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Regionalism in India
On 1 5th of Decem ber 1 9 53 , when Potti Sriram ulu succum bed to death not able to sustain 52 day s of m arathon fa the dawn of Political Regionalism in India that would in course of tim e alter the landscape of India.
undertaken to dem and a separate state for Telugu speaking people, little did he realize that his death would becom
But the brand of regionalism that ev olv ed after Potti Sriram ulus death was legitim ate, genuine and logical. It re
aspirations of people at that tim e. It stood for fulfilling the longstanding want of people to hav e their own linguist
Andhra Pradesh becam e the first linguistic state of India. Today , Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh is renam ed a After the death of Sriram ulu, reluctant Nehru was forced to agree to v arious cries from other parts of the countr
dem ands. In 1 9 54 , a States Reorganization Com m ittee was form ed with Fazal Ali as its head, which recom m ende the Indian politics. The later m ov em ents for separate states and territories gav e birth to a slew of regional parties which ev entually
1 6 new states and 3 Union Territories based on the language people spoke in those respectiv e regions. This herald
at the national lev el becom ing crucial in the form ation of gov ernm ents heralding a coalition culture in Indian Regionalism: Meaning Regionalism is a feeling or an ideology am ong a section of people residing in a particular geographical space char language, culture etc., that they are the sons of the soil and ev ery opportunity in their land m ust be giv en to th
the outsiders. It is a sort of Parochialism . In m ost of the cases it is raised for expedient political gains but not neces Growt h and Development
Regionalism in India can be traced back to Drav ida Mov em ent started in Tam il Nadu. The m ov em ent initially fo
em powering Dalits, non-Brahm ins, and poor people. Later it turned against im position of Hindi as sole official lan
Hindi speaking areas. Finally , the m ov em ent for som e tim e focused on seceding from India to carv e out their own factionalism .
Drav ida Nadu. The m ov em ent slowly declined and today they hav e becom e prom inent regional parties after m a
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Throughout India regionalism persisted. In Maharashtra Shiv Sena against Kannadigas in the nam e of Marathi p MNS activ ists against Biharis; in Punjab against non-Punjabis that gav e rise to Khalistan Mov em ent and earlier North-East against other Indians.
in Andhra, Telangana Mov em ent with an aim of separate state; in Assam ULFA m ilitants against m igrant Bihar
It can be traced that regionalism slowly turned from non v iolent m eans to v iolent m eans to achiev e their goals. F com e a long way .
Sriram ulus non v iolent m eans of fatsing to Maharashtra Nav Nirm an Sena (MNS) and ULFAs v iolent m eans, re
Regionalism in contem porary India is readily used for political gains by petty politicians and secessionist organiz reasons are exploited for political div idends. When v iolence is used against people in the nam e of regionalism it is a crim inal act and is punishable. Article 1 9 of India prov ides a citizen of India to m ov e freely throughout the territory of India, to liv e and settle in any part,
profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business. When ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam ) m ilit land and also the Constitution which is abov e all, ev en abov e the Parliam ent. Do we need t o fear Regionalism?
MNS (Maharashtra Nav nirm an Sena) activ ists used v iolence against poor m igrant workers, they clearly v iolate
No. Regionalism in India is only a short cut to m eet the political am bitions by em otionally exploiting the sentim e y ears ago. I m ay be Kannadiga or Tam il but I am an Indian first. My identity outside India is that of an Indian.
The fear of Balkanization is v oid of any logic. India is bound by a com m on culture that has flourished on this land
The states which fought for com plete independence are now part of Indian Union and they hav e renounced v iolen
they include Mizoram , Nagaland, Kashm ir, Bodoland, Tam li Nadu. India is too big for these states to fight agains
Today regional parties define how the gov ernm ents are form ed and conducted both at the Centre and the state le
good dev elopm ent as som e political entities such as RJD, BSP, LJP, DMK, AIADMK, BJD hav e to som e extent repre against outsiders, regionalism is good for India.
who were neglected in the political process for a long tim e. As long as they thriv e for regional dev elopm ent witho
Ev ery Indian is son of this soil. A Bihari becom es Mum baikar when a bom b explodes in Mum bai and a Mum baika when Kosi wrecks hav oc in the plains of Bihar. We are united by an idea called India and that unity is im perativ realize the dream of becom ing a superpower.
