2. ELECTION COMMISION'S DECISION TO ANNOUNSE TWO PHASE POLLING IN GUJARAT.

Regarding election commitions decisions to initiate two phase polling in Gujarat the reasons i want to give from the point of view of cec & also from my view point is.

1.ELETION COMMISION OF INDIA IS WELL ACCLAIMED ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR IT'S EFFICIENCY & IMPARTUALITY IN CONDUCTING POLLS. EVEN THE PEOPLE & MEDIA IN U.S. PUT FORTH OUR ELECTION PROCESS AS AN EXAMPLE AT THE TIME OF THEIR 2001 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN WHICH THE WAY IN WHICH THE WINNER WAS SELECTED IS STILL UNDER CONTROVERSY.ALSO DURING THE TIME OF J&K ELECTIONS EVEN INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PRAISED THE WAY BY WHICH THE ELECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED . 

2.THE SITUATION IN GUJARAT IS DIFFERENT FROM J&K,BIHAR & WESTBENGAL.GUJARAT IS NOT A STATE WHERE LAW & ORDER PROBLEMS ARISE VERY FREQUENTLY,ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION IN 2002 WHEN A LARGE SCALE RIOT TOOK PLACE & THE SYSTEM FAILED TO DEAL IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.BUT REGARDING THE LATTER STATES THERE IS A CONTINOUS DETERIOTION OF LAW&ORDER DUE TO TERRORISION,NAXALISOM ETC.REGARDING WEST BENGAL IT IS A STATE WHICH IS VERY MUCH AFFECTED BY NAXALISOM & TERRORISOM.ALSO IT'S BORDER AREAS WITH BANGLADESH  ARE VERY VOLATALE DUE TO LARGE SCALE INTRUSIONS OF REFUGEES & ANTISOCIAL ELEMENTS INCLUDING TERRORISTS. ALTHOUGH GUJARAT IS ALSO A BORDER STATE THE SITUATION IS NOT SUCH WORSE.

3.IN WESTBENGAL & KERALA THE DENSITY OF POPULATION IS VERY HIGH.SO THERE WILL BE A LARGE NO. OF POLLING BOOTHS CONCENTRATED IN SMALL AREA UNLIKE GUJARAT .

4.THE ELECTION COMMISION HAS ALREADY  TRANSFFERED THE DGP OF GUJARAT ,WHO WAS THE AHEMEDABAD CITY POLICE COMMISSIONAR AT THE TIME OF GUJARAT RIOTS & ALSO SOMEOTHER OFFICIALS FROM POLL DUTY.

SO I THINK THAT THE DECISION TO CONDUCT POLLS IN GUJARAT IN TWO PHASES SHOULD NOT BE SEEN FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW.BECAUSE IT IS ALL RELATED TO ALLOCATION OF VARIOUS RESOURSES , DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL & OTHER VARIOUS BUEROCRATIC COMPLEXITIES.

 3.Should one year rural service be made compulsary for medicos?

Actually this is a wider problem. The debate of whether it should be made compulsory for medicos to serve in rural sector for at least one year is not limited to medical sector only. Ours is a developing country. We are backward in many sectors, & not only in health sector .Our country requires a lot of talent in different sectors like management ,technology,research,teaching etc.So the statement made in the article that IIM’s & IIT’S should also serve the rural  sector as well as govt. is very relevant in this context. But it is sure that there will be huge protest against this in our country. The problem is not related to the attitude of medical students & their parents only. It lies in the attitude of entire society. But they cannot be blamed beyond a limit.

                                                         It is of no doubt that every person has to give something from his part for the welfare of the society. But this should not be done from profit motive or something. It should be a selfless service.Expecially in a country like India where economic inequality, social inequality, human development inequality & educational inequality exits in a huge & wide manner. In this situation the country expects a lot from it’s people especially the youth.

                                                                           Our education system is so designed that it mainly stresses on academic part only. But we should develop an educational system through which the youth of today develops a commitment towards his fellow beings & towards the entire society. Social service should be made compulsory for everyone from school education onwards. The functioning of organizations like NSS

(National service scheme) should be made very effective & rural oriented. Also suitable laws should be made to make social service, particularly rural oriented compulsory among all kinds of students irrespective of whether he is a medico or an IIT ian or an IIM or an ‘ordinary’ graduate. Infact it should be made compulsory for every learned or skilled person including private & public employees to spent some time for the development activities of weaker & backward (both geographically & socially)  sections .

                                                                        This is very much relevant & important in a country like India where there is a population of more than one billion but faces manpower shortage in every vital field simply because they cannot offer very much salary. Even if it is the case of Indian Army which faces a shortage of about 20,000 officers in defending it’s nation or whether is the case of growing protest against making rural service compulsory for medicos. The trend is the same every where, to become greedy as much as one can

4.  Should  prostitution be legalized?

The debate of whether to legalize prostitution or not is a very relevant one. But first of all a clear definition of prostitution is needed. If one is ready to sell his or her body, eventhough he or she has no compulsions both economically & socially ,only for the sake of physical pleasure or to gain something materialistically  by seducing someone then that person can be termed as a prostitute .( this is my personal view point only under the above context). These ‘real’ prostitutes cannot be controlled by law or govt. or the question of rehabilitation doesn’t apply to them.

