From Raddhi to Gaddhi Part-1

How modern is India? How open minded is India? How ready is India?

These are the question which wonder in my mind as I make my second attempt to write a blog. Today on one of my favorite programs on an Indian English news channel, a group of elite panelist were thrown a question which goes something like this : Is India ready for a Dalith Prime Minister?" Are we ready? Is the world ready to see India governed by a non foreign educated, non-english speaking leader?

So I wondered about this and I had two sides of it; you decide which side I tilt.

Demographic segregation has been prevalent in India from ages and we as citizens have flirted with this concept over the years. We have taken this system as a cushion in creating and solving many if India's dilema. Politician use this a magnet to attract vote and even cause tensions between communities for their own political viability and few even to bloosom their political aspirations. Many have been successful and few have failed, that is the weightage this system carries in India.

So coming back to the question of is India prepared to be governed by a leader who believes to be lost and a victim of this segregation. One such leader is slowly climbing the ladder today and for many its a scary sight. A hindi teacher from a small town in one of northern India most demograpfically segregated state, she climbed the political ladder , potentially errupting as a king ( or should i say queen ) maker in the 2009 general elections. With India's two major parites scrambling for alliences to fulfill their own political aspiration, we shouldnt be surprised is she sneeks into the race.

Known for her dalith propaganda and total autocracy within her party, the Bhainji from northern India is also infamously know for corruption, bad governance and self propagation. So can this powerful figure emerge from the dirt and challenge likes of an economic genius or a hindhuthva hardliner, a gifted orator of both english and hindi language? Quite a fierce challenge isn't it, but in Indian politics anything can happen.

Over viewing the left and the right , where the left being a hard pro-dalith and hindi speaking powerhouse , the right being english speaking, foreign educated and elite symbols of Indian political system. After being governed for nearly a decade by two of India's biggest names not only is politics but also as international figures are we ready to accept a so called anti-obama (as one news magazine puts it)? One who doesn't speak english, one who keeps her interest first and her sect interest if needed ahead of the nations? I believe India has come a long way from the time Sri BR Ambedkar formulated a affirmative system for the lower segment of the Indian society. For many city educated and college educated young Indians, these social segregation's does not matter. Our politicians have enforced laws and regulations which keep reminding us of this awful break in our system for their own leverage. Today India has a PM whose resume can put any world leader in shame, and his grasp of the international scenario is immensely acknowledged by the citizens all over India. Now going from that to someone who doesn't even acknowledge India's growth in the international platform is a hard CHANGE to accept. We are know to the international community as a young, vibrant and educated country . These adjective have been added over the ,I agree, but they have reached their peak in the last decade. India's reflection are our leaders , even though we cant be fully proud of few our leaders but we have handful who we can look up to and who have given India a face value. From going to an international brand, a prosperous country focusing on competing with itself and the world , are we ready to focus on matters like which section of the society should be given privilege and free pass and which should be treated as a pseudo dalthi. All this on the expense of neglected economic growth, international relations and national harmony.