Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, India....but Autumn in US and UK

Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, India....but Autumn in US and UK

by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 12:02am

 

Former US President George Bush once remarked that the growing prosperity of India’s large middle class is contributing to rising food prices around the world.He said “So, for example, just as an interesting thought for you, there are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That’s bigger than America. Their middle class is larger than our entire population.”  

  The Americans who have spoiled the spending habits of the world are suddenly realising that  their own wealth is beign robbed. Who robbed the wealth of the Americans? Indians Chinese Arabs? No, their own bankers and others...

  Infact it is the buying capacity of the Indians and the Pakistanis that sustains US economy. Look at the sales  statistics of Adidas, Levis, Nike Reebock... Indians drink, on average, nine servings of Coke products per year. Few years back there was an agitation in India in which it was alleged that the 68 Cola plants in India has caused a water shortage in many parts of India? In Varanasi, alone, Coke draws an estimated 158,503 gallons a day. In fact the Colas have a market of 300 millions of middle class Indian, incidentally equivalent to US population. 

   The huge anti corruption waves continue to swell across the world and the spring that breezed from Tunisia has reached the Indian in the form of a storm. Anna Hazare, for those who don’t know him, is the man who is responsible for giving the R. T.I. The Right to Information, to Indians. It is through this RTI that the cases of Gujarat riots got spun into a fireball for the authorities and caught some atrocious top policemen and politicians into the web of law.

  Meanwhile there is no spring in the Unites States and United Kingdom. Infact  they are going through an Autumn. The downfall of the Dollar reminds me of.. Humpty Dumpty  sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.. all the President’s men and all the President’s policies could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.....The value of American Dollar value and American values of life both are  falling like leaves in Autumn. Who robbed the wealth of the Americans? Indians Chinese Arabs? No, their own bankers and others...Same is about UK… the recent riots on the streets of London with people breaking open the supermarkets and walking out with goods resembled a scene from the streets of poor African Nations.

   Compare the behaviour of the Two sides... the Africans and the Indians did not riot or break and steal the  stores and goods but they stood silently against their governments whereas the Englishmen!!.....

  The Media rightly says: Spring in Tunisia and Egypt... and August Kranti in India...... but why are they silent on the Autumn of US and UK ? 

Author: Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and writes on socio-educational issues from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo

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