Giant Problems - Infant Solutions

People were subjected to cruelty in the ancient times in the name of class, caste, race, gender, religion etc. Human civilization has always discriminated people in different criteria. We cannot erase this haunting past. History will be inscribed, scrutinized and criticized. Modern world critiques the ancient political and legal system for the inherent inhumanity which has prevailed since time immemorial. It is imperative to understand the foundation on which the edifice is laid, but, the fact of lament is that the modern world has facilitated continuity of brutality in similar or distinct forms. After a deep analysis it can be found that cruelty committed in modern times is equivalent to or even worse than those committed in the past. In India, even though, the root causes of some of the persisting atrocities can be inferred to ancient times, we cannot hold the ancient world entirely responsible for the present problems. It has been more than sixty years since we gained independence. Yet, we have about one million manual scavengers, schools in dilapidated condition, starving children, people who cannot afford minimum basic amenities and a plethora of problems which can be solved. Rhetoric, grandiloquence and criticism cannot bring solution; only action can.