AK-47 & Bihar

26^th dec. 2013

Mikhail Klashinokov, the man behind the birth of Klashinokov series rifles died today at the age of 94. After fighting in the Second World War, he designed the AK 47 rifle, which has killed more humans than any other firearm in the world, till date. AK standing for Automat Klashinokov. However the man himself didn't get a single penny as royalty for his deadly design, as he didn't apply for patent rights.

All over the world, millions of these perilous, death firing machines are in action. In the villages of Bihar, where there might not even be the basic amenities available for the citizens, but these highly sophisticated, lethal and expensive machines have got hands, using them with ruthless proficiency.

There must be someone, some syndicate, or mafia, which is marketing death and terror, in the land of Buddha and Mahavira. They may have better action plan than the government, or the government and the machinery have failed completely? They may even have vested interests in this failure.

 But the question is, why have we created such hands, which cater death to their own people? Who, and what, is responsible for such an environment? Is only the government to be blamed, or equal proportion of onus lies on the citizens too? Is it poverty, illiteracy, caste, regional or religious conflicts, or are all these spiraled into one?

But the real problem seems to be our stupidity, if I bluntly say. Those of us who have not got the privilege of education, can decide to vote for someone on the basis of caste, creed and may be for bottle of cheap liquor and some hundred rupees. But the educated mass of the society too, seems to forget everything and elect anybody keeping only the caste factor in mind.

Hasn't the time come, when we should choose someone, who can create a better machinery to change the environment, to make a better society, “Where the head is held high, and the mind is without fear”.