To be honest, politics is not my strength, well is it yours? You can never know enough about it, especially when you’re an Indian with its vast history and the current affairs as well. A friend of mine is rather well versed with it, and I realized I knew more than most. So I guess it was an enlightening night in more than just one way.
If one takes India, with all the talk about secularism, riots, the upcoming elections, you would only come to a conclusion that India can never really be secular in the real meaning of the word no matter how it portrays itself. The recent riots and the Uttarakhand floods have gone on to prove this point. Riots occurred due to community enticement and no one remembers the real reason for it. Hindus have a reason, and Muslims have a reason, while now that it has cooled off, the politicians and the parties are pointing fingers at each other and playing the ‘blame-game’. After Uttarakhand flood rescue operations were being run, politicians were giving media interviews and posting on Twitter that they had rescued people without taking into account what state they were from or their religion. Well, hello? Isn’t it the way it is actually supposed to be. The fact that the politicians ( not taking names ) had to resort to such tactics, explains their true motive . What caused this? The ‘Modi-Effect’ of rescuing a large number of Gujaratis from there when actually he could’ve saved others as well. So the other politicians want to show how they are better midst all the people waiting for faster rescue operations and fighting for their lives.
A good orator is all it takes for India to quickly switch sides and can easily be used to turn against each other. The Telangana issue, the constant riots, the Hyderabad hate speech etc. ; India is still not growing socially. We may never be able to do it. We may never know enough. We may never question enough. Doesn't matter who takes charge in the next elections, dirt is on everyone. We cannot call ourselves developed and look forward to a better tomorrow, if we do not grow socially and prove that India really is secular as this is what the government wants us to believe. Cause if it doesn’t , the infrastructure , the money etc. won’t matter cause it would still be too easy to break the core of India down which is its cultural heritage and diversity. Elections aside, just ask this to yourself – Is India advancing socially? Or even better – Are you?