I strongly believe that ordinary people should not unnecessarily become crusaders for some cause or other and get hurt.
one can see what is happening to whistle blowers and activists in the country.
most people do not really care . they are not out to sabotage any cause deliberately.
most have other major concerns of day to day living.
of course ,one can attempt changing behaviour by threats of punishment and such things.
most are satisfied with status quo on most issues of concern unless it personally touches them in someway or other.
either they put up with it or join the others to shout and do nothing more about it.
most forget about it unless somebody stokes the fire again.
we are a nation with short memory.
we never grieve over happenings of yesterday and move on as if nothing has happened.
thats is indian living
I beg to disagree.
But I strongly believe that every responsible citizen should necessarily come forward and take the role of crusaders and fight for good causes and thus help the Government machinery to book the wrong doers.
Someone has to bell the cat.
If everyone has such a 'take it easy' attitude, then there will be no check and the wrong doers will have merry time.
You cannot depend upon the Government machinery wholly for everything. Government will act only based on one’s complaint. And the law requires someone to prefer a complaint preferably with enough proof. A person with a sense of social responsibility will act as a watchdog and shall take initiative whenever something wrong come to his knowledge, more especially about those who indulge in corruption, fraud, mismanagement, etc. he will take the role of a crusader and shall swing into action by exposing them to the concerned Govt. machinery, media and others.
Every citizen has a reasonability to protect the country against social evils. One should not lean on the Government machinery for everything.
Of course, you may not be aware of the Whistle Blowers Protection Act 2011 which is supposed to protect any person who exposes the wrong doings, viz frauds, corruption, mismanagement, etc
There may be exceptions. In this case, one may have to necessarily face the challenges of muscle and money powers. But the motto our nation is ‘Satyamev Jayate’. The nation believes in this.
And in Chennai we live among such social activists and whistle blowers. We have a fighting spirit against social evils which is necessary. But only people with some social reasonability can understand such things.