Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Why?

If people like Raj Thackeray are allowed to exist, flourish and command in our society, then we have a lot to reflect on. Where do people like him and his uncle come from? Do they only feed off the insecurities of natives, who should ideally have nothing to be scared off, considering the only natives that were there in the island city in the beginning were the koli fishermen. The corporates don’t award jobs based on vernacular roots, the entrance exams don’t differentiate between students from different regions. Yet, there are the reservations for domicile. As if religion wasn’t enough to tear us apart, we have a growing sense of regionalism. We find anything, anything at all that sets us apart from the others, yet sets us apart into clusters that we wish to belong to, mini clans, now growing into an epidemic. Progressiveness is also bringing with it, a wave of sectarianism, and more so in our country where parochial ideas are the easiest to sell. Sigh...

2 comments:

Arjun said...

5 steps forward.... 2 steps.. back.... dats out NATIONAL STORY!!!

zephyr said...

funny isnt it? We open up our borders internationally singing the song of globalisation and yet some are so afraid to open up their states to the supposed outsiders...

It is a Hitlerian Concept that the man of the moment banks on... cant blame urself for ur unemployment blame the one who is employed.. then the jews were blamed.. now the non maharashtrians.. n he knows exactly who to target... he angers me yet what surprised me was his following... we havent moved ahead at all... then where did we move all these years??