Ayodhya Verdict

Ayodhya issue is in the spot light these days with the verdict coming out on 30th September. Not only on the day of the verdict but rather a month back, people have started speculating about the verdict and its consequences on the nation. TV Channels aired the regular debates featuring the top notch advocates, politicians, editors, speakers and even representatives from Film industry. Everybody in the country seemed to have an opinion about the issue and rightly so as the democratic country each one of us should have a clear opinion and should be allowed to express the same.
As the citizen of India we all must at least be aware of what exactly the dispute was and why the court has not been able to resolve the issue for 60 years. As youngsters we all have witnessed what happened in 1992 when country suddenly broke into series of riots, bombing and many other fiascos. It was a challenging period, but I personally feel that a turbulent period is required in the history of every nation to change the overall perception of its citizens. This was evident from the calm and composure the citizens of the nation have displayed this time during the whole verdict period. The only unrest whatsoever was among the elites, the so called opinion makers in India. The common man was unmoved and was least interested about the verdict; sure they were worried about the consequences of the verdict courtesy the continuous debates on news channels.
The priorities of India as a nation and Indians as the individuals have changed over the period of last 18 years. The psyche of the citizens compared to 1992 has changed a lot and really gives lesser attention over matter of religion, caste etc. The priorities have shifted more to the materialistic and individual requirements compared to religious and national interests. To some extent this is good as in the case of Ayodhya, as we were least impacted by the verdict. The same opinion was also claimed by many opinion makers on news channels that the Indians have matured enough to react on the matter of religious interest and has shown immense maturity by not reacting to the situation in hand. I will say maturity of the citizens is a bit exaggerated here as the same people have attacks of hyper tension when Mihir dies on national television. A friend of mine once quoted during one of such discussions that this generation is a ‘by product of mixed ideologies’, and I could not agree more. Think for a moment that, what is that one philosophy, principle or rationale that you have been following in your life and you understand the reason for that. One point of view that is independently yours and is not motivated by any other source and specially does not bear a western influence.
The same is true for the political outfits in the country; none of the leading political parties have a distinct philosophy of their own. Congress never had any philosophy; BJP has a confused stand as they cannot fight on the grounds of Hindutva anymore, reason the ideologies of the citizen is not the same anymore; the local parties are handful and seriously lack a strong view point. The only political outfit which at least has a clear cut philosophy and sticks to it is Shiv Sena, again I am not defending whether it is correct or not, but at least it has a clear cut agenda.
6o years for the verdict, which is something not unusual for law suits in India, a reconciling result and a confused nation, there is not a single thing that will be unlike India. In this particular section I cannot draw a clear line what is correct and what is not. This is the bare reality what we have to face and even after reading this section nothing is going to change, we will continue to be ‘by product of mixed ideologies’ , Media will continue creating hypes about anything and everything necessary or unnecessary. But sometime it is good to introspect ourselves. Just wait for a second look inside yourself and try to find one rationale that is completely yours.
I have written 750 words, you have been reading it for 15 mins and still many does not know what Ayodhya case was really about and even then you might have a opinion about it, after all we are ‘by product of mixed ideologies’.
To end this section one great quote
“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”