The Britishers have divided us as 2 parts but we and the leaders chosen by us are dividing us in 31 states, 1618 languages, 6400 castes, 6 Religions & 29 fests.

 plato, no, no..., i need to evolve further for that.. the usual stuff is fine for me.. 
to come to ur point, lets' ensure the current lot moves out faster..
and Mr Ziz, british actually played  politics but sadly for them it hd a opposite effect, the senas shud learn from that  

 plato, no, no..., i need to evolve further for that.. the usual stuff is fine for me.. 
to come to ur point, lets' ensure the current lot moves out faster..
and Mr Ziz, british actually played  politics but sadly for them it hd a opposite effect, the senas shud learn from that  

we were already > 565 , britishers integrated us into 4 ...

Bingo; Priya U’ve hit jack-pot with the word “Evolution”, are U reading Plato lately ;)?

Incredible to bring the process of Man evolving into a cognisant, conscientious, socially responsible-Human Being. If only THE LIVING- POLITICO INDIANS can follow the step of Lemmings, you know, they are small rodents especially of the genus Lemmus, inhabiting northern regions and known for periodic mass migrations that sometimes end in drowning, so that the new generation of Lemmings can rule. Then the new generation of homo-sapiens can see what they can achieve.

I think Sachin will also like to contribute on this concept.

I agree Shiuli, and there is no disagreement. but if we b'live it 'an evolution,then, there is no start or end, the process just goes on.. there r good phases and there r bad phases in it,, awareness and being socially responsible does help speed up the process for good..and that lot is on the increase

You disagree to agree Priya, when you say “It is city dwellers who r the most disillusioned with our democracy.” And that is what I have said in the whole earlier discussion. “The churning process” that you may be talking about is a gradual process but before the system begins the process, they have to first understand where to start atleast?

Interesting debate Shiuli,  my reading is different.., It is city dwellers who r the most disillusioned with our democracy. As a researcher I hv interacted with the ‘poor, so called uneducated voters just the illiterate voters’, a bit... They r responsible, intelligent, they choose the best from the given lot.. if they hv voted in the raja bhaiyas etc.. they will be the ones who will vote out the same… they hv never voted for polarisation, several election held so far is proof to that.. if they vote on caste basis, its like a known enemy is better then an unknown one...
As I hv said in too steps before, it’s a churning process, we hv to make the system work, 
 Appreciate what china has achieved, but….

Politicians and their agenda!! The common man always dies in this and Sachin your anguish is certainly apt. But do not let this crap catch you at all. It will keep rising and ebbing like the waves in the sea. There is always a storm and it takes its toll. 

Coming to your fear, its valid. Keep your chin up, do your job and forget about the political nonsenses. They are not worth it!! And let me be very blunt here, these mind games would be constantly a part and parcel of all our lives. The politicos need to assert themselves and they do it through such terror declarations while the cross border terrorists are the bigger threat to our lives. Democracy or not, such strategies would be adopted as long as we, people in Inida, are prepared to show that we are unified by language and not by the fact that we are One India. it is us who are always at fault as we give the politicians an agenda to exploit ourselves. Why would we need a state all to ourselves?? Why would we want to drift apart from the others?? Its really a political nonsense more than anything else.

As common people we are the ones who always grind ourselves. We get instigated by speeches and we get inspired to act maniacally. We have to look inside our own self to understand the fact that we are being played like toys because we have given the key to our lives in the hands of these politiicans. They turn the key and we do the pat that we are supposed to.

We are not puppets, we cannot be governed by the politicos. We have to rise against these unscrupulous tactics and present as ONE INDIA!! I empathise SAchin, beyond that individually I cannot do anything more. But I am quite stirred by your anguish and seriously wish you a very successful life ahead!!

good content .. shiuli thumbs up ??

Agreed Priya, that these are the myths of democracy getting interpreted in such manner which is suitable to the political parties. Most Indian politicians have used their election wins to significantly enrich themselves, according to their own pre-election declarations of assets. For example, the comparison of assets of candidates who won in 2004 and sought re-elections in 2009 shows that the wealth of UP politicians has grown by 559%, over five times, in five years, second only to their Karnataka counterparts who registered a growth of 693% in the same period, according to Sulekha.com.
Nexus of Crime and Politics:

About 153 members of the new Indian parliament have either been convicted and appealed or currently accused of various crimes. A major problem is that individuals charged with even the most serious crimes are allowed to stand if they have been convicted but their cases are under appeal, according to Times Online. “The speed of the Indian judicial system means it can take 30 years to complete a case – easily long enough to live out a full political career,” Mr Himanshu Jha, of the National Social Watch Coalition, said to the Times Online recently.

This nexus of crime and politics in India developed in two stages - in the first stage, Indian politicians used criminal elements and gangsters to control polling stations and intimidate their rivals; this gave legitimacy to these people and they decided to contest elections for themselves rather than merely act as mussel men (baahubali) for other politicians. There are many examples of this pattern, such as Munna Shukla and Shahabudin in Bihar, Raju Bhaiyya in U.P and Arun Gawli of Mumbai.
The Caste System:

The entire culture and governance of India is heavily influenced by the caste system that legitimizes abuse and exploitation of one group of people by another. It plays a significant role in voting patterns as well. Indians usually vote their caste rather than cast their votes. There is a counter argument to this concept of oppression: What about the lower caste politicians who also have risen to authority? The response is: Can they be different from the social milieu they belong to? Other issues include the lack of democratic structures inside India’s political parties and a culture of corruption fostered by a stifling level of bureaucracy.
Social Deprivation:

