What is the population of India?
10 to 15 crores.
But I have read somewhere that the number is even more than 100 crores.
No, that's wrong. The population of India is only 10 to 15 cores.
It can't be wrong. India is second most populated country of the world.
No, that's wrong. India has very less population.
There are many problems in India such as unemployment, inflation and poverty.
Wrong! There are no problems in India other than some recessionary trends and swine flue!
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I am sure by now, many of you have guessed the matters right. We are living in a land co-inhabited by two different nations that is India and Bharat. India, a nation of 10 to 15 crore population, is growing fast while on the other hand, Bharat, a nation of 100 crores is languishing.
If you somewhat agree with this analysis, or find it worth examining, please continue to read. If you find this dangerous like two-nation theory of Jinnah, please curse the author and stop reading.
Let us have some distinguishing features of India and Bharat.
1. India talks in English. Bharat follows the adage Char Kos par paani badle, aath kos par baani.
( Water quality changes after every four miles and the dialect spoken changes after every eight miles).
2. India is riding on the wave of IT revolution. Bharat is struggling to make every child literate. For many Bharatiya people, the proverb Kala Akshar Bhains barabar is fully applicable.
3. Indian people are winning the world. While inhabitants of Bharat are busy in their own villages.
4. India is perceived to be a global power. Bharat is still seen as a land of snake charmers.
5. The hot issues of discussion in India are swine flue, gay rights, proposed change in IIT admission criteria etc. Bharat is still engaged in discussing about the availability of electricity, water and roads.
6. India does not vote. It considers itself much above the Hoi Polloi election process. Bharat desperately wants to vote, primarily to earn the freebies associated with casting a vote.
7. India is net savvy. Bharat is stuck in the net of poverty.
8. India is working on the target of making it India's century. The vision 2020 has become the policy document. Bharat is somewhere lost between changing times or, better if we say, is nostalgic about history and just wants to keep on reliving it.
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Who are we - Indians or Bharatiyas? Where do we live - in India or in Bharat? A very difficult question indeed! Our survival depends on any one of both the nations as per the demand of the situation. In many cases the shopkeeper is Indian and the customers are Bharatiya. Exactly the opposite also happens in many other cases. With some planned thinking, everyone of us can think of many such examples. Everyday on the road, we find both type of people passing by us. And the paradox is that while India depends on Bharat for its manpower needs, the vice versa happens for many other things as well. Hence we really need to find a model of peaceful co-existence.
The peculiarity of the situation is that holistically a solution has to be found in unison without creating disjoint pieces.
End note on the terminating sentence : Recently i was part of a corporate meeting. A lot of discussion took place. Part of that was absolutely superficial. A lot of meaningless sentences were used just to impress the audience, not to convey any sensible message. After the meeting, it was found that many statements used during the discussion were so general and colorless in nature that they can be used anywhere. The last sentence of this post is one such example. Try to use it in any situation you like. Chances are that it will suit everywhere. But just exercise one precaution. The peculiarity of the situation is that holistically a solution has to be found in unison without creating disjoint pieces. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
5 comments:
Dear Sir,
This was the best post I have read in the recent past. But I find it too confusing to decide whether I am an Indian or a Bhartiya. Maybe Indian because I am reading this on the internet & replying in English or maybe Bhartiya because I still prefer listening to Kishore Kumar rather than 50 Cent. I guess the answer is indeed the fact that "the peculiarity of the situation is that holistically a solution has to be found in unison without creating disjoint pieces." ;-)
Regards,
Shoaib Qureshi
Fall '09 Indore
Dear Sir,
I totally agree to your point. While reading the blog India vs. Bharat, it just struck me that I am a Bharti and have joined proton to be an Indian so that I can contribute my efforts to convert Bharat into India.
Sir,
The analogy between Bharat and India is good but what is the scene today...? Every day thousands of people are coming this side. How will the balance be maintained?
The world is afraid with the speed of transformation. Bharat was a country which once used to boycott foreign goods, but India is one which takeovers the companies that manufactures that goods.
Dear Sir,
This was a good thoughtful post given by you! With this post what I can analyze is that, much of the things written here are derived from the perception what has been generated by us only. So, the required cure can also be produced by us only!
In my opinion, for the betterment of the people of Bharat, education is key to solve issues prevailing in our society. The common-man must be made educated enough to understand their fundamentals in order to make the things happen around themselves.
Regards,
Proton Ankur Shukla
Fall'09
Indore Campus
Dear Sir,
Well i am confused after reading your blog that i am an Indian Or Bhartiya, I can do what else an average Indian can do but i have the feeling of a Bhartiya..... when u talked about 10-15 crores of Indians i nodded... The biggest e.g. can be taken from recent past only, every Indian celebrated the efforts of ISRO of sending Chandrayaan to moon....but do we ever realised at that moment of time that how many Bhartiya were known to this....and why would they even bother to care about when they are already stuck in hell lot of problems of basic necessities.... India is shining but this shine is just a superficial one because the problems in India are deep rooted and have to be solved in unison....but the feeling of unity only comes in our mind on few national holidays or when some terrorists attack our nation, otherwise who we are we also forget.....INDIAN or BHARTIYA....at the end of the day we are selfish human beings by nature.....
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