Who's the Pawn

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Many years ago there was a house, a small house, of about 10 people living in it. They themselves managed the whole house. Right from doing the odd jobs to the complete maintenance was there day to day task. Flooring, cleansing, cooking etc., all managed peacefully and perfectly. Then came a time when the family size grew. It grew up to 30. Managing a family of 30 became tad difficult for each one as resources were limited. So they mutually decided to divide the house and family to distribute the work load. Idea was good. Everything was restored to good as earlier. But then again some years later, the family in each house grew big. Total number of members went up to 100. This is the time when all people together thought and decided to have a head elected amongst them who’s only task would be looking after the comfort and requirements of the people of the houses.  Idea was brilliant. So a person was elected who can perform the desired task as per his capabilities.

Initially all went better than the expectations. The elected person proved to be a great asset to everyone. Prosperity was restored. Slowly number of people and eventually the number of houses started to increase. Apparently, the number of elected members also increased and that fraternity of elected members chose a leader who can lead the group of elected members and has vision to help in providing services to the people of a much bigger society now.  And as legendary Toby Maguire aka The Spiderman had said, with great powers, comes greater responsibility; the same became applicable to the panel of elected members and to their Chief. But alas! The vision that the first elected person saw, to frame the structure of the society, could not be achieved. Power and authority made the elected hollow. Engrossed in self remuneration, the leaders forgot the intent of constructing a democratic and united society and instead manipulated it into a society of fickle minded commoners who think themselves to be a pawn of their master, completely reverse to the whole purpose of their existence.

 And today here we stand amidst this election again searching for our purpose, the sole existence in the society and a leader. A leader who can guide us to towards the mountain of prosperity, who can transform the fate of many; but has it ever occurred to anyone that we are supposed to elect a leader and not any crazy illusionist Genie who does AabraKaDaabra to make your wish come true. In the past few months, I have seen all combinations of craziness, a craze that I see after every five years.  To me, it is like a fifth year plan. And the plan is:

              1.       Do not do your part of good deeds to contribute to your society.

              2.       Do not engage yourself into horrendous activities like not helping the needy.

              3.       Do not respect each other’s individuality.

              4.       Do not say no to corruption done by the commoners but ask for no corruption                      done by the leaders and,

              5.       Do not involve oneself in patriotic activities unless,

                                                              i.           Its a cricket match

                                                              ii.         Its election time

                                                              iii.       Its Satyamev Jayate being aired.

People whom we want to be our leaders are no different from us. In fact they are our thoughts that have come to life. So if something is wrong, it’s with us. But as they say in the jungle, who cares. Yes, none cares. So why this shout about Modi, Rahul, Kejrival  or any random piece of our thought, when we have turned deaf to our inner voice. No leader can shape our future or guide us towards it. And a mere vote is not going to change your life. It will change only when the man which you have become will change. There is no man of steel standing out there. He is inside you. One has to decide what kind of man one wants to be. Whoever that man is; good character or bad, he's going to change the world, a quote from Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece.

Remember, this is our movie, our story. We are the protagonists, then why to make someone else your hero. Do Vote. But don’t just vote and expect, then forget and then start expecting again. Be a hero and drive your nation towards dignified glory. Be the good to witness the good.

                                                                       ab bhi jiska khoon na khaula,

                  khun nahi woh paani hai,

                  jo is desh ke kaam na aaye, 

                  woh bekar jawani hai