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Jennifer Lancey
March 2 4 , 2 008 at 5:50 am Hello there. I was sent a link to y our blog by a friend a while ago. I hav e been reading a long for a while now. HI. Thanks for putting in all the hard work. Jennifer Lancey Reply
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April 2 , 2 008 at 8:2 9 am
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J HIND
July 8, 2 008 at 1 1 :4 3 pm
Regionalism is good as well as bad, obv iously it adds to ones identity but also distracts people from the bigger pic Indian Reply
v rishi
Septem ber 1 0, 2 008 at 2 :59 pm
u did a v ery good job. a good and interesting starting point for any one looking at origins of regionalism in india Reply
Vinay
Septem ber 1 2 , 2 008 at 1 2 :4 5 pm Thanks Rishi Reply
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Decem ber 5, 2 008 at 5:03 pm giv e m e ur m ail id. i am from Karnataka, India
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Santosh
Septem ber 2 3 , 2 009 at 5:2 1 am
The constitution declares we are a Union. Has the regionalism and regional leaders prov en to be Indias greates Please let m e know both about bane and boon. Reply
Dr. Balasubramanian Viswanathan

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Decem ber 3 0, 2 009 at 9 :3 5 pm MEANING OF REGIONALISM GOT REALLY USEFUL TO ME..THANK YOU Reply
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RUPESH
March 8, 2 01 0 at 1 0:2 7 pm
Congrats for such a bold article but it could hav e been m ore thought prov oking and engrossing if som e light wa regionalism at m ore grass root lev el which includes how com m on m an reacts to regionalism etc. But any how a good one for it being such a com plex and controv ersial issue. Reply
pooja
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Bhagirath
Septem ber 2 , 2 01 0 at 7 :4 5 am
hi sir y ou hav e done well work. India is federal state bbut we are under a union and single citizen ship is there s
Our constitution say s in article 1 that india is union of states. So we should not think about any independent sta Reply
s a raza
Septem ber 2 , 2 01 0 at 6 :01 pm thanks v inay for ur keen inform ation about the state div ision. Reply
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Asha Sharma
January 9 , 2 01 1 at 5:58 pm
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Dear Vinay , im pact on National Integration. Keep in touch,it will be v ery m eaningful.I would need y our adv ice. I am in Ch Academ ic)Asha Reply
I am going to work on a big way on Regionalism . Basically m y area has been Com m unalism . I am taking up Re
D.H.Pradeep
January 1 5, 2 01 1 at 8:4 1 pm Good article. I was born into a fam ily from Kerala, which m igrated into Delhi about 4 0 y ears ago. I hav e v iv id m y childhood, when I was hounded off as a Madrasi. And God! I was too y oung to know what Madrasi m eant.
Delhi-UP border, and m y parents hav ing been raised in a rather caste-neutral (effectiv ely , m ay be due to the c books, especially history text books- .and thought till I was 1 8 that it is all HISTORY.
Kerala, where they were raised) kept m e ignorant of the im plications of caste sy stem in our coutry . I m erely re
Howev er, when I entered college in DU, I m et people from UP who som ehow thought that I am Brahm in, and th sentim ent, I m ay not hav e suffered so m uch in m y childhood.
hav e ruined the Indian society . At that point of tim e in m y life I realized that had I been caste-senstiv e and awa
If I think in retrospectiv e, m y (nuclear) fam ily env ironm ent was m ore or less parochial. I am sure if I am being
say that perhaps being adults, m y parents were hit m ore often by the Madrasi thing (what is a Madrasi- A M does not beat up people and is scared. And is also not as hugely built as a Jat, Sardar the list goes on.m arti
who cannot fight on the streets, like the people who belong to the m aritial castes or riot-prone northern parts of
The effect of this parochial upbringing on m e was disastrous, as the repurcussions that I had to bear from the so
and a teenager) were im m ense- because I would ev angalise strict parochial Mallu-South India v iews (South Ind
intellectually superior to North Indians, South Indians are sm arter than North Indians, South Indians are m or nev er support y ou.and the list of this bull shit goes on).
North Indians, Nev er trust a North Indian because in the end since they are castiest or parochial in their own w
Later in m y life, I worked in Mum bai and studies in Pune. I was confronted m y language chauv nism there. Edu I consider this v ery im polite and sham eful.
offices and class room s spoke with one another in Marathi in m y presence (when I was supposed to be a part of th
And now I am in Hy derabad..Telenganathe rest we know (believ e m ethis m ov em ent has hit the grassroot
Please read The Jewish Century by Prof. Yuri Slezkine (Berkley Uni). Please keep all ghetto m entalities at hom children y our neighbourhood. Reply
Vinay
January 1 5, 2 01 1 at 8:58 pm Thank y ou Asha, I am not so learned as to adv ice y ou. Any way i will be in touch if y ou want som e help. Reply
Vinay
January 1 5, 2 01 1 at 9 :06 pm Pradeep,
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We cant fight discrim ination here without educating the m asses. Here education im plies broadm indedness. W
m ulticulturalism and huge div ersity we m ust learn to liv e with m illion opinions and behav iours. At the end of religion, caste and status. Thanks for the com m ent and sharing y our personal experience. Regards, v inay Reply
howsoev er the div ersity is, one m ust learn to respect other people irrespectiv e of their race, sex, gender, regio
D.H.Pradeep
January 1 6 , 2 01 1 at 1 1 :02 am
What led to the form ation of this nation?- was it only because of a com m on colonial m aster? Why did I get to he qualified academ icians in Pune that Hindi is not our national language, and that although we hav e a national
national bird (peacock) and a national anim al (.), y et we do not hav e a national language. In m any part of th
seem s to be treated as an im posed language. While study ing in Pune, I m et Rajasthanis from far flung places to
that state, with tons of cash, blackberries but enough stupidity to fight with one another because one set was of
other of Jats. What kind of em erging econom y is this? This m eans that em erging econom y does not im ply that
dev elops as well. Maharashtra seem s to hav e it all- Mum bai for jobs, m oney , opportunities, Pune for education
Maharashtrian should be forced to stay in UP, Bihar, Delhi, Eastern part of India, etc. Only then should they be
about the nation. I had m any argum ents with m any of the local (frogs in the well) about our country , and I fou
they m ay be educated (i.e. INDIAN STYLE- academ ically qualified!), y et their perceptions about the rest of the
heav ily based on m edia inputs and grapev ine. Do they think that they are too superior to be a part of the sam e
UP and Bihar belongs? Do they want to replace the colonial m asters, and civ ilize the wild, unciv ilized rest of Ind them in com parision to the form er. O! God! why are there so less m artial races in South India.
