WE CAN STILL WORK IT OUT!!

 (picture of a young girl casting her vote)

(an old lady casting her vote)

"For Zarina Mehta, CEO, UTV Bindaas, it was the appalling statistics that only 12.5 per cent youngsters in the age group of 18-30 vote, that prompted UTV Bindaas to take up the responsibility of sending the youth to the polling booths. “It was the 26/11 attacks that prompted us to bring about a change of attitude. One should stop blaming others and cast ones vote and bring about a change. The I Change, India Changes programme gives the viewer guidelines on what to change and how to change it.” What makes the campaign more appealing is the presence of the Bollywood hottie John Abraham, who has been executing the Ungli Utha Bindass campaign on the channel. “We want to showcase that the finger stands for voting and that voters can point their finger at the politicians, if they do not fulfill their promises,” says Mehta."
 The cynicism that is creeping into the minds of the people, specially the youth, about our democratic structure should be removed by the proper functioning of the people’s most important institution, so that bright young citizens do not get disinterested about participation in public affairs and politics. All stakeholders in our democracy have to unitedly work with dedication, commitment, cooperation and self-discipline to find lasting solutions to safeguard parliamentary democracy from the tremendous strains experienced today and to strengthen it. Our media should also take the privilege to highlight more of those events that constitutes possitiveness of polity rather than the critics. No doubt critics is very much essential to make the leaders aware of their deeds but media should not make a scene of it because too much of exaggeration may  sometimes force our people to step back and would add to their lack of interest in polity.

The question that we all, particularly, today’s youth, need to ask ourselves is, should we always be the beneficiaries of the system or should we not come forward to contribute to transform the quality of our polity and to make a positive impact on the socio-economic fortunes of the people. Attracting the right talent — honest, well-meaning, public-spirited and educated youth — into the arena of politics and public life is an important challenge before our democracy.

Our youth and particularly the students have to take on the onus of addressing the aberrations and for removing the various ills plaguing our society and to provide dynamic and committed leadership to change the system for the better. Politics in the country today carries with it an image of intrigue, venality, disorder and anarchy. We need to correct it urgently, so that our people begin to view politics as a respectable profession in the service of society as was perceived during the long years of our struggle for freedom. Only the youth can help correct this image. Remember that only democracy gives you the power to participate in the political process, express your opinion and thus to be a factor in bringing about positive changes in the socio-economic condition of the country.

India is to be understood by indians first. Only then the world shall understand India's excellence in morals and spirituality.Only then we shall be in a position to recall the famous words of Arnold Toynbee that to save the world from catastrophe it has to follow the path of Ramakrishna and Gandhi. Albert Einstein rightly said that "we owe people of India very much for have given us the zero which helped us in framing the number system without which science wouldn't have achieved it's current form.

So at last I would request all our youths to maintain the dignity of their nation. Because a dignified nation implies dignity of an individual constituting the nation. Our morals and culture are our identity and certain laws are there to safeguard them so instead of violating the morals and protesting against the laws safeguarding them, we should learn how to preserve and respect them.  

so go

save the morals

and

................................preserve your identity .............................