It is not more than an hour and a half’s drive to the village side from the capital. But when you enter the village, it is as if you have stepped into a new world.
Multilane highways have narrowed down to a muddy trail; the flashy cars have disappeared. there is only a three-wheeler putt-putting away in a cloud of dust and smoke, humans bundled onto it like animals. Insufficient food and polluted water have turned the village into a breeding ground for diseases. Zero market value has kept doctors away. Don’t ask the children which class they are in; toothy laughter at your crude joke is the answer you will get.
This is a brief sketch of one of the many faces of our country. This is an example of the drastic social disparity which has been our fate for the last few decades; and it is tragic that this divide is only growing wider day by day.
Social disparity is not a new problem for countries like India, but what is a matter of grave concern is the speed at which such disparities are spreading, sped along by capitalist imperialism.
We will first analyze capitalist imperialism in the context of social disparity: |
