I have always been against LTTE as i have seen it as a part of the problem and never a part of the solution, having said that i don't quite think that all is good in the island nation. Now is the time for foreign nations, especially India to play a part in bringing a political solution to the issue. One has to remember that the issue still exists and would require honest efforts from the Government of Srilanka to address the same and gain the confidence of the Tamil minority in the nation. The Srilankan government has achieved something very small by defeating the LTTE relative to what awaits them in the form of providing equal rights to all communities in their nation, they need to make the minorities feel them to be a part of every process in the country and only that can heal the wounds of many a decade.
Now that the LTTE has become a thing of the past, this would leave a few politicians high and dry as this has been a very vocal issue among the politicians in the state of tamil nadu. The issue was adopted by many groups in Tamil Nadu only expecting electoral dividends and were in a state of shock, post May 16th. The lesser it is said, the better it is about the so called tamil film fraternity which managed to capture the headlines for a few days for all the wrong reasons. At least now, i hope they get back to what they do better, film making.
The war has ended which has only cleared a confusion in the name of LTTE, the real issue remains firm on the ground which unless honestly addressed might gain strength to attain the magnitude of a global war. One strongly hopes that all necessary changes are implemented in the Srilankan political system which makes way for every Srilankan citizen to live in joy and peace which they have been deprived of for many years. Any amount of rational thinking, however emotional one might be, would only help us understand that violence is never a way to achieve anything constructive and history tells us that the doing away of the LTTE has taken us a few inches closer to the much needed peace in the land of Srilanka.
India along with other countries should do all it can, to ensure that justice prevails in the island nation and that amendments be made to the system that led to the ethnic conflict in the first place. A failure to do so, will lead to an insecure future to the whole of south Asia and will possibly rollback decades of world development.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Most Responsible Election Verdict
I have been truly happy for the past few days, thanks to the most responsible & sensible election verdict that i have seen all my life in India. The verdict quite easily raced past my expectations and it gave a clear idea of the mindset of the voting population in the country. The verdict has rejected negative politics, it has simply dismissed irresponsible politicians and in many ways is the best verdict that the country could have provided at this crucial period of economic depression all over the globe.
A fractured mandate was the first element of danger at this juncture and had the mandate been anything like the '04 election results, it would have been party time for the political brokers (read regional chauvinists) who would have made the national politics, a mere joke. The people had to vote very clearly and had to provide definite answers to some questions created by the previous verdict, a verdict which helped in a very limited manner. The Congress have every reason to rejoice and celebrate their victory and should also understand the responsibility thrusted on them by the 'Great Verdict' of '09. I have always been positively interested in politics, not because it makes intresting news but because its the mirror which shows where we stand as a nation. Politics in India plunged to a disgusting low in the past few years, mainly because of the rise of caste/religion/region based politicians who tend to believe that there is no reason to have an ideology to be a political party and that to win an election by any means is the ticket to smart politics. The developments in many parts of the country seemed to give way to yet another national joke, but the verdict proved everyone wrong. I personally call this a 'Great Verdict' simply because it has given one party a chance to prove themselves without providing them any constraints what so ever in the form of non cooperative allies, now it is completely upto the party to reciprocate in the form of good governance.
There is only a limit upto which a government can take responsibility for the state of a nation, as the nation itself has a bigger responsibility which takes shape during elections. One can only say that the nation has proved to be completely responsible and now the minority (in the name of government)has to do everything they can to live upto the promises and make sure that the responsibilities are fulfilled with utmost sincierity. Opportunistic politics, regional confusions have proved to bear no place in the minds of the voters and this must show some signals to the power hungry people, who are ready to switch any light off to attain their political goal. The next 5 years only give me hope and i positively look forward to a great change that would take place in a country which is in the verge of becoming an envy of the world.
A fractured mandate was the first element of danger at this juncture and had the mandate been anything like the '04 election results, it would have been party time for the political brokers (read regional chauvinists) who would have made the national politics, a mere joke. The people had to vote very clearly and had to provide definite answers to some questions created by the previous verdict, a verdict which helped in a very limited manner. The Congress have every reason to rejoice and celebrate their victory and should also understand the responsibility thrusted on them by the 'Great Verdict' of '09. I have always been positively interested in politics, not because it makes intresting news but because its the mirror which shows where we stand as a nation. Politics in India plunged to a disgusting low in the past few years, mainly because of the rise of caste/religion/region based politicians who tend to believe that there is no reason to have an ideology to be a political party and that to win an election by any means is the ticket to smart politics. The developments in many parts of the country seemed to give way to yet another national joke, but the verdict proved everyone wrong. I personally call this a 'Great Verdict' simply because it has given one party a chance to prove themselves without providing them any constraints what so ever in the form of non cooperative allies, now it is completely upto the party to reciprocate in the form of good governance.
There is only a limit upto which a government can take responsibility for the state of a nation, as the nation itself has a bigger responsibility which takes shape during elections. One can only say that the nation has proved to be completely responsible and now the minority (in the name of government)has to do everything they can to live upto the promises and make sure that the responsibilities are fulfilled with utmost sincierity. Opportunistic politics, regional confusions have proved to bear no place in the minds of the voters and this must show some signals to the power hungry people, who are ready to switch any light off to attain their political goal. The next 5 years only give me hope and i positively look forward to a great change that would take place in a country which is in the verge of becoming an envy of the world.
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