"JUST ANOTHER NOBODY!"
AN OPEN LETTER TO
Respected BSF Jawan Tez Bahadur Yadav,
Good morning, sir..
I am sure you must be experiencing mixed emotions this morning. You must be wondering how a simple video appeal where you are seen highlighting the dark secrets of the Indian army, especially the poor quality of food the jawans have to endure during their duty in some of the most inhuman weather conditions.
I salute the determination with which you guys still work under such extreme conditions. But I pity your condition. I almost ridicule it. Because I am a hypocrite. I am an Indian. I am an Indian hypocrite. (That's a deadly combination. )
Today, in this 21st century while we are madly following the standards and infrastructure established in the west, one thing which we should have followed but are dearly missing is the openness to receive criticism- and I am not talking about the Kejriwalian idea of criticism where Modi is responsible for everything right from corruption to constipation! May be it is here where our flaws lie- in differentiating between a true critic and a cry baby!!
But, a critic is often misunderstood for a cry baby by men in higher authority and so you will either be expelled from the army by some men in power too blind to appreciate their flaws or you will be totally disregarded and labelled a lunatic.
We are a nation of hypocrites. We are inert. We are corrupt becaue we are vulnerable. We are vulnerable because we are corrupt.
Here is what I predict will happen to you-
1. You will get a severe bashing from your seniors.
2. You will be labelled a lunatic.
3. You will be transferred to a place where there is no internet coverage and your voice will be subdued.
4. At best there will be a 'surprise' (pre planned) inspection and the authorities will make sure that at the time of inspection everything is in place and in perfect order.
5. You will be alienated by some of your own men who wouldn't want to associate themselves because their job security matters to them and that is justified too.
6. You will be made an example of and the authorities will make sure that nobody will become another Tez Bahadur.
7. The viral video will be forgotten over the course of next few weeks or will be taken down or you will be forced to take it down citing that your video could potentially be a risk to India's security. And you will once again become just another nobody.
But to me you matter. You matter to not just India but to humanity.
Becaue you are an unreasonable man.
As George Bernard Shaw said,
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Here's ending it with an optimism that your step will help improve things over the course of a longer run.
I know it is a very utopian wish but nothing ever moves until it is pushed. You have given it a push. You have done your bit. Be proud.
"The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people."
-Napoléon Bonaparte
~Devashish Palkar,
"Just another nobody" (with some personal experience of how things work!!)
#IndianArmy
AN OPEN LETTER TO
Respected BSF Jawan Tez Bahadur Yadav,
Good morning, sir..
I am sure you must be experiencing mixed emotions this morning. You must be wondering how a simple video appeal where you are seen highlighting the dark secrets of the Indian army, especially the poor quality of food the jawans have to endure during their duty in some of the most inhuman weather conditions.
I salute the determination with which you guys still work under such extreme conditions. But I pity your condition. I almost ridicule it. Because I am a hypocrite. I am an Indian. I am an Indian hypocrite. (That's a deadly combination. )
Today, in this 21st century while we are madly following the standards and infrastructure established in the west, one thing which we should have followed but are dearly missing is the openness to receive criticism- and I am not talking about the Kejriwalian idea of criticism where Modi is responsible for everything right from corruption to constipation! May be it is here where our flaws lie- in differentiating between a true critic and a cry baby!!
But, a critic is often misunderstood for a cry baby by men in higher authority and so you will either be expelled from the army by some men in power too blind to appreciate their flaws or you will be totally disregarded and labelled a lunatic.
We are a nation of hypocrites. We are inert. We are corrupt becaue we are vulnerable. We are vulnerable because we are corrupt.
Here is what I predict will happen to you-
1. You will get a severe bashing from your seniors.
2. You will be labelled a lunatic.
3. You will be transferred to a place where there is no internet coverage and your voice will be subdued.
4. At best there will be a 'surprise' (pre planned) inspection and the authorities will make sure that at the time of inspection everything is in place and in perfect order.
5. You will be alienated by some of your own men who wouldn't want to associate themselves because their job security matters to them and that is justified too.
6. You will be made an example of and the authorities will make sure that nobody will become another Tez Bahadur.
7. The viral video will be forgotten over the course of next few weeks or will be taken down or you will be forced to take it down citing that your video could potentially be a risk to India's security. And you will once again become just another nobody.
But to me you matter. You matter to not just India but to humanity.
Becaue you are an unreasonable man.
As George Bernard Shaw said,
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Here's ending it with an optimism that your step will help improve things over the course of a longer run.
I know it is a very utopian wish but nothing ever moves until it is pushed. You have given it a push. You have done your bit. Be proud.
"The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people."
-Napoléon Bonaparte
~Devashish Palkar,
"Just another nobody" (with some personal experience of how things work!!)
#IndianArmy
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