Who is the deer?

It's a strange story of following your deer. I know I may sound offensive but it's true...all of us are deer. As a deer is meant to be grabbed by the strong jaws of one of the stronger animal we also keep waiting for that moment when some one or the other would take hold of us.

When we say we want to maintain a democratic environment don't we mean that we want our responsibilities to be taken care by some one else. Why do we want a leader if they don't serve the very purpose. If we choose leader so that we could be the deer of that chosen special one then we should think again. After all it hardly matters who ever owns this deer.

I hear people saying youth needs to come out and vote for their candidate or if they feel they are competent enough then contest in the election. In an interview a youth said, " It hardly matters for me who ever comes to the power as manifestos and back ground of all of them hardly have a difference." So this guy voted for the person who appeared the most handsome.

Let us peep into some of our neighbours. One of them is the finest example of failure of democracy where as the other own is a fine example of success of republican government. Have we reached a point where we need to give a thought to the way we chose our leaders? I don't have a definite answer but certainly I have some thoughts.

Worldwide I have seen countries with strict regulations which requires its citizens to do community service. Men are required to serve the defense while women are required to serve the community. I don't know if this activity brings in the strength to get out of the shackle of being a deer but certainly it increases the sense of being a martyr. I understand making a wishful thought is easy and implementing them is a lot difficult. We have several plans like NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), and Golden Quadrilateral, that were initiated in the right spirit. Yet again the deer within us overpowered and most of these plans remained at the first step. We need to give more thought around implementing rather than just planning things.

We need to mend the constitution and redifine rules to adjust with the changes around us. We don't want deer and neither do we want to sit idle.