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Regionalism in India

On 15th of December 1 953, when Potti Sriram ulu succumbed to deat h not able t o sust ain 52 days of m

undertaken to dema nd a separate state for Telugu speaking people, little did he realize that his death w

the dawn of Political Regionalism in India that would in course of time alter the landscape of India.

But the bran d of regionalism th at ev olv ed after Potti Sriramulus death was legi ti ma te, gen ui ne a nd l o

aspirat ions of people at tha t tim e. It stood for ful filling the longsta nding wa nt of people to hav e their ow

An dhr a Pra desh beca me the first linguistic state of India. Today, Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh is r

Aft er th e dea th of Sriramulu, reluctant Nehruwas for ced to agr ee to v ar ious cr ies fr om other par ts of t

demands. In 1 954 , a Sta tes Reorga nization Comm ittee was form ed with Fazal Ali as its head, wh ich rec

1 6 new states and 3 Union Territoriesbased on th e langu age people spoke in t hose respectiv e regions. T

the Indian politics.

The later m ovements for separate states and terr itories gav e birth to a slew of regional parties which e

at the national level becoming crucial in the formation of gov ernments heralding a coalition cultur

Regional ism: Meanin g

Regionalism is a feeling or an ideology am ong a section of people residing in a part icular g eogra phical s

language, culture etc., that they are the sons of the soil and every opportunity in their land must be g

the outsiders. It is a sort of Parochialism. In m ost of the cases it is raised for expedient political g ains but

Growth and Development

Regionalism in India can be tra ced back to Dravida Mov ementstarted in Tamil Nadu. The m ov em ent

empowering Dalits, non-Brahmins, and poor people. Later it turned against imposition of Hindi as sole

Hindi speaking areas. Finally, the movement for some time focused on seceding from India to carv e out

Dravida Nadu.The movement slowly declined and today they have become prominent regional partie

factionalism.
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Throughout India regionalism persisted. In Maharashtra Shiv Senaa ga in st Ka nn adig as in t he n am e of

MNS activists against Bihar is; in Punjab ag ainst non-Punjabis that ga v e rise to Khalistan Mov ement a

in Andhr a, Telangan a Mov ement with a n aim of separate state; inAssam ULFAmili tants against mig

North-East against other Indians.

It can be traced that r egionalism slowly tur ned from n on violent means to v iolent m eans to achiev e th

Sriramulus non violent means of fatsing to Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS) and ULFAs violent

come a long way .

Regionalism in contemporary India is readily used for political ga ins by petty politicians and secessioni

reasons are exploited for politica l div idends.

When v iolen ce is used ag ainst people i n t he na m e of regi onalism it is a cr im in al ac t a nd is pu ni sha ble.

of India provides a citizen of India to mov e freely t hroughout the territ ory of India, to liv e and settle in

profession, or to carr y on any occupation, trade or business. When ULFA (United Liberation Front of As

MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) activists used violence against poor migrant workers, they clea

land and also the Constitution which is abov e all, ev en above the Parliam ent.

Do we need to fear Regionalism?

No. Regionalism in India is only a short cut to meet the political a mbitions by emotionally exploiting th

The fear of Balkanization is v oid of any logic. India is bound by a common culture that has flourished o

y ears ag o. I may be Kann adi ga or T am il but I am an India n fir st. My iden tity out side India is t ha t of a n

The states which fough t for complete independence are now part of Indian Union and they hav e renoun

they include Mizoram , Nag aland, Kashmir , Bodoland, Tam li Nadu. India is too big for these states to fig

Today regional parties define how the g overnm ents are formed and conducted both a t the Centr e and t

good development a s some political entities such as RJD, BSP, LJP, DMK, AIADMK, BJD hav e to some ex

wh o wer e negl ect ed in th e polit ical process for a long tim e. A s long as t hey th riv e for regi onal dev elopm

against outsiders, regionalism is good for India.

Every Indian is son of this soil. A Bihar i becomes Mumbaikar when a bomb explodes in Mum bai and a

wh en Kosi wr ecks ha v oc in th e pla in s of Bih ar . We are uni ted by an idea ca lled India an d tha t u ni ty is i

realize the dream of becoming a superpower.
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Links for certain im portan t keyw ords hav e really h elped

to know m ore about y our article.

