Let's evaluate ourselves

Recently I came across a discussion on participation of international artists in a reality show in India. I was shocked when I heard the question, "Why international artists including our neighbour countries are allowed to participate into an Indian reality show?"

According to me, this is really serious question for disturbing our ancient culture which defines global citizenship ("Vasudaaiv Kautumbakam"). Art, Science & Technology, development and all cultural activities are boundless, such "dirty politics" MUST BE kept away from all these for the sake of humanity and harmony. When we are talking about global citizenship, secularism, development, harmony... etc, at that time, I do not think that there is necessity of such questions, representing our conservative mindsets!

Let me take you to the opening and closing ceremonies of commonwealth games, recently concluded in India. We all have enjoyed the splendid performances by various artists. To make the ceremonies successful, lots of people have worked so hard, day and night, though nature was not supporting earlier and there was flood like situation in many parts of the city earlier. The dedication of the workers, artists and players brought flowering colours at the end which we all have seen. Each coin has two sides, likewise, there are also some serious mistakes taken place before the games, but instead of looking towards WHAT IS DONE, we have focused on WHAT IS LEFT AND WHAT IS WRONG!! Many of us will say and I also agree that responsible persons should be penalised, BUT at the same time, why we forgot to encourage the enthusiasm and efforts of the people behind the grand success of the entire event? We have clapped and felt proud during the events when we have seen what we like and what makes us to feel proud, but before that, we haven't left anything to abuse the people behind it.

Similarly, there are many people from all the regions who have played an important role in the development of the nation or served themselves to bring glory to India and make our country in real sense shining! The people from this category falls only in one region - region of humanity, development and harmony. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr. Javed Akhtar, Ms. Lata Mangeshkar, Dr. Narayan Murthy, Dr. Aambedkar... and the list continues including bollywood stars, scientists, artists, industrialists and many more people across the country. The reason behind mentioning a few names is just to show that art, culture, development, science & technology are above all boundaries and these are only a few names from the large society.

It is not our fault, we have always focused on negativity till now. I am not saying that we should not look over our negativity or ignore the mistakes, on just a polite note, how if learn from mistakes and start encourage enthusiasm, positivity and support for the development. We used to say proudly that we believe in Global Citizenship, Humanity and Equality. Now, let's put it into practise rather than just saying for the sake of it. YES, we need to wake up and we need to evaluate ourselves first rather than evaluating others.