Civil Indians: Cosmetic Facade of Social Progress

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No one wants to spit on any so-called upper caste. The only thing a human asks from a fellow human is acceptance. This is the problem I found with Gandhi: 'Let them spit on me; I will accept.' Accept criticism and work toward the solution—that's enough. No spitting needed. Do you think spitting will solve problems? If so, Gandhi should have spat on the British too, shouldn't he? But he did not.

People shouldn't start spitting on others just to tell them, "See this injustice you have done toward me. I don't want to solve this issue; I just want to spit on you because, somehow, according to Mr. Gandhi, spitting is some sort of right I have gained due to this inhumane treatment toward me." Oppressed people want justice and assurance that the injustice won't happen to them again—not the right to spit, but the right to educate, agitate, and organise without being persecuted by malicious policies. Acceptance itself will deconstruct hierarchy.

I personally feel—and I can be wrong—that if you look through the words of Gandhi, it's nothing more than the condescending nature of an upper caste individual toward someone who was not even supposed to be in high places to begin with—in this case, Ambedkar himself. It's just his savoir complex speaking in a soft voice, with a weakened body but a hardened political mind.

Indians have no cerebral capacity to understand democracy since its values are borrowed—not inherited, discovered, or constructed through a civil movement. For them, the philosophy of Ambedkar is an absolute overkill.

Civil movements: nothing can be permanent without them. Look at France; I call it the land of protests against systemic injustices, where the guillotine brought the republic. Russia had its revolution against the czars. Even as colonisers, the UK bled during its civil movements. The USA fought a whole civil war on the idea that let the nation be in piece but would not tolerate the inhumane treatment of fellow humans.

India, on the other hand, has had no such movement, with the exception of the freedom struggle (which was not a civil movement). Not for the Right to Education, freedom of speech, Right to Information, or even the Right to Breathe Clean Air—despite these bustling Indian cities being among the most polluted. A few bureaucrats and social reformers have done something for society out of their own dignity, but people have simply accepted it, nothing more than that. India's idea of a happy and prosperous life is corrupted and rotting. A country with such a condescending attitude toward religion and so-called spirituality is the problem. The majority have accepted their degrading conditions as destiny—either due to faith in karma from a previous life or the belief that everything will be sorted in the next life. Spirituality without introspection is not liberating; it is binding.

No human settlement in the entire history of civilisation has been this delusional and out of context under the banner of its own religious belief system. This is the sole reason that, for almost 1,000 years, every would-be Alexander or Genghis Khan has invaded this land with minimal resistance and ruled for multiple generations.

Do I see any spark today? None whatsoever, and there won't be one. As I have said, no cerebral capacity exists to understand the idea of self-criticism, evaluation, and self-correction. Imagine a society that has been under the umbrella of invaders, oppressors, and colonisers for almost 1,000 years and, in 2025, still cannot act like civilised people, cannot discourse like civil people, and cannot set up their priorities as a civil nation. The only forthcoming change this kind of society has ever known has come either through rapid globalisation, changing educational paradigms, shifts in technological evolution, or the need to uphold an image on the world stage.

This spark is forced, not forged. They can learn to behave, but they cannot be civil unless they accept their history as history, with its failures, successes, and flukes. As long as they dwell deep into mythology to prove that they were the best and that a global conspiracy has dethroned them, there will never be room for improvement, and they will never learn to respect their own kin—because he is from a lower caste.

This is why every change and development in this nation is cosmetic—a synthetic version of civil society and a PR campaign masquerading as evolution. The moment a government decides to exploit it, you can see the rotten roots and disintegrating core. Everything reverts to medieval morals, ethics, and even ideas of progress. It's all just a hoax, and people will instantly show who they truly are in a collapsing situation or a brewing disaster—no matter their elitism, academic qualification, or designation as a civilized individual.

Caste pride is a poison dressed as heritage. Degrees are many, but deconditioning is rare. Today, the oppressed are educated yet judged, agitated yet misunderstood, and organised yet marginalised.

Want to understand BabaSaheb Ambedkar and his words? Live the life of a lower-caste individual for a month, and you will understand injustice everywhere in the world."

-m. दिनेश

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