Do they really think the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute can be solved amicably or…?
The Supreme Court says that the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute should be solved amicably by the involved communities rather than the court deciding whether the temple should be built at the place or not. Along with that, the court has also instructed that the Ram Mandir should be built at the Ram Janmabhoomi (where Lord Ram was born) and the Babri Masjid can be moved to the other side of the Saryu River.
Why doesn’t the Supreme Court give a clear verdict to solve the issue once and for all? After all both the parties approached the Supreme Court thinking that one of the oldest disputes can be resolved and people can move on with their lives.
Any judge who gives a verdict will be in great peril whether he or she gives a verdict in favour of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple or the mosque. If the judge gives the verdict in favour of the mosque, it will be the greatest travesty of justice and if he or she gives a verdict in favour of the temple, it will be difficult for him to physically survive in this world unless he or she is ready to live under 24x7 Z-plus security for the rest of his or her life. So, the best way forward for every judge is, to suggest an amicable solution between both the communities.
Someone has rightly suggested on Twitter that if these judges cannot give a clear verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi temple issue then they should also keep quite on issues like Jallikattu and Janmashthmi celebrations. Fair enough.
Nonetheless, it is very courageous of the Supreme Court to suggest that a temple should be built at the Ram Janmabhoomi and Babri Masjid should be relocated across the river. Chief Justice JS Khehar has also offered to mediate between both the communities.
Whatever.
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The UN ranks India as one of the unhappiest countries in the world
According to the UN Happiness Report India ranks 117 out of 158 countries on the index of people in which country are the happiest and which country the unhappiest. People are happier in Pakistan than in India. Pakistan ranks 81. Bangladesh ranks 109.
Although I would view such reports cynically, I myself have experienced that most of the people that you see on the roads are unhappy. Their eyes are blank and their faces are distraught. Rarely I come across faces that are peaceful and smiling. In fact, people don’t even return a smile if you smile at them – they look surprised and even cynical. Some get offended if you smile at them.
I remember once I raised this issue on Twitter and someone said only perverts and psychos smile at strangers, such has become our mentality.
The author of this Economic Times article says that it’s the unbalanced economic growth that is alienating people and making them sad and depressed, but I think more than unbalanced economic growth it is an uneven economic growth that is the culprit. Most of us have been uprooted from our communities in search of jobs and careers. Although this happens in all parts of the globe, where opportunities are fewer, it happens more.
Maybe the situation will improve when the new government has had some time to work. I’m really positive things are going to improve now that opportunistic regimes are falling one by one and nationalistic governments are forming in different states, that are more rooted to our cultural and traditional identities and nuances.
Just imagine, in some of the regions in our country, the nutrition level is even worse than the sub-Saharan levels. How do you expect that country to be happy?
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