From
our primary classes we had been regularly taught that India is a
secular country,apart from being the largest democracy.With a total
of 29 states and 7 UTs,India always followed an one and all concept
of “Unity in Diversity” or rather we are made to believe that.The
biggest irony is that the whole concept of Unity can now only be
found in mere writings largely in textbooks.Over the past 3-2 decades
India has witnessed a drastic change in its internal as well as
external scenario(which is not my concern here). India which we once
consider as one united kingdom,now has been divided into numerous
different states who does not share a healthy relation among
themselves.The reason at grassroots level for such situation is the
inability of the Central Government to pay equal attention to each
and every state in India and thus resulting into the formation of
more and more regional political parties and militants groups
demanding right for their states. Staying in power at the top level
and filing their own pockets by favoring the top corporate honchos
has become the only motive for the ministers. One of the important
factor that leads to favoritism among the states is the uneven
division of the lok sabha seats. Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar with almost 1/5th of the total seats in the lower house has
become the main center of attraction for all the political
parties.A good show in polls in these states and you are in control
of the entire country. With this division of seat, states from North
East India which contribute small portion to the total seats and
militant prone state like Jammu and Kashmir are neglected because
it does not contribute much to their political ambitions.One of the
other factor that is leading to this division of our country is the
incapability of the central government to solve the difference
between ststes over a common issue.the on going krishna -godavari
water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is a perfect
example of it. India has always been a country were people from
different etnics ,culture,race,colours lived in peace in the past.But
are we sticking to it now,I am afraid but the answer would be a Big
No. Everyday we come across news that a student from North East
being question about his nationality , molested and even beaten to
death.May it be Delhi,Mumbai or any other state,We are the citizen of
India first then the state and no he/she can take away this right of
ours. Another factor that comes into my mind is the enforcement of
regional language,I agree by the fact that everyone should take
pride in his/ her native language but why to force it on other and
student of india I.e the buiding blocks of our nation are highly
impacted by it.A student from punjab studying in South India is been
told by his professor to learn the regional language if he want to
understand clearly in the class, “yeh kaissi baat hui bhai”???. A
person's lack of knowedge regarding their own country is one thing
that has shocked me in the recent past,with people asking me some
insane question like “Guwahati to Bengal mein hain na”??,
Tripura being the capital of Guwahati , to mention a few decent one
and I would like to pass on by it.
Its
not like that we are always busy fighting with each other,people of
India irrespective of state,culture from time to time have
complemented each other by stanting other may it be the Nirbhaya
case or the recent Jadhavpur University case,its that we need to be
consistent.Lastly I conclude on a note the these are few among many
factor s that are needed to be sorted out because this attitude
of ours once led to annexation of our country in the hands of
a foriegner and thus 200 years of darkness. So we should always
take our stand and a stick to a single motto-
