Yesterday,I came across an interesting kind of news item in the press.An 85 years old political leader with eminent stature was being accused of having fathered an illegitimate child ,who was now in the court to seek his legal status as a legitimate son and to sound a warning to all such future wrong doers.The interview was on with the mother and the alleged son only as the the accused politician refused to talk to the press on this matter.So far it was routine.
The most interesting aspect of this interview was the complete agreement among the interviewer,the interviewee mother-son duo on the reason for this wholly unwanted mess.All of them thought that this was an outcome of the immoral activity of the politician.I can pity with the grown up son ,who might have faced several embarrassing moments in his life due to this unsavoury aspect of his life.Even though ,he had no role in making himself illegitimate,he was the worst sufferer in the given circumstances.The politician was hiding away from public,as any one who was party to such scandal would do.Moreover,he has hardly been through with the sex scandal during his last tenure as governor.The mother was singing the song of being innocent in the whole episode and trying to sound dignified by standing by her son in the name of truth.The media was busy increasing the TRPs by asking tantalizing questions and sitting on judgement on these three characters.None of them were serious about the real issues behind the case beyond their immediate concern.Thus they also were as much guilty to a similar degree as the a accused politician.Now let us analyze the happening in little more detail.
It wasn't a forcible act by the politician.So,it will mean that both the politician and the female were as guilty of an illegitimate liaison.The child was an outcome of an illegitimate liaison,so whatever incongruities evident now are on account of irresponsible conduct of both of them.The son is being foolishly made to believe that all this was due to the mistake of the politician.The women has done one courageous act and that is to take care of the child so far.But that doesn't absolve her of her sordid ill-conceived deeds.The politicians acts are certainly irresponsible and reprehensible.Those ,who can not keep their wayward senses in check, have no right to be in a leadership role.But ,who makes them the leader..the public.This fight for justice is on since last 15 years and the leader had been holding a host of important posts as chief minister,central minister and governor in the interim period.So when people of this repute get a chance to be shown the door by the public during polls,why does the public become so generous towards them.So long as the public would be ready to accommodate citizens of these murky values ,the political parties would be under compulsion to accommodate them.And till then such illegitimate children would be order of the day.
So,where shall we move from here?It doesn't help to go by the half hen logic,where we accept the part of the hen giving egg, because we like receiving eggs,but refuse to take care of part having the mouth of the hen because then we have to take responsibility to feed it.But can the egg be produced without feeding the mouth?All of us want a society free of illegitimate children,but can we achieve the goal by avoiding the real issue of illegitimate association between opposite sex?The boy may think that mother is goddess and the father is Satan,the mother may think that she is an angel and the politician is a devil,the media may keep raking moolah by selling the sensational news ,but none of them are going the help the cause of the society at large.Each of them have to be sincere and objective and responsible towards the socity in whatever they pursue.That's what I think.What do you say???
The most interesting aspect of this interview was the complete agreement among the interviewer,the interviewee mother-son duo on the reason for this wholly unwanted mess.All of them thought that this was an outcome of the immoral activity of the politician.I can pity with the grown up son ,who might have faced several embarrassing moments in his life due to this unsavoury aspect of his life.Even though ,he had no role in making himself illegitimate,he was the worst sufferer in the given circumstances.The politician was hiding away from public,as any one who was party to such scandal would do.Moreover,he has hardly been through with the sex scandal during his last tenure as governor.The mother was singing the song of being innocent in the whole episode and trying to sound dignified by standing by her son in the name of truth.The media was busy increasing the TRPs by asking tantalizing questions and sitting on judgement on these three characters.None of them were serious about the real issues behind the case beyond their immediate concern.Thus they also were as much guilty to a similar degree as the a accused politician.Now let us analyze the happening in little more detail.
It wasn't a forcible act by the politician.So,it will mean that both the politician and the female were as guilty of an illegitimate liaison.The child was an outcome of an illegitimate liaison,so whatever incongruities evident now are on account of irresponsible conduct of both of them.The son is being foolishly made to believe that all this was due to the mistake of the politician.The women has done one courageous act and that is to take care of the child so far.But that doesn't absolve her of her sordid ill-conceived deeds.The politicians acts are certainly irresponsible and reprehensible.Those ,who can not keep their wayward senses in check, have no right to be in a leadership role.But ,who makes them the leader..the public.This fight for justice is on since last 15 years and the leader had been holding a host of important posts as chief minister,central minister and governor in the interim period.So when people of this repute get a chance to be shown the door by the public during polls,why does the public become so generous towards them.So long as the public would be ready to accommodate citizens of these murky values ,the political parties would be under compulsion to accommodate them.And till then such illegitimate children would be order of the day.
So,where shall we move from here?It doesn't help to go by the half hen logic,where we accept the part of the hen giving egg, because we like receiving eggs,but refuse to take care of part having the mouth of the hen because then we have to take responsibility to feed it.But can the egg be produced without feeding the mouth?All of us want a society free of illegitimate children,but can we achieve the goal by avoiding the real issue of illegitimate association between opposite sex?The boy may think that mother is goddess and the father is Satan,the mother may think that she is an angel and the politician is a devil,the media may keep raking moolah by selling the sensational news ,but none of them are going the help the cause of the society at large.Each of them have to be sincere and objective and responsible towards the socity in whatever they pursue.That's what I think.What do you say???
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