Sangh works on eternal values to make the nation

Mohan Bhagwat | Organiser | 21 December 2008

Hindu Sammelan in Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh

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Since 1925 the Sangh has been working for the good of the country. On this account there is no need for any one to have any doubt. But adverse publicity is going on. The reason behind it is vote politics. During elections, selfish powers become more pronounced. I think this propaganda will continue in one way or the other till the completion of the Lok Sabha elections. Hence, we should not lose patience and should remain calm.

"After the bomb blast in Malegaon a big debate is going on in the country continuously. Several incidents keep on happening everyday. But Sangh work is not carried out on the temporary issues. It is done with a standard objective," said RSS Sarkaryavah Shri Mohan Bhagwat. He was addressing a Hindu Sammelan at Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, on November 23.

He said after the arrest of some people in the connection of Malegaon blast, a strange propaganda is going on using new phraseology like 'Hindu terrorism'. "Those arrested are being interrogated but the information collected during the probe is being leaked to the media before it is presented to the court. Everyday a new piece of information is being leaked. But it is not the complete information. Deliberately a part of the information is leaked. Never before has such a thing happened. There seems no end to it. Based on news reports coming through newspapers several doubts are also being raised over the Hindu society, Hindu saints, sadhvis and the organisations with same ideological fraternity.

"Hindutva and terrorism are contrary to each other. Who changes into a terrorist? Those who have fear become terrorists. This is in contrast with the basic thought process of Hindutva, because a Hindu looks to the whole world as a family. He considers all in the world his own whatever be the dress, language and belief. Hindu society has been living with dictum Vasudhaivakutumbakam for thousands of years. Several races who were driven away in every possible manner in the world and who did not get shelter in any other country have been living happily amongst Hindus for several centuries. To call such Hindu society a terrorist is highly reprehensible. In a small incident names of a few Hindu youth have been added. So far not even minimum evidence is available linking them to the incident. One Sadhvi was held. She was tortured and treated in an inhuman manner. In the enquiry, no evidence is available to treat her as accused. Some names of swayamsevaks are being heard linking them to Malegaon incident.

"Sangh is a big organisation. Many keep joining it. Those linked with Malegaon incident do not have any contact with Sangh work for days. Some due to their emotional nature have left the Sangh being unable to stay. Sangh itself sent some out. The enquiry so far conducted does not reveal any strong evidence of their involvement. What is the justification in dubbing the Sangh and its associated organisations the terrorist just on some untenable and unreliable information? By conducting activities in open ground, the Sangh is serving the society. Whenever calamities take place, either natural or man made, it is always the Sangh, which first reach the spot and serve the affected. Thus the Sangh members live serving the society as their main motto. All Indians know this. Why such mudslinging on such organisation? If one analyses it becomes clear that behind all this, there is a big conspiracy," he said.

He further said it looks like a part of the conspiracy to defame the Hindu society to discredit the Sangh-affiliated organisations which are strengthening the society and the nation, and to make allegations on these organisations so as to appease others only for winning elections. To cover up the failures of containing terrorism involved in countrywide destructions, they are coining a new phrase by propagating that Hindus also could become terrorists. On one hand they deliver sermons that terrorism does not have any religion or society but on the other they declare that Hindu terrorism exists. What is the aim behind all this?

They are destroying the Hindu lands. Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Swami Jayendra Saraswati was suddenly arrested. Vulgar and uncharitable allegations were levelled against him. Before presenting him before the court, issues came up in the enquiry were publicised through newspapers. Swamiji was defamed. Enquiry was conducted. Court gave a verdict totally acquitting him but nobody said that unsupportive and senseless allegations were made against Swamiji. Now nobody talks of this reminding us of a saying "thieves shut up themselves where they are". Similarly they defamed Asaram Bapu with meaningless allegations and adverse publicity. Swami Lakshmanananda was brutally murdered.

Why are such incidents taking place only in our country one after another like a chain of events? They should analyse these matters deeply with an open mind and by wriggling out of fundamentalist outlook. Then, actual reason will be known. What is the main cause for conflicts and problems being faced by India and in fact the whole world? This problem is related to two aspects of life.

People know that Sangh does not do such work and is against violence. People in the government also know this. In the written constitution of the Sangh, it is mentioned that there is no place for those who believe in violence and also for those having faith outside India. This subject is not limited to written constitution only. Since 1925 the swayamsevaks have been following exactly with the same spirit. This is known to all. Knowing it fully well why are they propagating Sangh as terrorist? Irrespective of caste, language, party and religion Sangh serves the needy. In the whole country more than one lakh service projects are being run by swayamsevaks. By spending money and through hard work the swayamsevaks are carrying out these service activities.

