Let's Make a Public Uproar for Justice !

Scams, revelations, 'big', 'clean' names getting touched by the taint-brush, India is going through a kind of upheaval-time even as its crops, industry and economy are stabler than many a world nation. While the year-old recession hit powerful nations hard, India's domestic markets kept our economy going and the recession at a minimum level, even attracting, into our markets, much foreign investment..

But we do need to resolve 2 or 3 issues urgently. The best way to do it is through sound parliamentary procedures, but without some constitutional changes our parliamentary system too is getting fragmented- and if the "people's representatives" are the parliament, then who will bring the required constitutional changes ?

So we have to seek other methods- but first, what are the major crises in the country today ?

One- Corruption- at the highest and lowest levels is eating away into society, burning away Indians' faith in governments, in the army, in corporates, in themselves ! With the huge A Raja-2G-Radia scam burning up our skies like some high-power explosives, the time has come when the action of justice has to happen decisively.

Second- why is Afzal Guru's hanging still kept pending ? Why can't his removal as well as Ajmal Kasab's be done expeditiously, for the government to earn credibility, and believability ?

Three- a lot of ugly mail is taking place regarding Ms Sonia Gandhi's and her family's improper involvement in many a financial matter of India; why does she not clarify matters, and put all rising suspicion to rest ?

The Indian media, though often on an overdrive, has indeed shown high involvement in the current scam-revelations and leads. And we need to make use of that media to attain results. (Wasn't the Jessica murder offenders punished by the courts mainly based on the media on-slaught driven by public uproar ?) So we, as an involved public have got to play our roles, and clamour for justice, for punishing offenders, however "poweful" they may be ! Our clamour, anger, uproar, all of it may be channelised through the media by writng to them, blogging, petitioning to them, blogging on their channels etc.

For in today's world- both good and bad are unstoppable; so let us try and halt the bad !

Jai Hind !

Surekha Tenneti Venugopal