Thursday, October 23, 2008

Spare the defenseless

Having a political ideology is agreeable in this democratic country, but forcing that upon poor, defenseless, vulnerable janta, through means not accepted by the law is not appreciable.

This sentence says it all. Any political party is entitled to have its political views and ideologies. It need not be acceptable by other political parties. We name this democracy. The brawl is against the thought processes of parties which should be solved in a decent political manner and not by vandalizing common man’s life and property. However bending the law and stooping down to levels that terrorize innocent people is highly condemnable. I refer to the recent happenings in Mumbai where a group of fanatics and lunatics resorted to violent means there by distorting the peace and calm of the financial hub of the country. They lowered themselves to the level of irrational human beings just because their leader- who had instigated them to beat up students appearing for the railway exams- was arrested

And it is not just me who feels this so. As a matter of fact the constitution states that any citizen of the country can choose his work place in any part of the country. No one can stop anyone from working anywhere. What kind of leadership would persuade its followers to go against the law of the country?
For the past 5000 years the strength, gloss and sheen of the country has been the diversity in her culture. People, countries, religions came, ruled us but we stood strong, thanks to our deep rooted principles and beliefs. Despite the onslaught of cultural influences on our nation owing to globalization, the culture, the beliefs, the social etiquettes and the religious harmony of the people of our great motherland have remained intact. Such is the strength of our unity, be it religious, geographical, social or emotional. But now, some miscreants are making a ridiculous attempt to smudge values of our country and victimize our culture.
On the personal front too hindrances were created to deter me from conducting the ‘Chatt Puja’- a part of the north Indian culture despite me celebrating it every year where lakhs of North Indians gather to offer their prayers. What were we doing? Just offering our prayers to our deity. The constitution allows every citizen to pray anywhere in the country but nobody understood the fundamentals of our own constitution and people’s feelings.
I was glad that my office was targeted. At least I am in a position to defend myself from the ‘Goondagiri’ unlike the poor innocent common man who has come here just to earn a living and get a decent night’s meal.
I urge everybody not to bow down to what are the dying sparks of an unconstructive legacy as the Law shall triumph over the unjust acts.
I would love your point of view as well. Leave back your outlook towards what the city faced in the past few days.
Regards,
Sanjay Nirupam.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Bigg Boss


Hello Friends,

Today I wish to talk about me being a part of the reality show Bigg Boss. There have been many opinions, judgements, assumptions etc on why I chose to be a part of Bigg Boss and why I challenged the organizers when I was invited for re-entering the Bigg Boss house via a wild card entry. The news reports that I came across were sadly an attempt to sensationalise or scandalise the truth rather than getting to the root of the problem. I lay here my reasons for both joining and agitating-which are debatable.

To start with I felt challenged when I had received the invitation to be a participant in the show. No politician had ventured into that arena and entered a place where he would be watched 24x7. So I thought: Why not?

Another very crucial reason in my mind was that by being a part of the reality show I would be in a position to show the people of the country that politicians are not always what they are projected as. They are human too. They have emotions. They also crave to spend time with their families . And if I may say so, they too have interests in cooking, singing and arts. I believed I was not doing anything wrong.

It is altogether a different matter that I was nominated within a day of being in the House and mostly for the reason that – people did not understand me. For example Jade Goodie nominated me because she couldn’t recollect everyone’s names but mine. However, I wanted to leave gracefully, which I did.

As I watched the subsequent episodes, I realized that there wasn’t any clarity in the way participants were being voted out. [I am not laying any allegations.] I did get to hear similar thoughts from many people and I myself felt that something was amiss somewhere. Also the vulgarity of the show was increasing day by day. Brushing the thoughts under the carpet I moved on with my daily schedule.

Then I was invited for the wild card entry. This is where I put my foot down. The show had lost its decency. It was to be a family show in my understanding. But the vulgarity levels had reached their peak. The use of foul language had become an irritant. My belief system wouldn’t let me be a part of this evident vulgarity.

Along side I asked the organizers to show me the proof of the votes that had come in. I told them: “I will go once I am satisfied that the voting process is foolproof.” I wanted it to be transparent. But they were not ready to show the voting statistics. Why were they not ready to show the votes polled for various participants who were voted out? When it is a reality show and the rule of the game is public vote, why this shyness in revealing the figures? I feel the trust of the people in the organizers would have increased manifold had they been open about the process. But sadly, they weren’t.

Hence, I opted out. Was I wrong? I will appreciate your opinions – positive or negative on the not so transparent voting process and the increasing vulgarity of the show. I will try to respond to them.

Regards,

Sanjay Nirupam.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

One Futher Step

Namaste,

Few of you may know me personally, many through my profession and most now through Bigg Boss. I have ardently stuck by the reason of me being a part of Bigg Boss. It was to reach out to those people who stray away from politics or the likes. Some say I have achieved my goal and some say it was a mistake. I wish to leave that to perspectives.

But for me, I still have the strong desire to reach out to as many people as I can and fulfill the purpose of my profession-Serving the people. Hence taking a step further I have started this blog where I plan to be regular.

I hope to use this blog for the purpose of interaction with ANYONE. Anyone who needs assistance, advice or for that sake anyone who just wants to put across his/her opinion on anything.

I make myself available, open and accessible here on the blog for people of my constituency or outside my constituency. Any comments, complaints, feedback, issues, ideas, grievances or thoughts are most welcome. Me and my team will make all efforts to do what best is advisable, possible and feasible for the comments received.

I want to help to my best capacity and hence I have miles to go before I rest.

Sincerely Yours,

Jai Hind.

Sanjay Nirupam.