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J HINDJuly 8, 2008 at 11 :43 pm

Regionalism is good as well as bad, obv iously it adds to ones identity but also distracts people from th e

Indian

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v rishiSeptember 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm

u did a v ery good job. a good and interesting start ing point for an y one looking at origin s of regionalism

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VinaySeptember 1 2, 2 008 at 12 :45 pm

Thanks Rishi

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VinayDecember 2, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Thanks John

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vinayDecember 5, 2 008 at 5:03 pm

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i am from Karna taka, India
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SantoshSeptember 23 , 2009 at 5:21 am

The constitut ion declares we are a Union. Has the regionalism a nd regiona l leaders proven to be India

Please let m e know both about ba ne an d boon.

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Dr. Balasubramanian ViswanathanOctober 9, 2009 a t 1:3 0 pm

i will comment later

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VinayNov ember 23 , 2009 at 1 2:03 pm

Thanks Jagu

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MMDecember 3 0, 2009 at 9:35 pm

MEANING OF REGIONALISM GOT REALLY USEFUL TO ME..THA NK YOU

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jeffsh awnjoseJanuary 1 6, 2010 at 10:33 am

great postreally useful

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RUPESH

March 8, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Congrats for such a bold article but it could have been more thought provoking and engrossing if som

regionalism at m ore grass root lev el which in cludes how comm on man reacts to regionalism etc.

But an y how a g ood one for it being such a complex a nd controversial issue.

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zedzJune 5, 2010 at 9:1 5 pm

v ery ni ce postit hel ped m e u nderst an d r egi onalism in India a l ot bet ter !!

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VinayJune 9, 2010 at 11 :03 pm

tha nks Pooja and Zedz 4 u r feedback

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vinayJuly 5, 2010 at 11:42 am

Thank y ou Mr. Workineh Muleta

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Bhagirath

September 2, 201 0 at 7 :45 am

hi sir y ou h av e done well w ork. India is federal state bbut w e are u nder a u nion and single citizen ship

Our constitution say s in article 1 that india is union of states. So we should not think about any indep

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s a razaSeptember 2 , 201 0 at 6:01 pm

than ks vinay for u r keen inform ation about th e state division.

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Dear Vinay,

I am going to work on a big way on Regionalism. Basically my area has been Comm unalism. I am tak

impact on National Integration. Keep in touch,it will be very meaningful.I would need y our advice. I

Ac ademic)Asha

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D.H.Pradeep

January 1 5, 2011 at 8:41 pm

Good article. I was born int o a family from Kerala, w hich m igra ted into Delhi about 40 y ears ago. I h

m y childh ood, wh en I wa s houn ded off as a Madra si. And God! I wa s too young to know wha t Madra

Delhi-UP border, and m y parents hav ing been raised in a r ather ca ste-neutr al (effectively , ma y be d

Kerala, where they were raised) kept me ignorant of the implications of caste sy stem in our coutry . I

books, espec ia lly hi story tex t books- .and th oug ht ti ll I wa s 1 8 t ha t i t i s al l HISTORY.

Howev er, wh en I entered college in DU, I met people from UP who somehow th ought tha t I am Brah m

hav e ruin ed the Indian society . At that point of time in my life I realized that had I been caste-senstiv

sentim ent, I ma y not hav e suffered so much in m y childhood.

If I think in retrospective, my (nuclear) family environment was more or less parochial. I am sure if

say that perhaps being adults, my parents were hit more often by the Madrasi thing (what is a Ma

who can not fig ht on t he str eets, like t he people w ho belong to the m ar it ia l cast es or r iot-pr one n ort her

does not beat u p people and is scar ed. And is also not as hug ely built as a Jat , Sar dar th e list goes o

The effect of this parochial upbring ing on me was disastrous, as the repurcu ssions that I had to bear f

and a teenager) were immense- because I would evangalise strict parochial Mallu-South India v iews

intellectually superior to North Indians, South Indians are smarter than North Indians, South Indian

North Indians, Never tru st a North Indian because in the end since they a re castiest or parochial in t

nev er support y ou.and the list of this bull shit g oes on).

Later in m y life, I worked in Mumbai and studies in Pune. I was confronted my language chauvnism

offices and class rooms spoke with one another in Mara thi in m y presence (when I was supposed to be

I consider th is very impolite and sham eful.

An d now I am in Hy der abad.. Teleng an ath e rest w e kn ow (beli ev e m ethis mov em ent h as h it th e

Please read The Jewish Century by Prof. Yuri Slezkine (Berkley Uni). Please keep all gh etto mentalit

children y our neighbourhood.

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VinayJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:58 pm

Thank y ou Asha,

I am not so learned as to adv ice you. An y way i will be in touch if you wa nt some help.

