India…. A pot of variety of pebbles

I guess instead of calling India a land of “Unity in Diversity”, it’s better to name it something different. No doubt, India is still a land of unity in Diversity but the growing dissent from various factions for separate state is endangering the very unity of the country.

Actually India is a pot-belly of various creeds having their own caste, language, living style which somehow fails to mix with each other. Infact, it is not some sudden uprising. People in our country never got mingled with each other. The only thing is that with coming of various political groups the people are voicing their demands in an explicit way. And once a particular group start raising its voice the other group gets new courage to voice its own demand and the process continues.

From 25 states we have exceeded to 28 states and the counting still continues.

But one question arises is the cost-benefit analysis of such an exercise. Three states which were created a decade ago viz., Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttrakhand have become better stated in some way that they were utilize their resources in a better way. Peoples’ rights were also recognized and their living status became better. Unique qualities or a particular area can be timely recognized and effectively utilized.

But this has also become a looming threat to the very basic unity of the country. We can see rising unrest in the states like Telangana, Gorkha land in east and may be some more. For this I blame our political parties. India is the country having largest number of political parties including the ones at the regional level. They bring fore the caste issues, the regional issues, the language issues and raise great hue and cry. Examples are plenty to support my argument like Mumbai-North India divide, Dalit-General (Caste) divide.

But the political parties are not enough to create a smashing scene and they are in turn joined by the DJ, VJ (read- celebrities), who give music to the show. Then starts the blame game and riots and dharna and processions and so on and the party continues.

Within political parties also more and more parties are created and this birth process never stops. I would suggest that these political parties should definitely adopt the birth control measures and put entry barriers on the new upcoming parties which are especially created out of some internal parties’ rivalry. But alas! This is not the case with the Indian political class. They just not only multiply within themselves but also create multiple issues of no use and also multiple states.

If this internal mutiny is not controlled then that day is not far when India will have to change its name.