During the days when my innocent mind was being nurtured in primary school, the world for me existed between a school and home. It was probably during this period that I realised that the government and its various bodies were always criticized by almost everyone. Irrespective of the fact if a person worked for the government or not, every single person was a part of this government's critics committee. Naturally, I too became involved in this. As a matter of fact I excelled in finding faults in the so called "system", and expressing them vocally whenever i was given the opportunity. Corruption, red tapeism, inefficiency were usually the hot topics to scathe the "system". To make things better I was always appreciated by the people around me.
Then I came to college. Believe me at the beginning i found more and more reason to scald the "system". The conditions of the rooms, the infrastructure, the mess food - it was all worth criticizing, and it was - very vehemently. The company new friends was the one positive thing made distress pass away rather easily . In a few days I got used to my new environment.
Then various events happened; various events that changed everything. It is really hard to single out one particular event. It is because the "system" , which I had so chauvinistically criticized was actually everywhere around me. It included everyone, involved people of every profession and even influenced the key life changing decisions of individuals.
Greed of money was satisfied through refunding of overpriced bills. Even for a mere attention of the opposite sex, jealousy was felt so profoundly that people could back stab their own friends. People took immense sadistic pleasure in the art of chaos creation. Fights, even cold wars between people was a spectator sport.
Every single person was a part of the so called system, and the same people criticized so brutally, unaware of the fact that they were and still are a part of that "system".In the process of abusing the system we continue to make ourselves more and more shameless. In many ways this is all that we deserve. The only problem is that we have no idea of what levels of disgust we have actually fallen to. To make matters worst even if we become aware of this many of us would probably ignore it, for most of our conscience has already been destroyed.
It's a good that people do realise this now....the ultra non-entity that is the concept of 'flaw' in a system is to a larger level a fig of our imagination....or the fact that we want to romanticise with the idea of 'enduring' a problem and being competent enough to come out and tell a tale....Yes, sometimes we see people 'on the other sode of the table' do screwy stuff...but then that is something again of a perception, mybe....and the issue of makng ourself frustrated or satisfied for that matter, remains in ours and only our hands.
ReplyDeleteds is sunthn dt v college goers rily nd 2 pondr bout.....i mn d way it reflects the flaws in the system...very unfortunately speakn d system of politics which has indd taken a darker side in r college since long...n its v rselvs hu r a part of it...undoubtedly v nd 2 make it a point 2 reconsider r perception of wat being n svnitian means...n den only vl v cum 2 knw wat bein a citizen means...truly indeed...
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