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Corruption,
murder, Kidnapping, rape, scam, looting,
snatching... like all these social evils rampant
in almost all the States of India, regionalism
is also a big social stigma on the face of our
country. India known to the world as a
democratic country characterized by the unity
among diversities, regionalism is gradually
eating into the vitals of India's democracy.
Last year the attacks in Bihar on the railway
passengers from the Northeast by some infuriated
Bihari students resulting in the sporadic lethal
attacks on Hindi-speaking people residing in
Assam were a lesson teaching example for us.
This sort of practice is indeed regrettable and
condemnable. Equally concerning is the
activities of some politicians who are lying in
wait to keep playing the parochial card by
taking undue advantage of this anti-national
situation. Whether in Bihar or in Assam or in
any other states of India it is a criminal act
to resort to any violence in the name of
so-called regionalism. The repercussions of such
xenophobic politics might be disastrous not only
for the states and their people but for the
nation also.
An offshoot of the regionalism is the demand
that certain jobs in the railways or any other
public utility be reserved exclusively for the
local people. I think it will make the people of
one state "outsiders" in all other states,
giving rise to the anti-outsider agitation in
all the states particularly in West Bengal,
Maharashtra, and Gujarat where the people of
other states
are in a large number from pulling rickshaws to
holding the prestigious and higher posts. They
may fall a prey to so-called xenophobia.
To conclude, all such anti-national elements
indulged in the nefarious deeds of fomenting
such a fight like situation in the name of
regionalism must be brought to books for
safeguarding the unity, integrity, and
prosperity of all the states in general and
India, in particular.
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I
agree with the thoughts of the
writer. I would like to suggest an
innovative plan to curve the rise of
regionalism. What about reserving
the jobs for the people living in
other states fully??? This may look
abnormal but it would go a long way
to curve regionalism, national
integrity as well as keeping a check
on the corruption which often comes
into picture because of the local
staff. - Ravish Kumar, Hyderabad
- May 9, 2006 |
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