Frustrated and Furious

Sometimes we see that the otherwise calm and peaceful people

became furious and their behavior is totally unexpected. Within last

3-4 days, Kolhapur witnessed such two things. The Anti-Toll

Agitation take a hostile turn after unjustified / unnecessary lathi charge

 and the agitators from Chandgad became destructive in Collector office.

          It is said that if the diagnosis is wrong, the treatment too will be

wrong. In the matter of Chandgad issue, the Collector had ordered to

inquire into matter and also had ordered to impose proper force at the

events of agitations. The logic behind it is that if the more force is employed,

we can be safe and it will solve the issue. How it is possible? Is it a only solution

to avoid such rage? NO. The problem is somewhere else. The administration

is running off from the common people. It should know that the citizens are a

part of government in democracy. In a dictatorship, decisions are made and

implemented without considering the people. If the administration listened the

 problems and forwarded it to the government, it is enough. After all the

administration cannot take decisions, it only can implement the decisions taken

by the representatives of the people. In the Toll issue too, it was the inaction of

the administration which made the situation worse. Lack of communication and

 lack of interest kept the administration away from the real condition. Moreover,

 the tendency of avoiding responsibility was shown again. Chacha Neharu had told

that conversation is important in the private life as well as in the life of the nation to

resolve the disputes.

          Appointing more force cannot save. When revolution starts, all the mighty

forces get swept in a whirl. And revolution always begins with the common

unrest in the minds of the citizens. The Red Attacks are just an advanced stage of

unrest and frustration.

29/05/2013