Facts n Fiction

Not that I was 100% sure but I had a feeling that Sanjay Dutt would be released soon. No, I am not proposing that he didn’t deserve such harsh punishment. In fact I was turning a little optimistic about the legal system in India and its judiciary. However, this optimism was very short lived. I was catching up with the news items about the melodrama and the hype that happened during Dutt’s trial and his subsequent arrest. Many views, for and against, clouded newspapers, news channels, and even conversation topics in buses, trains, offices, chai tapris, and so on. All through this while, I knew that he would be out in less than a year (I am not saying this because now that he is finally out, but that I am feeling more confident about expressing my feeling). So Sanjay Dutt is finally home through his journey from Arthur road to Yerwada, earning Rs. 204 on the way. The pretext on which he got bail is still very unclear to me (I am not a law person to understand it thoroughly). But clearly ...

Taj Mahal, Pratibha Patil, SRK, Sensex, Tatas, and so on, we have it all, that signifies in its own way a symbol of fame, equality, stability, and respect. And this is amongst the best ways to summarize India’s post independence period of 60 years. It was not quite long ago when India, world’s largest democracy, was known only for its snake charmers and cow dung. However, through all such negligence/ignorance and complexities, India has still managed to navigate and surface out as the fastest developing nation. Success or growth is usually a relative term and can be perceived in more than one way. Though there are many who crib about India’s pathetic status on many fronts, there are many positives that we can look at. Nehru’s leitmotif, “unity in diversity”, is still apt for our country, except few incidents that become easy victims of some motives of political agenda. India has maintained its syncretism and pluralistic attitude on cultural grounds and embraces all with equality. We ma...