WATER THE ROOTS PLEASE

WATER THE ROOTS PLEASE

What's the use of tending to the stem when the root is rotting? An urban polity that has reduced itself to a vast mass of fools responding hysterically to crass consumerism coming in the form of degenerate advertising culture can scarce contribute effectively to the development of the nation. And to top it all with the cartoon-leaders at the helm of affairs, and we have our picture perfect.

Our country is going down the drains in every sense despite pervasive propaganda about its fictitious rise which every fool in delusion will accept but not the discerning who for sure can see through. Corruption, levity, lack of a sense of perfection and lack of the aesthetic sense are reducing human quality in the country and making men mere pawns in the chess game of power-brokers, be they in the business realm or in that perverted sphere of politics. Add to that the common degeneracy and the desperate situation only evokes despair.

But here we have work at hand. Work at the roots and shoot not reforms at the shoot which shall be of little consequence. And instead of depending upon the cartoon-leaders of our country for improved prospects, let us set ourselves in our individual and collective capacities to turning the wheel of our nation's fortune in the right direction. 'Myself righted, the nation will be righted' -- let this be the motto.

Written by Sugata Bose