                                                        There are many women in India & also all over the world who are forced to enter into the flesh trade business only to earn some money for their daily meals or to sustain their children’s or family’s life. Also many women are betrayed by’ middlemen ‘who offers them job & finally when these women realize what the ‘job’ is it must have been too late. These types of people cannot be called as prostitutes, although technically they are called so, and they deserve both sympathy & empathy of the public. The question of rehabilitation & legalization of prostitution are applicable to them.

                                 The question of legalizing prostitution is a difficult thing to answer. But I personally think that prostitution shouldn’t be legalized.  Now there are lot of laws to prevent prostitution & immoral activities in many countries. But even after the existence of stringent laws women trafficking is still the  highest source of  illegal income next only to weapons trafficking & drugs trafficking all over the world. If this is the situation now then if it is made legalized the consequences will be unthinkable .Especially in developing & under developed countries, like India, this will lead to the formation of ‘markets’ where girls are bought & sold by bidding similar to that of the slave markets which existed in the past. This will be a total blow to the entire human civilization. Although it is a fact that prostitution existed from the very old times this is not an excuse for continuing it forward. Because the aim of the society always should  be to progress to a more civilized world. And in this context I don’t think that prostitution is an aspiring’ career’ for any women in the society so as to make it legalized .Infact if given an alternative these so called ‘prostitutes will be the first to voice against it’s legalization.

                                             This it shows how serious the issue is & the necessity for a massive rehabilitation process. But this rehabilitation process is a time taking one which requires a lot of resources & effort. But it is very much possible also. Take the case of the sexworkers of Goa. Almost all of them were rehabilitated with the help of NGO’s. They were now working in self-help groups & small micro economic organizations earning substantial income. These can be made possible for other similar cases also if  an effort is made from the society’s part. For this the govt. should be the first one to take initiative in collaboration with various ngo’s, international organizations, charity organizations etc. With their help the govt. can create a lot of employment opportunities for these people especially by promoting small self help groups & by giving training to them in vocational subjects to make them selfsuffient. Also the govt. should make the lab our laws & laws against exploitations, particularly against women, more efficient & enforce it strictly. Also the attitude of the lawmakers against these people should a more balancing one,ie they should consider the justice part also while making the law.Also state human rights organization & state women commissions must be given more powers to deal with forced prostitution issues.

                                                    Analyzing the current situation I feel that the stand taken by govt. & it’s officials is to act as ‘sleeping enforcers’ of the law regarding the issues of prostitution,childlabour etc.Because it is practically not  possible to enforce the current laws against these things because it will not do justice to many among the society. And after all the aim of every law is ensure justice .

                                   A long term solution to all these problems including  prostitution,childlabour,war victims etc is to create an empathetic society by introducing an educational system which imbibes a sort of social commitment among the youth ,so that they willingly come to change the society & take it to a more civilized way.

5.Why are we failing in applying a solution to many of our social problems even if there is a solution for it? 

The question of why there is nothing happening effectively even if  there are many possible solutions towards solving them ,ie solutions towards solving many social issues that our country faces today including women discrimination, prostitution, childlabour ,banning of tobacco etc. is a very relevant & thought provoking one.It becomes even relevant & important in today’s world, a world which gives importance to individual freedom & human values.

                                                              Actually the basic defect lies in the democracy itself. The concept of democracy is termed as one of the greatest  innovative idea of mankind .But it is affected with certain defects which sometimes makes that great concept a great failure.

                                In democracy it is assumed that we have a system ‘for the people, by the people, of the people’. But in reality is it like that?? .Also in democracy ‘right & wrong’ is determined  by  majority’s opinion & not according to rationality or reality. Also  there are many pressure groups exists inside the system which influence the governmental decisions & in most times against the common goodness of the society. These pressure groups include corporate lobbies, small political parties which does not have any mass support,buerocratic lobbies,trade & service unions ,religious institutions etc.And the fact is that the stand taken by these groups on various social issues are very adamant & are objective to changes.

                                                      Another hindrance towards attaining  social prosperity lies in the changed economic  scenario ,in which we are all living. Due to the new economic policies the economic inequality has raised to an alarming rate. Same is the case urban- rural divide. Wealth is concentrated on very few & their rising spending  as consumers has created a sort of high price rise in the economy which made things difficult for the majority poor.

                                                            Our society’s social empowerment level is very low. People still have not attained the social maturity level required for a healthy democracy. We  still follows the custom of child marriage, sati etc. Also we still alienates AIDS patients & leprosy patients. Also we still believe in many concepts which we thinks belongs to our custom & tradition although it is inhuman .And rather the fact is that these practices doesn’t belonged to our so called culture!! The negative mentality of society towards social problems is also evident from the lack of participation or interest from the part of youth which accounts to the majority of our population.

