Saturday, December 6, 2014

It's time to ...



When election is about votes and not about people, it’s time to introspect.
When leaders divide and terrorists unite, it’s time to introspect.
When fairness of skin overrides fairness of judgment, it’s time to introspect.
When corruption by self is commendable and corruption by others is condemn-able, it’s time to introspect.

When leaders become experts in misleading, it’s time to protest.
When error by citizen is crime and crime by a leader is conspiracy, it’s time to protest.
When a nation is powered by her citizen, but overpowered by her leaders, it’s time to protest.

When a social media post by citizen is punishable and hate speech by leader is forgive-able, it’s time to protest.
When promoters of freedom deny the right to vote, it’s time to protest.
When murder of curiosity is called education, it’s time to protest.

The greatest test of any protest lies in it's commitment to non-violence.






2 comments:

Saurabh Mahadik said...

Nice poetic format to define when to introspect and when to protest (and how).

rajshekhar said...

It's 2017, and still the same environment as 2014. Seems your blog define a permanent situation.