VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF INDIA IN 2021?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DEFINITION OF INDIA IS? HELLO MY NAME IS KARMAN SINGH SALUJA, A TEENAGER FROM INDIA. I AM AN EGALITARIAN AND I ASPIRE TO CHANGE THIS SOCIETY AND COUNTRY. MY DEFINITION OF INDIA IS THAT IT DOES NOT BELONG TO A SINGLE RELIGION OR A SINGLE LANGUAGE. WE ARE NOT A HINDU PAKISTAN. I DETEST THE IDEA OF HINDUTVA. ONCE UPON A TIME, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA SAID THAT THE BIGGEST DANGER TO THIS COUNTRY IS THE RSS. THE PRESENT STATE OF INDIA, THE ECONOMY IS DOWN IN TUBES, THE COUNTRY IS BEING DIVIDED, OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IS MUD, IS THIS THE INDIA OUR PREDECESSORS DREAMT OF? INFLATION RATES CAN BE SEEN EVERYWHERE. THE COMMON MAN HAS NO WHERE TO GO, NO LIFE TO ENJOY, WORKING 9 TO 5 AFRAID OF THE FACT THAT THE 3RD WAVE CAN HIT THIS COUNTRY ANYTIME. WHERE SHOULD THE COMMON MAN GO, WHO'S GOING TO HELP HIM. COLLECTIVISTIC CULTURE IS DYING IN INDIA, EVERYONE REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED IN DELHI IN 2020 FEBRUARY. IS THIS THE INDIA GANDHI, BHAGAT SINGH, DR. BR. AMBEDKAR, ETC DREAMED OF? ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION EVERYDAY WHEN U WAKE UP. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR " SONEY KI CHIDIYA". I AM A BHAKT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COUNTRY, I AM NOT A BHAKT OF ANY POLITICAL INSTITUTION OR AN INDIVIDUAL. "BHAKTI IN RELIGION IS A ROUTE TO SALVATION OF THE SOUL, BHAKTI IN POLITICS IS A ROUTE TO DICTATORSHIP" QUOTED BY THE FATHER OF OUR CONSTITUTION, DR. BR. AMBEDKAR. IT LEAVES ME FLUSTERED SOMETIMES THAT PEOPLE WORSHIP SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SLOGAN "DESH BACHAO, DESH BACHAO" ITS TIME TO USE THIS SLOGAN AGAIN. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU FELT FREE ABOUT CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT? THIS IS THE SAME REGIME THAT USED THE PEGASUS SPYWARE TO SPY ON OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, NEWS JOURNALISTS. ARE WE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT OUR RIGHTS OR ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND REMIND THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. OUR NEIGHBOUR CHINA IS REGULARLY ADVANCING IN OUR COUNTRY, GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH AREA THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER AND WHAT ARE THE GREAT LEADERS OF OUR NATION DOING? PLAYING PETTY POLITICS? MAKING NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS? CHANGING THE NAMES OF CITIES?
THE MEDIA SHOWS US WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO SEE. THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE PROTESTING ON ROADS FROM THE PAST 1 YEAR AND THE GOVERNMENT CARES NOT TO ANSWER THEM BUT ALSO IGNORE THEM. IS THIS THE BEHAVIOUR OF A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT? ARE WE FORGETTING THE SLOGAN OF " JAI JAWAN, JAI KISAN" FROM OUR PAST PRIME MINISTER, MR. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI.
WHERE ARE ALL THE CRITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT NOW? WHERE IS THE IDEOLOGY OF DEMOCRACY? WHERE IS OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY? WHERE IS OUR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. IS INDIA A COMMUNIST STATE NOW? OR IS IT A DICTATORSHIP? OR ARE WE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD WHERE OUR LEADER WITH A LONG WHITE BEARD LIKE GANDALF WILL FIX EVERYTHING IN A SECOND? ITS HIGH TIME NOW. IS THIS THE INDIA OF THE FUTURE? IS THIS THE SAME COUNTRY THAT WAS ONCE CALLED "SONEY KI CHIDYA". ASK YOURSELF EVERYDAY. WHEN YOU STAND AT THE PETROL PUMP, ASK YOURSELF. WHEN YOU STAND AT A GROCERY STORE, ASK YOURSELF. WHEN YOU SEE COMMUNAL HATRED TAKING PLACE IN YOUR LOCALITY OR NEIGHBOURHOOD, ASK YOURSELF. WHEN A KING FAILS IN UPHOLDING HIS DUTIES, THAT IS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE EVIL RISES, THERE IS CHAOS AND DISORDER EVERYWHERE. WE OURSELVES ARE HESITATING TO RAISE QUESTIONS AND ACCEPTING THAT WE ARE ALSO TO BLAME. ARE WE WAITING FOR A BIGGER DISASTER? DEMOCRACY IS ON DECLINE IN THIS DIVINE NATION. WE THE YOUNG MINDS OF THIS NATION HOLD THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THIS SOCIETY. EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, CREATE AWARENESS, TRY TO CHANGE THE OPINION OF YOUR PARENTS OR FRIENDS. ASK THEM WHAT INDIA MEANS FOR THEM. ASK YOURSELF WHAT INDIA ACTUALLY MEANS TO YOU.