This picture here is from
Britain. The woman who is attempting to crawl, and show herself lower in a complicated
homo sapiens ritual, is the new Prime Minister while the other one –carrying a
magisterial contempt in a healthy mix of arrogant entitlement and a carefully
choreographed common place good nature, is her highness. Now you might think
this is some kind of theatre and the protagonists enamoured in a replication of
elaborate medieval set. Well you are in for a shock. This is how one of the
prominent western ‘democracy’ functions, and this act is indeed part of hallowed
tradition, a defining moment. This is also the template that mediocre Indian
elite find so very charming and are absolutely besotted to. It’s a democratic
redemption, a vision to keep all the crude values intact in providential revelation
as spokespersons of democratic values. This contradictory world is effortlessly
taken care, something that uncouth Indians are quite familiar placed as they
are in the exalted traditions of negotiating universal truths from putrid pits. Democracy
therefore opens up the latent filth and it spreads into neat competing disgust,
squatter ensconced sociologist and camaraderie thinkers play spokesperson and celebrate
as they authenticate these disgusts as functioning of Indian democracy, it is exalted
as a success. The world is expected to be awe inspired, unfortunately data don’t
match, facts point to massive failure that is sought to be pushed under the rug.
To add to the misery the society that doesn’t even have basic moral/ethical foundation
(the exigency of situation and opportune moment decides these) relishes the democracy
as a means to solidify itself into further inegalitarian ways. For squatter
ensconced clever spokespersons, who work these into mainstream narration with consummate
ease, these are self justifying contexts as they cushion themselves into entitlements
and patronages. This has been the way for last many decades as sycophantic mediocre
feudal leaders entrenched these discriminatory ways as the misery spreads and solidified
into vote banks. The primitive society
seeps into higher ideals of democracy with machiavellian ease. The context of hypocrisy
is similar when white American revolution exalted great values of freedom meanwhile
keeping slaves, that the blacks had to wait till better half of 20th
century is a testimony on amazing level of hypocrisy. Similarly, western
countries regaled in their democracy while colonializing and brutalising
societies and these terrible reality was sought to be negotiated through civilisation
mission. It is shocking that Indian elite (who constantly
sought western consolation) were easily convinced and hence agreed on sending
hapless Indians as mercenaries to fight for colonial powers. It is indeed easy
to understand why effete Indian elite saw more similarity in colonial oppressor
than they could in common Indian people whom they brutalise. They had lots to
learn on nuances they attempt liberal mask. Gandhi was clear that it is not britishers
whom we hate but the colonial system. Clearly that is sane thing to say and
indeed an enlightening thought, but then we have to put it in indian context to
understand the import for common people (this love for colonial exploiters can
wait). Gandhi, indeed a casteist reference and that makes mahatma gandhi a
cringe worthy oxymoron that clearly doesn't fall into indian tradition of enlightened souls, was quite clearly a casteist and was very comfortably
ensconced in the primitive framework. That he lacked rational/logical mind is clear from
many of his uttering (hence sensible enquiry into social reality was not to be
expected), it is also clear that he took people for granted in his arrogant
entitled ways. He was by all means entrenched in casteist degradations which very clearly brutally demeaned
human beings. So should we hate the degrading system or the brutalized humans? Gandhi sought compromise
for his ethical quandary (for normal person there will be no dilemma here) through patronising
‘harijan’. Disgust. Thus colonialism was to be hated not british in the meanwhile
one can carry on degrading fellow indians. This is charming framework that so
very well suited not only to the effete elite but was seen as sign of greatness
by West.
These hypocrisies gave Indian
elite ample space to thrive and weave their degradations as camaraderie reached
higher echelons, democratic institutions were left vulnerable from these
insidious marches of uncouth and we pay heavy price. It in one stroke gave an
immense possibility to fill their feudal angst and casteist brutal traditions
into a democratic extravagance. It is no surprise that primitives have since ‘independence’
hoarding into Britain and returning with fancy notions of democratic values and
thoughts, all set with english (as competence) and cricket (as sport) that has
caught the subcontinent in mucky morass. The process is what matter as end/finality
hangs forever, as they wallow in procedures and charming semantics at the
expense of justice or rational. To be fair US and Europe have evolved since
then but these remnants do showcases itself in market globalisation and international
negotiations. But Indians haven’t changed a bit from their primitive selves
that are in grip of feudal elite narrations and degraded aspirational frame
works. They have effectively used hypocrisy of monarchical democracy to set in
their crude ways that has been cannibalising the society and creating misery
while the mediocre elite thrive in their entitlements and patronages, it is
negotiating these hypocrisies is where democracy comes handy.