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VinayJanuary 1 5, 2011 at 9:06 pm

Pradeep,
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We can t fig ht discr im inat ion her e wit hou t educating th e m asses. Here edu cation im plies br oadm in d

mu lticulturalism a nd huge diversity we must learn to live with m illion opinions and behav iours. At

howsoever the diversity is, one must learn to respect other people irrespective of their race, sex, gen

religion, caste and statu s.

Thanks for th e comm ent and sharin g y our personal experience.

Regards,

v in ay

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D.H.PradeepJanuary 16, 2011 at 11 :02 am

Wh at led t o th e format ion of th is nat ion?- was i t only beca use of a c omm on colonial mast er? Wh y did

qualif ied academicians in Pune that Hindi is not our nat ional language, and that although we have a

national bird (peacock) and a national animal (.), yet we do not hav e a national language. In many

seems to be treated as an imposed language. While studying in Pune, I met Rajasthanis from far flung

that state, with tons of cash, blackberries but enough stupidity to fight w ith one another because one

other of Jats. What kind of emerging economy is this? This means that emerging economy does not i

develops as well. Mahar ashtra seems to hav e it all- Mum bai for jobs, m oney , opportu nities, Pune for e

Mahara shtrian should be forced to stay in UP, Bihar, Delhi, Eastern part of India, etc. Only then shou

about the nation. I had ma ny arg um ents with man y of the local (frogs in the well) about our country

they ma y be educated (i.e. INDIAN STYLE- academica lly qualified!), y et their perceptions about the

heavily based on media inputs and grapevine. Do they think that they are too superior to be a part o

UP and Bihar belongs? Do they wan t to replace the colonial masters, and civilize the wild, unciv ilized

they prefer South Indians ov er North Indians, because more often than not the latter set of people wo

them in comparision to the form er. O! God! why are th ere so less mar tial r aces in South India.

I dont buy the opinion that regionalism is only caused and limited to politicians. Many a times a com

indulges with great sadistic pleasure, his/her tortu re (of the outsider) lim ited only because he/she ha

lead.

Wh y ca nt w e be l ike Ch in a? If our such old cu lt ur e is m ostly m isunderstood an d is m ore oft en used fa

wit h a good pu rpose, then why not lim it it to ex hibit ions a nd Republic day par ades? If an y m ean ing o

dividing and segregating people, why have them?

Wh y do Pun ja bis in Delh i m oan for Pakista n? Do Tamilians h av e a y ear ning for Pa kistan? Why wa s t

Wh y did India not giv e atleast a t ac it support to Ta milia ns in Sri Lanka? is it beca use most of th e In

INDIANS?

Need a break from venom spitting.catch u g uy s some time later.

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Ratnesh ShrivastavaFebruary 20, 2011 at 1:38 pm

Vi na y say s education is needed. He con clu des At th e end of th e day , h owsoev er th e div ersity is, one m

people irrespective of their r ace, sex, gender, region, na tionality , r eligion, ca ste and status. Prade

opinion that regionalism is only caused and limited to politicians. Many a times a common individua

sadistic pleasure, his/her tortu re (of the outsider) lim ited only because he/she has a comm on ma ns l

Well th e world appears com plex becau se we m ake it com plicated. Wha t Ma n makes is cal led a rti ficia l

ma de is real or is the trut h. So keep it simple the way God did. All identities of religion, race, na tion,
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sub-groups of each of them acr oss the world divide Man into sma ll packs each ready to battle the othe

aspiring to the head of each pack is ofcourse a politician the h ead wolf the wolf of the m ost danger

are gu ilty when th ey join or remain in a pack. All th ese are directed by the bad or th e baser instincts

in Man making Man the m ost dangerous animal on earth. Man stands ready to trigger ev ents that co

all life on earth . So let us look at Man through the win dow of his good instincts and through wha t he n

good instincts.

In tru th Man is one. Simply put y ou can not find from any tests that a new born baby has a particula

langu age and region are artificial adopted identities because no tests will rev eal this identity . Biologi

ma ke a different identity . A research paper by Dr. Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D., professor of biology in A

Races: A Genetic and Ev olutionar y Perspectiv e, published in the fall 19 98 issue of the Am erican A n

biolog ical ly th ere is n o such t hi ng as r ace. Dr Tem plet on a nd oth er an th ropologists believ e tha t r ace

biolog ical one. Biological ly th ere is only one identi ty for hu man s ty pified by a c omm on DNA tem pla t

an individual g enetic v ariation of this comm on DNA template with no other ma tch in another Man.

go into biology because it is apparent if y ou open y our eyes that each Man is different. There was for e

Lincoln and even though several centuries are over an d the world population is now sev eral billions,

