I had this usual discussion with my collegues in office, and after 4-5 years this is my observation that if you speak anything against Narendra Modi (which is actually a rational opinion about the way Gujarat is being developed), you get victimized and you might be mobbed. Well fortunately, I was not beated but I would like to share that how disappointing it is know how people think and how they see the world around them. My head is filled with so many painful questions!!!
Whoever it is about, but the mindsets of these friends have become stagnent. Has the faculty of thinking completely dried up? OMG, Why? Why can’t they think? If they do think, why can’t they understand? If they understand, why can’t the choose what is right?
Why can’t they switch off the air condition, open the drapes, open the window and look outside the window? Please look around, it’s not only them. there are millions of other people, citizens, in other cities, villages and everywhere!
All these friends of mine seem to be concerned with the roads through which they commute to their offices, the flyover they have to cross, the cinema & the mall they go to each weekend and some facilities they get in daily life. NOTHING more than that! I asked what should be the priority of the state administration?
Answer: Safety (safe from what? communal riots?), Employment (employment means 25k job for them – nothing less is good because they are getting it), Development (malls, flyovers, buildings and IT companies), Image of State (state should be attractive for the outsiders). These are not my interpretations but their explanation.
Do we have enough understanding of the social priorities? Haven’t we studied about the basic needs of humans in primary school? Haven’t our parents taught that we should be sensitive towards others too!?
Guys please… it is not about any Modi or Singh. It is about being sensitive to our counterparts.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:50 am
hi,
i am not in favour or denial of anyone of them neither i believe in politics.
but, i think you should see the other parts of the country and should compare it wit our state.
i am not saying that interest of some people is sacrificed for the benefit of a very few ones, but what you have gained through which should also been seen.
you should have seen teh gdp growth of the state, rise in literacy rate, the economic position, etc. which can govern the plannning guideline for next 25 years of the state.
something has to be done so that the future generation can stay and can have more than ours.
sensitivity is one thing but sometimes during planning of an area you have to put some part of your sensitive side apart.
i am not one of them who measures the growth through malls and roads, but i have seen many parts of the country, have lived there, had seen the planning and cdps..
- Harsh