BY PRAGYANSHARMA POLAVARAPU
India achieved independence only in 1947 after 300-400 years
of foreign domination and exploitation . India is a land of about ten major
languages which had developed literatures for 1000 years. Each language is
spoken by not less than 30 to 40 million people . India is birth place of great
philosophies –the great ancient Aryan Vedic philosophy , the
Ramayana-Mahabharatha philosophy,the great Buddhist, Jain and Sikh philosophies
etc. In India people of different races existed since ten thousand years
and established their own cultures and customs with great vigor . But many tens
of millions of people of weaker sections lived in utter poverty and neglect for
untold centuries in spite of great reform movements by great people like Lord
Buddha. People of different races and unreachable faraway
geographic regions formed into different castes and sub
castes. The castes were mainly to protect their racial and cultural identity.
The subcastes were like modern trade unions ,but hereditary trade unions
continuing for centuries, to protect their hereditary occupations and skills.
But we can call these rigid social divisions as things of the past(at least
from an academic angle). The modern governments in India at both centre and
states treat all Indians---irrespective of language,color,race,region,religion,
caste and subcaste—as one people eligible for all rights.For backward sections
special reservations are guaranteed in constitution in educational institutions
, government jobs and houses of legislature.
Now let us turn to economic realities,the most important thing in
survival of people. India is mainly an agricultural country. Though agriculture
was mostly backward,now government is modernizing all agricultural practices
and food production has increased many fold. Modern communication( for journey)
is being established in every nook and corner of country. The instant telephone
communication is upgraded with modern electronics technology and there are a
few hundred million electronic phones. The newspapers are well established in
all language regions . The television and cinema entertainment have
spread to every corner of India. Many irrigation projects were built and many
more are being built to supply water to agricultural land in all regions.
Education also developed with many world standard universities and technical
institutions.Road and rail communication are being upgraded to world standards.
Air communication (air planes) has surprisingly picked up speed and now a few
million people have developed interest in air travel. In energy sector—great
progress was achieved in petroleum and gas fuel sector, electrical
production , solar energy,wind energy etc.there is great progress in industrial
sector and defence sector and world is really impressed.
Ramayan and Mahabharath gave Indian people a high moral
orientation for 2000 years. Helped Mahatma Gandhi to train even rural Indians
into brave freedom fighers
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