Cry of Beloved India

Quote from Macbeth; 3.4
"Blood will have blood"



Macbeth is perhaps one of the most well known fictional characters for abuse of power and being a corrupt leader. He started out as a loyal thane but was eventually murdered by those he had originally held dearly. Although he became extremely powerful man, he was not virtuous one. To fulfil his ambitions he had innocent people murdered, including some of his own friends in paranoia of losing his power. Some examples of this would be when he had Macduff's family killed when Macduff fled, and when he had his own best friend Banquo, killed.....


Joseph Stalin



"What was wrought in this transformation? How had a provincial, comparatively insignificant member of a small, unsuccessful group of journalists and persecuted political conspirators- which the Bolsheviks mostly were before the first world war become one of the mot powerful and merciless dictators in history, a dictator who's name and image would saturate every field of Soviet endeavor?"

Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee. He was considered both a monster as well as a revolutionary for today's Russia. After the previous leader, Lenin's death in 1924 he eventually became the new leader of the U.S.S.R.

When Stalin came into power, he immediately launched a command economy, which replaced the New Economic Policy of the 1920's with his Five Year Plans, which included 13 plans to help modernize the Soviet Union and its economy. It created rapid industrialization and economic collectivization. This however, caused a famine causing many people to die from starvation. Eventually, he launched the Great Purge, which was the execution of millions of Soviet people which he saw as a threat.

Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939 and they invaded many countries. After Hitler broke their pact, he helped take Germany out although he ended up causing the Cold War.

Stalin died at the age of 74 in 1953. Officially, the cause of his death was reported as cerebral hemorrhage but it has been suggested that he was assassinated. After Stalin's death, Nikita Khrushchev took his place and initiated the period known as de-Stalinization.

Connections To Macbeth

-Stalin means "man of steel" and Macbeth means "son of life", and although the names may differ, there are similar personality traits such as being paranoid, obsessive etc
-Started the purges/terror, 20 million arrested, 7 million shot and millions more died or languished in camps. It's very similar to Macbeth as he eliminated threats and those who opposed him.
-In the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggressive pact there was a secret protocol allowing Stalin to retake the Polish, Ukrainian, and the Baltic Territories that were lost in 1918. This showed the desire for unquenchable power, similar to Macbeth not allowing things to follow their natural course, but instead taking the throne through power.



Julius Caesar



Throughout history, there have been several leaders that stand out for their malicious dictatorships and ruthless methods. Julius Caesar is without a doubt one of the most corrupt leaders that has existed throughout time. He had an unquenchable lust for power and would stop at nothing to achieve more.

Little is known about Caesars childhood, but he was raised under the belief he was a direct descendant from the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, who was supposedly the son of the goddess Venus. He was also from a patrician family, which gave him the belief it was his right to politics and in turn, the Roman Empire.

During his political career, Caesar was governor of Cisalpine Gaul and two other Roman provinces for a period of nine years. In 38 BC he wanted to run for the highest spot in office that the Roman Republic offered. He served as Roman Consul, and when he did he trampled on the rights and powers of the Roman state in order to have new laws passed. He eventually made an alliance with two of the most powerful men at the time, Pompey and Crassus to strengthen his position. They became known as "the triumvirate" (ruling group of 3). Caesar did not care when the rest of the senate stopped supporting him, as with his alliance he could run the government as he pleased while they secretly gained power.

"Together they controlled the public business, granting to themselves or obtaining from one another what they desired..." -Historian Dio Cassius

Using his power, Caesar became governor of 3 provinces, giving him a massive army which he used to conquer all of Gaul (region that included much of present day Belgium and France). As he lead his army, they forced the surrender of as many of 800 cities and 300 Gallic tribes. His political enemies in Rome were extremely jealous of his success but also fearful of his power. The senate then demanded that Caesar give up his army before he could run in the election again. Instead, he chose to invade Roman Italy at the head of his troops, committing an act of treason and starting a civil war. Caesar single handedly led Rome into a civil war full of bloodshed that would affect Rome forever.

"everyone complains ... people all agree ... but no one knows what to do. If we resist there will probably be bloodshed." -Cicero

Connections to Macbeth:

-Broke off engagement when he was a teen to marry a girl, (Cornelia) to improve his standing in Rome and also became the high priest of the Roman religion as he knew that it would greatly advance his political career, similar to Macbeth doing things to get closer to being king.
-Achieved a high level of success but desired even more
-Him and alliances secretly gained power which relates to Macbeth in the way that Macbeth secretly was having people killed off that were seen as a threat.
-He married 18 year old Calprunia, the daughter of the wealthy nobleman Calpurnius Piso. He also arranged for her father to be elected as consul the next year. (Similar to Macbeth strengthening alliance with witches for power)
-He accepted opportunities that would help him gain more glory
-Motivated by selfishness
-Both committed treason, Macbeth by murdering Duncan, Caesar by invading Roman Italy

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a nationalistic leader that is considered by some to be one of the most corrupt leaders in history. Hitler was born in Austria in 1889, and it's said that he showed corrupt qualities from a young age. In his youth, he enjoyed practicing his speeches and took an interest to politics as His passion was art, but after he was rejected from Vienna's Fine Art School he dove into politics and even joined Germany's army.

