karamcharis are doing nothing. Is our life only restricted and meant for social sites popularity only?
Paradoxically,we want to get off the distinction of class and caste and the next moment people are looking at sweepers and raddi walla's like they are some criminals and not even one person want to give them the renumerations or appraisal for the work they are doing which none of you ever wants to take in your hands. Is our society still living in that dark traditional phase of downtrodden society?
Paradoxically,a politically effluent man sitting in a coffee bar of a 5 star hotel chatting about welfare of poor people and wishing that Indian education and oppurtunity should reach all ,when step out of a hotel,give a scathing look at slums next to hotel and tag people there as criminals and not contributing even a 1% out of his pocket for welfare of that person. When urban cities problems of slum and deprivation of livelihood could be solved by combined efforts of all if only 1% of salary contribution for welfare schemes with proper monitoring mechanism. 40% of clean India target will be achieved by this only. But,we are not ready. Of course by that 1% ,we can afford more movies you see. Is this a picture of selfless helpful and sensitive India we try to portray?
Multiple paradoxes are there which can be pointed out anywhere. But,instead of solving it we are happy to let it be as it is. Ofcourse it's not our duty-it is governments duty as if government is some alien body.
This has to be changed. Swacch Bharat need to be looked as glamorous event,it is need to be seen by all of us as holistic approach to solve multiple deprivations and paradoxes in order to build and attain India a status of not only Global power in future but also a preacher of good thoughts.
Vagueness in approaches bring more problems than a solution. Better to be rational and see every problem as a reason for another problem. Need is to take a step to break this vicious cycle of inequality and creating a equal ,clean and model nation not just for one section but for all. It needs all round contribution and better to start early. Better to point out near ones when they are wrong and better to be good yourself. Clean India is Clean YOU!
How lovely are our dreams!! Believing in Fairy tales are our habit right? But,to achieve that no individual efforts needed to be done,as our sheer belief in a superpower to come and providing us with all our dreams. How classic!
And we are a developing nation. We claim to be living in a modern world where we have a trust that we will become superpower in like next 20-30 years and yea baby we are done. We achieved. But,need to ask is it done by you? A guy in my locality market talking about Modi ji's mission and claiming for better future and in next second he is dropping a wraper on the street after having his favourite Sub.
Paradoxically,still we are carrying a mindset where we are putting a onus of street cleaning on safayiwala and municipalities,and not doing even a little effort ourself to pick that wraper and throw it in a dustbin. Is it so hard to do?
Paradoxically we want to take it as a fun for one time to clean an area and click a picture to show how patriotic and responsible we are and on the second day same person himself throwing a wrapper over there and criticizing that these safayi karamcharis are doing nothing. Is our life only restricted and meant for social sites popularity only?
Paradoxically,we want to get off the distinction of class and caste and the next moment people are looking at sweepers and raddi walla's like they are some criminals and not even one person want to give them the renumerations or appraisal for the work they are doing which none of you ever wants to take in your hands. Is our society still living in that dark traditional phase of downtrodden society?
Paradoxically,a politically effluent man sitting in a coffee bar of a 5 star hotel chatting about welfare of poor people and wishing that Indian education and oppurtunity should reach all ,when step out of a hotel,give a scathing look at slums next to hotel and tag people there as criminals and not contributing even a 1% out of his pocket for welfare of that person. When urban cities problems of slum and deprivation of livelihood could be solved by combined efforts of all if only 1% of salary contribution for welfare schemes with proper monitoring mechanism. 40% of clean India target will be achieved by this only. But,we are not ready. Of course by that 1% ,we can afford more movies you see. Is this a picture of selfless helpful and sensitive India we try to portray?
Multiple paradoxes are there which can be pointed out anywhere. But,instead of solving it we are happy to let it be as it is. Ofcourse it's not our duty-it is governments duty as if government is some alien body.
This has to be changed. Swacch Bharat need to be looked as glamorous event,it is need to be seen by all of us as holistic approach to solve multiple deprivations and paradoxes in order to build and attain India a status of not only Global power in future but also a preacher of good thoughts.
Vagueness in approaches bring more problems than a solution. Better to be rational and see every problem as a reason for another problem. Need is to take a step to break this vicious cycle of inequality and creating a equal ,clean and model nation not just for one section but for all. It needs all round contribution and better to start early. Better to point out near ones when they are wrong and better to be good yourself. Clean India is Clean YOU!
