DISCRIMINATING DISCREPANCY

VERY FREQUENTLY I USED TO WONDER THE POLICY DRIFTING POLITICS AND HOW COMMON PEOPLE NEVER EVEN VOICE PROTESTS. IS IT DUE TO SELFISHNESS OR SAFEGUARDING THEIR CAREER OR LACK OF AWARENESS?

EVEN AFTER NEARLY 45 YEARS THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE OF THE UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA APPLYING TWO DIFFERENT YARD STICK MORE OR LESS TO THE SAME TYPE OF DECISION OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN. IT STILL PUZZLES ME WHY NOT IMPLEMENTED WITH DISCRIMINATING DISCREPANCY. IN 1960S HINDI FANATICS FROM HINDI BELT AREAS WITH ONE THIRD STRENGTH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FORCED HINDI AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AND FORCED ALL THE STATES TO IMPLEMENT IT. IT WAS VERY APTLY RESISTED BY TAMIL NADU VEHEMENTLY THAT ANYTHING SHOULD NEVER BE IMPOSED THAT TOO MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE SET ASIDE. THE CONGRESS LEAD GOVERNMENT LOST POWER DUE TO HINDI AGITATION AND RICE SCARCITY. IT STILL MAKES VALIANT ATTEMPTS TO COME BACK TO POWER EVEN AFTER 45 YEARS, WHICH WILL NEVER BE SUCCEEDED SINCE THEY DISCARDED THE PATRIOT GREAT KARMAVEERAR KAMARAJ BY MISUSING HIS NAME TO COME BACK TO POWER.

THE SOUTH MADRAS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT C.N.ANNADURAI STOOD FIRMLY IN THE PARLIAMENT THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME NON-HINDI SPEAKING PEOPLE AGREE FOR HINDI, ENGLISH SHOULD BE CONTINUED WHICH WAS AGREED BY THE THEN PRIME MINISTER NEHRU. THIS WAS ALMOST DILUTED BY THE PRESENT SET OF M.Ps, WHO ARE AFTER MONEY AND POWER INSTEAD OF MINDING FOR PEOPLE.

COMING BACK TO MY VIEW THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN INDIA WERE 14 AND HINDI WAS LARGELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE AND NEARLY 47% PEOPLE WERE CONVERSANT WITH LANGUAGE,IT WAS IMPLEMENTED AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN SPITE OF PROTESTS.

BUT THE JAN SANGH PARTY REPRESENTED THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT HINDI AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE MAKE HINDUS AS OFFICIAL RELIGION. AS AT THAT TIME 59% ARE HINDUS, WHICH WAS REFUSED AND REJECTED,SINCE NEHRU TOTALLY COVERED HIMSELF UNDER THE NAME AS SECULAR. WHEN DIVISION AND PARTITION WAS DONE BY BRITISH AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE PAKISTAN WAS MADE MUSLIM COUNTRY AND WHY INDIA WAS NOT MADE AS HINDU COUNTRY. THIS STAND PUZZLES ME.

YES, LET INDIA BE A SECULAR COUNTRY, BUT WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A COMMON INDIAN LAW FOR THE AUTHORIZED INDIAN CITIZENS? ARE THE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE FACT FAMILY PLANNING LAW IS BINDING ON MUSLIMS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS MUSLIM POPULATION IN INDIA AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE AND PRESENT? IT WAS 17% IN 1947 AND NOW IT IS 39% AND WHICH IS SECOND OR THIRD IN THE WORLD. IT IS QUITE ALARMING AND DISTURBING SINCE THEY ARE ALWAYS FOR PARTITION AND INDIA DEFINITELY CANNOT STAND FOR ONE MORE PARTITION.

I REALLY CARE FOR THE GREAT INDIA MORE THAN RELIGION,THIS IS MY CONCERN. FINALLY I FIRMLY AND STRONGLY BELIEVE NOTHING CAN BE IMPOSED ON ANY ONE ESPECIALLY MOTHER TONGUE AND RELIGIOUS FAITH, WHICH ARE SOUL AND HEART OF ANYONE.