                                                               Also the medias are also equally guilty. They are mostly interested in highlighting page3 news rather than invoking public sentiments on various social issues. Take the case of the number of articles came on newspapers & electronic media on the day a magazine selected Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in the world .I don’t think that it makes any difference to  the life of the one billion people of our country even if Mukesh Ambani becomes a  rich person or a beggar!!. May  be to some very few who owns Reliance shares. Regarding the rest of the people the life is the same & so are their feelings.

I think our concept of development & welfare should change radically. The aim of every growth & development should be to ensure the mental & physical comfort of man rather than increasing GDP,GNP,foreign exchange,percapita income,concept of increased spending etc.Rather we should focus on solving the issues of rising economic disparity & rural backwardness.

             Regarding the long term strategies we should seriously think about reorienting our current political system so that more young people were inspired to come into politics & more educated, sensible men rule our country rather than criminals  & power mongers who are only interested in money & power rather than people’s needs &  problems.

  Jayasankar.D adds

Also I want to mention about the idea of finding legal solution to all these problems. Finding a legal solution to all of these social issues is like waiting for a red wood tree to reach its full growth stage after it has been planted. Our legal systems & procedures are so complicated that if we file a complaint against something then justice will be granted at least after ten, twenty years. Take the case of the issue of capital punishment raised at the time of Supreme court’s   verdict to hang Afsal Guru. His mercy petition was forwarded to President & now they are giving an explanation that it will take years to complete the legal formalities in order to reach the mercy petition back to the President for final decision making after circulating through all ministries & departments. Or take the case of Mumbai blasts. The verdict has still not been made fully even after more than ten years has passed by since that blasts  & that  too in the lowercourt.Now the option of appealing to higher courts is still pending. And I don’t know when the victims of this blast will get justice!!.

                                I am not taking a pessimistic view. What I want to state is that our legal system has many limitations .& it will be difficult to find a legal solution to many of our social problems because of it’s limitations even though it is the only last alternative available for the depressed  & silent majority.

          So we have to think about revamping our judiciary inorder to ensure social justice for all. Because Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.

6. Article on women discrimination & female infanticide.

                                             The article throws light about the plight of women & stresses about the need for gender equality. It highlights several touching incidences of torturing & discrimination towards women. But in order to trace out the real problem I think we have to go much further & deeper into it.

                                                           There is a common perception that women are being exploited by the so called ‘men’. And in order to state that fact these people always brings out some touching stories with them in their articles (I am not stating it under this perception only but in a more broader prospect).Also the so called ‘feminists’ will take the issue forward & will begin to call all men as useless idiot beasts whom should be viped out of this planet in order to attain happiness & prosperity.

                                                                 But is it really necessary to classify discrimination & torture on a gender bias? Is it that itself a discrimination? Is it like  women are the only group who are being exploited or tortured?

                                                           Or is it like men are the only species who tortures women. May it be the case of dowry or female infanticides.Are men are the only stimulators of the whole issues. What about the role played by the women itself in torturing & discriminating her own species .What about the role played by mother-in-laws or sister-in-laws or may be seducer women’s in destroying other women’s family & life?

                                         Actually what I want to convey is something more broader .If we look back into history or at least  even try to ‘live’ in the present then we can find that women are not the only creatures who are being discriminated. Infact   every creature which is weak is being exploited & there is no gender bias for that. In every instance the ‘weak’ have been exploited by the ‘stronger’. Be it in the colonial era of the past or the cold war era or the present era, of terrorism, war , invasions & economic inequality .Why it is so necessary to go globally when there are many examples to show around us itself? Take the case of ‘endosalfan issue’ in kasargod. An entire village is being suffering with serious diseases & genetic disorders. I don’t think that we all will forget the heart breaking photo of that baby with its head bulged like a balloon which came in front of all our news papers.

                                               The issue of discrimination & torture is not limited to women or not even mankind only. It is a broader concept. Take the case of cruelty towards animals. Why is it happening? Is it because they are helpless or because they are weaker than us? Why don’t we accept their right to live in this world? And infact on the contrary what is happening is that cruelty towards animals are increasing day by day.

                                        There are many many examples to show about the pathetic situations of every weaker section in this world, be it man, women or animal. Do anyone bother to think about the pathetic conditions of tribals in our country or may be in any other country. In the name of building dams, roads & infrastructure they are  being forced out of their home  & they come to a situation where they have nowhere to go.   Why it is not being done towards people living in posh & rich areas?

                                                                             Also the very funny part is that the very propagators of individual freedom & human rights, i.e. the so called white people from west spread their race by throwing other races out. Be it the case of Red Indians of America who were thrown out of their homeland or the negros of Africa who were forced out of their home to work as slaves in Europe & America.

                                           So the basic problem lies in the very basic human nature to control , dominate & exercise power & superiority itself .As there is an old saying that ,it is  always better to be alone because if there are two then all the egos ,superior ting mentality, discrimination etc. will come into play. And I think there is some law in nature that instigates all these processes.

                                                               Anyway my aim is not to complicate things .Rather what I want to convey is that we should stop dividing & discriminating issues & then arguing upon them. Rather we should accept the very basic realities around us & then should work for a possible solution to solve those problems, be it the case of women discrimination or anything else.

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