Panchayat asks husband-wife to become brother-sister!
Is it a joke that they will force a lawfully wedded husband and wife to live like brother and sister? That too, when the wife, sorry “the sister” is pregnant with the child of her “soon to be brother.”
When we agreed for the Panchayati Raj, we did not bargain for the perpetuation of rotten customs and social evils. They have passed this verdict claiming that their marriage was “Sagotra Marriage.” The husband and wife belong to the same lineage. It means they have descended from the same sage born eons ago! They are hell bent of this logic then why don’t they dig a bit deeper. To their horror they will find out, we all are brothers and sisters, because according to Hindu mythology, after great destruction, only Manu survived. And he started new life on this earth with the help of a very beautiful nymph “Shardha.” If this logic is applied, none of us can ever marry because we are all brothers and sisters basically and Panchayat members themselves are culprits of propagating the same offence. They too should treat their wives like sisters!
When we were studying management, each and every professor highlighted the importance of “decision making.” Some went to the extent of declaring that “decision making” is not an ordinary capability. Everybody is not vested with such an exceptional ability.
But those who are not confined to one company but govern the whole nation, don’t realize this fact. Day in and day out, we read about the atrocities committed by members of Panchayati Raj. Here I am not raising questions about the relevance of Panchayati Raj. I am not advocating that this institution should be done away with. This will only result in piling of more cases in already overburdened Indian Courts.
There must be a mechanism and it should be strictly implemented that if they dole out punishments like hanging lovers belonging to different castes, parading a woman naked in front of whole village or something similar on those lines, they must be made to pay and pay dearly. It should serve as an example for the other Panchyatai Raj institutions. What’s the harm, if onlookers too are booked under punishable offence!
I have yet to come across, where delegation of power is used and abused in such a manner. According to the constitution, 1/3rd of the total number of seats are reserved for women candidates in Panchayati elections. But in most of the cases they prove to be proxy candidates. All the power is exercised by their husbands and in-laws. We Indians as a nation has become expert in exploiting the loopholes, be it remixing of old songs, cracking competitive exams or criminals fighting elections! Soon we will start consultancy firms, “How in best possible way, you can exploit the loopholes in our/your system” In fact we can regain the status of being the world power again in such consultancy. No power on earth can surpass this capability of Indians. Our consultancy firms will be considered best on this planet. So maybe in one more area, we need to inform others where the real experts can be found.
