MY HEART BLEEDS

Hi friends,

I don't indulge in politics not because I don't know anything. I know enough. To worship, we go only to the temple and not to the night club. Parliament and State Assemblies are like places of worship. Eminent people like Rajaji, Kamaraj, Venkatraman, Subramanian, Kakkan, and Bhakthavatsalam discussed issues relating to the welfare of the people. Honesty, integrity, corruption-free were the mantras.

I remember an incident when I was a 14-year-old boy. A famous political leader was released from jail. He was taken out in a huge procession. It was heading to a nearby town for a public meeting to celebrate his release. On the way, many people entered the nearby Agraharam, molested the womenfolk by pulling their sarees and cutting the pigtails and sacred threads of the men. 

There was a saying "when you see a snake and a brahmin together, hit the brahmin and not the snake." Hotels having their community names were vandalized. The first priority for brahmins is education. Citing this, communal hatred was sown in the minds of the illiterate instead of giving them education or solving their problems.

On another occasion, when a leader was asked about his relationship with an actress, he replied that "she was neither a woman of chastity nor he was a saint to renounce her". Liquor shops were opened against the advice of great leaders like Rajaji. The maintenance of temples was neglected. 

The lure of cinema also took the center stage and people were mad after the heroes. It took a heavy toll of Tamil Nadu politics. Without knowing the meaning of self-respect there was a movement for it.  Counter to our epic Ramayana was staged everywhere. Illiterate people listened to all these political jargon and lost their way.

Fifty years have gone yet there is no improvement. The situation has become bad to worst beyond restoration. Instead of water, liquor is flowing in all rivers. There is no political discussion on policies and principles. Party politics has taken prominence. People who are non affiliated to political parties are the worst affected and they are crying in silence.

There is only fight on personal hatred and animosity. In the Assembly, throwing of chappals, chairs, paperweights, mikes, tearing of the shirt, and forcibly removing the person has become the order of the day. The temple has lost its sanctity. Politics has become like filth. I don't have the mental, physical, financial and intellectual acumen to make any revolution. That is why I don't involve or discuss politics. MY HEART BLEEDS.