INDIAN GROWTH - THE FOREIGN CONNECTION

Every civilization has its own way of growing and nourishing itself.

The British civilization, though there is no mention of them in the ancient times, but in medieval times they grew by exploration of different countries, trading with them, and finally converting them into colonies and exploiting them for their homeland’s prosperity.

The Chinese had their own style of developing their civilization. It was a mix of travelling to different neighboring countries and learning what they had to offer coupled to their own citizen’s inventions.

But, how did Indian civilization grow and nourish itself? One finds the answer to this question in the pages of history.

First, it was the Aryans who invaded the Indus valley region and the four Vedas, the cornerstones of the Hindu religion are a gift of the Aryans.

The popularity of the silk route from China to Europe through India was the gift of Emperor Kaniska, who also built the Grand Trunk Road, is again a foreigner.

The popularity of India in the ancient and medieval times by the name, “The Golden Bird”, is something which makes all Indians proud to this day, is the gift of Greek and Chinese scholars and ambassadors who traveled to India and made India popular across the far corners of the earth.

The language of ancient India, Sanskrit, was the gift of the Persian tribes who invaded India. The 7th wonder of the world, the Taj Mahal was the deed of a Moghul emperor, again from a foreign dynasty who invaded India and made India their home. The same applies to the Red Fort, the very place where we flutter our national flag on Independence Day.

The very capital of India, the city of Delhi was established by the Moghul dynasty.
The Sultans, e.g. Tipu Sultan who fought so bravely against the British and is believed to be first pro-pounder of the use of missiles and who did use missiles of a different form against the British belongs to a dynasty which traces not from India.

The Indian Railways, one of the largest in the world and the highest employer in India dates its origin to the British rule in India. Accepted the British did more harm to India than to foster its development, but the fact that India did experience some critical developments due to the British can never be ruled out.

The very feeling of freedom and national unity was realized by Indians only after spending a century or more under the British rule.

Such a feeling of national unity never existed before the British Empire and it’s really sad to say does not exist anymore.

One witness’s state/ language wise fight for supremacy or rights almost daily in recent India. I list below:
1) The Assamese not allowing people from Bihar to appear for exams in their state.
2) The fight of Gorkhas for a separate state.
3) The people of Maharastra being brain washed by few leaders are up in arms against North Indian and racking havoc against them, also in the process destroying the state owned property, hardly realizing the fact that these infrastructure are for their facilitation and also set up from the tax payers hard earned money, i.e. they themselves are destroying their own property.

One can continue quoting numerous such examples, where we have just seemed to forget the fact that we all are from the same Nation and the state wise divisions are just for better administration and not because one is superior or inferior to another.

Some things never change. Previously, we misinterpreted the caste divisions and fought among ourselves and tried to differentiate ourselves from others and in turn caused our society and development to take a beating. There was no feeling of unity or brotherhood, even within our same Hindu religion.

Now, we are fighting based on language, state and not to forget the ever present issue of fight against other religion.

Imagine all the talk of India becoming a super power and crap, do we deserve to be citizens of a super power? If we keep on destroying our own property and behave like insane creatures how in our wildest dreams can we expect to grow? And even if we sum how manage to develop and grow, we really are self sufficient in the context that we can destroy our selves with great efficiency and we don’t need any outsider to destroy us.

The foreigners who invaded India were wise enough to understand and adapt to a secular India. But, we the people of India, we don’t ever seem to learn anything even after years of bondage and suffering.

It’s a real shame that we need foreigners to invade and control us and make us suffer for us to realize we all belong to the same nation and that we should live in peace, harmony and unison.

So let’s wait and watch this time which country or tribe makes us suffer for us to realize of our oneness.

A real bloody shame for us, “The People of India” !!!