The North-West-East-South Divide Problem and Its Solution in India

I just finished helping myself with cardboard pad for my laptop. I wanted it for long and wasn’t able to find something like this or you may say that I haven’t tried hard to find something like this. This pad is really comfortable when you want to write something like blogs on the lappy. I found myself with little bit of spare time today and wanted to write blog too while watching TV. Well you may say why I don’t sit on table and chair or sofa and write but first thing I don’t have all this in my apartment now and second but important I like writing while laptop is on my lap,:) and my back is resting against a wall. This makes me alert and not too comfortable. If I am comfortable than I wont concentrate much on writing. This pad is working really fine for me. I made it out of cardboard boxes which we get with our shipped items and tape. So the bottom line is if you want something for your comfort than you really have to work for it. Luck may give you resources but to put it together and get wanted results out of it, you have to work yourself. Right now I am watching Hitch on TBS. Its really a great movie. I think you all know that already.

Well, although I am far away from India now but bad news from India always makes me worry about my motherland. Well good news makes me happy like Modi’s victory in Gujarat elections and launch of Tata Nano. But these days I am really worried about what is happening in Mumbai, Nashik and Pune to Indians (North). I don’t get the whole basic idea of this mindless hate for whole bunch of people or a particular community on the basis of caste, creed, region or religion. There is no logic behind all the acts what people of Maharshtra Navnirman Sena doing to rest of their countrymen. This sort of news is somewhat digestible if it comes from Assam or Kashmir but not Maharshtra. I revere Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj like I revere Maharana Pratap, Rani Durgawati, Begam Hazrat Mahal, Rani LakshmiBai, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Kuwar Singh, Sardar Patel, Rajraja Chol, Tatya Tope, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Mangal Pandey, ChandraGupta Maurya, Chankya, Adi Shankaracharya, Vivekananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and lots of other great Indians who makes my heart feel proud about being an Indian. I grew up keeping all these memories in my mind. But seeing all these divisive activities even in 2008 makes my heart bleed for my beloved mother India. I had great hopes from our younger generations as I thought and still believe that my generation is living without the baggage of past. This baggage of past under different colonial rules for past 1000 years was the cause of decline of great Indian civilization.

I thought and still believe that people who have seen both eras like before and after 1990s are the ones who are going to guide the destiny of the India now. India after 1990 has changed a lot. I have been witness of this great change and that makes me believe in great future of India. I am optimist and will remain so as I see obstacles as just some stepping stones for making a grand edifice. In this case this grand edifice is our great India and the obstacles are likes of Raj Thackreys, Lalus, Mulayams, Amar Singhs, ULFAs , LeTs, Jaishs, Babbar Khalsas and likes of them. I thought and still believe that all ordinary Indians like me will rise to the occasion and defeat all this hate ideology. I will dwell great in detail about this incident as what Raj Thackrey is saying is relevant a bit. There is a point about non development of UP and Bihar which is making citizens of these states a sitting duck in rest of India.

This is such a shame that provinces which gave India 8 out of 13 the prime ministers till date and lots of so called great leaders, are in such a shamble condition that people of these states have to go and earn their livings in lowly jobs all around the country, that too by getting humiliated by the people of those states and given name as bhaiya. You all tell me who wants to move out of their home unless it becomes necessary for them to do so? Who wants to move away from their own land and do these petty jobs unless they don’t get these opportunities in their own home turf? The lure for these opportunity makes Punjabis running towards Canada, Gujartis, Telugus, Marathis, Tamils running for US and keralites running for Arabian countries at any cost. I have personally seen various cases where people from all over India try any mean to get the Visa of a foreign country. So whats is the difference between a Marathi trying to make a living in US or a UPite or Bihari trying to make a living in Mumbai? There is one big difference that I have to tell that Mumbai belongs to India. It belongs to all Indians as much as any other common marathi. Mumbai is made famous by hard work of all Indians and not just marathis. Does a Marathi stop celebrating Ganesh Puja in United States or any where else than Maharashtra? If not than how come Raj Thackrey is saying that North Indians cant do a Chhat Puja in Mumbai? I have seen lots of Maharshtra Mandals in US. How these educated people going to feel if some American tells them to stop organizing these functions? When anything happen to any Indian outside India like in Europe, Australia, Arab Nations, Africa, Malaysia, Fiji or US we start shouting. We start crying that its out of racism things are happening. Now take a moment and look inside your own collar and see what you are doing to your own brethren. How you can justify killing of north Indians in Mumbai and everywhere in maharashta but simultaneously crying for help for NRIs everywhere else in the world. I think Raj should also tell these Marathi people to not to celebrate all these pujas and festivals when they are outside Maharshtra. Don’t you all think that this is height of stupidity? All people migrate from their birth place to get better opportunities for themselves and their families and I don’t see any wrong with it.

