I was going through an article related to the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 2nd, suddenly my thoughts went to the hereditary principle and the way it is practiced in India. Here many are born with privileged benefits over others which are giving them an extra advantage which cant be matched by the underprivileged in their life time. This illogical practice is spread across the sectors.
In spite of all the issues around us , the major magnetic force which attracts majority of this countrymen to be part of this system is the democratic process we have built in for the last six decades. Do we really have a democratic government ? Is the national level politics is with in or out of reach of many capable millions of common man of this country?
If we conduct a study about present Lok Sabha MP's background, the results are alarming
- All MP's whose age is less than 30 are hereditary
- 65% of the MP's aged below 40 are hereditary
- 69% of the women MP's are also hereditary
This is not spread in a single sector. Take film field , majority of the new generation star's are coming from families which are having deep roots in film industry. Thankfully we don't have any sports persons from hereditary background as we can directly measure the talent.
Politics, Cinema etc, always belong to some closed sodality.But if we go deeper , what is the condition of the real common downtrodden people? Birth is just an accident. You can born in a well off house or in poor hut. That does not mean that this accidental incident , 'birth' will determine your destiny?
We are leaving in a terrible system where a minority of population is holding the majority of the resources available, leaving the majority common man with nothing. Is the redistribution of the resources from the rich to the poor happening?
Consider a boy born in a poor family. Lack of primary needs like nutrition, health etc is surely going to affect his physical as well as intellectual growth. Even if he goes for education, the society is not providing him with free quality education. So a boy who has a good financial support is having a head start right from the start . Leave all the other things , a rich boy's knows the value of education, can assist him in lot of things, can provide lots of facilities etc. So a downtrodden is so unfortunate to remain as a downtrodden , so as his coming generations.
The people in power are claiming that they are doing a lot for the poor. But the actual statistics has a different story to tell. For the last two decades we are hearing a lot of buzz about liberalization, globalization, GDP growth etc etc. The capitalist and may be the middle class to some extent must have got an extra 'perceived' comfort.
Did it make any difference to the economically weak?
In spite of all the issues around us , the major magnetic force which attracts majority of this countrymen to be part of this system is the democratic process we have built in for the last six decades. Do we really have a democratic government ? Is the national level politics is with in or out of reach of many capable millions of common man of this country?
If we conduct a study about present Lok Sabha MP's background, the results are alarming
- All MP's whose age is less than 30 are hereditary
- 65% of the MP's aged below 40 are hereditary
- 69% of the women MP's are also hereditary
This is not spread in a single sector. Take film field , majority of the new generation star's are coming from families which are having deep roots in film industry. Thankfully we don't have any sports persons from hereditary background as we can directly measure the talent.
The bigger issue...
Politics, Cinema etc, always belong to some closed sodality.But if we go deeper , what is the condition of the real common downtrodden people? Birth is just an accident. You can born in a well off house or in poor hut. That does not mean that this accidental incident , 'birth' will determine your destiny?
We are leaving in a terrible system where a minority of population is holding the majority of the resources available, leaving the majority common man with nothing. Is the redistribution of the resources from the rich to the poor happening?
Consider a boy born in a poor family. Lack of primary needs like nutrition, health etc is surely going to affect his physical as well as intellectual growth. Even if he goes for education, the society is not providing him with free quality education. So a boy who has a good financial support is having a head start right from the start . Leave all the other things , a rich boy's knows the value of education, can assist him in lot of things, can provide lots of facilities etc. So a downtrodden is so unfortunate to remain as a downtrodden , so as his coming generations.
The people in power are claiming that they are doing a lot for the poor. But the actual statistics has a different story to tell. For the last two decades we are hearing a lot of buzz about liberalization, globalization, GDP growth etc etc. The capitalist and may be the middle class to some extent must have got an extra 'perceived' comfort.
Did it make any difference to the economically weak?
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