Is India heading towards its very own French revolution?

Many a time I wonder about the future of our country and the future of the various movements in our country .Its very hard to foresee and predict the future but I just can’t help wondering about the direction we are heading towards. The very people steering this movement are themselves not very sure of the end result. We just know that enough is enough and the time has come when we cannot afford to sit comfortably at our own cozy home and let these corrupt politicians do as they want to the masses of our country, we know that if we stay silent for any longer we will be a part to the crime. Party to the malnourishment deaths in our country, party to the mass farmer suicide, party to the crime against women, party to a lot of things we would never like to associate ourselves with.

We are no more mute spectators; we know we want a change but still not very sure about the form in which we will see that change. If it will be in the form of change in the ruling party, or in the form of mid term polls or some may even think of martial law being imposed in the country, I don’t know. Whole world is getting restless now it seems.

Will india ever get its Tahrir square? Cant say,people often tell me that we Indians by our very nature are peace loving. We are the land of Buddha and Gandhi, we can’t kill anyone. But I suppose Parisians by their very nature are very much peace loving, they surrendered during second world war just so that Paris museum doesn’t get destroyed in bombing. They are the people known for their love of art and music but little is known about their inclination towards violence. But yet during French revolution these very people publicly beheaded their Rulers .What made them so violent? Often I wonder, maybe they were not being offensive, they were just defending themselves. They wanted their kids to live, have a healthy life, they did not want masters anymore who were so busy in organizing grand parties for their oversees guests that they didn’t even see the misery of their own people.

Mary Antonnette,the  Austria born queen cared very little for her subjects,”If people cannot afford bread,let them have cake”.this statement  ensured her a spot in history books around the world.Reminds me of the statement made by our very own home grown and Harvard read minister. The Rulers of france were very far away from the ground reality. Their subjects were forced to live in extreme poverty when they hosted parties for dignitaries from around the world.

These people sitting in power today are the ones elected by us but working for their own welfare and welfare of the MNCs which bribe them at our cost. They will let the kids die of hunger,farmers die of debt, but will fill their pockets first. They raise the praises of essential commodities, levy heavier taxes, making it harder and harder for us to make the ends meet. I feel if they exert force on us now while we are standing against this injustice they will see something like French revolution here but the question remains,will we defend ourselves in the same manner?