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only
remain our
national
slogan and
a popular
TV show?
DESI OR PARDESI:
Out Of India For Good, Or Will You Return?
of that problem. “Skeptics calmly bypass this
reality and proceed as if they were spectators
observing a phenomenon, when in reality
they are part of the phenomenon. We are
not merely observers of the reality of evil. We
are involved in it beyond any mere academic
discussion,” he points out.
In your book Swaraj, which I think every
Indian school should include in its curriculum,
your observations are insightful, you write: “Lord
Metcalf, the Governor General of India, wrote
in 1830 that the foundation of this country is its
village sabhas. The people of the village meet
at a common point and take joint decisions. In
1860 the British brought in a law that destroyed
the village sabhas because they had understood
that until this foundation is destabilized, they
could not rule India effectively.
“A law was enacted to bring in the collector
raj. All rights that the people had or the village
sabhas had, were
snatched from
them and given
to the British
collectors. Earlier,
the villagers ran
the establishment
for irrigation which
the British started
to control through
an irrigation
department. The
villagers earlier
had the education
establishment
under their
control. Now the
British formed
an Education
department. All
areas of life and
living were now
controlled by
British through
one or the other
government
departments.
“On top of all
the government
departments was
a white man who
was known as
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“The Collector” or “Burra Sahib”.
“It is bad luck that though we got
independence in 1947, yet the rights of the
people were not returned. The rights of village
sabhas were not returned. We replaced the
British Collector with an Indian. We kept all
the paraphernalia of the British government as
it is - its arrogance, its unapproachability, its
mentality of being
a ruler. The Indian
Collector, nay a
bureaucrat, is still
the Burra sahib.”
Indeed.
Indians were
the slaves of
the goras then...
Indians are slaves of
goondas now.
Frank Raj
Founder-Editor & Publisher
frankraj08@gmail.com
The International Indian
@frankraj08
Frank Raj
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