Our PM, while speaking in Parliament, gave a very
cohesive vision of India. I wonder why the media houses and other states have
not picked up the vision. He imagined a India where diversity meets the unity.
He advised that each state should celebrate one chosen state every year. For
example, Haryana celebrates Kerala for a particular year. One culture meets
another culture. One religion understands another religion.
Frankly, I am not a Modi fan but intellections like
this make me proud of our PM. He did not ask to make this programme an event
and a annual bazaar but rather an experience. The students should learn basic
linguistic skills to interact with people of different languages. The local mela
(fairs) should focus on the delicacies and cuisines of the states. Music and
dance festivals of that particular state could arouse cultural curiosity. This
can also be a medium of entertainment which is live and real rather than
virtual means of entertainment prevalent in the present society.
“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny...”
And I believe we will truly achieve our destiny when the vision of our current
PM will come true.
Let us contemplate what we can achieve!!
As a country we know very little of our country. We
cannot even name the 29 States of our country; forego the culture of the
region. This ignorance has taken the form of stereotypes and prejudices. All South Indians are Tamilians for us;
Biharis are not welcomed in Maharashtra; We need special laws for protection of
people from North-East; Delhi is the rape Capital; and as many examples as
number of people living in India. We all have some bad experiences and
some good experiences about a city but these isolated incidents cannot define
the city. I strongly oppose calling Delhi as the rape capital of the country.
Socially, the
knowledge about different cultures will help us abandon such stereotypes. It
will build an assimilatory society which is progressive and peaceful. Economically,
it will boost our domestic tourism. Politically, it will deepen the democracy
and increase awareness about the political culture of the nation.
I would like to end this article by taking a little
from the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King and modifying it to the
following:
I have a dream that one day children of Haryana
will greet children of Kerala in Malayalam-Engngane Irikkunnu.
I have a dream that one day the hills of
eastern Himalayas will be connected by roads and people with the people of Thar.I have a dream that one day a Tamilian will dance in a Punjabi marriage.
I have a dream that the present of the nation lives in a nation where they will not be judged by the region they come from but by the content of their character!!
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