Since 1925 the Sangh is working for the good of the country. On this account there is no need for any one to have any doubt. But adverse publicity is going on. The reason behind it is vote politics. During elections, selfish powers become more pronounced. I think this propaganda will continue in one way or the other till the completion of the Lok Sabha elections. Hence, we should not lose patience and should remain calm. Because the truth prevails and the truth is on our side. Hence, we should proceed fearlessly with pure love by gaining strength.

"Sangh work does not belong to Sangh alone. Sangh work is carried out for the good of the country, for the happiness of the world and for protecting humanism. God also renders help to those who are engaged in cultivating human virtues. Without being blown out with the propaganda of the evil forces, let us all participate in the Sangh work with dedication. Then only our desire to see our beloved country Bharat as great, powerful and as world Guru will be fulfilled at the quickest time," he added.

The volcano of Hindu fury erupts sometimes

Francois Gautier | New Indian Express | 07 August 2008

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INSTEAD of calling an all-party meet to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir row, the government would do well to try to understand the fury of Hindus and not limit the scope of the introspection to the Amarnath issue. Are Hindus angry only with the hypocrisy of the government on the land issue? Are there no other topics that make them furious?

Hindus are a peace-loving people. The average Hindu is easy-going and accepts you and your diversity, whether you are Christian, Muslim, Parsi or Jain, Arab, French or Chinese. He goes about his business and usually does not interfere in yours. In fact they take it a little further: They hate trouble and go out of their way to avoid it.

Everywhere in the world, on the other hand, Hindus are hounded and humiliated; be it in Fiji where an elected government was twice deposed in an armed coup, or in Pakistan and Bangladesh, where Muslims target Hindus every time they want to vent their anger against India (read Taslima Nasreen's book Lajja). There were one million Hindus in the valley of Kashmir in 1900. Only a few hundred are left today, the rest having been forced to flee through terror. In Assam, Tripura, or Nagaland, Hindus are being outnumbered by Bangladeshi illegal immigrants and terrorised by pro-Christian separatist groups, such as the Bodos or the Mizos, while local governments often turn a blind eye. Their temples are being taken over in states like Kerala or Karnataka, the donations appropriated by the state governments.

Yet in 3,500 years of known existence, Hindus have never invaded another country and never tried to impose their religion upon others. No, it has rather been through peaceful invasions that Hinduism has stormed the world, whether in the East, witness Angkor Wat, or in the West today, where the byproducts of Hinduism, yoga, meditation, ayurveda, pranayama have been adopted by millions.

Hindus also gave refuge to all persecuted minorities of the world.It's a pity that these two communities turned against their Hindu brethren , the former by way of lured conversions, and the latter with bloody invasions.

Hindus, who accept everybody and welcome all religions, are mocked and bombs are planted in their markets, their trains and temples are attacked, they are chased out of their homelands; television and newspapers make fun of them, their own politicians ostracise them.

So, sometimes, Enough is Enough. At some point, Hindus, the most peace-loving people in the world, those Mahatma Gandhi once called gently cowards, erupt in fury uncontrolled fury.

Yes, one should condemn the Gujarat pogrom, but one should look also at the causes. It is not only the 36 innocent Hindu women and children who were burnt to death in a train by a mob of criminals. It is also how much silent frustration and anger must have built over the years, decades, or centuries even, amongst Gujarati Hindus, that in one moment, 1,25.000 Hindus, normal, peaceful people, came out on the streets of Ahmedabad with such fury.

The same thing is true of Jammu and the Amarnath issue. Hindus never complain about their government giving billion of rupees to Indian Muslims for the pilgrimage to Mecca. But when Hindus need shelters, toilets and basic facilities at a height of 15,000 feet to worship at Amarnath, it is denied by the same government. So they erupt in fury.

Instead of appealing for calm and communal harmony, instead of giving us all this eyewash about a 500-year-old Dargah mostly patronised by Hindus' political leaders, journalists, and spiritual leaders, would do well to look at the root cause of Hindu fury, and try to address their frustrations.

Journalists should also do a little bit of introspection. Hindus have had enough. If this government, or the next, does not take note of their frustrations, we might very well see more Jammus erupting in the coming months and years.

Vision India

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam's speech in Hyderabad.

I have three visions for India.

In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. F rom Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone.

We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.

My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being global ly recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self- reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect?

I have a third vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that, unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space,Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr.Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.

