Last few weeks saw a lot of News emanating from a new manufacturing plant of an Indian automobile Major being built for a new car, which, co-incidentally, is the hope of many an Indian who have always dreamt of owning a car. Right, there's every reason for the manufacturing plant to be in the News- It symbolizes the resurgent West Bengal, which seems to have awakened under an able (and willing) leadership to stride the path of progress; the car being built is going to be the cheapest ever, and that would mean more people can afford to buy it. So what's the Big Deal?
The Big Deal is that, the plant is in the News for all the wrong reasons. It is in the midst of a big, probably political, turmoil unfolding around it. Some so-called political do-gooder Lady has ostensibly taken up the cause of the farmers who have 'lost' their lands to the factory. She had put up dais in front of the site to protest, and her loyal followers are making sure, one way or the other, that workers don't turn up for work. I wonder. Why now, when the plant is on the verge of completion? Why there, at the site, when if the farmers were not compensated adequately, it is not the Company but the Government which is to blame. If at all, there is something that can, or has to be done, that has to be done by the Government. Why make the hopes and aspirations of the common man suffer? Some of the workers in the plant are those who have lost their lands too, but were absorbed by the Auto Major for the work at the plant. Moreover, most of them live on daily wages- a day without work is a day without food. I am not even mentioning the bated breath wait of many Indians who are looking forward to the launch of the small car which was supposed to roll out of this plant, and how this wait just got prolonged. Indefinitely. This well-fed fat Lady sits pretty on the dais and plays around with the fate of The Masses. Sad. Unfortunate.
India's been churning out winners in every facet of life it seems. Every, except Politics.I wonder. Are we really the same nation that saw great politicians like Chanakya? Or have we de-evolved into some degenerate nation, a nation which has chosen to forget the illustrious, elaborate, and well-documented political history and become something that most of us find hard to relate with. It all seemed believable, worthwhile, for sometime. She might have had a point, this Lady, and people almost believed she had a cause worth fighting for... that she was leading on a Crusade for The Masses. And like every crusade, there were going to be people who had to suffer, all for the greater good of The Masses. Until when the bargaining started. What the F***?! A compromise? How can someone compromise when that someone is fighting for a cause? For all I know, for all that I believe in, when you fight for a cause, you dont compromise... you dont even rest till you have got what you stood up for. It's either your way or no way at all. That's the way it's always been. That's the way it always will be. There's something else, a side of the story that goes beyond the stated purpose. Something that I cant comprehend, or maybe, something that I shudder at the thought of. The farmers are mere pawns being sacrificed for something that their simple minds cant think of. They have placed their life, their fate, in the hands of a Rebel Without A Cause, someone who can ditch their side anytime and leave them clueless as to what really happened. The lambs are being led to sacrifice. And as usual, they are being made to believe that they are moving to greener pastures.
A more humane face was shown by the Auto Major when they stated that they will move out of the place, and just so that the workers at the present side are not left in the lurch due to this political hullabaloo, it said that it will ensure their absorption at the Major's other production plants. Standing Ovation. A good company is the one that is made by it's employees, and a good company is the one which realizes that and stands by them when it is needed. Are you listening, Lady? Are you paying attention? And as the political imbroglio continues to unfold, the Nation loses its interest and just prays that it all gets over soon.
Go home, Old Lady. Take a rest. You are a Rebel Without A Cause. Come back when you have a Cause. Come back when you are strong enough to stand up for the Cause. Come back when you really can Lead. Till then, I just pray for your foolishness to end. Amen.
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