I watched Indian Idol 5 last night and I realized the power and importance of mass media in today's world. I realized the magnitude and reach of mass media and the impact it has on everyone in today's world.
India is the biggest democracy in the world with over 120,00,00,000 strong.Indians are the smartest and the brightest in the world, if you think this is debatable, just recently I read about a couple of Indians, one girl who won the International Physics Olympiad and a guy who cracked the P v/s NP. These are just a couple of drops in the Indian Ocean.
If we are so good, why is it that we have only one Sachin Tendulkar, or rather despite having a Sachin Tendulkar, we could never win a world cup in his era. The major part of software industry in US is run by Indian minds, still we Indians in India depend on US companies for work. The iterations and hirings in Indian IT companies is dependent on US and other economies, at least till some extend.
I am really happy with the 'meter jam', and I hope it is just the beginning of the things to come to make India clean, from politics and corruption. Speaking of corruption, it reminds me of politicians. How often we read that lakhs of crores of money, is either waster or converted into black money of corrupt politicians. Why is it that a great guy like Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was not given second term in presidency.
It takes a lot of sweat and hard work to earn a few thousands every month, for millions of people in this country. I think we should have the right to know where our tax money is going, ideally it should come back to us in some way. I propose a bill in which during the annual budget the finance minister is responsible to disclose where all the tax money was gone of previous year, right down to the penny, there should be a proper and systematic disclosure of income tax revenue collected and spent. It is a tough ask, but I am confident that if 'meter jam' can succeed, so can this.
I am just one of those millions, who pays taxes, just felt like sharing my point of view with you. I also know that things are comparatively much better now than before, but still I dream of a day where illiterate and corrupt people will not dare enter politics with the motive of corruption and the country will be run by educated and honest people. Also I would like to say that 'The Times of India' is an impartial newspaper, keep up the good work. Likh likh kar...phad do!
