One of the most unexplainable
enigmas associated with the Indian society is that while every Indian may be
argumentative and professing ill informed “facts” about any evil that may be plaguing
our society, very few of these actually act as change agents. While the quantum
of opinions and ideas that Indians generate truly is mind boggling but the inaction
with regards to the implementation of these ideas is far more bewildering. It
seems a Newtonian inertia has gripped the Indian society where most progressive
steps are eroded by a mysterious frictional force. While the need to explore
this force is but obvious but this task is to be undertaken in the backdrop
of a plethora of fault lines along caste, religion and class that are so
pervasive in our society. The three major classes and their respective inertia
are discussed below.
Poor People
These constitute a majority of
the population and hence are the obvious subject of various ills that infest
the modern Indian society. Since these bear the major cost of various ills, it
may be natural for this segment to act as the torch bearer for the societal transformation.
But, ironically this segment is responsible for the continued rotting of the
society since this segment is so fragmented along multiple lines such as caste,
religion, village that there vision is just limited to outdoing each other in
the rat race which is inherently designed to ensure that poverty
thrives. Due to these intra-class cold wars and the existing fissures, poor
people remain divided and incapable of providing any impetus to significant
change as advocated by Marx also.
Middle class people
The class boasted as the cover page
of the rise of India on the global stage and intellectual circles is perhaps
rather petite with regards to acting as change agents. While these people are
at times impassioned by the wrongs of the society, they are rarely able to channelize
these to bring about tangible change. This is attributed to a plethora of
reasons ranging from despotism with the system to the lack of a pre-existing
channel for discharging their energies productively. Even though the Gen-Z is
armed with a potent tool such as social media but it is currently used to
achieve materialistic success or soulless entertainment. Further, there are
classes within this segment also and there is constant tussle to acquire wealth
to gain social mobility. As a result, the cause of social change is diluted to
a large extent, thus becoming incompetent to bring significant gains.
Rich people
Well, for these poverty exists in
our heads only as diversity for these is a flaunting display of progressive
India while turning a blind eye to the stench and evils so pervasive in Bharat.
It is highly unexpected for these people to act as the change agent since the
current situation favours them and also because they are mostly unaware of the
evils that exist in Bharat as they are busy showcasing India on the global map.
The Way Forward
The onus on change rests on the
shoulder of the young middle class who have the requisite zeal to bring about a
tangible change. However, this energy needs to be channelized in close
association with both civic society and government so as to bring about
tangible changes into the society primarily in an incremental manner so as to
ensure the requisite continuity. However, gradually even the poor people can
join these to bring about more accelerated change in the society.
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