What divides Bharat and India? Is it just the rural v/s urban divide or the segregation of have v/s have not's. As my understanding goes, pauperism is just not limited to the rural areas. We can find equally poor people in the urban areas. So, if it's not the economic capacity that divides the two, what exactly is the separator? Is it the tradition, the culture or our core values? May be, but that in itself is a big question mark. This is because culture is an ever changing process. So, in essence both Bharat and India are affected by the changing culture, though at a different pace. This leaves me to the last factor, which is the economic development. I think each one will agree to the fact that the level of infrastructural and technological development one could see is varied across the whole country. Therefore, if development alone forms the basis of divide; we can easily conclude that both Bharat and India are spread across the length and breadth of the country irrespective of cities, towns or villages. So, a person living in a big metro might have his work place in India but his residence in (a slum in metro) Bharat.
In a scenario like this, the question of whom we reach first becomes almost irrelevant. As the above theory goes, a single individual belongs to both Bharat as well as India. So, reaching out to that person itself implies reaching out to both Bharat as well as India. So, aren't we discussing something which is irrelevant and illogical?
In my opinion, the primary concern here is 'who' is reaching out. Am I a private sector organization looking for profits or a social organization looking for larger good for masses or a public sector enterprise who wants a bit of both?
Both Bharat and India are plagued with their own problems. Bharat is lacking development which leads to problem of sanitation, hygiene and health related issues. India's problem lies in corruption, nepotism and mistrust. Living in a 21st century and competing with the likes of US, the country's able administrators should look up to eradicate the problems that are troubling the people at large irrespective of them lying in Bharat or India.
In a scenario like this, the question of whom we reach first becomes almost irrelevant. As the above theory goes, a single individual belongs to both Bharat as well as India. So, reaching out to that person itself implies reaching out to both Bharat as well as India. So, aren't we discussing something which is irrelevant and illogical?
In my opinion, the primary concern here is 'who' is reaching out. Am I a private sector organization looking for profits or a social organization looking for larger good for masses or a public sector enterprise who wants a bit of both?
Both Bharat and India are plagued with their own problems. Bharat is lacking development which leads to problem of sanitation, hygiene and health related issues. India's problem lies in corruption, nepotism and mistrust. Living in a 21st century and competing with the likes of US, the country's able administrators should look up to eradicate the problems that are troubling the people at large irrespective of them lying in Bharat or India.
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