There is no point in boasting that I am an active citizen unless we have our own standpoint for a particular issue or if we are not in a position to analyse what is right and wrong. Yes, being a citizen of India, I am worried for some issues which are of national importance. I am worried for my country's wealth which are drained out by our own people, I am worried for Aliya Hadiya whose fundamental rights have been snatched from her, I am worried for those farmers who commits suicide because of their incapability to pay off their loans, I am worried because only 1% of the Indian elites holds almost 70% of the country's wealth and I am worried for the media who has forgot its ethics and has become a lame media. I not only worry for the above mentioned facts but I do have my own standpoints and can fearlessly express them among other ignorant/dead citizens. The first responsibility of being an active citizen is to make the dead citizens active. Being a media person it becomes our responsibility to aware others and motivate them to have their own views. Being an active citizen we cannot bring a change in the system overnight, but we definitely can bring a change in ourselves which ultimately can change the system not today but tomorrow.
Thank you.
(Inspired by S. K. Mohanty, Lect. in JMC)
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