Abra ha m Lincoln . Ha v e y ou seen an exact c opy of Neh ru, Gandhi , La l Ba ha dur Shast ri, Sanj iv Kum

individual has his own identity . The same exact copy of the DNA template working in an identical m

copy of the same person ha s never h appened and will nev er happen. Howev er m inor v aria tions in th

some tr aits like skin color h owev er these differences should be ignored in the face of the scientific fact

akin to individual v ariations. When the truth is that there are no biological groups defined by race threality to an untr uth by ma king r ace a social concept. This applies to all artificial div isions between M

Let us follow up on the strategy keep it simple and confined to what is the truth and determine our

wrong pat h i s th at wh ich does not adopt th e path of tr uth an d is t he so cal led practica l pa th wh ere on

ma de these identities form into societies in the world and we mu st hold a world view based on the pre

identities even though they are unreal or Man made and not made by God or Nature. Following such

mu st hav e democracy and freedom to allow th ese identities to fight for each of their perceiv ed wrong

giv e significance to identities based on u ntru th a nd m ove towards unify iong t he people and the world

path au tomatically leads to corrections of wrongs amonst ourselves. What one needs to promote is Ju

instincts. Thus we should correct our world v iew based on tr uth and cha nge our m inds about identiti

be t ruth ful a nd hon est. Our woes begi n beca use we ar e not tru th ful a nd honest. Bein g t rut hful an d h

point at which morality springs and thus the words tolerant and diversity are repugnant. Each Man

dearly to one or more artificial identities without knowledge that Identity itself is a lie it is untr uth

by th is li e about hi s specific iden ti ty . He sees hi mself t hr oug h h is speci fic iden ti ty rat her th an as h im

person XYZ does not see him self as a person XYZ hav ing his independent th ought s, freedoms an d belie

own study and self-conviction but instead he v iews himself in the form of the identity that he has bee

Muslim, Hindu or Chr istian because he is born into that religion as if his genes carr y a code for r eligi

He is an Indian or a Pakistani etc as if his genes carry a code for geographical residence. He strongly t

as belonging to his group or to other gr oups. He believ es that t here is nothing w rong in believing

not the truth and that this creates artificial w alls separating Man fr om Man a nd thus is a dark thoug

ignores the fact that because this is dissociated from truth it is the source of many problems that the

mu st defend his group, must have loyalty for his group and invests energy in false passion a far cry f

wha t h e could do i f he was g ui ded by hi s better instincts leadin g him to h elp th ose wh o suffer an d att ethe world. As Vinay says it is OK to have regionalism where one fights for his rights. In my view Man

Man a nd th e good will c ome also to oneself. The wh ole univ erse will conspire to brin g th e good to Man

wolf pa ck fig ht s wi th an oth er for r ig ht s nobody is going to get a ny wher e. If Ma n fig ht s for t he good of

happiness and a world wher e if he him self was to fall in grief there would be others to help him . Inste

traditional branded view of himself and those of others in the world with whome he has to relate to, h

Vi ew which is t otally dissocia ted from Tr uth . If t ruth an d honesty ar e v ir tu es, i f God is t her e and he f

then this world v iew is far distant from God. In a world with all Men holding such World views it is pe

designate some as fundam entalists. In m y v iew we all hav e become rigid fundamenta lists unw illing

the world for t he better. It ama zes me tha t we ca ll those who have extr eme passions for r ituals as fun

faith but ignore the fundamental origins of this tendency that lies in our own rigidity in term s of ign

our world v iew. Just as the leader of the wolf pack has his own m otiv ations we as indiv iduals hav e m


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packs and without renouncing t his unreal world view I doubt if we hav e a right to castigate the politi

agr ee with Pradeep.

Man is bestowed with good and bad instincts. The bad instincts are aroused because of our needs and g

than t he other person has. Combined with this we divide Man into man y others This is a path to a b

gra nd children and gr eat great gra nchildren etc etc etc. Keeping it simple again w e mu st be

good future for our children grand children and great great granchildren . It is a responsibilty

all seriousness and y es without u nderstanding the tr uth and instead of sayin g the Governm ent shoul

individually correct ourselves about our our understanding of me an d mine and others. We are

future is all tied together to that of the whole world. Our futur e will be bad if Chinas future is bad or i

if Pakistans futur e will be bad or if the futu re of anu of the other will be bad. You see the world is tie

escape from m aking the choice whether we want to act on good instincts ie choosing the truth and a c

continuing on the h istorical v iolent past and acting on bad instincts.

