Much has been said written and spoken about the forthcoming common wealth games which leaves me with
no space for writing about the same. Many of us are aware about the crises currently the country is facing and it calls for an emergency action from our top brass to save the country’s honour. Let me narrate you a metaphorical instance, before coming to the point of non-co-operation of movement as advocated by Gandhiji.
We know that in India violence against women is a common phenomenon. A woman in a married family daily gets beaten up by her husband. Bruised and battered she smilingly puts up a brave face to the world. The same is the case with the Indian Common Wealth Games (CWG) bruised battered by the organising committee. Bruised by the allegations of corruption, fraud, deadline tripping and much more, still India is putting up a smiling face like the timid housewife who in-spite of all the atrocities chooses to remain quite. My question to the audience is why??? Why are we quite? Why don’t we stand up and speak? Why don’t we blow the whistle? The modern Indian lady is quite strong; she can fight any battle that she chooses to. The time has come that we stand up and speak our heart out fight against the “babudom”, against the atrocities of the corrupt officials who don’t think twice before swallowing the public money.
I would like that the audience takes my advice with a pinch of salt, and not brand me as a person with anti nationalist sentiments but as a person who is voicing the sentiments of a nation with a population of a billion plus. I am sharing some of the ideas how can we get together unite and show the world, that when a billion minds co-operate the non-cooperation movement starts. It’s a game over for those who have been beguiling the common Indian masses in the face of the common wealth games. Here are some of my strategies how can we make the non-cooperation movement a successful one.
1) Mass boycotting of games – One of the best things we can do is boycott the games. Let each and every individual of the country boycott the game and not watch it on either television screens or live. Let us pledge that we will not buy the tickets which are one of the main sources of income for the organising committee. If none of us go and watch the CWG it would be a shame for the organisers who will feel cheated that nobody came to watch the games and probably they will punish themselves for doing such a shoddy job.
2) Stop corporate sponsorship – I recently read that CWG OC(organising committee) had called up for corporate sponsorships for raising funds. Let all the corporate join hands together and say that will not lend a single penny to such a committee that has been charged with embezzlement of funds in an inappropriate manner. One such welcome step has already been taken up by the Indian railways which, has stopped a cash flow of 100 crores stating misappropriation of funds by the OC.
3) A mass non cooperation movement – The fight has begun, although we became independent in 1947 we are yet to gain freedom from corruption, bribery, red tapism and the other evils prevailing in the Government system. Let us begin a non cooperative movement by cooperating with each other. Make use of the electronic media, the internet, the mobile technology, emails and blogs and spread the word across. Let each and every Indian citizen sign an electronic petition that we shall not watch the games at any condition. Let us wish the guilty be punished and those who ate away the public money, none of them are allowed to go scot free.
The real games will begin now the politicians will now realize the wrath of the common man. The power in Unity, the power of a nation with a voice of 1 billion plus, urging to come out. The revolution will begin soon and its game over for Kalmadi and his corrupt pawns who, have broken all the rules of the game till date.
