Good evening India. The world is turning. Time is marching on. 2013 is here. We are already more than a decade into the new millennium Already a decade into the future. As it was promised to us. And the future looks bleak. But let us not talk of the future for the moment. Let us just talk of today.
Today this country is closer to dying that one might suspect. Today is a new day. In a new year. It is a confusing day. A time of uncertainty marks the air. A lot we took for granted is up for questioning now. And Gods there are so many questions that need to be answered. The false charges leveled by the Delhi Police on the protesters. The appointment of a man with cases filed against him as the Commissioner of Delhi. How can no one be accountable? The statement after fresh statement coming out from those who are chosen to lead us and the swift withdrawals that come soon after. Displaying their clear disconnect from the reality of this nation. Displaying clearly to everybody that nobody has a clue what is going on.
Except You and me.
So what is going on? It is clear our political system as failed us. Our leaders having so long gorged and fed on our souls have forgotten the very basics of democratic conduct. But that is also not the entire truth. The truth is democratic conduct as it existed within our minds has been a sham. An illusion. A trick paraded onto us by our great Congress and their gifted opposition. The truth is this nation has been dancing to the tunes of our slave masters for a good thirty odd years now. Democracy died when they all decided to make deals with each other. The idea of freedom died when the Government and the Opposition became bed mates.
Leaving behind only anarchy, disguised as Democracy.
Chaos. My dear rich poor Indians. We have been living in chaos. And relishing it as freedom. And why not? I say, Let anarchy rule. But now that it is clear that the only ones who can do anything about this is we few, we happy few. Allow me to shatter another illusion of yours. This act of sexual assault that we are all now familiar with goes beyond the realm of humanity in several ways. It is bestial in nature. It is not just something done out of ignorance or due to lax laws no...it is a symptom. A clear symptom of a disease that cripples our society. The tumor of Oppression.
Far more than a rape, It is a declaration of war. A declaration of war from an India that you probably do not even know exists. An India that we count upon and depend upon to serve us. An India beneath our India. For the classes/castes never truly ended. Not just for the Khaps but even inside every one of our hearts. Our segregation and many divisions never ended. But progress marched on and we thought ourselves civilized. Pretending at humanity while breaking the back we rode on. Think for a moment on the security guard, on the maid, on the presswala, the rickshaw puller, the autowala, the bus conductor. Think on this mammoth surging wave of humanity on which we ride, thinking ourselves superior. Think of their meager earnings and shelter and think on this extreme cold. Think of a slow burning anger in a billion hearts being the only thing keeping them warm.
How many of us have looked them in the eye? Ever?
So what, you thought the information revolution was exclusively for you? You thought they would not become aware? They would not realize that more than anything else we are all born and created equal? That they would never dream? That they would never hope? And who stands between them and their dreams but the fucking Malik?
Think tonight on your sins. And pray to whichever gods you wish to. For we are clamoring for tighter laws. We are demanding for stricter penalties. We are demanding for beheadings and swift justice. No one is demanding for an end to oppression. No one is demanding for accountability. No one is demanding for an open society where classes are not so rigid and direly enforced. No one is demanding for a rich cultural society where all can live in peace and harmony. No one is demanding for education and food and the bare necessities.
So it is all surely up to me and You.
