AIMLESS INDIA…… A FLOATING ICE BERG IN THE SEA OF CHAOS

AIMLESS INDIA…… A FLOATING ICE BERG IN THE SEA OF CHAOS

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

The aspect of India being one nation has been debated many times and some opined that it was never one nation. It was a conglamation of many kingdoms right from the days of yore. Ramayana and Mahbharatha of course claim that Ram and Kuru princes were the overlords in entire India. The haters of Sri rama from Tamilnadu of course claimed that Ram was the king of a small kingdom at Ajodhya that he inherited from his father Dasaratha, Although Hindus no doubt revere these scriptures very greatly their reality has always been disputed by a section of people in India. Although some historical proofs were unearthed at Dwaraka and Lanka, conclusive proofs are yet to surface to put to rest the element of doubt. Inspite of these doubts Hinduism stands by the scriptures and they form the back bone of way of life of Hindus all over world. Ancient India absorbed all invaders such as Sakas, pathinians, Scythians, Hoons, kushans and Greeks. Only Muslims could not be absorbed into society instead of living together right from the 12 century to till date. Various sects such as Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Sikhs, Ahmediyas, Boras, Christians, Aethists compose this nation and every one pulls in different direction. Thereby destabilizing the nation. This is now exactly happening.Till Muslims invaded India and committed barbaric crimes and carried out forcible conversions India was predominantly a Hindu state. Buddhism by that time almost vanished from India except in few places due to the crusade launched by Adi Sankaracharya from South India Afghanistan that basically a Buddhist nation succumbed to Muslims who massacred all Buddhists barbarically. The mountains Hindu Kush are named after the massacre of Hindus. . We have accepted blindly the versions of European scholors without critically examining the validity.

Sanskrit was the ancient language in India and was the binding factor for all regions in India. It was the language of communication for all the sages throughout India.All the ancient scriptures were written in Sanskrit. The nation was one till Sanskrit was the binding factor among all communities.. As time passed Sanskrit usage reduced and local languages received patronage from the provincial kings and emperors. With this regionalism also developed. It became stronger day by day. In Andhra Provinces Sansrit was the official language during Satavahans who ruled gloriously and even conquered far off places such as Magadha in North India. However when Esatern Chalukyas flourished later they made Telugu as the official language. Similarly Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam became regional language in the kingdoms and with this regionalism took deep roots. Regional chauvinism became the order of the day from then onwards.

The geographical barriers due to Vindhya mountains that divide North and south contributed to North south divide and development of different cultures thereby permanently isolating north and south regions. Entirely different type of temple architecture and dress code developed in North and southern regions. Religious ceremonies, practices, food habits, traditions and habits developed. Making division more rigid and isolating the regions from each other.. Marriages between North and south Indians was literally a taboo and was very rare. Probably this continues even today. South Indians considered themselves more religious, pious, traditional and educated and looked down others while those from north considered themselves as more brave, nationalistic, valiant and protectors of the country.

In ancient days although King Ashoka established a very large empire covering entire India the country soon broke into provincial kingdoms once the central authority broke up and was weakened.Local dynasties flourished and drooped.Fortunes fluctuated with weakening of dynasty. This Happened with Maurayas, Guptas, Satavahans, Vishnukundins, Anands, Paalas, Chauhans, Prateeharas, Salankayans, Senas, Gajapathis,Yadavas, Chalukyas ( Esatern , Kalyani and western), Pandyas, Pallavas, Kaakatiyas, Cholas, Hoyasalas and Rayas. They fought each other for supremacy and were greatly weakened and with Muslim aggressions vanished. Hindu kingdoms were subdued subsequently by Muslims in due course of time. Many south Indian rulers helped Muslim invaders to settle local scores and finally they were too overpowered by Muslims. This happened in the case of Kakateeyas, Yadavs of Devagiri and Velamas of Rachakonda and Devarakonda and Rayas of Vijay nagar during the reign of Bahmani sultans during 14 to 17 centuries. North India was no better. Local Muslim rulers also fought each other and perished. Although Deccan was under Mughals mostly it was mostly nominal. Local rebellions were many. The distance became a handi cap. The same was the case for Assam and Eastern Bengal. Mughal sfrequently lost control over these far off places. With Aurangzeb staying in Deccan for 25 years grip over North was lost. It was free for all in 18 century. The British consequently rose and ultimately the provincial rulers became puppets and became protectorates.

