Wednesday, February 13, 2008

In reality who is in minority in India.................?

This is a Friday evening, which means starting of weekend. I along with 2 of my friends went to mall first for some shopping (not for me-as everybody know I rarely do shopping), then we went to Bobby Da Dhaba (so called Paratha Point as per one of my friend) very near to MG Road, there we had very tasty Parathas, Kadi Pakoda and Kheer (not for me-everybody know I don’t like sweet much). At table we had lot of topics to discuss, like- good Panjabi girls around us, taste & income of that small shop & last but not least hottest topic like Hot Parathas “Mumbai and Raj Thackeray”. In between talk one of my friends just said to me that-see what your Raj Thackeray doing in Mumbai. It was a bit pinching also for me, what does his meaning by My Raj Thackeray?
But yes, as I am a Maharashtrian person along with Raj Thackeray so now he becomes my Raj Thackeray. But then main question in front of me was what Raj Thackeray is doing and most importantly why he is doing all this. If we try see something more towards the problem then it’s very easy to identify that problem is preventing the cultural changes in Maharashtra (especially in Mumbai) by people from other regions of India who come there only to earn livelihood (otherwise everybody wants to be at home). As I also live in Bangalore I feel same problem Bangalore also facing today. I am not saying that changes in cultural is bad, but rapid cultural changes are coming due to fast rate of people coming from outside. People from other parts change culture significantly (intentionally or unintentionally) according to their own culture as well as their needs & at the same time it is very difficult for local people to save their own culture and identity. Sometime local people also participate in this process of changing culture along with people from outside of that region (but mostly process of cultural changes do not initiate by locals). But when this change accumulates more and more then we can see drastic cultural difference which leads to revolution to save original culture by local people.
Sometimes local people also start feeling that they are going into minority at their own land due to which this kind of issues come in front of us with horrible implications.
Today I am noticing this problem in Bangalore, people from other parts of India come here and earns lot (everybody say IT/SW Persons are always overpaid) which leads raise in prices of every commodities and things goes out of common man (largest in numbers), then sometime local common people may blame on people from outside of Bangalore (who neither know about local culture nor speaks to them in their own language). Then feeling of insecurity also come which raises issues like-“Maharashtrian are in minority in Mumbai”.
We all know that India has a vast width-breadth in terms of geographical, political and cultural difference. Also the availability of resources differ in region by region, so people leaves their own family, home and land for better opportunities and relocate in other parts of India for earn livelihood along with earning livelihood they also contribute in overall growth of country.
Now if our aim is India’s overall growth then we need to seriously look toward this day by day increasing problem and also try to find its solution.
As we discussed about the problem/issue, now our next step is to find solution but not like in the same way Raj Thackeray trying to solve problem (basically this will increase problem more due to feeling of regionalism among people).We know that issue is correct but the way it putted along with violence is not correct. There are other more important steps need to be taken to solve this problem. Right action need to taken by both people from outside as well as the local people also.
In my opinion obviously first step must be taken by the people from outside, first they need to respect local culture and language, along with they should also try to learn local culture and language without leaving their own cultural and language. This will create atmosphere of trust between the local and people from outside.
Some actions also need to be taken by local people. They should stop feeling and saying that Maharashtrian are in minority in Mumbai or Kannadiga are in minority in Bangalore or Tamilian are in minority in Chennai. They should remember this if all this what they are saying is true then “Only Indian are in minority in India” because everybody here want to be either Maharashtrian, Kannadiga or Tamilian but nobody want to be Indian, then only Indian will become in minority in India nobody else.
Finally I just wanted to say “Think about above problem along with some possible solution mentioned (I know you can think many more other solutions also) and please try to implement them soon for India’s growth and for not bringing Indian in minority in India.”
You may think why I am writing this so answer is – “I am doing this only for me because I am an Indian & I don’t want to be in minority in my motherland”

5 comments:

iwin watodo said...

your blog addressses an important issue, there is a similar senario in cyprus, the cypriots feel that the hardworking intelligent asians will some day snatch the island away and there is a hugh racial biasm here too. things are changing, now there will be all kinds of people everywhere, cant help it, so rather then being passionate, people should feel compassionate about the other. your blog has a clean structure, first it addressses the point and then offers a solution. my blogs are all a mess, i need to learn this trade from you.

Sarmistha said...

It was really nice to read your blog.Wish if everybody had the same thoughts as you had then this world would have been a better place to stay.I also agree to your point other than by representing ones own community and religion one should stres more on the fact that heor she is an "Indian" but this is not only in politics , it is widelyu seen in our dialy lives also, be it your home or workplace or a restaurant for that matter . I am a bong quite settled in Banalore now , how many times have we craved for our own community, own culture, own type of food , friends , probably a auto rickshaw wala who understands a bit and you donot have to say "Kannada Gotilla !!".Wherever you go you would see such same problems be it in India or some other corner of the World. Again when I say this I am not restricting to the "Raj Thackrey" topic. Hence we can improve this condition probably by being better individuals having self respect . I go by a good quote "Respect begets respect !" . and once you are in this journey you can be sure to be a strong Indian and as we all say "Charity begins from home" I would say we should sll start practicing this at our home/worlplsce/community gatherings/social forum etc.All of us are Change Agents and as "Change" has been a part of life we need to nee +ve's of the change that has been incorporated or would be rather than debating unhealthily and unproductively on the -ve's and when I say this it starts with "You", "Me", "They" (people around us) and Others (rest of India and the World as a whole). This is the time and lets all march together for a common cause "Change Thyself first and then choose to Change Others"

All the best blogging !!!

Felomina said...
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Felomina said...

well written!! but the issue is nt wat the mumbaikars are facing or wat the so called outsiders are doin to maharashtrians... the issue is the infrastructure and the amenities of MUMBAI are succumbing to the volume mumbai is facing.. :)Mr. Thackery ddnt get the crux of the problem.. may be he dnt want to getinto all tht,, Its all abt the votebanks as they said... but ths also seems nt to be the case here...they vl loose the votebank of outsiders inthis case which is a hell lot!!check out in newspapers about other possibilities..

Unknown said...

GOOD JOB DEAR
really such type of thoughts are the basic necessity naw a days.
keep itup