Those who can afford it
are leaving India. According to a report
by New World Wealth published
in today’s Times of India, 4000
Indian millionaires chose to leave the country in 2015 and settle down
elsewhere. They are rich enough to
abandon nationalism and embrace internationalism.
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| Source: TCN Cartoon The godman is missing from the cartoon because he is an internationalist! |
Nationalism is for those
who can’t afford internationalism. Those
who can’t afford to leave the country will have to accept the laws and
regulations about what to eat, what to speak, what to wear, etc from certain
groups of people who have the support of the ruling party at the centre.
The report says that France
witnessed the highest outflow and the reason is the religious tension in the
country. Other European countries such
as Germany, Belgium, Sweden and UK are likely to face the problem of emigration
because of religious reasons. Perhaps,
religion is the major villain in most countries which their citizens choose to
leave behind. Including India.
How ironical it is that
religion, which is supposed to make human beings good and merciful, has become
the biggest villain of the century. Isn’t
it time to take a re-look at this villainous entity? isn’t it time to usher in a new era of Enlightenment?
Religion has always been a
handmaid of political power. Different
rulers have made use of it in different ways to keep people suppressed. In independent India, no regime succeeded in
converting religion into a tool of mass oppression as the present one at the
centre has.
The same regime has put in
place a system which makes more and more millionaires who can leave the country
and settle down comfortably in any country of their choice. Nationalism is not for them. The same system ensures that there will be a
significant population left behind in perpetual poverty on whom nationalism can
continue to be imposed by those wielding the power. After all, in order to exercise power, there
must be some subjects.
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