I see four milestones in my career: Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the project director for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one that launched Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life of Scientist. After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be the part of India's guided missile program. It was my second bliss when Agni met its mission requirements in 1994. The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear tests, on May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss. The joy of participating with my team in these nuclear tests and proving to the world that India can make it, that we are no longer a developing nation but one of them. It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The fact that we have now developed for Agni a re-entry structure, for which we have developed this new material. A Very light material called carbon-carbon. One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He lifted the material and found it so light that he took me to his hospital and showed me his patients. There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipers weighing over three Kg. each, dragging their feet around. He said to me: Please remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, we made these Floor reaction Orthosis 300-gram calipers and took them to the orthopedic center. The children didn't believe their eyes. From dragging around a three kg. load on their legs, they could now move around! Their parents had tears in their eyes. That was my fourth bliss!

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them.

Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice.

Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self driving unit. There are millionsof such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE?

Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things?

We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?

I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours. YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say.

What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOUcomeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the t elephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost."

YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-muni cipal commissioner of Bombay, Mr.Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right.

We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system?

What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families in to a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

"Ask not what you can get, ask what we can do for India and do what has to be done to make India prosperous."

Lets do what India needs from us.

Thank you.

Letter- Sardar Patel to Pandit Nehru

This letter from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Jawaharlal Nehru was written amidst unrest in Tibet. Patel was wary of Chinese designs in Tibet and called for caution. Look at the way he points out China''s ''Communist Mentality'' of considering everyone who are not with them, an ''enemy''. Given that this letter was written full 12 years before the actual Sino-India conflict, one can only appreciate the farsightedness of this farmer from Bardoli.

7th November 1950, New Delhi

My dear Jawaharlal,

Ever since my return from Ahmedabad and after the cabinet meeting the same day which I had to attend at practically fifteen minutes'' notice and for which I regret I was not able to read all the papers, I have been anxiously thinking over the problem of Tibet and I thought I should share with you what is passing through my mind.

I have carefully gone through the correspondence between the External Affairs Ministry and our Ambassador in Peking and through him the Chinese Government. I have tried to peruse this correspondence as favourably to our Ambassador and the Chinese Government as possible, but I regret to say that neither of them comes out well as a result of this study. The Chinese Government has tried to delude us by professions of peaceful intention. My own feeling is that at a crucial period they managed to instill into our Ambassador a false sense of confidence in their so-called desire to settle the Tibetan problem by peaceful means. There can be no doubt that during the period covered by this correspondence the Chinese must have been concentrating for an onslaught on Tibet.
 
The final action of the Chinese, in my judgement, is little short of perfidy. The tragedy of it is that the Tibetans put faith in us; they chose to be guided by us; and we have been unable to get them out of the meshes of Chinese diplomacy or Chinese malevolence. From the latest position, it appears that we shall not be able to rescue the Dalai Lama. Our Ambassador has been at great pains to find an explanation or justification for Chinese policy and actions. As the External Affairs Ministry remarked in one of their telegrams, there was a lack of firmness and unnecessary apology in one or two representations that he made to the Chinese Government on our behalf. It is impossible to imagine any sensible person believing in the so-called threat to China from Anglo-American machinations in Tibet. Therefore, if the Chinese put faith in this, they must have distrusted us so completely as to have taken us as tools or stooges of Anglo-American diplomacy or strategy. This feeling, if genuinely entertained by the Chinese in spite of your direct approaches to them, indicates that even though we regard ourselves as the friends of China, the Chinese do not regard us as their friends. With the Communist mentality of "whoever is not with them being against them", this is a significant pointer, of which we have to take due note.

During the last several months, outside the Russian camp, we have practically been alone in championing the cause of Chinese entry into UN and in securing from the Americans assurances on the question of Formosa. We have done everything we could to assuage Chinese feelings, to allay its apprehensions and to defend its legitimate claims in our discussions and correspondence with America and Britain and in the UN. In spite of this, China is not convinced about our disinterestedness; it continues to regard us with suspicion and the whole psychology is one, at least outwardly, of scepticism perhaps mixed with a little hostility. I doubt if we can go any further than we have done already to convince China of our good intentions, friendliness and goodwill.

I suggest that we meet early to have a general discussion on these problems and decide on such steps as we might think to be immediately necessary and direct, quick examination of other problems with a view to taking early measures to deal with them.

Vallabhbhai Patel

Blame the rulers, not democracy

S.Gurumurthy ExpressBuzz 04 December 2008

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A fall out of the Jihadi attack on Mumbai is huge outrage. While this anger is understandable given the way the present ruling politicians have handled the issue of national security, what is intriguing is the hate campaign is directed against the politicians as a whole and as a class. Most English TV channels are ceaselessly and systematically feeding this hate. It is 'Page Three' personalities particularly in Mumbai who star in this campaign. Most Indians would not even know what 'Page Three' personalities means. They are the partying type, mostly found in restaurants in Five Star hotels. They are so called because, a decade earlier, their pictures and their parties used to appear in page three of newspapers. Now they are all over the media, with most media sometimes celebrating them with the front page positions.

