I could not concentrate on my job at office. I’m extremely worried about the deteriorating situation in Mumbai. Till now 100 people dead and still counting. I always ask a simple question after every event. Who is responsible for this? Well I can’t blame terrorists as they are inhuman without any sense. The real culprits are Indians. Corruption has gone so deep in India that you can’t find the word ‘accountability’ in Indian dictionary. Bombs are going off in regular intervals. But has there any action been taken? No. Politicians are busy in dividing the society in the name of ‘n’ number of parameters e.g. caste, religion, place of birth, language….and it is an endless list. But I can’t blame politicians. They are doing this to survive. I should go to the root cause of the problem and the root cause is Indian attitude. It is a common Indian attitude to look for yourself and forget the society. It is a common Indian attitude to look for short-cuts, which gives rise to corruption. It is a common Indian attitude to break rules and regulations. Well, if you do nasty things then nasty things will happen to you. I’m a normal human with all sorts of flaws and I can’t preach morality to anybody. But I have the common sense to look beyond my immediate surrounding. And normal Indian does not have the simple common sense. Why vote for a politician who is telling the lie over and over again? Why crib but never take action? Why the fatalistic attitude? Why blame others but never look at the rot in your own bed room?

A country is the reflection of its civil society and the civil society is the reflection of its citizens. Corruptions, resistance to change, lack of education and fatalistic attitude have almost destroyed the country. Supreme Court has handed over death penalty to a terrorist but Govt. does not have balls to execute the order. We have a Prime Minister who said he lost sleep when Haneef was arrested in Australia but he is having a good time when 100s are dying in weekly bomb blasts in his back yard. What kind of a leader Manmohan Singh is? A leader should be able to lead the people by example but he is losing his sleep when an individual got arrested. He is a coward. God save India.

We need a strong leader, who can unite the country and pull it out of the mess. We need a leader who will rise above party politics. We need a leader who will set precedence. We need a strong leader who can take decision in the broader interest of a billion people rather than losing sleep. We don’t need a proxy as our leader. I can see only two persons at this moment who have the guts to carry this burden without losing sleep. They are Laloo Prasad and Narendra Modi. I don’t care which party they belong to or their past. They have shown the leadership quality by being fearless. Modi has proved his skills over and over again in Gujarat. There is no need for any proof for this. Laloo is a person who knows how to get things done. I will love to see any one of them as PM of India next year.

Just now I had a chat with a guy in India regarding the situation in Mumbai. He made the following two statements (copy and paste below) and it proved the point that I’m trying to make.

prasad: I am in nag
too far for bullets

prasad: its like this from last 50 years in india
you pay the polioce man and you are free

This is a very typical Indian attitude. As long as this attitude is not changing, bombs will go off and the guy who says ‘bullet won’t reach Nagpur, will face the bullet in his own home’.

 The arrest of Hindu activists in India in connection with bomb blasts is a fact that I want to forget. How can somebody kill innocent people in the name of religion? India has always been conquered yet never tried to conquer. The reason is the passive nature of Hinduism. But at this point of time militant Hindus are trying to reverse the thousands of years of legacy. But are these people in right course? No. Rather than cleaning up their own house they are trying their level best to put the blame on others.

 Conversion is a big ticket item in Indian politics now. But has any Hindu leader has really tried to understand what is the reason for tribals and SC/STs to embrace Christianity? I don’t think so. Had the Hindu leaders tried to understand the real reason for Conversion they won’t be at loggerheads with Christians and burning down churches. Centuries of systematic segregation/humiliation of a set of people in the name of caste is the reason for Conversion. Why an individual is superior to another individual because of birth? As a human being does not have control over his/her birth, it is very absurd to measure the importance of a human based on his family. A human is an individual first before he/she belongs to a caste, a country. We need to understand this. Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Mandela reached the pinnacle of success not because of their lineage but because of who they themselves are. Rather than giving respect to individual, Hindu society subjugates a section of society to third class status. I respect human spirit and I feel I’ll go where I get respect. I’ll always leave a society, a country where I’ll be treated as third class citizen. And I don’t blame tribals and other section of Indian society to embrace Christianity. At least they are getting respect as an individual that is the most important thing in life. Now this bunch of Hindu activists can neither give equal right to individual nor can they tolerate when individuals leave the wretched religion. What these activists want? God only knows. Perpetual feudalism?

 Yesterday I was at ISCON temple at Melbourne. I saw a number of Anglo-Saxon and individuals of African origin at the temple. It gave me a great joy as these people are trying and embracing a great culture (not religion). They were standing in front of Lord Jagannath and seeking wisdom. But the real land of Lord Jagannath is Puri, India. And only Hindus are allowed to enter Jagannath temple in Puri? Why? As the name suggests ‘Jagat’ means universe and ‘Nath’ means master. So ‘Jagannath’ means master of universe. Why not everybody is allowed to enter his temple? Why a bunch of ignoramus, illiterate individuals has hijacked the right of rest of the world? Why we are so narrow in our mentality? Why the Hindu organizations that are fighting so hard to save Hinduism are not trying to eradicate the rot in Hindu society? I know I won’t get answers to my questions. I know I’ll be frustrated at the end.

 Killing innocent people won’t change the truth as the cold blooded murder of the father of nation could not change the truth. Murder and social disturbance will only exacerbate the problem.

 But what hurts me most is that these militant Hindu organizations have absolute zero contribution to our society, our country and Hinduism. But they have hijacked the religion. I sincerely hope that my fellow country men will realize the danger and choose the right course of action.