Quick Solution of Big Issues

In all the ancient Civilizations the THINKER was the most important and most respected figure for his ideas and preaching  were followed by the common people.  India was far ahead  intellectually of other countries .Our History is full of such great minds in the field of religion, science , mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, literature and to enumerate their names in a blog is impossible.

In our modern times thinking and spreading high moral ideas are reduced to mindless forwarding messages on Social Media as if those good ideas are to be followed by others  and the sender is following them .

The most regrettable feature of our times is the disdain for intellect and intellectuals.  There is a story about Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb that he hated music . Once a funeral procession was passing by his palace and he enquired about  who  had died , some one  informed him it  was the Janaaza (cortege) of  music and Aurangzeb ordered  that it should be buried so deep that it may never come out.  Many modern  “intellectuals haters” would like to prescribe the same treatment to “intellect”

Philosopher like Descartes  proved the existence of self by proclaiming Cogito Ergo Sum , I think therefore I am.

This mindset was bound to happen because  when there are minimum qualifications like education ,skill and experience are  in place for the lowest positions in any field  but  for the position of Neta there is no set  of such requirement.

This fact brings  me to another  very interesting  observation. We the public elect people for solving problems of the common men which is a herculean task.  So  our innovative people have mastered the art of playing the game  how to reduce a small line without resorting to erasing any  part? The simple answer is draw a bigger line by the side of it. In Politics our Opposition believes that  their only task is to oppose whatever  action is taken by the Ruling party and this in the long run has created a scenario where one problem is automatically replaced by another like the changing Acts in a Drama.

 Let me illustrate the point after general election there were  lots of  issues  raised,  creating  genuine  tension, like slowdown in economy, lack of jobs  farmers distress , in came Citizen Amendment Bill  and Pro & Anti CAA  protests  spread in various parts of the country  successfully removed the other problems from the scene and Media relentlessly brought  CAA  to the center  stage.  The prolonged national attention from CAA disappeared only when Delhi Riots took place followed by Corona Virus & YES BANK Fiasco . Let us simply wait for something more attention drawing to take place .

Can there be any more simpler  way to deal with  problems ? 

Views expressed by an  ORDINARY WOMAN

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