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My interest is about implementing Green Democracy
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I am always interested in Democracy; I am, because I love it; because it permits freedom for its people to defy. Until one defy cannot taste the excellence of this system.
However, I have also seen and experienced that in democratic India the state power performs like egoist fool and biased enemy to the agitators. They appear violent towards those who deny accepting government orders and launch rallies. Whether it is in peaceful Narmada Bachao (save the Narmada river) Movements or in Bhumi Uchchhed Protirodh Andolon (movement against farmland acquisitions) state power appeared like furious bull. They even do not hesitate to use lethal bullet to stop them.
In recent past we have seen during Nandigram and Singur crisis in West Bengal, state police fired on unarmed farmers who stood against the state government’s order of compulsory farmland acquisition for setting up industry. On 14th of February 2007 almost 14 people died. Is this ‘feel good face’ of Democracy?
Here lurks big enigma. The realities about democracy we Indian experience, some how, differ with the rosy concept peeps through books. If people have right to raise voice and enjoy freedom of speech, then why wont they protest against unjust. Why, if are allowed to cannot cry loud? Why state would use force to stop them?
Which I want to mention here is, the frequent violation of human rights, unfortunately become common scene in India. That sullied the glory of the best concept ever to run a state, Democracy.
The increasing number of atrocities, crime and corruption in government offices are alarming in India. Political parties are least bothered about disorders. They are, in fact, involved in crime and corruptions. Media reports confirmed about the bribery, rigging and horse-trading by the parliamentarians.
Therefore, if I get any opportunity to intervene and examine the process and possibilities of Democracy, I would like to find out ways to implement non-violent means to run a state. In addition, the vital issues, which in India not addressed properly by political parties, are all about environment. As a developing country, to go green, is a social and moral responsibility.
Though the terms ‘green,’ ‘environmental,’ ‘ecological’ and ‘sustainable" mean different things to different people; indeed each word has contested meanings. As the term 'ecological' remain a technical biological significance, but it has seeped irreversibly into much larger social contexts, especially radical politics. Arne Naess' famous distinction between "deep" and "shallow" ecology can be useful [Naess, 1998]. John M. Meyer has proposed a contrast that cuts through Naess' distinction, namely between "broad" and "narrow" ecology or environmentalism (in terms of political vision, mainly) [Meyer, 2005]. One may think of radical ecology vs. reform environmentalism in either or both ways. Harlan Wilson in his valuable paper on the Paradoxes of Green Democracy used the colour "brown" to refer to anti-environmentalist ideologies and practices. Here with the term ‘green’ I not just only want to mean something good and something moral, but also something which is solely biased to environment saving political proposition. To me this green democracy stands for an idealistic means to have non-violence and peace in the country. It would comprise of responsible citizen and humanist government. That would be a state of less corruption more prosperity.
Perhaps neither bill passed by parliament nor one-man propaganda can change the whole. It needs, empirically I can say, a systematic media coverage and involvement of political leaders. To change things radically every one should have move. In other developed countries, there are pressure groups to stand for environment related issues, or stand against the agendas, which hamper sustainable developments, in India that we lack.

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