“Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindusthan Hamara” – Better than the entire world is our Undivided India.

The cliché about India is that “it is the world’s largest democracy”. Living these days under the illusion of democracy, i look upon these words skeptically. For the past few years, I’ve been watching the happenings of USA too closely that i forgot to look those dirt on my own place. Various issues like Cultural oppression. Political Lobbying, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Victimizing the freethinkers and Scholars, Officers with implicit biases treating people are some of the few.

Here’s a quick prologue to Outsiders

In 1989, Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP – Indian People’s Party) took over the concept of Hindutva [Seeking to establish the Hindu way of life] as its ideology. It has made several milestones long since its inception using its crippled ideology. Demolishing a medieval mosque in a place where God Rama was presumably born and built a temple for him over it. Since the majority of the nation got swayed by them using organized planning of lobbying and influencing the use of the hatred on other ethnic groups in the critical states, Narendra Damodardas Modi took hold the most powerful position in the country (2014) and started helping build up the economic growth (till 2015) very rigorously unlike many previous prime ministers (Regarding the demonetization which happened last November, I’m so much baffled by the biased media and scholars of left-right wing spokespersons yet it’s troubles a lot of muggles than wealthy) but he undermined the importance of civil liberties and protections from the tyranny of the majority. And an increasing number of illiberal democracy is unabashedly being led by this strongman.

Taking the cases of Rohith Vemula and Jallikattu Issue as example the government is either influencing the segregation and the feeling of anti-national notions directly or indirectly through the ruling party’s base organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – National Volunteer Organization and its student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – All Indian Student Council.

Recently Supreme Court did its part in preserving the feeling of nationalism in people making it mandatory playing of the national anthem before movies in theaters. But instead of enforced nationalism we need to create an environment in which the feeling of nationalism comes from within through visionary leaders, good governance and an inclusive harmonious environment in the country. We need to evolve into a country that elicits nationalism and feeling of love from everyone residing in it. Why only Indian citizens need to be nationalistic their motherland, other non-citizens should also have such feeling for India if they reside here. That is the kind of nationalistic feeling or belonging that needs to be promoted¹.

In the village of Bishara after the 2015 dadri mob lynching (refers to lynching in which a mob of chauvinistic Hindu people attacked a Muslim family presuming that they had cow meat ignoring the ban for dinner, on the night of 28 september 2015 in bishara village of Uttar Pradesh but turned out they hadn’t and known too late to bring back the senior of the family), most of the Muslims remained in the village as the chances of surviving and affording to buy a house anywhere is almost difficult. One older man said “He, we have our homes. And the village is quiet now. Things are better.“ A young man, who had wrapped himself in a blanket and sat on the floor, raising his head. “There’s one difference in living here now”, he added “in the old days, if I had an argument I would retort. Now I bow my head and keep walking” indicating the Modi administration². Who cares about economy if one couldn’t able to live happily in a place where he’s been living his entire life.

On accounting the countries in which citizens live peacefully and does the most good to the rest of the world, Kenya lies in top 30 position while countries like China and Russia and India(ranked 124 of 163 as per 2016 for equality and prosperity), which is down in the same part of the Good Country index. And that tell us one very, very insightful thing. This ain’t about Money. This is about attitude and culture. This is about a government caring of its people and people caring about the rest of the world and possessing imagination and courage to think outwards instead of only thinking selfishly. Who are to think about the rest of the world when we can’t even think selfishly as one people belonging to this country. Well, I don’t want to live in the fast growing or competitive country. I want to live in a good country and I hope that you do too.

Thanking for reading and may god bless you all (In case you believe.)