On 8th august 2012
The Buzz world today is “Mission Curiosity” which realistically presents great
hope for life over the dream destination of Mars in search of water and life
hence ushering a new dawn for career in space spearheaded by National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in order to make our planet a
better. Really one soars in skies of hope and
imagination with dramatic touch of Curiosity rover on the red planet.
When my imagination was having lofty dreams of future suddenly I got an automated call from BSNL asking me to clear my dues or my phone will stop working from 1st of May onwards. I
got baffled not because of reminder but the deadline of 1st
May as it was already 8th august when whole world was celebrating
this great event with lots of hope and curiosity.
My imagination soared down to more realistic world about humane approach towards the technology,users and impact in India.How we Indians have made a mess out of it.
Roadmap of the every new project unveiled since independence
signals great hopes and acts as precursor towards alleviating
majority of India’s existing predicaments vis-a-vis creating hope for a better
tomorrow. Still 65 years after independence lot of questions keep on haunting
from the midnight of 15th august 1947, when we made a Tryst With
Destiny.Does promise made with destiny stands redeemed? Does the soul of the nation, long suppressed found its vocal chord in this modern advancement? If ‘Yes’ then poverty, ignorance, disease and inequality of opportunity among millions of Indians should have ended. If ‘No’ then this is not theIndia
Destiny.Does promise made with destiny stands redeemed? Does the soul of the nation, long suppressed found its vocal chord in this modern advancement? If ‘Yes’ then poverty, ignorance, disease and inequality of opportunity among millions of Indians should have ended. If ‘No’ then this is not the
Intricacies of
situation necessitate studying the problem from wider perspective. Has technical development
gone awry OR True humane effort which stems from true nationality and
integrity stands missing? Judging the present day scenario it seems our value system has gone corrupted
and politics of opportunism and favouritism stands amid redeeming our pledge.This ethos presents a great threat to nation in wake of
newer and sophisticated weapons of warfare from chemical to biological to cyber
available with mankind at click of button. Uncertainty grips the nerves when
counterfeit advancements made assuring to resolve existing wows of poverty,
hunger, Illiteracy and mal-nutrition still widens the gap between haves and
have nots. The day NASA is exuberant over completion of its ambitious mission curiosity,
the ambit of problems India still face depicts pictures of a failed
democratic set up which has lost its credibility.
This socio,political and economic hotch potch and our bucket crabs approach
combined with apathy of Executive Head of State “We don’t have magic wand” and major social
and political movements of creating awareness among citizens getting
discounted towards so called lousy advancement has left the rift even wider between opulent and poor.Excuses of ‘fallibility of human nature’ and ‘To Err is humane’
by people in power from Grids Failure to criminality to corruption to legitimacy
or illegitimacy of government leaves homo sapiens of India with no other choice but
to wait and watch for the outcome of
this mission set forth by our fore
fathers.Keeping Fingers Crossed.
