The Ehtesaab Gold Medal

Nisar sahib wrote ``....Is anyone listening anywhere? Does anyone care?``

Nisar,

Indeed such are the inevitable questions all of us ask in moments of sheer dejection and and despair, as to who is one to turn to, when the whole system is so flawed and unworkable primarily due to us not having a colective or an individualistic conscience.

Indeed there are those of us out here, who do care, a lot, but are not in any position of authority to except stomp our feet, shout at the top of our longs, and then subside, like a retired lion in a zoo, who has lost his voice...``the poor player that struts and frets his hour on the stage.... and is heard no more...``

I agree with you and the others on the accuracy of information provided, but i also agree with your point of view to be wisely brave, in these treacherous times, where one does not have compassion and tolerance for ones own blood let alone a stranger, who tries to squeal on the bad guys... It indeed would be stupid and pointless to try toeven be more descriptive thanyou have been, and i must say Congratulations to you for having a bigger heart than i have to write to condemn such proceedings, categorically.

As an aside, i am confident the relevant authorities, who can do something to change the staus quo of the existent stagnant conditions, do actuially get informed of such written words, and conveniently they would ignore such rhetoric, as to save the tax payers money on doing any thing positive about it.

Kindest Regards

Asim

P.S Indeed i read your other article the one about the ahmeds, and i was very moved by your selection of the appropriate scenario to highlight our social evils which are taken as the norm than the exception...Looking forward to reading more insightful and courageous and visibly ``wisely brave`` articles by yourself.

I was indeed shocked to hear about what they did to you regarding the parking misdemenaour you had the misfortune of having been involved in... its tragic.. and so obvious too aretaliation by the authorities... a sort of tit for tat 2 penny justice...from theri point of view

Mr Nisar,

I empathise with your situation, and certainly commend you for your courageous revelations. I do agree that bravado mixed
with machismo can be a volatile combination.

However I disgaree with the eventual outcome of this particular situation. The actual criminal ( ie the MPA in question- obstruction of justice,
influence peddling, criminal complicity, aiding/abetting criminals are all felonious crimes) should have been given a long prison sentence and disbarred from the house combined with a severe civil ( ie monertary) penalty. Instead the person who got punished was the lowly SHO, whose crime at best was trying to save his livelhood. The rogue MPA will go on to complete a bright and succesfull criminal tenure in the House. The next time he attempts something similar, people like you might not be there to expose him. Transfering DC`s and admonishing MPA`s is not sufficient detterent for others nor adequate justice for the aggrieved.

It is indeed tragic ( a reflection of our value system) that the people exposing criminal behaviour have to to seek shelter under anonymity, wheras the actual rogues terrorise society at large.

Although I commend the effort made by the writer to highlight this
particular circumstance. It would have more effective had the writer named
the actual perpetrators of the act, along with other circumstantial
evidence. Instead the author choose to be generic ( I can certainly understand
the reasons, fear of retribution, libel problems, being ostracized, etc ..),
but I believe part of the problem in society is that many brave souls
amongst us speak out openly under conditions of anonymity. ( Tangent
Warning) Incidenntally, the per capita usage of pseudonyms on the Chowk is quite excessive, and is
predominantly used by the most vociferous commentators. Perhaps it is an
indictment of our society that individuals are willing to speak out whilst
trying to conform to norms they speak out against.