Whenever I hear the words, "Rich are becoming richer and poor are becoming poorer.", or "20% of the people in a country are controlling 80% of the money", time starts to rollback for me to a period in my 6th grade when for the first time in my history class, I heard the term 'cast system' which was practiced by people in ancient India comprising of Harijans, Shudras, Vashistas, Kshatriyas, Brahmins and the King. Coming back in real time I realise that our society is in a same situation as then, where there is a virtual(unsaid) 'cast system' in which people are divided among the castes mentioned previously:
1.Shudras(unskilled workers: modern labourers)
2.Vashistas(skilled traders, merchants, craftsman, minor officials: modern middle class)
3.kshatriyas(Soilders: both then and now)
4.Bhramins(Smart, selfish and cunning people: those rich corrupt politicians and MNC owners)
5.Harijans(Untouchables: modern beggers)
6.And finally the King[dom](controlled by Brahmins: "Government" in today's world, where the king is a a piece of chessboard maneuvered by the players(politicians))
And this what I decipher is a "mayajal" (matrix) as mentioned in Bhagwad Gita, which is so obvious yet inevitable to every living being. This imbalance in wealth distribution which leads to the 'Cast system' is that inevitable phenomenon creating the mayajal, as it is in human nature to exploit each and every oppurtunity to gain as much materialistic advantage as he can over others.
Lets take and example of our own coutry India, consider the time when India got freedom as the midpoint between the two extrimities where castism lies. Now at that midpoint the boundaries of castism(supported not by work but by the cast you belong to) were diminishing and seeded were those which were supported by the kind of work a person does. And now was the time for what I categorise as Brahmins, who created those big industries and hired Vashistas(management) to controll the Shudras(labourers), the process which brought business for India promising a bright future where ideally everyone is striving to achieve the same status in a society (an illusion where those people in the lower cast are running on a treadmill).
I am not against the idea of creating industries(which is the highest honor an individual can do to a country, after our soldiers fighting on the borders, as it brings in business and creates employment which inturn helps Indian economy bloom while helping an individual earn bread and develop skills). But in this process, of creating industries those politicians and lazy regulatory authorities pitch in for their share, and ruin its essence. Politicians, those Brahmins of the modern world, whose families, i think, in later years will be the only ones who will be able to afford a ticket to world cup or have leisure time spent on developing any of their sports hobbies which will be impossible for a normal person who'll be busy earning bread for his family.
I would like to conclude by saying that India's treasure identified by Nandan Nilekani - human capital - is not for the people on the top to consume for their benifits, but for their own(individuals of the conuntry) to utilize, share and advance unbounded by their treadmill fate trying their best to defragment our society.
No comments:
Post a Comment