The rescuing act and the hope

                                  Scientists pronounce that, when ever there is a vacuum(the pressure dropping considerably below atmospheric pressure) on the earth’s surface, jostling air rush to fill the vacuum, taking everything falling in its way with it, and thus giving birth to a phenomena, called whirlwind. Earth has seen the horrific and ravaging savages of these hurricanes or tornadoes or twisters or cyclones on human lives apart from the flora and fauna. Its notoriety is well known and mostly feared till date. Some term it as the ‘Nature’s fury’.

The same void or vacuum or vacancy seem to have been created in Indian political arena, with the paralysis induced on Indian democracy by the demon called ‘Corruption’. And the government’s pathetic attitude and will, in containing this dreaded demon, has left the other pillar of the democracy to take guard promptly.

Let me remind you that the four pillars of democracy are:

• Legislature (e.g Parliament)
• Executive (e.g Government)
• Judiciary (e.g Supreme Court) and
• Journalism (e.g Newspapers, Internet Media)

Each wing has its predefined domains, work and responsibility to execute.

The journalism or media acts as a watchdog and incessantly woofs on scandals or similar things, to awake the general public. But the recent disclosure of sneaking of the ‘demon’ into this pillar of democracy(paid and sponsored news etc) has indented its image. The history reckons boastfully and proudly that the people like Madan Mohan Malviya(Hindustan Times), Rudyard Kipling(The Pioneer), Charles dickens, Gorge Orwell(BBC), Earnest Hemmingway(CNN) to name a few, have beautified this profession and there still are numerous people around the world doing their job candidly and earnestly, and we are thankful to them for keeping us abreast of any misdeed or failure of the other three pillars, apart from providing a plethora of articles for the readers, listeners and audiences to  rejoice.

                                         The recent revelations made by the media about the failures of Legislative and Executive wings of democracy, has left the masses brooding with frustration and the creation of uncertainties and chaos have added to their woos, thus creating the ‘vacuum’, leaving them with the solitary hope that the other pillar, The Judiciary, will step in, to safeguard their interests and the democracy as a whole, to which, the judiciary has responded at once and is in a process of becoming the fountainhead of the democracy. The recent reprimanding of the government on various issues by the judiciary must be seen as an act of rescuing, not a dominating or domineering act, as it has left the mandarins infuriated and they conceive it as an intrusion in their territory.

                               All kudos to the Media and Judiciary then, working in tandem, to rescue the largest democracy of the world. The recent verdicts on electoral reforms by the resolute Supreme Court has given hope that India is poised to witness a radical change in its existence and vicissitudes, and it must be taken in high esteem, as it will have the lasting effect on not only the current lot, but the generations to come, and they will proudly reckon that their ancestors were the part of insurgent India sans corruption. And these lines are inspirational in this context—“ वक़्त अच्छा भी आएगा अनवर,ग़म न कर, जिंदगी पड़ी है अभी”. Let's hope that this change will occur in our lifetime.