Keeping it simple again once we have the right world v iew we will be able to recognise the wolf pack l

bad in stin cts an d seek to m ake politica l capital out of it . Per ha ps th is is t he m ost difficu lt par t. Al l w il

righ t world v iew to be in a position to make th e right choice. Infact the right choice will be easy. Lat u

that a m other guided by h er instincts will do any thing t o protect her child from th e danger s posed to

otherwise in her instincts is a rarity and would be characterised at a level lower than the lowest. The

in all of us and are expressed as our instincts to our sphere which is limited by our identity g roup. We

identify with. The problem is that we do not identify with our tru e identity and if we did we would pr

of all Man an d ensure ju stice in a ma nner t hat a Mother defends her child. We would spend our effort

those who suffer.

To sum ma rise the simple path of truth.

1 . We should treat with in significance our identities and recognise that we ar e all one.

2. We should expand our sphere of our mother instincts to all of Mankind and if we do so we will r ecog

misleads us and we would not v ote for one. Automa tically we will tr eat all w ith r espect.

3. We should follow the directions of our good instincts in us rather than politically controlled and org

religion.

The simple path is a simple path of being good moral persons and is not complicated.

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VinayFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm

Hello Ratnesh,

Thanks for the response. Here are my v iews regar ding y our comm ent.

You rig ht ly said th at ev ery man ha s a c omm on t em pla te of DN A, bu t beca use of muta tions and gen e

being is distin ct an d as y ou a ga in right ly pointed out th ere ca n t be anot her Neh ru or Gan dhi (genet i

same genes, but because of the influence of environm ent they tend to differ slightly ).

Using th e abov e fact I can say that each m an h as unique instincts and thought process that defines h

say tha t we are all one, but because of the very fact that we think all men can never be one. The w

opportu nities and temptations, and ev ery ma n w ants a better life so he striv es but not alone, becau

bir th an d needs to l iv e in a gr oup t ha t g ua ran tees h is safety . Grouping is in ev it able for h um an s.

Your v iew s wa rra nt an ar ch y al beit an idea l one. T her e would not h av e been rac ism , cast ism , r egi ona

men kn ew how to use their goodness for the betterm ent of man kind. Though we ar e not born w ith v ic

existence brings them out because we need resources and there ar e man y v y ing for them.

There has never been a better world. If we go by history we are liv ing in a far better world now.
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I really admire y our v iews, but do you really think they can be achiev ed?

To be honest being good, honest an d morally correct is very difficult friend.

Regards

Vi na y

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Ratnesh ShrivastavaFebruary 20, 2011 at 1 1:17 pm

Thanks for the response Vinay .

I will clarify that m y use of the languag e Man is One does not restrict in dividua ls to any particul

adv ocates individu al freedom of thought an d spiritual quest. Man is one m eans that th ere all group

art ificial. I agr ee with y ou when y ou say that th ere would not hav e been racism, castism, regionalism

knew how to use their goodness for the betterment of mankind. I am going a little further and saying

weak nesses and lea rn to u se hi s goodness for bett erment of Ma nk ind so th at one does not h av e to say i

not hav e been total m isery , suffering and destru ction had Man learnt to use his goodness for betterm

Wh y does gr oupism ta ke pl ace? By na tu re Man is bu t a nother an im al an d is Or din ar y . N o am oun t of

from being ordinary because by nature Man is susceptiple to falling prey to his animal instincts. Ani

by cer ta in prin ciples t ha t w e ca n obser v e in na tu re. T hey lea d to gr oups or pac ks or her ds. Y ou say th

he is a social animal by birth and needs to live in a group that guarantees his safety. However, this

becau se besides liv ing in gr oups n eeds to follow his good in stincts t o gu ar ena tee his safet y . Let us ta ke

detail.

In a struggle for survival one animal when hungry m ay hunt and kill another animal to quench his

protection or protection of their y oung, for a m ate or for terr itory. Wolves group into packs because o

in a group to ensure success in catching the prey which is several times its own size. Apart from Man

factors that reduce the chances of surviv al of the wolf. It is Tigers. If the wolf-packs did not fight with

adopted a herd tendency uniting into a larger pack then the wolf could dominate the Jungle. To dom

needs much more than unity in the form of a Herd tendency. He needs an ability to understand the b

v ery smal l fr ac tion of t he way in which Man ca n, th en wi th a her d form ing ten dency an d ev en his li

would be m ore t ha n a mat ch for a tleast th e stone age Man who u sed cr ude w eapons. Wolf could then h

from Man. Unfortu nately for th e wolf, he does not also have th e intelligence to understand that he ne

from Man . God has not been so kind to the wolf as Man. The w olf does not rea lize the cau se of his miser

anim als also more endowed then other an ima ls? How about the King of all Land anim als The Tiger.

