Enough of ‘enough is enough rhetoric’

Well, well, Post 26 / 11 we have been pounded with rhetoric’s like enough is enough…. and ‘what’s next ‘questions.

The fourth estate fraternity have thrown open theirs airwaves /columns to forums, discussions, polls, idea collections, opinions and what not in an effort to bring about change and awareness and have roped in the rich and famous and the movers & shakers from Page 3 in their endeavour.

But will this help???

The English speaking population of India makes up only 7.95 % of its total population and only 30 % of its total population is Urbanised, so any awareness that is brought about here is not necessarily going to ring in a change that can effectively put in place constitutional reforms needed to tackle these situations which we find ourselves more too often.

The real change needs to evolve from the most interior of regions in the likes of UP, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Northeast etc… Illiteracy and corruption in these regions need to be rooted out and, in my opinion; change has to start from there and not from the swanky by lanes of Colaba. A placard holding Sharmila Tagore who is wedded into one of the most affluent of the Nawab families of India or a solidarity expressing Preity Zinta carrying a candle and marching down Marine Drive, who is the beau in tow to one of the heirs of the richest families in India who also happens to be the great grandson of the founding father of Pakistan Mohd Ali Jinnah…are not definitely going to make a difference, this will only provide the cosmetic quotient to the real issue.

The rural Indian needs to rise to the occasion and bring about this change. The minority affluent urban Indian views which are in my opinion, biased and city centric cannot do more than just write pieces like this on the blogosphere.