India – A Name or a Concept ?
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” My dear students, India is not a country, its a concept where we beleive people frol different walks of life come and stand. The moment we break this concept we can easily coup the country. ” This what one of the teacher said to the his students in a British class, I respect the prudence of that teacher, what a meticulous thought he had. This was the theme on which the britishers captialized and were able to rule the country for nearly two centuries. At the time independence we thought the thought that India is a concept would be false, but after decades of democratic tyrany I think India is still a concept, we are still small division of people who live in a illusion that India is a country, may days like August 15, January 26 make us feel that way.
I may be scorching to many who will read this, many would call me an idiot, some soul’s animosity may compell them to call me traitor, but truth is what not easily digested by us. What ever be my salutaion India is among those country where countrymen are still confused, as to call them Indian or states where do they belong. I am an IT guy settled in bangalore, at times many would ask my name, the reply is Siddharth, they go ahead and ask the my last name. Obviously there is a tacit question of which community or cast I belong. On a very honest note I really dont know which caste I am. The division of the country embarks the very moment when we give our introduction.
A folk in America is called American, the one in Japan is calls himslef Japanese, so French and so Englishmen, the irony with India is they call I am Punjabi, Tamilian, Maharastrian, sounds funny but thats the hard mournful thought to think. No dount there are time we feel proud when someone goes to space, some wins a worlcup, some one wins a Nobel Prize or a booker prize, but the zest is ephemeral. The next time we board a bus or a local train we only see filth.
Every thing in today’s world is commercialized, be it sports, politics, media, every thing is now an entity MBA grads are just trying to manifest a price tag to it so that it can be sold out. What to say street vendors have started sending national flag, with full exuberance we put it on, by the time we reach home its lying on the floor.
A country where billion of money is wasted on some common wealth game infrastructure, whose command is with the venal countrymen, we have erected flamboyant structure but what we have given to those who still have the sky as their house. We have pied flavours of food, what about those who still fight for a meal. This is not Independence, I may expect a retort for the same, saying “we are doing our best possible effort”, for them scam in IPL games, commonwealth game, building multi million dollar parks, is this what we have done so far. One side we have extravagant societies with pools, recreation centre on the other side we have dharavi, may be the biggest slum in Asia.
In our pursuit of political, economical, democratic independence, what sacrifices we made to get that medallion, do we have it with us, for me the question is left unanswered, may be among you can give a try. We all are jubilated when we see August 15 on our calender, reason another Public holiday, where a common man can go for a movie with a bag of pop-corn, now many have started to fret about, as this day is officially a dry day.
I know my writing is not at all rehoteric neither I am trying to verve you all so that next morning you go all with all guns out, it was just that I was depressed that this very day we don’t call India a CONCEPT ! tacitly.
