Losing My India to New India
They were in hurry of getting power. But they had no way. They had no plan for economy. They had no plan for socio-cultural issues which were being raised. But they had been gifted with an opportunity. Economy was entering into a phase of disarray, stories of corruption of those in power , true or false were roaming in the streets. Terrorism was taking life. Northern borders were not in peace. And the national leadership was in mute mode. Self indulged, self praise, hubris, disdain, distanced from masses, elitist, plutocratic. Government and governance were losing faith of the people. Left had no idea left either for ideological fight or for future plan . Time was just right. Time was ripe to allure people . People were not in a position to decide what was good or bad for them. People were not aware enough to see the danger coming to their future. Government of the day failed to convince people about what good things were done for them. Media was receiving huge contribution to spread one sided picture. Government's misdeeds were being told extensively but there was complete silence about contenders' sins. Institutions were being hijacked. One Mr Vinod Rai had become supari killer of democracy. He took every pain to explain a crime which was never proved . But people were being convinced. Certain self proclaimed babas were fielded to exploit Indian cultural trait of trusting old men for their sagacity. Sadhus were there to teach holy dharma. And all these bore fruits. They got opportunity. They had swiftly taken center stage . Claimed , they had a Messiah. They claimed they had cure for all wrongs done by plutocrats, by dynasts. They told , they could. They preached nationalism. Nationalism could eradicate all weeds, they claimed. They had rich packages of dreams for everyone. Fifteen lakhs, red eyes for China, all round prosperity. Sabka sath, sabka vikas. What a fantastic idea it was. And they were trusted , they were chosen to rule.
But they had no road maps. So they turned to past. They started a project of reviving claimed golden past. They claimed India had everything in past. So they propelled people into past. Past was of Hindu ethos, as they said. So they taught present must belong to the Hindus. Devoid of any idea of rule, religion , they claimed was only panacea. So they connected everything to Hindus. And the nation was thrown into communal furnace. They claimed as Gold becomes kundan after heating so the nation must be heated in the fire of Hindu religion, which they called Hindutwa. Hatred to the extent of violence was preached.
The nation accepted the idea. The nation adopted communalism , majoritarianism, and all similar traits just to complete the project of making Inda great again, without looking outside and inside, making India a communal place again full of hatred and violence. People were not left for a minute to think about themselves. Ideology of hate based nationalism became the governing principle. Devoid of any clue for modernity, devoid of any plan to revive society economically, socially, culturally , just to keep hold on power , ruling junta of hatemongers kept people busy in the project of hate. The only holy task left for today is to establish Hindu hegemony again. Make India Vishwa guru again. Make India Great Again. And thereby , Indians have been fast loosing their age old acquinted India to the new India made of hate, discrimination, persecution and violence .
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