Religion, War & Cleanliness – Opinion By Shivam Bajaj #LetsUnite

Kumbh & Cleanliness are the two divine and holy words, one attracts lakhs of devotees while the other makes any occasion special by adding a flavor of cleanliness to it.  We all know during the Kumbh Mela our Hon’ble Prime Minister had visited the holy shrine, and we all even know how auspicious this Kumbh Mela has been, not only today but right since ancient times. It’s not in 2019, that this festival has been celebrated the way it should be but this time it was something humongous.

 

 While Following the reports, we all know the amount of money spent to improve not only the security but each and every arrangement. 5000 Crore and even approx. the worth of money spent on Kumbh Mela was magnificent.

During the Mela, Honbl. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen taking a holy bath in the auspicious holy waters and was also seen washing the feet of few “Safai Karamcharis”. As we all know that this step was taken by the government to respect & award people who contributed to “Swachta Drive For Kumbh“. The initiative to award these “Safai Karamcharis” was acceptable and was also a great step for making them feel their importance to society. Only our preserved culture is to be credited for “Paying Respect” to not only our domestic help but everyone but its difficult to say that the culture is slowly fading away by aping the west.

But among values, we should also not forget that the elections are not any further. As respectful citizens of our country, we all must have noticed the responsibilities and duties of any political party in power being fulfilled but that’s mostly around the election corner and being more of a marketing party of India. “PR Division” of respective parties also rise specifically during this period.  While stating the same, I am not trying to blame any particular party but it at times becomes really difficult for the people of the country to think of development as these parties have made the line of understanding the party and comparing with others too narrower.

Inaugurations, celebrations & being photographed is no where an offense, instead these are some of the great instruments to exercise but around elections, they should be used effectively for the purpose of betterment of the society and not self-publicity or propagandizing certain aspects. Its often seen in the history of India, that most of these exercises are practiced only when elections are around.

   As I said, there is nothing wrong in giving respect to the “Safai Karamcharis” but it should not be purposeful of media coverage. We also must not forget the inauguration of Vande Bharat Express between Delhi & Varanasi, days after the run, which got stuck and broke down on tracks, I am not telling that this is is a mistake but the timing is problematic. If the train could have been not used for just the matter of being inaugurated then it may take its own time before running into tracks.

 Gazipur” to shoot a documentary on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan now most of you would have seen “Gazipur” and would agree that it is one of the biggest mountains of garbage that we ever have.  Citizens of our country should appeal the government to include that mountain under the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” program and clean the mess that the area has produced. It should have been done within the period of 5 years but they can even begin the work now and they may get credited in the upcoming elections as well.

As a YouTuber, I once visited one of the biggest garbage mountains “

Along with the citizens, even I would like our government to take action on the site- “Gazipur“. I even remember the incident when only a small part of the mountain was caught in a fire and it destroyed a fully constructed metal bridge which was right next to the mountain, now just imagine when only a part could damage impactfully then what will happen in case anything happens to the entire mountain.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was a great initiative as we all know but attracted a huge amount on its advertisements in the initial days and even afterward. Instead of just making it a marketing material, if places like “Gazipur” were considered and taken care of in those days then I am sure that the situation has been much more under control these days but as I said its never late to start. According to my research, just a fire in the mountain will have the potential of covering entire Delhi with black smoky clouds, but as I said it’s not late if the government starts the work now & try to complete as much as they can.

Parties are meant to work and not politicizing situations, the effects of Pulwama Attacks will never fade away, the pain will remain forever in our hearts but this does not mean that only war can solve the problem.  We must not forget the casualties and losses we had to bear in spite of winning the same. Not only Indo-Pak wars, but we should also think of Syria while talking about the same. Such a beautiful country has turned into ashes. Hopefully, we don’t want Syria like the situation to be created.  According to a report, more than 5 lakh deaths have been taken place of children below 5 years of age, just because of environmental causes. Now, just imagine this number in the war situation. The so-called patriotism these days, especially on the powerful weapons of mass destruction, has made youth more violent and are forced to light a torch of this “So-Called Patriotism” in the hearts of the public. hatred never helps, instead, it destroys everything.

The steps of snatching the favored nation status, increasing the import duty are appreciated but infuriating the youth and the public will not only destroy the present but may turn the future into ashes. We should also never forget, the situation of Hiroshima-Nagasaki, the atom bomb not only destroyed the two places but even the upcoming generations were born as handicapped.