Its year 2030…and I just came across an e-article about Uttarakhand
floods. Man! That was a real disaster. While researching around this article, I
also realized that 2012-13 was a year filled with utter humiliation for Indian
chauvinists. Newspapers crowded with news that could easily force your smiling
curves inverted.
The dilapidating state of country was perspicuous in
economic, social and humanitarian sense. My memory is fading and so it’s hard
to remember how the shaking boat survived the drowning, but one thing’s I can
bet on, we sure were close to reaching a deadlock where the scenario could have
been described by even bad and ominous adjectives.
The political setup of India, both centre and state
administration was seeing the lowest that it can be. I don’t know how we got
through that horrendous phase where hopelessness, lawlessness and scrutiny of
sincerity prevailed. Inconsiderate governance, apathetic politicians, slackly decisions,
foraying into personal lives were just some gifts presented to citizens by our
so-called ‘public servants’. The prevailing conditions were far cry from the
promises of the incumbents.
The highlights of those times included falling rupee, the
division of telangana, the national surveillance program, uncountable mid-day
meal laxities, the disastrous National Food Bill among another national issues.
In the local section the violence related with reservations, the suspension of
SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal made the news constantly. Do you know, in UP, around 50
IAS officers are transferred every month. And this trend has been followed up
for more than a decade now.
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Anyways
these weren’t the only issues of let-down…these were following a long list of
scams namely Coalgate, Commonwealth games, 2G auction, Chopper gate scams were
just some major ones.
Those
were the times when utter helplessness and frustration marked over any
discussions regarding India’s scenario. Patriotism was seriously taking lot of
hits. I had seen the real patriotic souls on the verge of giving up on the
country. The spark that enthused them was slowly fading followed by more
impuissance. The times were so dark that leaving India looked eminent and
substantial to a quality living. But as you can observe things are better now.
The frustrated sense is no more acting now. The inevitable phase that no
democracy has ever dodged was handled efficiently by our now developed India (of
2030). A new India rose from near ashes, with the efforts from bureaucrats,
politicians and common man. Perhaps finding the right tuning to work with each
other was the key.
