Taking on the status quo

Malvika Singh
Posted: 2008-03-22 22:04:33+05:30 IST
Updated: Mar 21, 2008 at 2226 hrs IST

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trigger another movement using the sane methodology that got us our momentary independence from colonial rule.

Momentary, because the native coloniser, the politician/administrator of today, instilled with greed, and with a lack of intellectual understanding of the ground reality and clearly unable to unravel the knots that constrict entrepreneurial growth and a movement out of abject poverty, has managed to misuse old and archaic laws to lash out at any person or institution working to bring about change. With the State machinery at their disposal, the laws that should protect citizens are being misused against their better interests.

Will the impending election change the narrative of Indian politics and initiate an attitude towards India, the India that is booming and the India that has been neglected, and begin the process of renewal? The real strengths and inherent knowledge base of India lie in the unorganised rural sector, which remains the repository of our skills and traditions, our philosophies and beliefs. It has the resilience to survive the unthinking onslaught of imitative change. Urban India has shown that the entrepreneurial fortitude and stamina of the people can change the economic landscape with ease, but only if the spirit is not bottled up by status-quoists. It must be allowed to triumph because only then will the redundant fall by the wayside....