Eventually, Hitler became the leader of the NAZI (National Socialist German Workers) Party. At this time, he immediately began the takeover which would result in war and a genocide. He was a leader that had bad intentions from the beginning, and he demonstrated this is his book Mein Kampf, which discussed his anti-Semitic ideas. People who were seen as a threat, or did not fit his ideals were to be killed off. He used a range of social organizations and professional societies which got thousands of German people involved in NAZI thinking. There were groups such as Hitler Youth for Boys, and the League of German Maidens for girls. At this point, Germany was considered a Fascist state, meaning that in their view, race and genetics determined a person's worth. Fascism thrives on conquest and war, causing people to believe they had a right to invade weaker countries, destroy governments and enslave innocent people.

"To say that Hitler was ambitious scarcely describes [his] ... lust for power and ... craving to dominate." -Alan Bullock

Hitler proceeded to go along with his "Final Solution" which included the genocide of the Jewish people among other people which were not seen as pure (homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses etc). One of his favourite themes was that Germany required more living space. As the Holocaust went on, Hitler's judgement became increasingly erratic and Germany's military and economic position quickly deteriorated. The Soviet Union gained power as it had the biggest army and had powerful alliances which overtook Hitler and the German army. Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945 when the Soviet army was close. He shot himself in the mouth while biting into a cyanide capsule. His body, as well has his mistress (Eva Braun) were put into a bomb crater and covered in gasoline and set afire.

Connections to Macbeth:

-Both were extremely ambitious for gaining power
-Shared the enjoyment for killing people and hatred of people
-Both started out low without plans of becoming so powerful and overruling the government. Macbeth was happy being a thane and serving the king, where Hitler was passionate about becoming an artist
-Both served for their country before becoming the ruler. (Hitler joined Germany's army, Macbeth along with Banquo served the Scottish army.)
-Both were too stubborn and thought too much of themselves to just surrender, instead they would rather commit suicide or be killed.


"I'm not going to surrender and have to kiss the ground in front of Malcolm, or be taunted by the common people." -Macbeth Act 5

Awasthi Namit

The reason for writing this post is that now it is high time. When the BJP government and Mr. Raman Singh cannot protect their own policemen, then they don’t have the right to be in the power. It was a big shock and a matter of sorrow that the naxalites in Rajnandgaon made an attack and our Superintendent of Police Mr. V.K. Choubey lost his life in that attack. Mr. V.K. Choubey had served the state for such a long time and it was a great shock for all of us.
The question to be asked from Mr. Chief Minister is that what step he has taken during the past 6 years to remove the naxalite problem for our state? If we search for the answer, we can surely say that the government is a big failure in dealing with the naxalite problem. From the past 6 years the naxalite attacks have been drastically increased and the government just merely gives false promises to the people that they will strictly penalize the criminals who have done this. In the state during the congress’ rule, no such big attack took place, which tells us that how good Mr. Ajit Jogi’s administration was. The BJP government has not been able to put control on these sort of attacks and they are just escaping from the questions which were raised in Vidhansabha regarding the naxalite problem.
The Chief Minister should resign from the post as he has not been able to put control on these sorts of major issues. When the government cannot protect their policemen, how will they protect the common people of the state. The President’s rule should be imposed on state as after the naxalite attacks, BJP has lost the right to remain in power.

The whole nation was waiting for 16th May, 2009. The waiting is over now. People have given their verdict and they have again chosen “Singh” as their “King”.
UPA and its allies have gained the majority and this is truly a win of the people of our country. The work which the UPA government did in the past five years has been appreciated by the people and the people have awarded the government by giving them this reward. Most of the channels predicted on exit poll that this time none of the alliance will gain the majority. A lot of support from the other small parties will be required for forming the government. But UPA proved the exit poll wrong. UPA won 259 seats in which 205 seats are of Congress only. The Youth Brigade of Mr. Rahul Gandhi proved that now the time is of youth leaders. Many of the youths were given the tickets and they proved this decision right by winning the seats of their region. In Delhi the Congress swept all the 7 seats and also won all the seats of Mumbai region. The revival of Congress occurred in Uttar Pradesh and the party won 20 seats in UP. The government also did very well in the states of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. The youths specially got energized this time. The UPA did many of the works which led them to victory. Some of the works which UPA did in their tenure are listed below.

