Let’s fight divisive wordplay PDF Print E-mail
Editorial Note
Written by Dada Santoshananda Avadhuta   

The recent utterances of Varun Gandhi during the election campaign in India drew a lot of attention in media and political circles because of the religious and caste overtones in his speeches.

Such statements and speeches have become a trend in Indian politics while the real issues confronting the people of the country take a backseat.

This malaise which has been creeping into the veins of the body politic of India must be eradicated as soon as possible, in the long-term interests of the country. If democracy and cardinal human and moral values are to survive in this country, then these fissiparous tendencies must be shown the door for they form the rootcause of violence, fundamentalism and terrorism in the country.

If India has to gain respect on international platform, it must subscribe to the ideals that humanity is one and indivisible.

Now, the question is how can this be achieved? Politicians indulging in such cheap gimmicks to attract votes, must be quickly disqualified from contesting elections. Stringent laws should be formulated specifically for this purpose.
The other way out is to promote inter-caste and inter-religious marriages as preached by Shri P. R. Sarkar , the visionary philosopher and propounder of Prout philosophy.

Now, as far as the caste factor is concerned, it has become an important tool to divide the people. Politicians exploit the caste sentiments of the people to gain power. Even the provision of reservation, which was brought in to benefit certain under-privileged sections of the society has become a political tool for our leaders.

Meanwhile, what is now being questioned is whether reservation has achieved its desired goal? On a close observation, we find that reservation has sown the seeds of permanent dissention and tension in the population of the country rather than bringing genuine upliftment in the educational, economic, cultural and social status of the backward and weaker sections of the society. So, the time now is to contemplate over the methods by which unity can be promoted among the people of the country and the divisive tendencies can be prevented from raising head.