they prefer South Indians ov er North Indians, because m ore often than not the latter set of people would take le
I dont buy the opinion that regionalism is only caused and lim ited to politicians. Many a tim es a com m on indiv indulges with great sadistic pleasure, his/her torture (of the outsider) lim ited only because he/she has a com m lead. Why cant we be like China? If our such old culture is m ostly m isunderstood and is m ore often used fashionably with a good purpose, then why not lim it it to exhibitions and Republic day parades? If any m eaning of regional div iding and segregating people, why hav e them ?
Why do Punjabis in Delhi m oan for Pakistan? Do Tam ilians hav e a y earning for Pakistan? Why was the IPKF se Why did India not giv e atleast a tacit support to Tam ilians in Sri Lanka? is it because m ost of the Indians are INDIANS? Need a break from v enom spitting.catch u guy s som e tim e later. Reply
Ratnesh Shrivastava
February 2 0, 2 01 1 at 1 :3 8 pm
Vinay say s education is needed. He concludes At the end of the day , howsoev er the div ersity is, one m ust learn
people irrespectiv e of their race, sex, gender, region, nationality , religion, caste and status. Pradeep say s: I
opinion that regionalism is only caused and lim ited to politicians. Many a tim es a com m on indiv idual (local) in
sadistic pleasure, his/her torture (of the outsider) lim ited only because he/she has a com m on m ans life to lead.
Well the world appears com plex because we m ake it com plicated. What Man m akes is called artificial. What na m ade is real or is the truth. So keep it sim ple the way God did. All identities of religion, race, nation, caste, regi
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sub-groups of each of them across the world div ide Man into sm all packs each ready to battle the other like wolf aspiring to the head of each pack is ofcourse a politician the head wolf the wolf of the m ost dangerous v ariet
are guilty when they join or rem ain in a pack. All these are directed by the bad or the baser instincts or the ani
in Man m aking Man the m ost dangerous anim al on earth. Man stands ready to trigger ev ents that could destro good instincts.
all life on earth. So let us look at Man through the window of his good instincts and through what he needs to do
In truth Man is one. Sim ply put y ou can not find from any tests that a new born baby has a particular identity
language and region are artificial adopted identities because no tests will rev eal this identity . Biologically ev en
m ake a different identity . A research paper by Dr. Alan R. Tem pleton, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts and Sc
Races: A Genetic and Ev olutionary Perspectiv e, published in the fall 1 9 9 8 issue of the Am erican Anthropologi
biologically there is no such thing as race. Dr Tem pleton and other anthropologists believ e that race is a social c
biological one. Biologically there is only one identity for hum ans ty pified by a com m on DNA tem plate and each
an indiv idual genetic v ariation of this com m on DNA tem plate with no other m atch in another Man. We of cour
go into biology because it is apparent if y ou open y our ey es that each Man is different. There was for exam ple on
Lincoln and ev en though sev eral centuries are ov er and the world population is now sev eral billions, there is no
Abraham Lincoln. Hav e y ou seen an exact copy of Nehru, Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Sanjiv Kum ar or any o
indiv idual has his own identity . The sam e exact copy of the DNA tem plate working in an identical m anner to p
copy of the sam e person has nev er happened and will nev er happen. Howev er m inor v ariations in the tem plate
som e traits like skin color howev er these differences should be ignored in the face of the scientific fact that these reality to an untruth by m aking race a social concept. This applies to all artificial div isions between Man.
akin to indiv idual v ariations. When the truth is that there are no biological groups defined by race then Man sh
Let us follow up on the strategy keep it sim ple and confined to what is the truth and determ ine our future pat
wrong path is that which does not adopt the path of truth and is the so called practical path where one say s tha identities ev en though they are unreal or Man m ade and not m ade by God or Nature. Following such adoption
m ade these identities form into societies in the world and we m ust hold a world v iew based on the present existe
m ust hav e dem ocracy and freedom to allow these identities to fight for each of their perceiv ed wrongs. The seco
giv e significance to identities based on untruth and m ov e towards unify iong the people and the world. The choi
path autom atically leads to corrections of wrongs am onst ourselv es. What one needs to prom ote is Justice by ac
instincts. Thus we should correct our world v iew based on truth and change our m inds about identities. The hig point at which m orality springs and thus the words tolerant and div ersity are repugnant. Each Man identifies by this lie about his specific identity . He sees him self through his specific identity rather than as him self.
