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Unless you are naive or in denial, you know that the construction of this statue is politically motivated.<p>Don’t you find it odd that Shiv Sena started calling for its construction immediately after BJP announced the Sardar Patel statue? Shiv Sena wants to gain political mileage out of this… just like BSP did with the 800 Cr Ambedkar Memorial Park, Congress did with multiple monuments in the past, and BJP is doing with the 3000 Cr Statue of Unity. It is sad but true that even today, political parties in India gain mileage through such bombastic symbolism. Now that the construction of these massive monuments has been approved, it will set off a chain of demands from other states that their heroes too be idolized (…literally :-)…) in increasingly expensive ways. Don’t be surprised if a 200mt Bhagat Singh statue is demanded by the Punjab government some day…<p>Tourism based revenue is not the main intent behind building such statues, but a by-product of their construction.<p>————————————————————————-<p>2.) Why build the statue in Mumbai? If tourism based revenue can actually help improve the infrastructure and employment rate in and around the place where the statue is built, then why not build the statue somewhere in the interiors of Maharashtra? There are so many poor places in Maharashtra with terrible infrastructure and rampant unemployment that could benefit immensely through tourism revenue. Then why pick Mumbai which already has a lot of tourism revenue and above-average infrastructure?<p>Also, what history does Shivaji have in Mumbai? If you’re a history buff, you would know that Mumbai has NO historical significance in the life and times of Shivaji. Even Satara makes more historical sense for a Shivaji memorial… and Satara could still benefit more from such a statue.<p>The truth is, this is NOT a Shivaji statue. It is a Shiv Sena statue.<p>————————————————————————-<p>3.) Monuments like Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty etc. reside in countries which have a culture of respecting and maintaining their landmarks. India clearly does not have that culture. Barring a few, the vast majority of monuments in India are decrepit, dirty and ill kept. Not only do corrupt officials siphon off their maintenance funds (…which are anyway insufficient to begin with…), but we, as a people, don’t really care about them. More government funds won’t change people’s habits. Our vast majority lacks that civic sense.<p>I’m sorry but if we can’t respect our existing landmarks, we don’t deserve new ones.<p>————————————————————————-<p>4.) Those who perceive this statue as a symbol of Maratha pride are fooling themselves. It is nothing but hollow talk.<p>Bajirao was probably the greatest warrior general in India. Certainly one of the greatest Marathas that ever lived. And while we take pride in his accomplishments, we can’t even take pride in maintaining his biggest legacy – Shaniwarwada. To me, the horribly maintained Shaniwarwada is a more accurate reflection of our pride for Bajirao. We are proud of him in words, but not proud enough to maintain his legacy.<p>Sooner or later, this hollow pride will resign the Shivaji statue to the same fate as Shaniwarwada.<p>————————————————————————-<p>5.) What about the ecological impact of this statue? In today’s world of global warming and climate change, every new construction needs to pass the litmus test of eco-friendliness. Sadly, our governments (both state and central) don’t care how such large scale construction will impact the environment. Our environment minister (?), Mr. Jawadekar, is always ready to approve massive projects even if they cause ecological harm.<p>The construction of this statue will negatively impact air quality, marine life and sea culture which will in turn aid more weather fluctuations in the time to come. This is not thinking about future.<p>————————————————————————-<p>6.) Modern democracies should build such monuments only if they are rich and developed enough to afford it. The London Eye, for example, can be justified as expenditure towards boosting UK tourism ONLY because the UK does not face a massive crisis of lacking the most basic infrastructure for its population. India on the other hand, faces that massive crisis every day.<p>A well off democracy like UK has lesser incentives (…and opportunities…) to do rampant corruption in the construction of London Eye. On the other hand, in a relatively poorer Indian democracy with unorganized construction sector, the Shivaji statue is a huge corruption opportunity. I’m not being a pessimist here; just a realist.