Swelling Is not Growth

Of late I have become apprehensive of statements such as "India is competing the rest of the world" in terms of economy. A couple of days back I happend to be in a city super mall, here in Nashik. It is certainly one of the richest commercial centres I have ever visited. On my way back I did observe our citizens carrying logs on their heads, children roaming the streets in tattered clothes. Something struck me hard as I gave thought to popular saying of the day "India shines." Can we call India a growing country or a swelling country? Does this sound funny, perhaps yes. Growth is intergral development and never scattered development. What we see in India is the accumulation of riches by a few and an existential struggle for survival by the majority. We never call "swelling as a growth." It is not even a symptom of growth. Rather it is a sign of  maladies. In the name of industrialization and modernization today the indigenous people in many parts of the subcontinent are displaced, driven away and left to themselves.Anyone who takes a ride in our cities will be able encounter the haves and have-nots; the skyscrapers and huts. This isn't growth, is it? 

Comments

aneeshsdb said…
"Growth is Integral development and never scattered development", well said...
Living is truly an existential struggle for survival for the most/ majority...
good keep writing and thinking.....
Romero said…
trUth is tat it is a matter of lie.. in the world of maya tat U & i liv in so idk whether to agree/diagree bt another lie is tat...humanz we are animalz we are...no matter wat we call ourselves so...
I must say an effort of reflection must be appreciated...keep the thinking going...hapy thinkn...

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