The refusal to see anachronism of
monarchy in democratic values and egalitarian ways by powerful nations or
influential people has been damaging to nascent democracies and poorer societies.
It justifies entitlement and feudal norms, it further degrades existing
discriminations that thrive in the garb of traditions in societies that seek to
come out of these morass. This has been the reference of mediocre indian elite
in the last hundred years as they set to work out modern ways in the
exploitative framework that british left, that they didn’t have calibre nor the
intent to evolve these to the needs of people is telling. That despite
commissions and suggestions for reforms these couldn’t be upgraded to the
requirements shows the deep seated malice. The general apathy and lackadaisical
ways of policy makers in last many decades can be traced to these, while the
government/politicians and officials become agents of consolidation of deviance
rather than change to ideal ways that establishes true meaning of democracy
hence equality and liberty. Effete elite set out to replicate, Presidents and
Governors become the equivalent of monarchs (even the size of chair matters in
this crude ways that constantly eats into democratic ideals) for official
purpose that set to further consolidate the feudal and casteist traditions in
unofficial norms as egalitarian ways and aspiration for better world were
evicted. The social degradation since
the so called independence is significant as squatters spread across the board
carrying their puss and infecting as they thrive (Guhaji is now pitching on
caste equality while wily Kasturi&Sons clever ‘community’ narration attempt
falls flat). With firm grip on narration they have degraded the society by mainstreaming
their deviant ways, as people desperately seek to escape these miseries while
constantly slip into these well laid pits and are cannibalised as the mediocre entitle
driven elite polish their clever talks with ever enveloping charming humbleness
to awe the world with stories of godforsaken mahatmas and pundits, and try
cement their position as some kind of peace loving souls and leaders of redemption.
This crawling of British PM is
symbolic of acceptance of crude, it’s a normalisation of exploitative; that
supplicating to unjust system is alright if it justifies tradition is a
dangerous consolidation that severely undermines democratic aspirations of
societies and individual liberty. And in primitive societies like india these are
having devastating consequences as it percolates all the way to family and
consolidates unjust ways and moral vacuum, the reason why this society has
remained a wastebasket of sort despite all the opportunities that free society
and democratic institutions provides. We must respect other for their self, the
knowledge and achievements that redefine and evolve our way of dealing with
life and understanding the present. It is indeed and honour to meet or know
about such people. There many Indians who make world a better place. If you
are ready to crawl to someone superior, that act in itself is despicable, it takes away part of humanity from the protagonists involved as also the society
as a witness. The situation turns grievous when this someone is elevated as ‘superior’
for the reason of entitlement and hereditary concerns i.e. being born. It
very seriously impinges on ethical context, hence if I am ready to supplicate for the entitled then logically I am not supplicating to non-entitled. Hence I
have already created discrimination and it’s a beginning of predispositions
that start to define social dealings. That chance of birth becomes a defining
part of identity that decides my dealing can easily be extended to chance of
skin colour hence racism. So if you support monarchy then you are also laying
the logic of racism. Body is what you are born with and if that becomes source
of discrimination then it is a grievous violation. It's a violation of basic human right.
This picture also creates a
framework that I am ready to be sycophant to the powerful then it is likely that
I will have no qualms in exploiting the weak/dispossessed because that is
nature of relation it generates. This mindset is quite common among societies
with disparities. Meanwhile I will also try to be this feudal lord (entitled
being) in my actions and aspirations. My reference therefore is power. This
severely degrades societies that is already primitive (like India) and
undermines the possibilities of democratic percolations and diminishes human
capacity into narrow space. This is grievous as mediocre and uncouth indian
elite have always thrived on this embryonic tie with monarchical democracy
(amazing example of oxymoron) as they try replicate this juvenile grandeur and despicable
ways to justify their own primitive ways and try suitable semantics fitting modern
values to brace the world. These effete indian elite are prodigious defecators
of words that cleverly seek to cover their putrid pits strutting the palatial
freedom of expression, they also compete and mock fight with each other to
defend their turf and sometimes end up as beacons of their respective pits. It
is for no reason that most indians languishes at the bottom of pile on social
indices while effete elite wallow in their ineffectual pristine ever purifying thoughts.
It is for no reason that people live in misery of misplaced pride and
constantly bicker, maim and kill while they dig their pits and fill it with puss
as possibilities of world go waste. This society is seriously flawed, and what
really is disgusting is the sickness that polishes itself in modern semantics
and effortlessly slips in the embellishment of casteist feudal identities
pretending as if nothing is out of place. To pretend to be absolutely unaware
of surrounding and to be immune of the social realities needs amazing level of
wickedness, and clever foresight that prepares for these exigencies as one
negotiate modern world.