When in the past several terror attacks had taken place and hundreds of people had died, there was public outcry against terror. But the media never ceaselessly telecast or print their outrage like they do now. What is the difference this time? This time around Page Three celebrities are the protestors. This class had never imagined that terror would ever touch them. In the past they had seen the terror blowing the commuters by train and bus to pieces, tearing down ordinary men and women in crowded vegetable and general markets. Most in this class do not travel by trains or buses nor go to crowded markets. Now the abode of this class, the Star hotels, is hit, it is terribly angry. How is this class positioned in our polity? It talks about democracy but does not vote. It talks against corruption, but would not fight it. It talks of high values but follows a lifestyle that hardly support those values. Now they are the ones anchoring the national debate on the right and wrong of politicians. Examine how dangerous this is.

Politicians are the products of elections. And elections do not yield quality leadership. For example, a Ramakrishna Paramahamsa could not have found a Vivekananda in a Narendra through ballots from his co-disciples. It cannot be that democracy is good, but elections are bad, as there can be no democracy without elections. Elected politicians are the backbone of democracy. If they manipulate the people, it is the duty of the elite to educate the people to be vigilant. How many Page Three characters have taken to educating the people to make right choices? So their anger against politicians is because their undisturbed fun and frolic have been disturbed. If they feel so outraged now what where they doing when trains after trains and market after markets were being targeted by terrorists in which the ordinary people were maimed and killed?

Now come to their targets, the politicians. Politicians are the easiest target of the elite. But in this country they are the only ones who are open to scrutiny – as to what they say or do. No one can scrutinize, say, the judges. The scrutinizer will go to jail. No one in his senses can talk against the media. Only politicians are easy subjects for cartoon or hate. But this time around, the campaign that is on after the Mumbai terror strike is not just the eruption of pent up apathy towards the politicians. It is something more. The Mumbai terror has exposed the ruling parties in the centre and at the state, like no other act of terror has done. The reason is self-evident. It has touched the very class, the chatteratti, that is the backbone of the secular class. The anger of this class cannot be directed against the secular political groups that run the country today as that would shift balance of advantage to the un-secular opposition. So the present rulers need to be protected. Result, the anger is intentionally directed against the political class as a whole.

Thus, this campaign against the political class as a whole conceals the real intent behind it, namely to protect the secular governments at the centre and at the state which had had all intelligence input about the sea side terror attack that was coming on Mumbai and on Mumbai hotels specifically, but did nothing to act on them, whatever the reason for their inaction. The present government at the centre and in Maharashtra have been so callous about national security that over 1000 innocent persons have been killed in Mumbai by terror strikes in the year 2008 alone! Seeing the entire political class as hate objects protects the ruling parties against public retribution. The present rulers had repealed the anti-terror law in India when the whole democratic world was enacting such laws against terrorism. The terror attacks multiplied in numbers under the rule of the present government. So blaming the entire political spectrum bails out the culprits ruling India today. The Page Three icons and the media seem to be on this joint enterprise to wash off the sins of the ruling party and its leadership by targeting the political class as a whole.

Take this process to its logical conclusion. The hate against the ruling parties is being universalized thus as anger against the entire political class. Compare this anger against the politicians with how the ordinary people raised patriotic slogans, 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' when the NSG and Army commandos successfully vanquished the terrorists and again when the funeral of the slain ATS, NSG and Army fighters was taking place. Admiration for the army coupled with hate for political class as a whole is dangerous to democracy. In a democracy, it is necessary to let the public anger correct the ruling party that is at fault. The rulers must pay for their fault. They should not be allowed to escape punishment for their mistakes by joining the crowd of hated politicians. There is a lesson for the opposition also; that is if they come to power, they would be treated no differently. Imagine the political class is hated, and the army is admired, the legitimacy will be with the army, not with the political leadership. This is what made the army in Pakistan ambitious to become, and it became, the ruler. Yet, now, the Pakistan army is as hated as politicians in that country. So generating hate against the political class as a whole risks dangerous consequences. The media should not help dowse the public anger against the rulers at fault. That is what democracy is all about. The mistakes of the ruling party becomes the talking point for the opposition. This forces power to shift between the ruling and opposition parties.

So the media should educate the people to punish the rulers at fault, not bail them out by blaming all of the political class, as that undermine the political class as a whole, for ever. It should not allow the rulers to escape punishment. Is any one listening?