User:Ajayan2010

“The pathetic face of India and tradition being a minor obstacle to progress” When we think of India as a country the image that is developed in our mind is about the excellent infrastructure, the metropolitan capitals, the highly civilized people, the business tycoons who are among the richest in the world etc. But if one makes a trip to rural India one comes to encounter the extreme opposite lifestyle of people compared to the urban people. In my opinion I feel tradition is one of the obstacle’s to the progress of these people. Tradition is something like customs, rules and regulations people follow from their ancestors. People in rural India and some even in cities believe in myths and superstitions created by people who lived in the past. Suppose if we take an example we would find it to be quite foolish! In a village if a god man or a sadhu comes and preaches and tells a group of people about some idiotic things and for instance, if he takes a pair of sandals and tells that it was worn by one of the god’s; people will blindly  believe it and worship that too. People who believe in all sorts of rubbish talks can be called as “gullible” people. They don’t want to be civilized at all. As the world is growing and improving people in India especially rural are not at all improving. In our country those who have everything have above the limits a person can have in a life time whereas a person who don’t have anything don’t have even a handful of sand as his property. Women in rural India have to walk 3-4 kilometers to fetch at least a potful of water. Children are dying due to malnutrition in their young age. There is no electricity, no food, no water, no clothes and not even proper shelter to lay down their head. The land is parched and they face drought throught the year. They are illiterate and no initiative is being taken by the government to bring some light in their life. Politicians are adorned by garlands of money in public. The people don’t have sense, atleast the politicians should spend the money for the poor and needy. It only increases their bank accounts. Greedy people! Common people are only like dolls in India. They are just meant to vote for the candidates when the elections come. At that point of time they are blindly made to believe that there would be development in their village. How clever the candidates they are, fooling innocent people! Even if their denied of their fundamental rights they have no knowledge about how they can defend themselves. They are deprived of their rights mercilessly and there is none to question it. No lawyer would stand for them to go to the court of law. The young generation coming up should stop the rule of these cunning and greedy politicians and take the initiative for the welfare of people who have not even had a good day in their life. I’m only thirteen and too young to do anything but when I would grow I will try to become a social activist if not I will always try to do something for them. Hope India would turn into a better country where everyone is treated equally. Poverty, crime, discrimination and all the social evils of the society should be extinct. This is my dream India and hope I it will be fulfilled one day! Let it be early as possible! Amita Sajeevan