The New Year, What's so new ?
I wonder what we mean by a new year.
Is it a fresh year, a year that is totally afresh, something that has never happened before?
When we say something new, though we know that there is nothing new under the sun, when we talk about a happy new year, is it really a new year for us?
Or is it the same old pattern repeated over and over again?
Same old rituals, same old traditions, same old habits, a continuity of what we have been doing, still are doing, and will be doing this year - Jiddu Krishnamurthy
So what's so new about the new year this time around?
Is it going to herald a new beginning for India's poorest and most distanced?
Is it going to bring freedom from self imposed barriers of caste, religion and tradition for you and me?
If there's one change I want, It's the one that will change my answers to these questions ....
Q: Mohan, Is it true that a lot of children are uneducated in India, Is schooling not free and compulsory?
A: We do have free and compulsory schooling actually....
Q: And all those people in poverty, Doesn't the Indian government provide cheap/free food, it isn't that expensive really, is it?
A: No, we do have ration shops that provide cheap food, but there are people living in poverty....
Q: And Untouchability, it's terrible, isn't it? Are there no affirmative measures or something like that?
A: No, actually we do have affirmative action, reservations among others...
Apparently, we do have the necessary legislations and laws..., so all those not so nice people sitting in our houses of parliament, however unlikely it might seem, have done their job. It's the implementation.
It's the executive. Get them to change this new year.
Government employees have let our nation down more than anyone else! Everyone of them, from those very smart people in the IAS to clerks in local government offices have let us down.
So that's one area I would like changed this new year, otherwise it'll be nothing new to me and to those millions living difficult lives for no fault of theirs! - Hardly something you'll think about on the night of the 31st December 2004.
Hopefully, We'll have the beginnings of a whole new world, some new year soon and that new year will be new indeed.
Is it a fresh year, a year that is totally afresh, something that has never happened before?
When we say something new, though we know that there is nothing new under the sun, when we talk about a happy new year, is it really a new year for us?
Or is it the same old pattern repeated over and over again?
Same old rituals, same old traditions, same old habits, a continuity of what we have been doing, still are doing, and will be doing this year - Jiddu Krishnamurthy
So what's so new about the new year this time around?
Is it going to herald a new beginning for India's poorest and most distanced?
Is it going to bring freedom from self imposed barriers of caste, religion and tradition for you and me?
If there's one change I want, It's the one that will change my answers to these questions ....
Q: Mohan, Is it true that a lot of children are uneducated in India, Is schooling not free and compulsory?
A: We do have free and compulsory schooling actually....
Q: And all those people in poverty, Doesn't the Indian government provide cheap/free food, it isn't that expensive really, is it?
A: No, we do have ration shops that provide cheap food, but there are people living in poverty....
Q: And Untouchability, it's terrible, isn't it? Are there no affirmative measures or something like that?
A: No, actually we do have affirmative action, reservations among others...
Apparently, we do have the necessary legislations and laws..., so all those not so nice people sitting in our houses of parliament, however unlikely it might seem, have done their job. It's the implementation.
It's the executive. Get them to change this new year.
Government employees have let our nation down more than anyone else! Everyone of them, from those very smart people in the IAS to clerks in local government offices have let us down.
So that's one area I would like changed this new year, otherwise it'll be nothing new to me and to those millions living difficult lives for no fault of theirs! - Hardly something you'll think about on the night of the 31st December 2004.
Hopefully, We'll have the beginnings of a whole new world, some new year soon and that new year will be new indeed.
posted by Mohanakrishna C at 2:59 PM
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