Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Economics must unite even while dirty and divisive politics divides is the thrust of my essays from Business Line

.Given the complexity  and chaos in the contours of political and economic landscape under the current Modi regime I will ruminate over for a while. This is time , our politicians need to be educated about the brutal side of economics namely globalization and open economy macroeconomics .I also notice a clear anti- people attitude permeating in the guise of religion , hydrocarbon, water politics and sheer callous attitude towards the basic requirement of the people like safe drinking water, sanitation, basic health, primary education, good quality higher education and usable connect roads in villages and inadequate transport facilities by road and rail. The feverish enthusiasm shown in approving bullet train which will run between two closer cities but cost more than a lakh crore or plans for starting smart cities, is not visible in improving the condition of the villages or upgrading railway facility so that poor will not travel like cattle. There is more brutality and insensitivity in managing the country while the rulers advocate and attempt to implement those  projects and schemes  which are  against  the very livelihood  of people their health and their posterity .This is clearly an anti-Indian attitude. Please kindly note it is my general criticism against the erstwhile regime and also the present one ;there is always a sectional bias and regional bias in addressing the economic issues. I make a general statement with due caution.
  Stated otherwise, rulers regardless of their shade, color  caste or ideology or the region from which they spring from must have the elementary sensitivity and Himalayan responsibility to do what people want them to do. India is a vast sub-continent not just a country  and hence all the regions must be handled like a tender girl ( sorry feminists  be kind )  respecting their identity ,culture, language, tradition customs and habits. This further means  in the name of growth or in the guise of silly and destructive politics the regions not willing to accept a particular party  must not be molested and converted into a desert.Economics must help and unite when politics is going on dividing .This is the thrust of my essays .

.Furthermore all the regions whether they have voted for the ruling party or not  they are also the citizens of the country and hence no discrimination can be practiced. To illustrate, at the time of writing there is a flash (I wish it is not true) that all the southern states do not figure in the list announced by the central government about the establishment of medical colleges while all the BJP ruled states have got a lion’s share. I will stand  corrected if that information is wrong.

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