Global Economic Divide
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By Justice Katju
Lord Macaulay, in his ‘Lays of Ancient Rome’ wrote :
” Then out spake brave Horatius
The Captain of the gate
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods “
India is facing fearful odds today. What are those fearful odds ? Let me explain.
Our main enemies today are massive poverty, massive unemployment, appalling level of child malnutrition ( every second child in India is malnourished, according to Global Hunger Index ), almost total lack of proper healthcare and good education for the masses, etc.
We should have got rid of these evils by now, since 77 years have passed since Independence. But in many respects things have gone worse. Why ?
It is because of the ‘fearful odds’ which we are facing, but about which hardly any Indian is aware of. This needs to be explained in detail, because without knowing what these fearful odds are, how can we face and combat them ?
As I explained in some earlier articles, this world is really divided into two worlds : (1) the world of the developed, highly industrialized countries, ( North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and China ) and (2) the world of the underdeveloped countries ( which includes India ).
I also explained that among the developed countries there is a secret rule ( which they will never mention openly) that underdeveloped countries must not be allowed to become developed, for if that happens then with their cheap labour the products of the underdeveloped countries will undersell the products of the developed countries, causing the industries of the latter to collapse ( as they will not be able to face the competition from the underdeveloped countries which, having cheap labour, will sell their goods at a much cheaper price ). This will result in unemployment of millions of people in the developed countries.
Hence the developed countries will oppose tooth and nail the transformation of underdeveloped countries into developed countries, and for that they make people in the underdeveloped countries fight each other on the basis of religion, caste, language, race etc. For example, in India the Prime Minister Modi is an agent of the developed countries, as he incites Hindus and Muslims to fight each other.
So a ‘fearful odd’ for underdeveloped countries like India are the developed countries, which will oppose with all their might the transformation of India from a backward to a highly developed and highly industrialized country
Another fearful odd are feudal forces like casteism and communalism which are widespread and deeply entrenched in India. Combating these ‘frightful odds’ will noi be an easy task. In fact it will be a colossal task requiring a mighty historical protracted people’s struggle led by patriotic modern minded leaders and tremendous sacrifices by the people, culminating in a people’s revolution. But unless we wage such a struggle we will remain condemned to massive poverty and other massive socio-economic evils
For waging this struggle, identifying the ‘fearful odds’ is the first step, because without doing that we will be like a blind person groping in the dark.
This article has aimed at doing that identification
