Independence Day: The challenges the country Faces

India is going to turn 63 on August 15 this year. Many things that were supposed to change have not changed, infact, there are added challenges to this country which is so diverse that sometimes it becomes difficult for the government to manage.
The first challenge for the country is maintaining unity in diversity. Today there are many secessionist movements that are taking place to create a seperate state. This is challanging the basis of what is mentioned in constution where it is said that India is unity in Diversity personified.

Our secular credentials also face a grave challenge. Both the major parties of the country should think before calling themselves a secular country. Secular does not mean that you cut a hand of a Muslim or that you crush a person under the roller. I think it is high time we revisited the constititution and get the definintion of secular clear in our heads. Secularism means that there is mutual peace and coexistence between all member communities and that the government does not interfere unnecessarily. Secularism doesnot mean that u deny a house to Emraan Hashmi just because he is a Muslim.

Our judicial system is down in the doldrums. We have to seriously think about bringing reforms in our bureacracy so that justice can be provided to every victim. It seems the judiciary has forgotten for what purpose it was formed. How many times have we seen that courts take endless years to conduct trials and in the end leave the accused scottfree to roam in the country because according to the judiciary there is a lack of evidence. Take for example the acquital of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler in the anti sikh riots of 1984 for lack of evidence. Take the most recent example of Professor Sabharwal's perpetrators roaming around freely because again the prosecution failed to give enough evidence to convict the accused .

Unless these challanges are met and unless there is equitable distribution of wealth in the country till that time we cannot say that the country is progressing and we can keep dreaming of becoming a superpower one day.

JAI HIND!!!

Rita Bahugana's Remarks regarding Mayawati

I think Rita Bahuguna made a really irresponsible remark regarding Mayawati. Although i agree that Mayawati is not doing enough in Uttar Pradesh to help its people but i think we could have avoided this unnecessary comments and unnecessary controversy as this will prove to be a setback to the congress as it was gaining advantage in the states where BJP was losing ground. As it is politicians can do anything to gain political mileage and this was also done to gain political mileage. I hope the Congress takes action against this so that it can maintain its high moral ground.

Kapil Sibal's Proposals

I think Kapil sibal's proposals regarding education reforms are good. He wants to abolish class 10th boards which will reduce pressure on students, he wants to abolish all state boards and have one central board which is good as it will reduce the difference between marks obtained by students giving cbse examinations versus students coming through state boards. However the third proposal regarding abolishing 12th boards are not rigtht since now according to the proposal students will have to give a competitive exam for admission to college which i think is going to put extra pressure on the students to perform well. But the challange for the govt will be to implement these decisions and given our history of non implementation it is going to be an uphill task for the government.