Avinash Narula
Avinash Narula
Its time we stopped shouting from outside because nobody is listening. Lets get inside by contesting elections. I am going to. Are you?
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Sometimes even Digvijay Singh is logical!
Most of the time when you hear Digvijay Singh, he is talking about some conspiracy or the other. One cannot see any logic in what he says. Recently, he has written to Anna Hazare and again talked ...
10/12/2011
Should we be now afraid of Anna?
I think we should be after hearing Arvind Kejriwal say that Anna Hazare is above the Parliament. I think Arvind Kejriwal has lost it or is it arrogance talking. Of course, the citizen of the country ...
10/10/2011
Anna gets down to blackmail. But will it help?
Anna has threatened the Congress Party by saying, “We will campaign for the defeat of Congress in UP assembly polls if the government at the Centre fails to pass the Lokpal Bill in the Winter ...
10/05/2011
New illegal districts in UP-Lets hold somebody accountable
Today it was reported in HT that Mayawati has created three new districts of Panchsheel Nagar, Prabuddha Nagar and Bhimnagar which are at total variance with the laid out parameters for creating new ...
10/04/2011
Amar thinks black money is withdrawn from the banks
I was surprised to read that Amar Singh has argued in his bail application in the cash-for-vote-scam case that since the charge sheet has stated that “there is no link of money in question with ...
10/04/2011
Corruption is dead. Long live corruption.
It seems the issue of corruption and Lokpal is no longer a burning issue. It is not on the radar of the media. Anna Hazare it seems will support those MPs/MLAs in elections who support his Lokpal ...
10/03/2011
Even Mayawati gets it right. Why can’t Anna Hazare?
Economic Times reported comments of UP CM Mayawati on the Lokpal Bill as follows: 1. Civil Society members should not rely on the central government to get the Lokpal bill a reality. 2. The tussle ...
06/16/2011
Anna Hazare is still wrong
Yesterday’s Times of India features an article with the heading “Anna: If govt doesn’t act, be ready for ‘jail bharo’ stir.” According to this article, Anna Hazare ...
06/11/2011
Why can’t we think logically?
I have been saying right from the start that the path chosen by Anna Hazare’s team as well as Baba Ramdev is not going to work. I have given a number of reasons for the same. First, there are ...
06/06/2011
what needs Why dont' you inside?
 What is wrong with Indian voters?
We are suffering
from Battered Voter Syndrome(BVS)
I think we in India are all suffering from Battered Voter Syndrome (BVS) which similar to the battered person syndrome or the battered woman or battered wife syndrome.

Simply put, a battered person syndrome (BPS) refers to any person who in spite of continuous physical abuse by a partner refuses to leave the partner. The continuous physical abuse makes the person depressed and/or incapable of taking any independent decision or action to leave the partner and avoid the abuse. The battered person may leave the abusive partner at times but returns to be abused by the partner willingly and with little or no convincing. Whenever the battered person tries to leave the abusive partner, the abusive partner makes false promises to improve his behavior to convince the battered person to come back. Battered person believes the abusive partner and comes back to find that nothing has changed. The battered person also refuses help and may even get aggressive towards the person offering help.

The behavior of guards and inmates in the prisons offers an analogy which can explain the BPS syndrome. The prison guards often treat the prisoners erratically.

Waiting for God
to help but we are refusing his help
You know I am reminded of a story which I think explains our behavior at voters and citizens of this country. Maybe you have heard of the story but I think all of us need to be reminded of the same.

The story starts with a villager who is forced to climb on top of his house because of massive floods. He is a very religious and God fearing man. He believes in God unconditionally. So while he is sitting on the roof of his house, he prays to God to save him.

So while he is waiting on the roof to be saved by God, a rescue boat comes in to take him to safety but he refuses saying that God will save him. After sometime, a helicopter arrives to save but he refuses to take help saying that God will save him. Finally, he drowns.

When he meets God, he asks God why didn't he save him. God replied, "You fool, who do think sent the boat and the helicopter to rescue you? What can I do if you don't want to save yourself?"

We are all just like the villager praying that God will save us from these corrupt no-good politicians but God is already trying to help us. However, we are refusing help.

 
 
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