We blamed the British to play divide and rule, but we never realized that every government in our system has been playing the same game. Gujarat riots were a result of the clash between Hindus and Muslims and both the communities were and they still are, equally responsible.
To re-strengthen the caste system pillar, we recently introduced a bill that was criticized across the world, The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAA). Personally, this is a great initiative to help the people in need, however, the question remains, “Why only people from one religion are kept out of this bill?” Because we don’t want their population to increase in our system. Why? Because they will make everyone like them, but why do we care?
It is intriguing to understand that we have collected all the eggs of the single community in a single basket and we are weighing them in the same way, but nobody understands the fact that not all the fingers in our hands are of the same size then how can people be?
To reinforce these 4 pillars, corruption came out as the 5th pillar.
But wait, what? This can all go away. Like, really? How?
We have all known the answer for all this while, but never choose to accept it. Here’s the answer:
CRITICAL THINKING
Critical thinking has an answer to most of the questions in our system, but we choose to ignore critical thinking because it takes a lot of brain, research, and knowledge and it is easier to make assumptions from the content you get from your family’s WhatsApp group which is sadly now the new sources of information.
Although education has an answer to every question raised by these pillars. But what kind of education? Religion? Holy Books? Gods? Practically, we never need the knowledge from these books because our lives have a better way of teaching us.
Critical thinking is no rocket science if you choose to study more in-depth before you talk or share the information and if you think that it is too much to do then you can always choose to ignore the information and move away from it rather than spreading it anyway.
The reason why the caste system is still a strong pillar is that we have made it so. We have chosen barking news journalists over newspaper reporters who give us an option to choose a side or make an opinion.
Our caste system is indeed required to withstand the constitutional foundation, but educating ourselves more with facts, information (verified only), and evidence will help us make our system stronger and free from biases so we can decide who was driving Salman’s car, who killed Jessica, or who owns the beef exporting companies, or what led to the misery Gujarat riots.
A few of us have heard it from our friends, and family: “Aur kitna padhega? – How much more will you study?” You might have an answer for them today, not to prove yourself right and them wrong, but for a reason.
One can never be over-dressed, over-prepared, and over-educated!
Let’s educate ourselves more to encourage self-decision making and not identifying the caste of the one who is receiving that education.
The Shameless Indian 