powerful Tig er ha s his kill he feeds on th e same but t hereafter badly struggles to hide and protect the

scavenger s. The Tiger is powerless again st the hun ter in Man. The Tiger is powerful but is not endow

to form h erds and protect his kill from scavengers and his habitat from m an. As Forests dwindle the g

fighting for sur v iv al. The Tig er does not ha v e the endowm ents and intelligence of Killer wh ales. Note

Killer w hales rath er tha n th e Stone Age Man. This is because the Stone Age Man had predators and itthat h as attained the status of Killer whales. Killer wh ales and Modern Man are similar in the sense t

as Apex predators. Apex predators are predators that r eside at the top of their food chain because they

hav e practically no predators of their own. Killer whales are highly social with an ev olved culture. T

disciplined organised sophisticated hunting in groups. They ar e known to hunt the largest animal on

If the Tiger wa s endowed with this ability, the Stone Age Man would hav e been no match for it. If the

isolation then it would not be susceptible to attack from Killer Whales in the sam e way as Man who liv

groups is able to save h imself from the Tiger.

In contr ast to wolv es wh o form packs, the r eason deer or other an im als form herds is protection aga in

may hesitate attacking a larger group but if it does there is a risk dilution the risk to one individua

reduced. The deer and other herding animals are not carnivorous and can get the food they need from
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the risk dilution strat egy of the herd is largely more successful tha n the Wolf packs incomplete unity

Man is endowed with somewhat better qualities for surviv al. He groups together both with the motiv

and is endowed with the largest brain. However, when he forms packs or herds and acts as a herd his

low levels as the wolf. Like a wolf pack fights another wolf pack, Man has formed herds in the form of

his nature from h is animal in him goads him into fights. It is mere fiction that Man is any different f

is of higher order, or that he is Civilised. Man does it only better than other animals because of his en

Like animals do not realise their weakness Man does not recognise his weakness is his falling under th

instincts rather than his good instincts.

The laws of natur e will make him behav e in an aggr essive v iolent man ner but Man has the faculties

control his behav iour for the g ood of the world and h imself. Despite this, the fact rem ains tha t Man h

ferocious and dangerous animal on earth an d his activities hav e lead to near extinction of many anim

perhaps responsible for th e extinction of his close brother the Neanderthals. How can we expect that M

beh av iour. In an au tim mune disea se th e body im m un e cel ls go wr ong an d in stea d of att acking forei g

body s own cel ls. Man kil led a close relat iv e, t he nea nderth al an d now h e is on a pat h t o destr oy him s

is obvious that th e threat t o Man is Man. The Negativ e Human Aggr ession an d v iolence unchecked w

destruction but that of the whole earth. In the same way as the Wolf and Tiger do not realize their we

realize that the un real and badly div ided socio-political complex world that he has created will bring

extinction. Also Man is too busy in inter-pack conflicts and is ignoring the dang ers to his and the w or

Man is able to see some of the problems his vision is clouded by a wrong w orld view based on un tru th

on the basic causes and the basic problems facing him and cau sing him unh appiness. Therefore he fa

to problem and the path to happiness.

Man stay ing together without raising a too much of a hang-up about his identity does not mean anar

instil sense into Man.

Contrary to the animal behaviour in Man, there ar e historical attempts of thinkers and scholars in M

ethics and morality by which Man should live and way s by wh ich he should escape from being an an

part of Mans attem pt to escape from the Negativ e in him and become civilised. Unfortunately , Nega

tru e religion because Man ties him self into identities based on religion, r ace, region, caste etc conv ert

similar to the pack of wolves. True religion has become extinct in its place has emerged ritualistic w

our wolf-pack tendency . Examples of Mans Negative behav iour such as Terrorism, racial violence, h

way in th e fr ont page new spaper headl ines th roug hou t t he wor ld. Man ag ai n a nd ag ain is u nknow in

surv iv al because violence leads to decreased chances of surv iv al of one or another. Tru e Religion is ab

characters of Man for his own good. It is necessary to rev ive tru e religion and prevent the uninforme

from practicin g comm erce and politics in tr ue religion. Tru e religion is akin to the devotion of Prah la

today hav e turned into Hirany akashyaps.

