It was the 90's during school days, I was a true patriot and believed in the ideology of "unity in diversity". Being a student my day in and day out was with students from all corners of the country. The ethos we were taught was never to tear apart each others' identity. I never asked questions but believed in what I read in the textbooks.
Today, I live in one of India's most developed tech cities and have migrated from one state to another in search of a job and education. I.. have started asking questions......My ideology questions me and I cry for acceptance in my own country.
India's current GDP is at 6. 9% and Asia's third-largest economy is growing at a rapid pace however its all at the macro level, are we really addressing our micro-level issues especially to our ethos, our belief towards unity in diversity.
Organic migration and its repercussions associated with it is one of the most important bottlenecks towards the vision of modern India. It may seem like a minuscule issue at present times however its a matter of time when it may become like a widespread fire for saving the age-old culture of each state and its people while the economy grows. The question I am asking is about the feeling of belonging for our own people as a nation no matter where you migrate to your own country.
Have we ever noticed our own double-standard when we discriminate with our own people in the name of the state, caste, and color while we ourselves fight for acceptance and power? We call our North-East friends as Chinki.. racial discrimination while we debate in the parliament for safety against racial-discrimination of our countrymen in Australia. We divide our own country by generating heat over North Indian and South-Indian, when that's not enough then within North India we divide further by looking down upon our friends from Bihar or UP and South India similarly flights over the numero-uno position by looking down upon its neighbors. And further, we have discrimination over caste, our complexion and finally within our own family tree.
As we still struggle for employment, shelter, and food; the common man gets brain-washed easily by politicians as he doesn't have the time or strength for asking questions, he asks only for basic needs of survival.
But what about us, the educated youth of the country? Do we ask questions to its system? Do we genuinely want to protect the culture and ethos of our country and our own people? Do we really bother to think about protecting the unity? Or our motto is only for five-figure salary, accommodation in a posh locality, an on-site project in the US and copying the cool look from the western world.
Are we rooted in our people? Why can't we be proud of our own identity and its rich ethos and ideology of "unity in diversity". We can be the change if start respecting our own countrymen while we migrate across the country for job, education, and business. We have to protest if we see any discrimination. We have to respect in the constitution of our great land and we can be the change towards building modern India a great nation economically and culturally by protecting its "unity in diversity".
Today, I live in one of India's most developed tech cities and have migrated from one state to another in search of a job and education. I.. have started asking questions......My ideology questions me and I cry for acceptance in my own country.
India's current GDP is at 6. 9% and Asia's third-largest economy is growing at a rapid pace however its all at the macro level, are we really addressing our micro-level issues especially to our ethos, our belief towards unity in diversity.
Organic migration and its repercussions associated with it is one of the most important bottlenecks towards the vision of modern India. It may seem like a minuscule issue at present times however its a matter of time when it may become like a widespread fire for saving the age-old culture of each state and its people while the economy grows. The question I am asking is about the feeling of belonging for our own people as a nation no matter where you migrate to your own country.
Have we ever noticed our own double-standard when we discriminate with our own people in the name of the state, caste, and color while we ourselves fight for acceptance and power? We call our North-East friends as Chinki.. racial discrimination while we debate in the parliament for safety against racial-discrimination of our countrymen in Australia. We divide our own country by generating heat over North Indian and South-Indian, when that's not enough then within North India we divide further by looking down upon our friends from Bihar or UP and South India similarly flights over the numero-uno position by looking down upon its neighbors. And further, we have discrimination over caste, our complexion and finally within our own family tree.
As we still struggle for employment, shelter, and food; the common man gets brain-washed easily by politicians as he doesn't have the time or strength for asking questions, he asks only for basic needs of survival.
But what about us, the educated youth of the country? Do we ask questions to its system? Do we genuinely want to protect the culture and ethos of our country and our own people? Do we really bother to think about protecting the unity? Or our motto is only for five-figure salary, accommodation in a posh locality, an on-site project in the US and copying the cool look from the western world.
Are we rooted in our people? Why can't we be proud of our own identity and its rich ethos and ideology of "unity in diversity". We can be the change if start respecting our own countrymen while we migrate across the country for job, education, and business. We have to protest if we see any discrimination. We have to respect in the constitution of our great land and we can be the change towards building modern India a great nation economically and culturally by protecting its "unity in diversity".