be truthful and honest. Our woes begin because we are not truthful and honest. Being truthful and honest with
dearly to one or m ore artificial identities without knowledge that Identity itself is a lie it is untruth. His v isio
person XYZ does not see him self as a person XYZ hav ing his independent thoughts, freedom s and beliefs dev elop
own study and self-conv iction but instead he v iews him self in the form of the identity that he has been branded He is an Indian or a Pakistani etc as if his genes carry a code for geographical residence. He strongly thinks of h not the truth and that this creates artificial walls separating Man from Man and thus is a dark thought rather m ust defend his group, m ust hav e loy alty for his group and inv ests energy in false passion a far cry from what what he could do if he was guided by his better instincts leading him to help those who suffer and attend to the
Muslim , Hindu or Christian because he is born into that religion as if his genes carry a code for religion, his tho
as belonging to his group or to other groups. He believ es that there is nothing wrong in believ ing so but ign
ignores the fact that because this is dissociated from truth it is the source of m any problem s that the world face
the world. As Vinay say s it is OK to hav e regionalism where one fights for his rights. In m y v iew Man should fig wolf pack fights with another for rights nobody is going to get any where. If Man fights for the good of Man then
Man and the good will com e also to oneself. The whole univ erse will conspire to bring the good to Man. If we keep
happiness and a world where if he him self was to fall in grief there would be others to help him . Instead starting
traditional branded v iew of him self and those of others in the world with whom e he has to relate to, he carries a
View which is totally dissociated from Truth. If truth and honesty are v irtues, if God is there and he fav ors trut
then this world v iew is far distant from God. In a world with all Men holding such World v iews it is perhaps wro
designate som e as fundam entalists. In m y v iew we all hav e becom e rigid fundam entalists unwilling to see the T
the world for the better. It am azes m e that we call those who hav e extrem e passions for rituals as fundam entali
faith but ignore the fundam ental origins of this tendency that lies in our own rigidity in term s of ignoring trut
our world v iew. Just as the leader of the wolf pack has his own m otiv ations we as indiv iduals hav e m otiv ations
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packs and without renouncing this unreal world v iew I doubt if we hav e a right to castigate the political leader agree with Pradeep.
Man is bestowed with good and bad instincts. The bad instincts are aroused because of our needs and greediness grand children and great great granchildren etc etc etc. Keeping it sim ple again we m ust be responsibl good future for our children grand children and great great granchildren . It is a responsibilty that has all seriousness and y es without understanding the truth and instead of say ing the Gov ernm ent should be secul
than the other person has. Com bined with this we div ide Man into m any others This is a path to a bad future
indiv idually correct ourselv es about our our understanding of m e and m ine and others. We are all one an
future is all tied together to that of the whole world. Our future will be bad if Chinas future is bad or if USAs fut
if Pakistans future will be bad or if the future of anu of the other will be bad. You see the world is tied togethe continuing on the historical v iolent past and acting on bad instincts.
escape from m aking the choice whether we want to act on good instincts ie choosing the truth and a correct wor
Keeping it sim ple again once we hav e the right world v iew we will be able to recognise the wolf pack leaders wh right world v iew to be in a position to m ake the right choice. Infact the right choice will be easy . Lat us take an that a m other guided by her instincts will do any thing to protect her child from the dangers posed to the child.
bad instincts and seek to m ake political capital out of it. Perhaps this is the m ost difficult part. All will need to b
otherwise in her instincts is a rarity and would be characterised at a lev el lower than the lowest. The m other in identify with. The problem is that we do not identify with our true identity and if we did we would protect and those who suffer. To sum m arise the sim ple path of truth. 1 . We should treat with insignificance our identities and recognise that we are all one. m isleads us and we would not v ote for one. Autom atically we will treat all with respect. religion. The sim ple path is a sim ple path of being good m oral persons and is not com plicated. Reply
in all of us and are expressed as our instincts to our sphere which is lim ited by our identity group. We defend th
of all Man and ensure justice in a m anner that a Mother defends her child. We would spend our efforts on the tr
2 . We should expand our sphere of our m other instincts to all of Mankind and if we do so we will recognise the ev
3 . We should follow the directions of our good instincts in us rather than politically controlled and organised m o
Vinay
February 2 0, 2 01 1 at 8:51 pm Hello Ratnesh, Thanks for the response. Here are m y v iews regarding y our com m ent.
You rightly said that ev ery m an has a com m on tem plate of DNA, but because of m utations and genetic v ariati sam e genes, but because of the influence of env ironm ent they tend to differ slightly ).
being is distinct and as y ou again rightly pointed out there cant be another Nehru or Gandhi (genetically iden
Using the abov e fact I can say that each m an has unique instincts and thought process that defines his identity
say that we are all one, but because of the v ery fact that we think all m en can nev er be one. The world surrou birth and needs to liv e in a group that guarantees his safety . Grouping is inev itable for hum ans.
opportunities and tem ptations, and ev ery m an wants a better life so he striv es but not alone, because he is a s
Your v iews warrant anarchy albeit an ideal one. There would not hav e been racism , castism , regionalism or co existence brings them out because we need resources and there are m any v y ing for them . There has nev er been a better world. If we go by history we are liv ing in a far better world now.
m en knew how to use their goodness for the betterm ent of m ankind. Though we are not born with v ices, the str
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I really adm ire y our v iews, but do y ou really think they can be achiev ed? To be honest being good, honest and m orally correct is v ery difficult friend. Regards Vinay Reply
Ratnesh Shrivastava
February 2 0, 2 01 1 at 1 1 :1 7 pm Thanks for the response Vinay .
