A Vote of Thanks: Jago Bhopal Blogger Symposium 2008

Thank you all for making this event the most successful one I have ever organized in my life. You will laugh at this statement but this is the truth.

These four responses* to my words from people I don't even know, I haven't even met, are more precious to me than those from people I know. It fills you with pride that such people are there in our society who are ready to listen to strangers, it fills you with responsibility that people are listening to you, watching you, talking to you.

Since this was an unadvertised (and random) event by an unknown representative of an unknown party , I was hoping for just one response this year to continue this mission, but got four instead. Apart from the above, it also signifies that how grim the situation is, how fed people are with the system, how they are willing to change it, even run it. It hurts all of us that our country is not going in the right direction and we are unable to do anything about it. As said in 'A Wednesday', we are a part of this rot not by choice but by force.

I want to stress again the point that this problem stemmed from democracy and democracy alone can solve it. The secret ballot is the most powerful weapon in this war, nobody can tell whom have you voted, that's a power par excellence.

The main problem today however is the Crisis of Leadership, we don't have right people at the right places, I think most our problems will be solved if we can ensure this. For this people, the common citizens have to come forward to contest elections and participate actively in our polity. Nobody has probed the pulse of the citizens, Jago Party can and should be that platform, why should people be afraid or ashamed of doing something right.

The job that requires the least qualifications but has maximum impact on our lives has no takers of good people, why do we fear this job, we just have to order the bureaucracy and the government machinery that people want this get this done. They have to do it, its their job to do it and the job of people's representatives is to ensure and supervise this work and change the leaders of the teams if found inefficient. Is it a very hard job? Why don't people come forward to accept this simple fact and their responsibilities?

These four people are thus worthy of respect and a hearty thanks, because they came forward when nobody else did.

Leaving you with this video hoping that you may awaken (pay attention to what Gehlot has to say):



Do you remember the lines,
Shame on you if you fool me once,
Shame on me if you fool me twice!

Keep thinking over these lines, think about what's going wrong,

Jai Hind.

Latent Dissent.

* Mr. D K Sachdeva too has responded with an article, so the number goes to five. The other Bloggers who have responded are: Ms. Shehla Masood, Ms. Aadya, Mr. R D Saxena and Ms. Gurleen Kaur. (02/01/2009)
* Make it Six, Mr. Proloy Bagchi too has responded. (02/01/2009).

मेरे सपनों का भारत (by Shri R.D. Saxena)

(Blog post link for this post on Saxenaji's blog 'Spreading Fragrance of Malwa' here )

(Latent Dissent के लिए उनके आमंत्रण पर आभार सहित )

हमारे देश के अनेक सूत्र वाक्यों में से एक है - 'चरैवैती-चरैवैती' अर्थात बढ़ते चलो ... बढ़ते चलो ..

पिछले कुछ सालों में रुकावटें कमोबेश उतनी ही थी जितनी आज है लेकिन हम बढ़ते रहे | रुकावटों का रूप बदलता जा रहा है और बदले रूप से बदला लेने का कोई इंतज़ाम नहीं ; ये ही फिक्र आज सभी को है | फिर भी भरोसा है कि भविष्य हमारा है |


सपने ए पी जे अब्दुल कलाम साहब ने भी देखे और जिद थी तो साकार भी किये | उनका आभार कि उनसा स्वप्नदर्शी न होता तो हम घिसट रहे होते | सपने देखना कायदे में तो उन्होंने ही सिखाया | वरना नेहरू के स्वप्न नौकरशाहों ने कालांतर में छिन्न भिन्न कर दिए | देश की औद्योगिक सम्पन्नता निस्संदेह कुछ और होती अगर हमारी बागड़ ही खेत न उजाड़ रही होती |

आज पहली ज़रुरत सत्ताधीशों के शोधन की है | इस शुद्धिकरण के हुए बगैर हमारे स्वप्न दुःस्वप्न से बेहतर नहीं हो सकते | दलगत दलदल में बटे लोग देश के बटवारे से परे कुछ सोचते हुए नहीं दीखते | उनके चश्में निजी भविष्य पर फोकस किये हुए हैं | स्वार्थ-सिद्धि से फारिग हों तो देश दीखे ! और स्वार्थ-सिद्धि से भला कोई फारिग हो सका है आज तक ?

