Capitalism…was always a fairytale for India.Atleast for people of x generation who always dreamt of AMERICAN lifestyle where everything is fast,beautiful and glamourous.A system which was supposed to be free from all SARKARI corruption.A system with everything RIGHT.X generation considered Nehruvian socialism as the chain that was stopping growth of India.I was part of this x generation who believed in this fairytale too.I still believe in human urge to grow which lays the founding stone of capitalism.Basic of capitalism is human urge which always wants to spread, acquire and grow.This urge is the root cause of exploits of capitalism as well.
Capitalism has delivered what it promised.It has delivered fast cars,BIG and astonishingly beautiful structures and HEAVY Pockets.Everyone seems to be happy.Powered by booming economy and rising share market,everyone is rising on ecstastic wave of power.
But can everything be that straight?
It cant be and it isn’t.
Yesterday i saw the reason why Nehru abhored Capitalism and the reason he came up with something called mixed economy.Yesterday i happened to visit a Private hospital in my city to see a known person from my village who was admitted there.
The hospital is airy and beautifully maintained. This hospital is one of the best in the city.Yet another gift of Capitalism.I went to the general ward to meet the person.He is a poor farmer who owns around 2 acre land.His annual income would be hardly 50000/-.He was suffering from some disease which i could not read and pronounce from the prescription.But what i was shocked with was the tests that he had undergone since coming there.He showed me a bill of 20000/- which he had already paid and there was yet more to come.
I asked the reason of not going to the government hospital and his wife spoke with grim voice.She said that she had initially taken him to government hospital but for two days no one took care.His condition was getting bad day by day.So he was brought here.Family has taken loan of 25000/- from some money lander in the village.I knew a Compounder there and asked him about the patient.
He looked at him and told me that he will be allright in few days. What came next was infact more shocking.He told me that the patient was not serious and all the tests done on him were done in order to make money only.That means that all of the tests were not required.
Was i shocked? Not actually as it happens everyday.
But what striked me was why?And the answer came from the compounder itself.He said that all these fake tests are necessary in order to maintain huge expenditure that is required to run that BIG hospital with BIG staff and its bright corridors.Offcourse all that comes for a cost.
So everyone pays for that.So now we are living in a world where we pay for packaging and not for real product.Where the structures of Capitalism has started a vicious cycle of exploitation which no one of us is able to break.Being part of that vicious cycle we exploit someone else and the cycle of exploitation goes on.
The doctor who started that big hospital in my small town was also prey of this vicious cycle .He was somewhere trapped in this chain.No he is no inhuman or cheat.But he has to be like that in order to make his hospital survive.
That’s capitalism for you folks………..Or KILLER CAPITALISM as i would like to label it.
pradeepsinghraghav
hi,
i must congratulate you fir another great eye-opening article!!
i am no one to acknowledge your work but great work again!!!
its like you are getting more perfect with each article…
anyways good job pradeep
and
after this i’ll be waiting for your another post!
next is what????
make it a bit earlier this time!!!
regards!!!
pradeep ji kya karen…gandha hain par dhandha hain yeh…..growing demands and need of rich lifestyle is the root cause of this bloody captialism
Wow brother,
what a great step to tell what this capitalism actually is?
i think everyone should know abt the fact that why our leaders were not ready to accept this capitalism.
N by posting this article, u again proved that u r a great initiator.
Gud Luck
Hi Pradeep
Gud JOb done again!!
Semms that you are becoming more mature day by day , just kidding you,
I wish to congratulate you for the Ugly Truths of Capitalism …
but believe you me , those devil winds will not be shutdown ever.
Nyways , lots of gud work is required in that direction.
But, gud job done again…..so Next is What dude
Reg
Roopesh
bana u have presented this concept of “killer capitalism ” in a very nice manner. but put some more light in this concept. u have portrayed very beautifully. kuods well done
well i guess capitalism has a face which has negative shades to it.and ur article throws an light on goodie good facade of capitalism…evry thing tht shines is not gold ,we ought to look at darker sides of it..n ur article did it wonderfuly……..all the best for future.
congratulations….. what a eye opener it rly helps the youth to feel n realize the true picture of our country. and would help them to get rid of this money charm and wld actually help themselves and country.
It’s an interesting mix of capitalism or socialism with the society, polity and economy of a particular country that comes to present how any of these concepts behave or relate in that environment. We do have examples of capitalist countries giving birth to some of the most successful welfare societies. For us in India, the big word is democracy – we claim to be one of the oldest democracies in the world but we are yet to practice even the ‘D’ of democracy!
Did socialism ensure that we had any better health care facilities in India?
Even socialism didnt deliver its promises……..Thats why we welcomed capitalism with open hearts and aspirations.
But dont you think CAPITALISM is taking its toll now.We are in midst of a vicious cycle. where we are ending up sacrificing small joys of our lives……..we are working hard to have more money to get those things which could have come with lesser effort and money.
After reading your entire article I concluded that you have contradicted yourself in atleast one area, firstly you stated that the impoverished farmer had gone to a government (hence, socialist) hospital and found the service to be so inadequate that he had to go to a much more expensive private (hence, capitalist) hospital. Now unless I’m misunderstanding you are proposing that we ’socialise’ the privatised hospital in an attempt to make it affordable and I’m sure you’re going to justify this by stating that the politicians are corrupted by capitalism too, but, atleast one other person commented here that socialism did nothing for their country. In my opinion this is another example of a short cited liberal view, where trying to smash the entire problem to pieces with a hammer seems to be the only option. First off, you’re suggesting the adoption of a socialist system for a hospital, which is proven not to work. Why not just get the government to pay for the farmer’s private healthcare? That way you don’t destroy what works and you leave the goverment to do better and more useful things while capitalism does what it does best, run things… efficently.
pradeep, with regards to your comment, why not just stop buying things you don’t need? Isn’t that the socialist ideal, only having what you need and producing for your society as a whole?
@antipink…
I am not proposing anything. I have my beliefs in place for goods and virtues of capitalism and socialism as well. But at the same time i think that discussing ills of both is a neccessary thing to do.
Some of the best social structures and services have been provided by the capitalist countries.
I am in no way proposing to socialise the HOSPITAL. But at the same time a small check is indeed required for services like this.
I agree that we should buy the things we require…….But arent we mortals……….we are??? lured by all the material things produced and thrown towards us in a fancy manner….
TELL ME HOW TO AVOID THIS SINFUL PROPOSITION???