I will clarify that m y use of the language Man is One does not restrict indiv iduals to any particular though
adv ocates indiv idual freedom of thought and spiritual quest. Man is one m eans that there all groups m ade by
artificial. I agree with y ou when y ou say that there would not hav e been racism , castism , regionalism or com m
knew how to use their goodness for the betterm ent of m ankind. I am going a little further and say ing Man bette
weaknesses and learn to use his goodness for betterm ent of Mankind so that one does not hav e to say in future th
not hav e been total m isery , suffering and destruction had Man learnt to use his goodness for betterm ent of Man
Why does groupism take place? By nature Man is but another anim al and is Ordinary . No am ount of education
from being ordinary because by nature Man is susceptiple to falling prey to his anim al instincts. Anim al instin
by certain principles that we can observ e in nature. They lead to groups or packs or herds. You say that this is n
he is a social anim al by birth and needs to liv e in a group that guarantees his safety . Howev er, this does not g detail.
because besides liv ing in groups needs to follow his good instincts to guarenatee his safety . Let us take a look at t
In a struggle for surv iv al one anim al when hungry m ay hunt and kill another anim al to quench his basic need protection or protection of their y oung, for a m ate or for territory . Wolv es group into packs because of the need in a group to ensure success in catching the prey which is sev eral tim es its own size. Apart from Man, howev er
factors that reduce the chances of surv iv al of the wolf. It is Tigers. If the wolf-packs did not fight with other wolf
adopted a herd tendency uniting into a larger pack then the wolf could dom inate the Jungle. To dom inate ov er
needs m uch m ore than unity in the form of a Herd tendency . He needs an ability to understand the basics of su
v ery sm all fraction of the way in which Man can, then with a herd form ing tendency and ev en his lim ited und from Man. Unfortunately for the wolf, he does not also hav e the intelligence to understand that he needs anim als also m ore endowed then other anim als? How about the King of all Land anim als The Tiger. It is seen scav engers. The Tiger is powerless against the hunter in Man. The Tiger is powerful but is not endowed with in
would be m ore than a m atch for atleast the stone age Man who used crude weapons. Wolf could then hav e prote
from Man. God has not been so kind to the wolf as Man. The wolf does not realize the cause of his m isery . What a
powerful Tiger has his kill he feeds on the sam e but thereafter badly struggles to hide and protect the rem ainde
to form herds and protect his kill from scav engers and his habitat from m an. As Forests dwindle the greatly end
fighting for surv iv al. The Tiger does not hav e the endowm ents and intelligence of Killer whales. Note I delibera
Killer whales rather than the Stone Age Man. This is because the Stone Age Man had predators and it is only th
that has attained the status of Killer whales. Killer whales and Modern Man are sim ilar in the sense that they a
as Apex predators. Apex predators are predators that reside at the top of their food chain because they are too di disciplined organised sophisticated hunting in groups. They are known to hunt the largest anim al on earth i.e.
hav e practically no predators of their own. Killer whales are highly social with an ev olv ed culture. They are ca
If the Tiger was endowed with this ability , the Stone Age Man would hav e been no m atch for it. If the Blue Wha groups is able to sav e him self from the Tiger.
isolation then it would not be susceptible to attack from Killer Whales in the sam e way as Man who liv es socially
In contrast to wolv es who form packs, the reason deer or other anim als form herds is protection against predato
m ay hesitate attacking a larger group but if it does there is a risk dilution the risk to one indiv idual that it wi
reduced. The deer and other herding anim als are not carniv orous and can get the food they need from plants. T
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the risk dilution strategy of the herd is largely m ore successful than the Wolf packs incom plete unity .
Man is endowed with som ewhat better qualities for surv iv al. He groups together both with the m otiv ations of w
and is endowed with the largest brain. Howev er, when he form s packs or herds and acts as a herd his instincts s his nature from his anim al in him goads him into fights. It is m ere fiction that Man is any different from other
low lev els as the wolf. Like a wolf pack fights another wolf pack, Man has form ed herds in the form of identities a
is of higher order, or that he is Civ ilised. Man does it only better than other anim als because of his endowm ent o instincts rather than his good instincts. The laws of nature will m ake him behav e in an aggressiv e v iolent m anner but Man has the faculties of m oral j
Like anim als do not realise their weakness Man does not recognise his weakness is his falling under the control o
control his behav iour for the good of the world and him self. Despite this, the fact rem ains that Man has been an
ferocious and dangerous anim al on earth and his activ ities hav e lead to near extinction of m any anim als. The H behav iour. In an autim m une disease the body im m une cells go wrong and instead of attacking foreign cells sta body s own cells. Man killed a close relativ e, the neanderthal and now he is on a path to destroy him self. is obv ious that the threat to Man is Man. The Negativ e Hum an Aggression and v iolence unchecked will lead to destruction but that of the whole earth. In the sam e way as the Wolf and Tiger do not realize their weakness,
perhaps responsible for the extinction of his close brother the Neanderthals. How can we expect that Man will h
realize that the unreal and badly div ided socio-political com plex world that he has created will bring him to the
extinction. Also Man is too busy in inter-pack conflicts and is ignoring the dangers to his and the worlds surv iv
Man is able to see som e of the problem s his v ision is clouded by a wrong world v iew based on untruth and he is t to problem and the path to happiness.
on the basic causes and the basic problem s facing him and causing him unhappiness. Therefore he fails to find t
Man stay ing together without raising a too m uch of a hang-up about his identity does not m ean anarchy . Ther instil sense into Man.
