Thursday, October 21, 2010

The double standards.. Why?

The dreamland of India.. The city that is imagined to be the’Shanghai of India’..
A few years back, the Hon. P.M. and the Hon. C.M. of Maharashtra, Mr. Ashok Chavan, had proposed and dreamt and stated that Mumbai was on its way to become as developed and planned and systemized like Shanghai of China..
The days and years passed by..
But,
The Govt. probably forgot about the idea or got severly confused and Mumbai has turned into something else.. A gargage full of roads and constant traffic jams, even in the smallest of bylane with no control of noise pollution, as Mumbai is a metropolice, [good enough] and every caste, creed, religion and nationality living here have independence to perform their religious and social celebrations in this democratic country...!!!
But,
The democracy to be enjoyed by a common man, to reside and move about peacefully has been endangered. I, absolutely do not mean that the freedom to be themselves for citizen of this city be paralysed...
But,
I, in my heart in heart, sense that why this different parameters are being used, in conducting different celebrations. The early morning Azaan is allowed, with no control over the noise level, in the wee hours of the dawn, but the Navratri festival, which is no longer solely Gujarat’s festival has to undergo mindless time limits, which in city life of Mumbai is practically not permitted. How does a human being, working in the town side, can ever reach his/her residence, get freshened up and attend the Navratri festival starting at 7 p.m? By the time, he or she can get over with work and daily chorus, in Mumbai lives, the mikes have to be off by 10 p.m. It is completely absurd and day by day, the festivity is forcefully bunged by far too many. Sadly, to say, the rules regarding noise pollution do not apply early in the morning, for Azaan, meaning it is not disturbing!!! if that is the reason employed in its favor!!!
Navratri is one festival, enjoyed by young, old and every Indian.. It does not belong to Gujarat alone.. Durga Pooja is celebrated ever so enthusiastically by people from Bengal, too.
If the Govt. of Maharashtra, is completely democratic in nature, it should have maintained the equilibrium in sensibility..
But,
What do you expect from followers of appeasement policies and vote bank politics?

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