Divided We Stand : Indians

In my school days we used to celebrate National Integration Day. The purpose was to make aware of unity in diversity in our Nation. We were told that we have many languages,many religion,beliefs and faith. It was very difficult to realize this in school days. Because I did not see much difference when I come out of my class room. My outlook was not growing like today's kids. May be lack of pervasive news media and Internet was not existing then. Hope toady's kids will see the unity in differences!! I would like to say what I feel when I able to saw true India.

British used to implement a rational - divide and rule, in India. This British legacy left a strong impression among us. As India got independence everything under gone a change. So we just modified the sentence as - Divided we Stand.

Look at recent Gorkha land agitation, Telengana state agitation!! And in past Bihar-Jharkhand, MP - Chhattisgarh, UP-Uttarnchal. These are our burning example of divided we stand. Also down south fight for water and language. But still we stand together. And some occasions unite for religion and caste. Just before independence we lost few things. And what is there for our future I am scared to think.

I have been thinking why it happens again and again. I do not see any other part of world. Neither in America or Europe. So I went to our past to dig little more. I am not a historian but just reminding my school books. When Alexander attacked India, King Puru fought against him. During that time too few of our Kings helped him to Invade India instead of comign togeather. Again look at Asoka how he became King. Killing all his brothers. And so many endless examples. So is today happening in Modern India. Today's cheap politicians and bureaucrats together to gain momentary personal benefit dividing India in the name of Development. What development they have done after having a new state ? Just a new capital and new chief minister and set of ministers. Few people agitate,few support and many of us dumb and deaf spectators make this divide successful.

Neither we nor our politicians could learn to discuss our many other problems. We have a population explosion, pollution, health care,illiteracy, scarcity of water, education etc never comes into picture. Yes this only comes out a scandal. This has been so prevalent that people start ignoring this as if this as a common thing. We work in corporate world as a one nation. But still there remains a thin layer of difference and favouritism among ourselves. Being so educated we can not understand this so what wrong with poor fellows to follow blindly to their leaders for separate state or reservation. We got education but did not get Knowledge.

So how young India will make it a developed India by 2020?