Its been a while since I came to this foreign land (US) and my views and perspectives of the world including India (and "us" Indians) have changed!
Then what makes me name this post with such a title? Well, in plain words, we Indians(99% of "us" Indians) are born racists, bred racists. It is in our blood to categorize people based on race, colour, language and many other things, which is what we learn throughout our schooling, thanks the the caste system and the politics that hangs on to it!
US is more diverse (than India) in every possible aspect and seems to have people who respect each other a lot i.e., at least they don't categorize people saying that you speak this language so you are so and so, you are from this country, so you are something else. Where as most desis have a name to call people from every possible corner of the planet. Eg: Makku, Kallu, Goraa, Chinki etc etc. The problem doesn't lie in the naming, but that attitude exhibited by many Indians, being immigrants or tourist/students who find a problem with the Americans (easpecially the ones who have been named as M,K,G or C). Not only this, when a desi lands in US and happens to be in a high desi density area, its very common to notice their comments saying OMG there are so many desis over here expressing both surprise and disappointment (sometimes) in their reaction !
Where does the problem lie? Is it in the Indian education system or the cultural upbringing of the typical Indian or the society in which we Indians grow up?
Here is the problem:
With every single political party thats there in the Indian Political Arena claiming cater to a certain caste/creed/religion and the past 60 years of not so glorious Independent India, the system in the country has been decaying with the rot spreading slowly and silently. Years of slavery under the British came to an end on 15th August 1947, but for the Indians it was a dawn of a new era, an era where illiterate, shrewd, criminal Indians would rule the literate (professionals like engineers, doctors, lawyers etc) Indians with the slaves of the Independent India never realizing that they are the literate slaves of the illiterate rulers! The current breed of political aspirants is so polarized that the debutents have to be criminal, casteist etc.
So is it the problem with these politicians? To some extent, yes. But to a greater extent the problem is with the non participatory democracy in the country that has made the good people (the slaves of the independent India) passive to the politics, even though the slaves are the ones to be screwed by the masters!
Why is it that the largest democracy of the world so non-participatory? Something wrong in the democracy itself? The current constitution of India was a great folly by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar??
The answer to the above questions may be Yes.
With the same old constitution being followed by our dear politicians, the country has no poption but to remain in the 50's while the rest of the world marches ahead! Dr. Ambedkar himself was of the opinion that the constitution has to evolve itself with time and also made it clear that the country will deteriorate if there are no amendments to the constitution.
Sadly, Dr. Ambedkar's name has been misused by many groups (politicians and the so called "dalit groups") to such an extent that the underprivileged people consider him to be there god but fail to realize how flexible the constitution was meant to be! Anyone trying to change or amend the constitution is called as anti-dalit or anti-Ambedkar person whereas the scores of amendments that have taken place behind the scenes are never questioned! Over the years these behind the scenes acts have been performed without the knowledge of the literate as well as the illiterate Indians!
Now, whats wrong if the constitution has been amended a few hundred times over the past sixty years? Isn't/Is it cool to have had so many amendments?
The problem lies in the ulterior motives of the corrupt political ruling parties that have raped the Independent India. The amendments have been done to facilitate corruption at all levels. Most of the amendments degraded the constitution to the next level. While these amendments are never questioned by the dalits for their lack of knowledge, every good amendment that is anti-corruption gets very good publicity, which is opposed by the parties and the dalit groups (that its an insult to Dr. Ambedkar)!
To be continued ............
Then what makes me name this post with such a title? Well, in plain words, we Indians(99% of "us" Indians) are born racists, bred racists. It is in our blood to categorize people based on race, colour, language and many other things, which is what we learn throughout our schooling, thanks the the caste system and the politics that hangs on to it!
US is more diverse (than India) in every possible aspect and seems to have people who respect each other a lot i.e., at least they don't categorize people saying that you speak this language so you are so and so, you are from this country, so you are something else. Where as most desis have a name to call people from every possible corner of the planet. Eg: Makku, Kallu, Goraa, Chinki etc etc. The problem doesn't lie in the naming, but that attitude exhibited by many Indians, being immigrants or tourist/students who find a problem with the Americans (easpecially the ones who have been named as M,K,G or C). Not only this, when a desi lands in US and happens to be in a high desi density area, its very common to notice their comments saying OMG there are so many desis over here expressing both surprise and disappointment (sometimes) in their reaction !
Where does the problem lie? Is it in the Indian education system or the cultural upbringing of the typical Indian or the society in which we Indians grow up?
Here is the problem:
With every single political party thats there in the Indian Political Arena claiming cater to a certain caste/creed/religion and the past 60 years of not so glorious Independent India, the system in the country has been decaying with the rot spreading slowly and silently. Years of slavery under the British came to an end on 15th August 1947, but for the Indians it was a dawn of a new era, an era where illiterate, shrewd, criminal Indians would rule the literate (professionals like engineers, doctors, lawyers etc) Indians with the slaves of the Independent India never realizing that they are the literate slaves of the illiterate rulers! The current breed of political aspirants is so polarized that the debutents have to be criminal, casteist etc.
So is it the problem with these politicians? To some extent, yes. But to a greater extent the problem is with the non participatory democracy in the country that has made the good people (the slaves of the independent India) passive to the politics, even though the slaves are the ones to be screwed by the masters!
Why is it that the largest democracy of the world so non-participatory? Something wrong in the democracy itself? The current constitution of India was a great folly by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar??
The answer to the above questions may be Yes.
With the same old constitution being followed by our dear politicians, the country has no poption but to remain in the 50's while the rest of the world marches ahead! Dr. Ambedkar himself was of the opinion that the constitution has to evolve itself with time and also made it clear that the country will deteriorate if there are no amendments to the constitution.
Sadly, Dr. Ambedkar's name has been misused by many groups (politicians and the so called "dalit groups") to such an extent that the underprivileged people consider him to be there god but fail to realize how flexible the constitution was meant to be! Anyone trying to change or amend the constitution is called as anti-dalit or anti-Ambedkar person whereas the scores of amendments that have taken place behind the scenes are never questioned! Over the years these behind the scenes acts have been performed without the knowledge of the literate as well as the illiterate Indians!
Now, whats wrong if the constitution has been amended a few hundred times over the past sixty years? Isn't/Is it cool to have had so many amendments?
The problem lies in the ulterior motives of the corrupt political ruling parties that have raped the Independent India. The amendments have been done to facilitate corruption at all levels. Most of the amendments degraded the constitution to the next level. While these amendments are never questioned by the dalits for their lack of knowledge, every good amendment that is anti-corruption gets very good publicity, which is opposed by the parties and the dalit groups (that its an insult to Dr. Ambedkar)!
To be continued ............