Al l a gg ressiv e beh av iours descr ibed abov e are th e nega tiv e kink s of creation. Th ey represent wha t i n

evil. Western religions refer to devil and God. Islam refers to the Devil a s Iblis. In Hinduism Good and

an indiv idual depending on his gunas. Any difference between the Christianity /Islamic v iew and the

imm aterial in v iew of the fact that th ese are hy pothesised with the purpose of guiding Man towards G

Hinduism is to be draw n w ith th e concept of Devil in Christianity and Islam then one could consider t

whom ta m as (bad m otiv at ions a nd inten tions) ou tw eig h t he Saat v ic gu na s (good int ent ions) ca n be cthe Devil. Materially then the principles enshrined attempt to driv e Man towar ds civ ilised behav iou

surviv al. It is indeed an element in the struggle of Man for his surviv al. I consider the aggressive beh

another. I like to refer to it as Parasitism. This aggressiv e behav iour or parasitism is the Tamas or the

hands we see examples of sym biosis in t he world. Sy mbiosis is the inv ention of God. It is a Saatv ic Gun

struggle for surv ival concepts it emerges that Tam asic guna s are natural in m ost living beings. It is

intelligence has ability to intentionally choose sides between actions guided by Dev il or Tam asic gun

by Saat v ic gu na s. A n at tem pt to en ha nce the saa tv ic gu na s ov er th e destr uct iv e Ta am sic g una s is th

strugg le for surv iv al. I want t o clarify that I do not advocate discarding the concept of true r eligion b

social concept th at lea ds to an identit y . I adv ocate tha t Man should endeav our to inspire his good soul

doing so he should not fall into the trap of his bad soul and make religion a wolf pack.


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The surv ival instincts working alone are leading into a world that will depriv e future generations of

world in which Man ac ross th e globe is one fa m ily bonded th rou gh his good in stincts. In m y th eory th

the un real identities if Man starts rejecting the un real identities. Removal of bias and biased wrongd

consequence. Still protest aga inst those who wrong others is necessary but in a democracy it is necess

wronged then Z a lso join s in protest. Th e wrong will only th en be r em ov ed. Under such c onditions a

or not a llowed a position of contr ol or lordship. Z does not join becau se of the lack of passion t o arouse h

call m other instincts. Why do honor killings continue in India? Why are our objections to the sam e w

Wh y does not th e w hole of India dissocia te i tself fr om th e wrongs caste sy stem th at tr eat s Man unequ

last person I know belonging to the higher castes but who had the courage to uplift the low castes albe

v ouchi ng for t he ca ste sy stem ? He w as bold bu t h e cou ld n ot h av e been v ery bold for he wou ld t hen al

that time. But now we are in a time more than half a century a fter his death. Why the last few reform

as Raja Ram Mohan Roy and others belong to the 19 th centur y and there ar e none in the 20th centur

century. Why we, who wear the cloak of being educated and modern dont talk about reformation of

any more but we only talk about reform ing the economic sy stem.Wh y w e alway s talk about the wron

gr oup but do not protest for the lack of proper m edical car e for th ose afflicted by diseases. Even sma l

Singapore hav e advanced far ahead of India and we fill our newspapers with false inpressions of our p

answer is simple. We are irresponsible to our duty to ensure a good future of our children or we have

the tru th, wh at is good and what is bad. We hav e come to be in the contr ol of our ev il instincts and do

the futur e. We need to become aw are of what w e are doing a nd chang e that.

There is another situation that is negative, Sometimes Y guided by his dark instincts and conjureshis claim for a gr eater share of the pie or a v ote from the innocent population who is misguided by Y

bu ilt in an env ir onm ent t ha t places good in stincts at a pedesta l a nd deplor es dar k inst inct s we wou

In order to ma ke any thing w orkable each individua l must be allowed to rise from slav ery to his ident

and a n ew cultu re wh ere all ar e equal, all ar e one and all a re respected. In order for th at to happen w

wrong wor ld v iew th at we wor k w it h a nd th e correct world v iew th at m ust be a dopted.

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VinayFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:51 am

We h av e become slav es of our own freedom . T he sy stem we liv e in gu ar an tees th e death of indiv idu al

the nev er ending subjugat ion. This m ight seem worst pessimism, but look at the problems we hav e a

have found to resolve these problems.

We hav e stopped protestin g becau se we dont hav e a issue tha t affects every one in real sense. Before

had a comm on ev il to fight ag ainst earning fr eedom. But with billion aspirations and innu mera ble

the zeal to talk an d fight for m ankind.

The sy stem will not hesitate to punish any one in the guise of sedition and other char ges. Democracy

hav e rediscov ered to cling to power a nd subject the subjects to eterna l m isery .

