Why we people form India but India does not mean the people

By Neha · Apr 23, 2008 · ·
  1. So the other day, some girls in our class were talking about some guys. One of the girl just said that the guys are "katu". Just then some Muslim girls walked in and heard a part of the conversation. Unfortunally the part they heard was "katu"........which apart from being a slang is also taken as a bad word against the Muslims and they started dramaticising the whole scene, there was hell lot of confusion and stuff in our class and.......


    Why is it, that even after 60 years of independence........we STILL can't accept the fact that all Indians ARE brothers and sisters in humanity? Why does the Hindu-Muslim debate crop up, every single time? Can't we just learn to live together according to what the Constitution says-that India is a social, democratic and SECULAR nation? Is it so hard?

    Why is it that, even though it's 60 years now, the SCs/STs and OBCs STILL need reservations? At university level. Spoiling the general classes chances? Where a general klass kid has got 97%, he won't get in cos that seat had been reserved for a 55% SC/ST. Why can't hep be given at root level. Or fine giv reservations, but at least consider merit.

    India is RULED by democracy, but the people who're doing it ill are cutting the reins of this democracy. People don't know unity. That is why, we people DO form India, we're ctizens of India, but we can NEVER be th heart and soul of India and can't BE India, until we learn to live together.

Comments

  1. Charisma
    I guess that's an issue there. It's sad, because both communities are at fault - even worse when riots occur.
  2. lordofhats
    We have some of the same problems here. 80 years of womens sufferage and we still got quite a bit of sexism, and fourty years of equal rights and blacks are still discriminated against often. I don't think its as bad as it used to be, but down in southern US (AKA the bible belt) the wrong words in the wrong order can start quite a ruckus let me tell you.
  3. Banzai
    It's not just India. It's everywhere. Every country bears the scars of its past. And democracy doesn't mean people will get on- rather it encourages more disagreement. It's a dilemma, but as Sir Winston Churchill said: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
  4. Neha
    The situation is supposed to get better as we come along..........and it's getting worse...........religion-wars at skool level are just going to be modified later in life.........And THAT's what troubles me............







    So much for the Gen-next.
  5. lordofhats
    Sometimes it does seem like its getting worse. However the moment you give in and give up is the da it all goes to hell. This is one of those situations where fighting the losing battle is better than not fighting at all.
  6. NaCl
    Do not mistake democracy for mutual respect. Democracy assures the freedom to express differences. It does not cure hatred, nor does it settle differences. It merely acts as a venue, in which, people of differing world views MAY exchange ideas without fear of retribution. This tool for societal evolution passes from each generation to the next. Hopefully, the youth of the world will use it with more wisdom than our parents did.

    .....NaCl
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