But still I would like the politicians and common public of UP and Bihar to see that their state also gets developed so that they don’t have to leave their places and get humiliated at all the places where they go. Politicians are corrupt everywhere but in UP and Bihar its ganging up of politicians, burocracy and criminals who are sucking up all the resources meant for common public. Well you get the government you deserve so if you are going to vote on the basis of caste and creed than this is the kind of govt you are going to get. Its for people of these two most populous states of India to decide their destiny now. They all must become instrument of change. There is not dearth of talent in these two states. Many of my friends are from these two states. They are hard working and intelligent. Many of the IAS and IPS officers are from these two states only. Likewise maximum numbers of IIT students are from these two states. Need of the hour is to create lots of opportunity in these two states and its only possible when people of these states rise above all differences to elect good representatives. UP and Bihar were the holiest land of India. Its not by just chance that all of our gods decided these places to be their janma and karma bhumi. On this very land once existed the grand empires of Mauryas and Guptas. These are the lands where Ramayana and holiest of hindu scriptures are written. This is the land where Buddha and Mahavira gave their sermons. Its for people of these states to realize that they are descendants of these great people and they again have to gain the position of guiding India’s destiny. India has seen its golden age under people from these states.

In today’s India its nearly impossible for any single state to survive on its own. It is grapes and onions of Maharshtra which are sold everywhere else in country. It is rice, vegetables and wheat of UP which is sold everywhere in country. No one can sustain alone. It is interdependency of all states which give products of one state a big market in other states, without excise and customs. Sooner its realized by all Indians better it becomes for future of India. When Adi Shankaracharya established Muths in all four corners of India than there was a bigger purpose behind it. When Shri Ram walked from Ayodhya to all the way to Sri Lanka crossing all the geography in between, there was a purpose behind it. When Lord Krishna traveled from Mathura and settled in Dwarika, there was a bigger purpose behind it. When Sati Devi’s burning part felled on Assam Land, there was a bigger purpose. When Lord Murugan made his adobe in Tamil Nadu then there was a bigger purpose behind that. When Vivekananda roared for mother India in Kanyakumari there was a bigger purpose for that. That bigger purpose was this idea of Grand Mother India, whose feet are cleaned by ocean every second. Who gets her thrown of snow in the form of himalaya. Who is having Sindhu, Brahamaputra, Ganga, Yamuna, Satluj, Krishna, Kaveri and Narmada as her hairs. This idea of Grand Mother India is what we all patriots has worshipped through generations. When a Chankya, Chandragupta, Maharana Pratap, Guru Gobinda Singh or Shivaji pulled out their swords to fight, it was for protecting this mother India. We Indians are inheritors of that legacy. We cant let these stupid and narrow minded politicians crush on this grand cause of nation building. Our young generation has to stand up and voice their opinion. A silent majority is of no use. When good people stop performing their duty then only bad people get their things done.

I started this blog by talking about the cardboard pad for my lappy and Hitch. After all this writing all I really wanted to say that if someone wants something they have to work hard for it like in case of people of UP and Bihar. They themselves have to become a pivot of change. In Hitch there is a dialog by Will Smith where he says that he helps in creating opportunities for common person to give them a chance to fight. Thats what should be the job of politicians in UP and Bihar. Once we get the level playing field than we will see who is better among all sons and daughters of Mother India. A mother doesn’t distinguish between her children. If one of the sibling has progressed and other one hasn’t done that much then it becomes duty of the successful one to see that the less privileged one also gets along with him. That’s what Indian family values are all about. That’s what you brag about to whole world. If you cant tolerate your own brother in your home then there is no moral right for you to claim it to any outsider. Wake up Indians, wake up and decide the destiny of this grand nation. May god direct our intellect in right direction.

