These are Crocodile Tears

A news item appeared in various news papers including The Gaurdian of London and 'The Hindu' of India which evoked good sense of readers but simultaneously put them in a quandary. First see the news.
On August 23, in a public meeting to celebrate 200th anniversary of slave trade abolition, mayor of London Ken Livingstone with his eyes full of tears beged pardon on behalf of citizens of capital for atrocities committed on Black Slaves.

London mayor virtually wept while describing to the memorial meeting the atrocities committed on slaves transported from African continent during colonial period US human right activist and black leader Rev. Jasse Jackson had to console the mayor.
Anyone who will read this news, will say it is never too late. If progeny of those who did outragious deeds and committed untold atrocities not only on Africaners but also on Asians and Indians, for centuries realises its blunderous mistakes, pardon them and forget the history. Let a new chapter of relation begins.

However, has the mind of white man's child really changed, his heart reformed? The events occuring in our country and the world indicate otherwise. The tears of Ken seems to us the tears of a erocodile. Why?
Because, on these very same days a team of Englishmen is visiting India to commemorate what their encestors did in 1857. After having quelled our First War of Independence, Britishers massacred nearly 10 million unarmed people in North and Central India in 1857. Rememberance of these atrocities still causes quiver in our hearts. In our Allahabad, people were hanged on the trees and dead bodies were left there for days in the middle of the town. The visiting Englishmen have not come here to apologise for those crimes. Instead, they are here to offer floral tributes to those who committed that crime. If they were only to remember their encestors they could come at any time. But they have come at a time when whole nation is observing 150th aniversiry of our First War of Independence. Is it not like sprinkling salt on burn sore. London's Mayor should have stopped these Englishman from visiting India at this sensitive juncture.

But this is a minor event. These are the same Englishman who with Americans have killed millions in Iraq. Nearly 4.2 million Iraq families are rendered homeless and forced to go to other countries as refugee. These are the same Englishman who faught with Iraq people in 1991 too, and afterward forced UN to impose economic sanctions on Iraq which claimed another 8 lakhs children due to paucity of essential drugs. All the allegations put against Iraq were later found to be utterly baseless and false. The atrocities committed on Iraq are in no way less than those committed on slaves.

In fact the mindset of Englishmen, Europeans or Americans is not basically different from what it was at the time of slave trade. Two things are deeply sattled in their nimdset. First is, that all those who live outside Europe or America are uncivilised or barbarian and whitemen have a burdon to make them civilised. Second , all resources and money outside of Europe must come under their control. Earlier they attacked, their armies looted. Although they have changed their outer manners, inner spirit is still unchanged. Jasse Jackson rightly observes "they have stopped using ropes and bullets. Instead, they use World Bank, IMF (and WTO)." Aims are the same. Earlier it was state colonialism now it is corporate colonialism. These old colonialists make only 15% population of the world, but they consume 85% resources of the world. Where these resource will come from? Countries like us will sustain their affluence. By showing to us crocodile tears and false sympathy, they have entered into and are eating the vitals like industry, servieces and agriculture of our economy.

We mistook their motives. Even people like Raja Ram Mohan Rai believed english language a boon to the country. What we got in return was slavery and hunger. Today, in the same manner country's so called elite believe corporate system to be a boon to the country. However, they do'nt know what mistake they are committing. Country man, specially the youth should not, however, make the mistake.