Depreciating India?
The growing violence is not only creating disturbances in our peace loving country but also marring the preserved heritage. Has life become so cheap? Are the North Indians different from other Indians? Is the government doing enough to stop this?
Looking back upon time, who would believe that India was one of the most peaceful and richest countries in the world. There was a time when unity and integrity were the epitomes of our country. The current scenario gives exactly an opposite image where people fight and brutally kill their fellow countrymen for issues as petty as land ownerships, territories, family disputes, dowry, reservations and so on.
Has life become so cheap? Every now and then, we get to hear about the serial bomb blasts in major and highly populated regions, killing and injuring numerous innocent people, newly wed brides getting burnt by in-laws for dowry, and girls being harassed.
The serial bomb blasts in Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Bangalore and Mumbai jolted the nation. In the month of July, Indore witnessed one of the most inhumane deeds of mankind called the communal riots, in which seven innocent people were killed and several injured in the open firing. The issue was land reservations for Amarnath yatris (pilgrims). The ruling political parties had called for an ’all India bandh’ in its favour but when some people did not partake in the bandh, the hooligans started shouting provocative slogans in Muslim areas which flamed communal riots. Ultimately, the police had to announce a curfew for almost one week to curtail the riots.
A recent incident in Mumbai is another example of political violence where the city blazed under riots just because a dominant politician did not want the North Indians to take advantage over the Maharashtrians for job opportunities in Mumbai. The violence claimed one more life of a 25-year-old boy from Bihar. The boy had come to Mumbai seeking job opportunities, but was disappointed. As a result, in a fit of rage and frustration he held the passengers in a bus as hostages and got killed by the police in a firing. Were the north Indians different from other Indians?
Before Independence the fight was against British, after partition it was against Pakistanis and now the fight is amongst ourselves. For years together, every morning children have been reciting our Indian National pledge in their schools and taking an oath to protect the nation’s culture and heritage. We are also amongst the one’s who once pledged the same.
“India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it.”
But every time that there is a riot, we tend to kill our own brothers and sisters and also damage the national property.
“I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and elders and treat everyone with courtesy.”
When it comes to fights, thefts and violence, we have no mercy for the elderly. Be it a 90-year-old person or a nine year old kid, the rebellions do not think before harming them.
“To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.”
It’s exactly the reverse condition, ’in my well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness’, ’who cares if the world is on fire, at least I’m safe in my house… ’ is the kind of attitude everyone carries now.
What examples are we setting up for our next generation? The youth today is facing behavioral changes because of addictions to drugs, alcohol and smoking. More and more youngsters in the age group of 14 – 25 have taken up cyber crime. Even the police crime statistics reveal the increase in indulgence of youngsters in crime.
We have heard about the riches when once our country was called the golden bird. The British and the Portuguese robbed us of our wealth. And now the western influence is robbing us of our true wealth which is our heritage, customs, and values. Corruption, hypocrisy and brutality have taken over ethics, morals and accountability of us as Indians. It is not just one person who is responsible but each and every individual is to be blamed for the downfall.
If the outrageous increase in crime continues, the grandeur, the dignity and the culture of this nation will only remain as a mention in old history books.
The question to ponder about is, is the government and the system putting enough efforts to stop this nonsense?
If the war has to be, it has to be against ’violence’.
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.i think if really want to change the current scenario than the youith must take an action they should should complete there Post Graduation and should join politics senior leaders should understand this and uport them and also the parents because they expect there child to work after completion of studies due to which youth cant do anytthing either her girl frien wants him to get settled in a good job or parents want there child to go for arrange marriage as soon as possible.Why dont we take it as a job? untill and unless the mentality is same,its impossible to change the current scenario.
.Dear Rati, be it westeners, portugese or any other nation, India will continue to remain affected by influences from all other nations simply because we cannot show unity in the face of adversity. When external influences knock on our door and the country is put under pressure to tackle the menance, our politicians and states begin the blame pushing/ credit stealing/ ego massaging games. Other nations too have realised our weakness and they very cleverly use this to their advantage. Until people of this land continue to represents themselves to the world as Maharashtrians or Bengalis or Gujaratis or Hindus or Muslims, we will continue to be exploited. The day we represent ourselves as Indians, we will conquer the world.
.Dear Rati Phalke: Your article is an eyeopener. Why has India's "Less than 35" generation turned out this way? That is the question which needs an answer ... and yet is never asked. Our parents generation, especially in the upper class and the mid to upper middle class must realize that their abandonment of India's idealistic but practicable social equity paradigm, is a big reason why the "Less than 35" generation has imbibed a flawed concept of individualism, that is, despite all talks of professionalism, a parasitical concept. It feeds at exclusivist and elitist imports from the West (I live in the West myself and as such will be criticized by some of your readers to be a hypocrite for being critical of Indians in India importing an outdated economic growth model.). Individualism is impossible without interdependence. Not to accept the shared responsibility while working assiduously at severing ones moorings from the larger society, results in a system, where each individual is open to exploitation by corporate interests. As a singular work, or merely as a consumer of resources to keep the quarterly profits of India Inc. rolling. The fractiousness and the fracture already on the upswing in India ... such as divorce, nuclear families and parents banished to old age homes ... are the daily advertisements for this so called new and shining India. Our collective depreciate, Ms. Phalke has been purchased with the faux currency of large footprint economic exploitation models, imported from the West. A lot of damage has been done, and it can yet be undone, if Indians understand that it is time to roll it back and make do with the "Jugad" ... the way our grandparents and to a lesser extent our parents did ... make do with less and begin to appreciate what India and its ideas are about.
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