A step to the future

Our Late ex-President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam had said," A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take-up and succeed".  But sadly the state in which our country is in is quite appalling. Starting with the decision to implement NRC and CAA which led to protests around the country especially in Delhi at Shaheen Bagh which turned violent quite soon with active shooting in the name of religion irked by the statements of our leaders who wanted to garner votes for the Delhi Election. This issue had not yet died down when 53 people killed in the Hindu-Muslim riots which hit North East Delhi and brought entire Delhi into stand-still with many shops burned and livelihood destroyed. The era in which we are supposed to develop our economy, provide better education to our children, provide our youth with jobs, build better healthcare, improve our farmer income and agriculture technology. Our economy is in shambles with one of the lowest growth rates which along with the Coronavirus pandemic has brought our market into a "bear market”. Instead, we are talking about religion and nationalism and talk about Hindu-Muslim and decide who is good and who is bad and our leaders are more focused on overthrowing other state governments and partake in horse-trading.  I hope that somewhere along the way we wake up and realize that this would lead us to nowhere and all this is entirely stupid. We will start 'making and implementing' laws that punish the people who try to sow seeds of hatred, start electing our leaders based on their work done in resolving the problems and not on religious ideologies. All the communities focus on educating their children and build a prosperous future for our nation. As it was quoted rightly by Bhagat Singh that, "Bombs & pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas". 


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