Contrary to the anim al behav iour in Man, there are historical attem pts of thinkers and scholars in Man to form ethics and m orality by which Man should liv e and way s by which he should escape from being an anim al.
part of Mans attem pt to escape from the Negativ e in him and becom e civ ilised. Unfortunately , Negativ e aggre
true religion because Man ties him self into identities based on religion, race, region, caste etc conv erting the gr
sim ilar to the pack of wolv es. True religion has becom e extinct in its place has em erged ritualistic wolf-packs t
our wolf-pack tendency . Exam ples of Mans Negativ e behav iour such as Terrorism , racial v iolence, hatred spee
way in the front page newspaper headlines throughout the world. Man again and again is unknowingly fightin characters of Man for his own good. It is necessary to rev iv e true religion and prev ent the uninform ed and today hav e turned into Hirany akashy aps. All aggressiv e behav iours described abov e are the negativ e kinks of creation. They represent what in religion i
surv iv al because v iolence leads to decreased chances of surv iv al of one or another. True Religion is about nullif
from practicing com m erce and politics in true religion. True religion is akin to the dev otion of Prahlad whereas
ev il. Western religions refer to dev il and God. Islam refers to the Dev il as Iblis. In Hinduism Good and Ev il can b
an indiv idual depending on his gunas. Any difference between the Christianity /Islam ic v iew and the Hinduism
im m aterial in v iew of the fact that these are hy pothesised with the purpose of guiding Man towards Good deeds
Hinduism is to be drawn with the concept of Dev il in Christianity and Islam then one could consider the v iew th the Dev il. Materially then the principles enshrined attem pt to driv e Man towards civ ilised behav iour which w surv iv al. It is indeed an elem ent in the struggle of Man for his surv iv al. I consider the aggressiv e behav iour as
whom tam as (bad m otiv ations and intentions) outweigh the Saatv ic gunas (good intentions) can be considered
another. I like to refer to it as Parasitism . This aggressiv e behav iour or parasitism is the Tam as or the Dev il in u
hands we see exam ples of sy m biosis in the world. Sy m biosis is the inv ention of God. It is a Saatv ic Guna. Now if
struggle for surv iv al concepts it em erges that Tam asic gunas are natural in m ost liv ing beings. It is only Man w
intelligence has ability to intentionally choose sides between actions guided by Dev il or Tam asic gunas or those
by Saatv ic gunas. An attem pt to enhance the saatv ic gunas ov er the destructiv e Taam sic gunas is therefore an
struggle for surv iv al. I want to clarify that I do not adv ocate discarding the concept of true religion but only th doing so he should not fall into the trap of his bad soul and m ake religion a wolf pack.
social concept that leads to an identity . I adv ocate that Man should endeav our to inspire his good soul to do good
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Reply
Ratnesh Shrivastava
February 2 4 , 2 01 1 at 6 :4 4 am My response was incom plete due to paucity of tim e. Please find the rem aining response below.
I hav e found our exchange of v iews v ery productiv e. I understand y our questioning of the workability of idealis
hav e proposed. Workability is indeed an im portant factor and m ay need thought. Just as in science so also in so
m ust first hav e a theory /hy pothesis which is then followed by im plem entation. To achiev e ideal goals the theo
m ust be idealistic.Neither the goals should be diluted nor the theory . Second the persons who im plem ent the th
the principles or sim ilar principles, understand the im portance of working with those principles without transg
the skills to im plem ent them . Here the persons are all of Mankind or atleast a m ajority . Therefore, the question
proposal is achiev able is indeed tough if y ou are seeking an im m ediate solution. Howev er the changes of society
workable they are a natural consequence of what we choose to beleiv e and accept. There is no refutation of the f m aking our life m ore and m ore m iserable. When Man will desire a change for the better and understand what
needs and desires a good future. That desire will grow stronger and stronger as we keep working on existing fau
strongly desirable then all of Univ erse will conspire to bring that change. Infact nobody will be able to stop that
Com ing back to our core discussion I realise that m y lengthy discourse needs to be connected with y our com m en We both agree with m any basic positions.
We both agree with the basic concept of identity being unique to an indiv idual and y ou rightly said I can say t has unique instincts and thought process that defines his identity .
You said It is idealistic to say that we are all one, but because of the v ery fact that we think all m en can nev e explained that I agree with indiv iduality and in fact m y discourse requires freedom of indiv idual thought and
indiv idual spiritual quest, because each Man is his own indiv idual both scientifically and in term s of hav ing in
thinking he can not be branded into a subgroup of Mankind because of his birth. Placing an indiv idual in subgr
is contrary to his indiv idual freedom s (equiv alent to slav ery of his identity to the groups identity and thinking
can not place him in a subgroup (particularly to groups of caste, religion and region which hav e acquired the f Man is One i.e. there is only one group i.e. Mankind.
