Comments on: Getting Systematic!

By: Amitya Sharma

Amitya Sharma — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:10:28 +0000

Milan the write up was a true and a gentle reminder of how our constitution is being ignored and made a mockery of for showcasing political might and not even adhering to the fundamentals of the law on the basis of which our country is formed. I am sure you being a proud Indian just like any one of us would have loved to shower praises on the judicial and political system but the cancer of corruption and short term personal gains of politicians has unfortunately made all of us so oblivious to any good arising out of these laws.
I feel as Indians other than exercising our freedom of speech and expressions to voice against the evil of arm twisting the constitution and to condemn the political parties we should make sure that that our representatives at both lok sabha and rajya sabha should be cleanse from selfishness and corruption by setting an example for them by bringing discipline, integrity and honesty in our day to day activities pertaining to both personal and professional lives.
I am sure whatever positive changes we make in our lives will touch and transform the lives of many people who are directly or indirectly in contact with us and with this we all would have made an earnest start to the beginning of the end of the problems you mentioned.
All in all you have done an awesome job in taking up such an issue considering not many young minds delve into it. Keep up the good work.

By: Ipsita

Ipsita — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:06:45 +0000

Nice thoughts Milan,

I have just one thing to say…you have to be in the system to change the system.
The people who are in the System, hardly know what it is, and people like you, who knows what it is, are outside the system.
What I mean to say is that the politicians whom you accuse of sidestepping the rules are astually ignorant of most of the rules. Just like religious leaders in India who give out various outrageous doctrines because its their own thoughts, and they have no idea what the scriptures actually say. Our politicians similarly feel that their way is the way for the whole country, and the Constitution plays no part in their thinking or their behavior.
This is the problem India is facing, any ideas how we may cure ourselves of that???

By: Nischal

Nischal — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:17:02 +0000

Great read Milan,

I really loved the way you have written this article without going deep into specifics and details.

I totally agree with you that India’s is one of the most liberal constitution ever made. Probably we’re taught some lessons in the british era to know the real meaning of liberalisation which is reflected well and truely in our constitution.

I do believe that peole like you can play an instrumental role in solving the sole issue in our country thats Ignorance among people. This is why your article is so great as it provides valuabe information which is easily understood by commoners and is totally factual.

Way to go!!!

By: Milan Gupta

Milan Gupta — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:55:12 +0000

@Sarika People are not expressing even where there is no fear. Youtube, twitter, internet provide faceless fora to express. But nobody even there criticises or spreads poor court judgments(the keepers of civil rights and constitution).

@Sameer Thanks. And hope is all that most hardworking, soil toiling simple folks have today.

@Deepak Yes. Corruption doesn’t start because politicians are corrupt. They are corrupt everywhere across the world. Corruption starts when unconstitutional rules are made or constitution is not followed, and then nobody speaks up.

@Shivangi Thanks. Just my way of saying thanks back to the people.

@Anupam The buck stops with you. If the “system” for redressal for grievances itself does not follow the constitution, then you and I don’t have to loose hope. Our job is to speak up, and express at least. That is the power of non-violence! Only a few can be violent and protest aggressively. But most people can be non-violent and express peacefully. And with our huge population, that is an immense pressure on any system to start doing its job.

@Pallab Thanks.

@Viraj Wati till you hear more. There are surprises galore!

@mayank The Prez/governors know their powers, and they also know that their powers can’t be questioned in the courts as per the constitution, so that they can put a check on the ministers. Also, nobody realises their mistakes unless somebody tells them. In all of my grown up years, I have not read a single editorial in the media blasting out any court judgment ! As if the judgments are above criticism! The courts mean good. But roads to disaster in this country have often been paved with their good intentions.

By: Peeyush Singhal

Peeyush Singhal — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:40:54 +0000

Interesting article – instigates thoughts; keep up the good work. Another interesting aspect would be to understand how the conceptual “system” got turned into the current “system”.

By: mayank

mayank — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:26:26 +0000

nice article all things right what u said but tell me the way to revert this back to normal means giving president the power he/she is having, it make me think that whether our president knows her power . one more thing how to make apex court realise mistakes being made.

By: Viraj

Viraj — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:10:35 +0000

To be honest, I didn’t know that constitution allows all orders in the name of president only…quite an informative article for ignorants like me..Keep up the good work.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:47:03 +0000

Good job !!! great start keep it up

By: Anupam Biswas

Anupam Biswas — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:17:13 +0000

Hi Milan, nice article and great to see you taking interest in writing. Though rightly pointed out that we should raise our voice against any violation of the constitution, but my question is: Even if we raise our voice, is their a “system” in place for the redressal of our grievances?
Unless there are serious reforms in the Indian police “system” and in our court’s justice delivery “system”, personally, I don’t see many people standing up and raising voice against violation of their even basic fundamental constitutional rights.
And I really feel its the above two “systems” whose reforms can truly bring about changes in our country, as then there will be lot of people ready to raise their voice against violations of other “systems” including the one discussed in your article…

By: Shivangi

Shivangi — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:37:56 +0000

It’s easy to say problem in our system but who come first to take action
Thought is good………….,

Approach is good……………..,

Continue…………………………………………,