As a daily routine, I peeled off the top layer in my daily calendar indicating that one more day has gone in 2008. “We are progressing towards future” – Perhaps, this is what one is supposed to think while doing this act. However, the news that flashed in the newspaper column makes one worry as it brought a worse feel of déjà vu.
The lawyers of Maharashtra had submitted a petition demanding that judges from other states should not be transferred to their state.
What is happening to India? The Eurpoean countries have formed a union and also have a common currency among them. The globe is shrinking to the size of the ball, courtesy, advanced technology and broad-mindedness among the people and their understandings. We, boasting ourselves as a sub-continent, claiming Unity-in-Diversity, keep ourselves dividing on the base of religion, region, caste and creed? Where are we heading to?
I, still, could not understand what they mean by this submission. They maintain that proper justice is not being made. What has justice to do with language? I simply cannot digest such news at all. At the outset, such petitions should be rejected in outright manner and should not be encouraged in future.
One can understand such gimmicks being played by the politicians but lawyers? They are supposed to be educated or learned ones. If law-makers have such attitude, what shall we expect from them in future? It is unfortunate that most of the law students aspiring a career in politics rather than in the judicial arena.
History makes it clear that Indians can never be united as every one of them is plagued by the disease EGO. EGO is nothing but Edging God Out of oneself. This is not understood by us despite the fact that India gives birth to the most successful spiritual leaders of the world. Courtesy, British, we were politically united and they were intelligent enough not to compartmentalize ourselves on the basis of languages.
It was the idea of the so-called learned men of India under the leadership of Mr. JM Nehru, our country is divided on the basis of languages. He was black-mailed by the fast unto death by Potti Sriramulu, who wanted a separate state for Telugu speaking Indians. That was the time; Mr. Annadurai demanded a separate country for Tamils.
Now, we are facing the repercussions for this deed. People are not ready to share water, resources and now it has come down to sharing of people also. We are not Indians but we are Maharashtrians, Biharis, Gujjus, Tamils, Kannadigas. We have already isolated our north-eastern states from the mainstream by such activities only. Now this has spread into all states.
Those who aspire a career in politics could not find a noble cause but such sensational issues and are hell-bent in dividing the country. The basic reason – we did not have a link language among us. We accept English a foreign language but are not ready to accept Hindi as our national language and politics is made out of this.
We do not see Indians in our brethren but their region. No longer the Pledge of the country is recited in schools where we claim, “All Indians are my brothers and sisters” The learned have no time to concentrate on such issues and the illiterate has nothing to lose in this. So, the scoundrels (read politicians) have started to divide our country as everyone of them want to rule a place even if it is a small one.
It is no longer the Republic of India but "Divided States of India" (it cannot be United, you know)
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Precisely i had similar problem. Back in 90's when i used to reside in Chennai, i taught Hindi to kids there on free-of-cost as i believed in the requirement of a link language for our country. It is the politicians who spoil us in this country. The irony is, those leaders who boast of Tamil language and its culture, have their kids learn Hindi language.
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Gopal krishnaji ....thats true people can accept english language ..but wats the problem in accepting hindi as their national language ..........
In some foregin land , when we meet with our country men ....we hav to take a support of a foregin language ...... some even ask " though u belong to the same country India ....why u talk in english" .
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yes, time they grew up! otherwise they won't be able to a fast growing world
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