Cosmopolitan!!!..What the heck is it???

May 19, 2011. Place: Cafeteria (TCS, Victoria Park):

I was having my usual lunch, boring as usual. However, something interesting was cropping up nearby me. A group of people were having lunch, watching News Channel. The News was showing the forecast of upcoming match of IPL4, most awaited for people of Kolkata, as their "DADA" was going to play against Kolkata. Although, listening to conversation of other is a bad habit, but I couldn't resist myself.

"Look at all the cheering people for KKR. All are Non-Bengalis."

All of a sudden a complete question paper came in my mind. I must not say questions, as if I put all of them together, it can make 100 Marks WBUT question paper and that without any options.

What do they mean?

1)      Is cheering up a team is confined to a particular region? If yes, is IPL not against national Integrity, promoting regionalism?

2)      What about Right of equality of Indian constitution. Can’t a person wish to stay, wherever he/she wants to?

And the list continues…

But the most important question is, a statement like this, from a well educated engineer for a cosmopolitan city is acceptable?

I thought a lot, and concluded it might be the thinking of a person or group specific. For god sake, this must be true. If not, then it is really a challenge for our nation. It is nothing, but the initiation of breaking of our nation in small pieces. It is a signal of threat, an indication. If it persists, we won’t be able to proclaim proudly “University in diversity”.

What is most surprising is, if we turn on news channels, it is very common now a day. Whether Mumbai or Chennai and now Kolkata. Fortunately, Delhi is still safe from this allegation, or quite possible the case has not been come under observation.

Conclusion???I don’t. It is still a question for me. If we leave in a country like India, these thoughts should be kept apart. But Human mentality is strange. They don’t respect what is given to them. They always go against it. But the same person will fight for it, when deprived for it. Take an Example, We fought for freedom, irrespective of cast, region etc. But we fought among ourselves for the prime minister after Independence. Someone may argue, isn’t it a good thing to have good thing to have competition, for better development. One fill give his/her best to come ahead. Hey buddy!! You are a perfect corporate, if you think so. But my principle is, “A Good Competition holds over a good Co-operation”. Everything, when in limit is good, else becomes burdensome.