A Snap Opinion

The practice is gone and so is the touch and urge to write. These days am all clammed up as work, work n more work pressure presides my creative soul..sigh!! My creativity has subsided, this work pressure, family life storm has literally blinded me. Don't know where to take refuge, the storm and the rain within me doesn't allow me to walk alone.. they resides inside me. Ahh!! now am getting bored with my sick rantings..  move on seems to be new mantra of life!!

Well, so moving on I read an article of criticism about our CM Mamata Banerjee in the newspaper..the title reads 'Intimidation in Bengal'. Am saddened, troubled a bit also.. my most lovin' city in the world is lying in an insecure perch..with no one to care, no one to embrace. Comin' from a staunch Communist supporting family, I was always considered as the 'Black Sheep' of the family, always loud n clear about my anti-communist political views. Yes, am a very political person, raised in a conservative political family comes with its own benefits and adversities. I was always inclined towards the opposite direction as I believed supporting the governing body required stern lungs, and sterner shamelessness to shout out in broad daylight which the ruling party was good at. It is the action, which counts, the honesty, in your voice, is what is reflected in slogans. 

The common man's woes, their weirdest cries were falling into deaf ears, nobody cared if the layman was writhing in pain of helplessness, the ruling party was more than engrossed in their political demonstrations, political ambitions to gain and acquire more n more. Ms. Mamata Banerjee emerged as the new fighter, hungry and avid for a new change, projected as the 'symbol of honesty'. Liked her, as she promised something anew, afresh and promised a new dimension in the political scenario. Thought West Bengal will be projected in a new light of development, will be up in a pedestal above all clinginess of adversities. Her unkempt hair is tied up in a loose bun while she wears a simple cotton sari and in inexpensive rubbler sandals, signaling that the Trinamool Congress Party leader is a champion of the common people… But alas!! It was not meant to be!! She came to power and is first woman to hold the office but her image and by extension of her party is getting tarnished day by day. Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal has adopted the same opportunistic strategy of the rival Communists – a mix of antigrowth economics and populist rhetoric – that had turned the state into an economic swamp. Bengal has now replace neighboring Bihar as India’s cautionary tale, rife with laughable administrative staff, middle-class despair and Pinocchio politicians.

Once upon a time, I wanted to serve my people with any amount of help and wanted to see my city in a golden light.. but today am  thankful that I didn't take that dive.. I surrender, foolish people like me who still believe that something good can be done in a more progressive light, doesn't exist in the political scene in today's time. Am happy in clearing clutter in my house as this muddles of the power of the politics cannot be uncluttered..

Jus' a piece of advice to our dearest CM (pun intended) - please worry less about people's political affiliations and concentrate more on improving law and order in Bengal, among the worst today in the country.