What does it feel like, to be powerful, authoritative, on the top? Definitely it doesn't make you stupid, illogical or dumb in the minutest sense. Powerful people are adored, looked up to in awe and worshiped as well.
This incident, which I am narrating happened recently. Mentioning that it happened recently is important, just to highlight that even today's powerful people can be stupid. I was traveling by a rickshaw (3 wheeler) some days back, when a adjacent rickshaw almost kissed our rickshaw. Our rickshaw driver was a bit furious and asked the kisser's driver about the kiss. Instead of saying sorry or at least acting apologetic, the other
driver got furious and asked our rickshaw driver to get lost (in beautiful words). This led to our rickshaw driver hurling some unknown expletives at him.
Now enters the protagonist, the dude, the Hero. He was a fat guy, in his mid twenties, shirt tucked in and stuff. He stopped the fight (woo hoo) and slapped our rickshaw driver. What!! Yeah he SLAPPED our rickshaw driver!! Now read closely to know the reason for taking this logic-defying step. He said "This is my uncle (the kisser rick's driver), you can get lost".
Our driver started arguing with him (obviously , he was slapped), the hero decided (he can do that too!!) that let's go to the police station and get things sorted. I appreciate the hero's guts, that even after doing something immensely stupid, he was willing to go to the police. He sat in our rickshaw and started talking to me. The first thing he blurted was that he was the Head of the Youth wing for a certain area for some political party. Damn!! Leader? Yeah I was shocked that he actually was that and secondly he thought that gave him a a right to act dumb and hit people for wrong reasons.
Later he boasted about it to the rickshaw driver and started arguing with him.The argument was so heated, that he asked the driver to stop and told us (me and my fellow passenger) to get down. He said that he will resolve the issue and that we may leave. He even apologized to us for the inconvenience. I was shocked by the unnecessary apology as well as at his incapability to handle issues (being a leader). If he would have politely asked our rickshaw driver to leave, when he intervened in the argument between the 2 drivers, the future would have been changed.
This is just a small incident that I witnessed. Millions must be suffering due to resting of power in the hands of such abominable creatures. Injustice is done to the poor and they live in a World of constant fear. Granting powers to people, who don't have even the slightest sense of responsibility, politeness and common sense is a serious issue and will lead to a crisis for sure.
I completely believe in democracy and really idolize some of the present politicians. But today politics in India (local as well as state) is mostly driven by money, greed and fearless authority. If I have power (in the Government), I have the right to act according to my whims, I need to show off my cars, my money, make people salute me, when I pass through. That is exactly what political power is not meant for. Then there are the powerful's relatives, friends, friends of friends, who need to act powerful, use their acquaintance in their favor and roam about with a "all achieved and all-mine" attitude.
Can there be something more dumb than this thinking? This kind of behavior and attitude is what we should uproot at the earliest. No post entitles you to behave in an unjust manner. The time when this would turn to be a trend is not far, and we won't be able to reverse the damage done.You should always fight against such wrong doings, whatever may be the cost to bear.
With great power comes great responsibility, and with responsibility should come sensibility.
This incident, which I am narrating happened recently. Mentioning that it happened recently is important, just to highlight that even today's powerful people can be stupid. I was traveling by a rickshaw (3 wheeler) some days back, when a adjacent rickshaw almost kissed our rickshaw. Our rickshaw driver was a bit furious and asked the kisser's driver about the kiss. Instead of saying sorry or at least acting apologetic, the other
driver got furious and asked our rickshaw driver to get lost (in beautiful words). This led to our rickshaw driver hurling some unknown expletives at him.
Now enters the protagonist, the dude, the Hero. He was a fat guy, in his mid twenties, shirt tucked in and stuff. He stopped the fight (woo hoo) and slapped our rickshaw driver. What!! Yeah he SLAPPED our rickshaw driver!! Now read closely to know the reason for taking this logic-defying step. He said "This is my uncle (the kisser rick's driver), you can get lost".
Our driver started arguing with him (obviously , he was slapped), the hero decided (he can do that too!!) that let's go to the police station and get things sorted. I appreciate the hero's guts, that even after doing something immensely stupid, he was willing to go to the police. He sat in our rickshaw and started talking to me. The first thing he blurted was that he was the Head of the Youth wing for a certain area for some political party. Damn!! Leader? Yeah I was shocked that he actually was that and secondly he thought that gave him a a right to act dumb and hit people for wrong reasons.
Later he boasted about it to the rickshaw driver and started arguing with him.The argument was so heated, that he asked the driver to stop and told us (me and my fellow passenger) to get down. He said that he will resolve the issue and that we may leave. He even apologized to us for the inconvenience. I was shocked by the unnecessary apology as well as at his incapability to handle issues (being a leader). If he would have politely asked our rickshaw driver to leave, when he intervened in the argument between the 2 drivers, the future would have been changed.
This is just a small incident that I witnessed. Millions must be suffering due to resting of power in the hands of such abominable creatures. Injustice is done to the poor and they live in a World of constant fear. Granting powers to people, who don't have even the slightest sense of responsibility, politeness and common sense is a serious issue and will lead to a crisis for sure.
I completely believe in democracy and really idolize some of the present politicians. But today politics in India (local as well as state) is mostly driven by money, greed and fearless authority. If I have power (in the Government), I have the right to act according to my whims, I need to show off my cars, my money, make people salute me, when I pass through. That is exactly what political power is not meant for. Then there are the powerful's relatives, friends, friends of friends, who need to act powerful, use their acquaintance in their favor and roam about with a "all achieved and all-mine" attitude.
Can there be something more dumb than this thinking? This kind of behavior and attitude is what we should uproot at the earliest. No post entitles you to behave in an unjust manner. The time when this would turn to be a trend is not far, and we won't be able to reverse the damage done.You should always fight against such wrong doings, whatever may be the cost to bear.
With great power comes great responsibility, and with responsibility should come sensibility.
