More often than not, our public life is marked by wrong reactions. At best, they are immature - at worst they could be panicky. This is common across the board, may it be demand of Bhratratna for Sachin Tendulkar or the grandson-in making of Superstar Amitabh Bachchan. The more important issues are often obscured due to this lopsided approach. Instead of inculcating sports culture, we run after one Sachin and make him a demi-God. At the end of the day, this leads to nothing more than a new idol to worship.
In contrast, more mature societies are busy creating better life for average citizens. It makes little sense to run after tax concessions to an event like IPL when the government is not in a position to reduce taxes on crude oil for the fear of loss of revenue. But then this kind of thinking will require a vigilant eye on the life of a common man (which offers no glamour) rather than looking for a few celebrities (who offer a chance to the common people to forget their daily life rather than improving it.) It was only one Guru Govindsingh who said
चिडीयोंसे मैं बाज मराउं ; तभी गोविंदसिंग नाम कहाउं
He was only one and others are many. Alas......
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