I don’t review Indian movies but this one is worth it. It’s quickly climbing up my list of all time favorite Indian movies.
What was shown in this film has shaken me to the core. I couldn’t sleep all night after watching it. Am I too sensitive? Maybe I am. I watch movies with great concentration and try to absorb as much as possible. That’s probably another core ingredient of mine. Can’t help it.
So is that really the solution to the problems that our country is facing today? Is our system corrupted or the people, or both? The system is improving. It has become better in recent years. But the problems still remain. So it’s got to be the people who are running the system. So, what should be done? Replace them, no, kill them! Kill them and then what? They will be replaced by another equally corrupted. How many will you kill? Something else has to be done. And that something else is only possible when we, the youth of this country take active part in it. Instead of moving abroad, or pursuing high profile executive jobs, we should join the police, civil services, government organizations and every place that is believed to be corrupted. And then set an example for everyone else. Give this stalled vehicle, our country, a big push in the right direction. It will take an entire generation for this country to be a decent place to live, where things are easy to do, where it’s not a hassle to do small things like getting your passport renewed, or opening a bank account. A generation has to sacrifice its luxuries to ensure a better and easier life for future generations. A generation has to come forward and replace the currently incapable.
Now the question is, are we, including myself, ready to sacrifice? Are we willing to give up our cushy jobs and work as civil servants for the rest of our lives? Can we do that so that the people in this country could live a better life? Or are we only concerned about making our life better? Do we only care about ourselves? Does it matter to us if people around us are in trouble, their life has become a joke because of this corruption? Am I happy as long as I am not facing any problems surviving here? Do I care about the rest?
We need to ask ourselves these questions, and come up with an answer. Or maybe I shouldn’t watch such movies. Or maybe I should treat them as just movies and shouldn’t think too much about it.
Don’t you think, change in a system always come from outsite? Won’t joining civil services make you a part of it?
Well, I rejected a job at the civil service because I knew change can never be brought from the inside.
Also, I met up with a couple of Indians a couple of days ago, my first experience with people from across the borders, and there is so much in common.
So much. So much. Not understandable at all.
Hamid, do you expect someone from outside to come and change the system? Why would anyone else care?
Jalal, one has to be highly persistent and dedicated, otherwise it’s very easy to mix up with sand.
Hey,
I have few friends from Pak,and its amazing how much history we share in common but for the partition.History is History.
Lets work together and focus on a brighter relations.
About the corruption,yes its a big problem in both the countries.But now,few IIT educated students have formed a political party,targetting the elite population here.Hope they win their ambitions and goals.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=lok+paritran
Umar, I storngly believe that there is only on thing constant and that is change. It can be brought about from the inside and outside both. But both ways require a lot of sacrifice as individuals and as society. Are we really willing to sacrifice even an iota to bring about change. No. We are a lazy nation who can only whine and not act. Who wants to give a driving test when a 500 note will do the job. Who wants to pay for a challan when we can bribe. Who wants to earn a degree and not buy it. Not us. Change begins at home. Let’s just hope for the better.
i have seen and done my share of worrying and whining and wondering and wandering. i have two views on the situation if you’ll bear with me. one, throughout history things have never been perfect. not only they have not been perfect, they have been way worse than they are today. and people living in their respective times have worried about them and tried to improve them. on some fronts they have succeeded, on others not only they’ve failed miserably,(khai hai insaan say takkar aisi, adya’n kay matho(n) say lahoo jari hai)they’ve made things worse for the generations that followed. so spending sleepless nights fretting, fuming, complaining, etc., will not help at all. i’m sure you all know that. neither will indifference and apathy. what may help is personally doing things right. all those matters that erum mentioned can be done right and should be done right. provided it doesn’t get you in unnecessary, or let’s say excessive, trouble with your wife, or mother or sister for that matter (troubles are all unnecessary. experience talks). it’s a fine line between expected trouble and that which is just a little bit too much and that which creates problems at home. we don’t want to be idealists and at the same time we don’t want to contribute towards the downward spiral of the situation. in short, keeping our own person and house in order and being content that we have done no wrong without feeling guilty or helpless for not being able to change the whole society is one way.
the other path is a little tricky, the kind that you mentioned and that the others disagreed with. not that it’s impossible, just that we are not brought up to take up any challenge other than the ones that will lead us to making good financially. there are many factors that are not necessary to dwell upon now. related to what you suggested is organizing teams of volunteers, also consisting people from the very departments we have problems with. see, not everybody is inefficient or dishonest or spineless every where. it’s just a matter of them getting the opportunity to show they can help. once there are teams of young, ambitious, educated young people, some of them will be from elite households, to coordinate with these various govt. depts. on behalf of the people and over a period of time it’ll be seen they are serving a purpose. then things, and attitudes, are bound to change. an extension of this approach is to get our school age children into volunteering for the neighbourhood matters. all around our cities there are so many matters needing young people’s attention, if only our teen age children begin helping out we can do away with half the govt. i was a boy scout when young and remember how hard we worked, and had fun too. wish we had a more influential boy scout organization. i can take pride in the fact that i have instilled public service thoughts in my children and they are with their actions almost model young people. only regret is they’re not there to take care of their “abai mohalla” and “ahl i mohalla” in north nazimabad anymore. they are in this huge concrete jungle they call houston which, as it so happens has enough low income, crime ridden neighbourhoods, also can use them as much as karachi can, and does now and then.
if any of you know someone of consequence in the police dept put us in touch and i’ll explain how the explorer’s program of the sherrif’s dept over here puts young people to use and how with a little effort it can be done in most cities of our respective countries - india, pakistan and bangla desh.
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