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Dear Friends,
We have seen the human tragedy created by a handful of terrorists in Mumbai few days back. Generally, we blame Pakistan and our politicians for the situation and move ahead. What we always fail to realize is as a Nation we have come to accept terror acts as part of our life, that's too dangerous, if we don't value our own lives, and stop looking at death toll as a mere number, we will fail as a Nation. There is so much of corruption and inefficiency around us and we feel helpless and frustrated. Opposition parties too don't have the patience to ask questions,Parliament and Assembly sessions are disrupted time and again. Issues of national importance never see healthy discussion take place.
We seem to be failing as a democracy. It will fail one day, IF we continue to be mute spectators. We have to actively participate in our democracy. It doesn't just mean voting in elections. We have to ensure that our leaders are accountable to us. We have to ask questions, all of us have a golden opportunity in the shape of RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT. Very few of us realize that we can completely change the face of our country by just asking right questions.
You might say no one will bother to answer, I tell you I have used it three times till now, and I have always got prompt answers (if not correct answers). You can ask something as simple as "When will I get my IT refund ?" to some serious questions like "Why were ATS in Mumbai not provided with quality bullet proof jackets?" Its up to your creativity and there are wonderful websites (some of which I have mentioned below) which help you in drafting the PERFECT questions to make the system become more accountable to you
http://rti.india.gov.in/index.php
http://www.rti.org.in/
http://www.parivartan.com/what_to_ask.asp
http://www.righttoinformation.org/
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/default.htm
http://rti.aidindia.org/content/view/270/99/
Lets stop blaming, and start questioning !
Source - One of the mails I got from my friend on Mumbai Terror Attacks and How should we act.
@kova
We have seen the human tragedy created by a handful of terrorists in Mumbai few days back. Generally, we blame Pakistan and our politicians for the situation and move ahead. What we always fail to realize is as a Nation we have come to accept terror acts as part of our life, that's too dangerous, if we don't value our own lives, and stop looking at death toll as a mere number, we will fail as a Nation. There is so much of corruption and inefficiency around us and we feel helpless and frustrated. Opposition parties too don't have the patience to ask questions,Parliament and Assembly sessions are disrupted time and again. Issues of national importance never see healthy discussion take place.
We seem to be failing as a democracy. It will fail one day, IF we continue to be mute spectators. We have to actively participate in our democracy. It doesn't just mean voting in elections. We have to ensure that our leaders are accountable to us. We have to ask questions, all of us have a golden opportunity in the shape of RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT. Very few of us realize that we can completely change the face of our country by just asking right questions.
You might say no one will bother to answer, I tell you I have used it three times till now, and I have always got prompt answers (if not correct answers). You can ask something as simple as "When will I get my IT refund ?" to some serious questions like "Why were ATS in Mumbai not provided with quality bullet proof jackets?" Its up to your creativity and there are wonderful websites (some of which I have mentioned below) which help you in drafting the PERFECT questions to make the system become more accountable to you
http://rti.india.gov.in/index.
http://www.rti.org.in/
http://www.parivartan.com/
http://www.righttoinformation.
http://www.
http://rti.aidindia.org/
Lets stop blaming, and start questioning !
Source - One of the mails I got from my friend on Mumbai Terror Attacks and How should we act.
@kova
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