We, th e lesser mort als do not protest beca use wha t w e are experien cing today is fa r better th an it ha d

shed down the slave m entality we hav e within us if we have to rise and realize our in dividua lity an

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GOPIMarch 10, 2011 at 9:50 pm

thi s info will b too useful for m e

i thin k India is bettering

ULFA,and many other org.s gave up arms at least partially
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ma rath is speaking against shiva sena and MNS

national parties ly k congr ess and bjp improv ing itself in tamil na du.

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Ratnesh ShrivastavaMarch 14, 2 011 at 8:17 pm

Al l t hi s comes to n ot if India ns do n ot act on t he basis of a correct wor ld v iew of oneness of Man. A ct ion

v ery diffi cu lt beca use it requ ir es consen sus fr om a maj ority ev en if i t i s a c onsensus on wha t seem s to

obvious. It seems obvious to me that people can listen to teachings of different religions and gurus at d

not hav e to belong to any religion or be identified by a religion. You can listent to Lata or Asha or Son

each. You are n ot identi fied by one of Lata or Asha or Sonu a nd then cl asified ot bra nded into categori

Religion is for spiritual quest and guidance it is not something that should be used as a m atter of ide

forms of sub-identities. So broaden y our v ision of y ourself and becom e not identified by other s bra ndi

identified by y our tru e self alone.

Ratnesh Shriva stav a

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Govinda MittalApri l 3 , 2 01 1 at 6:22 pm

Thankks for d gu d article

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kritikaJune 22, 2011 at 9:24 pm

than xfor the gr eat inform ation

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Ashok K. RathodSeptember 29, 2 011 at 4:37 pm

It is v ery good article w hich shows that in India though there is different ty pe of people but still there

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HaranadhFebruary 7, 2 013 at 8:41 pm

hey dude its nice

it was very useful for m y proj.

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Vishakh BeharryFebruary 10, 2013 at 3:02 am

I am curious to find out w hat blog system y ou ar e
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Wh y ca nt a ll India ns a ccept a nd respect th e div ersity in a modern na tion a nd lea rn to lov e the differ

incestuous menta lity of lov e only those who are like u s.

Such div ersityover 1 .2 billion people. What is minority in this nation? Who can call ev en 5% of this

Well ev en a fraction of t his hu ge popul at ion is m ore t ha t popu la tion of m an y count ries in t he world. S

democracy is there not a chan ce that hu ge num bers of people get marg inalized,well because they a

am not at all restricting m y self to religious minorityHindu-Muslim may be the most popularized so

remem ber that the the ma rau ders from Khy ber Pass did not loot and rape the whole of the modern I

qualifier modern here for th ose who still liv e in the illusion that th ere was an India before 194 7 ). An

India lives with the inherited vengeancebut y a! the majority. I ev en doubt if Pakistan ha s any inte

India, but the income tax of all th e citizens goes towar ds this Indo-Pak problem. Did Nehru not say

there about the part of Kashmir taken by Pakistan?

Wh y did t he separ at ist mov em ent com e up in Na ga land so close to t he Indepen dence? An d wha t i s ha

country now? Either pum ping money or pum ping bulletswha t about naxalismit ha s been aroun

India.and these are just the violent exhibition of protest against the nationhow m any such v oices

indian heart s???

Wh at wa s th e book t he wh ite t iger about ? In Germ an th ere is a ty pe of li ter at ure kn ow a s ant i-heim

the place to which a person belongs and anti- y ou all know wha t tha t m eans.

I thing the white tiger falls into this categoryan d it is extremely well-written.,

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RahulAu gu st 2 8, 201 3 at 1 :2 9 pm

Off the topicbut you should read the history of mau ry ans, Guptas, Palas, Mugals. Infact y ou sho

history of India before m aking a conclusion. It is y ou, my friend, who is under illusion..

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ashokbbalakrishnaJuly 5, 201 3 at 7 :58 pm

In m y opinion, regionalism is more of a min dset that one develops ov er a t ime. Ev en nat ionalism is n

These kind of isms just restrict ones horizon. It giv es one a limi ted arm oury to choose from.

We a ll belong to one uni v erse. We should r ejoice of being one:-)

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Regionalism is more about identity than min dset. People of same ta ste and aspiration come togeth

group. There exists var ious tastes and aspirations. I like to call it as Big Boss syndrome y ou put p

for 1 00 day s y et there they form gr oups despite many opportu nities to liv e like a family ; they fig

someone get eliminated who do not conform to their tastes. On a macro-scale, var ious factors cont
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India with its huge div ersity and high population is no exception to this rule. If regionalism is for

appreciated.

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