I have nothing against any fight for the change or the revolution nor do thousands and lakhs of people will have any objection or resistance to the ongoing fights in the country for various reasons.. But what has happened to the sensitivity of 1) The common man 2) for the common man.. This writing is sparked not by the constant bandhs and subsequent result of trepidations and hardships of the “AAM AADMI” but by the article of P. Sainath in Hindu this monday.. Not sure how many have seen, how many have understood, how many have felt, how many have reacted and how many will do something. He reported about the most painful reality that India is facing.... 9 crore plus people have migrated to Urban areas and agriculture and all related activities have drastically suffered.... This is the root cause of all insecurities and hardships in our land... Do we really understand this.... How much more can we degrade? Just imagine the loss of everything for these people and also loss of the essence for these millions of helpless people... What else can highlight the state of affairs of our country especially when no one whose is responsible, either is not taking cognizance of the fact or just ignoring, and avoiding.
Sometimes one gets the feeling that, there is just gross indifference and utter disrespect for human beings by all of us... who is benefitting from any movement and what is the final out put? These bandhs and paralysis of public life hits only the poor and will these peoples life change after all? Will these revolutions, separatist movements mean anything to the most vulnerable and needy of the society.. Do they really belong to any region, caste, religion, party, community? They remain the most exploited and form the active “ reserve force “ ( Marxian concept) to perpetuate all these struggles without knowing why are they part of these? One day of food, some promise of shelter, one hope of better future or simply killing the depressing present forms the causes for their participation.
There are lakhs of people like me who don’t belong anywhere... We come from the old Hyderabad which was part of the madras state... My father never had an answer on where we came from... All he said was that we are here since several generations... We took pride being a Hyderabadi which is known for multilingualism and multiculturalism.. We watched telugu and Hindi movies with equal interest and cricket, movies was our religion and no region or any other demarcation was not known to us... For most of us, we knew the differentiation between the vegetarians and the non vegetarians. It was only during the MA education in University Of Hyderabad that, the caste differentiations and discriminations hit me.... By this time, everyone is aware of what everyone is , in terms of region, caste, etc ... we are supposed to have evolved, and globalized .
Hyderabad attracted enterprising people across all communities... There were plenty of people who were Gujratis , who were marwaris , who were parsis, who were Sikhs, who were reddy’s etc etc.... For us in Hyderabad, there were all business people, who were not doing a regular job. Most of us were happy as someone’s prosperity, someone’s richness was not perceived as robbing our opportunities and chances.. It was seen as a diversity of professions and living ways. So what is wrong if someone liked the culture of this place, tolerance and camaraderie and felt good to grow.. In the bargain , the place grew and prospered .... Now the perspectives changed and taken a separatist attitude and hatredness is brewing replacing love and tolerance.. IT is still alright but why not have the empathy for the poor and the vulnerable... Hyderabad can’t be this??
Petrol price hike, constant bandhs, absence of public transport, power failure, mockery of roads and the list is endless even to think, recollect and mention over here... The mention is not about the known, not about the obvious issues that surface all us starkly but its about the total indifference to one another in society. It is not even egoistic helpless attitude.... i think its sheer indifference and absolute moral indolence to react to anything... Modernity is all about indifference to everything that does not concern the self at that moment of time. Not that one has to be revolutionary and take to streets. Where is the voicing of the opinion? Where is the reaction? Have each of us become like the AP government.... totally indecisive and leaving everything to anarchy and destiny?
Crime rates are going to up drastically very soon.. how else can one gratify the basic needs and live on this earth when there is so much indifference? Who do we rely on .... What is the hope for the youngsters? Where are the role model people and healthy society? And what are we giving the next generation? The helplessness and indifference? This is beyond pessimism.... Yes we need to be more empathetic, more reactive and less greedy and less ambitious....
But the prime issue in our current society is the disparity between the poor and rich and that needs to be addressed and in every situation and time...
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