Corporate Khap Panchayats and Youngistan ka Wow !!

Last few weeks media (in particular English media) is having a freak out time bludgeoning Khap Panchayats, rightly so, these are regressive, patriarchal and regrettable presence from past. These though are extremely fortuitous events for city based pretenders since it presents people who are rural and speak rustic Hindi into a pattern that makes us feel so very modern and advanced. This wedge is what media seem to be exploiting and its dismissive tone is in line with market’s construction of modernity. Though there is something seriously wrong with these panchayats in intruding the privacy of people and individual choices but the realities of villages and small towns needs these social groups and they have been tremendous help to people in majority of cases. It is regrettable that they have got themselves into mess and have not been able to change with time. I guess enlightened elders should be able look at these with empathy and compassion and focus on pressing problems than patriarchal arrogance. Modernity is contextual and evolutionary and not some commodity that is imported.

Any harm to individual life and property should be severely dealt and law of the land is supreme in these matters (the issue of polygamy and other regressive practices fall into these primitive patriarchal model, just because it is part of some skewed understanding of organized religion doesn’t in any way justify it. There should be same parameter in judging what is disparity). Now coming to the market driven media since when are they beacon of modernity?! This blogger is very much concerned about corporate khap panchayats. Look at the kind of regressive ideas they try to work in through ads-in most cases its juvenile and stupid. Look at the kind of products they have created right from fizz drinks to creams with ridiculous claims. To take the specific case of media you switch as many TV channels (they claim to be news channel, interesting!) and you will find all kinds of charlatans predicting future, indeed it is considered revered tradition, not to forget other nonsense as news!!. Market is exploiting these to hilt. It is worst than Khap. There is no killing or physical harm but the damage is significant. For some sophistication comes quite easy (Turd will nod vigorously her head on that) but there is something remarkable about people living in congested places and surroundings and facing all kinds of problems and intrusions, and still don’t go harming each other all the time, it needs tremendous resilience and tolerance. There is a difference between living in a room with dozen member family and poverty, and living in houses where you can shut your door and shut out others. You can have some great views and thoughts shut inside a room away from the crowd and problems (nothing wrong in that but the problem is most cannot even manage that, even minimum decency is found wanting in opulence) but the realities of what is considered eclectic philosophies are lived by people all the time otherwise India with all its problems and disparities wouldn’t be what it is. India should have been high crime rate ghettos. Those who shout for India in strategic places are just looking for personal benefits and acceptance from west, it is just positioning nothing much. And indeed most Indians don’t even recognize them.

Last few days some killings in delhi is making the news (there is feeling among Delhi based national channels that delhi is India!!. Nothing wrong but union ministers endorsing is unacceptable. India should start with Agartala, also means that when it comes to honoring people from art and culture into Rajya Sabha the government is expected to do a survey and serious study and not macaques and rodents salivating for power from holes of market media. Also there should be conscious effort to represent people from North East and other seriously marginalized communities and their cultural contribution. UPA has been regrettable and owes an apology. Scums have surrounded the policy makers), horror part of these killing is that they look like people who are what media defines as modern, they even have the style of the people who are creating youngistan ka wow. They have all the modern gadgets and swanky cars. And they are from Delhi, the capital city where all these pretenders have set up their shacks.The irony is obvious.

Isn’t that shocking? Not really. When I was in Delhi there was this intriguing case of Natwar Singh’s daughter-in-law who suicided, it seems Mister Singh (who claims to be a well read intellectual....well...when you are from Stephen these tags come quite easily with other comforts-patrons include Chinese stooge dear Ram-he also has royal blood, as much as poacher family who are vigorously trying to work on their brand value) and his family were against the marriage and they made unbearable for the hapless woman. This is just an example, to get more into primitive nature of these people open the newspapers on Sundays, an outsider will find these matrimonial 'requirements' funny as much as there is fun in being critical of khaps. As marketer would say there is nothing right or wrong what matters is where you have positioned for the lick (god save Nietzsche).

Shocking: it is shocking that Tamil is not a language in Chennai High Court. First and foremost why this is still Madras High Court when the city is Chennai? High courts seem to be still trapped in colonial legacy. Each state’s High Court should have language spoken in the region as medium of communication. I hope the political class take up this issue at the earliest and reflect the realities of the nations (I am shocked that these biases still exits, the temerity of these people). If the learned judges don’t understand the language then translators should be appointed. This is excellent situation since it will give employment opportunities in the areas that is part of culture and heritage. Unlike the kind of dumb, superficial , exploitative jobs that have come into being in recent times, market will of course celebrate these jobs as career options, it is understandable.