<p>————————————————————————-<p>7.) If you consider tourism benefit, Maharashtra already has more than enough avenues for tourism. And the revenues through all these avenues will increase substantially if they are kept in better conditions. The 3600 Cr needs to be utilized for that.<p>If you consider its employment benefit, it’s true that construction of this statue would result in primary, secondary and tertiary employment (both temporary as well as long term) for thousands of people.<p>But let me ask you: Wouldn’t we get similar employment benefit if the construction done is actually urgently NEEDED by the people? Mumbai has just 3% of the fire stations it needs. 97% more fire stations need to be constructed in Mumbai itself. Places like Vidarbha and Marathwada lack enough hospitals, schools, colleges for their population. Why not build them? They’ll cost a fraction of such massive statues. Majority of Maharashtra still doesn’t have access to pakka roads. Building all of these could give thousands employment too.<p>Yes we must think big, but in the right direction. For India, Smart Cities are the right direction. Mangalyaan mission was the right direction. Make in India, Jan Dhan, Clean India, GST are all big thoughts in the right direction. Even demonetization, although horribly implemented, could prove to be a step in the right direction.<p>This statue is not.<p>————————————————————————-<p>Think big. But more importantly, think right.<div id=atatags-26942-602c8ce66e235></div><script>__ATA.cmd.push(function() {
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To make matters worse, they figured out the calibration problem at run time!!! Really??<li>Why were Rs.2000 /- notes distributed in banks and ATMs <strong> earlier </strong> than Rs.500 /- ? Shouldn’t the order have been reversed? Most white cash transactions are small change. Who was gonna have / give change for 2000?<li>Why couldn’t the printing and distribution of Rs.100 /- or lower notes be surged significantly (but surreptitiously) beforehand to offset the shortage of new currency?</ul><p><em> (…and I <strong> REALLY </strong> want the RBI governor / Finance Minister to tell me why the Rs.2000 /- notes are in circulation if it’s a black money curbing move… not a CA / speculative Whatsapp forward…) </em><p>I lambast these blunders because they <strong> COST LIVES </strong> . Queues became longer because ATMs were not calibrated. Banks were flooded because most ATMs didn’t have cash. No wonder banks ran out of new cash with hordes waiting outside. And the cash they DID give… nobody had change for…<p>The implementation was always gonna inconvenience people… but these blunders snowballed it into CHAOS and PANIC.<ul><li>Small white businesses have vanished because of cash crunch, innocent poor families broken. As an upper middle class resident of a metro, I cannot imagine their plight.<li>The ailing poor who don’t have cards / e-banking, haven’t been able to pay for their treatments as even hospitals can’t help them.<li>Heck, many old and poor people have DIED and KEEP DYING waiting in queues (…although I hold the callousness and inhumanity of our society more responsible for their deaths than the government. Seriously? We can’t let a 90 yr old move ahead in our queue?? Have we become THAT heartless?…)</ul><p>….and much, much, more.<p>Of course the government is doing course corrections everyday, but that is a result of their poor planning. They will not be forgiven by those innocent, ruined lives who no longer have the luxury of thinking for a “greater good”.<p>————————————————————————–<p><strong> AND YET…. DESPITE ALL OF THIS, despite all the implementation blunders… I am happy that this move has been INDEED been implemented. </strong> Because while this move has impacted many of the innocent, it has impacted MANY MORE of the corrupt MUCH MORE.<ul><li>Local black marketers and cash hoarders have been impacted. Their illegal businesses have been wiped out overnight.<li>The network of counterfeit currency which not only ran illegal operations; but aided naxals and cross-border terror outfits has been rendered useless.<li>Needless to say, there is an <strong> unprecedented </strong>  cash flow in banks today. RBI’s cash reserves have seen a massive spike. All this white money in the system will help governments take development initiatives for years to come.<li>Within a week of this move, a huge number of small businesses have started going cashless. This not only “whitens” a decent portion of our local economy, but marks India’s first real step in trying to catch up to the developed world in going cashless.