Hirany akashy ap and hav e becom e v ilent and repugnant) he only belongs to Mankind. Therefore it leads to th
You fear anarchy . I do not think anarchy is a m atter of concern here. The organised sy stem , that y ou beleiv e is
it to be akin to a Jail in the form of outdated social groups such as caste that hav e no relev ance to present day so
from the jail of a low caste identity will be dear to a person branded with a low caste status and treated with dis
discrim inated against. This organization that y ou will preserv e for fear of anarchy is an ev il sy stem . We can no
in a dem ocracy that has rules of law executed with sincerity by people who work with their good instincts and a
against v iolation of law. Anarchy is there now because the executiv e branches them selv es consist of people who laid bare.
rules of law but exercise their bias. One can spend a day in a police station in a sm all v illage and the working of
You raise an im portant point that each indiv idual has certain concerns The world surrounding us is full of opp liv e in a group that guarantees his safety . Grouping is inev itable for hum ans. My whole discourse rev olv es ar v iew of how lifes struggles join with our instincts to create groupings v ersus how they would work with better
tem ptations, and ev ery m an wants a better life so he striv es but not alone, because he is a social anim al by bi
about lifes struggle. It is about biology and the in built instincts in us. To the best of m y understanding I hav e p
Man about grouping and his better instincts. We all know and are in touch with our instincts. We do not know f
good instincts originate but each indiv idual has good instincts and therefore ev en though the existence of God a indiv idual therefore has good instincts em bedded in him . As y ou point out that each indiv idual also has surv iv em bedded in him . Now we need to poise and think. The surv iv al instinct alone is not enough as is clear from th Surv iv al instincts working alone along with passions of identity turn color and com e in the control of our dark
researched to find the m y stery , the existence of good and dark instincts can not be denied. I hav e faith in the fa
can see the result in the v iolence around the whole world today and in newspaper report of each and ev ery city
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The surv iv al instincts working alone are leading into a world that will depriv e future generations of liv ing in a the unreal identities if Man starts rejecting the unreal identities. Rem ov al of bias and biased wrongdoers consequence. Still protest against those who wrong others is necessary but in a dem ocracy it is necessary that i
world in which Man across the globe is one fam ily bonded through his good instincts. In m y theory there is a slo
wronged then Z also joins in protest. The wrong will only then be rem ov ed. Under such conditions an oppresso call m other instincts. Why do honor killings continue in India? Why are our objections to the sam e weak and Why does not the whole of India dissociate itself from the wrongs caste sy stem that treats Man unequally ?
or not allowed a position of control or lordship. Z does not join because of the lack of passion to arouse his good ins
last person I know belonging to the higher castes but who had the courage to uplift the low castes albeit in his ow
v ouching for the caste sy stem ? He was bold but he could not hav e been v ery bold for he would then alienate the
that tim e. But now we are in a tim e m ore than half a century after his death. Why the last few reform ers of Ind
as Raja Ram Mohan Roy and others belong to the 1 9 th century and there are none in the 2 0th century and in t
century . Why we, who wear the cloak of being educated and m odern dont talk about reform ation of religion an
any m ore but we only talk about reform ing the econom ic sy stem .Why we alway s talk about the wrongs com m i Singapore hav e adv anced far ahead of India and we fill our newspapers with false inpressions of our position in
group but do not protest for the lack of proper m edical care for those afflicted by diseases. Ev en sm all countries
answer is sim ple. We are irresponsible to our duty to ensure a good future of our children or we hav e forgotten t the future. We need to becom e aware of what we are doing and change that.
the truth, what is good and what is bad. We hav e com e to be in the control of our ev il instincts and do not care w
There is another situation that is negativ e, Som etim es Y guided by his dark instincts and conjures wrongs on
his claim for a greater share of the pie or a v ote from the innocent population who is m isguided by Y. If Ys p
built in an env ironm ent that places good instincts at a pedestal and deplores dark instincts we would not hav In order to m ake any thing workable each indiv idual m ust be allowed to rise from slav ery to his identity wrong world v iew that we work with and the correct world v iew that m ust be adopted. Reply
and a new culture where all are equal, all are one and all are respected. In order for that to happen we m ust un
Vinay
February 2 4 , 2 01 1 at 9 :51 am
We hav e becom e slav es of our own freedom . The sy stem we liv e in guarantees the death of indiv idual identity a the nev er ending subjugation. This m ight seem worst pessim ism , but look at the problem s we hav e and alm ost hav e found to resolv e these problem s.
We hav e stopped protesting because we dont hav e a issue that affects ev ery one in real sense. Before we got ind the zeal to talk and fight for m ankind.
had a com m on ev il to fight against earning freedom . But with billion aspirations and innum erable subgroup
The sy stem will not hesitate to punish any one in the guise of sedition and other charges. Dem ocracy is just a de hav e rediscov ered to cling to power and subject the subjects to eternal m isery .
