It has been a long time since i penned down for the blog. Well maybe the devil was having other ministrations. Good news is i am employed again, the not to better part of it I have to get my ass moving a lot to earn my bread. However, today's post has something different in focus.
For the last 3 weeks i have been to my new place of posting, there has been things i have seeen and still haven't found out any convincing answers.
This hamlet's nerve centre is the National Highway and a major intersection in it. The place has been famous for quite a long time for some kind of entrepreneurial venture and even draws its name for the activity. So even to this day, people taking the path of earning their own bread is common.
In the time i have been here, almost every working day, during noon, i find a group of youth blocking the highway, to protest against either the government or individual under the banner of some organisation with the majority being student centric. The interesting part of this act is that the guys are same, only the flags change.
The question in my mind which come up are:
- Don't these guys have work to do other than shouting slogans or do they get paid for it?
- The guys would be in their late 20s and since they are on the streets there remains a very small chance they still are pursuing some educational degree, so can they claim to be students?
- From what they wear, the gadgets they carry and the metal horses they ride, who pays for that?
- And at last, if that is their way of living, are they happy with it? Instead of just protesting couldn't they try to act on the problems and find out a solution?
The other point which crosses my mind at this juncture is does student politics in India go on to involve themselves in every situation of politics which happen in the nation. I ask this because, though student politics have brought about humongous changes in the state of our nation but in most cases what can be seen is a replication of "Animal Farm" which is alarming.
On an ending note, its not good to see protests, rather some brainstorm to solve the crisis is what seems to me a rather beautiful option. Many people have bled in the movements headed by student organisations, please do understand the organisation is never bad its the vision of the leader and the actions they choose to bring out that brings a bad name to the group.
Until next time, ciao!!
