Monday, March 22, 2010

India vs Bharat : The Nation divided


Never had the British thought that their one word, India, for  our nation , Bharat would actually be competing with each other. However the truth stands so; while half of the nation has moved up the status of India, the other half is still in the archaic remains of Bharat. Our nation today stand divided ,apart from religion and states, in its representational form.On one hand where it represents future world leader, India, on the other it remains  a nation put down by poverty and corruption, Bharat. While our economists and educationalists are scaling heights in the world giving name and fame to India, the fact remains that we have one of the highest illiteracy rate in Bharat.At a time when India is showing great efforts to improve healthcare with cashless cards and medical insurance schemes, there are millions of expecting mother in Bharat who die because of lack of healthcare.
A quick introspection reveals that a non inclusive growth strategy of the government along with the vote bank politics has created this divide between India and Bharat. ‘Reservations for inclusive growth’; the idea was good but implemented poorly across the decades failed to achieve its purpose. While large impetuous is given on the growth of revenue generating hubs/metros , the other sectors/cities have been devoid of even a cinch of development and attention.
Furthermore, we are moving towards creating the gap between India and Bharat; current example being the  uprise of Naxal movements. It’s high time we do something before lose our identity as an Indian or Bhartiya . Without such efforts, ‘One India’ would be a distant dream.

Regards,
Amrit


2 comments:

Unknown said...

hey dude, the facts that u presented are gud......i dont have any problem with those facts.....but in the first para u seem to say that everything that is gud is india and everything that is bad is bharat.....Bharat is india..india is bharat..there can be gud india,bad india...there cuold be gud bharat,bad bharat....but u should not say gud india,bad bharat....think about it....

Krishna said...

hey dude I don't think the word Bharat is not responsible for the religious fights or anything and the word India is not responsible for any development till now and in future, asking for change in name to Bharat is because our sculptures and vedas mentioned us as Bharata and the main reason for the claim to change is to protect our history and culture. I don't see any problem in changing from the name, which got it's recognition by a pronunciation mistake to the name which stands as the proof of our very own and golden culture.

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