Failure of our Nation

The prevailing situation of disharmony and dissension seems to be one created by vested interests of all hues. Before India got independence British policy of divide and rule had firmly taken roots among political classes and the new leadership who saw its vast potential in furthering their own design. The divide and rule was exploited by opportunists who sought power over anything else. Policies were partisan, favoring one group over other, further creating chasm. Of late that division seems to have increased multi fold. Its not at all coincidence that more India is trying to shed its baggage of the past, more it is being highlighted as to how nefarious its record is in maintaining harmony. In fact India is being portrayed by media in the same league or perhaps worse than Pakistan, Russia, China, and Sub Saharan Africa in ethnic cleansing and human rights violation. Terrorists who are on the verge of hanging for their crimes or who are killed on the battlefield in a legitimate encounter are being made heroes. Every incident reported on media, both print and electronic is getting a religious or a cast colouring - like Muslim boy killed or Dalit girl raped and so on.

The day media was opened up for foreign direct investment was a very sad day for India as now almost all our media are controlled by foreign vested interests. The Anglo Saxon design of dividing and ruling is very much imbibed by such an interest group and certainly they would not have anything to do with a strong India, a resurgent India, a united India which can prosper better. They will try their best to sow seeds to dissension, bring in disharmony, create further political rifts by supporting one class of politics over another, pit leaders against each other and bring in a policy paralysis, create negative opinions on almost every issue, discourage decision making and create general confusion by making non issues as issues. Every slightest opportunity to create division, religious or others, are being grabbed upon and insignificant characters, who otherwise would not even been seen, let alone be heard, are being given voices by a pliant media. Sadly in most cases the news are partisan and realities, if are not to the liking of the media heads or do not conform to their general outlook, do not get reflected as newsworthy. The same sin or more heinous one committed by one group is deliberately ignored while another is given as much attention as possible. 

Gone are those days in which standard of journalism was one of the highest in our country. Now they have descended to the nadir. Wonder if further degradation is possible.