<li>The corrupt political machinery, at least temporarily, has become unable to abuse their black money and exploit the poor for their benefits.<li>Many poor people have wisened up to the idea of banking, (…and will reap the benefits of banking…) as is seen by the surge of Jan Dhan account openings.</ul><p>….and much, much more.<p>Of course, I have the luxury of looking at the “greater good” and here are some ways I believe this move will reap benefits for the future.<ul><li>A relatively <strong> cleansed </strong> economy will result in a bigger investment inflow into the country. If this move makes overseas investors perceive India as even a slightly lesser corrupt market, it gives our economy a massive boost.<li>Corruption will <strong> never </strong>  be wiped out from India, but the MEANS of corruption will be reduced to a good extent with similar expected strikes against the likes of “benami transactions” etc.<li>With more cash in their coffers, banks will be able to give out more <strong> loans </strong> to the poor and enable them.<li>The exorbitant, artificially inflated rates of real estate will FINALLY see the correction they need.</ul><p>…and much, much more.<p>————————————————————————–<p>I know that many families have lost their clean incomes and people have lost their lives because of the shoddy implementation of this move. <br> But the truth is that many more families have been ruined; many, MANY more lives lost because of rampant black marketeering, cash hoarding and corruption over the years.<p>We know 50 people have died in queues this week (…again, our inhuman society is a bigger culprit than the govt. here…). And the situation might get better in a month or two. <br> But can we estimate how many farmers have died over the years because banks didn’t have the money to give them loans? How many families went bankrupt over the years because the the corrupt hoarded away millions in cash? How many poor people are not able to afford homes because builders ask for black money? How many have died over the years because of terror attacks funded by fake currency? <br> While you are calculating the daily cost of this move’s bad implementation, please also try to calculate the daily cost of the corrupt status-quo. You will realize that this festering status-quo is indeed more harmful.<p>I’ve read that the black money recovered this way might just be 7% of the TOTAL black money. Most of it is stashed away in secure foreign bank accounts by the “big players”. <strong> I agree. </strong> <br> But you know what? In an economy as big as India’s, that 7% translates to a HUGE amount of money. And for a population as <strong> disproportionately poor </strong> as India’s, that money WILL bring about immense benefits. <br> As for the money in those Swiss accounts? I’m hopeful that this government will take steps to bring it back soon. If any  government can do it, <strong> THIS </strong> one can…<p>I’ve heard theories that powerful businessmen and members of the BJP knew about the move beforehand and made their “arrangements”. If so, bring convincing PROOF of this scam (…no Whatsapp forwards…) and I will join you in overturning this government. Until then, I would consider them conspiracy theories.<p>I’ve heard accusations that this move has been made to <strong> gain </strong>  votes in upcoming state elections. This one is funny… 🙂 <br> I mean the <strong> majority </strong>  which actually VOTES in these elections are the poor. The daily wage labourers; the farmers; the small business vendors. Why would the government wreck their lives, even temporarily, to <strong> gain </strong> their votes? Aren’t they risking <strong> losing  </strong> the majority vote? Electorally, hasn’t the govt. shot itself in the foot? <br> On the contrary, if the govt. has somehow <strong> convinced </strong>  the masses to see that message of the “greater good” and vote for it, then that’s the RIGHT way to gain votes, don’t you think?<p>I could go on, but this is already a long rant… 🙂<p>————————————————————————–<p>Make no mistake. This move was BOLD in its intent, but NOT BRILLIANT in its execution. That is why I praise the government for bringing about demonetization, but criticize its implementation.<p><strong> HOWEVER, </strong> I would rather have a government which errs while bringing about a revolutionary change our society needs, than a government which brings NO change at all (…excuse the pun… 🙂 ).<div id=atatags-370373-602c8ce66fcc2><script>__ATA.cmd.push(function() {
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