Thursday 25 April 2013

What would India look like?

When industrialisation and modernisation transform India, there will be the affluent India and a "slum" India which would be fenced off. Affluent India will come about as the"rich" class of industrialists would make town ships for themselves; they would have their own hospitals and schools. The "poor" India would be the labourers' and workers' communities which would cater to the needs of the "rich" class. These people would have least facilities in terms of schools and medical centres. Crime rates would be high here. Whenever there is a crime, a few persons in the poor area would be arrested beaten up and made to confess even if they were not involved in crime.
Actually, this scene seems more and more like the present. Law has a different meaning for rich and the poor.If our natural resources are sold to the rich after being confiscated from the poor farmers, we are creating a "rich" society and a "poor" society.
When agricultural results are good, we can distribute to all persons. But when there is drought or famine, the rich would isolate themselves. They would import food or grow food in green houses. The poor would get few rations handed out by public welfare schemes.We must make sure that droughts do not occur; we must make sure that waters in our rivers do not dry up. Why should foreign powers build dams to stop river waters from entering our land? We must protect our land and its people.
It is a sad scene which will come true, if we fail to make our government effective and responsible.And the voice of the poor should be heard. His needs should be attended to. The poor labourers would be battling against the corporates. The government would support the corporates and all labour laws would be meaningless. The supply chain corporates would unscrupulously exploit the weak worker. How to make an ethical supply chain?
These are questions we must think about now to avoid a terrible future.

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