Vande Matram
Jai Hind

Assam's ULFA's New Sympathiser:- Raj Thakrey

You can call it my guilty pleasure but when Jobless politicians like Raj Thakrey attacks national fabric of India , I feel compelled for writing something up. Raj Thackrey has attacked something which is very much dear to me , its idea of my Mother India where every patriotic Indian citizen enjoys bounty given by his/her mother irresctive of caste, color and religion. His absurd ranting where he accused Big B of doing things to UP and not to Maharashtra seemed like he just wanted to be in limelight as no one listens to him these days. He gave lots of people hope when Uddhav Thakrey wasn’t able to handle Shiv Sena well. But Uddhav’s show at recent municipality elections showed that he has matured as good politician. I don’t have much regard for Shiv Sena as I just think that these types of parties don’t serve the national interest as they are confined to one regional state and not even doing good enough for that state. I had some respect for Mr Bal Thakrey but I got fed up with his antics and changing attitudes. It seemed he needed constant opponents to push his own agenda to be in power at any cost. Like he started off with agitations against Gujaratis and South Indians in late 1960s, than moved on to hate muslims in 1980s and 1990s and now North Indians are his latest targets. I fail to understand this stupid sense of politics. I don’t know why these politicians don’t understand that India as a nation is above all petty politics.

He opposed Bangladeshi infiltrators; I stood with him because it was a national cause. But driving out our fellow countrymen from so called Maratha land is as stupid thing as asking all H1s and L1s from India to leave US forever. In this regard Thakreys are acting more like ULFA militants in Assam who are also doing the same thing with north Indians there.. Now Raj Thakrey.. I did some research on him and found that he is a property builder and holds big chunk of land in Central Mumbai and other locations. Cost of the flats that he is developing more than 2 crore rupees. Now please tell me how many Marathi Manus will be able to buy his flats at this cost?? At least Big B has build a school in poor district of UP but what this guy has done even for his own Aamchi Mumbai, even after holding this much land there. I think he must have started donating his developed flats to marathi manus from across the world in Mumbai, if he was so true to his so called maratha cause. This stupid regional politics is not good for India. If this thing is understood by a common person like me than why politicians like Raj Thakrey don’t understand this. In greed of votes they are going to any extent. They wont even hesitate to sell their own mother if this can give them votes. That is why my hope lies with Narendra Modi. Even at his peak in 2002, he hasn’t said any thing which targets Muslim community as whole. He stood against Anti nationals whosoever they are. I think his Grand Rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai in month of January has got all Thakrey guys worried about their survival. As I think senior thakrey knows that his days are numbered and his son Uddhav doesn’t have that much capability and command to lead shiv sena. It all comes down to Raj Thakrey and he knows it, so he is just taking the initial steps to fill the gap and prepare ground for his big launch. But I think in the end its all going to be Modi.. and all parties in India except some in south and BSP are going to fight for their survival. Shiv Sena is going to be first victim of this surging BJP.

I would just like to urge these politicians that India is one and its interest should be kept above everything. Biggest threat to India are anti nationals and Raj Thakrey doing exactly same as ULFA in Assam isn’t different. He should be put behind the bars but wait this will make him martyr for the cause and I think the best response to this type of publicity stunt is to better avoid it. He did it for the publicity and news hungry media seized up on the opportunity to boost TRP ratings. The best reply to his ranting was to avoid and deny him the publicity he wanted to have. I think he succeeded this time but media should watch and shouldn’t play in this stupid politician’s cheap gimmicks.

India today is in need of likes of Swami Vivekananda, Rani LakshmiBai, Shivaji, MahaRana Pratap, Subhash Chandra Bose, Rajguru, Lokmanya Tilak and Bhagat Singh and not some publicity hungry Raj Thakrey. I fail to understand what this marathi or any other regional pride is all about. Mumbai is made from sweat and blood of all the Indian citizens and no one alone can stake a claim on national resources. If regional pride is that strong than let me suggest a more radical and absurd thought. Bengali chauvinists everywhere should stop worshipping Ma Durga, Marathi chauvinists everywhere should stop worshipping Lord Ganesha, Gujarati chauvinist everywhere should stop worshipping Swami Narayan and Lord Krishna, Tamil chauvinists everywhere should stop worshipping Lord Shiva and Lord Murugan, Assamese chauvinists everywhere should stop worshipping Kamakhya Devi… Why?? Because all these God’s adobe is north up in Himalaya’s.. Now you see the absurdity of logic of Raj Thakrey’s ranting. Once again I would like to say that idea of India is too precious to be maligned like this. I hope the better sense prevail and indian’s look things as they are. Lokmanya Tilak, Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad, Subramaniyam Bharti, Ashfaqullah Khan didn’t give their life to save any Maratha, Bangla, Bhaiyya, Tamil or muslim. They gave their life so that India can live. Lets not let them down. We owe these great souls a Great and prosperous India.

Vande Mataram
Jai Hind