1)National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill
2) National Rural Health Mission
3) Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh/ Sarva shiksha Abhiyan
4) Domestic Violence Act, 2005
5) National Tribal Policy
6) National Environment Policy,
7) Bharat Nirman
8)National Urban Renewal Mission
9) Right To Informantion Act
10) Initiatives in Panchayati Raj
11) Maintaining Communal Harmony
12) Transformation of the RAILWAYS
13) Indo- US Nuclear Deal
14)Major Administrative Reforms
15) National Project for Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies
16)Special Economic Zones
17)Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna

These works were really appreciated by people. Many of the leaders of opposition called our Honorable Prime Minister as a weak person but Mr. Singh proved that he is indeed the King. The Congress performance this time has been its best since the past two decades. Really Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Mr. Manmohan Singh, Mr. Rahul Gandhi and Mrs. Priyanka Vadra by their work proved the tag line “Aam admi ke badhte kadam, har kadam pe bharat buland” to be very true. JAI HO…

Our state of Chhattisgarh was formed on 1st of November, 2000. Since then we have seen vast amount of changes in our state. In the first three years of its creation, the state got very well developed. Many of the big decisions regarding the development of state were taken during those three years. The state got fame in India also.
But the conditions are changing these days. The condition of our state is deteriorating these days. Here I am discussing some of the important issues which are responsible for it.

The first issue is the state government’s declaration of providing rice to the poor people in Rs.3/kg. We are not against the benefits given to the poor and needy people. But it has affected our state very much. The people think that they are getting the food in such cheap cost, then why to do laborious jobs for a small amount of salary. They are tending towards the path of crime. The crime has been drastically increased in these five years, than it was during the government when Shri Ajit Jogi was the Chief Minister of state. Moreover 20% of people didn’t receive the rice also. They were duped by the government.

Many of the tehsils of the state have been declared dry. They are suffering from drought. But the state government is not taking any step towards its improvement.

The international cricket stadium of our state was inaugurated in August. But it’s been known that it was so much hype. It was a stunt of the state government for getting votes in the Vidhan Sabha elections. The stadium’s construction was not yet finished and the government inaugurated it. Moreover its tender was passed during the session of congress government in state.

A sort of terror has been created in the hearts of people these days. They fear to go out of their houses. They have a fear that anybody can harm them or rob them. The incidents of mishap with women have also increased in these five years. The people during the congress’ government didn’t have any such sort of fear among them.

The tag line of the government “Vikas ka Vaada, Majboot irada” seems to be stupid. The question to be asked is that- “kya vikas kiya hai sarkar ne hamare rajya ka?” The answer is “kuch bhi nahi.” The government has not been able to build up the Amanaka overbridge in 5 years. The roads were developed just before the elections and the quality of construction is out. Most of the roads of Raipur and Bhilai regions are undeveloped. They look for development only during the time of elections.

The government is not able to put a control on the road accidents too. Some days ago, the car of one of the ministers of the state hit a two wheeler on the Mana airport road. The car was over speeding at the VIP Road – Mana airport turning and thus hit the two wheeler injuring two people. Jahan par sarkar ke mantri aisa kaam karenge, us rajya ka kya hoga. Rajya me jitney bhi auto rickshaws aur buses bina traffic rules ki parwah kiye ghoom rahi hai, unke khilaaf bhi sarkar ne koi kadam nahi uthaya hai. Jahan tak kanoon hai ki auto drivers ko uniform me aur saath me RTO ki certificate aur meters lagana compulsory hai, lekin yahan position toh kuch aur hi hai. Bus wale betahasha speed mei chalate hain aur kai logon ko kuchal dete hain. Auto and buses jahan man aaye wahan rok dete hain sawari bharne ke liye jiski wajah se traffic bhi bahut jam hota hai and accidents bhi bahut hote hain. Police bhi sarkar ki aad me kuch nahi kar rahi hai. Many of the cars on which VIP is written break the traffic signals, but the police and government are doing nothing. The car of one of the MLA’s of BJP was roaming in Raipur, in which number plate was not present but his region’s name was written in big letters. Jahan par sarkar ke vidhayak aur mantri aisa kaam karenge, us rajya ka kya hi vikas hoga.

These are just some of the mere issues. The change is in the hands of people. It’s in our hands whether we want to remain like that only or remove these worse aspects of the state. The development can be made only by a single thing. The most auspicious and respectable party which is present in India since 125 years can improve the conditions of our state. The Chief Minister has to be a strong and decision taking person and these qualities are missing from our present Chief Minister. Chhattisgarh badly needs a strong, bold and long visionary person like Mr. Ajit Jogi as its Chief Minister. It’s truly in our hands to improve the deteriorating condition of our state.