The Indian Nomad

Still from Gandhi Museum, Pune I felt like writing a blog on Gandhi not because he was assassinated 67 years ago on this same week and not because many people still justify his killing. I don’t think a deep repentance is done within the Indian Society after Gandhi’s murder but we can remember Gandhi after the numerous roads and buildings named after him. Otherwise the significance of numerous M.G. Roads and Gandhi buildings and bridges will be lost. People of India have forgotten Gandhi from their lives but they also can’t live without Gandhi. Otherwise Prime Minister Modi’s campaign Swachch Bharat Abhiyan wouldn’t have been started from Valmiki Basti in Delhi where Gandhi lived for months to uproot Dalit’s condition in the society. Probably because still people feel it’s not their responsibility to clean their own shit but someone else should do it for them. There is a popular story about Gandhi in this regard that first time in his life he scolded Kasturba when she refuse...

When all Political parties forget all issues and only talk about Secularism, you would know that Election season has arrived. You can easily find various party members having discussions with different Religious leaders. It can be Rahul Gandhi or Modi. Mulayam Singh or Arvind Kejriwal. All political parties are showing themselves as well wishers of Muslims. Sonia Gandhi has recently met Imam bukhari of Delhi Jama Masjid asking for Muslims vote. Modi has given special emphasis on people with skull cap and Burqas in his rallies. Arvind Kejriwal has attended meetings with few Religious leaders and guaranteed for a proper share of Muslims in his party. Why is that all Political leaders develop special love for Muslims in elections and show as if they are solely well-wishers for them. Rajnath Singh conducted an event in Delhi called “Mission 272+ : Role of Muslim summit” in which he gathered few Mullahs and asked for forgiveness if anything wrong was done in the past from his side....

A few years ago, giving a bribe for applying a passport was not a big deal. Similarly, getting an information from government office was close to impossible. But time changed and these are a lot easier in today’s time as compared to previous times. Nowadays, there is also such a thing like hooligans will get elected into the parliament and disturb the working of it. We have tended to believe it and think nothing can be done for it. Parliament which is also termed as a temple of democracy is not as holy as it used to be a few years ago. 15 th Lok Sabha has passed around 165 bills in the parliament while first Lok Sabha had passed more than 500 bills. Most of the time parliament proceedings were disturbed either by government bills or either by MPs of the opposition party. Every minute of Lok Sabha running’s cost Rs 2.5 lakhs while every hour costs 1.5 crores. This money is being collected by us, the common people who give taxes to the government. But our selected represe...

From the past few days, you will notice a lot of ads are being shown on TV, newspaper, hoardings of Congress party in which Rahul Gandhi is shown as the future leader of our country. Different people are discussing their experiences that how UPA has done a lot of work in past 10 years. Similar campaigns are also run by BJP team like “Chai par charcha” and “Namo 272+” campaign. A lot of buzz is being created on Social networking site and youngsters are invited to join the campaign. Election dates are not yet finalized and Election commission has no regulation for usage of money in the campaigns. So, all parties are utilizing this time to their fullest to showcase them as a better option. After dates will be finalized, Election commission will keep an eye for the campaigning cost of each aspirant. Only 50 lakhs are set as the upper limit that an aspirant can spend for the elections. It don’t seems a correct option when on one rally 5-6 crores are spent. One month back Hi...

After Delhi assembly elections, AAP has emerged as a key opponent for Traditional parties like Congress and BJP. I am trying to find out why having its major presence in Delhi. We can’t consider it as a regional party and Do other parties need to fear from this new kid of Politics. To understand its future, we need to understand its past. It all started 3 years ago when various social activists of our country formed a team and drafted a bill against Corruption in the system. They included Kiran Bedi, Medha patekar, Arvind Kejriwal, Swami Angivesh, Prashant Bhushan and Anna Hazare. Anna Hazare, a social activist from Maharashtra was made face of this Anti-Corruption movement. He sat on Indefinite Hunger strike in Jantar Mantar, Delhi. He was demanding a strong law, Jan Lokpal to be passed against Corruption in the system. We saw huge crowds from across the country joining the protest. This protest brought government of India to its knees and we saw Prime Minister of India send...

While I was busy changing the channels of my television, a news headline got my attention. People from North-East were doing a Dharna on Jantar Mantar in Delhi against killing of a 19 year old boy Nido Taniam from Arunanchal Pradesh. They were demanding equal status for them in their own country. Suddenly there was a lot of buzz about it and every News channel and Political party want to catch this topic for their own benefits. We saw Narendra Modi giving his speech on Nido in North east. We saw Rahul Gandhi sharing the stage with Protestants, giving them hope that In India they will be treated equally and there was new star of Indian politics, Arvind Kejriwal consoling the victims. But is this all drama a reality, is the biggest question right now. Are Indians Racist? My Intellectual friends will say no, our democracy has given equal status to everyone and each of us are equal in our country. But seriously, I don’t think so. India is a developing country who is aiming the sk...