Let me start by recollecting an
old story.
There was old man who had four
sons. All four sons grow up but they keep fighting among themselves. So the old
man decides to teach them a lesson . He gives each of them a stick of two foot length and asks them to break it
into two. All of them broke the sticks very easily . Then the old man gives the
elder one a bundle of four sticks tied together and asks him to break bundle in one go. Unable to break the elder
one passes to other brothers . But none of them could break. Then the old man
tells “United you stand, divided you break”.
Being a fan of Russell Peter’s stand-up
comedy, I keep on viewing almost all of his stand ups. In one show he brings
this issue of hate. Normally we see one
country citizens are seen hating other other country. But with India it is not
the case. Indians hate Indians.
Initially I thought he was making a joke but now-a-days I can get it.
You still don’t believe travel to foreign country you can see this
clearly. It is clearly visible on the
face of every NRI “Oh man , I ran away
from India to escape these Indians . These idiots are still here also. God is
there a place on earth without Indians”.
When we ourselves are pissed off looking at other Indians then the new
western country visa rules are very much justified.
The issue why we are not united
is diversity. Everyone in India has his own
region, language and dialect of language. I forgot the main two things religion and
caste.
Frankly India was never a
democracy. India even before independence was driven by set of dissatisfied
people. These few dissatisfied greedy people always controlled the fate of
India. They disown their own creed and join a new one. That is the reason India was easily
vulnerable to “Divide and Rule” policy. During Nehru reign of India, they divided
India into 24 states on the basis of prominent language spoken in that area.
But not everyone was happy with that division. Years went on and even their dissatisfaction
also rose.
Now that Andhra Pradesh state is
bifurcated and it caused enough of rupture between two regions and two people. The
people of two regions can be never be again united unless there is a miracle or
a monarchy rule. The actual issue is
not a separate state and it does not stop with one bifurcation. Even if government
declares every home in India a separate state there will one more agitation
started after a few years demanding each room should be declared a new state.
The main problem is lack of
vision by government. It should always focus on development across the state
and should not localize to one particular city. Instead of creating greater
Hyderabad and twin cities if it had concentrated on developing a couple of more
cities so that people don’t run for opportunities leaving their native places. Even if government has started to develop one
more parallel city to Hyderabad today, Telangana issue would not have been so complex.
Let the story of Andhra Pradesh
be included in the pledge for all leaders before they assume their posts. City
limits should be restricted and they cannot be expanded strictly. Investments and Opportunities should be
spread across the region cannot be centralized to capital.
If that goes for leaders we
people should learn to love and respect others instead of restricting to our own community. Separating from the stream may
always not fit a perfect solution. At times uniting fits better. Teach your
kids to love instead of hating someone if his classmate is not same as him.
--Visu
