people make choice !

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People have made a choice, atleast we as a democracy have taught them to make a choice. They know their rights, they know their rights are being infringed upon day after day and they have taken a decision as to whether they will do something about it or not. Therefore no point in us complaining that there are no voices around or that they have died down. The fact is we have instilled in them the power of choice and globalisation has drilled it deeper into them, though we have not taught the average citizen anything more than that about democracy, but for our peace of mind we will say, there again he made a choice to not learn anything more about it. From our point of view i.e. we, who are prone to classifying are in a dilemma for we definitely cannot classify choice.


People have chosen how to lead their lives, of course they do not need to know of the larger consequences, they just want the happiness of living the way they want which for them is a complete right. He chooses to be known by his caste and we are not talking about the higher castes alone, we are talking of all (deleting the dye washed communist here).What was once a shame to many an individual is now a sense of pride. We have led them down a path for sixty years promising no discrimination and now that they know it is leading nowhere, they are choosing discrimination and that too with pride and also ask for their share of the pie. So, this is the same with religion, they have made a choice to not keep it personal anymore (excluding the intellectuals who also ask of others to keep it personal).


We are done with one portion of the Indian social system, now to the economic aspect of it all. People of backward classes used to take their gathering wealth as a way to find respect and they expected to get respect once they reached their former masters standard of living. That was during a time when being of a lower class meant being of a lower caste, but now that you hold your caste card up with pride, what about your desire to strive to be better off economically. Well, if I state this here then this is another excuse as to why the rich are getting richer. Not on my piece of writing. So, what about the choice of being known as a BPL or APL? Well, better economics says the choice is right there with the BPL, no harm with that card if the government perks make me carry a little extra money. So, the queue for that card and the reason a lot of better off people are carrying it, and for the organized effort for the same, you know it’s not coming from all the way down. The Indians are not known for being very long in many respects and the long arm of the beureaucracy doesn’t reach this far, as does not the seeds of the last pieces of legislation that remind us that this was once a socialist country and technically still is.


The power of choice has many add-ons along with it, the individual’s choice to be law abiding or not, now all that can be studied is why he has made these choices of his, the point of this study is to point a finger at someone here, because conservative opinion says that he is making all the wrong choices, but the bright side is, he is happier this way. Now, we can say all we want, about him not fighting it out, him not doing things the right way, about his education, but the fact remains as a state and as a democratic institution there is little left in our power, in the 21st century to make him do anything, for choice is a powerful weapon moreover it is a strong opium, now that he has had it, de-addiction is a huge ask!




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