INDIA RISING BUT WHERE ?

Yesterday I saw the movie ‘’Peepli live’’. I somehow got interested in the subject, where the director through the
 use of humor takes potshots at media, government and the social system of the country.The movie portrays the theme of farmers committing suicide in the rural areas of India, while the government and media are being busy in painting the whole world in the India rising slogans.

 In reality what is rising is the number of people who are committing suicides due to the burden of ever increasing debt, and the number of poor and malnourished children who go to bed (if they have any) without food. Forget about the rural hinterland, even in the capital itself there are thousands of homeless people who have nothing to protect themselves from the harsh chilly winters. Winter is not a one off phenomenon, it comes every year, still the government has done little to shield them from the cold winds of North India. The few and far between night shelters which the government  has opened are insufficient to take care of every homeless person. Why can’t the government take this problem with the same seriousness which it showed during the last stage of commonwealth games preparation?

In a Blog article written by Mr Riaz Haq ‘’ Peepli Live’’ destroys Indian Myths. The same issue has been explored. I agree with the writer's claim  that India is  doing  badly as far as uplifting its people from the margins of poverty is concerned. The policy of  making the country rich first and then distribute the wealth among the masses is taking more time than accepted. Although, I am not totally against the market driven trickle down approach, but, knowing the delivery system or the infamously inefficient bureaucracy of our country, I tend to feel that India will  remain an unequal society.

Unless and until there are some revolutionary steps taken in the functioning of the government, I don’t see any real difference which this India growth story can make in the life of the 40% poor’s of our country. For them surely the rise of India is just a myth.