Respected Politicians,
Before I start to write anything, I want to make it clear that I have no bias to any political party or politician. By this letter, which will hardly reach any politician, I want to ask or raise a question that how correct it is to name public projects & public property after politicians or their relatives?
I appreciate it if public property is named after someone like respected Mahatma Gandhi and some other freedom fighters, scientists, sports persons etc.
But don't you think that naming one public project after an individual is enough or you think that more than one projects should be named after an individual. Also I at an individual level have no problem if things are named after people like Gandhiji, Nehruji, Subash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh & other freedom fighters.
Now, don't you think that there should be a limit to the number of public projects, named after an Individual? Or there should be voting by SMS's for naming public projects.
Now, my question is that is it correct to name most of the new public projects after the relatives of the politicians or politicians themselves? Don't you think that it is a sign of imperialism or aristocracy? Isn't it wrong in a democracy? Doesn't it remind you of the era when we were ruled by kings or queens; to me it does.
In a democracy, where people pay taxes, where projects are made from the taxes paid by people and then unfortunately named after few individuals belonging to a party in power. Isn't it correct to name these projects for the people or after the places where people live? Like IIM-Ahamdabad or the Medical college for the people of India etc.
What do I think when I come across any public property, which is named after any politician or his/her relatives?
I think that these politicians want to show me that their relatives(after whom the projects are named) were somebody like superhuman beings, they were somebody like god(whose temples we have) with super natural powers.
I do accept that there was a time when people of my father and grandfather's generation used to think that those relatives of the politicians were really something special. I accept that people of my father's generation might have treated those relatives of yours like superhuman beings or might have treated them like god.
It might have happened that the people of my father's and grandfather's generation were not educated or even literate or they might be not connected to the world, as we are.
But we the people of India, specially my generation thinks that we are not less than your children(who might have read in foreign universities, may be little better than us in speaking English) in any respect. We are very confident and have a very high self esteem and we believe that we are equally good or can do things equally good or even better than your children(who might be educated in foreign universities).
And we do believe & feel proud in saying that our parents and grand parents are/were also not less than your relatives in any respect. I respect all your relatives and I expect the same from you.
Now, when both my grand parents/parents were/are equally important for this nation as those of yours, why don't you name any public project after my grandparents/parents. Let me tell you the names
My Grandfather's name:- Late Shri Sukh-devaram Choudhary
My Grandmother's name:- Smt Shanti
My Father's name:- Mr. Mahendra singh
My Mother's name:- Mrs. Suwapati Choudhary
And I am Avinash Choudhary. Please remember the names, whenever you decide to name the next public project.
Like me, there are 1.2 billion Indians and I guess they may think the same way(by same I mean that they also think that all projects should be named after them/their relative) or they may think another way, also they may think opposite. I welcome all thoughts and I respect all thoughts.
In my opinion the best way to name public projects is to name them like Medical College for the people of India or All India Medical College or IIM-Ahandabad etc you can also name them after the name of our states and cities.
Please forgive me if I have hurt anyone's sentiments, unknowingly.
Regards,
Avinash Choudhary
