They say that India's GDP is growing at a very high rate. The
statistics look very impressive. The IT sector is picking-up and
manufacturing will soon follow. Everything sounds great. But there is a
flip side to this story. This is a country which has cross border
terrorism from at least two sides of its borders. This is a country
where there is something called Naxal movement and many of its
counterparts, spread across different regions in different forms. The
general view is that these are the main threats. But this is not all.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. This is a country where the system
is so useless that if anything goes wrong, an individual cannot do
anything about it but accept it as his/her ill fate and move on with it.
Indians do not expect justice or redemption for anything. We just go
ahead, take our chances and pray to God that we should be able to deal
with the injustice. If someone has a little more money, probably life is
a little more comfortable. But truly speaking, the ones at the down
side of advantage, just live each day, one at a time, trying to wrap-up
their little left self respect in the corners of their hearts, thinking
that probably they are richer than those who have compromised.
There is a lot that is written about corruption and injustice etc. etc. There are a lot of social and economic evils that the country is going through. Just think about the "girl child" phenomena. Think about dowry versus lives. Think about incidences where women are insulted in public and the whole crowd just looks at it. Truly speaking those of us who truly believe in God, just pray. For those who don't, I am not sure what they cling to.
The true enemy of humankind is not poverty, or inequality or injustice etc., the true enemy is "helplessness". We all encounter this phenomena many a times in our lives. My observation had been that many a times when people are at a positional advantage, they use it as a means to achieve pleasure by tormenting someone who doesn't have that advantage. All said and done, the bottom line is that we cannot change a person's attitude towards his fellow beings. Those who have to do evil, they will eventually do it. Instead what we should focus on, is to create social groups amongst ourselves, which are not based on affiliations, but which are based on humanity, to fight for the members the group. And if there would be more such groups, then more people can have at least some means of fighting against injustice in any form. History has proved time and again that there is no greater power than the power of human integration. In today's scenario, this thought sounds quite idealistic and unrealistic. But fundamentally it is "helplessness" that gives the strength to the unjust to inflict miseries on the weaker ones. The moment we human beings will unite with each other with a spirit of integration and humanity, there will be end to inhumanity and social injustice.
There is a lot that is written about corruption and injustice etc. etc. There are a lot of social and economic evils that the country is going through. Just think about the "girl child" phenomena. Think about dowry versus lives. Think about incidences where women are insulted in public and the whole crowd just looks at it. Truly speaking those of us who truly believe in God, just pray. For those who don't, I am not sure what they cling to.
The true enemy of humankind is not poverty, or inequality or injustice etc., the true enemy is "helplessness". We all encounter this phenomena many a times in our lives. My observation had been that many a times when people are at a positional advantage, they use it as a means to achieve pleasure by tormenting someone who doesn't have that advantage. All said and done, the bottom line is that we cannot change a person's attitude towards his fellow beings. Those who have to do evil, they will eventually do it. Instead what we should focus on, is to create social groups amongst ourselves, which are not based on affiliations, but which are based on humanity, to fight for the members the group. And if there would be more such groups, then more people can have at least some means of fighting against injustice in any form. History has proved time and again that there is no greater power than the power of human integration. In today's scenario, this thought sounds quite idealistic and unrealistic. But fundamentally it is "helplessness" that gives the strength to the unjust to inflict miseries on the weaker ones. The moment we human beings will unite with each other with a spirit of integration and humanity, there will be end to inhumanity and social injustice.
