Do we know what Civil War is? What it looks like? What it feels like? What is smell like? Nope. I don't think we have seen one. One of my friends called 'Partition' a Civil War. Dearly not. The unrest during the partition triggered out of deep sense of insecurity, emotional bonding, fear of identity and uncertainty of future. Let me put it like this Partition was the best possible solution to the problem/power equation arise out of disagreement between congress and Muslim league. People at both the side been used as political pawns to address politically manifested agendas and securing futures while ensuring power in their respective so called mother land. So I look at it as blood bath because of geographical displacement.
I know many could fell that how can some body be so insensitive towards looking at something which given both the countries such deep scare. True. But looking at the the bigger picture it was an man made accident, nothing more than that.
For me Civil Wars wakes you up, disciplines you at certain degree. America, England, China has all seen Civil Wars, buckeled up afterwards, look where are they standing. I'm not saying one must have such situations in order to grow. Either learn the hard way or work towards not heading towards it.
I know I've puked too much on partition, I may not be intending. Coming to the point, Indians have never seen any Civil War. But one is in store very soon as our leaders, beaurocrats and all of us are working pretty hard to make this a reality.
Couple of hour back I was walking on the footpath of a busy road. When i say footpath that means not the one made by the road makers but the once encroached by the walkers as the best option available in absence of legally provided pathways. Our actual footpaths are encroached by jobless, homeless, casteless, faceless, so many less people. So while walking I saw a kid was busy playing with a ball made of piece od papers, used poly bags and rubber bands. Seems to small a stuff to give any kind of indication, right? Hummm. Today our prime time tv is occupied either by IPL match or IPL controversy. And our bright minds spending hours discussing who is making how much dough while drinking gallons of coffee/tea/colas. And here, under the direct exposure of sun, sweating badly a kid is playing with a scrap made ball. What a difference? The Great Social Divide of India.
I saw the tweet (yes I belongs to a privileged some who tweet) by Barkha Dutt inviting Delhi resident to participate in 'We the People'(NDTV Show) to discuss IPL Corruption. What all you will do for TRP guys? She left no stone unturned to let her Kargil experience pay her as well as the channel she is associated with a rich dividend. After all she had spent nights in army bunkers braving heavy artillery from the other side of the border. She deserves it, isn't it? Everything is for sale and every thing has buyer.
A boy with the ball is just an expression of the economically misbalanced India living on illusion. In a country where even basic education is out of reach to millions of kids convent schools are mushrooming in urban and semi urban landscape.
With every passing day the divide is widening, at alarming rate. These inter-militia problems in different regions like North-East, Red Corridor etc are the by-product of the divide. And the irony is no body seems interested. Everyone is filling up their own bellies leaving have nots aghast. Shame!!!
The horror-struck population of India will bleed internally for sure, if not today then tomorrow. Don't worry about the international threat like terrorism, in compare to the internal discontent, it is nothing. Anyways stats tell that previous year more citizen died in Maoist led attacks than terrorist activities. Quite a fact to prove where we are heading.
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