There is just
too much negativity in the surroundings. The rupee fell from the top of Antilla
and has entered the phase of dying a slow death, petrol price having an inverse
relationship with the rupee, shot up, corrupt politicians dancing to the tunes
of “Pungi Bajakar” as their Parliament sessions came to a close was well shielded
by IPL, cronies of them crying that every IPL match is fixed and still watch
them anyway, torrents banned in the country, AI pilots still on strike, KF Airlines
would have recovered had he increased the price of a pint by Re. 1, mining
regulatory problems continue, 2G-3G-4G fiascos are falling apart like a Parle-G
dipped in hot tea and various other issues that come under the “C” class issues
of Pareto Analysis. Flicking the essence from Animal Farm and a slight modifying
suits well for our country – “In this country, everyone is equal, but just that
some are more equal”. Amidst all these, people dream.
There is a lot
of hostility around us. Everyone is ignored by everyone yet conveying the fact to
everyone that everyone is ignored by everyone. We don’t respect our fellow
citizens. No one smiles, no one cares and no one laughs. Suddenly it seems as
if people have forgotten the basics of life. There is nothing called courtesy,
while yelling is the newest form of communication. How about an App for that
too?? How simple life would have been, if only people used all the smileys that
they use in text messages and chats in real life?
One learned
person said that we need to learn to handle ambiguities and uncertainties. But
the real challenge here is, what is ambiguous today may not be ambiguous
tomorrow, but may be ambiguous the day after. The situation that we deal here
is uncertainty in ambiguity. A few years before, we could ascertain if we are
in an ambiguous situation or not, but now we are uncertain about ambiguity and are
caught in the web. That web was created by ourselves and the easiest way out
that we have designed is to blame others. Our problems have evolved over time
and have become more robust, but not our solutions – we still blame others.
This is a
country with varied problems, but a varied history too. We have weathered
changes and have come a long way forward. Dictatorship will not prevail here
and what we see right now won’t last long. Things will change and let us be the
change. To survive in a hostile environment and handle the situation without
getting angry or frustrated is the greatest challenge that an ordinary man with
extraordinary dreams face.
