POLITICS, PRETENCE, POISON ... 1
When politicians, who follow an agenda of communal divisiveness, come up with statements seeking communal harmony, hypocrisy has then completed its full circle. The causes are never attended to, neither scriptural nor ideological. Only cosmetic changes are pretended to be sought which neither address the ground reality nor repair the deeper fissures, existing and potential, that drive society into communal compartments.
Politics has played havoc with our polity thus far and is systematically disintegrating society in the name of nationalistic integration, fostering communal harmony, liberalism, secularism and so on. Real good intent is missing in the politicians and all that we see is electoral politics aimed at gaining the mandate to political power. The larger welfare of the people nobody is concerned about. All that leaders seek is the furtherance of their personal ambitions at the expense of the people's welfare, and all in the name of the people, though.
This is the case in so far as rudderless parties with monomaniac leaders at the helm of affairs is concerned. These parties are like political whirlpools in whose vortex they draw society for the while. As such these are pernicious but to a lesser extent. The worse scenario is where political parties with a driven agenda of communal divisiveness gain the upperhand in the polity and spread the toxin of hate in it to polarise the people. Here we have a serious national issue as multiple nations within a single nation then develop and increase the secessionist forces that threaten to rupture the nation. Today, we have such a situation where a single people is becoming multiple peoples and a nation, thus far tending to unite, is now traversing the reverse way.
It is time to ponder the imperatives.
Written by Sugata Bose
When politicians, who follow an agenda of communal divisiveness, come up with statements seeking communal harmony, hypocrisy has then completed its full circle. The causes are never attended to, neither scriptural nor ideological. Only cosmetic changes are pretended to be sought which neither address the ground reality nor repair the deeper fissures, existing and potential, that drive society into communal compartments.
Politics has played havoc with our polity thus far and is systematically disintegrating society in the name of nationalistic integration, fostering communal harmony, liberalism, secularism and so on. Real good intent is missing in the politicians and all that we see is electoral politics aimed at gaining the mandate to political power. The larger welfare of the people nobody is concerned about. All that leaders seek is the furtherance of their personal ambitions at the expense of the people's welfare, and all in the name of the people, though.
This is the case in so far as rudderless parties with monomaniac leaders at the helm of affairs is concerned. These parties are like political whirlpools in whose vortex they draw society for the while. As such these are pernicious but to a lesser extent. The worse scenario is where political parties with a driven agenda of communal divisiveness gain the upperhand in the polity and spread the toxin of hate in it to polarise the people. Here we have a serious national issue as multiple nations within a single nation then develop and increase the secessionist forces that threaten to rupture the nation. Today, we have such a situation where a single people is becoming multiple peoples and a nation, thus far tending to unite, is now traversing the reverse way.
It is time to ponder the imperatives.
Written by Sugata Bose
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