Thinking like the simple people

When the British came to India, they found that the disciplined population of India is willingly working and contributing to the riches of the aristocracy. This was very inviting, they just had to take the position at the top like that of the rulers, and systematically absorb the wealth of the country.We cannot continue doing that to our own people.

Those who are educated can think about the inequalities that divide the people. In essential we cannot compare ourselves to the simple people who are condemned to uncertain existence.For that we have to put ourselves in that position. Capitalism, industrialisation along with liberalisation has brought prosperity to many Indians. But this is at the cost of the poor farmer, the simple worker and the hard working labourer. Their labour was not paid for completely. They were exploited at all places, as weavers, as farm labourer, as factory hands, as tailors, as cotton pickers, as matchbox makers, as bakers, as dairy producers, and so on. Those who exploited them became the new aristocracy. They just had to keep the arrangement going by buttering the political elite. And they had to devise ways to keep their position secure.

The divide between the worker and the rich is quite visible. Politics involved getting the votes of the poor. So came the need to pretend making "reforms" or schemes for the poor.The so called reforms that the political elite pretends to make do not reach the masses for whom it was intended for. The government is one giant dinosaur which eats up all the wealth of the nation by dividing it among the various dysfunctional departments.

The industrialists just took the position of the neo-aristocracy. Several of the educated Indians became bankers, charted accountants, lawyers and businessmen, while catering to the needs of the neo-aristocracy.The poor just keep on working their way to their own individual ends and have not reaped the benefits that industrialisation modernisation, and mass production has brought.

They just go on, living out their small lives with few cultural celebrations, few prayers to their gods and  finish off quickly. They do not have the time to think about what is really happening. They are really not aware and may be this lack of awareness makes their  life a little less painful.Belief that the elections and their leaders will bring development gives them sense of false hope. 

The simple Indians are happy Indians. May god give them happiness in their endeavour for betterment. 

These are the nine days of the "Navaratras" when the Indians pray, as they take "vrat" or religious abstinence from food.May God give them prosperity, lots of food and happiness.

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