By: Manish Kumar, Communications Professional
Our country has gone beyond saving. We have become accustomed to certain aspects that we feel don’t deserve attention. Rapists roam free on the streets while the numbers back the scale of the problem — an ADR analysis found 151 sitting MPs and MLAs across India have themselves declared cases related to crimes against women, including 16 facing rape charges under IPC 376.
The education system is crumbling — over 2 million students had to retake NEET-UG in 2026 after the exam was cancelled following a fresh paper leak, on the heels of the 2024 scandal where 13 people were arrested for selling the question paper for ₹30–50 lakh and the Supreme Court itself acknowledged at least 155 students had directly benefited from the leak.
Infrastructure has more potholes than movies have plot holes these days, and most of all, we’re being told to shut up and take it — journalists critical of those in power are subjected to organized harassment campaigns, per Reporters Without Borders.
A human being who is about to die for a cause is being given no attention while the leader whom we elected is selling chocolates and talking about algebra on a bigger stage. We have politicians who are rapists and pedophiles running the country — 31% of MPs elected in 2024 had declared serious criminal charges including rape, murder, and crimes against women, up from just 14% in 2009 — while anyone who says anything remotely against them is labeled anti-national.
Democracy has become an utter joke where people’s opinions or criticism are watered down, just like the poor roads in this country. We get to be blamed for everything, and we get to experience everything while watching everything around us burn into shreds.
Biased news channels show no corruption happening in our own country — India now ranks 151st out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index, in the “very serious” category, with RSF citing highly concentrated media ownership and outlets with increasingly overt political alignment.
All big competitive exams keep failing, ruining millions of children’s hopes, and we are the ones blamed for it. Oh, the joke is on us, as we are the ones who elected these leaders to represent us.
