‘India Poised’ is the new slogan manufactured by the old lady of Bori Bunder turned Media Baroness.
Poised, my foot! Its India Muddled we have to contend with.
India is going through a tough time, really.
The chaos on the streets in any small town reflects Indian the turmoil in the Great Indian mindset.
Driving along the roads of Patna in Bihar is like living in several times zones at the same time. You will have the huge spanky SUVs and luxury cars , the Chevrolets, Opal Astras rubbing shoulders with the sturdy box-like Vauxhall-clones the Ambassadors.
There are horse-drawn carts, bullock-carts, human powered Pedi cabs [rickshaws], tractors and trailers, trucks, buses of every size and description…
Being young in middle class India is just as chaotic.
The joint family is breaking up, there are new aspirations, the head of the household finds himself redundant and obsolete, the caste barriers are crashing. Even the security of government jobs is melting away.
Being young in middle class India is just as chaotic.
The joint family is breaking up, there are new aspirations, the head of the household finds himself redundant and obsolete, the caste barriers are crashing. Even the security of government jobs is melting away.
Brahmins find that their bosses are low-caste men, whom they would not have at the same table just a generation away. In the villages, the Rajputs desperately try to keep the lower castes in line using brute force if necessary.
The young are trying to battle with so many new concepts: marriage by choice, early career planning, the right to express their own sexuality, no matter how ‘alternative it is…..
2 comments:
there are times we are being asked to judge what is right and wrong but two questions always trouble my mind...what is hte deciding factor...mere majority and the second question is can things always be right and wrong...instead of being judgemental cant we just give our stance and let others have the right to think as htey want to.
i have one more question...rather request coz i know you must be knowing something about it(after all we didnt call you "www" just like that.:sir where did the bhumihars in bihar come from,what are they,they call htemselves a sub caste of brahmins...while no brahmin agrees. can you help meout with it.please
puja upadhyay
True, being judgemental isn't gping to help us because there are always several sides to many stories.
But then again, in all fairness, we need to stand up for those values that we hold.
so being open minded isn't te same as being without direction.
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