Xenophobia and Politics......

I will try to be less caustic in this article, but in any case, if I am percieved to be too caustic
then please bear in mind that I could have been even more caustic.



Xenophobia: Xenophobia is a fear or contempt of that which is foreign or unknown, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. It comes from the Greek words xenos, meaning
"foreigner," "stranger," and phobos, meaning "fear." The term is typically used to describe fear or dislike of foreigners or in general of people different from one's self.



Now, let me just copy a few more lines from wiki so that my readers could understand the implications of Xenophobia.

The effects of xenophobia (dislike against the genetically dissimilar out-group and nepotistic favoritism towards the genetically similar in-group) are analyzed by many sociobiological researchers. Some see it as an innate biological response on the part of the evolved human organism in inter-group competition.



Many anthropologists have discussed the concepts of kin selection, ethnic nepotism, and the biologically-rooted tendency of people that are more similar genetically to behave more generously toward each other. They also argue that all human beings "have an innate, evolution-produced tendency to seek proximity to familiar faces because what is unfamiliar is probably dangerous and should be avoided. More than two hundred social psychological experiments have confirmed the intimate connection between familiarity and fondness. This
universal human tendency is the foundation for the behavioral expressions of ethnocentrism and xenophobia"


I do not know how computer literate Mr Thackeray is, but he got hold of the concept well and if I ever were to have any power, I would hang him till his next birth's death. I see this whole drama as a sheer publicity stunt, capitulating on xenophobic tendencies of human, who according to me, albeit all the evolution of millions of years has regression and mob mentality topping the
list of quintessential tendencies. I do not blame my Mumbaikar friends who were generous enough to condemn MNS's stand but at the same time susceptible enough to share the sentiments of our beloved Mr. Thackeray that Bhaiyyas and Biharis are capitulating on local fishermen, vegetable vendors etc., it, as I had mentioned earlier, is but natural.



We need to understand one thing, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, New Delhi, Mumbai are cities because of the people who live there, without people cities are just concrete jungles, and they do not mean a thing. Arguing about restrictions for internal migration in a country is as good as demanding a new country. India and China are developing for human resources they have, Maharashtra or Andhra Pradesh or any other state cannot claim for more or less for India's development. And Mahasrashtra or any state, if ever were to become a country, with 9-12 crore population ruled by a group of chauvinists will never be able to compete with India, unless you tend to become Japanese which is remote considering the Xenophobic tendencies.



Coming to the solution part of the whole issue, what the brainless chicken, led by Psychic goof ups, are trying to do is eliminating the effect without bothering about the cause. It is natural for any human to migrate in search of livelihood, if he cannot sustain in the current environment. So, the problem here is multitude of unsustainable environs in India, what ever development that India has seen till now is localized; I would like to call it clichéd. We need to have more Mumbais, more Bangalores and more Hyderabads per state, though this takes time, it shall happen and I wish to see an India with 54 Mumbais, 54 Delhis etc by 2100. Hope, is always good you know?



P.S: Raj Thackeray will be a failure, not that he was successful before, but he will be a failure because he cannot deport millions of the claimed North Indians from Mumbai, Hitler with all his genocidal tendencies could no do it and it never happened in history and even if Mr. Thackeray were to succeed by a Tsunami wave of luck, then as well, he would be a failure as with out the
North Indian issue he is just another person in Maharashtra, whom the junta would hardly care for.