no common sense, no commonwealth

many of us discussed about Kalmadi, the whole "how much our politicians are corrupted" topic was brought out, there was silence for a while and now again an upsurge. This time, it's a national shame. athletes are withdrawing from CWG, the president of CWG has issued a warning to our CWG committee. i am feeling the heat, down here in mumbai. the newspapers are telling me all these things. is it really that serious? or is media playing with our minds all over again? most of all the answer to the former question will be yes. This time around I myself think, like all other indians, "enough is enough" but just for a few seconds, after that i am back to my daily chores, caring less about what's happening up there. we say we want to do something about it but we need a leader, we always wait for a leader but never want to evoke the leader within us. It is time for a revolution. we have had enough already. we might not have a solution in hand because a 100 minds thinking together is better than 1 mind slogging for it. It's the "youth" (as we are popularly addressed) who can do something about it. do you really think so? do you think making a community on facebook will help? will the youth come out on the roads and protest? will all of us stay united with a common interest and cause? can all these questions be answered without an action plan? asking questions is easy, finding answers to them is what we must do. i might be able to form a group in my classroom, a group whose blood boils when i talk about national shame but what about when the blood stops boiling, when it has cooled down? It is so easy to read "gandhiji brought relief to the people in Champaran through satyagraha." but when you come to think of it, it must not have been easy for him to convince people to free themselves from the shackles of the British govt. We Indians are so tolerant about each and everything that now it has reached the level of indifference. All that I'm saying is not new to any of us, is it? But isn't it really the time to think?