The Incoming Indian Civil War.....

In Macbeth (written by Shakespeare), the Three Witches exclaim that ,"Fair is foul and Foul is fair" !!

It means, What is Fair today is Foul tomorrow. This entire blog, in other words, is derived from this line. The Europe and Russia of today are a result of very painful yesterday. The French Revolution, the English Civil War, and perhaps the most painful war of Germany which wiped out One-Third of the population had exactly the same consequences. The Feudal system of Europe which was considered as "Fair" before the revolution(s) was thrown away and considered "Foul" just after the revolution(s). Perhaps the Arab Spring was less painful as compared to that churn. I am not justifying the massive bloodshed in Europe but the purpose. The purpose was to get away with the Feudal World and establish a world which imbibed equality for all. A country should not identify its citizen as rich and poor but as its citizen. The point is this, that if one has to move from one system to the other completely different system than one has to "dismantle" the present system because its of no use and perhaps it would "eat up" the resources and "consume" the future.

(The reason for failure of Arab Spring was very simple, it was not people's struggle but it was a vested "Foreign Policy". Had it been a struggle by people of Arab, it would not have faded like that. It certainly had reached a conclusion, peace would have restored. But it didn't, so lets keep that aside because its completely different, I don't see it as a revolution or a "spring" at all )

The Indian Saga

India today is neither Feudal nor Modern Industrial Society like the most of the Western countries are. It is in a transition zone, and any transition zone is always very turbulent and very disturbed. The Middle class of India is divided as Upper and Lower which previously was not. In India, caste system was considered "Fair" up-til decades earlier in the whole nation, but thanks to growing awareness and the "Love-Marriages" (LOL!!) that casteism is being considered as "Foul" in few sectors, very few sectors. Bribes have reduced in government offices but still they are nowhere near the expected reductions. The working hours in the Government offices have increased, the UT of Delhi won the election on issue of corruption only and so did the Nation in recent Lok-Sabha elections, youths are complaining about their rights, the idea of NOTA was established, RTI came along and so many things. All this occurred in a span of hardly 10 years which were in the decoration wing for decades. A churn is quite visible. 

Still the problems are enormous. In large parts of India, even today casteism is widely practiced and appreciated which the educated youths are quite uncomfortable with. Still nearly 45% of the children are malnourished despite the GDP growth each and every year. The reason for this is quite simple, the GDP growth is being minted in few pockets only and its not reaching where it should have been. 20 crore of Indians sleep every night with an empty belly. While all this is going on people in order to claim their Fan-ship comment something bizarre like,"Kutte ki tarah Soyega to Kutte ki tarah hin marega"(One of the Salman Khan Supporter). This statement reminds me of an incident which happened before French Revolution : a child dies while sleeping on the road when a Chariot runs over him. The man sitting in the lavish Chariot throws a golden penny towards the crying mother as a "compensation". Incidents like this are occurring all over the nation, poor are crying for their food and politicians are patting back of one another for giving them "Fundamental Rights". Perhaps there is an immediate need of Second Bill of Rights like what was offered by President Rossevelt to the poor of America. Because he was a noble and knew that America can't afford any revolution by its people because of namby wars of Europe.

The frustration among the poors which resulted in phenomenal election results of the recent years, if not studied properly will definitely result into a violent revolution. Maoism and Naxalism is an example. The Naxalites of Jharkhand raised guns against the government and went for self-rule because nobody came for them. Their homes were uprooted because of the regular military exercises and they were paid a compensation of 50 paise which was amended in 1992 and was raised to....... guess what ??? It was raised to Rs 1.50. Yes you read it correct, One and a half rupees.

Why a Civil War 

The reason why I say a civil war, because till now a very small section was fighting. But through the spread of internet when people have got to know the lives of other countries and the present "online" kind of youths who want everything as quickly as possible, the churn of change has become even more aggressive. If the wishes of youths are not satisfied then they take no time in going against the entire system, be it case of Nirbhaya or the Honour Killing or the quashing of section 66A or 377 or net neutrality or the Khap Panchayats or the change academic systems or AIB roast and so on. There are so many debates which have sparked this nation and they could be easily found on the internet and they are very sensitive like the legalisation of Marijuana, porn websites, legalisation of prostitution and many more. 

Till now everywhere the rape victims were considered as victims, but due to recent incidents when everybody has become aware of his/her rights, even a damn statement by a lawyer whom nobody knew until the unfortunate incident, sparks the nation. People have started shaming the rapists and consoling the "victim", atleast in a few sectors. And all this happened in a matter of 2-3 years, thats it.... Girls are sharing videos of their abusers online while they were abused, this shows how fast this transition was, 2 years earlier they were ashamed of telling their parents and 2 years later they are beating it all over the nation. A video by a woman who recorded her abuser on a plane is a perfect example while she repeatedly calls him a "Budhha". The best is this that people including the celebrities shared that post.

Today if a singer like Honey Singh does a rap in which he exclaims a girl as "inferior" than he is countered with another rap in which he is branded a "buffoon". Who used to do that except the journalists......

But one thing still haunts me and leads me to the conclusion of the Civil War which may not be an armed Civil War spread across nation like it was in case of Europe and Russia, but it could be limited to some areas and perhaps could teach a very brilliant lesson to established Nexus between politicians and others. That one thing is the rising and digitising Poor class. The poors till now are unaware of social theories, they don't know that natural resources are for everybody and if one has a lot of money does not mean that he/she can go on exploiting that to any extent. They do not know that India has adopted a "Socialist" economy in its Preamble and not a "Capitalist" one. Once this goes into their head that a Socialist Economy means their is a ceiling over the amount of resources one can enjoy, they will revolt, definitely they will. A few things are there which can trigger this. In Maharashtra people are denied water but just by the side of it lies a big hotel and group of villas. Leave villas, even the hotel has personal swimming pool in its every damn room. When asked to the poor to comment about that, they said its because they have money, I am just wondering of that day when they will come to know what actually means by a Socialist Society, the Europeans came to know about it and they did it.

A poor living by the side of Ambani's big house thinks that he has it because he maintains a good account, but once he will come to know that he has it because Ambanis did not give it to them, then the result would be unfortunate........ 

Note : For the last paragraph one should read the 1-5 Five year Plans along with Trickle Down Theory as was proposed by the Planning Commission and which is also being advocated by governments of today. If this is missing then the last part may sound confusing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics