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The Impasse of Political Beliefs, Media and Associations
The North-Eastern part of today's India had enjoyed sovereignty of its own before the invasion of British. They never compromised with self dignity and were under the traditional village institutions and traditional justice system.
Unlike the people of mainland India, the people of North East have unique history of its own. Though the people of Arunachal Pradesh are very much part of the Indian democratic system, the illiterate and poor people of remote area still depend on traditional justice dispensation system traditional village institution for reddressal of any dispute. In urban area too, many citizens still believe in traditional dispute reddressal system instead of approaching the Police or court. This is not because people do not have faith in modern judicial system; this is because they have deep rooted tradition of dispute reddressal system and maintaining unity and harmony within the communities.
Under these state of affairs, it is not easy task for both state Government and media to make the people go with the system of governance, though the people themselves choose the people to govern them. There is no gain saying that, except implementation of centrally sponsored schemes, the state Government had no noteworthy inputs of its own in the development of the state. Of course, competition between the elected representatives to inaugurate and upgrade as much schools in their respective areas a year before the Assembly election is common thing to observe. It does not matter whether the SSA teachers take the additional burden and play the role of headmaster or principal temporarily to run the upgraded schools. Candidly, added number of schools without infrastructure and required teachers make the education system ill instead of healthy improvement.
On the other sectors, the word development' come to the watering mouth of elected representatives only when there is every possibility to have central fund. Otherwise, you have to satisfy yourself only with assurances that emanate from the clever brain of the leaders. If you sneak a look into the activities of our elected leaders, you will find that the people in power are wasting most precious years of the elected period in political calculation, taking revenge against political opponent after election and giving assurance to titivate the activities of their respective department. Of course, you will find the Right Honourables busy in inauguration and announcement during 3rd and fourth year and fifth year before next election is the year of mass appointment of political supporters of respective leader.
On the other hand, the bureaucrats put their brain inside the box most of the year, as they have to just follow the order of the head of the respective ministry. Some bureaucrats are seemed overburden with responsibility of many departments at a time. But they never complain, because it is democracy, the leaders are all in all.
The state media too, which is the last platform of the people, particularly for some NGOs to shoot the state Govt with bullet of grievances, are also losing its grip most of the time. If someone follows the local news papers regularly, he will find how some NGOs, whose activities are either allegations on corruption and inter-clash within the organisations, are using the media to serve their own purpose.
You will find selection, election and formation of organisations and impeachment, dismissal and clarification from many little known or unknown organisations in regular basis in news papers. The readers have no other option but to read it. This has exposed how the media in the state are working helplessly.
In our state corruption' is a favourable word for some organisations to show their existence, on the other hand, it is a forbidden word for the people in the helm of affair. And for media, the same word is like a serious patient' in operation room. It is not that there is no corruption in the state but the question is how sincere and responsible the people or organisations supposedly fighting against corruption.
Arunachal Pradesh may not have much scope to expand its economic activities but its people still have enough potential to show how civilization can survive and exist with its time-tested tradition in the first changing world. The most precious asset of the people of Arunachal Pradesh are love and respect for human being irrespective of any community or religion, their simplicity and honest nature. The people here need not much lesson about morality and humanity as these are innate quality of the tribal people. The need of the hour is to bolster the inner qualities already within.
Time has come for peace-loving people of the state to think seriously in collective way to go deep into the system of governance and working of media for the benefit of themselves and future generation. On the other hand, state Government and media should have strong policy to guide the people in right direction. Otherwise, the coming generation will not exonerate them, rather laugh at. Arunachal Pradesh, a budding state, needs not much politics but retrospection and mutual understanding. At the end of day, it is peace that works, not money or status.