Inspite of all these activities, the binding factor mostly was the Hindu faith. Although regionalism was rampant, the scriptures were common and kept them together. Although Hinduism itself had many streams such as Vaishnavites, Shivites, Lingayats, Madhwas, Jiyyars etc the common code was the Vedas and scriptures. Most of the religious ceremonies were common in entire India although some minor variations were there. In nut shell, they were similar. Concepts were same. This put them together. For other religions like Islam and Christianity, there was hardly any sense of belonging to this nation. Muslims always looked at Mecca and Christians were looking at Jerusalem. For them this land was an alien and in fact they would never have considered this land as their own Home land. This was the main factor for creation of Pakistan. And for the demand for Nagaland in Eastern India.Mulsims are forbidden to respect and worship their fore fatythers if they were convertees as Islam believes that all Kafirs are inhabitants of Hell. Most of the Indian Muslims are convertees and for them their fore fathers although were Hindus are surely inhabitants of hell. Thus they would always feel themselves alien. For them Mecca and Medina are more pious than their own land where they were born and breathed. Our Anglo Indians lived in false world of being descendants of white skin Europeans. They aped Englishmen, dressed like them with artificial accent and most of them thought a Piano was a must in the house. Many vanished to Australia unable to accept India as their motherland after India gained freedom. They probably considered themselves superior being half white and walked half up in the air.
India was amalgamated into one immediately after independence by merging princely states. Many willingly merged having seen the reality while some had to be forced like Jamnagar and Hyderabad. But the princes wanted to have distinction from common men and it continued till the privy purses were scrapped by Indira Gandhi. It gave much heart burn to these former princes. Contribution of great Sardar Patel in this aspect can not be ignored. But for him, India would have faced great problems and India would have had another central Pakistan in the heart of India with the continued rule of fundamentalist Nizams.

India after independence wanted to recognize the services of Gandhi to the nation. Every one was running after chairs and power. Gandhi was the only man who was not after any position of authority. He wanted to disband Congress. But this did not materialize as his opportunistic stooges wished other way. Netaji was already missing from the scene. Although some doubts were expressed about his death, his death was a foregone conclusion. Had Netaji been alive, situation in India would have been entirely different. It was great luck for the present rulers that Netaji disappeared. He was no doubt a serious contender for the supreme authority and the position of father of nation. With his disappearance there was no opposition to MK Gandhi. His will and ideas prevailed everywhere. RabindranathTagore conferred on him the Title Mahatma ( Great soul). The title Father of nation itself is debatable. Was India not there earlier?.What it was. Many say it was Hindustan. The fact is that Bharatvarsha was existing from yore and it derived name from the great emperor Bharatha the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, the daughter of sage Viswamitra and divine nymph Menaka. This is known to all Indians. Thus a new country with name India was not born after independence in 1947. It was only liberated from foreign occupation. India as a nation existed even during the reign of Dasaratha and rama. This is evident from statement of Sri Rama made to Vali after he was mortally wounded by Rama by an arrow. When Vali asked him why he was shot hiding behind a tree, Sri Ram replied that He was the Kosala prince and was the master of Entire Bharat varsha and had the moral duty to protect Dharma in the land. Vali committed grave crime by seizing his brothers wife after driving Sugreeva away and thus committed a very grave crime. Death was the only punishment for such offenses.Thus India existed even in yore.

The liberation of India was not forced through any real armed struggle to the last when the occupying forces surrendered to the liberation army of India as it happened in China. Had INA succeeded in WW II , probably British Indian army would have surrendered. The world situation, Effect of WWII on England, compulsions, downgrading of English power forced Englishmen to get rid off this far off colony that was thoroughly sucked out by them and probably nothing was not left to suck further. India was already sucked off its wealth, blood and culture. There was not much inspiration for the Englishmen to hold on to this beleaguered land called India. More over the INA actions, Naval mutiny in India shattered them and confidence was shaken. There was very much opposition to foreign rule in India and these situations forced Englishmen to leave India not before Churchill claimed that poor India would be thrown into the hands of opportunists, crooks, Corrupt men where even a glass of water and a piece of bread would be taxed. His expectations came to be true. Today wee find the nation in the grip of cheats, criminals, scamsters, money squanderers, all time crooks, smugglers, Swiss bank account holders, and shady characters. Thus no new nation has been found except that the existing nation was liberated to some extent. To say that they left us is rather correct. Thus in view of many the title father of nation bestowed on MK Gandhi is unjust. He definitely deserved some credit for mobilizing actions against foreign occupation.

The nation was then divided based on linguistic lines and it was the last straw in destroying unity in the nation. This helped rise of further regionalism based on languages and what we see to day in the country is the outcome of this and credit must go to Jawaharlal Nehru for this thoughtless act. Today all states are fighting interstate river water disputes, and propagating theory of sons of soil. In Maharashtra state Northerners are driven out when they came to attend interviews. In turn there was some retaliation. In Tamil Nadu regional hatred is rampant and all Hindi sign boards are smeared with tar. No one speaks Hindi. They look at people from North as some aliens. Tamils and Kannadigas fight each other and burn buses in retaliation. Andhrites and Telanganites fight each other bitterly. Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are separated from parent states. Vidarbha wants to get out of Maharashtra. Probably Rajasthan would follow. Karnataka also want to split into Northern and southern Karnataka. Where is the end to this nonsense? Every local leader wants to split his state to become a CM and loot the state and fill his coffers. There is no national outlook and they propagate regional. language, sectarian, religious hatred all the time. The nation is falling apart with the rise of fundamentalism and section of minorities are playing dirty games to split the country again. A district Mamallaapuram in Kerala for Muslims was carved out during the times of Namboodripad who was a Marxist and Muslim baiter.
Gandhi has not succeeded to amalgamate the entire people of India. The Title father of nation is probably a mirage and his name has remained only a catchy slogan to capture votes for the dynasty and his idols becomes rallying point for foolish agitations by the shady and crooked leaders in all states. Gandhi in future too would not hold nation together. His assassination itself was an indication that all was not well in the country. The country floats aimlessly with pseudo secularists leading the nation to dooms day while idiotic Indians look other way least bothered..