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The Problems Created By Caste Divisions

If we continue with our present-day caste-based politics, then anyone can predict that one day soon it will be apparent .....




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If we continue with our present-day caste-based politics, then anyone can predict that one day soon it will be apparent that China (at whose hands we had once been badly humiliated in war, 1962) would have struck another blow that leaves India far, far behind on the scale of economic and social development.
The problem with India has always been the lack of a proper leadership. The country, which is so diverse in her make-up and so religiously obsessed, seems unable to produce quality, visionary leadership that could lead her as one entity.

Even our local Panchayat elections are fought on the equations of caste. Every one talks about Caste but no one has a real concern for the actual improvement in the life standard of an average Indian or the poor, the underprivileged, the Adivasis, the Nomadic Tribes, the Schedule Castes etc. The state of their plight under the British Raj, pre-1947, continues and remains the same even after Swaraj. In fact most of these people do not know what Swaraj means - their life has not substantially improved even under the leadership of their own people.

If we juxtapose caste discrimination against racial discrimination against Afro-Americans in the “western” world, we see that there has been a substantial improvement, on almost every front, for Afro-Americans in the USA and elsewhere, who had been discriminated against on racial grounds. If we take a look at the international scenario, then the people who had been discriminated against on racial grounds have now made their mark on innumerable fronts - cultural, social, political, economical, sports, etc. They have a sizeable and noticeable enough presence in all these fields of public activities. They are celebrated as social icons – e.g. Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry – and as artists, performers, singers and sports persons in glorious abundance. Special efforts had been made, especially in the field of sports, to train them to realize their talent at international levels.

But In India you find an absolutely opposite picture - the lower section of Indian society has been lethally and purposefully kept out of all these fields of public activity. The matter of fact is that some group or community tries to conspire and deprive the poor and underprivileged section of India, since ages, from their basic rights; forget about their representation in the above-mentioned fields.


To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a Religion and a certain kind of ideologue. That’s why it is not uncommon for an upper-caste person to blandly say, publicly, “Yes we are intelligent people. No one can compete with us.” But it is not a question of competence and intelligent, it is all about the availability of resources and facilities required for one’s mental, psychological and intellectual development. If you are depriving them from all this how can they compete with you. There cannot be any competition between someone from a Municipal school and some one from Convent or a public school. But then the true “RSS man” insists there is no escape from it, you have to compete.

If the so-called elite and Intellectuals of this country do not act and ensure that each individual of this country should get the best education and the basic amenities required to live life till, this country cannot make progress. No matter how these people may claim that the GDP rate is increasing - has it reduced beggars on the street or unemployment? They boastfully say that change is in the air, but what’s the use if the common man can’t feel it, or if you have clipped their nose.

We all feel proud when a person like Sam Pitroda very arrogantly declares that he is an “arrogant man” because he knows too much and can afford to be arrogant before powerful white men. Yes, in truth, India has so many unidentified Sam Pitrodas. What they need is an opportunity. If an Indian prime minister were to follow the movie Lagan as a development model, then this country can certainly make never- seen-before progress. The film spells how a leader should be; how he should have vision; how he should identify the true potential of individuals and channelize this in the right direction; how the individual can emerge as a winner; how different energies merge into one, for one common goal; and collectively ignite the people to achieve it.

But the irony is that our leaders are igniting the mind of the poor Indian, illiterate Indians, the rustic Indian for the wrong purposes. They all are busy in disseminating the wrong message, to achieve their selfish purpose. As Sam Pitroda says, “ we don’t think like a country of over a billion people.” Such a huge market - give everyone purchasing power; then only can common men start feeling that change is in the air. Do not disseminate the wrong Dharma into the minds of the simple people of this country. Instead, combine their energies to build a strong and new India.
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Caste based political parties or organizations should be barred from contesting elections. All politicians are using their caste names only to garner votes in elections. If this is put as a rule then no one will form or create caste based party or organization as they will not be able to contest elections.
Ofcourse this rule can be implemented only if it is voted in parliment(which politicians will never allow it to pass).
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You fool never replied why the son/daughter of a person who has got all the reservation benefits and levelplaying field,should get reservation benefits?

 

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