We, the lesser m ortals do not protest because what we are experiencing today is far better than it had ev er been
shed down the slav e m entality we hav e within us if we hav e to rise and realize our indiv iduality and personal Reply
GOPI
March 1 0, 2 01 1 at 9 :50 pm this info will b too useful for m e i think India is bettering ULFA,and m any other org.s gav e up arm s at least partially
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m arathis speaking against shiv a sena and MNS national parties ly k congress and bjp im prov ing itself in tam il nadu. Reply
Ratnesh Shrivastava
March 1 4 , 2 01 1 at 8:1 7 pm
All this com es to not if Indians do not act on the basis of a correct world v iew of oneness of Man. Action that repr
v ery difficult because it requires consensus from a m ajority ev en if it is a consensus on what seem s to be plain a
obv ious. It seem s obv ious to m e that people can listen to teachings of different religions and gurus at different ti each. You are not identified by one of Lata or Asha or Sonu and then clasified ot branded into categories. So it is
not hav e to belong to any religion or be identified by a religion. You can listent to Lata or Asha or Sonu Nigam e
Religion is for spiritual quest and guidance it is not som ething that should be used as a m atter of identity . So a identified by y our true self alone. Ratnesh Shriv astav a Reply
form s of sub-identities. So broaden y our v ision of y ourself and becom e not identified by others branding of y our
Govinda Mittal
April 3 , 2 01 1 at 6 :2 2 pm Thankks for d gud article Reply
kritika
June 2 2 , 2 01 1 at 9 :2 4 pm thanxfor the great inform ation Reply
Ashok K. Rathod
Septem ber 2 9 , 2 01 1 at 4 :3 7 pm
It is v ery good article which shows that in India though there is different ty pe of people but still there is m ainta Reply
Haranadh
February 7 , 2 01 3 at 8:4 1 pm hey dude its nice it was v ery useful for m y proj. Reply
Vishakh Beharry
February 1 0, 2 01 3 at 3 :02 am I am curious to find out what blog sy stem y ou are
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using? Im experiencing som e m inor security problem s with m y latest blog and I would like to find som ething m y ou hav e any recom m endations? Reply
xonee rime
February 1 5, 2 01 3 at 1 0:3 0 pm Great Job Vinay . Thanks for giv ing great Article. Reply
V.K.G.B.
February 1 6 , 2 01 3 at 1 0:09 am Thanks Xonee, thanks a lot! Reply
Manab kashyap
March 2 1 , 2 01 3 at 6 :4 9 pm Thnxxxxx Reply
Manab kashyap
March 2 1 , 2 01 3 at 6 :51 pm Nice article. Thnx 4 ur post. Reply
Tanya
April 3 0, 2 01 3 at 7 :54 pm Thank u . I hav e an exam tom orrow regionalism being there sy llabus .thanks I was about to leav e that topic. will attem pt that question Reply
Pradeep
May 1 , 2 01 3 at 1 2 :3 9 pm Was there an India before 1 9 4 7 ? Cross ur hearts and tell m e. Of course there was the British India. A com m on people together under great leaders(But one Indian shot Gandhiji dead!!!)
I feel that the Sri Lankans look m ore like m any south indians than the Punjabisso ethnicity cannot be the uni religion can also not be the uniting factor- m ultiple religions in our country .languageO MY GOD!! NO WAY
I think that the history of India starts from 1 9 4 7 and whatev er happened before that was either an effort towar
building or the history of v arious kingdom s and em pires that thriv ed within the boundaries of the present Ind So what is this big talk about Indian culture????
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Why cant all Indians accept and respect the div ersity in a m odern nation and learn to lov e the different and g incestuous m entality of lov e only those who are like us.
Such div ersity ov er 1 .2 billion people. What is m inority in this nation? Who can call ev en 5% of this populatio
Well ev en a fraction of this huge population is m ore that population of m any countries in the world. So in the n
dem ocracy is there not a chance that huge num bers of people get m arginalized,well because they are som e ki
am not at all restricting m y self to religious m inority Hindu-Muslim m ay be the m ost popularized social rift in
rem em ber that the the m arauders from Khy ber Pass did not loot and rape the whole of the m odern India (I am
qualifier m odern here for those who still liv e in the illusion that there was an India before 1 9 4 7 ). And therefor
India liv es with the inherited v engeancebut y a! the m ajority . I ev en doubt if Pakistan has any interest in sou there about the part of Kashm ir taken by Pakistan?
India, but the incom e tax of all the citizens goes towards this Indo-Pak problem . Did Nehru not say not a blad
Why did the separatist m ov em ent com e up in Nagaland so close to the Independence? And what is happening in country now? Either pum ping m oney or pum ping bulletswhat about naxalism it has been around since a indian hearts??? What was the book the white tiger about? In Germ an there is a ty pe of literature know as anti-heim at literat the place to which a person belongs and anti- y ou all know what that m eans. I thing the white tiger falls into this category and it is extrem ely well-written. , Reply
India.and these are just the v iolent exhibition of protest against the nationhow m any such v oices lay buried
Rahul
August 2 8, 2 01 3 at 1 :2 9 pm Off the topicbut y ou should read the history of m aury ans, Guptas, Palas, Mugals. Infact y ou should read t history of India before m aking a conclusion. It is y ou, m y friend, who is under illusion.. Reply
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ashokbbalakrishna
July 5, 2 01 3 at 7 :58 pm
In m y opinion, regionalism is m ore of a m indset that one dev elops ov er a tim e. Ev en nationalism is no different These kind of ism s just restrict ones horizon. It giv es one a lim ited arm oury to choose from . We all belong to one univ erse. We should rejoice of being one:-) Reply
INSIGHTS
July 6 , 2 01 3 at 1 0:1 6 pm
Regionalism is m ore about identity than m indset. People of sam e taste and aspiration com e together and for
group. There exists v arious tastes and aspirations. I like to call it as Big Boss sy ndrom e y ou put people in a
for 1 00 day s y et there they form groups despite m any opportunities to liv e like a fam ily ; they fight each oth
som eone get elim inated who do not conform to their tastes. On a m acro-scale, v arious factors contribute in g
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India with its huge div ersity and high population is no exception to this rule. If regionalism is for a just caus appreciated. Reply
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