Fact and Truth

It has been my habit since my schooldays to say"You see, it is a true fact". Most of my schoolmates and colleagues after I entered into public life regularly raised objection to my comment. They used to tell " Try to learn good English , why do you always tell TRUE FACT, because fact is always true. But due to my perception of the life and the human behaviour in the present day society, I could never agree to their views and continued to tell TRUE FACT.

One day one of my good friends told, yar, either you abstain from using this vague term or I am going to leave you for ever.I was stunned at his reaction and had to tell him what for I say TRUE FACT. I told him;

1. We are made to believe that we have made progress in every sphere of life, after independence and that is a fact. But we still have a lot of villages in the country which do not have roads, water and electricity supply, schools and hospital and that is the true.
2. We are made to believe that the market price is under control & people are happy and that is a fact. But even a higher middle class family thinks a hundred times while going to the market & loses balance in making a balanced budget for his household ,parents have to sell their off-springs for small amounts so that they can feed their family and that is true.
3. Whenever there is some disturbances & a law & order situation arises somewhere, the media tells situation is very much under control and that is fact. But the killing of innocent people continues,who have have no one to lament over their death and that is true.
4. We are made to believe that the Doctors are serving the suffering humanity and that is a fact. But most of the Doctors, barring a negligible few are found most of the time in Nursing homes only to earn money, that too unaccounted and that is true.
5. We boast of our progress in the field of education , show our respect to the teachers on September 5th every year stating that they are the makers of the nation and that is a fact. But most of the teachers at all level pass their time in coaching centers and that is true.
6. We celebrate the anniversary of Bank nationalization every year and present figures relating to the socio economic development of the country to pat our own back and that is a fact. But the Banks are still under the control of the capitalist class and the benefit meant for the common-men are channelized to the pocket of middlemen and dishonest Bank personnel and that is true.
7. We are made to believe that the COURTS OF JUSTICE are NYAY KA MANDIR and that is a fact. But there are several instances when persons are set free even after committing numerous crimes with the help of their power, position & of course money and that is true.
8. The champions of democracy claim that HUMNE RAJTANTRA KO KHATAM KAR DIYA and that is a fact. But in each and every party you can easily find people who had been the rulers of princely states in the past and that is true.
9. Every party pretend to be the follower of Gandhiji in public and that is a fact. But every party keeps itself miles apart from the principles of Gandhiji, i.e Swadeshi, Prohibition etc and that is true.
10. All politicians say that our country is the largest democracy and that is a fact. But the percentage of polling in various election shows how many persons believe in democracy and that is true.
11. Our constitution says that we have got a right to equality & there would be no discrimination on the ground of caste,color,sex, religion and that is a fact. But at each and every step of our day to day life we have to face discriminatory attitude at all places and that is true.
12. We have accepted Hindi and other languages recognized by the Constitution as our Official Language and that is a fact. But our responsibility ends with the celebration of Hindi Divas once every year and trying to prove our supremacy with our WRONG usage of English and that is true

My friend interrupted, hugged me and told, " My dear friend now I am convinced that what ever is fact may not be true but whatever is true is bound to be fact. Yes, fact is the outcome of documentary evidences and proof but TRUTH is eternal and it can not be distorted". I was happy that at least someone on this earth accepted my views. Do you agree friends ?