India, often described as peaceful, stable and prosperous in the Western media, remains home to the largest number of poor and hungry people in the world.
About one-third of the world's extremely poor people live in India. More than 450 million Indians exist on less than $1.25 a day, according to the World Bank. It also has a higher proportion of its population living on less than $2 per day than even sub-Saharan Africa. India has about 42% of the population living below the new international poverty line of $1.25 per day. The number of Indian poor also constitute 33% of the global poor, which is pegged at 1.4 billion people, according to a Times of India news report. More than 6 million of those desperately poor Indians live in Mumbai alone, representing about half the residents of the nation's financial capital. They live in super-sized slums and improvised housing juxtaposed with the shining new skyscrapers that symbolize India's resurgence. According to the World Bank and the UN Development Program (UNDP), 22% of Pakistan's population is classified as poor.
Comparison with Pakistan:

Unlike Indian democracy where middle class has a bigger role, Pakistani democracy remains largely dominated by the feudal class. Pakistani parliament is dominated by big landowners who have a sense of entitlement to rule, even though they pay no taxes on their farm income. They routinely escape prosecution for the crimes they commit against their own people. When they do get caught and charged with serious crimes, they use political influence and their deal-making power to beat the rap. Musharraf's US-sponsored amnesty (dubbed NRO) for late Benazir Bhutto, her widower Asif Zardari and other political leaders now in power offers a prime example of how the politicians are not held to account for serious crimes of corruption and murder. Some of the Taliban in Swat used the widespread grievances of the tenant farmers against their landlords as justification for Shariah-based Nizam-e-Adl to provide speedy justice.
Future of Indian Democracy:
Majority of the poor and rural Indians are sustaining democracy at a great cost to themselves in terms of the grinding poverty that defines their meagre existence. Contrasting Indian democracy with Chinese one-party rule, a British minister recently said that the number of poor people had dropped in the one-party communist state by 70% since 1990 but had risen in the world's biggest democracy by 5%. No one knows how long the average Indian will have to wait before the fruits of democracy in true reach him or her?
And the City dwellers in India are happy with the current myth of democracy.

The data and few ref have been taken from the article Challenges of Indian Democracy.

Shiuli, but then a democracy is the only answer to these discrepencies, our fundamentals r  strong there,

sachin Social reforms is a long and continuous process right from the beginning of the civilization...you can not expect over night change ....I am happy to see that you involved in such social work...you have a great experience of moving abroad and and indian culture outside the India....its great...
word explosive does not mean to behave like shiv sainik or ....its a matter of expression which you can have by writing...creating awareness etc...I felt you have that energy to express by different mode and you can do it...

Belongingness must be there but not fanaticism.

We all are educated enough to understand the undue coverage given by media to the issue of Mumbai & Marathi. When we compelled say "I belong to India", we need to see why some parts of country have NOT progressed at par.  It seems an deliberate attempts by great politicians for there political advantages.  This problem might not have occurred if the overall national progress would have achieved an equilibrium.  When we will achieve this equilibrium there will be less migrations and no space for such issues.

Why do people migrate from one state to another? Why Indians go to US, UK, Oz, UAE and many other places?  We all know the right answer for these questions.

The very similar situation (like Mumbai) is happening in Australia.  Why Australians doing odds against Indians?  Please think of it.

Culturally we are rich in adaptiveness, but when it comes at the cost of existence of the originals, time and again it will result in such intolerable situations only.

I do not belong to any party, just putting my views/analysis.  This needs to be controlled at national level only.  If the states are resourceful for providing proper employment, this will not occur and everyone will be happy.  So the problem lies somewhere else and the solutions sought somewhere else.

Right Abhiuday...

Just wanna say "I am an Indian and I am proud to be an Indian"

Tks Nitin...I am frustrate just becuase from a long time I am  working with such orgs. Ppl like us are trying on roads, playing nukkar nataks, and all awarnes programes, but still there is very few changes. Ppl dont want to change. Well i have taken it as my duty and i will continue this in my entire life to do such activities & awarness programmes. Thx Nitin for your nice words..but really I want bubbles but not for blast some day...i want them to be there and work in a proper way..if youth will blast then what will be the diffrence between Shiv sena and us. Hum jis desh mein rehte hain, uski khushbu har fiza mein hai. I have visited different countries and i find Indians, Indin masale,pickels and too many things...bas zaroorat hai to ise sahej kar rakhne ki...aur aaj ka youth kitna bhee advance ho...lekin use apne desh ka mulya pata hai...

Oh my mistake :(...this was for u Shiuli...i too don't know Shalini... :)

Sachin, Whose Shalini? :)

Priya don’t let the spirits crumble and please don’t call this much discrepancy of the democratic system as diversity.The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamouring to become visible." 

Every political party has it own core constituency to address, and they do it by all means. Here the problem is that its manifestation is violent and they give no space for a civilised debate.. and that needs strong condemnation by all.
Its just a phase.. it will go away, we Indians r too used to   our diversity. and we hv been like this for centuries…

Sachin...good shot....intensity of wave of frustration....keep it with you..it will require one day my dear friend...I am happy to see this kind of frustration in youth like me and you....I am telling you...keep it with you...forcefully...don't retrate to become a bubble....put some more explosive in it....at the moment let it burst...with full bang...society, city, states, country all the way should feel shakkkky...like tsunami...Keep it with friend..

We need lot of bubbles to make a revolutionary changes in our nation ...to feel like home...Make your country proude on you....My nation My home....India is for all of us...

Very true Shalini...well said..u added a star in this Insight...

Dear Sachin good write-up, just to add a line the day we start asking "What's our cause, instead What's mine!" We'll progress at a greater speed.

Tks Leena...we really need to come up nd stand together to fight again a battle for Freedom for our rights... 

Wow!! wonderful article Mr.Sachin. I support you in this. We belong to India, not to any state, religion or community...