Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Whose India is it?

India....the land where billion people live, hundreds of languages spoken, thousands of deities are worshiped,with landscapes to measure, culture to treasure.

So the India I have known or the India known to the world is the land which is secular. Land that respects every individual for his culture (baring the gay culture), his choice to follow his own religion, language he speaks is now a land of the past.

Where is the India I witnessed while growing?

They say North Indians are not welcome in Mumbai. Reason - they take away the job opportunities from the Maharashtrians.

Is it a syndrome of 'selective opponents'. I dont follow politics, so here is my view as a lay man. If the outsiders shouldn't be allowed in Mumbai for reasons mentioned, why would they need outsiders who create those jobs.

Aren't we being hypocrites?

I am told by one of friends that Mumbai's major revenue churning business houses are owned by 'Outsiders', should we then ask these outsiders to move out.

Aren't we conveniently choosing the targets, people who are vulnerable, people who are not informed about their rights, people who can't speak for themselves.

Why are we choosers when it comes to hating a community? Shouldn't there be an equal opportunity across the board?

Even it comes to hating a community?

Lets drive out every body from Mumbai...and let the localites or the so called insiders build the city from stone-age.

Would the 'violent drivers' dare to that? No I guess.

So whose city is it anyway? Whose India is it?

Does it belong to the 'insiders' of the state?

The last time I checked I was told India belongs everyone....
does it still hold good?

1 comment:

Anita said...

hmm...even if they manage to "get rid" of all the 'outsiders' as they put it...Mumbai would lose its character...and become just another regular city per se.