दूसरी जरूरत देश से भाग्यवादियों और कर्मकाण्डियों को प्रतिबंधित कर देने की है | रत्न / कुण्डली / राशि / रेखाशास्त्री / अंकशास्त्री सभी वे केंकड़े हैं जो हमारी कर्मशील संभावना की टांग खींच कर पंगु बना रहे हैं | देश आध्यात्म की ऊंचाइयां फिर से छू ले लेकिन पहले आडम्बर तो छूटे | भांति भांति के विविध नाम और रूप वाले चैनल आडम्बर परोस कर आनंदित हैं क्योंकि उन्हें देशवासियों की मूर्खता पर भरोसा है और इसी से उनकी रोटी - रोजी चलती है |

देश के बारे में सभी के सपने कमोबेश यकसां होंगे | यही कि देश की विद्वता विश्व में पूजी जाए, समादृत हो | हमारी वैज्ञानिक उपलब्धियां विश्व में सराही जाएँ | ( बहुत भरोसा है हमे अपनी प्रतिभा पर ! क्षमता है , भरोसा है तो सफलता भी निश्चित है ! ) स्वप्न है कि यह देश आर्थिक क्रान्ति का अग्रदूत बने ; जहां व्यवस्थित तंत्र हो, भ्रष्टतंत्र को कोई स्थान न हो | हर कोई अपने वतन के प्रति निष्ठा संपन्न हो | वहीं दूसरी ओर, धर्म हमारा मार्ग प्रशस्त करे न कि हमें परास्त कर दे | धर्म के प्रति किसी को कोई न तो आग्रह हो और न ही दुराव ही |

अंत में, देश के प्रति हमारा स्वाभिमान हमारी सर्वोत्कृष्ट संपत्ति बन जाए इससे बड़ा स्वप्न और क्या ?

Jago Party Bhopal Chapter (Inaugural) Blogger Symposium (2008)

(6 RESPONSES RECEIVED TILL NOW! 02/01/2009)

Feel for the nation,

Mumbai Attack hurt you,

Want to write about it,

Want to have your say in the Symposium,

Want to make your voice heard,

Go Ahead!

Write an article on any one of the following topics:

1. India of My Dreams.

2. Is Jago Party a better option than other political parties of India.

Just remember these simple entry rules:

1. Publish the entry on your blog and mail it to latent.dissent@gmail.com or pos

t the link on the symposium notice form on jagobhopal.blogspot.com

2. Send the entry directly to latent.dissent@gmail.com or jagobhopal@gmail.com along with your name.

3. The date of entry is from 22 december to 28 december 2008.

INVITED BLOGGERS:

1. Vidhu.
2. Aadya. (response received!)
3. Uday Kant Dixit.
4. Gurleen Kaur. (response received!)
5. Ashish Menon.
6. Shehla Masood. (response received!)
7. Rajey Sha.
8. Renu Sharma.
9. Amitabh Farogh.
10. S M Shukla.
11. Chaitanya Chandan.
12. D K Sachdeva. (response received!)
13. R D Saxena. (response received!)
14. Gaurav Bhatnagar. (Sorry buddy misspelled in the message!)
15. Proloy Bagchi. (response received!)
16. Sharat Rajmohan Verma.
17. Ritesh Agrawal.

This is not an exhaustive list of the bloggers who have written on Mumbai Terror Attack, I know I might have missed many of you and your ideas, so kindly accept this as a personal invitation for participating in the Symposium.

Sincerely,
Latent Dissent (who is Waiting for True Indians).

See The Invitation Letter Here!